Cover Story: Behind the Mask:
A Scorsese documentary and a wave of new releases don't think twice about revealing the real Bob Dylan.

News: New Orleans Tale:
Greed, incompetence and stupidity—who says the Bush administration doesn't have a disaster plan for New Orleans?

The Fly: A FARSE of One.

Silicon Alleys: Remembering Frontier Village.

Techsploits: Evolved Again.

Rev: Sierra Summit: Next up on the press junket was Honda, which, with surprisingly little fanfare, pulled off the sheet for the 2006 model of the Honda Civic Hybrid.

Great Shakes: Ronald Cerritos, the Earthquakes' all-time leading scorer, will try to help San Jose advance its first-place lead over L.A. and Dallas.

Wall Art: A new show at Stanford surveys the art of political persuasion.

Exquisite Corpse: 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' is a thing of beauty, possibly a joy forever.

Thumbs Down: A grandson of Holden Caulfield learns the truth at 17 in 'Thumbsucker.'

Sound and Vision: 'Touch the Sound' takes audiences on a sound journey with Evelyn Glennie.

Airplane!: Jodie Foster's 'Flightplan' is 'The Lady Vanishes' at 40,000 feet.

Cuban Heel: A middle-aged writer faces the decline of his powers and the decay of the Cuban dream in 'Perfecto Amor Equivocado.'

Desert Hearts: The ninth annual Arab Film Festival presents two weddings, and some funerals.

OK Composer: Christopher O'Riley believes Radiohead and Dmitri Shostakovich have more in common than you may think.

Film Threat: MACLA film festival sheds light on hip-hop's other elements.

Drink Big, Eat Small: Saizo introduces Silicon Valley to Japanese tapas.

Live Feed: Going Local.

5 Things to Love: Farmers Markets.

Oh, What a Night: 'The Night of the Iguana' is both cruel and funny at Pear Avenue Theatre.

A Tall Order: Renegade Theatre Experiment rides all the way to the top with David Auburn's 'Skyscraper.'

Wizard Waylaid: Opening-night technical glitches mar the work of a talented local cast in American Musical Theatre of San Jose's 'The Wizard of Oz.'

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