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| September 12-18, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fall of the Wild: While public tourism grows by leaps and bounds, Congress is pushing the National Parks Service into a funding hole from which many natural treasures may not emerge intact. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| News | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cultura Clash: Some Latinos organize a boycott of suds sponsors for upcoming Mexican heritage festivals, which they say shouldn't be beer-soaked drink-a-thons. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public Eye: The alternative press scooped the mainstream on the CIA-crack connection. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Polis Report: Congress gives lip service to green issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts & Entertainment |
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| Movies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Nickel Offense: David Mamet's famed American Buffalo short-changed by new film version. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| State of Misery: Feeling Minnesota feels all wrong--blame Keanu. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Killer Performance: James Woods dominates Killer: Journal of a Murder. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rap Against AIDS: Nicky Baxter reviews America Is Dying Slowly, a rap compilation effort to raise AIDS awareness. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The State of Jazz: Some of California's finest young players are on hand for the Left Coast Jazz Fest this weekend. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mister Energy Man's Blues: Eddie Kirkland has been sliding the blues since he was a teenager. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Letter-day Saints: King's X gives Christian rock a good name. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning From the Russian School: The San Jose Symphony opens its season with an all-Russian program. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beat Street: Skankin' Pickle returns with vigor. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opera SJ Handels Xerxes: Local company's new production of Handel's comic opera is part of national Baroque revival. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Intimate Histories: Teatro Visión puts a human face on historical facts and figures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Books | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High-Spec Writer: William Gibson imagines the electronic future in Idoru. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| From Dusk 'Til Don: Mario Puzo steals from himself in new Mafia novel, The Last Don. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Veggies & Avengers: Bob Burden's 'The Strangler,' 'Flaming Carrot' parody pulpy superheroes. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Art | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrait in Eccentricity: South Bay landscape painter Howard Streight turned his canvases into performance art. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Pixel Imperfect: The Bay Area's photographers try to refocus the lens of 'truth.' | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Menu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playground for Adults: With its lively bar and eye-candy decor, downtown San Jose's Sports City works at providing classy atmosphere, smooth service and food that's a lot better than it has to be. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Meat the Future: The latest in the current wave of faux-meat establishments to set up base in the Bay Area, the Great Vegi Land dishes up a generous vegetarian menu, long on sensuous tofu, glutenous dishes and hearty vegetable platters. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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