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Metro Silicon Valley
05.07.08

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2008 Summer Guide
Shtick Bands | Movies | Venues & Concerts | Concert Series | Stage | Art Shows | Festivals | Classical Concerts | Sports | Family Fare

News

Clocked Out
One man's quest to restore San Jose's forgotten clock tower

The Fly: 05.14.08
I Don't Hear the Train A-Comin', Almost Never Forget and Old Country For No Men

Columns

Silicon Alleys
ZeroOne Preview

Technology News
How the Internet dream is turning into a tethered nightmare

Style
Figure it Out

Events
The annual A la Carte and Art festival this weekend in downtown Mountain View

Sporting Events
National Bike to Work Week

Kids Events
Elton Rosicki plays Peter Rabbit in 'The Tales of Beatrix Potter,' presented by Palo Alto Children's Theatre.

Movies

Movie Review: 'Flight of the Red Balloon'
A children's classic soars again in a reimagining by Hou Hsiao Hsien

Movie Review: 'Speed Racer'
A summer blockbuster crashes and burns

Movie Review: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'
A thousand years have passed, but has anything really changed in Narnia?

Movie Review: 'Before the Rains'
Lust overcomes a sahib in 1937 England

DVD Review
John Wayne: The Fox Westerns and The Big Trail

DVD Review
Abel Gance's La Roue

DVD Review
Noriko's Dinner Table

Music & Clubs

Evil Reign
Finnish death metalheads Children of Bodom join Megadeth's Gigantour

This Week's Music Picks
Smash Mouth, The Waybacks and Rene Solis with Lucky 13

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Restaurants

Little Saigon Meets the Big Easy
'Nhau'cuisine fuses Cajunand Vietnamese cuisine

5 Things to Love
Great Cheese Shops

Live Feed
Sake Hop

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Comics Preview: 'Super-Con'
Joel Hodgson of MST3K fame comes to San Jose convention

Stage Preview: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'
San Jose Rep delves into the multiple sides of good and evil

Stage Review: Butchlalis de Panochtitlan
The gender-bending troupe shreds stereotypes in 'The Barber of East L.A.' at MACLA

Symphony Review
Gershwin took centerstage at Symphony Silicon Valley concert

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
May 14 - 20, 2008




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