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2 months ago | 
sjtoday.6amcity.com | Monica Garske |Gabe Guarente |Katie Molck |Nicole Calande
Super Bowl LIX kicks off Sunday, Feb. 9, at 3:30 p.m. If you’re looking for a local spot to watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles, we’ve mapped out a game plan for you. Score a fun game day experience at these SJ hot spots. | 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. | The Brit Almaden | It’ll be games on games at the sports bar + pub on Super Bowl Sunday — are you ready for it? The fun kicks off with four rounds of Taylor Swift-themed bingo, followed by Super Bowl commercials-themed bingo.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
scu.edu | Nicole Calande
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Drahmann Center proves that academic advising is more holistic than just making a four-year plan. January 10, 2025By Nicole Calande| Mayra Suarez Castillejos ’27 meets with her Drahmann Center advisor Samantha Kibbish. | Photos by Alejandro BerberUnlike most incoming first-year students, Mayra Suarez Castillejos ’27 didn’t know she would officially be a Bronco until the fall quarter was just days away.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
sjtoday.6amcity.com | Sarah Leonhardt |Katie Molck |Rilee Delgado |Nicole Calande
From cultural celebrations and foodie events to The Fair and music festivals, we’ve got a lot to look forward to this year in the great 408. Bust out the calendar and pencil in these important events happening in San Jose in 2025. Friday, Feb. 7-Sunday, Feb. 9 | Eastridge MallSJ’s largest free Lunar New Year festival will return for its 10th anniversary with live music, carnival rides, lion dances, food vendors, and games. The opening ceremony is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. Saturday, Feb.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
scu.edu | Nicole Calande
If you ask associate English professor Kirstyn Leuner what separates Barrilee Bannister and Yraida Guanipa from the likes of Emily Dickinson and Toni Morrison, she would likely point to the biggest thing standing between these talented writers and the rest of the world: the prison walls they write behind.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
sjtoday.6amcity.com | Sarah Leonhardt |Alyson Chuyang |Robin Schwartzkopf |Nicole Calande
Small Business Saturday, an initiative dedicated to celebrating and supporting small and locally-owned businesses + the impact they have in our communities, is on Saturday, Nov. 30. The day falls between two of the biggest shopping days of the year — Black Friday and Cyber Monday — and has become an annual shopping tradition for many since its .
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
scu.edu | Nicole Calande
Professor Andrea Pappas explains how everything around us—from textiles to homeware—has a story to tell. November 13, 2024By Nicole CalandeWhen Andrea Pappas was a kid, she loved spending her days at the library reading mysteries. Her dream was to one day become her hero, Nancy Drew—and in many ways she did. “There’s a lot of detective work in being an art historian.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
sjtoday.6amcity.com | Rachel Taylor |Robin Schwartzkopf |Nicole Calande |Trevor Peters
Photos courtesy of Enchant Christmas; GIF by 6AM City Enchant Christmas is set to make its return to San Jose’s PayPal Park later this month, debuting an all-new world’s largest Christmas light maze experience. The San Jose community can once again immerse themselves amidst a ballpark field full of larger-than-life light sculptures, an ice skating trail, and countless other festive attractions from Friday, Nov. 22 to Sunday, Dec. 29.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
scu.edu | Nicole Calande
Working behind prison walls and serving the most marginalized isn’t where Fr. Zachariah Presutti, S.J., M.Div. ’21 saw himself when he first joined the Jesuits. His call to the cloth came from his deep faith in Jesus—“a gift” from his parents—and through the connections he made with the Jesuit priests during his undergrad experience at Canisius College. The son and grandson of a Justice of the Peace in a small town, Fr. Presuttiwas raised with a clear sense of right and wrong.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
scu.edu | Nicole Calande
Over the last decade, the number of refugees fleeing war, violent crime, regime change, poverty, persecution, and climate disasters has risen exponentially across the world. It’s a trend that husband-and-wife duo Cătălin and Bianca Albu have seen firsthand as managers of the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) chapter in Romania. Before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, JRS Romania served around 10,000 refugees a year, primarily from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
sjtoday.6amcity.com | Nicole Calande |Ashlea Hearn |Sarah Leonhardt |Alyson Chuyang
On the rocks, neat, dirty, frozen, or zero proof — we’re spilling the Long Island iced tea on the best happy hours in San Jose. Get ready to drink up with 22 deals lifting spirits. (Hours listed are HH only.)Off the vineEMC Seafood and Raw Bar | Daily, 3-6 p.m. | Pair $8 glasses of house white or red with $2 oysters, $9 sushi rolls, and other bites ranging from $6 to $16. Rootstock Wine Bar | Tuesday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. | Treat yourself to deals on wine, beer, and bites.
