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I Want to Believe

We can't believe they bothered one more time


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Nightlife scenes from bars and clubs in downtown San Jose and the surrounding area. Plus, sign up for Metroactive's Club Newsletter for the latest San Jose club events, hot dance club parties and more.


Going the Distance
S.J.–raised jazz drummer Sylvia Cuenca connects with jazz in the Big Apple

Bloodied But Unbowed
The Blasters' Phil Alvin sorts through the unholy mess they've made of American music

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For new releases, reviews, pop-culture musings and rants
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Movie Review: 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'
How the legal system went bonkers over one director's sex scandal

Movie Review: 'Brideshead Revisited'
Once was enough

Movie Review: 'CSNY: Deja Vu'
A rock tour turns into a political statement

DVD Review: 'Satantango'
Bela Tarr's masterpiece arrives on four DVDs

DVD Review
'Mad Men' reviewed by Michael S. Gant

DVD Review
'Day of the Outlaw' reviewed by Steve Palopoli

DVD Review
'Dead and Gone' reviewed by Michael S. Gant

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Arts

Stage Review: 'Doubt: A Parable'
TheatreWorks balances compassion of justice in new production

Stage Review: 'Hair'
City Lights relives the '60s

Classical Review
Carmel Bach Festival opens with a major Mass

Book Reviews
Two new books look at the recent history of politics at the games

Restaurants

Flight Plan
Cupertino's Red Crane has yet to take off

5 Things to Love
Tastes of Summer

A Girl's Gotta Eat
Money Changes Every Taste

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BART or Bust
Fuzzy math and fear of public opinion are making the BART tax seem like a faith-based initiative

The Fly: 07.23.08
Red Alert and Lung Goodbye

Feinstein's fury
Up against the big media spin machine.

Dianne Feinstein: A Question of Ethics
Senator Feinstein influenced defense projects worth billions to her husband's firms.

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St. James' Curse

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Sporting Events
The Triplemania Tour hits San Jose

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July 23 - 29, 2008