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Headhunters Target SJPD Instead of going back to the bargaining table following Mayor CHUCK REED’s State of the City address last week, some San Jose police officers started looking for a one-way ticket out of town. In a speech otherwise noted for its conciliatory appeals to the city’s cops and firefighters, Reed used the word “cancer” five times in reference to the injurious effects of rapidly growing pension costs in the public-safety departments. (He did not specifically mention the $300K in sick leave former top cop ROB DAVIS snagged on his way out the door.) The mayor might as well have been talking about the spiteful relationship between the city and its unionized workers, particularly the Police Officers Association. Immediately after last week’s address, the POA announced that it’s already mobilizing its workforce—to start looking for new jobs. Recruiter DEBORAH LIBBEY, a sergeant with the Vancouver, Wash., police force, is meeting Don’t with officers at POA forget headquarters this to tip! week to talk about the lifestyle benefits to be FLY@ found in and around METRONEWS. Portland, Ore. POA Vice COM President JIM UNLAND said it’s possible 10 officers could end up making a “lateral move,” which is a quick-escape route available to officers who’ve already been through the academy and require little training when they jump teams. Of course, Reed isn’t likely to lose any sleep over 10 cops skipping town. TOM MANNHEIM, spokesman for City Manager DEBRA FIGONE, announced last week that the city might need to lay off as many as 349 of its 1,200 officers if massive concessions aren’t agreed to. Unland said it takes 10 months and $130,000 for the city of San Jose to train each officer, so it’s possible other cities might start cherry-picking San Jose’s finest as a way

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Shirakawa says she started out as a tween watching street dancers practice in her El Rancho Verde neighborhood on San Jose’s East Side. She joined her ﬁrst dance group, Quick Style, in 1983 when she was 14 years old. From there Shirakawa joined the legendary Jam Patrol and went on to “lock and pop” all over the world. In 1995 she began producing and hosting “The Best of the Best” at the Hank Lopez Community Center, which drew young breakdance aﬁcionados from all over the Bay Area to San Jose’s East Side. She’s considered a West Coast legend in the international hip-hop community. Shirakawa says it’s easier now, but back in the day, girl beginners who showed up to dance at clubs, classes and competitions were given a hard time. “The men were aggressive and had no patience, tolerance or respect for women and they wouldn’t teach

us or help us get better,” she says. “It was humiliating. While you were dancing, they’d talk about you, make fun of you and then they’d move you out of the room.” Shirakawa says that 20-plus years later, women and girls still face barriers, and that’s why her group, 5th Element, joined the South Bay International Womyn’s Day Network, which hosted the ﬁlm screening—part of a monthlong calendar of events celebrating international Women’s Day. This is not a throwback from the 1970s. International Women’s Day is 100 years old this March 8. And a new generation of young Silicon Valley women are using the historic celebration to mobilize a new support network. Last year, a group including many young Latinas from east San Jose came together to launch the South Bay International Womyn’s Day Network (SBIWDN), and they’ve been holding monthly meet-ups since then. Traditionally International Women’s Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women—in many countries it’s a national holiday. Over the next

Fresh Faces Charlotte Casey, silver-haired, stately and sixtysomething, represents Code Pink and the local Peace and Justice Center in the new group. A veteran activist, she welcomes the new blood. “It’s the young women of color who have revived International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month,” she says. Other members come from the Youth Space at the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center, SOMOS Mayfair, San Jose State’s women’s studies program, the Cihuatl Tlatocan-MAIZ, Unite HERE and UFCW Local 5. “This network is needed because women in Silicon Valley still make less than men for the same work and we don’t get the same resources, opportunities, or have the same representation in government, on any level, that men have,” Casey says. Feeling it, San Jose City Council member Rose Herrera championed a proposal leading the city to proclaim March 2011 to be Women’s History Month. She’ll present it at the March 1 City Council meeting. Amalia Renteria, 22, says she started Women Rising and joined the SBIWDN after not seeing any women performers at Music in the Park last year. “I’ve interned at music labels and local music festivals and hardly saw any women performing there,” says Renteria, a SJSU Public Relations major and member of SJSU WOWI (Women on Women’s Issues). “I go to local clubs and I don’t see women onstage, especially minority women,” she says. “I want to create space and opportunities for women to have as much representation as the males on the local music scene. The SBIWDN got me involved with so many people and connections, I realized I wasn’t the only one trying to change things in San Jose.” Women Rising will be performing at the San Jose Rep on March 24 as part of the West Coast premiere of Karen Zacarias’ comic drama Legacy of Light. After the performance

they’ll participate in a panel talking about breaking the barriers to women in the performing arts. On March 29 they’re holding workshops for youths 5–18 at the Alma Community Center in San Jose on breakdancing, chalk art, poetry and media portrayals of women.

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Renteria says of the workshops: “We want to show the youth that they can do what they see on TV and in videos. And we’re giving them that space to engage and empower them.” Bearded, brim-wearing and bespectacled, standup comic Ato Walker, 31, says growing up in a matriarchal African American family made him a feminist. Walker produces a biweekly Monday night comedy show at the Britannia Arms, 173 W. Santa Clara St. in San Jose. “Comedy is rough to do for anyone,” he says, “but I don’t think people encourage women to use their voice in our society. Women are encouraged to be quiet and look pretty.” When his girlfriend told him about this year’s plans for International Women’s Day, Walker offered to produce a special

“Comedy Night @ the Brit” on Monday, Feb. 28, showcasing women comedians. “It’s empowering for a woman to talk about the issues that are relevant to her and have people laugh about it with her,” he says. “Men run the entertainment industry. They get to choose, and there are many fewer highly successful women comedians than men. I think there’s a problem with that.” Adriana Garcia, 32, is a petite powerhouse of a community organizer who co-founded the SBIWDN. She’s well known in her community for co-founding the Movement of Action Inspiring Service (MAIZ) and Cihuatl Tlatocan, MAIZ’s women’s committee. She’s worked with, started or co-founded dozens of organizations that have worked with virtually every college and university in the area, most East Side high schools and dozens of governmental agencies and NGOs. Garcia politely refuses to call the SBIWDN a new feminist movement. “We aren’t like those stereotypical feminists with their ﬁsts in the air demanding equal rights,” she says. “We’re intergenerational, multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural. A lot of times progressive spaces get eaten up by white women and older women. No! It’s not happening like that now and it’s awesome in that way.”

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to save money. For roughly a dozen officers who came from New York to the SJPD in lateral moves just a few years ago, this would be a cycle. Regardless, as if this story needed some irony, just when newly installed Police Chief CHRIS MOORE begins to make real progress in restoring public confidence in law enforcement—new policies barring racial profiling and biased-based policing are being widely praised—San Jose could be losing about a quarter of its force.

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State of the City Most of Mayor Chuck Reed’s State of the City Address, delivered at the Civic Center last week, dealt—in sometimes painful detail—with the budget mess that the mayor has been forced to deal with since he took office. “Today, I am giving everyone notice of what I believe we need to do now to save our city from ﬁscal disaster,” he said, before running down the following bullet points: • We need to increase the age for full

• We need to reduce the accrual rate for pension benefits. • We need to increase the share that our employees pay for their benefits. • We need to eliminate spiking of benefits by using an average salary to calculate payments. • And we need to reform our practices around workers’ compensation, disability retirements, sick leave payouts, vacation buybacks and overtime pay. “I’m not happy to be up here tonight delivering this message,” Reed said. “I am sorry to have to write this unpleasant prescription. But this is our new reality.” —Silicon Valley Newsroom

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Sick Leave Payouts The city of San Jose has paid over $28 million over the last two years for sick leave payouts. Two years ago, I called for capping sick leave payouts to no more than $100,000 but there was little support to change the existing system. Any change to sick leave payouts then or now would require the city of San Jose to go through the Meet and Confer process with the unions. The Meet and Confer process can take as long as a year. If the city must pay out another $14 million in sick leave this year that means we do not have $14 million

to employ police or librarians to provide services to residents. ... So instead of paying out $14 million in one lump sum I would suggest we pay it out over 10 years or roll it into the employees’ pensions. This would leave us with money on hand to keep city employees employed. Government is known for making promises it cannot keep. People and businesses downsize or use bankruptcy to reorganize their debt and obligations. If the city is avoiding the “B” word then we must ﬁgure out a way to keep San Jose aﬂoat, since we will continue to have $50 million increases in the pension system each year that is paid directly by the taxpayer. —Pierluigi Oliverio

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Dublin festival feestival and vice-versa. vice-versa. I think that’s that’s an awesome aw wesome idea. ideaa. But But why why stop stop there? there? ZER01 ZER01 should should also consider consider such a partnership. paartnership. Three Three iterations iterations of of the the 01SJ 01SJ Art Art Biennial Bienniall have have occurred occurred in San Jose Jose so o far, far, consistently consistently reinterpreting reinterpreting the the interstices interstices of of digital digital culture, culture, new new media meedia ecologies, ecologies, interdisciplinary interdisciplinary art arrt practice pracctice and an nd scientific scientific inquiry. inquiryy. Several Severall equivalents equivallents of of ZER01 ZER01 the the organization organ nization exist exist in in countries countries throughout throughout Europe. Europe. Why Why collaborate with an n equivalent in not collaborate Dublin? There There already allready exists exists a group group Dublin? called the the Dublin Dublin Art Art and and Technology Technology called Association (DATA), (DATA), “built “built on on tthe he iidea dea Association collaboration between bettween w artists, that collaboration artists, musicians, technologists, technologists, and an nd academia accademia musicians, key element in creating crreating a rich is the key en nvvironment for fo or the dialogue dialogue cultural environment conception of technological tech hnological ar and conception artt practic i es.” practices. The time time is is ripe ripe for for a potential potentiall The collaboration,, ass Dublin will be be ZER01 collaboration, European City C ty of Science Cit Science in the official European 2012. The The city city will will host host the the Euroscience Euroscience 2012. Open Forum Forum (ESOF 2012), 20 012),, a biennial Open pan n-European meeting meeting dedicated dedicated to to pan-European research and innovation in nno ovvation scientific research

