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Road Trip

Artists view the open road from different angles at San Jose Museum of Art


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Roots Rock
Snazzy Productions celebrates 25 years of bringing Americana to Santa Cruz stages

Music Picks
The Residents present The Bunny Boy, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and Bonnie Raitt

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read our Ghost of the Son of the House
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Movie Review: 'Blindness'
An attack of sightlessness leads to metaphor overload

Movie Review: 'Religulous'
Bill Maher goes in search of true believers to tweak

DVD Review
J'Accuse

DVD Review
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds

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Arts

Art Review: 'Road Trip'
Artists view the open road from different angles at San Jose Museum of Art

Stage Review: 'Spinning Into Butter'
Dragon Productions looks for political relevance in revival of Rebecca Gilman's 1999 campus drama

Stage Review; 'Noises Off'
City Lights stages elaborate behind-the-scenes farce

Classical Review
Symphony Silicon Valley opens its season with dance suites for orchestra

Restaurants

Shirin Luck
A twist of fate brings good, cheap Persian food

Silicon Veggie
A Vegan in Vin Santo

5 Things to Love
Delicious Wild Mushrooms

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Crash Course
Stanford economist says the government must intervene in the Wall Street collapse—but taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill

The Fly
Pier Pressure, Citizen Kane and Ban Played On

Feinstein's fury
Up against the big media spin machine.

Dianne Feinstein: A Question of Ethics
Senator Feinstein influenced defense projects worth billions to her husband's firms.

MORE NEWS AND FEATURES

Columns

Silicon Alleys
The Da Vinci Mode

Sporting Events
The Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon happens Sunday, Oct. 5

Style
Passport Show Packs a Punch

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
October 1 - 7, 2008