By Carole Barrow

Here We . The EDM-pop sensations broke through with their 2014 Cher Again song “#Selfie”, which paved the way to a Grammy award, ollowing the box office two American Music success and rave reviews Awards, seven Bill- for Cher’s star turn in board Music Awards the “Mamma Mia and nine iHeartRadio 2 – Here We Go Again” NOV Music Awards. Nov. 29, film, the multi-award- 7 p.m. Tickets $49.50- winning singer, actress $129.50. , 500 and iconic performer Terry A. Francois Blvd., Suite returns to the stage for 73, . 877/479-7848. the first time in five years for an eagerly awaited nationwide tour. The prolific diva is poised to perform

many of her greatest hits along with some fresh tracks from the Great Pumpkin Patch TOP: MACHADO CICALA; OPPOSITE MARKUS MOELLENBERG “Dancing Queen” album – Cher’s tributeSCENE to ABBA. Nov. 21, he Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off is the 7:30 p.m. Tickets $67.95-$207.95. Chase Center, 500 Terry A. ultimate showcase for gargantuan gourds. A formidable field of FFrancois Blvd., Suite 73, San Francisco. 877/479-7848. contenders face off in this perennial pumpkin competition, aim- ing to reap the rewards of what they have sown, with the heaviest harvest yielding a $30,000 mega-prize. With previous pumpkins NOV World weighing in at 2,500 pounds, gardeners will have to dig deep to dwarf the competition. Oct. War Joy 14, 7 to 11 a.m. Free. I.D.E.S. Grounds, ust out your best moves 735 Main St., Half Moon Bay. to groove to the synth 650/726-9652. 21 sounds of electronic music maestros, The OCT Chainsmokers. Composed of Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart, the DJ and production duo is set to debut tracks from their soon- T to-be dropped “World War Joy”

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AmaLuna and “I Come in Peace.” Now he performs around the world, including the Middle East, where he entertained the King of here’s something magical about a show that transcends lan- Jordan. Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Tickets $25.00 - $50.00. guage, breaks barriers and defies gravity with the greatest of San Jose Civic, 135 West San Carlos Street, ease. Cirque du Soleil seems to have the formula to capture San Jose. 408/792-4111. this lightning in a bottle time after time, with AmaLuna capturing the latest moonbeam of imagination. Written and di- rected by Tony Award-winning19 director Diane Paulus, Cirque slands in du Soleil’s 33rd production is a celebration of love and a tribute I to the work and voice of women, featuring a cast that comprises the Strum mostly women with an all-female band. The show’s title evokes both the mother-daughter relationship and the idea of god- n the Silicon Valley leg dess and protector of the planet. Nov. 19-Jan 12, 2020. of her “Taimane: El- Ticket prices vary. Oracle Park. 24 Willie Mays Plaza, emental Tour,” ukulele San Francisco. 415/972-2000. virtuoso, songwriter, and rising star Taimane strums her way into the Oshman Family JCC for a T Jobrani Jokes OCT one-night-only performance. founding member of “The Axis of OCT Born and raised in Hawaii of hapa Evil Comedy Tour,” which blazed Samoan descent, Taimane is re- trails on Comedy Central in 2007, nowned for both her pyrotechnics Iranian-American comedian Maz on the four-string island instrumental Jobrani has cut his comedic chops on a staple, as well as her prowess in using steady diet of skewer- music and movement to paint vibrant images ing modern Amer- that elicit a deep emotional response. Her soul- ican politics, the O ful stage presence and spirit perils of profiling, of Aloha have catapulted the the travails of every- consummate musical artist day life and more. Jobrani to the world stage. Oct 26, cemented his star power as 7:30 p.m. Tickets $30-$35. Oshman the headliner for two provoca- Family Jewish Community Cen- tive Showtime specials, ter, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. A“Brown and Friendly” 5 415/392-4400. n 26 October/November 2019 13

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