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The Art of CCons o ons Whaley iiss ttwo Whaley wo ffor or two two with with stories stories o off ccon on ar artists. rtists. W Wee ssee ee Richard Richard JJohnson’s ohnson’s slouching,, wily loser Morty slouching M Morty in Hell H Is Other People People e during d uring the the course course of of h his is life: lif fe: e waking waking and baking, bakingg, mooching mooching off women,, using the self self-help f--h help books books his own sliding scale scale counselor counsselor sold him to tr tryy to counsel counsel his even even e less-quickless-quick kminded friends. friends. The T he subject subject for for h his is n new ew film film iiss similar,, but the tone couldn’t similar couldn o ’t b bee moree different. mor diff ffeerent. The Glass Glaass Slipper Slipper iisn’t sn’t the the usual usuall kind kind of of encounter encounter with with a broke, broke, lackadaisical lackad daisicall type type we’ve we’ve seen seen so so much much of of in in indie indie movies. movies. Although Although I personally personally enjoy enjoy watching watch hing deadbeats, deadbeats, the downloadable and festivalfestivale driven driven cinema of today todaay is overloaded overloaded with with such such Oblomovs, Oblomovs, no no doubt doubt as as an an artistic arrtistic opposition opposition to to how how mainstream mainstream cinema is stuffed s ffeed rigid stuff with tedious “proactive” “proactive” types. typ y es. The Glass Slipper Slipper takes takes e some of its tightly tightly focused focused energy energy from from the the Ben Ben Gazzara–like Gazzara–like Vahe Vahe Katros’ Kattros’ acting. acting. His His Ermir Ermir is is a superfluous superfluous man man fluent fluent in in Successories Successories mottos, mottos, with with a New New Age Age flair to his glad-handingg ways. ways y. “He’s “He’s kind of fiercely fiercelyy selfselffinterested, interested,” Whaley Whaley explains. explains. “There’s “There’s way way too too much much of of this this kind kind of of

personality in the valley. valley.” personality th he big surprises of the One of the impressivve aand funny funn ny The Glass Slipper Slipper is impressive how solidly solidly first-time first-time actor actor K atros h olds how Katros holds down the lead. leead. Whaley Whaley says saays y that he offered off ffeered Katros Katros the the part part aafter fter llistening istening tto o him talk talk at a friend’s friend’s house. house. was hanging out. . . . He just “He was off--the-w off wall a things. things. I had said these off-the-wall vaggue sense sense of of w hat the the character character a vague what h ld be be like like before beffor o e I mett this thi guy. guyy. It should turned o ut tto o be be a sserendipitous erendipitous type type turned out of thing to meet him.” Kattros’ mother mother survived survived both both the the Katros’ Turkish genocide gen nocide and the Nazi camps. camps. Turkish Katros grew grew up up in in Watertown Watertown outside outside Katros of B oston and and d id ssome ome college college of Boston did fo or a college college radio station. station. humor for Back east, easst, K attros was was also also friends friends Back Katros directo or Jim Jim McKay McKaay (The (The Wire, Wiirre, with director Treeme) aand nd sscreenwriter creenwriter T ony Gilroy Gilroy Treme) Tony (The Th Bourne B e Ultimatum) Ulti t ) before Ultimatum before their their (The careers ttook ook off. off ff. Gilroy Gilroy actually actuallly once once careers Kattros to become become an actor. actor. advised Katros “Then ccame ame that that long long interlude interlude I “Then call ‘paying ‘paying for for my my 20s’ 20s’ with with low-wage low-wage call Katrros sa ays y. work,” Katros says. Kattros h as done done tthis his and an nd that—he’s that—he’s Katros has worked iin n sstartups tarrtups m ostly, b ut he’s he’s worked mostly, but currently in n the nonprofit nonprofit world. currently He reminisces reminisces about about h is time time He his working with with “the “the classic classsic Jewish Jewish working doctor.” H mean ns tthe he late late D r. Ernest Ernest doctor. Hee means Dr. Rosenbau um, a renowned renowned cancer cancer Rosenbaum, specialist who w wrote wrote numer ous specialist numerous books. books. mensch of mensches, mensches,” Katros Katros “The mensch calls this physician. ph hysician. y Katros gave gaave me calls Katros sample o osenbaum’s table tab ble talk: tallk: a sample off R Rosenbaum’s you u’re Armenian. Ah, the “Oh,, so you’re genocide . . . do do you you w an nt ssome ome genocide want Katrros’’ character in T he soup?”” Katros’ The Slipperr demonstrates the exact exact Glass Slipper opposite of of R osenbau um’s serene serene opposite Rosenbaum’s selflessness. selflessness. Asked how how Whaley Whaley conceived conceived the the Asked role, Katros Katros speculates: speculates: “It’s “It’s a film about about role, person w ith n o iintegrity ntegrity in in a land land of of a person with no plenty. He’s He’s trying trying tto o sscam cam mh is w ay iinto nto plenty. his way moneey through through o money the obliviousness of arround him.” the world around Kattros ccontinues, ontinues, ““Think Think about ab bout Katros Here’s Jarrod. Jarr a od. He’s He’s this guy from from it. Here’s Tennessee e w comes comes to [Silicon] [Silicon] Tennessee who Valley. He He ssees ees the the down down side side o Valley. off iitt away. He sees those kind of right away. people for for o whom w area is gold people this area rush territory. territory. I doubt doubt if if Jarrod Jarrod h ad d rush had ever eexperienced xperienced a world-class world-class land land ever grab like like tthe he k ind that that ggoes oes o n here: here: grab kind on

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Talent T aalent P Pools ools Whaley ccomes Whaley W omes fr from om Cle Cleveland, veland, e , Tenn., Tenn., e Lookout City. a suburb of the L ookout Cit y. He was was from describes fr om what he describ es as a blueblueccollar ollar family. family. His His mother mother worked worked at at an n insuranc insurancee ccompany, ompany, and his father fatther was manager w as tthe he rregional egionall m anagger of of a fastfaasstffood ood rrestaurant estaurant chain. Whaleyy w was Whale as a double major in French Fr rench and English at the University Univerrsity off Tennessee Tennessee e at Chat Chattanooga. tanooga. He harbored becoming ha arbored hopes hopes of b ecoming a novelist: no ovelist: “I w was as into some sor sortt of stuff, likee Ra Raymond eexperimental x erimental stuff xp ff,, lik ayymond d Federman’s postmodern F e ederman ’s fragmented p ostmodern d metaphysical m met aph hysic y al writing writing.. My ttaste aste ha has as changed, ch h hanged, d though. though.” h h” There T here m must ust be be ssomething omething of of F ederman’s k ind o riting—very Federman’s kind off w writing—very sp pare, vvery ery influenc ed b spare, influenced byy Samuel Beckett—that Be eckett—that cr crept ept into Whale Whaley’s y’s personal p ersonal style. style. He He isn’t isn’t a chatterer chattterer or or a sself-promoter; elf-promoter; he he u uses ses short short sentences sentences an nd rounds rounds them with silenc e. and silence. “I made shor ts fr om as far back k shorts from ass 20 2002,” 02,”” Whaley Whaley ccontinues. ontinues. “I st tared pla ayying bass; I did various stared playing eexperiments x eriments with cr xp eative things .” creative things.” C olors figur vie blo gger Colors figuree in mo movie blogger C raig K eller’s description of Passio on Craig Keller’s Passion Fl lower, Whale y’s shor cumenttary Flower, Whaley’s shortt do documentary about ab bout a double double-mastectomy -mastectomy sur survivor viivor w is filmed as her chest is tattooed who tattto t oed w flowers with eller, who writes li iner flowers.. K Keller, liner notes no otes ffor o or the Masters of Cinema

DVD series DVD series,, which hass issued films b eelles, Mizo guchi and Ophuls byy W Welles, Mizoguchi Ophuls,, likens lik ens the hues in Wh Whaley’s haley’s films to the work of ar tists Germaine artists de St ael, the T udor- erra p ortraitist Stael, Tudor-era portraitist Hans Holb ein and thee JJapanese apanese Holbein woodblock wo odblock ar artist tist U Utamaro. tam maro. T his o bservation lleads eads m o aask sk This observation mee tto een a fine if Whale Whaleyy had b been fi ar artist? tist? “I dabbled with painting a few few times times,,” Whaleyy sa Whale says, ayys, “but I sp spent e mor ent moree time writing and doing stories. stories. Bec oming a Becoming filmmaker was process. filmmak er w aas a vvery eery gradual g pr ocess. Ab unch o hen I w aass 119 9w ere bunch off u uss w when was were playing p laying w with ith a vvideo ideo ccameras, amerass, al am almost lmost aass ssomething omething tto od do o tto o sspend pend tthe he eevening. vening. W Wee w went ent b back ack an and nd k kept ept d doing oing it W it. With ith i time ti I gott mor more re and d mor moree interested. inter ested. It w wasn’t asn a ’t on one ne big epiphan epiphany. ny.” Theree w Ther wasn’t asn’t an eextensive xttensive aavantvvantgarde gar de film ffollowing ollowing iin o n Chat Chattanooga. tanooga. “Honestly, “Honestly y, I w was as sor sortt of o the eextent xtent of it ffor or a while o while,” ,” Wha Whaley aley sa says. ayys. “I ran a clandestine Fr Free ee F Film ilm m Club Club,, on Friday nights,, illegallyy pr projecting Frida ay nights ojecting things off of D DVDs VDs in a black black-box k-b - ox Wee had theater in town. W h the first screenings Swanberg known scr eenings of JJoe oe Sw anberg and Alejandr Alejandro oA Adams damss in T Tennessee.” ennessee e .” black-In fact, the owner of o the black box theater,, Anne Anne,, a danc dancer, was b ox theater d er, w as the subject of Passion Flower. Flower. She appeared Whaley’s also app eared in Wha aley’s ffollowo ollowup do cumentary ab ut thr documentary about three ou ee other mastectomies women who had mas tectomies but prosthetic who decided not to have haave pr osthetic

rreplacements. eplacemeents. Bef fo ore he h left the Lookout Lookout Cit y, Before City, Whale lmed some mor Whaleyy fil filmed moree shor shortt do cumenttaries: F oottpprints, ab out documentaries: Footprints, about an art art center center ffor or o mentally mentally ill adults adults,, and R eelearring Everting, Evertingg, a film he was was Relearing ccommissioned ommissio oned to mak out adults makee ab about with brain n injuries: “It sounds dry dry and indust trial, but I feel feel e it would industrial, app eal to audiences.” a audienc es.” appeal Makingg ends meet w as a struggle was struggle.. ““It It helps helps that that the the cost cost of of living living iiss a fraction fraction of of what whatt it it is is here. here. I m anaged to to make make some some money money managed sshooting hooting event event videos, videos, got got grants grants and such lik llikee fr om various sour ces.” from sources.” The ttalent aleent p ool is deep er in Silic on pool deeper Silicon V aalle ll y than th n it iis iin the th college college ll zone Valley of Chat tan nooga; casting casting directors directors can can Chattanooga; dra aw actors actorrs fr om the entirety entirety of the draw from Ba ay Ar ea, and raise funds through through Bay Area, online site es lik arter. Still, the sites likee Kickst Kickstarter. lo cal aavant-garde vvantt-garde film scene scene has its local own kind of coziness. coziness. W haley’s p roducer, ffellow ellow Whaley’s producer, Tennessean T ennessean aand nd llive-in ive-in p partner artner Ginger C arrden, is also the assist ant Carden, assistant manager off tthe Camera m an nagger o he C amera 7 iin n Campbell; manager C am mpbell; tthe he ggeneral enerall m anagger tthere here iiss A lejan ndro A dams, tthe he w ell-known Alejandro Adams, well-known filmmaker, byy aavant-garde vvant-garde d filmmak er, praised b New York Times’ Lopate, The Ne w Yo Y ork T imes i ’ Phillip L opate, who has work w ho h as eexhibited xhibited ttantalizing an ntalizing w ork aatt previous (Babnik, Around pr evious Cinequests C (Babnik, A round the Bay y, C aanarry). Bay, Canary). Whaleyy ccalls Whale alls it “a ccoincidence, oincidence,

