San Jose International Short Film Festival

The 16th Annual San Jose International Short Film Festival features over 140 films from around the globe accompanied by Q&A with filmmakers, parties, and events. The shorts are grouped together into themes and the full schedule is down below.

The film festival takes place at CineArts in Santana Row from October 24-27th. You can buy tickets and passes over here.

Inaugural Tully East Festival Sep 28-29

East San Jose is getting more and more attention these days. Earlier this year, the main San Jose fireworks show was in Lake Cunningham for the first time and the VTA Lightrail extension to Eastridge is a go. Now East San Jose is getting a new festival.

The Tully East Festival is on the weekend of September 28th-29th and will feature over 150 vendors, food trucks, and artists. There will even be a mini cat town with 30 adoptable kittens on site. The event also has live entertainment and activities for all ages. It runs from 11am-6pm in front of the Eastridge Center.

Busy weekend with theater openings and a food festival in San Jose

There is too much going on this weekend, but Sal Pizarro provides a nice summary. Click the source link for the details.

• MACLA is presenting an immersive theatrical concert called "Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind"
• City Lights Theater has it's opening of "An Inspector Calls" tonight
• The San Jose stage Company is opening it's season today with "The Smuggler"
• The inaugural Tully East Festival takes place outside Eastridge with 150 makers, artists, and food trucks (not to mention an outdoor kitten lounge).

Source: The Mercury News

Paleta Planeta now open in Downtown San Jose

The highly anticipated Paleta Planet officially opened over the weekend. The new shop specializes in unique popsicles like the Astro (mix of guava, horchata, and watermelon), Aguacate Coco (Avocado Coconut), and the Cookie Monster which is pictured below with self-explanatory ingredients🍪. They also have ice cream, dips, toppings, and some specialy items that are not desserts. I'm also excited about the Mexican Street Corn which is white corn with sour cream, mayo, cotija cheese, chili power, and lime.

Paleta Planeta is located at 150 E. Santa Clara Street in the heard of Downtown San Jose. They are open from Monday through Thursday from 12pm to 7pm and Friday through Sunday from 12pm to 8pm. 

San Jose State University rockets towards the top of college rankings

The Wall Street Journal has dramatically boosted SJSU's ranking in their 2025 "best colleges" list. In fact, it rose a whopping 157 places from being in 173rd place last year to the 16th best college in the United States.

How is this possible? San Jose State had the highest average graduate salary of all public schools. That includes UC Berkeley, Cal Poly, and San Francisco State. Overall, SJSU ranked 4th in California for all public universities.

SJSU also has several new projects on the horizon to replace aging buildings, creative student housing, and a prime location in Downtown San Jose. This could just be the beginning. 

Source: SFGATE

San Jose's PayPal Park and Levi's Stadium will host yet another major soccer event

All the buzz might be around the World Cup coming here in 2026, but other major soccer events continue to be booked for Silicon Valley as well. 

Both PayPal Park and Levi's Stadium will host matches for the 2025 Gold Cup, which will be held between June 14th and July 6th. The exact dates of the games will be released at a later time.

The Gold Cup is played every two years and will include 16 teams from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. If you are lucky enough to have a season pass for the San Jose Earthquakes, you will have access to a presale for the matches that take place at PayPal Park.

Source: SVBJ

Italian Museum Grand Opening Dinner & Concert

San Jose is getting a new museum, something which hasn't happened for quite some time. The new Italian Museum will be located in the heart of Little Italy San Jose. They are kicking things off with a special event featuring live music, a 4-course Italian dinner with wine, and a special tour of the museum exhibits.

The VIP grand opening is Friday, October 4th and tickets are $95 per person. You can find more info and tickets over here.

Caltrain is officially running electric trains from San Jose to SF

Caltrain hosted a launch party at the Palo Alto station over the weekend for their new electrified trains. The trains are much fasters, allowing for more stops while still cutting travel times significantly. They are also much smoother and quieter and it seems like the interiors are quite a bit of an upgrade as well. You can experience this for yourself immediately on Caltrain stations between San Jose and San Francisco. Only South County stations (Morgan Hill and Gilroy) will stay on diesel.

Source: homebucket from Skyscraper City