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Metro Silicon Valley
10.15.08

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News

Voting Guide
Barack Obama For President | The Money Candidate | Herrera, Kalra for San Jose Council | Local Measures | State Propositions

News

Protest Vote
As a headstrong newcomer facing off against George Shirakawa, Richard Hobbs has shaken up the District 2 supes race

The Fly
Silicon Valley News Notes

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Much Ado About Zoso

Style
Fall for Men: Traditions, Trends and Trials

Sporting Events
Quakes Felt Across The Pond

Events
Chef Alice Medrich taught visitors some tricks about cooking with fruits at last year's Pear & Wine Festival. The event takes place again, with bountiful culinary offerings, this Sunday (Oct. 19) at Santana Row, 10am–6pm. This year's guests include Giada De Laurentiis and the growers from G Bar B Ranch in Kelseyville.

Kids
'Finding Nemo' favorites Marlin and Dory glide through the latest Disney on Ice presentation, '100 Years of Magic,' showcasing scores of Disney characters. The show runs Oct. 15–18 at the Oakland Oracle Arena, and then plays Oct. 22–26 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com.

Movies


Movie Preview
The Arab Film Festival brings eight features to San Jose for the weekend

Movie Review: 'What Just Happened?'
Barry Levinson and Robert De Niro take a darkly comic look at Hollywood

Movie Preview
The Pacific Rim Film Festival offers free screenings in Santa Cruz

Movie Review: 'Vertigo'
Stanford Theatre celebrates Hitchcock's epic on the big screen Oct. 16

DVD Review
'An Autumn Afternoon'

DVD Review
'An American in Paris'

DVD Review
'Delicatessen'

DVD Review
'Mobile'

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Imperfect Circle
Campbell native Joe Sib returns with his all-star band 22 Jacks

The Matrix Has Them
3Oh!3 take the red pill

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

Restaurants

Going Coconuts
Chef Robert Simpson does it again with Palo Alto's new Jamaican outpost

Live Feed
Lost in the Supermarket

5 Things to Love
Silicon Valley Steakhouses

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Stage Preview
San Jose Rep explores the physics of belief in 'Splitting Infinity'

Stage Review
'The Turn of the Screw' at San Jose Stage Company

Stage Review
August Wilson's 'Radio Golf' at TheatreWorks

Stage Review
Tabard updates a Greek tragedy with 'Antigone (in the Oval Office)

Performance Preview
Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton collaborate on a premiere for Stanford Lively Arts

Book Review
'The Eaves of Heaven' by Andrew Pham, reviewed by Michael S. Gant

Book Review
'A Romance on Three Legs,' by Katie Hafner, reviewed by Michael S. Gant

Classical Preview
This weekend's best classical concerts

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
October 15 - 21, 2008