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high school,” school,” o ” Whale Whaleyy says saayys of Carden. Carden. “But we weren’t weeren’t extremely extremely close. close. About About a yyear e and a half ago, ear ago, we started started talking talk king on Facebook. Facebook. We We did the long-distance thing.. She moved long- diistance thing moved out about about six s months after I did.” did.” The The ttwo wo weren’t weren’t aalways lways in in complete on complete aagreement greement o n ccinema. inema. “To “To be honest, be h onest,” Carden Carden says, says, “we “we didn’t didn’t share Myy background was share ttastes. astes. M bacckground w ass indie indie ’90s ’90s movies, movies, aand nd Jarrod Jarrrod hadn’t hadn’t sseen een many classics.. many of them. th hem. He preferred prefferr e ed classics We the Theatree a lot; We go to th he Stanford Stanffo ord Theatr there’s off m movies there’s a ggiant iant reserve reserve o ovies we’re we’re both both catching catchiing up on.” Carden Carden was was inexperienced inexperienced as a film producer, producer, but she learned fast: “When I started sttarted producing producing his films, films, I knew kneew that being being a producer producer meant dealing dealling with money. money. I didn’t didn’t realize realize my my hand was was going to be be in everything: everything hi : scheduling h d li locations, l cations lo i , keeping keeping actors acttors calm. calm. Working Working o with Jarrod Jarrod is cool, cool,, though. He’s He’s not a dictator, dictator, not no ot afraid of input.” input.” Working Wo orkingg in a film theater, theater, Carden Carden gets getts submissions from from indie filmmakers. filmmakerss. “Just “Just gott one from from Bushwick,” Bushwick,”” she notes. notes. Which leads leeads to the question of where Slipper where a movie mo ovie like like The Glass Slipp er can can go after afte ft r it i makes mak kes its i debut. d b Whaley Whaley says, sayys, “I’m still waiting sa waiting to hear from from more m e festivals. mor feestivals. . . . I’ve I’ve submitted submitttted it to others later in the year, year, keeping keepin ng an eye eye on notification notification dates. dates. How w to distribute this film? That’s That’s the big b question. I’m not a big believer believer in self-distribution, selff- distribution, and it’s it’s sort sort of a ridiculous rid diculous thing to hope hope ffor or o an older model m del of distribution will mo work,, and I’m I more more interested interested in making film m than being being a promoter.” promoter.” For For now, now w, Whaley Whaley is a full-time filmmaker filmmaker in the sense that he’s he’s looking work; when looking for for or other paying paaying y The Glass Slipper Sllipper debuts at Cinequest. he’ll he’ll join the th he others who have haave the chance chance for fo or big theater exhibition exhibition of small-scale small-scale work that deserves deserves a big reputation. reputation.

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(France; 9 (France; 90 0m min.) in.) IIsabelle sabelle H Huppert uppert d elightfully plays plays against against ttype ype aass delightfully Babou, Bab ou, France’s Fraance’s oldest living teenager, teenager, w ho w ent on on a road road ttrip rip d uring who went during the ’70s and d ne never ver quite ccame ame back. H er b ourgeois d aughter, E smerelda Her bourgeois daughter, Esmerelda ((Huppert’s Huppert’s rreal-life eall-life daughter, daughter, Lolita Lolita Chammah), Chammah) ), is embarrassed b byy her mother’ss im mother’ mother impulsive mpulsive w ways. ayys. When tthe he d daughter aughter ggets ets eengaged, ngaged, sshe he ttells ells her her fiancee’s fian ancee’s family family that that her her mother m other is is unavailable unavailab ble in in aanother nother hemisphere. hemispher e. “I’m a gr grown own woman,” rresponds esponds B Babou. abou. ““II ccan an ssay ay I’m I’m broke br oke and irr iirresponsible. esponsible.” T To o pr prove ove her wor worth, th, Bab Babou ou gets a job along tthe he B Belgian elgian ccoast oasst and an nd takes tak kes a young young llover. over. T The he fi film lm iiss aatt o once nce a sstar tarr tturn urn ffor or H Huppert, uppert, an n aautobiography utobiography for for ad daughter au ughter aand nd a m mother other w with ith a “strong “str ong p personality, errsonalitty,” and commentary commentary on the ttab ab someone else pa pays ayys ffor or fr o freeeesspiritedness—while piritedness—while not not apologizing apologgizing ep ffor or the irr o irrepressible. pressible. (DH) M March arch 2 aatt 9:15pm C California; aaliffoornia; March Marrch c 4 at 12:30pm, C12; Mar March ch 7 at 7pm, California Calif a fornia o

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(Canada; 108 (Canada; 108 m min.) in.) After After surviving surviving a ttsunami sunam mi iin n her her homeland homeland o off Sri S ri L Lanka—a anka— —a tragic tragic act act of of nature nature tthat hat ttook ook tthe he llives ives o off h her er p parents arents and an nd her sister sister—Parvati —Parvati (Kalist (Kalistaa Zackhariyas) Z ackhariyass) ﬁ ac ﬁnds nds herself herself living living w dist with distant ant relatives relatives in C Canada. anada. Through T hrough eencounters ncounters w with ith a m male ale ttenant enant of of the the hotel hotel where where she she works works aand nd w with ith a homeless homeless w woman, oman, Parvati Parvati becomes b e omes cconnected ec onnected with others in n eemotionally motionally depleted depleted states, states, but but tthese hese rrelationships elationships o only nly sserve erve tto o ad aadd dd further fu urther drama to her lif life. fe. W Writerrriterdirector di irector R Rohan ohan o F Fernando’s ernando’s ttale ale off devastation d evasstation an and nd rredemption edemption begins begins aand nd eends nds w with ith tthe he beauty beauty of of snow—a snow—a fform o orm of cleansing that helps to wash wash a aaway way tthe he m memories emories o off h how ow w water ater once on nce stole everything everything P Parvati arvati had known k nown b but ut ultimately ultimately presents presents her her w a ne with new w beginning. beginning. (CT) (CT) Mar March chh 3 aatt 9 9:15pm, :15pm, C C12; 12; M March arch 6 aatt 4 4:15pm, :15pm, C12; C12; March M Mar ch 8 at 2pm, C12

T SNO THE SNOW W CA CAVEMAN AV VEMAN (Norway; 80 (Norway; 80 m min.) in.) The The mountains mountains have ha ave historically historically b been een a plac placee of rrefuge efuge ffor or h hermits, ermits, rrebels ebels aand nd philosophers ph hilosophers lo looking oking to liv livee apar apartt from fr om the mo modern dern world b below. elow w. Bu But ut w do who does es that an anymore? nyymore? Sv Sverre erre Nøkling N økling do does. es. N Nøkling økling went to

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a lif life fe few few could could imagine: hanging out o ut in in an n iicy cy hole hole and and loving loving it. it. The The question q uestion tthat hat rruns uns tthroughout hroughout the the whether Nøkling ﬁlm is whe ether N økling is is just plain orr some bearded p lain ccrazy razy o some b earded Buddha Buddha who’s who ’s ffound oun o nd rreal eal happiness aaway way from fr om modern, modern, consumer consumer life liffe below below March the mountains. mounttains. (SH) Mar rch c 4 at 5pm, C12; March Marchh 8 at 9pm, C12; March Marrcch 9 at 4:45pm, C12. C12 2.

TOGETHERNESS TOGETHERNESS SSUPREME UPREME (Kenya; (K en nya; y 94 min.) i ) All p politics oli i is olitics i lo llocal. cal. l This T his d docudrama ocudram ma rrecords ecords the the iimpact mpact of the 2008 2008 K Kenyan een nyan y presidential prresidential election without ever ever lea lleaving aving v the Nairobi Nair obi shant shantytown ytown off Kib Kibera. era. Kamau ((Wilson Wiilson Maina), Mainaa), a young young aartist, rtist, moves moves away away ffrom rom h his is d drunken runken slumlord slumlord father (P (Peter eter Chege) tow toward ard

nascent Democratic the nasc entt Orange Demo cratic Movement off M ovement ((ODM). ODM). IIn n tthe he sslum lum o at least 150,000 150,000 people, people, 8-year-old 8-year- old Peter Onyango) P eter ((Teddy Teddy O nyango) ccovets ovets a ccell ell phone business. don’t p hone tto o sstart tart a b usiness. ““You You d on’t need phone, Kamau. n eed a p hone,” ssay ay K am mau u. ““You You better clothes..” The p poverty need b etterr clothes overty is omnipresent zinc-roofed as omnipr e esent as the zinc -rooffed e shacks.. Dir Director Collett shacks e ector Nathan C ollett inexpensive uses the rrelatively ellatively ine xpensive high-

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TROUBLEMAKER TR OUBLEMAK KER (United St (United States; ates; 92 mi min.) n.) The title and ttag ag line (“Get (“Getting tting t g left b behind ehind is the only w way ay to ccatch atch up up”) ”) are are deceptive. them, dec eptive. Get past th hem, and what emerges storyy of a emer ges is an honest stor self-sabotaging yyoung oung self f-sabotagingg woman with issues.. Mor Moree th than daddy issues han 10 yyears ears abandoned byy her father father,, after being being abandone ed b Rekha Varshney) R ekha e (Pranidhi V aarsshney) learns newly wealthy. that dear old dad is ne n wly wealth hy. Rekha her father,, but R ekha e ﬁnally ﬁnds he er father rrealizes ealizes she no longerr needs him (CT) March to right her world. (C CT) Mar rch c 4 at March 9:30pm, C12; Mar rcch 6 at 1:30pm, SJ Rep; March noon, R ep; e Mar rcch 7 at no on, C12 C

