Mushroom Mardi Gras, Music Fests and More MAY 2016 out & ABOUT MAGAZINE 3 PUBLISHER It’S May, So Let the Good Times Roll
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MAY 2016 Mushroom Mardi Gras, Music fests and More www.outandaboutmagazine.com MAY 2016 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE 3 PUBLISHER It’s May, So Let the Good Times Roll ay is a special month for many the baton, and thank goodness! There is Our first one this month occurs May of us mothers, and this year so much going on this month. 21-22 in downtown Campbell at Boogie I want to celebrate my own On Saturday, May 21, the Gilroy on the Avenue. I’m hoping my favorite mamma, who Downtown Business Association purse vendor is there, Candace Christina, Mwill be 84 years young. If will host its annual Wine Stroll which is named after two daughters and you are a mother of older with 30 local wineries pouring created in Napa with vintage upholstery. children, you probably in 30 businesses/locations. We The food is yummy and I do believe we have a lot of memories live in one of the most amazing tried alligator last year, but it’s a fog—the of this special day. areas in the world for wine and wine was too good! Expectations are always I sure love my local vintners, At the end of the month is the high, though, which can which reminds me to remind Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras make it a tough day for you to buy your ticket now. I’ll Festival, which is always held during some. My own mother’s meet you there or at the Gilroy Memorial Day weekend. I grew up in health has taken a turn Center for the Arts at the corner Morgan Hill, so it is nice to see old and she no longer knows of 7th Street and Monterey, friends and work alongside the amazing her age. It’s times like where the music will be located. board that puts this event together every these that we need to hold There will be lots of tunes this year. Stop by our Out & About and New on to the people we love year along with plenty of arts & SV Media tables. and cherish all that we’ve shared. crafts vendors. Have fun out there and since the sun For many years I hosted Mother’s May also marks the official start of is shining, you know what that means: Day, but my daughters have now taken Festival Season, and I love our festivals! don’t forget the sunscreen! 4 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE MAY 2016 www.outandaboutmagazine.com Bobbi Jo Palmer Publisher Josh Koehn Editor Kersty Daniels Editoral Assistant Kara Brown Design Director Lorin Baeta Senior Graphic Designer Cover Illustration: Sylvia Myrvold Writers: Richard Matranga, Jackie Palmer, Nancy Schramm, Jeff Strametz, Bonnie Swank, Bill Tindall, Maureen Tobin, James Ward, Gavin Emmons, Dr. Jeanne Haggerty-Arcay, Curt Hentschke, Cheryl Huguenor, John Flynn Photographers: Michael McMillan, Rosemary Rideout TO ADVERTISE MORGAN HILL & SAN MARTIN Sunday Minnich, 408.858.9958 GILROY Vanessa 408.842.1526 HOLLISTER, SAN JUAN BAUTISTA Scott Harvey 831.886.0473 CAMPBELL, LOS GATOS, SAN JOSE Bobbi Jo Palmer 408.842.9404 Deadline for June advertising is May 12, 2016 HOW TO REACH US Office: 408.842.7071 Fax: 408.842.3817 Editor: [email protected] Publisher: [email protected] www.outandaboutmagazine.com CALENDAR LISTINGS Deadline for the June issue is May 15, 2016 email: [email protected] Calendar listings are published as space permits and at the discretion of the publisher. 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All suppliers, materials, writers, contributors and advertisers locally sourced and locally supported. www.outandaboutmagazine.com MONTH 2016 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE 5 MAY 2016 CONTENTS VOLUME 15 | NUMBER 12 32 16 40 Summer Music 8 John Flynn Festivals 11 John Flynn PUBLISHER’S LETTER 4 Bobbi Jo Palmer CROSSROADS 16 CURTAIN CALL 36 Camile Bounds HEALTH 28 Jacqueline Smith, Jeanne GREAT OUTDOORS 38 Haggerty Curt Hetschke, Gavin Emmons, Jeff Strametz HOME & GARDEN 29 Bonnie Swank, Nancy Schramm CALENDAR 41 Kersty Daniels 6 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE MAY 2016 www.outandaboutmagazine.com www.outandaboutmagazine.com MAY 2016 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE 7 SUMMER MUSIC Jennifer Stoddart Jennifer Jewel will be at Mountain Winery on May 13. Sounds of the Summer at a coffee shop where she that sound. also barista’d. She released her rom the soulful sounds Mountain of Adele and Jewel to first album, “Pieces of You,” Sun, Jun 26, the funky beats of The Winery at the age of 21 and charted Roots and classic tunes three songs with her pure 7:30pm: The F compositions and conversational of Steely dan and Jackson