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Thursday has the biggest night on the calendar in a while: Soda Stereo at SAP Center, Disney's touring Beauty and the Beast at the Center for the Performing Arts, and San Jose Giants playoff baseball at Excite Ballpark.
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Thursday, September 10, 2026
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South Bay Today field guide for Thursday, September 10, 2026
Thursday has the biggest night on the calendar in a while: Soda Stereo at SAP Center, Disney's touring Beauty and the Beast at the Center for the Performing Arts, and San Jose Giants playoff baseball at Excite Ballpark. It is another sunny 93° afternoon, so the daytime plans worth building around are indoors, starting with a free lunch-hour jazz set from SJSU faculty and a Spanish-language book club in Los Gatos. Kids get a Cloud Lab at Calabazas and a middle school math club that starts its fall run tonight.
Today's field guide
Qigong, an AI lab, and playoff baseball
Start with the Qigong class at Cupertino Library, taught in English and Mandarin, with GIWA's eggs and pancakes on Halford Ave in Santa Clara for breakfast. The afternoon lab at King Library puts you next to SJSU students and staff trying out new AI tools, and Smoking Pig's slow-smoked brisket and ribs are the lunch. Tonight is a California League Division Series game between the Giants and the Stockton Ports at Excite Ballpark, with San Pedro Square Market's vendors covering dinner.
Morning pick
11:00 AM · Cupertino Library · Cupertino · Free
Practice gentle Qigong movements and breathing in this group class taught in English and Mandarin at Cupertino Library.
Breakfast nearby
Breakfast · Santa Clara
Santa Clara breakfast and brunch spot for eggs, pancakes, and brunch plates on Halford Ave.
Afternoon pick
2:00 PM · King Library · San Jose · Free
Drop into the AI Center to try new tools and experiment with tech projects alongside SJSU students and staff.
Lunch nearby
Lunch · San Jose · Under $20
This Southern-style BBQ joint slow-smokes ribs, brisket & pork & serves them in a modest setting.
Evening pick
6:30 PM · Excite Ballpark · San Jose
Watch the San Jose Giants take on the Stockton Ports at Excite Ballpark in a California League Division Series playoff game.
Dinner nearby
Dinner · San Jose · $15–30/person
San Jose food hall for multiple food vendors, drinks, and casual plates on N San Pedro St.
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Tonight's pick
Soda Stereo
8:00 PM · SAP Center · San Jose
The biggest name on tonight's calendar is playing the biggest room in the South Bay, which settles the question of what to do tonight. If you would rather play than watch, Murder Mystery Trivia at San Jose Improv is an interactive whodunit from Die Laughing Productions where the trivia night doubles as the case, also at 8.
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Also on the calendar
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10:00 AM · Adults · Los Gatos Library · Los Gatos · Free
Join a Spanish-language book club discussion in the library's first-floor conference room Thursday mornings.
12:30 PM · Music Building · San Jose · Free
Hear SJSU Jazz Studies faculty perform tunes spanning jazz history to open the Listening Hour series.
5:30 PM · Kids, ages 5-10, Young Children, ages 0-5 · Calabazas Library · San Jose · Free · Free, with limited capacity. Tickets available at the desk 30 minutes before program starts. All individuals (of any age) attending need a ticket and must be present to receive their ticket.
Bring young scientists to try hands-on STEAM activities like robots, engineering, and making.
5:30 PM · Pre-Teens, ages 10-12 · Santa Teresa Library · San Jose · Free
Practice systems of equations, inequalities, functions, and quadratics with fellow middle schoolers.
6:00 PM · Linden Tree Books · Los Altos · Free
Meet author James Ponti and get your copy signed at his book launch.
7:30 PM · San Jose Center for the Performing Arts · San Jose
Watch Disney's touring production of Beauty and the Beast bring the classic tale to the stage.
Around town
Both threads had zero replies as of this morning, so a library looking for adults to help teens build Halloween woodworking projects and a local hunting for Friday plans for a New York visitor could each use one good answer.
A library seeks adult volunteers for a Halloween-themed upcycle woodworking program for teens.
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A local asks for fun Friday night activity suggestions in San Jose for a visiting friend from New York.
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