THE W WORLD ORLD A ACCORDING CCORDING TO B.. T O IION ON B (Romania; 6 (Romania; 60 0 min.) min.) Made Mad de for for HBO HBO Romania, R omania, tthis his d documentary ocumentary proﬁles proﬁles an outsider ar artist tist in the th he literal sense: Ion Barladeanu actually actuallly lived lived outside. outside. Discovered Disc oveered b byy a Bucha Bucharest arest galler galleryy owner, o wner, tthe he vvagabond aggabond B Barladeanu arladean nu

is nur nurtured, tured d, made pr prosperous osperous and ttaken aken tto o a Swiss Swiss eexhibition. xhibition. Still, Still, the the legacies of the past gna gnaw aw at him. The T he ccollage ollage aartist, rtist, whose whose superb superb w work ork can can b bee ccompared ompared to to Winston Winston Smith was S mith aand nd JJess, ess, w as cconfined onfined iin na m mental ental h hospital, ospitall, p perhaps erhaps b because ecau use off tthe o he enemies enemies he he made mad de during during tthe he o old ld C Communist ommunist rregime, egime, tthough hough he’s u is the first to admit he ’s Barladeanu troublesome alcoholic. a tr oubleso ome alc oholic. The trip to Barladeanu’s standout: andout: Barladeanu u’s village is a st the scale it rreveals eveals th he sc ale of the cconflict onflict between the artist parents, b etween th he ar tist and his par ents, aass w well ell ass tthe he p peace eace an and nd ccharm harm o off a traditionall Balk Balkan an village village.. (R (RvB) RvvB) Mar March ch 2 att 2:30pm, C12; Mar March rch c 4 at 3pm, C12; March M rcch 6 at noon, Mar noon, SJ Rep Reep

Take T aakke a CChance haance AMERICA A MERICA (U.S.; 95 (U.S.; 95 min.) min.) America America Gonzales Gonzalles ((Lymari Lymari N Nadal, adall, wife wife o off eexecutive xecutive producer p roducer E Edward dward JJames am mes O Olmos) lmos) ﬂ ﬂees ees her h er aabusive busive m military ilitary h husband usband (a (a vvery ery frighteningg Y Yancey aancey Arias) in Puer Puerto to

BAD B AD BEHAVIOUR BEHA AVIOU V UR (Australia; 9 (Australia; 90 0 min.) W Writer-director riter r -director JJoseph oseph S ims’ ffeature eature d ebut iiss an n Sims’ debut o dd m ix o Tarantino p ulp an nd W es odd mix off Tarantino pulp and Wes Andersen quirk, tellingg the story story of a brother brother aand nd ssister ister w ho sshake hake u pa who up ssmall mall town town ffor or o ne w eekend w hen one weekend when they mak -off ff on their they makee it a stop stop-off ps ychopathic rroad oad trip psychopathic trip.. Sims cleaned u p with with tthis his fi lm att tthe he M elbourne up film Melbourne U nderground F ilm F esstival last yyear, ear, Underground Film Festival ttaking ak king B est D irector an nd sseveral everal Best Director and o ther awards, awarrds, and and iit’s t’s eeasy assy tto o ssee ee other w hy. Bright Bright and and sstylish tylish w ith a llot ot o why. with off homeland fla avor, and pack p ed with flavor, packed vvisual isual and and n arrrative h ooks, S ims’ fi lm narrative hooks, Sims’ film signals the arrival of a huge ttalent alent in A ustralian filmmaki ing, no doubt. Australian filmmaking, But B ut iit’s t’s ttoo oo ssuperficial uperficial b byy a h half; allf; w wee k eep w aiting for for tthe he b ackstory tthat hat keep waiting backstory ne ver ccomes, omes, and onc ecomes never oncee it b becomes cclear lear tthat hat iit’s t’s n ot ggoing oing tto, o, tthe he vviolent iolent not fi nale iiss p ointless. T here’s ssimply imply n o finale pointless. There’s no are too too deeply ab out, and one to ccare about, nothing to in nvest in. (S SP) M arch 4 aatt invest (SP) March 111:50pm, 1:50pm, C12; C12; March March 8 at at 9:30pm, 9:30pm, C 12; C12; Mar rch c 11 at 5pm, C12 March

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tragedy of a mother who doesn’t doesn n’t immediately fall for fo or her bab baby. y. The T Happy Happ py House Housewife’s wiffe’s ccharm harm rests rests o on n the the narrow n arrow shoulders shoulders o off vvan an n Houten. Houten. She She llargely lar gely l succeeds succeeds d in i eevoking voking ki ssympathy ymp path hy ffor or a selﬁsh character o character.. (DH) Mar March rcch 3 at no noon, on, C12; Mar March ch 10 at 9:45pm 9:45pm, m, California; C alif a foornia; Mar March rcch 12 at 7:30pm, C12 C1

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(U.S.; 93 min.) The plot that drives (U.S.; driives Here’s Her e’s the Kick Kicker keer ssounds ounds reasonably reassonably eenough: nough: C Couple ouple Simon Simon aand nd Brittany Brittany quit their deaddead-end end jobs in Los Los Angeles A ngeles and and d decide ecide tto om move ove tto oT Texas exas tto ob bee n near earr B Brittany’s rittany’s family faam mily and and open open a jjoint oint b business, usiness, a combination combination sports sports bar and beauty beauty salon—a salon/saloon. salon n/s /saloon. Along with way way they they encounter encounterr numerous numer ous obstacles, obstacles, emotional aand nd otherwise, otherwise, an and nd heartfelt hearrtfelt drama dram ama and sometimes humor ensures. ensures. Director Dir ector Chris Harris ccoaxes oaxes som some me go good od p performances erfo ormances fr from om the ccast, a ast, especially esp ecially Simon Simon’s ’s ffoul-mouthed, oul-mouthed o d, pot-smoking, p ot-smoking, off-the-wagon off ff--the-wagon dad, dad d, but but the ﬁlm stumbles on stereotypes stereotypes e (the Texas T exas sheriff sheriff, ff,, the longlong-suffering suff ffeering wife, wiffe, tthe he p punk unk llittle ittle sister) sister) and an nd ultimately ultimattely llacks acks tthe he p pathos athos that that makes mak kes us us care care aabout bout any an ny of of the the characters. charraccters. In In tthe he eend, nd, w we’re e’re n not ot rrooting ooting ffor or B Brittany rittan any orr S o Simon, imon, aand nd ttheir heir rrelationship elationship

(Netherlands; 100 (Netherlands; 100 min.) min.) Having Having a bab babyy ccan an cause cause more more ps psychiatric ycchiatric problems pr oblems than th han ha having aving v an abortion, abortion, tion says sa ayys a studyy in last month’s month h’s N New ew England J Journal oou urnal of Medicine Medicine.. Granted, that’s that ’s a tou touchy uch hy topic for for o ccomedy. omedyy. The Happ Happy py House Housewife H wiffe br broaches oaches the topic in a manner m both b oth funn funny ny “haha”” and fun funny nny not not-so t-so “ha-ha.” Carice Carice vvan an Houten Houten plays plays a frivolous frivolous aand nd rrandy andy yyoung oung housewife housewife (she (she an and nd her husban husband nd celebrate celebrate their sixth wedding w edding anniversary anniversarry b byy joining joining the the mile-high m ile-high cclub, lub, u upholding pholding the the Dutch Dutch filmic tradi tradition ition of ccopious opious nude scenes sc enes in the th he first reel) reel) who decides tto o have have a child child att her her h husband’s usban nd’s prompting. p rompting. S She he u undergoes ndergoes a gghastly hasstly childbirth, childbir th, and then her tr troubles oubles begin. b egin. The film whipsa whipsaws aw ws between between shallow ccomedy om medy and the eeveryday verydaay

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A KIS KISSS AND A PROMISE PROMIS (Canada; 92 (Canada; 92 m min.) in.) T This his d disquieting isquietin film set in small-tow wn Ontario Ontario small-town only because is sadly plausible on nly b ecause “actual it is based on “actua al eevents. vents.” A husband h usban nd aand nd w wife ife ((Mick Mick R Rossi ossi and Nat asha Gr egso on Wagner) Natasha Gregson aare re running running a fl fledgling edgling B&B B&B with with a struggling struggling writer writer for for a tenant tenant ((Sean Sean Power) Power) w while hile a serial serial killer killer iiss lloose. oose. Ominous Ominous cclose-ups lose-ups o off a vacuum vacuum ccleaner lean ner aand nd a b boiling oiling kettle k ettttle hint at domestic domesstic disturbances disturban within. The cinematography’s cinemattograph hyy’s w wan, a blue b lue C Canadian anad dian llight ight d does oes llittle ittle tto o iilluminate lluminate the the warped warped past past o off these the ccharacters, harraccters, n nor or show show much much p promise rom ffor o or their futures. futures. Fine, Fin ne, terse, terse, ensem ensemble acting humanizes th the he ine inexplicable. xplicabl Patrick P atrick Bergen Bergen iiss sstoical toicall ass a dogged dogg detective. d etective. T The he film film sseems eems tto o embody emb Kafka’s K af ka’s d dictum ictum “There “There is is hope, hope, but bu not for fo or us. us.” (DH) Ma March arch 3 at 7:15pm, 7:15pm C12; C 12; March March 6 at at 1:15pm, 1:15pm, C12; C12; March March 7 at 2pm, C12

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Rico to a job as a liv Rico live-in ve-in n housek housekeeper eeper iin n ssuburban uburban N ew Y ork C ity. S he New York City. She rues leaving leaaving v her daugh daughter, hter, but lik likee P uerto R ico’s b ond tto o tthe he U nited Puerto Rico’s bond United St ates, America’s America’s relation relatio on with her States, husband is pr ecarious and a w ar a y. She precarious wary. lo vees the familiarit elatives loves familiarityy of her rrelatives in the Bronx. Bronx. Sonia Fritz directs Friitz ably directs ariibbean-to-Easta variation on the C Caribbean-to-EastC oast immigrant immigran nt ttale, alle, tto o iinclude nclude n ot Coast not th antiquated the ti t d “a “ wom man’s plac l e woman’s place iiss in in tthe he home” home” b ut tthe he p erennial but perennial woman “an immigrant woman’s n’s plac placee is in someone else’s else’s home ( Mar rcch 3 home..” (DH) March Caaliffornia; o Marrcch 5 at 4:15pm, at 7pm, California; March C aaliffornia; o Mar rch c 7 at 9:30pm, 9::30pm, C12 California; March

