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Metro Silicon Valley
09.17.08

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News

Best of Silicon Valley 2008
Intro | Short List | Profiles | Fashion | Arts and Culture | Food and Sustenance | Music and Nightlife | Shopping and Services | Love and Romance

News

Gone, Baby, Gone
A San Jose mother tries to prevent the Department of Corrections from sending her son to an out-of-state prison

The Fly
Fun With Swears and Turf War

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Thirsty for Change

Sporting Events
Tour of Gymnastic Superstars happens Sunday, Sept. 21, at the HP Pavilion

Style
Changing a Nation's Image

Movies


Movie Review: Maniac Cop
Samuel L. Johnson proves that good fences don't make good neighbors in 'Lakeview Terrace'

Movie Review: 'Flow'
Corporations are busy buying up the most fundamental source of life, says a new documentary

Movie Review: 'Towelhead'
13 will get you 20 in Alan Ball's woeful expose of racism and underage sexuality

Movie Classics
The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto starts a minifestival of rarely seen British films

DVD Review
'Le Plaisir'

DVD Review
'Boomerang'

DVD Review
'Baby Mama'

DVD Review
'Never Love a Stranger'

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

He's a Rainbow
The many faces of Black Flag's Henry Rollins

Music Picks
Nick Cave, The Hives and the Monterey Jazz Festival

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

Restaurants

Kitchen Confidential
Mexico's best-kept culinary secret arrives in the South Bay

Live Feed
Downtown's Cafe Scene Perks Up

5 Things to Love
Great Songs About Food

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Opera San Jose Silver anniversary
Founder Irene Dalis remembers 25 years of Opera San Jose

Stage Review
'Eccentricities of a Nightingale' at Pear Avenue

'Oscar' Winner
Junot Díaz comes to San Jose to talk about 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'

Book Review
'Waiter Rant,' by 'The Waiter,' reviewed by Matthew Craggs

Book Review
'Ghost Train to the Eastern Star,' by Paul Theroux, reviewed by Michael S. Gant

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
September 17 - 23, 2008