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Metro Silicon Valley
08.26.09

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News

Fall Arts Guide 2009
Film | Music | Visual Arts

News

Class Action
Santa Clara University teaches sustainability—and practices what it teaches

The Fly Reports on Silicon Valley News

Columns

Local News: One Step Beyond Update
Silicon Alleys reports on the Sacred Leaf Benefit

Style News: Zippers

I Saw You: Self-Important Businessmen
Metroactive wants to know what gets your goat

Movies


Movie Review: 'Taking Woodstock'
Ang Lee looks back at the the most famous festival of them all

Movie Review: 'It Might Get Loud'
Three guitar gods swap stories and songs in new documentary

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Music News: Os Mutantes Promote Brazilian Beat at Outside Lands Festival

Club Scene: The Games Never End at Dave & Buster's in Milpitas

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

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Santa Clara's Golden Falafel Ball does falafels right

Food News: Keeping a Food Budget Tight Isn't Easy
Stett Holbrook reports on his family's effort to save some money in the kitchen

Food News: Chef Profile of Nick Difu
Silicon Valley Restaurant Week salutes the chef of Los Gatos' Nick's on Main

Wine News: In the Wake of the Lockheed Fire
Will smoke damage the grape harvest in the Santa Cruz Mountains?

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Comedy Preview: Brian Regan brings off-kilter sense of humor to Montalvo show

Art Review: Molas and More
A look at new textile shows at the San Jose Museum of Quilts

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
August 26 - September 1, 2009