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West Valley College fashion show presents collections from talented emerging designers
A steady beat pumps out over a glossy white runway. A curtain shields models wearing items from up-and-coming designers, in a show creative directed by early Alexander McQueen collaborator Simon Ungless. Was this New York Fashion Week? Paris? Or Milan?
In fact, this was the...
Local high school string quartet to join the pros
When the touring show “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown” returns to the Campbell Heritage Theatre on Nov. 17, Prospect (Saratoga) High School String Quartet will join the professional musicians on stage to lend some local talent to this homage to the British...
Campbell resident penning novel set in 1940’s SF Chinatown
When the Los Gatan reached Campbell resident Kyla Zhao by phone, just weeks before the launch of her children’s novel about a girl who plays chess, she was in Seoul.
The author and tech industry professional, who is originally from Singapore, said it was nice...
Dancing like a whirling dervish to ring in her 70th (GALLERY)
When Teri Hope, the owner of Los Gatos Roasting Co., plans a groovy gathering on the cusp of a milestone year, Los Gatos takes note.
There was certainly plenty of love to go around at the hippie-themed 70th birthday party she threw for herself at...
Los Gatos Ballet to perform ‘Nutcracker’ at McAfee Performing Arts Center in Saratoga; Fantasy of Lights continues (Calendar)
CALENDAR for the week of Dec. 14-20.
‘Nutcracker’
Los Gatos Ballet will bring its performance of “Nutcracker” on Dec. 20-22 at 7pm at McAfee Performing Arts Center, 20300 Herriman Ave. in Saratoga. For information and tickets, visit losgatosballet.org/nutcracker.
Fantasy of Lights
Fantasy of Lights Drive-thru tickets are on...
Can a plaza be an island? Enjoying our jazz oasis
Is Los Gatos like San Francisco, without the bridge and the fog? Is Los Gatos like Hawaii, without the ocean and the hula? No, our exceptional town of Los Gatos, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, is uniquely just Los Gatos. And...
Philanthropists give biggest donation ever to Los Gatos art institution
New Museum Los Gatos announced July 11 that it received an unprecedented $1 million gift—the largest donation in the history of the organization.
The gift was made by Los Gatos philanthropists and longtime NUMU supporters Mike and Alyce Parsons.
The donation will establish the “Mike and...
The Three Graces have arrived at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company
Three classic figures—splendor, joy and good cheer—now reside at the front of Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co., representing the “stronger together” ethos that has been a theme since a devastating car crash shook the building.
The artist behind this temporary mural, which went up last...
West Valley Youth Theater has prepared a ghoulish musical comedy
After a summer-long rehearsal process, West Valley Youth Theater’s production of The Addams Family takes to the Leigh High School stage this week.
Featuring high school and returning college students, The Addams Family is one of the organization’s four summer shows.
Rehearsals took place at night,...
Only-children get their due in children’s book dreamed-up in Los Gatos cafe
Dominika Dvorzhak, a San Jose-based author and linguist, has released The One and Only, a rhyming children’s book illustrated by Vivien Sárkány that shines a light on the emotional world of only-children.
Unlike the many picture books that focus on sibling dynamics or preparing for...
