Cover: Creative Confrontation
Artists turn on each other in new SMOVA exhibit.

News: Lesson Plan
Military recruiters go to school.

Made in the North Bay: Our annual guide to gifts made close to home.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Erase This: 'Tape' is an aggravating farce.

Musical Edge: Another side of the late George Harrison.

SiFT: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Stone Soup: Fabled recipe gets a culinary correction.

Secrets & Lies: Deception is the rule as lovers get 'Closer' at Actors Theatre.

Modern Message: 'You Can't Take It With You' still offers relevant moral.

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