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Pan-Asian Spelling Bee

Pan-Asian Spelling Bee

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March 13, 2013

The 1st Annual Pan-Asian Spelling Bee for 1st through 8th graders attracted some 300 students and their parents to the…

Triton Celebrates SCUSD Students

Triton Celebrates SCUSD Students

Melissa McKenzie

March 13, 2013

Over 1,000 Santa Clara Unified School District students and their families walked through the doors of the Triton Museum of…

What Has Three Happy Endings? Showtime 2013!

What Has Three Happy Endings? Showtime 2013!

Carolyn Schuk

March 13, 2013

What’s more delightful than one Prince Charming living happily ever after with his lady love? Three Princes Charming living happily…

How the Pros Procrastinate

Bob Goldman

March 13, 2013

I really should have finished this column three days ago. I would have done it, too, but since I am…

Bongiorno

Bongiorno

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March 13, 2013

Studio Bongiorno opened its newest show, “Devotion,” with a reception on March 2. While many of the works from the…

Bruins Pay Tribute to Alumni, Have High Hopes for Season

Bruins Pay Tribute to Alumni, Have High Hopes for Season

Ryan Rainbolt

March 13, 2013

On Feb. 26, the Santa Clara Bruins Track and Field team hosted its annual Andy Anderson Memorial Relays—the first meet…

Education Desk

Carolyn Schuk

March 13, 2013

Thursday’s SCUSD Closed Session Not Unusual, says Board President Contrary to rumors, there’s nothing unusual about an item concerning “public…

Gold Rush Cheerleader Shares Her Super Bowl Experience

Gold Rush Cheerleader Shares Her Super Bowl Experience

Cynthia Cheng

March 13, 2013

Back in February, many football fans enjoyed the Super Bowl from their homes as they watched the San Francisco 49ers…

Illusive

Illusive

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March 13, 2013

The road to Cinequest began in Santa Clara when stars of the film “Sparks” signed copies of the graphic novel…

Handbags and High Fashion at Soroptimists’ 2

Handbags and High Fashion at Soroptimists’ 2

Carolyn Schuk

March 6, 2013

Last year Soroptimist International Santa Clara and Epsilon Sigma Alpha held their first-ever Old Bag Luncheon and Auction. It was…

Week of February 27

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March 6, 2013

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (Feb. 25, 1913) *Robert T. Rucker Dies: Esteemed Pioneer of Santa Clara Valley *…

March 2013 Calendar

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March 6, 2013

Ongoing – Farmers Market Every Saturday morning The Downtown Santa Clara Farmers Market continues its popular year-round engagement every Saturday…

A Good Day to Die Hard/Rated R for violence, violence and more violence. Also for violence.

Karl Scott

March 6, 2013

When the original James Bond film version of Thunderball was released in 1965, the super spy was known in many…

Players Perfrom Harvey

Players Perfrom Harvey

Melissa McKenzie

March 6, 2013

Does having an imaginary friend make someone certifiably insane? Is it enough to lock them up in a sanitarium so…

Santa Clara Showtime 2013 Sends Up Classic Fairy Tales

Carolyn Schuk

March 6, 2013

They say that laughter is good for your health. For more than 30 years, Santa Clara’s annual Showtime has been…

SCUSD Legal Costs Still Eating the Meeting

Carolyn Schuk

March 6, 2013

The battle over Santa Clara Unified’s legal expenses that began in December shows no signs of abating. At the Dec….

Advice from the Pros Draws Seasoned Travelers to Bay Area Travel & Adventure Show

Advice from the Pros Draws Seasoned Travelers to Bay Area Travel & Adventure Show

Diane Andrews

March 6, 2013

Adventure seekers were lined up before the doors opened February 16th for the two-day 2013 Bay Area Travel & Adventure…

At the Edge of Art History: When Art Becomes Me: Tattooing and Body Art from Ancient Times to the Present

At the Edge of Art History: When Art Becomes Me: Tattooing and Body Art from Ancient Times to the Present

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March 6, 2013

In this lecture by Preston Metcalf, attendees learned that from what we know the origins of tattooing began with ancient…

Winter Beauties Star at 72nd Camellia Show

Winter Beauties Star at 72nd Camellia Show

Diane Andrews

March 6, 2013

More than 2,000 camellia blossoms in every hue of white and pink—and even yellow—transformed the Santa Clara Community Recreation Center…

Say What?

Bob Goldman

March 6, 2013

I really shouldn’t write this column. I really shouldn’t write anything. Or say anything. And neither should you. Expressing yourself…