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| May 9-15, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bible-Belted: South Valley evangelicals rage in a new holy war targeting gay domestic partnerships, yet some of the strongest voices on same-sex marriages come straight from the fold. Also, one man's story of how next-of-kin laws were used to ban him from the home he and his partner shared. Plus, a Metroactive photo essay, Family Portraits. |
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| News | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Virtual Vacation: At the commercialized Internet World Convention, the closest thing to the edge turned up in "Oz," in a corner of the big white tent. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public Eye: Calderón offers effusive apology for gay-related comments and peacenik Campbell takes a stand on Bosnia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Polis Report: The Golden Age of the talk show has officially passed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DeCinzo: Caller, I Don't. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts & Entertainment |
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| Movies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial Sights: Cemetery Man raises the dead in an intellectual zombie fest. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stars Fell on Albania: Gianni Amelio's Lamerica serves up horrors too painful for anything but laughs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dead Man, Not Walking: Dead Man is the kind of movie you wish you could blame on drugs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cracker in the World: David Lowery of Cracker talks about hating his generation, camping in Beethoven's van and riding Santa Cruz's "Big Dipper." | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wolf Tracks: On Colossal Head, Los Lobos traces a blues line from the Delta to East L.A. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Feel Alright: Singer-songwriter Steve Earle comes to terms with his many demons. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Major A Minor: SJ Symphony's Shostakovich is a revelation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beat Street: Will the wolves survive? Oh yeah. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Audiofile: The latest CDs by Busta Rhymes, Korea Girl, and O'Landa Draper & the Associates. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fools of Wisdom: Jason Lutes tells his stories between the panels in a brilliant new comic book. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Art | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Art Is Where the Cafe Is: Two new galleries flourish on South First Street. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Couch Potato No More: Techno-artist Nam Jun Paik's Couch Potato installation comes to a close, but you can still peruse the winning pearls of futuristic wisdom from Metro/SJ Museum of Art's Couch Potato Contest. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Addicted to Love: TheatreWorks argues the case in Sondheim's Passion. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Menu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresh Choice: Local chefs take advantage of the abundance of fresh, seasonal produce. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jonesin' for Some Java: A coffee sociologist examines the social hierarchy of caffeine addicts. | ||||||||||||||||||||