Cover: Mail Bashing
Inside the Orwellian world of the U.S. Postal Service.

Hot-Weather Happenings: A complete guide to this summer's cultural, recreational and phantasmagorical fun.

Big City, Bright Sounds: The annual Cabrillo Music Festival explores urban soundscapes.

Notes From the Underground: Spaceboy takes rock & roll into the next dimension.

Audiophile: Reviews of the latest CDs by Orquesta Gitano, Exploding Crustaceans, Sharon Bousquet and Crawdaddy.

Female Bonding: Two girls save each other in Susan Skoog's Whatever.

Double-Edged Drama: Deception abounds with Shakespeare Santa Cruz's handsomely mounted production of Othello.

Heavenly Daze: A contemporary grill with a view, the new cocktail restaurant offers gorgeous visuals with its fun bar food.

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