Cover: In Living Color
Morris Turner stages the North Bay's first black film festival.

News: Goodness Gracious
Compassion is the star as the Dalai Lama comes a calling to California.

Organic Matters: Digging up memories.

Kenneth Cleaver: The Consumer Correspondent seeks funding from the W. Alton Jones Foundation.

Open Mic: A Tribute.

Geek Girl: A working-class hero is something to be.

Planned Whimsy: Even casual picnicking takes planning.

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

Second Harvest: Varda film finds poetry in scavenging.

Flesh and Fantasy: Brothel insider exposes bare facts behind 'Moulin Rouge.'

Hot Licks: Junior Brown kicks up a storm.

For Pete's Sake: After 50 years, Pete Escovedo has left the Bay Area. His legacy remains.

Star-Crossed Lovers: New anthologies showcase country greats.

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.

Healdsburg Jazz Festival: Tickets and lineup information for the third annual event.

Russian River Blues Festival: Ticket information and news about the Guerneville celebration.

Health & Harmony Festival: Belly dancing, environmental expo, patchouli oil, and music, music, music--get the jump on the Health & Harmony Festival, the North Bay's biggest counterculture shindig.

Blood Brothers: FBI and Irish mobsters: a match made in hell.

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