Metro Silicon Valley
01.28.09

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News

The CIA challenge
The new CIA director will inherit an agency blamed, often unfairly, for everything from 9/11 to the Iraq War

Intelligence 2.0
An interview with John Diamond, author of 'The CIA and the Culture of Failure'

News

Talking Teen Sex
MTV tapes local segment of reality show designed to get parents and kids talking 

The Fly Reports on Silicon Valley News
Obama Goes West

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Count Five Avenue

Style and Fashion in Silicon Valley
Native American inspired trends are on the rise

Sports: 2009 Bay Area cycling season

Movies


Movie Preview: Cinequest Announces 2009 Festival
More than 70 premieres highlight the schedule for this year's film festival

Film Review: 'Inkheart'
Brendan Fraser battles the green scene CGI effects again

Film Preview: Pre-Code Treats
The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto and the Niles Museum in Fremont revive early Depression-era films this weekend

DVD Review: 'Far From the Madding Crowd'
An epic adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel, starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp, returns

DVD Review: 'The Atomic Cafe'
A humorous and harrowing documentary about nuclear angst in the 1940s and '50s

DVD Review: 'Repo! The Genetic Opera'
An all-singing, all-slashing goth musical

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Music: Marsugi's Memories
Gary Singh talks to the Guttersluts about the local-music haven

Music Preview: Messiaen Remix
Stanford Lively Arts puts a new spin on famous composer

Music Preview: Fred Eaglesmith

MORE MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC AND NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR PICKS

Restaurants

Izakaya Nighthawks
The San Jose Japanese restaurant whips up neon visions and some top-notch grilled treats

Restaurant News: Big Ag or Big Change?
Obama picks Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack for secretary of agriculture

The Wine Column: Winter Wine
Sent Sovi is not messing around with its winter wine program

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

Stage Reviews: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "A Clockwork Orange"
The Palo Alto Players and Renegade Theater Experiment put new spins on famous film versions of Albee and Burgess

Stage Review: 'The Woman Who Fell From the Sky'
Teatro Vision examines the life of a woman caught in the psychiatric system

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
January 28 - February 3, 2009