Metro Issue: Dec 21–Dec 27, 2021

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Party Animals

Calicove's Amazin and Authentic get ready to do what they do best on New Year's Eve at Motif in San Jose By Steve Palopoli, MetroActive.com

Blightings

The urban explorer can’t resist the siren call of a half-empty stripmall By Gary Singh, MetroActive.com

Gill Life

San Jose's Gillbillies add a dose of outlaw chic to surf-rock genre By by Aaron Carnes, MetroActive.com

Season’s Reading

Novels, comics, histories, biographies, memoirs and short stories: four ways to fend off the dark

Tintin Type

Stephen Spielberg brings the boy reporter to life in animated version of ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ By Richard von Busack, MetroActive.com

Ghost in the Mission

The stunts and gadgets battle improbable plot and affectless Cruise performance in new 'Mission Impossible' By Richard von Busack, MetroActive.com

Neighsayer

Only Steven Spielberg could do what is done in War Horse. Only he could have authorized the expensive World War I re-creations. By Richard von Busack, MetroActive.com

Raising the Bar: Cocktails at Manresa

Chef and owner David Kinch always wanted to serve cocktails and spirits in his nearly 10-year-old Los Gatos restaurant, but red tape and other obstacles stood in the way By Stett Holbrook, LosGatos.com