Cover: Soul Mates
Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball reprises 'O'Carolan's Last Farewell.'

News: Hard Road
Farmers and suburbanites clash over agriculture's future in Sonoma County.

Usual Suspects: The glassy-winged sharpshooter sparks a battle over quarantines.

Cool Cuisine: Beating the summer heat.

You Go, Grill: A thinking woman's guide to barbecuing.

Mellow Merlot: The simple pleasures offered by the Blackstone Winery.

The Wine Country Film Festival: Official website offers schedule and ticket information.

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

Straight with HIV: The complicated love life of an HIV-positive hemophiliac.

Fish or Cut Bait: 'The Perfect Storm' weathers a mediocre script.

One Fiennes Day: Ralph Fiennes stars in the stark drama 'Sunshine.'

On the March: Youth Brigade bring their fiery punk anthems to the Inn of the Beginning.

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.

Organized Chaos: Robert McChesney's paintings are uniquely abstract.

French Fried: Author David Sedaris gets Gauled in 'Me Talk Pretty Some Day.'

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