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It’s free to attend, and pre-show entertainment starts at 7:30 p.m.

The rest of the family-friendly slate includes “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” on July 15, “Moana” on July 29 and “Back to the Future” on Aug. James Park for four Saturdays this summer beginning with “Mean Girls” July 1.
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But it’s captivating to watch every time, Cargell said.ĪL FRESCO FILMS: The San Jose Downtown Association has brought back its Starlight Cinema series at St. Mike Cargell, project manager for Redwood City-based homebuilder Abodu, says this was the sixth such move he’d supervised in June, with more in the pipeline. Homeowner Cassie Kifer was watching along with the fascinated crowd - maybe with a bit more apprehension than everyone else - as the ADU touched down.įormer San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo taking on a new challengeĪctually, this might not be that rare of a sight, after all. IT’S A BIRD! IT’S A PLANE! IT’S A HOUSE: Neighbors gathered around on South 16th Street in San Jose on Thursday for a fairly unusual sight - a 500 square-foot prefabricated accessory dwelling unit was being hoisted from a truck bed by crane and flown into its new home behind one of the historic abodes in Naglee Park. A crane lifts a 500 square-foot accessory dwelling unit built by Redwood City-based Abodu and prepares to place it behind a house on South 16th Street in San Jose on Thursday, June 29, 2023. And the chili contest won’t be for peanuts, either: There’s a prize pool of more than $3,500 at stake. There’ll be food trucks, music and kids activities from 11 a.m.

The weather won’t be quite as scorching on the Fourth as this weekend, but it should be plenty hot at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, where the Summer Festival and Chili Cook-Off will be taking place. But nobody told me exactly where, so my apologies to any future Winchester Mystery House employees hoping to find the location by researching this column. Magnuson said it’ll be buried in the front garden. Who knows what it’ll look like 100 years from now, but at least they’re including photos to show what it looked like back then. Today, it’s hemmed in by Winchester Boulevard, housing developments - Valley Fair, Santana Row, Santana West (and the surviving Century 21 dome theater). When the house first opened in 1923, it was surrounded by orchards and fields with a dirt road - but nobody can seem to find any photos of the house from that first year. While this all may seem like pedestrian stuff, 100 years from now it’ll be historical gold. When the time capsule is opened a century hence, here’s what future San Joseans can expect to find:Īn album with photos of the house and staff the current script for the estate tour a Mercury News newspaper from Jarchived tour scripts an anniversary T-shirt an anniversary pin a tour guide uniform a Sarah Winchester Day cabinet card from last September’s centennial of her death the program for the centennial celebration a jar of original house “finds” a signed guest book from the centennial celebration a letter from Winchester Mystery House historian Janan Boehme and a letter from Executive Director Walter Magnuson. And befitting the occasion, a small safe was prepared to be buried with 13 items inside that would be unsealed in 2123 when the tourist attraction celebrates its 200th birthday.
