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12.05.07

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News

Looking Down on Creation
The best view of San Jose's new era of high-rise development can be found in a small metal box 20 stories up

News

Toy Soldiers
Behind the statistics is the story of why San Jose gangs are getting younger and more violent

The Fly: 12.05.07
Sewer Services Down the Drain, Porno for Poli-Sci & Warning: Contains No Actual Juice

Columns

Silicon Alleys:
Multiplicity

Technology News:
Comcast wages a covert war against file sharing

Sporting Events:
The BADGirls roller hockey championship

Events:
Downtown Ice

Kids Events:
California Theatre Center's 'An Old-Fashioned Holiday'

Movies

Review: 'Margot at the Wedding'
Nicole Kidman brings a tart tongue to Jennifer Jason Leigh's big day

Review: 'The Golden Compass'
A new fantasy franchise arrives with more questions than answers

Cult Leader
Psychotronix Festival

Review:
This week's movie revivals

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Naked Utters
Naked Raygun and the Swingin' Utters let it all hang out—together

This Week's Music Picks
Andrew Bird, Tori Amos, Jonathan Richman & The Oak Ridge Boys

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

Restaurants

Eat at Joe's
Even after a remodel, downtown institution is still the original

Silicon Veggie
Meatless Holiday Treats

5 Things to Love
Restaurants Near HP Pavilion

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Stage Preview: Campesino Christmas
El Teatro Campesino rings changes on 'La Pastorela' in San Juan Bautista

Stage Review: 'This Wonderful Life'
Dan Hiatt plays all the parts in a stage version of Frank Capra's holiday classic

Stage Review: 'Twelfth Night'
TheatreWorks gives a groovy '60s spin to Shakespeare comedy

Stage Review: 'Stop Time!'
Tabard Theatre taps its way through a new musical revue

Books: 'Who Named the Knife' by Linda Spalding
Reviewed by Richard von Busack

Books: 'Uncanny Bodies' by Robert Spadoni
Reviewed by Michael S. Gant

DVD Review: 'Prime Suspect'
Helen Mirren brings down the curtain on the great British detective series

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
December 5-11, 2007.




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