Metro Silicon Valley | April 22

04.22.09

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The Valley of the Green Giants
Thanks to federal stimulus money, a new technology is ready to blossom in the land of high-tech innovation

Border War Continues
Congressmen, speakers ask the president to focus on immigration reform

Silicon Alleys
Santa Clara Snapping

Style News: Art as Fashion
The Palo Alto trunk show this weekend shows off artistic wearables

Style News: Padded Out
The spring brings back the big-shouldered look

Sports: Sharks on the Edge
Can San Jose pull out of its nose dive in the NHL playoffs?

I Saw You
Road Roids

Movie Review: 'Earth" on Film
Disney returns to the nature documentary with sharpened claws

Movie Review: 'Goodbye Solo'
A cabbie makes an unlikely alliance in a much-acclaimed indie drama

Movie Review: 'State of Play'
The ink-stained wretch makes a comeback in new thriller

DVD Review: Peter Bogdanovich
A new set combines director's cuts of 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Nickelodeon'

DVD Review: 'Under Full Sail'
The clipper ships of yore race the oceans in a DVD of silent features

Music News: Welcome Back, Goth
Local cover bands relives the gloom and doom sound of the 1980s

Classical Music: Concert File
A look at the best classical concerts for the April 25-27

Club Scene: Blues in the Night
Our club reporter spends an evening at JJ's Blues in Santa Clara

Restaurant Review: Marché
Executive Chef Guillaume Bienaimé shines in Menlo Park

Wine News: Tasting Rooms
New tasting rooms in Los Gatos, Redwood City and Saratoga

Food News: A Neighborhood Garden
Live Feed knows that it takes a neighborhood to grow local

True Westerner
Literary hero James D. Houston was a mentor to two generations of regional writers

Opera Review: 'Carmen'
A sultry night at Opera San Jose

Books: Stephanie Griest
The author of 'Mexican Enough' speaks at MACLA

Books: 'Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi'
Geoff Dyer's novel follows a travel writer half-way round the world