Cover Story: Fall Arts Rising
Our guide to the season's stage, dance, classical music, concerts, movies and more.

Public Eye: Howard Dean stops by San Jose; Nam Nguyen pushes for foreign-born citizens to be allowed to run for president; Dale Warner bids for District 4 council seat.

Biter: Straight out of Saratoga, 'All My Children's Search for the Sexiest Man' contestant Timothy Heinrich may be sexy but he isn't self-absorbed.

Notes From the Underbelly: The Pin High Golf Center in Alviso.

Techsploits: Liberating the Xbox.

Biting Satire: Mordita and corruption eat away at the idealistic hero of Luis Estrada's Mexican satire, 'Herod's Law.'

Mexican Junk Food: Robert Rodriguez's 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' is 'El Mariachi' with ADD.

'Midlands' Crisis: A man must fight for honor, even in Nottingham.

High Heels: Corey Yuen delivers vintage Hong Kong martial arts mayhem in 'So Close.'

In the Woods: 'Cabin Fever' gives its characters cryptic speeches before gutting them.

Transformer Man: DJ Jazzy Jeff makes Top 10 records but he hasn't lost his itch to scratch.

Aural Fixation: Lords of the Manor played a short set of new songs at the Blank Club.

Metro's Club of the Week: T-Bar Lounge.

Lucky Number: The Alameda jumps to some sexy flavors and technopop sounds served up in sleek surroundings.

Working for Change: TheatreWorks dramatizes the plight of maids and clerks in 'Nickel and Dimed.'

Weighty Trifles: Even the stage business of Opera San José's 'Don Pasquale' adds to the delicate balance of music and comedy.