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Metro Silicon Valley
11.12.08

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News

Paradise Lost
After 15 years of devotion to the medical marijuana movement, WAMM founders Valerie and Michael Corral face the loss of their land and the end of a dream

News

Animal Pharm
The FDA's lax approach to labeling foods from genetically modified animals comes under fire

The Fly
Silicon Valley News Notes

Columns

Silicon Alleys
The Art of Recovery

Style
The Power of GLOW

Kids
The von Trapp Family gets ready to break into song in 'The Sound of Music,' presented by Peninsula Youth Theatre. The show plays Saturday (Nov. 15) at 2 and 7:30pm and runs through Nov. 23 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Movies


Film Review: 'Quantum of Solace'
The new 007 races across the continents

Film Preview
The Latino Film Festival comes to Redwood City and San Jose

Film Preview
Morgan Hill hosts the short-film Poppy Jasper Festival

DVD Review
'A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral'

DVD Review
'Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition'

DVD Review
'One Touch of Venus'

DVD Review
'The Alice Faye Collection: Vol. 2'

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

The New Rules
Hope for the musical landscape

MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Joya Cooking
La Strada owners expand into new world of modern Latin cuisine

Live Feed
Growing Real Change

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Art Review: 'This End Up'
The San Jose Museum of Art showcases the many creative uses of cardboard

Stage Review: 'Mr. Marmalade'
Renegade Theatre Experiment looks at a young girl's imaginary friend in a black comedy

Opera Review: 'The Elixir of Love'
Opera San Jose transports Donizetti's comic tale to old San Jose

Book Review
'Patty's Got a Gun,' by William Graebner, reviewed by Richard von Busack

Book Review
'Tom Friedman,' reviewed by Michael S. Gant

Classical Preview
Stanford's Lively Arts marks the centenary of French composer Messiaen

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
November 12 - 18, 2008