Cover: Core Values
Santa Rosa pop artist Charles Becker harvests world acclaim.

News: GOP Hijinks
Philadelphia fillies lure GOP conventioneers.

Usual Suspects: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill tours Sonoma County Jail.

Ballot Primer: Getting ready for Prop. 38 and the great voucher debate.

Running Scared: Public schools practice less-than-zero tolerance.

Time Out: Putting your college education on hold.

Family Heirlooms: Savoring the antique apple.

Striking a Chord: Bear Korean restaurant offers exotic dishes for a song.

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

Mostly Just Frenzy: Even sex, murder, and betrayal can't save 'Not Love, Just Frenzy' from its contrived and campy plot.

Lost Wages: Actor/director Kenneth Branagh works too hard in 'Love's Labour's Lost.'

Talking Pictures: A renowned novelist sticks up for love and romance--but isn't so sure about 'Love's Labour's Lost.'

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

More of Les: Les Claypool gets primal with a new jam-session project.

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.

Shakespeare Unleashed: What's shakin' with the Bard on North Bay boards.

Souled Out: Author Jeremy Rifkin warns that your life may become someone's mini-mart.

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