Best known now as the composer for the hit Netflix series “House of Cards,” Beal grew up in a musical East Bay family. As a young trumpeter interested in both jazz and classical music, he credits Castro Valley High and the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra for providing his strong musical foundation. Long championed by Kent Nagano, he premiered his first work for the OYSO as a teenager and years later, premiered his extended work for trumpet and orchestra with the Berkeley Symphony, led by Nagano.
SAN JOSE — Criminal defense attorney Michael E, Hingle, a tall, muscular man whose clients have included outlaw bikers and suspected drug dealers, likes to joke about his first role in a local ballet, The beanpole of a barrister made his debut in “The Toreador’’ — as a “horse’s ass.”, Eight years later, Hingle has now risen through the ranks of ballet extras to play a more dignified bit part — as “Mr, Posh,” one of the Christmas party guests in San Jose Dance Theatre’s current production of “The Nutcracker.’’ This time, the skinny lawyer gets to wear a tie and glide along the stage for about 26 silver lace baby & toddler shoe, little girls gray ballet slipper, wedding shoe, flower girl ballet flat, dance shoe, baby souls minutes, instead of having to stoop over as he did in 2008 — with his face tucked under the costume of the dancer playing the horse’s front end and only his legs visible..
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It’s Teske’s Germania, the area’s longest-running traditional German restaurant, founded by Ernst and Marianne Teske in 1981. The Baumann family has been running it for 26 years, since 1990. Patriarch Hans has turned over the operation to his children, including son Scott, who trained as a chef in the family’s homeland, Baden Wurtemberg. This is the place in the South Bay for Oktoberfest festivities — the season’s nearly over, but there’s still live music by The Internationals on Oct. 21-22, 28-29; arrive at 5 p.m. to get a seat in the biergarten — though you’ll want to eat here during other times of year for a less frenetic atmosphere. However, the first dining room and bar are so well-insulated that you can’t hear the German polka music and the “Chicken Dance” going on outside.
