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Metro Silicon Valley
November 8-14, 2006

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News

The top censored news stories of 2005-2006
Ten of the most important news stories you've never read.

News

Mitchell Cutler lawsuit
Racial tension turns camera-shop showdown into bizarre court battle.

The Fly: 11.08.06
You know you're in suburbia when inmates at the local county jail are more afraid of you than you are of them.

Fly Extra
Dispatches from Election Night.

Columns

Silicon Alleys: San Jose Earthquakes
Let us hope that Lew Wolff can reestablish the Quakes tradition and bring it back for good.

Technology News: Some 'good genes' can't be passed on
In the genetic war between the sexes, genes that are good for one sex aren't necessarily good for the opposite-sex children who inherit them.

Movies

Essay: 'Nicole Kidman' by David Thomson
Thomson's new study of Kidman falls in love with the image, not the woman.

Movie Review: 'A Good Year'
Russell Crowe plays a rich guy relaxing in Provence in Ridley Scott's very bad new film.

Movie Review: 'Stranger Than Fiction'
Despite a clunker ending, Will Ferrell's delightful new film delivers like a well-oiled Olivetti.

TV Preview: 'Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories'
Dave Tatsuno of San Jose took color footage of the Japanese-American internment camps.

Film Festival Preview: 10th International Latino Film Festival
The festival brings the world to our doors.

Cult Leader: Tenacious D
The main thing they still do is rock your socks off.

Movie Review: This Week's Revivals
High times: 'Dazed and Confused,' 'The Muppet Movie' and more.

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Music Preview: Sonic Temple Live
Their concerts are unique musical blind dates with a community consciousness.

Music Preview: 10 bands in San Jose
Three venues, 10 bands and one writer.

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

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Seven Restaurant and Lounge
A hip urban vibe and big tastes have brought success to Valdez brothers.

Live Feed: Iguana's
One of downtown San Jose's most popular taquerias reopens after legal troubles.

5 Things to Love: Alternatives to Butterball Turkeys
Why not try serving the good stuff this Thanksgiving?

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Visual Arts Review: 'Bay Area Abstraction: A Current View' and 'Lyle Gomes: Imagining Eden'
A new show at the Triton Museum proves the enduring power of the abstract urge.

Stage Review: 'The King and I'
American Musical Theatre of San Jose shows out a king's ransom in sets for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

Stage Review: 'Brilliant Traces'
Two characters struggle to connect in a snowbound cabin in the Dragon Productions play.

Stage Review: 'Sideways Stories From Wayside School'
Renegade Theatre Experiment turns the classroom topsy-turvy.

Book Review: 'Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir'
By Robert Hughes.

Book Review: 'Sailing From Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the World'
By Colin Wells.

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
November 8-14, 2006.




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