Arts + Entertainment

Plant-Based Advocates hosted a screening of environmental documentary Eating Our Way to Extinction at the Los Gatos Theatre, urging people to shift to a plant-based diet to address environmental destruction and improve human health.

A boutique Bay Area "ecstatic dance" company is emerging from the pandemic with a series of in-person events in Los Gatos and the surrounding region. ALIXIR DANCE, an Oakland-based wellness brand focused on using free-form movement to build community, has set Tuesday nights at 7:30pm—beginning...

Melissa Toren, the executive director of KCAT TV (Comcast), gazed at the red-carpet scene surrounding her, Monday morning, as student actors, directors, writers and cinematographers filed into the Los Gatos Theatre for the big end to summer camp. She lifted her hand to her heart. “I...

The rain returned in earnest Saturday, but the 66th Annual Los Gatos Children’s Christmas & Holidays Parade went ahead as scheduled. And what a spectacle it was. “It’s fun,” said Eret Cresta, a 16-year-old Los Gatos High junior who was keeping dry under a tent....

Sculptor Sawyer Rose uses art to depict the work inequalities that women face in her exhibit, “Carrying Stones,” on display at New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU) through Jan. 23, 2022.  Upon installation in May, Rose premiered two new sculptures and two more were added in...

Karen Joy Fowler, the author of The Jane Austen Book Club and Recalling Cinderella, spoke in Saratoga on Saturday to over 50 attendees. Fowler, who lives in Santa Cruz, encouraged the writers in attendance to focus on making their settings interesting.  She told them to “set...

Folks began setting up their lawn chairs and spreading their blankets on the Civic Center Lawn as early as 11 am on Sunday. By show time, it was packed. Attendees knew that those “The Houserockers” would deliver an enthusiastic performance, and that the lawn...

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...

*Updated Sept. 6, 2022 Daniel Reyes, the founder of Project Gasmask Entertainment (PGM), says he’s excited to be part of a Los Gatos rebirth. Though he lives in Oakland, and grew up in the Fairfield-Suisun area, the promoter says he’s pretty familiar with the community from...

Saddled on their chosen steeds, children gleefully wave to their parents amidst the festive sound of a Wurlitzer organ. For some, riding the carousel is a new experience. For others, it’s a cherished childhood memory passed from one generation to the next. Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad...