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Metro Silicon Valley
November 23-29, 2005

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News

Brush Strikes
A new show on visual politics asks: Can artists change the world with images?

News

Riot Place, Wrong Time
Ugliness at De Anza protests leads to charges of racial profiling.

Silicon Valley News Notes
Local nightclub owners are angry about the police's new club ordinance and how it was railroaded through.

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Graveyard Shift.

Technology News
Good Drugs.

Car Culture
As such, it is a great idea to carpool those long distances toward home, if you can. And these days this means taking a ride from a stranger found on Craigslist.org.

Movies

The Boho Dance
Rosario Dawson in her underclothes vamps the world in Chris Columbus' film adaptation of 'Rent.'

Chill Thrill
'The Ice Harvest' skates on very thin ice with anti-holiday bad cheer.

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Blame Canada
Politics, punk and Visa worries fuel the anger of Winnipeg's most vocal punk group.

Medicine Men
Sideshow soundtrack harks back to the early days of the carny.

MORE NIGHTLIFE    NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

Restaurants

Iran, Iran All Night And Day
Get right with Mountain View's restaurant row, and sample the Persian food at Rose International Market.

Live Feed
Organic Is Dead, Long Live Organic.

5 Things to Love
Foods That Make You Smart.

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Veni, Vidi, Verdi
Opera San José overcomes some stilted staging with strong singing in production of 'A Masked Ball.'

Austen's In the Air
First a new movie adaptation, then San Jose Rep goes the stage route— 'Pride and Prejudice' never goes out of fashion.

A Word To the Wise
Four women struggle with World War II emotions and relations in City Lights' 'Wise Women.'

Swamp Things
Bayou siblings go over the top in Stage Company's outrageous 'Sugar Bean Sisters.'

Mixing It Up
Film, music and dance combined at Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley's latest program.




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