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THE LIFE OF FFISH ISH (Chile, Franc (Chile, France; e; 84 min min.) n.) Back in C hile aafter fter 110 0 yyears earrs o ootless Chile off rrootless hackdom h ackdom aass a ttravel ravel w writer, riter, A Andrés ndrés ((Santiago Santiago C abrera) iiss at aattending ttending a Cabrera) party p arty att a h house ouse w where here sso om much uch h appened tto oh im. H e’s eestranged stranged happened him. He’s ffrom rom o old ld ffriends riends ass w well ell aass ffrom rom tthe he n ext ggeneration. enerattion. T hatt’s w hen A ndrés next That’s when Andrés runs into Beatriz (Bla (Blanca nca L Lewin), ewin), cclearly learly tthe he llove ove o is llife, ife, jjust ust aass off h his cclearly learly m married arried w with ith cchildren. hildren. M Matias atias B ize’s ttitle itle rrefers efers tto oA ndrés’ b eef w ith Bize’s Andrés’ beef with eelectronic lectronic m media edia ((which which b byy h his is llights ights iiss lliving iving iin n a ssort ort o shbowl). T he off fi fishbowl). The film fi lm llaments am ments tthe he k kind ind o off ffuture uture tthat hat b ypassses tthe he o ld p ick-up ssoccer occer ggame am me bypasses old pick-up iin n ffavor avor o off ccomputer omputer vversions. ersions. IIt’s t’s a ttelevisionistic elevisionistic fi lm; iits ts ccomplaints omplaints film; aand nd iits ts ttext ext sseem eem cconservative onservattive eenough nough tthat hat yyou’ll ou’ll h have ave a ssuccessful uccessful iidea dea o off w where here iit’s t’s h headed. ead ded. A And nd yyet et iitt w was as tthe he eending nding tthat hat ssold old m me: e: iit’s t’s well-staged, w ell-staged, ssilent, ilent, ssensitive: ensitive: q quite uite worthy w orthy o off iits ts at attempt ttempt tto o rre-create e- creatte a lo love ve stor storyy in the Ch Chekhov ekhov style. sttyyle. (RvB) (R RvB) v M March arch 2 aatt 4 4:30pm, :30pm, C C12; 12; M March arch 3 at 7pm, C12; Mar March ch 6 at no noon, on, C12

A LI LITTLE TTLE H HELP ELP (U.S.; 1105 (U.S.; 05 m min.) in.) Big Big fans fans of of Jenna Jenna ((The The Offic T Office) e) F Fischer ischer ma may ay lo love ve her portrayal p ortrayall o off L Laura, aura, a disaffected disaff ffeected dental dent al h hygienist yygienist with an a o overbearing verbearing family—others family y— others ma may ay ha h have ave to strain tto o gglean lean n ssome ome p pleasure leasure ffrom rom this this dark d arrk comedy. comedy. Her Her 11-year-old 11-year-old son son is is distant, dist ant, her husband even even fur further ther

aﬁeld. Herr sister (Br (Brooke ooke Smith) and mother (Lesley (Lesley Ann Warren) Warren) help her in the most heavy-handed heaavvyy--handed w way. ay. The T he aactors ctors aall ll hit hit their their marks, marks, but but tthe he script is much much less amusing than the usual episo episode ode of The Offic Office. e. P Perhaps erhap ps Laura’s L auraa’s ma malaise alaise is ssynechdoche ynechdoche ffor o or the p post-9/11 ostt--9//11 set setting, ttting, but the tone oscillates fr from om ennui to w weltschmerz. eltschmerz. The T he h humor umor iisn’t sn’t d dark ark eenough. nough. ((DH) DH) March M arch 3 aatt 9 9:15pm, :15pm, C C12; 12; March March 5 at at 9:15pm, C California; aalliffornia; o Mar March rch c 9 at no noon, on, C12

MAMMA M AMM MA GÓGÓ GÓGÓ (Iceland; 9 (Iceland; 90 0 min.) Fridrik Thor Fridriksson writes directed F ridriksson w rites aand nd d irected tthis his sself-deprecating elf-deprecating aautobiographical utobiograp phicall storyy of an stor n Ic Icelandic elandic film dir director ector (Kristbjörgg Kjeld) ccoping (Kristbjör oping with his mother’ss (H mother’ mother (Hilmir Hilmir Snaer Gudnason) Alzheimer’s A lzheimer’s d disease iseasse aand nd w with ith tthe he tthunderous hunderous fl flop op o off h his is n newly ewly rreleased eleassed film. He o overestimated verestimated the app appeal eal off h o his is sstory tory o off aaged ged n nursing-home ursing-home rresidents esidents eescaping scaping iinto nto tthe he ffogbound ogbound ccountryside. ountryside. N Now ow h he, e, llike ike m many an ny off h o his is ccountrymen, ountrymen, iiss ggoing oing b broke roke fast. His at attempts ttempts t at cr creative eative film financing are a e universally ar universally funny. funn ny. His quick-witted quick k--witttteed mother’ mother’ss alarming loss of those wits w is univ universally ersally tragic tragic.. The last ac act’s ct’s magic magical al rrealism ealism do doesn’t esn’t quite jib jibee with w the rrest est of the film, but b ut tthe he aaustere ustere sscenery cenery sshows hows tthat hat life lif fe b both oth so soldiers oldiers on and dec decays ayys in beautiful b eautiful places. p es. (DH) Mar plac March rcch 2 at 7pm, California; C aliffornia; M March arch 4 at at 7:30pm, 7:30pm, C12; C12; March Mar rcch 6 att 11:15am, C12

31 (Mexico, (Me xico, C Canada; anada; 87 min.) m This weir weird d piec al rrealism ealism m has a woman piecee of magic magical w ashing up on the sho ores of a washing shores M exican vvillage, illage, stunned stunned and and u nable Mexican unable to rremember emember who she is or how she got ther e. After a while w though, there. sshe’s he’s m escal-ing iitt u p, sshaking hak king h er mescal-ing up, her m arracca an nd sslapping lapping aasses, sses, cconvincing onvincing maraca and h erself iit’s t’s al ll a d ream. T he eemphasis mphassis herself all dream. The iiss m ore o n ttableaulike ableaulike iimages mages tthan han more on stor y, and ther e’s a hea alth hy dose story, there’s healthy of Guy Maddin–t typ y e su urrealism. Maddin–type surrealism. The ccontinuous, ontinuous, tongu ue-in- cheek tongue-in-cheek nts the ﬁlm esen narration, which pr presents aalmost lmost llike ike a ttravelogue, ravelogue, iiss ffunny unny ffor or o a while but eeventually veentuaally pulls the aaudience udience o ut o ny rreal eal al cconnection onnection out off aany to the stor y. In the end d, writer/ story. end, d irector A nita D oron ttries ries tto oh ave iitt director Anita Doron have b oth w ays, p laying the the m atteriall ffor or both ways, playing material an absur dist jok a tr ying to absurdist jokee but also trying m ak ke a p oint aabout bout o ur p lacce iin n tthe he make point our place ntastico! ggets ets llost ost world, and Mystic Mysticoo Fan Fantastico! in b etween. (SP) M arch 3 aatt 77pm, pm, C 12; between. March C12; Mar ch 5 at 4:30pm, C12;; Mar rcch 8 at March March eep 4:30pm, SJ R Rep

NANNERL, MO NANNERL, MOZART’S Z T’S ZAR SSISTER ISTER (France; 120 min.) In man (France; m manyy w ways, ayys, Nannerl N an nnerl ccould ould b bee vviewed iewed aass a budding b udding ffeminist eminist iin nR Rene ene F Feret’s eret’s period p eriod p piece iece sset. et. B But ut aass tthe he sstory tory o off Mozart’s M ozart’s ttalented alented yyet et o overshadowed vershadowed ssister ister p progresses, rogresses, tthe he iindependent ndependent an and nd aassertive ssertive tteenage eenage ggirl irl iiss sshown hown tto ob bee aan nu unfortunate nfortunate vvictim ictim o off h her er ggender ender time.. Pla Playing second and time aying y secon nd fiddle, fiddle, figuratively her fi guratively aand nd lliterally, iterallly, tto oh er iidiot diot savant brother, Nannerl sa avant v kid br other, Nan nnerl can can only off h her musical sscratch cratch tthe he ssurface urfaacce o er m usical personal ttalent alent and p ersonal rrelationships. ellationships. Nannerl’s parades his N an nnerl’s ffather ather p arades h is cchildren hildren from fr om one rroyal oyal ccourt ourt to o another while tto o ccurry urry ffame ame aand nd ffortune, ortune, w hile steadily rrefusing efusing to rreward eward his daughter’ss sacrific sacrificee ffor family’ss daughter’ o or the family’ welfare. Everything welfar e. Ev ver e ything thee family has betterment off iiss ffunneled unneled tto o tthe he b etterment o Mozart, which M ozart, w hich ccomes omes as as aan n iindirect ndirect detriment his While d etriment tto oh is ssister. ister. W hile Nannerl opportunity N an nnerl jjumps umps aatt tthe he o pportunity tto o break free from subservient br eak fr ee fr om her sub bservient rrole ole her own paths aand nd ttake ake h er o wn p aths iin n llove ove aand nd music, m usic, sshe he eeventually ventuallly ccomes omes tto o tthe he ssad ad rrealization eallization tthat hat h her er llife ife w was as n never ever rreally eally hers to b begin egin wit with. th. ((JK) JK) March March 6 at 1:30pm, C California; aaliffornia; o M Mar March rcch 10 at 6:45pm, C12

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NEW N EW Y YORK O DE ORK DECALOGUE CALOGUE (United St (United States; a ates; 82 min.) The lives livvees of 10 fictional women ar onicled in aree chr chronicled rrealistic ealistic monotony mo onoton ny thr through ough a series of mostly visual v monolo gues from from monologues writer-director w riter-director M Malik alik IIsasis. sasis. S Some ome monolo guees ccontain ontain narration, but monologues most m ost are arre p purely urely p pieced-together ieced-together iimages magges o ew h ours o oments off a ffew hours orr m moments off tthese o hese o ordinary rdinarry people’s people’s llives. ives. E Each ach monolo guee st ands indep endent, monologue stands independent, cconnected onnected only o b static of our byy the static human nat ture until the denouement nature o he fi lm, w here eeach acch o he off tthe film, where off tthe characters finds fi herself in the same p lace u nder tthe he ssame ame terrifying terrifying place under cir cumstances. (CT) (CT) Mar rcch 6 at 6:15pm, circumstances. March C12; Mar rcch 8 at 9pm, C12; Mar rcch 11 at March March 2:30pm, C12

