Arts + Entertainment

What happens after Jazz on the Plazz (JoP) ends? You attend a “GALA” and wait for next summer, of course. The producers of JoP, Los Gatos Music & Arts, held their annual GALA and sponsor recognition this Saturday. This year’s event was held at the...

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...

It had been a year since Janelle James got in hot water for interrupting a co-star during last year’s Golden Globes, and she wanted to make sure her look was on-point for this year’s edition. And thanks to the insights of one of her stylists,...

Keon Saghari, a Los Gatos High School graduate, has found success in the world of rollerskating, performing with Usher, Pink and Harry Styles, and is now choreographing a ballet piece for New Ballet's upcoming show in San Jose.

Growing up in Taipei, Taiwan, Ssu Ting “Yuka” Yu’s dream was to become a choir conductor. “My mom was a singer when she was young,” she said, crediting her dad for inspiring her to pursue what had clearly become a personal passion. “I always loved...

It was a splendid summer-like afternoon along Los Gatos’ main corridor, Saturday, as hundreds of people poked their heads into cute shops, dabbed bits of bread in artisanal truffle oil and sampled wines from 33 purveyors from around the Bay Area—and beyond. And at the...

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...

Jason Shiuan, the music director at Saratoga High School, is this year’s recipient of the California Music Educators Association’s Byron Hoyt/Don Schmeer Band Educator of the Year award. Congratulations! After several emails and calendar checks, I caught up with Shiuan on the SHS campus. I...

Raul Caballero, 49, from San Jose was enjoying the Funky Latin Orchestra’s horns, drums and energetic vocal stylings in the early evening, July 28. The last of 2022’s Promenades was underway, after the seventh was canceled because the money to pay for it dried up. “I’ve...

This past Saturday evening, Villa Montalvo came alive with art, in spite of the unexpected rain. Over the past 20 years, the Lucas Art Program has hosted over 1,300 resident artists at Montalvo. Eleven studios were open for tour and exploration. This evening started with appetizers, then...