From noon to 6pm, the Make Music San José website will be converted into a virtual stage, featuring community-hosted channels with creative content and live performances by local artists.

In decades past, five big arts groups dominated the Silicon Valley culture scene. The local arts organizations look quite different these days.

This week’s column is a tribute to one of San Jose’s most amazing and accomplished people: Miss Irene Dalis, founder of Opera San Jose and a world-class international opera star. I consider myself fortunate to have known Miss Dalis for more than three decades and even more fortunate to have witnessed the growth and development of the company she created.