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February 3, 2026

Summertime means Jazz on the Plazz, with Ren Geisick set to perform

Ren Geisick
At 6pm Wednesday, this week’s Jazz on the Plazz will swing into action with The San Jose Jazz High School All Stars, followed by Ren Geisick and her band at 6:30pm. Geisick, who grew up in Los Gatos, says playing at Jazz on the Plazz...

Upcoming events to cure your winter blues

Meghna Sharma, Saranya Chandrasekaran and Ria Sharma
The CineLux Theater at 43 N. Santa Cruz Ave. will host comedian Mark Lundholm Jan. 17, from 11am-1pm, for a live comedy fundraiser in support of a nonprofit created to boost mental health and preserve traditional practices of Indigenous people. Admission is just $40. A...

Brubeck Brothers Quartet performed Friday and educated the next morning

group of musicians
During Friday night’s Brubeck Brothers Quartet performance at the Montalvo Arts Center’s intimate Carriage House theater, the quartet played original as well as historical jazz. There was precise drumming by Dan Brubeck. His brother Chris, on bass and trombone, kept the rhythm going talking...

Calendar: Hootenanny!, carriage rides, teas + tours

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Ainsley House Holiday Teas and Tours The annual Ainsley House Holiday Teas and Tours will be held from noon to 2pm Dec. 9-12. Guests will be treated to a special Ainsley House tea blend, sparkling cider or champagne, and an assortment of sandwiches and desserts....

Grad Night takes seniors on round-the-world voyage

On Friday, the theme of the drugs-and-alcohol-free “Grad Night” was finally revealed. Los Gatos High School seniors were ushered into a wonderland based on the concept of “Take Flight,” where they could party all night in a safe environment while “flying” to six different locales—Austin,...

The impressive start to a sizzling season

child in the park
Traffic was impossible, but at least the downtowners could walk. The music fans appeared in Town Plaza Park Saturday to take in bluegrass and Americana tunes, not to leave out zydeco. Those who arrived prior to the noon start time staked their picnic blankets and chairs...

Article inspires generational transfer of musical instrument

Boy must grow into this accordion
When Virginia Primon was a shy teenager in the 1950s, playing accordion was something that got her onto a community float, to serenade people along the streets of San Jose during a community parade. After going to college to become a teacher, she just didn’t...

Jack Kerouac left his light in Los Gatos

Jack Kerouac and Al Hinkle in 1952
Jack Kerouac would stay at my parent's house whenever he was in town, San Francisco or Los Gatos. He would sit in what we would call “Jack’s chair” in the living room of our home in Monte Sereno. I would sit on the couch...

Los Gatos’ little museum has big youth program going on

bridge
This month around town, you may have seen a group of happy children (ages 8-12) without cell phones in their hands—participants in this summer’s Aspiring Artists Footbridge Mural Project. Each week in June, the youths meet to create art. This work will be eventually placed...

Joy to the world of jazz

Janice Maxie-Reid
Though it was a wet chilly Monday evening, just over 100 jazz enthusiasts and supporters gathered, Dec. 22, eager for some cozy winter jazz for the first Los Gatos Music & Arts "Spreading Joy to the World of Jazz—a Holiday Benefit.” The winter fundraiser...

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