POLIGAMY POLIGA AMY ((Hungary; Hungarry; 8 855 m min.) in.) This This Hungarian Hungarrian n ccomedy omedy has has h hack acck ssoap oap o opera pera sscripter cripter Andras A ndras ((Sándor Sándor C Csányi) sányi) lliving iving what whatt his h is ttherapist herapist ccalls alls tthe he most most b boring oring ssoap oap iimaginable—she maginable—she can’t can’t even even figuree out wh figur why w hy he k keeps eeps seeing her her.. Andras is settling seetttling t down to marry marry his girlfriend of o five five yyears, ears, Lilla, and have haave

ab baby, aby, but but one one day day he he awakes awak kes to to discover d iscover tthere’s here’s aan n eentirely ntirely d different iff ffeerent woman claiming to be be Lilla. Even Even e worse, w orse, eeveryone veryone eelse lse iin nh his is llife ife aagrees grees tthat hat sshe’s he’s L Lilla, illa, too. too. A Ass a romcom romcom ttwist wist on a Twilight Tw wilight Z Zone oone p premise, remise, this this might have haave work worked, ed, but before beffo ore he ccan an aadjust djust to to tthe he rreality eality o off h his is n new ew partner, par tner, yet yet another woman wakes wak a es up in his bed, bed, claiming to be be Lilla, Lillla, with the same supportive supportive evidence. evidence. This T his m makes akes for for ssome ome ffunny unny bits, bits, as as Andras A ndras discovers discovers just just how how extreme extreme his Lillas can can get. There There ar aree othe other er ttwists, wists, but but in in the the end, end, the the hardest hardest question to ans answer wer is: What’s What’s the th he point? p oint? (SP) March March 2 aatt 112:15pm, 2:15pm, C12; C12; March Mar rcch 10 at 5pm, C12; Mar March ch 11 aatt 9:45pm, C12

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(Canad (Canada; da; 75 75 min.) min.) A woman woman iiss murdered murdered iin n a Mennonite Mennonite ccommunity. ommunity. The The police police cchief hief ((aa bottled-up b ottled-up Peter Peter Stormare) Stormarre) believes believes tthat hat tthe he p perp erp is is the the rrotten otten b boyfriend oyfriend off h o his is eex-girlfriend x-girlfriend ((Jill Jill Hennessy Hennessy of of Crossing Cr roossing J Jordan). oorrddan). The The ﬁ ﬁlm lm h has as tthe he

look and accents look accents of Far Fargo, rggo, but but n none o off the o the sly sly humor. humor. The The pounding pounding musical music al interludes b byy Bruc Brucee Peninsula P eninsula ar aree jarrin jarringg and distract distracting. (MSG) M March arch 4 aatt 9 9:30pm, :30pm, California; Californ March M arch 6 at at 4:30pm, 4:30pm, California; California; M March ar 11 at 2:45pm, C12

VILLAGE W VILLAGE WITHOUT IT THOUT W OMEN WOMEN (Croatiaa//France; 84 min.) Three (Croatia/France; Three brothers, b rothers, a ffew ew eelderly lderly n neighbors eighbors and some sheep ar aree all th that hat rremain emain in a Serbian hamlet. In this t ruefully fu funny documentary, d ocumentarry, the the b brothers rothers h herd erd ttheir sheep,, shar sheep sharee a b bedroom edroom and decorate deco ttheir heir w walls allls w with ith p pin-up in-up p photos: hotos: a mosaic of unrealistic unrealisticc eexpectations. xpectations After A fter a ffriend riend b brings rings a b bride ride b back acck from fr om the fformer o ormer ene enemy em my ccountry ountry o of Albania, A lbania, the the oldest oldest brother brother p plots lots tto o woo woo a “no-nonsense” “no-nonsense” woman woman n to t ttheir heir h hillside illside sshack. hack. T This his iiss aan n aaffable ffaa ff sshaggy hagggy sheep sheep sstory. tory. T The he K Klezmerish lezmeri ssoundtrack oundtrack keeps keeps tthe he o otherwise-bleak therwise-b ttale ale light. (DH) March March 2 at at 7pm, 7pm, C12; C March Mar rcch 4 at 9:15pm, C12; C March March 7 at 4:30pm, C12

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The T he re restaurant staurant ssits its aacross cross a sshopping hopping center center ffrom rrom tthe he IInternational nternattional Food Fo od Bazaar, Bazaar, a Middle Middle Eastern owned byy tthe E astern grocery grocery sstore tore o wned b he Palestinian ssame ame P alestinian ffamily. amily. Owning Owning meat market a ggrocery rocer y sstore tore aand nd a m eat m arket gives edge.. gi ives the rrestaurant estaurant an edge The International Kabob Kabob House House sserves erves a mix mix of of Middle Middle Eastern Eastern and and Greek doubt G Gr eek ffoods o ods that yyouâ€™ve ouâ€™ve no doub bt encountered elsewhereâ€”kebabs, en ncountered else whereâ€”k kebabs, moussaka, ffalafel, alafel, m oussaka, shawarmaâ€”but shawarmaâ€” â€”but what place w hat ssets ets tthe he p lace aapart part iiss tthe he hearty, quality off tthe food, h earty, ffresh rresh q uality o he fo od, tthe he eexcellent xcellent sservice er vice aand nd tthe he aattention ttention to o detail. detail. with I recommend recommend sstarting tar ting w ith order an n or der of the ffeta eeta fries ($3.95),

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CAPERS Well-heeled sports bar and restaurant. $$$. Capers is a sophisticated restaurant that uses sports as its theme. Welldevised menu full of inventive recipes and delicious ﬁnger foods. 11am-10:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight Fri-Sat and 9:30am-10:30pm Sun. 1710 W. Campbell Ave. 408.374.5777. LA PIZZERIA Italian. $$. La Pizzeria specializes in simple pizzas that stand on the strength of a few high-quality ingredients, expertly prepared. Open for lunch and dinner daily. 11am-10pm Sun-Tue, 11am11pm Wed, 11am-midnight Thu-Sat. 373 E. Campbell Ave. 408.370.0826.

MICHI Japanese. $$. Sushi standards are transformed into palate-awakening presentations; culinary boundaries are stretched. 11am-10pm daily. 2220 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.378.8000 or 378.0838.

NEGEEN Persian. $$. Mira ghasemi, grilled and puréed eggplant in a tomato sauce with scrambled eggs, and kashk-e-bademjan, puréed eggplant topped with mint and a creamy yogurt sauce, are great, as are the kebabs. Don’t miss the excellent Persian ice cream. 11:30am-10pm MonThu, 11:30am-midnight Fri-Sat and 11:30am-9pm Sun. 801 W. Hamilton Ave. 408.866.6400.

PSYCHO DONUTS Donuts. $. Psycho Donuts has taken rings of fried dough into new territory with ﬂavors like apricot, the Cookie Monster (topped with Oreos) and Do-Nilla (sprinkled with bits of vanilla wafers) and the intimidating Psycho Donut, a maelstrom of marshmallow,

pretzel and chile powder. 6am5pm Mon-Thu, 6am-11pm Fri, 7am-11pm Sat, 7am-5pm Sun. 2006 S. Winchester Blvd #C. 408.378.4540.

RUSSIAN CAFÉ AND DELI Russian. $$. This is a small Russian grocery store with a good little restaurant tucked in the corner. Borscht soup, pelmeni and solyankya sbornaya, a thick soup studded with chunks of mild pork sausage, black olives, pickles and barley all satisfy. 11am-8pm daily. 1712 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.379.6680.

SUSHI ZONE Japanese. $$. Fun sushi meets fun surroundings in this zone. 11:30am-2:30pm and 5-9:30pm Sun-Thu and 11:30am-2:30pm and 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 75 S. San Tomas Aquino Rd #1. 408.866.1323. TIGELLERIA. Italian. $$. Tigelleria’s menu centers on fine cheeses and Italian salumi paired with tigelle, free-flowing, piping hot flat-breads the size of mini pitas. The bread forms the addictive heart of the meal. Lunch 11:30am-2pm and dinner 5-10pm daily. 76 E. Campbell Ave. 408.884.3808.

TWIST CAFE AND BISTRO French and American. $$$. Twist describes itself as “American food with a French twist,” but the menu includes Middle Eastern, Asian and Italian inﬂuences, too. Cafe 9am-3pm Tue-Sat, 9am-2:30pm Sun; Bistro 59pm Wed-Thu and 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 247 E. Campbell Ave. 408.374.8982.

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bodied ﬂavors and healthy ingredients. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9pm Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 14109 Winchester Blvd. 408.374.1808.

CALIFORNIA CAFE New American. $$$. An innovative approach to Paciﬁc Rim staples makes for some lovely surprises. The ace service matches the smart setting. Full bar. 11:30am-10pm MonFri, 10:30am-10:30pm Sat, 10:30am-9:30pm Sun. 50 University Ave. 408.354.8118.

CIN-CIN Eclectic wine bar. $$$. The heart of Cin Cin’s menu is an eclectic mix of small plates, tapas-size dishes that partner well with a great wine list. 4-10pm Mon-Sat. 368 Village Way. 408.354.8006.

