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Metro Silicon Valley
10.08.08

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News

Rocktober
Live Rock Music in the South Bay | Careless Hearts | Saturday Saints | The Holy Ghost Circuit | Get Thrashed | The Pilots Wife | Static Cult Label

News

Tourist Trap
Homeland Security sets up a new San Jose office to apprehend immigrant fugitives

The Fly
Silicon Valley News Notes

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Captured by Robots!

Style
Recession Proof

Sporting Events
The Silicon Valley Roller Girls are headed your way this Halloween.

Movies


Movie Review: 'Rachel Getting Married'
Jonathan Demme throws a wedding and Anne Hathaway steals the show

Movie Review: 'The Duchess'
Ralph Fiennes, Keira Knightley and the costumes outshine the script in 18th-century memoldrama

Movie Review: 'The Brothers'
The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto revives a lush Scottish drama set on the Isle of Skye

Movie Review: 'Body of Lies'
Is there a screen big enough for Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in one shot?

DVD Review
'How the West Was Won'

DVD Review
'Jellyfish'

DVD Review
'Love and a .45'

DVD Review
'Artifacts'

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Hat Trick
Weezer understands the importance of appropriate head gear.

Music Picks
Gypsy Soul, Rock Band Live and Santana

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

Restaurants

The Other Japantown
Exploring a lesser-known spot for Japanese culture in the South Bay

Live Feed
Fall Openings

5 Things to Love
Food Bargains

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Stage Preview: 'Cabaret Unkempt'
Body-image issues highlight MACLA show

Stage Review; 'The Rose of Persia'
Lyric Theatre of San Jose has fun with Sullivan operetta

Classical Preview
New Music Works of Santa Cruz steps out on its 30th anniversary

Book Review
'Glazed America,' by Paul R. Mullins, reviewed by Matthew Craggs

Book Review
'Acedia & Me,' by Kathleen Norris , reviewed by Richard von Busack

Classical Preview
Mission Chamber Orchestra goes to Spain for Iberia! concert

Classical Preview
The Steinbeck Society hosts a concert by Garrick Ohlsson

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
October 8 - 14, 2008