Carolyn Schuk

1 week ago | svvoice.com | Carolyn Schuk

For 50 years, Manuel’s tailor shop was a familiar sight driving down Stevens Creek in Santa Clara. But the double whammy of advancing age and the COVID pandemic led to the master tailor writing finis in 2020 to a long career making Bay Area residents look their best. But lovers of fine tailoring need not worry. The tailor shop on Stevens Creek is now the home of Eduardo’s tailoring, featuring the same top-notch work that was Manuel’s hallmark.

2 weeks ago | svvoice.com | Carolyn Schuk

Music lovers, if you’re free on Thursday, May 1, you might want to take in the last concert of the 2024-2025 season at the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies in San José. These free noon concerts are just one example of how the Beethoven Center, part of San José State University and located in the King Library in San Jose, is unique among academic study centers. “We’re a community-facing organization, not just an academic one,” said Beethoven Center Director Dr. Erica Buurman.

2 weeks ago | svvoice.com | Carolyn Schuk

Bay Area artist Nathan Oliveira (1928-2010) described himself as an abstract artist whose work had to be “about something.”For the prolific Oliveira, the “something” is a point of departure for the viewer, not the point of arrival — “evocative” and “intangible” are often used in describing his work. Solitary figures in vague and open landscapes appear frequently in his work. The Oliveira show at Santa Clara’s Triton Museum of Art, “Variations on Form,” spans many decades and mediums.

2 weeks ago | svvoice.com | Carolyn Schuk

James Williams wasn’t just Santa Clara’s first African American citizen and one of the first African Americans to settle in Santa Clara County. He was also a “first citizen” as a community leader in the city, and is honored for his role as a leader in Santa Clara’s Volunteer Fire Department. Today, an SCFD plaque honors him. But without the determination of the Garden City Women’s Club, only the most dedicated California history buffs would know Williams’ name.

3 weeks ago | svvoice.com | Carolyn Schuk

With the World Cup and Super Bowl coming to Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium next year, the business of sports is in the spotlight. At a roundtable with sports and business leaders at the Triton Museum of Art on April 2, Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce looked at the business of sports and especially the role of women’s sports in that ecosystem.