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A decades-old shopping hub can be found in a Peninsula college parking lot every month
For over 50 years, shoppers and sellers have flocked to the De Anza Flea Market, swapping collectibles and curios. Visit the De Anza College parking lots on the first Saturday of the month and you’ll find hundreds of vendors selling graphic band tees, succulents, Troll dolls, Crocs Jibbitz charms, tote bags, vintage furniture, woodwork and other hidden treasures.
Longtime journalist’s book takes a deep dive into an infamous Peninsula murder
‘Murder Under God’s Eye’ delves into who killed 19-year-old Arlis Perry in Stanford’s Memorial Church. In the autumn of 1974, the Peninsula was shaken by a horrific crime. Arlis Perry, the 19-year-old wife of a Stanford undergraduate student, was found slain in the university’s historic Memorial Church.
A new exhibit at Palo Alto’s Pacific Art League showcases a groundbreaking technique from a Los Altos artist
Lonnie Zarem is also set to lead new classes for the league, which opens a West Coast center for encaustic works this fall. The Pacific Art League is offering a wide range of classes this fall in traditional media like painting, photography, watercolor and pastels. But there is a medium you may have never heard of: encaustic monotype. A relatively new process that involves the use of heat and beeswax-infused pigments, encaustic monotype will be a major focus at the venerable art center with workshops, a class and a solo exhibition of work by Los Altos artist Lonnie Zarem.
How local musician Tom Jackman persevered through a career-threatening injury
After an accident cost him three of his fingers, Jackman feared he’d never play the guitar again. But encouragement from friends and inspiration from Dolly Parton has him back performing for patrons at Peninsula bars and restaurants. Acoustic renditions of classic tunes by artists such as the Rolling Stones,...
Cinequest independent film festival debuts in Mountain View
This year’s films from the San Jose-based festival focus on stories from Bay Area communities. For the first time, Mountain View’s ShowPlace ICON Theatre & Kitchen will showcase a carefully curated selection of films as a part of the acclaimed South Bay-based film festival Cinequest. The festival is already underway in San Jose and opens Aug. 24 in Mountain View.
Collective energy: New boutiques with community spirit freshen up the Coastside retail scene
Malt and Stone in Pacifica and Cove Collective in El Granada are women-owned shops with a curated selection of kids’ clothing, jewelry, home goods and more. Thanks to the efforts of several local women who’ve opened retail collectives in recent months, the Coastside community has two new places to shop for kids’ clothing, eco-friendly toys, unique jewelry and home goods, and much more.
From garages to spaceships, a new exhibition explores the evolution of Silicon Valley architecture
‘Building the Future’ delves into the architecture of new tech campuses and how they help forge a sense of place in the valley. No doubt, Silicon Valley has a global reputation, and it’s complicated. That worldwide fame is matched perhaps only by the disbelief of visitors wondering why the valley doesn’t have more to show, architecturally speaking, for all its storied innovation and riches.
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