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San Jose Repertory Theatre Presents the Laurence Olivier BBC Award Winner, ‘The Weir’

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.16.2010

When a story is told well enough, one will follow it anywhere. Even to unexpected places, such as isolated, rural Ireland. In Conor McPherson’s utterly…

Wayne Thiebaud Bakery Case, 1996 Oil on canvas 60 x 72 inches Thiebaud Family Collection

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Wayne Thiebaud exhibition at San Jose Museum of Art February 16-July 4

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.16.2010

The San Jose Museum of Art will trace the career of American artist Wayne Thiebaud in the retrospective exhibition Wayne Thiebaud: Seventy Years of Painting,…

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Aurora Theatre Company presents World Premiere ‘The First Grade’

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.16.2010

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson’s THE FIRST GRADE. Exploring with great humor and passion the price…

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The San Francisco Symphony’s New Organ series premieres with Paul Jacobs in recital Sunday, January 17 Davies Symphony Hall

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.16.2010

Award-winning American organist Paul Jacobs opens the San Francisco Symphony’s first organ recital series at Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday, January 17 at 6:00 PM…

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Youth Company presents Disney’s Mulan this weekend at JMCA

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.15.2010

The Berkeley Playhouse announced their youth company will be performing Disney’s Mulan (Jr) this weekend at the Julia Morgan Center. It should be another high…

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Artist talk with Theodora Varnay Jones at the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Jose

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.14.2010

ICA will be holding an Artist Talk with Theodora Varnay Jones on January 14, 2010 from 7-9pm. presents an exciting and unique opportunity to see…

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The Bald Soprano at Cutting Ball Theater extended again, to Jan. 24

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.14.2010

Due to popular demand, the Cutting Ball Theater announced that it will again extend its hit production of Eugène Ionesco’s comic masterpiece The Bald Soprano.…

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Monotype Marathon Returns to San Jose ICA

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.13.2010

Preparations are underway at The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) for the gallery’s annual Monotype Marathon – a print exhibition and fundraising event that…

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Cutting Ball Theater Hidden Classics Reading Series “Medea VS. Medea” January 31

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.12.2010

Co-founded in 1999 by theater artists Rob Melrose and Paige Rogers, Cutting Ball Theater presents avant-garde works of the past, present, and future by re-envisioning…

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Aurora Theatre Company presents world premiere of Joel Drake Johnson’s “The First Grade”

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.08.2010

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson’s THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross…