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North Bay Bohemian
01.02.08

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News

Cleaning the Cosco Busan Oil Spill
Old hair clippings and oyster mushrooms aren't glamroous, but they certainly love toxic sludge.

News

Immigration Activism
As new generation of U.S.-educated immigrants learn that they can't attain college, new leaders emerge to act for change.

Columns

The Green Zone
Right Livelihood: Ursa Minor Arts + Media in Marin marries good design with even better intentions to save the world.

Open Mic
Out When? Leaders speak out on an Iraq timetable.

Music & Clubs

Essay: The Cool Kids
Twentysomething rappers are saving hip-hop from its middle-age spread.

Essay: Springsteen Meets Arcade Fire
With cover swapping all the rage, what if Bruce and Butler went song for song?

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Restaurants

Essay: Salt-Roasting
An ancient baking technique brings out the Platonic ideal in food flavors.

Winery review: Sheldon Wines
Tiny but mighty winery operates out of a caboose.

Restaurant review: Toyo Japanese Grill in Santa Rosa
Get past the 'mayoler' obsession, and Toyo's quality shines.

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

Movies

Review: Foreign Films Vying for 2008 Oscar Consideration
'Secret Sunshine,' 'Caramel' and 'M for Mother' are among the stand-outs.

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The Arts

Preview: Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Prize winner and founder of microcredit comes to Book Passage in Corte Madera.

Stage review: 'Public Exposure' at Sixth Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich's foray into playwrighting produces a silly, acute look at politics today.

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