26 South Bay Accent
CALENDAR
consecutive year of touring without missing a
single concert date. Tickets $69.50–$89.50.
City National Civic, 135 W. San Carlos St.,
San Jose. 408/792-4111.
Rascal Flatts with Morgan Evans. July 25,
7:30 p.m. Rascal Flatts have become one of
the most successful vocal groups in country
music over the course of the last 15 years.
They’ve kept country fans singing along with
on a string of hits that includes “Fast Cars
and Freedom” and “Why Wait,” as well as
crossover hits like “Bless the Broken Road”
and “What Hurts the Most.” Tickets $39.75–
$99.50. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre
Parkway, Mountain View. 800/745-3000.
Knotfest Roadshow. July 26, 5:30 p.m. The
29-city Knotfest Roadshow kicks off in the
South Bay this summer at Shoreline. The
masked marauders of death metal, Slipknot,
will get heads banging with hits that spawned
a thousand mosh pits. Joining the raging rockfest
will be Volbeat, Gojira and Behemoth.
Tickets $39.50–$139.50. Shoreline Amphitheatre,
1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain
View. 800/745-3000.
Flicks & Grooves. July 26, 7:30 p.m. Join
neighbors and friends for a concert under the
stars by Aki Kumar + DJs Albert Jenkins and
Basura as part of Flicks & Grooves, a summerlong
film and concert series presented by History
San Jose. Each event features local brews,
wine, and food including treats from O’Brien’s
Ice Cream Parlor. Tickets $5, free for children
under 12. History Park in Kelley Park. 635
Phelan Avenue, San Jose.
Theater
JUNE
Next to Normal. Through June 23, times
vary. Diana and Dan seem to have the perfect
American family, with their suburban life
and wisecracking teenage son and daughter.
But Diana has been battling manic depression
and bipolar disorder for 16 years. This Tony
Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical
examines mental illness and the effect it can
have on the American family. Ticket prices
vary. Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview
Ave., Los Altos. 650/941-0551.
School of Rock. June 4–9, times vary.
Based on the hit film, the musical “School
of Rock” follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe
rock star who decides to earn a few extra
bucks by posing as a substitute teacher
at a prestigious prep school. There, he
turns a class of straight-A students into
a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mindblowing
rock band. Tickets $43–$153.
Mountain View Center for the Performing
Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.
650/903-6000.
Archduke. June 5–30, times vary. Can
one man, one moment, derail a century?
Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph
explores the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, 1914—the
flash that ignited World War I. On a darkly
comic quest for immortality, three hapless
insurgents prove that little has changed
from then to now. Tickets $35–$60. Main-
Stage, Mountain View Center for the Performing
Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.
650/903-6000.
Present Laughter. June 7–30, times vary.
Noël Coward’s richly comedic play follows
Gary Essedine, a self-obsessed
actor in the midst of a mid-life crisis.
Juggling his considerable talent, ego,
and libido, the theater’s favorite leading
man suddenly finds himself caught
between fawning ingénues, crazed playwrights,
secret trysts, and unexpected
twists. Ticket prices vary. Pear Theatre,
1110 La Avenida St., Suite A,
Mountain View. 650/254-1148.
Two Arrows: Stone Age Detective.
June 8, 4 p.m. and June 9, 1 p.m.
Performed entirely in Russian, this
play tells the story of a murder committed
within a tribe, with arrows
belonging to a dreamy young painter.
When a trial is held, it becomes
obvious—the tribe’s order of life is
on trial. In the end, the Head of
the Tribe departs, three people are
dead, and the tribe’s rules and values
are bound to change. Tickets $22–$27.
SecondStage, Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro
St., Mountain View. 650/903-6000.
Into the Wake of the Moon. June
8–9, 8 p.m. Written and performed
by Kurt Gravenhorst, hear the story
of America’s only Nobel Prize-winning
playwright, Eugene O’Neill, who wrote
his final and most memorable plays in
Northern California isolated from the
world. Tickets $16–$37. Tabard Theatre, 29
N. San Pedro St., San Jose. 408/679-2330.
La Llorona. June 28–30, times vary. An
award-winning musical drama created by
composer Héctor Armienta, La Llorona/The
Weeping Woman is based on a folk legend
renowned throughout México and the American
Southwest. Opera Cultura will present
three performances of this incredible production
at the Mexican Heritage Theater—School
of Arts and Culture in San Jose. Tickets $15–
$40. Mexican Heritage Theater, School of
Arts and Culture, 1700 Alum Rock Plaza, San
Jose. 800/838-3006.
JULY
The Language Archive. July 10–Aug. 2,
times vary. Balanced delightfully between
affection and adversity, this quirky comedy is
a whimsical, life-affirming chronicle of a linguist
fighting to preserve
the dying languages of
far-flung cultures,
only to neglect
Tim McGraw, 2019 California Rodeo
Salinas’ Kick Off Concert, July 12,
Salinas Sports Complex
H2Oh! with Studio Art Quilt
Associates, through July 14, San
Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles