San Jose (Downtown) Events

Watch a live lunchtime performance at the Cadence Amphitheater. Free with admission.

Explore the garden and its inhabitants through hands-on activities. Free with admission.

Children discover different toys from around the world. Free with admission.

The literary canon explodes when London's longest-running comedy troupe zips through the world's greatest books.

South Bay Area Women's Caucus for the Arts presents portraits, landscapes, still-life and abstractions of various artists.

Museum hosts "Life Tech," "Innovation" and "Exploration."

This exhibit features unique and humorous quilts from award winner Dorothy Vance.

The museum hosts a variety of ongoing, hands-on exhibits for kids. Exhibits include "Bubbalogna," "Current Connections," "Secrets of Circles" and "WaterWays."

Children up to the fifth grade are encouraged to read and earn prizes at San Jose Public Library and other participating Bay Area libraries.

Explore the the different styles and approaches contemporary textile artists use to create wall art, sculptures and installations using knitting techniques.

Displays of original Beethoven manuscripts, first editions, a lock of the composer's hair, art and demonstrations of historical keyboards. Fifth floor,... More

From the "Riverbank" to the "Underground," explore this 2,500 square-feet exhibit based on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

$5.00 Absolut cocktails, $3.00 Kamikaze shots, $2.00 Domestic draft beer. An amateur go-go competition with gorgeous dancers.