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December 23, 2025

This week’s cover shot: Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest ceremony
KCAT TV & Radio turned the Los Gatos Civic Center Lawn into a Bavarian village last Saturday for their Oktoberfest fundraiser. This included live music, traditional food, dancing and games. All proceeds go to support KCAT’s year-round media programs that "uplift, educate, and connect our...

Art Around Town (photos)

charcoal
The curtain goes up on the nights a nude model is being drawn... ...as renowned portrait artist John Robert Peck works with his Tuesday evening charcoal drawing class at the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company. Workshops are offered thru NUMU, too, and commissions are accepted. Dinah Cotton...

Flights closes its doors as Spanish restaurant Telefèric Barcelona opens

Teleferic eating
Few sectors of the economy have seen as much volatility during the pandemic than the restaurant industry. And in recent weeks Los Gatos has seen its fair share of upheaval. But according to wine salesman Sebastian Balest of Benicia-based Winebow, who’s been making the rounds...

Holiday Promenade Date Set; Sonic Addiction to Perform at Number 1 Broadway

The Playthings The Playthings will perform party hits at Number 1 Broadway, 102 South Santa Cruz Ave. #B (Upstairs), on Nov. 26. Doors open at 7pm, with music starting at 9pm. For information, visit number1broadway.com. Saratoga Holiday Wine Stroll The Holiday Wine Stroll, Tree Lighting & Historic...

Taylor Swift concerts brought cultural earthquake to Silicon Valley

Taylor Swift
Silicon Valley has played host to many tectonic cultural forces over the decades—from the introduction of the personal computer to the way search engines and social media companies altered how humans navigate through the world.  In a way, these technological advances allowed old and young...

Peninsula Symphony—feat. Natasha Paremski—to perform Mendelssohn + Rachmaninoff (Calendar)

symphony orchestra show upcoming
This week's Calendar features an orchestral opportunity, a chance to fight breast cancer and a potential jazzy encounter. Peninsula Symphony Orchestra Pianist Natasha Paremski, performs with the Peninsula Symphony in a program of works including Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Mendelssohn’s Overture for Winds, and Rachmaninoff’s...

A festive night at the (New) Museum

One of the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Trolley stops along Main Street is in front of New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), at 106 E. Main St. For the second year, NUMU took this opportunity to hold a “Festive” Evening, last Friday. The event was...

Koons Ruins treats visitors to satirical story of the James estate; Vine-to-Wine event to celebrate harvest

artwork
Artist provides satirical take on fine art world In “Koons Ruins at the James Estate” at New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) (on view through Nov. 27), Bay Area artist Kathy Aoki provides humorous relief from the “art market tyranny” of artist Jeff Koons with her...

Los Gatos Ballet to perform ‘Nutcracker’ at McAfee Performing Arts Center in Saratoga; Fantasy of Lights continues (Calendar)

Los Gatos Ballet
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...

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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