Dining and Nightlife in San Jose

Visit San Jose has just released a new video promoting dining and nightlife in San Jose. It's only 90 seconds long, yet highlights a multitude of areas: Valley Fair (Eataly in the opening shot), Santana Row, Downtown San Jose, Willow Glen, The Alameda, San Pedro Square, the Historic District, Qmunity, Little Italy San Jose, Japantown, and SoFA.

The video is a great reminder of all the great options we have in San Jose. Also, it's Friday! The perfect day to go out and try someplace new.

New San Jose International Airport routes - Baltimore/Washington and Detroit

It looks like a pair of routes will be returning soon to SJC in 2025. Southwest will have nonstop service to Baltimore/Washington. Delta is bringing back direct flights to Detroit.

For Delta, the Detroit flight will begin on July 7th. Departing flights from SJC will be red-eyes, leaving at 11pm and arriving in Detroit at 6:30am. The return flight leaves Detroit at 7:55pm and arrives in San Jose at 9:51pm.

Hopefully this is the sign of more flights being added to SJC's roster this year!

Source: Dirk_Birkin at Skyscraper City

Big events coming to San Jose in 2025

SJ Today has a list of major events coming to San Jose this year. These include the Lunar New Year Tet Festival, Friend Fest, Cinequest Film Festival, SubZERO, FoodieLand, Summer Jazz Fest, and many other. Most of the big ones start in February. Check it out at the link below.

Source: SJ Today

Astera Labs relocating HQ to San Jose

The San Jose office market is still facing many challenges (Downtown San Jose just recently hit a 20 year vacancy high), so any news is good news. Astera Labs has just announced that they are moving to San Jose.

Astera focuses on providing purpose-built connectivity solutions for intelligent systems, primarily targeting AI and cloud infrastructure. They currently have around 400 employees around the world.

Their current headquarters is in Santa Clara at 2901 Tasman Drive. Their new headquarters will be at 2345, 2315, and 2343 North First Street in North San Jose. The new space will total 154,231 SQFT of office space, with an option to expand if needed.

The planned move is scheduled for the second quarter of this year.

Source: SVBJ

New coworking space opening in Downtown San Jose

Pacific Workplaces is a flexible workspace solution for individuals and teams. It's a modern take on coworking. They are doing a grand opening for their newest space in Downtown San Jose on February 19th from 3-5pm.

The party will have food, music, and a raffle for a $1,000 Vari.com shopping spree. The new digs are at 84 W. Santa Clara Street, 7th Floor. It's a great central location in Downtown San Jose, walking distance to everything.

Source: Pacific Workplaces

New Sushi Confidential sign gives a nod to the San Jose Sharks

Sushi Confidential is a popular Japanese restaurant in San Pedro Square. They have a new sign with an arrow saying "Sushi" pointing to the restaurant and another arrow saying "Sharks" pointing at the SAP Center a few blocks away.

Many people park in the San Pedro Square parking garage before walking to games and hang out in the area both before and after games. It's a subtle but thoughtful addition to the street honoring San Jose's most famous sports team.

Source: SharksJosh95

Symphony San Jose presents THE FIREBIRD SUITE January 25 and 26, 2025

With music as enchanting and lavishly colorful as the title character, The Firebird is the perfect way to celebrate the new year. This suite comes from the 1910 ballet that launched Stravinsky’s international career. Opening the program is Sibelius’ most-famous composition, Finlandia, evoking the struggles of his native homeland with equal parts ominousness, pride, and festivity. Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn is one of the famed Romantic composer’s most popular works. Argentinian conductor Carlos Vieu brings Sonia Possetti’s spirited Bullanguera from his homeland to complete this program.

 

Who: Symphony San Jose presents

 

What: The Firebird

When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30pm and Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 2:30pm

Where: The California Theatre, 345 South First Street, downtown San Jose, 95113. Convenient, inexpensive parking is available at a city-owned garage one-and-a-half blocks from the theater at San Carlos Street with entrances on Second and Third streets.

SINGLE TICKET PRICES: $24 to $121.50 (Ticket prices include $2.50 City Fee and Order Fee of $4.00.)

Special Youth Ticket price: A ticket for concert goers, age 17 and under, can be discounted up to 50% when purchased along with a full-price ticket.

TICKETS: Phone: 408.286.2600 

Website: www.symphonysanjose.org 

Email: jmeyers@symphonysanjose.org

Walk-Up Box Office: 325 South First Street, San Jose, 95113. Located between San Carlos and San Salvador Street next to the California Theatre. Ticket Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm.
THE PROGRAM:

Jean Sibelius: Finlandia

Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Sonia Possetti: Bullanguera

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

 

ARTISTS

Conductor: Carlos Vieu

Biography: http://www.lombardoassociates.org/carlos-vieu

 

Symphony San Jose

www.symphonysanjose.org/

 

ArtWork: Courtesy of Symphony San Jose.

Photos of the artist courtesy of Symphony San Jose.

Books written by San Jose authors

SJ Today has a new post listing dozens and dozens of books with ties to San Jose. They are broken into categories of fiction, worldview, local interest, personal stories, family, and poetry. I'll have to check out Haunted San Jose, Silicon Valleys, and Secret San Jose from the local interest section! See the full list of books over here.

Source: SJ Today