Cover: Holiday in Hell
Kilimanjaro or bust--hitting the heights on a low budget.

News: (Not So) Golden Years
Local seniors caught in the housing crunch.

Unkindest Cuts: Increasing numbers of men who were circumcised as infants are reclaiming their lost foreskins via surgery and home treatments..

Usual Suspects: Diocese debt piling up; plus miscellaneous nonsense.

Wine Lines: Putting a good spin on a bad year.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Auteur Bio-Pic: 'American Movie' a Midwestern horror flick with lots of kitch.

The Beat Goes On: San Jose Taiko pounds out the sound.

In a Mel-O Tone: SSU jazz instructor Mel Graves in the spotlight.

Irish Pluck: Celtic musical giants Altan are soul survivors.

Buy Pola: Sullivan Bianco rates the top obscure French import album of the year. And it's still only January.

Audiofile: Reviews of new CDs by Julie Miller, Laidlaw and Pathos.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Get Jazzed: Complete SFJAZZ spring season schedule information.

Poster Children: Rock-art icons Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse feted at weekend event.

Small Talk: Reduced Shakespeare shrinks the past millennium.

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