Metro Silicon Valley
04.22.09

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News

The Valley of the Green Giants
Thanks to federal stimulus money, a new technology is ready to blossom in the land of high-tech innovation

News

Border War Continues
Congressmen, speakers ask the president to focus on immigration reform

The Fly Reports on Silicon Valley News

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Santa Clara Snapping

Style News: Art as Fashion
The Palo Alto trunk show this weekend shows off artistic wearables

Style News: Padded Out
The spring brings back the big-shouldered look

Sports: Sharks on the Edge
Can San Jose pull out of its nose dive in the NHL playoffs?

I Saw You
Road Roids

Movies


Movie Review: 'Earth" on Film
Disney returns to the nature documentary with sharpened claws

Movie Review: 'Goodbye Solo'
A cabbie makes an unlikely alliance in a much-acclaimed indie drama

Movie Review: 'State of Play'
The ink-stained wretch makes a comeback in new thriller

DVD Review: Peter Bogdanovich
A new set combines director's cuts of 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Nickelodeon'

DVD Review: 'Under Full Sail'
The clipper ships of yore race the oceans in a DVD of silent features

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Music & Clubs

Music News: Welcome Back, Goth
Local cover bands relives the gloom and doom sound of the 1980s

Classical Music: Concert File
A look at the best classical concerts for the April 25-27

Club Scene: Blues in the Night
Our club reporter spends an evening at JJ's Blues in Santa Clara

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

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Marché
Executive Chef Guillaume Bienaimé shines in Menlo Park

Wine News: Tasting Rooms
New tasting rooms in Los Gatos, Redwood City and Saratoga

Food News: A Neighborhood Garden
Live Feed knows that it takes a neighborhood to grow local

BOOK A RESTAURANT RESERVATION    FIND A RESTAURANT REVIEW

The Arts

True Westerner
Literary hero James D. Houston was a mentor to two generations of regional writers

Literary News: Santa Cruz novelist James D. Houston, 1933-2009

Opera Review: 'Carmen'
A sultry night at Opera San Jose

Books: Stephanie Griest
The author of 'Mexican Enough' speaks at MACLA

Books: 'Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi'
Geoff Dyer's novel follows a travel writer half-way round the world

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
April 22 - 28, 2009