Cover: The Rating Game
How a really silly website idea has grown up into one hot proposition.

News: Mouthing Off
Incarceration doesn't mean you have to have bad teeth. But Angel Sanchez got a jawful when he went under the drill.

Feat of Clay: New ceramics stretch horizons at Paradise Ridge.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

A Life in Song: Country crooner Robert Earl Keen discusses his homebound tendencies and the good old college days.

Survivor: A stroke that left Russian River Blues Festival headliner Ruth Brown voiceless two years ago hasn't stopped this powerhouse singer.

Storming the Stacks: When was the last time you saw a Librarian shake his ass?

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

Happy Food: Love Farms is not hippy-dippy. But they might talk to the plants a little bit. Just to make them comfortable.

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