“Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine” includes a visual arts component: the West Coast premiere of “Unidentified Figures,” a series of larger-than-life-size paintings by Ukrainian artist Lesia Khomenko. The work will be exhibited Feb. 15-March 5 in the Unzipped Pavilion in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District. (Courtesy photo)
San Jose Jazz is venturing beyond music with “Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine,” the festival kicking off this week that is a timely collaboration with Am I Jazz? Festival of Kyiv. There will, of course, be some amazing music during the Feb. 16-March 3 event with U.S. musicians and their Ukrainian counterparts playing at venues in