CRIMSON Rustic bistro. $$$. Large portions of upscale rustic fare sate the diner at this new-style Old World bistro, but don’t forget to save room for Fondue for Two. 11:30am2pm Mon-Fri, 5pm-close MonSun. 15466 Los Gatos Blvd. 408.358.0175. DIO DEKA Greek. $$$. Dio Deka is doing its part to elevate Greek food in Silicon Valley. There’s much to recommend at this handsome restaurant. Most starters are large so they’re best shared. 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 210 E. Main St. 408.354.7700. FLEUR DE COCOA French bakery. $$. Almond croissant. Almond croissant. Almond croissant. Los Gatos’ Fleur de Cocoa is rightly known for its chocolate confections and pastries, but I can’t stop

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CAFO stands for “concentrated animal-feeding operation.” They are the beef feedlots, poultry warehouses, fish farms and pig prisons where the vast majority of American livestock live their miserable and short lives. To meet the demands of an increasingly concentrated number of agribusiness conglomerates like Cargill, Smithfield and ConAgra, animals have largely been removed from the land and placed in densely packed, cruel conditions, so that they can be raised more “efficiently.” Ever wonder why Costco or McDonald’s can sell hamburgers so cheaply? The CAFO is why. The social and environmental horrors of this system are laid bare in the new book CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES, a coffee-table volume about what you eat at the dinner table. Edited by Healdsburg writer and publisher DAN IMHOFF and published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the book provides a comprehensive and thoroughly damning indictment of an evil empire most of us don’t even know exists. Imhoff says the goal of the book is to “pull back the door on industrial animal agriculture. There’s not a lot of transparency in this kind of food production.” That’s for sure. Three states have made it illegal to even photograph a CAFO. Whose interest is that serving? Certainly not consumers and definitely not animals. “It’s a complete disconnection with the land,” Imhoff says. “It’s a huge leap we’ve taken. It has to change.” Anyone who’s read Michael Pollan or seen Food Inc. has some idea that the way we raise meat is wrong. What makes CAFO different is not only the variety of voices, which range from former George W. Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully to Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser, but also the pictures. I could tell you what a sow-gestation crate—a metal pen where pregnant pigs sit in misery and manure, unable to turn around, and rub themselves raw—looks like, but a photograph really drives the point home. The book collects 450 pictures of the factory farm in all its brutality. The photos are hard to look at, but a big part of the reason the CAFO system has been allowed to grow so large is it’s out of public view and we’re not able to see where the animals we eat live and die. But if you eat meat, these are pictures you need to see. To avert your eyes only allows CAFOs to grow stronger. In spite of the grim reality the book depicts, CAFO concludes with a few rays of light: alternative systems in which animals live on the land in humane, environmentally sound conditions. Understanding that CAFOs have to go is the first step to getting there and this book succeeds admirably in doing that. Go to www.cafothebook.org for details.—Stett Holbrook

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FORBES MILL STEAKHOUSE Steakhouse. $$$$. When Metro ﬁrst checked in with Forbes Mill in 2003, it was called “a big, burly brasserie equipped with style as well as substance.” It’s holding up well and still does things in a big way. Dinner 5-9pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 206 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.6434.

GREEN PAPAYA Vietnamese. $$. California cuisine meets Southeast Asia by way of Paris, with inventive updates of clay pot and ﬁve-spice authentica. 11am- 3pm, 5-9:30pm TueSun.. Beer, wine. 137 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.9115.

I GATTI New Italian. $$$. I Gatti ﬁts like a glove along peaceful Main Street. The chef understands the basics but isn’t afraid to create refreshing twists on traditional recipes. 11:30am-2pm. 5-9:30pm MonSat, 5-9pm Sun 25 E. Main St. 408.399.5180.

KAMAKURA SUSHI AND SAKE HOUSE Sushi bar classics. $$. In a smart setting, Kamakura showcases a procession of impeccable sushi and sashimi platters. 10:30am2pm, 5:30-10pm daily. 135 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.6650.

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. Brewpub. $$$. Most brewpubs seem to be cooking from the same menu, but executive chef Jim Stump has created a diverse menu of upscale comfort food that goes well beyond burgers and grilledchicken sandwiches. The handsome wood-accented interior and open kitchen with its wood-ﬁred pizza oven and rotisserie grill add to the restaurant’s appeal. Breakfast 10am-2pm Sat-Sun, lunch 11:30am-3pm and dinner 5pm to 9pm daily. 130 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.9929.

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fare at good prices. 11:30am9:30pm daily. 133 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos, 408.395.1784; 1875 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell, 408.559.3885; and 109 S. First St., San Jose, 408.292.7222.

$$$$. Drawing from produce grown at his own farm, superstar chef David Kinch is blazing a trail of high caliber cuisine that’s as daring as it is delicious. Expensive but worth it. 320 Village Lane. 408.354.4330.

TAPESTRY Contemporary haute. $$$. Right on the main street, this cottagelike spot blends traditional French cooking with contemporary fusion: ﬁlet mignon with Mongolian-style brown sauce; crayﬁsh chow mein. Elegant and friendly. 11:30am-2pm, 5:30-9pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 11 College Ave. 408.395.2808.

NICK’S ON MAIN American.

THREE DEGREES Eclectic,

$$$. Nick’s on Main is a relaxed but elegant bistro full of neighborly charm and is a showcase for owner Nick Difu’s decadent and deeply satisfying style of cooking. 11:30am-3pm and 5-9:30pm Tue-Sat. 35 E. Main St. 408.399.6457.

California. $$$. Set inside the beautifully remodeled Toll House hotel, Three Degrees delivers a mixed bag of big and small plates from an eclectic menu. Some dishes, like the New York steak, are great, but others fall ﬂat. Service is friendly but still a little green. Full bar. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Fri, 3-10pm daily. 140 S. Santa Cruz Blvd. 408.884.1054.

MANRESA High concept.

PASTARIA & MARKET Italian. $$. Pastaria offers reasonably priced comfort food in an unpretentious but lively atmosphere. 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat and 5-10pm Sun. 49 E. Main St. 408.399.3477.

RESTAURANT JAMES RANDALL Californian. $$$. Chef and co-owner Ross Hanson takes his cues from the seasons and favors a simple, ingredient-driven approach that places it squarely in the California school of cooking. He favors big, robust ﬂavors and large serving sizes to create a kind of California comfort food. Dinner 5:30-11pm TueSat. 303 N. Santa Cruz Ave. 408.395.4441.

STEAMER’S New American. $$$. Styling itself as a grill house, Steamer’s includes rotisserie meats and fragrant grilled chops in addition to fresh ﬁsh. Quality control and service are excellent. Full bar. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm daily. 31 University Ave. 408.395.2722.

TANDOORI OVEN Indian. $. Tandoori Oven has quickly found its niche in Los Gatos among the burrito joints, sushi spots and upscale restaurants with its made-to-order curry dishes and spicy north Indian

VALERIANO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND BAR Contemporary Italian. $$$. While the kitchen exudes earthy aromas, the dining room’s soft terra-cotta walls glow with a sense of Mediterranean mission. Hands-on management makes each patron feel pampered. Full bar. 5pm-close daily. 160 W. Main St. 408.354.8108.

VIVA LOS GATOS NEIGHBORHOOD EATERY California. $$$. This popular Los Gatos restaurant mixes it up with Italian-leaning Mediterranean food, fresh ﬁsh, grilled steaks and several Asian-inspired dishes as well. 11am-9:30pm Mon-Fri 8am10:30pm Sat, 8am-9:30pm Sat. 15970 Los Gatos Blvd. 408.356.4902.

WINE CELLAR New California $$. Tucked under Borders Books, this cozy dining spot offers an education in Old World charm and New World cuisine, from smoked salmon pizza to grilled ahi tuna to desserts as fresh as spring break. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm FriSat, 10:30am-9pm Sun. 50 University Ave. 408.354.4808.

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THE SECOND CITY Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga Wed – 7:30pm; $40-$45

The Second City troupe built its reputation on sketch comedy, ﬁrst in Chicago, then Toronto, and now in Detroit, Las Vegas and L.A. as well. It’s most famous for feeding SNL’s gaping maw of a talent demand, and its alum include everyone from Joan Rivers and Alan Arkin in the early ’60s to Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Stephen Colbert in the ’90s, with John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and a long list of other big names in between. But ironically it’s actually their improv segments that usually provide the best showcases for the cast’s talent—especially near the end of the show when allout comic anarchy has been known

to break out. This touring show, Fair & Unbalanced, offers a mix of improv and sketches as the troupe draws on material from throughout the history of the troupe. (SP)

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any kind of neat classification for these guys—not even a very broad definition like “rock” can cover them. But they do use geek-rock devices like sudden and abrupt changes in rhythm and key, and moaning, spoken-word vocals, with lyrics that barely make sense. Drunken Starfighter is just as eclectic, in its own way, mixing rock with an authentic reggae sound. (JA)

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Johnny V’s, San Jose Thu – 9pm; $5

The Rodeo Club, San Jose Thu – 9pm; $10

Johnny V’s kicks off its eighth anniversary celebration with this show featuring two offbeat local bands. UV proudly proclaims that they are from San Jose every chance they get, but I’m have trouble believing they’re not from another planet. Good luck ﬁnding

Christian Kane plays a bad-ass on TNT’s Leverage, and appears to be a bad-ass in real life, as well. He quotes Steve McQueen, and turns out some of the heaviest country to be found on the Billboard singles chart. When he sings about the “rock and roll rodeo” on the

title track of his new album, The House Rules, he nails a pretty good description of his sound. Like any country star, he’s got his share of midtempo ballads, but it’s his electric, lick-driven numbers like “Seven Days” and “Whiskey In Mind” that stand out. And who would have expected a cover of Traci Chapman’s “Fast Car”? (SP)

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SWAN LAKE Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose Thu – 8pm, Sat – 1:30 and 8pm, Sun – 1:30pm; $30-$100 With all the attention Natalie Portman and the movie Black Swan have garnered, tickets will be in high demand for Ballet

San Jose’s production of the greatest of all story ballets. The guest artist for this performance will be Cuban-born star Carlos Acosta, who comes all the way from the Royal Ballet in London to dance Prince Siegfried opposite Alexsandra Meijer’s Odette/Odile (Friday–Saturday, 8pm; the matinees will feature alternate casts). Artistic director Dennis Nahat provides the choreography for this timeless tale of a smitten nobleman, the bewitched princess transformed into a swan and the evil baron who made it all happen. (MSG)

LYNCH MOB The Avalon, Santa Clara Fri – 9:30pm; $15-$18 The year was 1989. Hair metal was on its way out the door, and ﬂannels from Seattle were

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Feb 25 at 8pm, Sunset Concerts at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Los Gatos

EL VIVO Feb 25 at 8pm, Club Fox, Redwood City

SOUTH BAY PHILHARMONIC SO All-B All-Beethoven concert, Feb 25 at 7:30pm, free, Foothill Presbyterian 7:30pm Church, San Jose

DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN D Feb 25–26, Campbell Heritage Fe Theatre

AFIARA STRING QUARTET A Feb 27 at a 3pm, Montalvo Arts Center

TRANSYLVANIA TRAVELING MUSIC With the Presidio Quintet, Feb 27 at 3pm, First Unitarian Church of San Jose