Fri, May 13, lyrics. The album sold more Roots Browne, the South Valley copies than her subsequent If rap is food, then The Roots 7:30pm: Jewel works combined, and her are vegetables. Questlove tip- has no shortage of excellent After living in her van, Jewel current tour, “Picking up the taps the boom-baps and the concerts to attend this summer. got signed after a performance Pieces” promises to a return to effortlessly eloquent Black 8 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE MAY 2016 www.outandaboutmagazine.com Thought unspools rhymes that balance story-telling Ross with metaphorical wisdom Every single working female and societal critiques. The artist today owes an immense neo-soul duo got their start debt to “the Queen of busking on the streets of Motown.” Her stupendous, Philadelphia and now have soul-stuffed voice starred on been Jimmy Fallon’s house twelve number one Billboard band for the last seven years. singles. She duetted with Lionel Richie for the wedding slow dance classic, “Endless Wed, Jun 29, Love,” loaned a sample to 7:30pm: Kenny Biggie Smalls on “Mo Money Mo Problems” and launched Rogers into immortality with “Ain’t This pop-country crossover No Mountain High Enough.” superstar has sold over 120 million records worldwide. Fri, Aug 26, In his final world tour, the icon will play chart-topping 7:30pm: Peter tunes like “Lady,” “Through the Years” and “Islands in the Frampton Steam.” But his favorite and Frampton came to fame after far-away most successful hit his internationally-successful is “The Gambler,” which got live album, “Frampton Comes parodying in Geico ad and Alive,” that featured his tells the story of a late-night iconic use of the talk box that poker game with a crusty modulates his electric guitar fogey who has some widely through his mouth. In his applicable advice about early career, he struggled with holding and folding. the title of “teen idol” due to his dreamy looks and shirtless Rolling Stones cover, but he’s Fri, Jul 8, 7:30pm: since earned his place in the Boston most hallowed realms of rock. After getting his masters from MIT, Tom Schultz City National formed a rock band. Schultz’s production cultivated a distinctive sound that Civic layered violin-esque guitar harmonies underneath Brad Tue, Aug 16, 8pm: Delp’s wide-ranging, scratchy vocals. Record label disputes Jackson Browne mired their career after their Jackson Browne originally humongous, self-titled debut broke out writing songs for album, but in their 40th year other artists—a practice he of performing they’ve become would continue throughout a staple on classic rock his career, penning countless stations with mega-singles hits. On the songs he sang, like “Foreplay/Long Time” like “Running on Empty,” and “More Than a Feeling.” “Somebody’s Baby” and “The Pretender” he radiated amid Sun, Jul 10, his sumptuous melodies with a persistent sympathy. 7:30pm: Diana Outside of music, 10 www.outandaboutmagazine.com MAY 2016 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE 9 Jennifer Stoddart Jennifer Steely Dan head to Shoreline June 16. 9 he’s a prolific activist Canary, a Bard College band speaking out against nuclear with Chevy Chase playing energy, plastic bottles and the drums. Since, they’ve Wall Street’s greed. pioneered a perfectionist style of funky jazz that blends stunning musicianship with Shoreline tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Their live shows are characterized Amphitheatre by smashes like “Reelin in the Years” and mind-bending Sun, Jun 31, 7pm: solo after mind-bending solo. Weezer, Panic! At The Disco SAP Center The dweeby-looking, but hard-rocking Rivers Cuomo Sat/Sun, Jun fronts Weezer, perhaps the quintessential alt-rock 90’s 30/31, 7:30pm: band with their slacker morals, sweeping grooves and Adele layered self-awareness. Their For most artists, releasing hits like “Buddy Holly,” “Say your album only in CD form it Ain’t So” and “Islands in the would be commercial suicide. Sun” balance infectious pop But Adele isn’t like any and respectable hard rock. other artist working today. This year, she cemented her Thu, Jun 16, 7pm: stardom with the universally Steely Dan and beloved “Hello,” which begins with the declaration “it’s me.” Steve Winwood And you know you’ve made Before they won Grammys, it when that’s all you need to Steely Dan were Leather say to announce your return. 10 OUT & ABOUT MAGAZINE MAY 2016 www.outandaboutmagazine.com FESTIVALS Greg RaMar Greg Boogie on the Avenue should be bigger than any year prior. A Guide to Great Festivals ow do you want to spend you has kept the tradition alive with this summer? Dancing in the streets San Jose Japantown’s festival.