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Metro Silicon Valley
11.25.09

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News

Retail Therapy
Metro's guide to holiday gifts, movies and events

News

Power of Consumption
How we Americans spent ourselves into ruin—but saved the world

The Fly Reports on Silicon Valley News

Columns

Silicon Alleys: Weird Wonderland
Gary Singh suggests some truly unusual presents for the oddballs on your list

Super Kawaii
Seven local artists bring the cute with their darling, original craft designs

I Saw You: Rant of the Week
Kiss and Lie

Movies


Film Review: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
Wes Anderson's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' is perfect holiday entertainment

Film Review: 'The Road'
Cormac McCarthy has seen the future, and it is really, really bleak

Film Review: 'Ninja Assassin'
The dialogue is better than the action in yakuza revenge flick

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Music: NME
Local Croatian punk rockers rile up audiences from all sides of the socio-political divide

Music: F/X Reunion
The Blank Club remembers the San Jose club on Nov. 27

Music: Trans-Siberian
The popular orchestra plays holiday show Nov. 29 at HP Pavilion

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

Restaurants

Review: Fish Story
San Jose's Bluefin offers a steady but unadventurous menu of sushi and Jpanese standards

Food: Culinary Stars
Montalvo Arts Center's culinary fellowship was one of the best-kept secrets in the rarefied world of artist colonies.

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Book Review: Palin Around
The governor who quits tries to tell it her way in 'Going Rogue'

Ballet Review: Dancing Pirates
Ballet San Jose delights with 'Pirates of Penzance'

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
November 25 - December 1, 2009