Metro Issue: Jun 22–Jun 28, 2021

Cover Story
The Book of Crumb
America’s greatest underground cartoonist points his pen at the Book of Genesis—all 38,000 words
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back to topSteal This Burrito

Security breaches are becoming more common for major banks, and one state senator is pushing for more transparency when it comes to notifying customers.
read moreThe Fly: A Comedy of City Errors
The 18th edition of the political comedy show Monday Night Live promised to be “kinder and gentler."
read moreNascar Makes Sonoma Stop

The Bay Area may be diverse, but it has nothing on the cornucopia of characters who attend a day at the raceway for NASCAR.
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back to topSilicon Alleys: To a Retro-T
A new plan to bring back the Earthquakes’ original logo inspires thoughts about the team’s auspicious San Jose start.
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back to topCareless Hearts

Everybody who saw the Careless Hearts play with Stooges guitarist James Williamson in 2009 knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of gig. But who knew we’d still be feeling the aftershocks two years later? Careless Hearts play June 24 at the Blank Club.
read moreNew Orleans Flow

Stanford Jazz Fest opener Allen Toussaint has re-emerged as a major jazz and R&B influence in the wake of Katrina.
read morePark Place
From Pickup Sticks to Slow Gherkin, some of the Bay Area's best bands showed up to honor Mike Park and Asian Man Records in a series of 15th-anniversary concerts.
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back to topPoint of View

Three artists at the Triton Museum in Santa Clara examine how an abstract perspective can change the way we think about landscapes.
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back to topKiwi Couples

New Zealand’s odd ways and beautiful scenery justify an old-fashioned women’s plot in 'Bride Flight'
read moreTo Heck and Back

A new DVD from Flicker Alley attempts to re-create French director Henri-Georges Clouzot's unfinished 1964 film 'Inferno.'
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