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Gift Guide
Our exclusive team of nondenominational elves hunt down local solutions to your holiday needs.

Season's Bleatings
Fine ales, sophisticated goats and T-shirts are the most exclusive gifts this holiday season.

Nūz
A Problem of Hard-wiring; Kuehl Kat; Second Harvest Food Bank Takes Over.

Car Culture
As such, it is a great idea to carpool those long distances toward home, if you can. And these days this means taking a ride from a stranger found on Craigslist.org.

The Boho Dance
Rosario Dawson in her underclothes vamps the world in Chris Columbus' film adaptation of 'Rent.'

No Buzz
Gere smells, Binoche has spells; 'Bee Season' is spacey, but the East Bay has never looked better.

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

Bombay the Hard Way
Garaj Mahal brings its own brand of jam band ragas to Moe's Alley.

Agitpropagandhi
Politics, punks and Visa worries fuel the anger of Winnipeg's most vocal punk group.

The Rock Show
The Meters; Kaki King; Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley.

MORE NIGHTLIFE    NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

Cultural Synesthesia
The Thursday night 'Cookin' at the Kuumbwa' series takes its patrons into the realm of the senses.

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Reading Festival
Lavish gifts and brilliant reads bring the world to your fingertips--with or without a computer.

Cinderella Syndrome
Shakespeare Santa Cruz's resurrected production of the children's classic is magical but flawed.