Cover: Bars & Clubs
The North Bay scene.

Liquid Dreams: Chasing Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, and other dead devotees in Barcelona's bohemian barrio.

New Day Dawns: Last Day Saloon owner sets up second shop in Santa Rosa.

Club Update: Inn out, Phoenix busted, Powerhouse powers up.

News: Labor's New Face
Labor leader Amy Dean is breathing new life into a working-class coalition many thought obsolete.

Kenneth Cleaver: The Consumer Correspondent wonders about the "gentlemen" in gentlemen's clubs.

Open Mic: Out of the Box.

Geek Girl: Quality online zines go down.

Props for Pops: A foodie in suburbia rules the roost.

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

On Exhibit: 'River' treats Tobias Schneebaum like the Wild Man of Borneo.

Science Friction: Scientist dissects the tiny brains behind 'Evolution.'

Lost Soul: Shuggie Otis stages a slight return.

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.

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

Triple Play: 'Works on Paper' at MeSH goes three ways.

Cosmic Litterers: Artists Ray Johnson and May Wilson take the cake .

Shaman Sham: Has Carlos Castaneda risen from the dead? What do you think?

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