San Jose First United Methodist Church

Get your ticket to the Cinequest Film Festival. The Silicon Valley film festival is where maverick filmmakers get the red-carpet treatment. More than 80,000 attendees watch over 150 indie films vying for the festival's coveted Maverick Spirit Award and film distribution from a major studio.

Adrenaline junkies get their fix at Santa Clara Paintball in San Jose. Players run around a field playing hide and seek with sharp-shooter paint guns until everyone is knocked off but the last man standing. Two to forty players can hit the field where safety and fun go hand in hand.