Cover: Cine City
The pull of Hollywood is strong, but some local filmmakers want to pursue their visions close to home. Plus: Metro's critics pick out the highs and lows at this year's Cinequest festival.

News: Bluebloods, Sweat and Tears
The New York Stock Exchange opens its new West Coast headquarters with a bevy of high-tech toys and tricks. But can east beat west?

Metropolis News Extras

• Los Gatos: Unhappy planning applicant takes off the gloves and circulates petition.
  
• Cupertino: Hopeful buyers jam affordable housing meeting.
  

In Harmony's Way: Saving the barbershop quartet.

Public Eye: AG Bill Lockyer works convention for West. Diaz shows poll position. Vasco's four-letter vocabulary.

Alchemical Opposites: True trip-hop resurfaces in Baby Namboos, courtesy Tricky and Aurora Borealis on 'Ancoats2Zambia.'

Pointed Spear: Spearhead makes social change through its music.

Aural Fixation: Folk troubadour Bob Dylan's two-night stop in Santa Cruz sells out in a hurry.

Audiofile: Reviews of new CDs by TAM!, the exies and Boy Kicks Girl.

Looks Can Kill: Be careful what you watch for in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rear Window.'

Strong Vapors: In today's metastasizing IPO market, vaporware is everywhere.

Grand Petit: French choreographer Roland Petit's 'Carmen' gets revived with all the trappings by San Jose Cleveland Ballet.

Waiting Game: In which we ponder the quest for a satisfying dining experience at Valeriano's.

A La Carte: One of the world's top culinary events--the Masters of Food and Wine--gets cooking in Carmel's Highlands Inn.

Please don't forget to write! Metro welcomes letters. Like any great work of art, they should be originals -- not copies of letters sent elsewhere. Include address and daytime phone (for verification purposes only). Letters may be edited for length and clarity or to correct factual inaccuracies known to us. Postal: Metro Letters, 550 S. First. St., San Jose, CA 95111. Fax: 408/298-0602.

JavaScript must be enabled to display this email address.