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this week's event picks

Modeling The Master

The Tech Museum explores the mind and world of da Vinci in 'Leonardo: 500 Years Into the Future'


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Sublimation
San Jose Mariachi Festival singer Lila Downs transcends her political demons on her newest album, 'Shake Away'

Experimental Jet Set
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon teams up with Phantom Orchard for 'The Song Project'

Music Picks
San Francisco Blues Festival, Chanticleer and Neil Diamond

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Movie review: 'A Girl Cut in Two'
Claude Chabrol tightens the screws on an older man having an affair with a much younger woman

Movie Review: 'Towel Head'
A young teen suffers discrimination and abuse

Movie Review: 'Battle in Seattle'
Even left-wing kitsch is still kitsch in fictionalized account of WTO protests

Movie Review: 'The Lucky Ones'
Tim Robbins helps some Iraqi soldiers on leave get to Vegas

Movie Review: 'Nights in Rodanthe'
Richard Gere romances Diane Lane in an update of a '40s weeper

Cult Leader
The legacy of Stanley Wiater's list lives on

DVD Review
'Road House'

DVD Review
'First Among Equals'

DVD Review
'Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre'

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Arts

Museum Review: 'Leonardo'
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose explores the genius of da Vinci

Stage Review
'The Full Monty' strips for action at American Musical Theatre (already posted)

Book Review: 'South Santa Clara County'
Historical photos illuminate the history of Morgan Hill, Gilroy and points south

Book Review: 'Obscene in the Extreme'
A new book by Rick Wartzman recalls the battle to ban 'The Grapes of Wrath'

Book Review: 'The Predator State'
James K. Galbraith exposes the neocon fantasy of free markets

Restaurants

Art and Parcel
Santa Clara's Parcel 104 maintains its commitment to culinary excellence

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Send It Back

5 Things to Love
Locally Harvestable Sea Vegetables

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