What goes around comes around, right? Just like a record. And, as it turns out, just like the popularity of the vinyl LPs that were thought to be obsolete a generation ago.

Needle to the Groove in San Jose is one of several retailers — including On the Corner Music in Campbell — that has been a treasure trove for vinyl hounds, and its success has paid off nicely. After four years in a fairly cramped downtown shop, Needle to the Groove has expanded to a 2,000 square foot space just a few doors away at 424 E. Santa Clara St.

The new location allows Needle to the Groove to display more than twice as many vinyl records, along with tapes and CDs. There are two listening stations with headphones so customers can check out a record before they buy, and a DJ booth means there will be more music played inside the store, too.

Needle to the Groove is also expanding in a different way with its own label, Needle To The Groove Entertainment. The roster includes local performers Aki Kumar, whose Bollywood-flavored blues music has made fans of everyone who hears it, Oakland’s DJ Platurn and San Jose R&B artist B. Lewis, who had a party for his new 7-inch limited vinyl release, “Strange Things,” Friday night.

“It is eclectic by design, meaning we focus on all genres as well as local and national/international artists,” said David Ma, who is working with Needle to the Groove Entertainment. “We find the artists, in some cases help develop them, and push out songs we think fit the aesthetic we like.”

Get more info online at www.needletothegroove.net or start browsing through the stacks.

‘HEIGHTS’ ON FIRE: City Lights Theater Company has extended the run of “In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-“Hamilton” musical, with five new shows through Aug. 26.

Executive Artistic Director Lisa Mallette said the show sold 75 percent of its tickets by opening night. “It’s great to see a show resonate with so many people,” she said.

Reflecting the musical’s setting in diverse Washington Heights, the downtown San Jose theater’s lobby is filled with Latin American flags, textiles, photographs and Puerto Rican candy and plantain chips.

The cast of 22 performers is huge by City Lights standards, and includes Marsha Dimalanta and Dave Leon, who play married couple Camila and Kevin Rosario. Coincidentally, Dimalanta and Leon were both self-described “theater rats” at Independence High School in San Jose. This is their first show together in 26 years.

Get tickets — while you can — at www.cltc.org.

CYCLING AWAY TO AVAYA: The San Jose Earthquakes are teaming up with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to offer a free bike valet at Avaya Stadium for its July 28 match against Real Salt Lake. What that means is fans who ride their bikes to the 7:15 p.m. match can park their wheels in a guarded bike corral in the VIP parking area and enjoy the game without worry. Or at least without worrying about their bikes, as the Earthquakes’ recent results are worry-inducing on their own.

If you’re wondering how well this works, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Shiloh Ballard points out that this has been going on successfully at Levi’s Stadium for years. “Whether it’s Beyonce, Wrestlemania or football, we’re out there providing a coat check like service, but for bikes,” Ballard said, noting that the Monster Truck Jam didn’t bring in many bikes, but the Grateful Dead’s 2015 shows had 800 bikes plus a hula hoop.

At any given 49ers game, about 170 fans park their bikes in the corral and Ballard said the goal for the Quakes’ game is 200. That’s a lot of cars off the road — and out of the parking lots.

GOOD DEED DEPT.: More than 100 volunteers — from the San Jose Sharks, the Sharks Foundation, SAP and Turning Wheels for Kids — spent Monday assembling 350 bikes at SAP Center that are being distributed, along with helmets, to students and non-profits that will gift them to low-income families for the holiday season. The bike build kicked off the Sharks Foundation‘s Healthy Living Giving Campaign.

And cancer patients at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose are feeling a little more warmth thanks to the Del Grande Dealer Group. The automotive giant partnered with the Subaru Loves to Care program to donate more than 200 blankets to the hospital on behalf of the Silicon Valley/Monterey Bay chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

CREATIVE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Finishing up with a little more vinyl, Teardrop, aka Claudia Saenz, who spins with the Chulita Vinyl Club will be the special guest DJ July 26 at the monthly Drink and Draw at the Art Boutiki in San Jose. The atmosphere is a bit more casual than a Paint Night event, as people let their creativity soar with crayons, papers, pencils, coloring books and board games.

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Art in construction zone will move to new downtown San Jose home “Since the Drink and Draw returned in February, we’ve seen the audiences grow each month,” said Carlos Velasquez, who persuaded owner Dan Vado to revive the event. “The best part has been the people of all ages — parents coming with their kids, high schoolers with their friends, older folks who you wouldn’t see at a bar but are happily drinking and drawing.”

The drinking, drawing and music start at 7 p.m. at 44 Race St., and it’s free to just attend and hang out. Go to www.artboutiki.com for details.