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11.28.07

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News

2007 Holiday Gift Guide:
Toxic Toy Story | Recalled Toys | Killer Gifts | Holiday Music Picks | Holiday Shopping Tips | Holiday Movie Preview | Holiday Book Picks Holiday Event List

News

State of the Parks
Talking funding priorities, pools, stadiums and the future of San Jose open space with former parks leader Helen Chapman

The Fly: 11.28.07
Tap Dance, Recall by the Numbers & Wilcox Revisited

Columns

Silicon Alleys:
Political Theater Of the Absurd

Technology News:
What can DNA tests by mail really tell us?

Sporting Events:
E-Race Racism Run

Events:
Anthony Slide appears at the Castro Theatre

Kids Events:
San Jose Mainstage production of 'Annie Warbucks'

Movies

Review: Silent Wonders
Stanford and Castro theatres salute a by-gone era of films

Review: 'What Would Jesus Buy?'
Rev. Billy Wirtz delivers the Sermon on the Mall in 'What Would Jesus Buy?'

Review: 'Romance and Cigarettes'
John Turturro creates the weirdest musical yet

Cult Leader
Who are all those people talking about Joe Strummer?

Review:
This week's movie revivals

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Spiced Life
True confessions of a real, live Spice Girls fan

This Week's Music Picks
Switchfoot & the Roots

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

Restaurants

Super Mario
Saratoga's new neighborhood spot for Italian is a cut above

Live Feed
Tak a Luke att Hour Spesh Als!

5 Things to Love
Reasons to Reconsider Your Restaurant Choice

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Books: Otto-Biography
A new biography makes the case for some of director Otto Preminger's forgotten features

Stage Review: 'A Tuna Christmas'
San Jose Stage Company puts the Texas twosome in a holiday mood

Books: 'The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps' edited by Otto Penzler
Reviewed by Michael S. Gant

Books: 'Amazing Rare Things' by David Attenborough
Reviewed by Michael S. Gant

Classical Preview
This weeks picks

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
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