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Metro Silicon Valley
03.04.09

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News

Karaoke Cultists
Three weeks with some of Silicon Valley's most devoted lounge lizards

News

Fraternity Life & Death
Junior Johnson's Sigma Chi brothers are mourning his apparent suicide, while his mother says they killed him

The Fly Reports on Silicon Valley News

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Fairmont Blow-Out

Style and Fashion in Silicon Valley
Rebecca Sell of Barbarella Beauty in Willow Glen

Sports: Strikeforce April 11 at the HP Pavilion

Movies


FILM Preview: Cinequest Week II
'Fallen Angel' documentary leads a strong second week to San Jose film festival

FILM Preview: 'Intolerance'
D.W. Griffith's silent epic shows at Cinequest in San Jose

Film Preview: Day of the Writer
Cinequest forum looks at the sources of film noir

Film Preview: Kevin Pollak
Steve Palopoli interviews Cinequest Maverick Spirit Award winner Kevin Pollak

Film Preview: Cinequest Features
A critics' list of the features at Cinequest Week II

Film Review: 'Gomorrah'
A searing new Italian film exposes the gang violence of Naples

Film Preview: 'Watchmen'
Richard von Busack hints at pleasures to come in big-screen adaptation of famous graphic novel

DVD Reviews: Paul Newman
Five new releases charts the far reaches of the great star's career

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Music Preview: Two Cow Garage
There's more to alt country than alt country

Music Preview: Classical concerts for week of March 4-10

MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Menu: Casablanca's Cafe
The falafels are extrafine at Willow Glen sandwich shop

Food News: Traveling Veggie
Silicon Veggie offers advice on keeping to your diet while traveling

Wine News: Pinot Varieties
A look at appellations in the Santa Cruz Mountains

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Stage Review: 'Bat Boy, the Musical'
The tabloid icon sings his way through a new production at Foothill Musical Theatre

Art Preview: South First Fridays
Artists show off their works in downtown San Jose on March 6

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
March 4 - 10, 2009