With TV shows like “World of Dance” wildly popular these days, it’s refreshing to find dancing isn’t just a spectator sport in San Jose. If you want proof, just check out CityDance, the weekly series that kicks off its third year Thursday at Plaza de Cesar Chavez. Every week, about 200 or more people show up to take a lesson and dance the night away, with a food truck and beer garden on site for when it’s time to take a break. The secret ingredient to the series’ success may be the wide variety of dance genres offered. For this week’s opener, running from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Sandy Chao and John York from Redwood City-based Mambo Groovin’ Latin Dance Theater will provide Salsa instruction, with music by Orquestra Latin Heat.

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Sergei Filin, a 42-year-old former Bolshoi star, said a man threw the acid into his face late Thursday near the gate of his apartment building in central Moscow. The attacker wore a hood and either a mask or a scarf, so only his eyes were visible, he said. “I got scared and I thought he was going to shoot me,” Filin, his face covered with white bandages, told REN TV. “I turned around to run, but he raced ahead of me.”. Colleagues said Filin could be left partially blind. The Bolshoi’s general director, Anatoly Iksanov, said he believes the attack was linked to Filin’s work.

Singles Valentine’s Mixer: BevMo and Match.com host a pre-Valentine’s Day and charity mixer for singles in their 20s-40s, featuring light hors d’oeuvres and a wine tasting, a raffle and gift bags, Feb, 6, 7 p.m, BevMo, 1247 W, El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, $20; $5 per ticket will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank, Register ballet shoes with bow rubber stamp mounted wood block art stamp at match.com/events/8684, TheatreWorks’ Leading Ladies: A mix-and-mingle luncheon followed by a private performance of Silent Sky and celebrating three Silicon Valley trailblazers: Dr, Natalie Batalha, science team lead for NASA’s Kepler Mission; Ann Bowers, Intel’s first director of personnel and Apple’s first vice president of human resources; and Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, Feb, 8, noon, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, $150, 650-463-7159..

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