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North Bay Bohemian
May 16-22, 2007

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News

Sound Sculpture at Paradise Ridge Winery
Nicolas van Krijdt makes form out of sound as he and 14 other artists prepare for the sculpture garden's 12th rotation, "Prelude."

News

Meet the Millennials
New polling methods involving cell phone access give a more realistic portrait of the newest generation of adults.

News briefs for Sonoma, Marin and Napa
Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes leasing the state lottery to private sources and other woes of California's new budget.

Column. The Byrne Report. Political Derby
More media dispatches from 1956.

Columns

Ask Sydney: No question too big, too small or too off-the-wall
Puppy love, staying with the bad boss and the dangerous triangle relationship.

Movies

Review: 'Waitress'
Pure pie in the sky in this slight indie film.

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Music & Clubs

Review: Betty Davis
Before Lil' Kim, Salt-n-Pepa, Millie Jackson, Chaka Khan and even a few crucial years before Tina Turner's solo work, Betty Davis created an explosively sexual persona of independent fierceness.

Preview: Jimmy McCracklin
85-year-old East Bay bluesman Jimmy McCracklin still looks to the future.

Preview: Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr. and the fight to rebuild New Orleans.

Essay: Bad Behavior
Phil Spector is leader of the pack of legends behaving badly.

Review: Sage Francis
Sage Francis makes the hip-hop world safe for poetry nerds everywhere.

Review: Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello's angry young man phase remains a force to be reckoned with.

Review: Wilco
Wilco's 'Sky Blue Sky' squanders excellent players on mediocre material.

MORE NIGHTLIFE    NIGHTLIFE LISTINGS    NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Barleywine
The high-alcohol beer that's just perfect for sipping after dinner?

Review: Two Crows Roadhouse
Charming breakfast and lunch joint breaks the bad feng shui mojo of its location.

Winery review: Generation Wines
Hip new outpost serves up the dead grape those crazy young folks dig.

Sonoma Valley Passport
Multi-winery drinkathon goes digital with Youtube.

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The Arts

Stage preview: 'The Last Five Years' at Sonoma County Rep
Innovative theater company takes a new staging of this new favorite.

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
May 16-22, 2007.




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