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San Jose Jazz Summer Fest energy lights up downtown
"This is really the best weekend of the year in San Jose, where we come together as a community," San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said of the big event.
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Photos: Outside Lands Day 1
As usual, this year’s Outside Lands bill is diversely appealing and should please fans of...
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Photos: Fashion of Outside Lands
Tens of thousands of music lovers are gearing up for an impromptu fashion show at...
Music
![Here's how to enter to win the chance to meet Chappell Roan at Outside Lands music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Here's how to enter to win the chance to meet Chappell Roan at Outside Lands music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-L-OSLROAN-0812-01.jpg?w=525)
Want to meet Chappell Roan? Here’s your chance to do it this week
Here's how to enter to win the chance to meet Chappell Roan at Outside Lands music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Celebrities
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Lauryn Hill blames media for canceled Fugees reunion tour
One day after the announcement of the cancelation of The Fugees' reunion tour in the U.S., rapper-singer Lauryn Hill says she believes the tour was called off due to low ticket sales were caused by media “sensationalism.”
TV Streaming
![The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who is preparing for the 2024 NFL season, reportedly reached out to Swift immediately as she was grappling with the news of a terrorist plot targeting one of her Vienna shows. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who is preparing for the 2024 NFL season, reportedly reached out to Swift immediately as she was grappling with the news of a terrorist plot targeting one of her Vienna shows.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ENTER-MUS-SWIFT-KELCE-GET.jpg?w=525)
Travis Kelce offered to leave training camp for Taylor Swift as ISIS plot foiled
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who is preparing for the 2024 NFL season, reportedly reached out to Swift immediately as she was grappling with the news of a terrorist plot targeting one of her Vienna shows.
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Can Steph Curry make a splash with his new sitcom?
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Movies
!["Cuckoo" is the brainchild of German director Tilman Singer, but credit also goes to Singer's predecessors: The works of David Lynch and Dario Argento among them. "Cuckoo" is the brainchild of German director Tilman Singer, but credit also goes to Singer's predecessors: The works of David Lynch and Dario Argento among them.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sjm-view-Cuckoo_201051978.jpg?w=525)
Review: Sinister Stevens shines in stylish horror flick ‘Cuckoo’
"Cuckoo" is the brainchild of German director Tilman Singer, but credit also goes to Singer's predecessors: The works of David Lynch and Dario Argento among them.
Theater
![Vichet Chum’s ‘Liebling’ is among four new works featured. Vichet Chum’s ‘Liebling’ is among four new works featured.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DNG-L-NEWPLAYS-0407-2.jpg?w=620)
TheatreWorks festival provides feedback loop for playwrights
Vichet Chum’s ‘Liebling’ is among four new works featured.
Books
![The law bans any book deemed indecent by as few as three of the state's school districts. The law bans any book deemed indecent by as few as three of the state's school districts.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/STC-L-BANNEDBOOKS-1004-01.jpg?w=582)
Here are the 13 books banned from all schools under Utah’s new law
The law bans any book deemed indecent by as few as three of the state's school districts.
Video Games
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Review: ‘Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess’ blends genres and Japanese folkore
Capcom's latest title mixes tower defense, visceral action and a bit of "Pikmin" in an unusual adventure
Restaurants
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San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2024: New food, drink choices plus returning favorites
Jollof rice bowls, gator bites, lumpia join the lineup of jambalaya, gumbo, ribs, tacos
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New Chick-fil-A restaurant opens in San Mateo
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Another Willow Glen restaurant closes — Vin Santo
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