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November 26, 2024

Taste of LG draws hungry crowd to closed street

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The first-ever Taste of Los Gatos, held on Saturday, Sept. 14, proved a resounding success. The street food festival, which closed down North Santa Cruz Avenue from Main Street to Bachmann Avenue, transformed downtown Los Gatos into a bustling crowd of hungry attendees. Locals and...

Students featured in ‘Be-You-tiful’ contest exhibit (incl. poem by Saratoga student)

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On May 18, the Triton Museum in Santa Clara opened its new digital art gallery with poetry, video, essays and visual art from the Eating Disorder Resource Center’s “Be-You-tiful” contest.  Students were invited to submit pieces exploring how social media and the world around them...

Local muralist creates visual history of Los Gatos

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When San Jose-based artist Tomas Wisper Talamantes learned that New Museum (NUMU) wanted him to paint a mural about Los Gatos inside the museum, he had a lot of questions. The first one was where, exactly, this museum was. “It’s not small, but it’s hidden,”...

Student films get big screen treatment after summer camps

Venice on green screen
With all the brilliance of a night out at La Cinémathèque française, the youthful filmmakers of Los Gatos burst forth Monday morning with creativity and verve, taking the red carpet at the Los Gatos Theatre by storm. Patty McNeil, of Monte Sereno, was one of...

KCAT’s Oktoberfest entertains with marionettes, music, volunteer spirit

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Now celebrating 40 years, KCAT TV & Radio did it again for this third-annual Oktoberfest. Hats off to all who volunteered, and attended showing support for our local Channel 15. This event was supported by the attendees and a grant from the Town of Los...

Author tackles chess and gender bias

Zhao with May the Best Player Win
Before Kyla Zhao became a talented adult fiction author in Silicon Valley, she was a young chess player in Singapore. Starting at age six, she played throughout her childhood before leaving the chess world after middle school. In her newly released novel May the...

Female artists’ mixed-media show examines identity and heritage

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Women are often considered the cultural torch bearers of society, representing and carrying forward the customs and stories of their families and communities. NUMU spotlights five such women in its new group show, “Made of Memory,” which opens Oct. 25. These female artists use...

DA’s cybercrime art contest for students kicks-off

bike upside down outside the Silicon Valley courthouse
District Attorney Jeff Rosen is asking Santa Clara County high school students to create and submit original art that helps the DA's Office fight online crimes like fraud, catfishing, and cyberbullying. The winner will receive $1,500. The second-place winner will receive $1,000. The third-place winner will...

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