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On opening night of Music in the Park, Tommy Stinson, Living Colour and Soul Asylum all rocked Plaza de Cesar Chavez. And one famous comedian made an unexpected appearance... wklys.co/3KhRQzX
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Good news, everyone! Futurama is back wklys.co/3O8uGNC

Back to the Futur- | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading Weekly

After a decade-long dormancy, Matt Groening’s animated satire of futurism re-emerges like cicadas, this time charged with timely humor.

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The duality of man is on full display in the summer of #Barbenheimer. Film reviewer Kelly Vance takes on both films at once wklys.co/3q5OwBb

Barbie & the Bomb: the Summer of Barbenheimer | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading...

Two Blockbuster hits tore through theaters last weekend, Barbie and Oppenheimer. Check out how these opposites fared with critics.

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Taylor Swift performs in "Swiftie Clara" this week and tickets are not cheap. How did concerts become so expensive all of a sudden? "There’s a lot of ways to screw around with ticket prices” This week's cover story wklys.co/3rPGsow

How Summer Concerts Became Big Ticket Items | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading Weekly

$2,000 for Taylor Swift? $700 for Neil Young? How have concerts become so expensive? Read on to discover why concerts are breaking the bank.

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Calling the lonely, the brokenhearted, and the perpetually romantic. Los Yesterdays bring their eternal souldies sound to the Ritz this Friday "Nothing writes a song better than a broken heart" wklys.co/473v6h0
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Released earlier this summer, ‘LVLZ’ catches San Jose producer in peak form, writing music that describes his own headspace on individual days during the COVID-19 pandemic “I wanted to be able to look at a date and know how I was feeling that day.” wklys.co/3Db80ao

'LVLZ' Captures mint.beats at their Freshest | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading...

There is always an exciting live event happening in Silicon Valley. Check back here often to see what's going on this time around.

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There's no better way to spend a summer Sunday than seeing Diana Krall at the Mountain Winery wklys.co/43q18kd
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Object Heavy emit a gravitational pull towards downtown, as they play Mama Kin tonight wklys.co/3XPKklx
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LA indie rockers Career Woman join Star99, Edward Glen and Little Low in a great show at Chromatic Coffee tonight wklys.co/3PPVa9d
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Modern jazz fusion trailblazers Scary Goldings blaze the stage at Guild Theatre tonight wklys.co/3O8MoSr
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San Jose's own undead rap king Kung Fu Vampire takes to @theritzsj tonight with Chow Mane more wklys.co/3DbKxGc

Kung Fu Vampire at The Ritz | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading Weekly

Kung Fu Vampire’s gothic take on hip hop swept his music towards fans of a certain Detroit Posse, though Kung Fu has always remained a San Jose rapper.

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12 Jul 2023
The Peninsula International Dance Fest returns to San Mateo this weekend wklys.co/43pzUtQ
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Summertime and the living's easy. Sublime with Rome & Slightly Stoopid take over the Shoreline tonight wklys.co/3pON5qD
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Druski shot to fame with online videos and opening spots for hip hop artists. Tonight, he performs at the San Jose Civic wklys.co/3D8H1fw
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Comedian, podcaster and Netflix writer Chris Garcia hops on the Rooster T. Feathers stage this weekend for a five-show run wklys.co/43oURp0
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A new production of Kinky Boots, the now-classic tale of love, drag, boots and friendship, opens this week at @citylights wklys.co/3pMmx9w

Kinky Boots at City Lights | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading Weekly

Based largely on the motion picture, this iteration of Kinky Boots features red high-heeled boots, drag, love and, of course, Cyndi Lauper

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Few artists defy category as stubbornly as no wave legend Lydia Lunch. This Saturday, she brings her new project Murderous...Again to Palo Alto "I don’t even like the term ‘musician.’ Just a…creative irritant. I just thought that up, but it sounds good" wklys.co/3NNEgFx

Lydia Lunch Talks Twin Resorption and Performing in Palo Alto | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon...

There is always an exciting live event happening in Silicon Valley. Check back here often to see what's going on this time around.

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On new beat tape 'LVLZ' (released by @thegroovesj), San Jose producer mint beats sounds fresher than ever "My vision was to create a soundscape that resembled one’s subconscious, a place where things don’t always make sense as they unravel" wklys.co/3Db80ao

'LVLZ' Captures mint.beats at their Freshest | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading...

There is always an exciting live event happening in Silicon Valley. Check back here often to see what's going on this time around.

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Ten days away!
Music In the Park San Jose
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11 Jul 2023
Music in the Park kicks off in just 10 days with Soul Asylum, Living Colour & Tommy Stinson in Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 7/21. Tickets at CalTix.com
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