👀 Watching meetings

🗣️ Participating in meetings

🗓️ Upcoming meetings

• Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee | Monday, Sept. 25 | 6:15 p.m. | Agenda
• City Council | Tuesday, Sept. 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Agenda
• Planning Commission | Wednesday, Sept. 27 | 6:30 p.m. | Agenda
• Neighborhood Services and Education Committee | Thursday, Oct. 12 | 1:30 p.m. | Agenda not currently available

• Monday Night Social Poker | Monday, Sept. 25 | 6-9 p.m. | Off the Rails Brewing Co., 111 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale | Free | Learn how to play Texas Hold’Em, meet new people, and enjoy beer + wine.
• Off Nite | Monday, Sept. 25 | 8 p.m. | Tabard Theatre, 29 N. San Pedro St., Ste. 200, San Jose | Free | Put a little weekend into your Monday with hosts Mighty Mike McGee + Ato Walker, featuring a segment by City Editor Alyson.

• Wee Love Art-Hispanic Heritage Month | Tuesday, Sept. 26 | 4-5 p.m. | Seven Trees Branch Library, 3590 Cas Dr., San Jose | Free | Your kiddo can create their own art piece inspired by Frida Kahlo.
• “Hadestown” | Tuesday, Sept. 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Center for the Performing Arts, 255 S. Almaden Blvd., San Jose | $74-$120 | This Tony-winning musical fuses the stories of Orpheus + Eurydice with King Hades and his wife Persephone.
• Karaoke Night | Tuesday, Sept. 26 | 8-11:45 p.m. | Renegades Bar, 501 W. Taylor St., San Jose | Free | Enjoy local talent or step up to the mic yourself at this weekly event.

• Fairgrounds Live | Wednesday, Sept. 27 | 4:30 p.m. | Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Rd., San Jose | Free | Enjoy food trucks, a beer garden, yard games, and sounds from Adam and The Aces.
• Paint Nite: Peaceful Pine Lake | Wednesday, Sept. 27 | 6 p.m. | Parktown Pizza Willow Glen, 3039 Meridian Ave., San Jose | $35 | Create your own masterpiece while enjoying beer, cider, wine, and a slice of pizza.

• If you’re looking for a great tailgating grill, the Weber portable gas grill has wheels and folds up neatly.
• Keep your ketchup and mustard from running away with a condiment caddy.
• Keep flies away with mesh food covers.
• Use a cooler light for those p.m. tailgates to elevate your nighttime cooler experience.

• A foreclosed office building at 826 N. Winchester Blvd. was recently purchased for ~$6.5 million. In the past few years, the property has been bought and seized through foreclosure twice. Currently, plans for the building are not known. (The Mercury News)

• Twenty local neighborhoods have been selected to take part in the city’s new pilot program, TogetherSJ, that works to invest in neighborhood associations. Mayor Matt Mahan recently shared some of the services offered through the initiative, including disaster preparedness training + graffiti removal kits. (NBC Bay Area)

• The City of San Jose is seeking citizen input to help narrow down project locations for the Walk Safe San José Pedestrian Safety Plan. You can take the new survey online (takes ~4 minutes).

• The state’s largest urban farm, according to officials, recently opened near the San Jose border. Known as Agrihood, the farm is located on North Winchester Boulevard in Santa Clara and also serves as an affordable housing site that provides farmers markets + gardening classes to residents. (ABC 7 News)

• Free live music will return to St. James Park this season with the Levitt San Jose Fall Concert Series. Beginning Sunday, Oct. 1 and continuing each Sunday throughout the month, folks can head to the park for music, food trucks, and a beer + wine garden from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

• SVCREATES’ Arts Access Grant Program is now accepting applications. Roughly 10-15 grants will go to Santa Clara County-based arts organizations for programming that is designed to reach historically underserved audiences. Apply by Friday, Oct. 27 at 5 p.m.

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Clues:

• Born + raised in San Jose, this transgender Filipino woman now works for SV Pride.
• She is involved with organizations like Lesbians Who Tech + Allies, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Billy DeFrank Center.
• If you remember, we briefly talked about her along with other local LGBTQ+ activists.