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just becoming popular. Guitarist George Lynch had just left Dokken to embark on a solo career, forming the hard rock Lynch Mob. Despite grunge taking over the airwaves, the band’s 1990 debut Wicked Sensation went gold. After a string of so-so albums over the next 20 years (even a disappointing rap metal attempt in the late ’90s), Lynch Mob has ﬁnally come back to what it knows best: how to rock. They released Smoke and Mirrors in 2009, which should have been the follow-up to Wicked in the ﬁrst place. This tour showcases the amazing Lynch on guitar, original vocalist Oni Logan, bassist Robbie Crane of Ratt and Dokken drummer “Wild” Mick Brown. (BD)

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THE PHENOMENAUTS Blank Club, San Jose Sat – 9pm; $10 Rock & roll and the atomic bomb evolved in parallel, so it’s not surprising that there’s a long tradition of rock songs paying ambivalent tribute to Oppenheimer’s great destroyer of worlds. Yet it’s rare for a band to mold its entire identity around the paleo-futuristic iconography of the atomic age. If only for doing that, San Francisco’s Phenomenauts would be notable, but it certainly helps that their amalgam of pop, punk, New Wave and surf guitar is so intoxicating. The musical equivalent of the future’sso-bright idealism of ’60s-era

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THE ADLERS Tomorrowland, the Phenomenauts’ shtick manages to be both arch and exhilarating. (PMD)

FINISH TICKET Homestead Lanes, Cupertino Sat – 9pm; $5 Alameda’s Finish Ticket got a break last year when they won Live 105’s local band contest; their demo beat out over 100 other Bay Area bands, earning them an opening spot at the Night So Silent Night show at HP. True, most of the crowd had yet to show up when they played, but still, they pulled off a strong set in front of hundreds of fans-to-be. They’ve deﬁnitely sharpened their Killersesque sound from early songs like “Conﬁdence” a couple of years ago; “New York” is their catchiest slice of New Wave–infused indie pop yet. (SP)

THE TRIMS Caravan Lounge, San Jose Sat – 9pm; $5 One thing Trims founders Gabriel Maciel and Eric Scharer could agree on was a love for atmospheric, dynamic, pop-oriented music that made liberal use of interesting instrumentation. Bands like Joy Division, Interpol, U2 and Radiohead came to mind. They set out applying these inﬂuences to create a music that was intricate and unconventional while still maintaining a listenerfriendly simplicity. The dueling guitar work is haunting. The vocals are organic and honest. The drumming is soft but precise. What they’ve ended up creating isn’t exactly pop music, but it’s not particularly unfamiliar either. It’s a nice blend of moody guitar-centric songs that have a soft edge while maintaining a subtle emotional undercurrent. (AC)

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SYMPHONY SILICON VALLEY Concert version of Man of La Mancha, Mar 19–20, California Theatre, San Jose

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Mar 24–27, HP Pavilion, San Jose

SYMPHONY SILICON VALLEY Brahms’ German Requiem, Mar 24–27, California Theatre

SAN JOSE JAZZ WINTER FEST Mar 12 at 7pm, Pagoda, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose

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Disney on Ice Let’s Celebrate! Wednesday–Thursday, 7:30pm, Friday, 10:30am and 7:30pm, Saturday–Sunday, 11am, 3 and 7pm; HP Pavilion, San Jose: $16 and up

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Xanadu Previews Feb. 25–27, opens March 4, Friday–Saturday, 8pm, Sunday, 2pm; Retro Dome, San Jose; $24–$44 In an ambitious move, the Retro Dome presents the famous roller disco musical Xanadu—a satirical salute to a shiny era of dance music and sartorial excess adapted from a cult movie of sorts and turned into a Broadway hit. The songs include “All Over the World,” “Suddenly,” “I’m Alive” and “Evil Woman.” (Pictured in requisite leg warmers are Adam Barry as Sonny and Sarah Aili as Kira.)

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A regular working man’s family succumbs to the high goals set by a driven father, Willy Loman. As his sons think about their childhood, Willy’s mind wanders through an intricate whirl of memories and fantasies. Arthur Miller’s 1949 touchstone drama won the Pulitzer Prize and has been a staple of theater companies ever since. (Pictured are Jackie O’Keefe and Don DeMico.)

Tiepolo Drawings March 2–May 29; Cantor Arts Center, Stanford; free A new show at the Cantor features a dozen drawings by Domenico Tiepolo, son of famed 18th-century painter Battista Tiepolo, and a worthy if relatively unsung artist in his own right. Among his achievements is a large suite of drawings illustrating the New Testament. After much scholarly sleuthing, the series has been reassembled. The drawings at the Cantor include two that have never been publicly displayed before.

The Fountain Blues Harlem Gospel Choir A Night of Flamenco Festival Allstars Thu, Mar 31, 7:30pm Music and Dance Band with Chris Cain The world famous Harlem Fanny Ara Presents: Garlochi

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Bay Area choreographer Fanny Ara’s ﬂamenco and Spanish classical dance pushes the boundaries of tradition. Her re-imagining of ﬂamenco and the paso doble adds a cheeky, whimsical twist that contradicts the inherently serious tone of these dance forms. Garlochi means “heart” in Calo, the language of the gypsies. This performance features live music and is part of the New Directions Series at Montalvo.

Special guest Chris Cain and other award-winning local and national talent who have all performed at the prestigious Metro Fountain Blues Festival (JC Smith, Endre Tarczy, Ron E. Beck, Stan Erhart, Lara Price, Mark Fenichel, Maxx Cabello Jr., Kaye Bohler, Andy Just, Gary Smith, and Richard Palmer) come together to jam the blues — bringing back the spirit of the legendary greats!

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Gospel Choir is one of the preeminent gospel choirs in the world. The Choir has performed with such famous artists as Bono, Sinead O’Connor, Simple Minds, Lyle Lovett, Diana Ross, Brooks and Dunn, Ashford & Simpson, Jimmy Cliff, and the Chieftains. Their songs of inspiration touch the depths of the soul and raise spirits to angelic heights. “They are Angels in Harlem” - Bono, U2 $50/$45 | Members: $45/$40

Co-presented by Montalvo Arts Center and The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership.

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BALLET SAN JOSE The Dennis Nahat Ballet San Jose version of the classic story ballet “Swan Lake.” Fri, 8pm, Sat, 1:30 and 8pm, Sun, 1:30pm. $30-$100. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

WORD FOR WORD STEGNER FELLOWS’ SHORTS ON STAGE

SAT / FEB 26 / 8 PM The fiction and poetry of Stanford’s Stegner Fellows, transformed through riveting staged readings.

THE BODY AND WHAT IT CARRIES Four new dance works about “muscle memory,” with works by Garen Scribner, Quinn Wharton and Todd Eckert, along with Aleta Hayes and Robert Moses of Stanford. Thu-Sat, 8pm. $5-$15. Roble Dance Studio, Stanford.

SJDANCECO A choreography showcase to demonstrate the wide variety of dance talent in the area, presented by artistic directors Maria Basile and Gary Masters. Fri, 7pm, Sat, 2:30 and 7pm. $12/$20. SJSU Dance Theatre.

SMUIN BALLET The program includes a world premiere by Trey McIntyre and two works by Smuin: “Bluegrass/Slyde” and “Brahms/Haydn Variations.” Wed-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm.

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SLIDE: eighth blackbird WITH STEVE MACKEY & RINDE ECKERT

SAT / MAR 5 / 8 PM Grammy-winners eighth blackbird in major new music/ theater work by Steve Mackey and Rinde Eckert. TICKETS & INFO: livelyarts.stanford.edu 650-725-2787

Opera San Jose presents Rossini’s comic opera. Feb 24 and 26, 8pm, Feb 27, 3pm. $51-$101. California Theatre, San Jose.

TURANDOT Presented by West Bay Opera. Feb 26, 8pm, Feb 27, 2pm. $25-$60. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto.

Theater DEATH OF A SALESMAN A Pear Avenue version of Arthur Miller’s famous play. Previews Feb 24; opens Feb 25. Shows Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs through Mar 20. Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View.

DEATHTRAP Ira Levin’s thriller, presented by Northside Theatre Company. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. Runs thru Mar 6. $15/$20. Northside Theatre, San Jose.

DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN A comedic play about modern masculinity by Los Gatos native Rob Becker. Fri, 8pm, Sat, 5 and 8pm. $36/$46. Campbell Heritage Theater.

JAR THE FLOOR Tabia African American Theater Ensemble celebrates its 25th anniversary with Cheryl West’s dramatic comedy. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. Runs thru Mar 6. $25/$30. ($30/$35 for Feb 26 gala.) Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose.

ON THE WATERFRONT The West Coast premiere, by Santa Jose Stage Company, of a stage adaptation of Budd Schulberg’s famous movie about a conﬂicted dockworker. Wed-Thu, 7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Mar 13. $15-$35. The Stage, San Jose.

RUN FOR YOUR WIFE A farce about a bigamist racing back and forth between wives. Presented by Santa Clara Players. Thu (Mar 3 and 10), 8pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Runs thru Mar 12. $16. Triton Museum, Hall Pavilion, Santa Clara.

SAN JOSE SLAM POETRY SHOWCASE A Black History poetry event features three generations of spoken-word artists, including Wesley Branner, Gary Walker, Danta Scutt, Jackhammer Serenade and more. Sun, 7:30pm. $10. San Jose Stage.

STEGNER SHORTS ONSTAGE Word for Word Performing Arts Company presents fully staged versions of short stories by Wallace Stegner. Part of Stanford Lively Arts. Sat, 8pm, $10-$20. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Eve Ensler’s play is presented by the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology’s Center for the Sacred Feminine. Sat, 7:30pm. $12/$20. Great Sophia Classroom (1069 E. Meadow Circle), Palo Alto.

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XANADU A local production of the musical about the high-stakes world of roller disco. Previews Feb 25-27. Opens Mar 4. Shows Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $24$44. Retro Dome, San Jose.

Comedy CLUB FOX Mon, 8pm: Comedy Monday with Dan St. Paul. $10. Redwood City.

FOX THEATRE Sat, 9pm: Gallagher and his watermelon. $18-$35. Redwood City.

ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: Sandy Stec: Leaving Milpitas, plus Joe Klocek and Tina Allen. $12. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Eric Schwartz (a.k.a. Smooth-E) with Steven Pearl and Red Scott. $12-$18. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: Tinkle Time with Kris Tinkle. $12. Thu, 8pm: Kris Tinkle and Friends. $12. Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm, Sun, 7pm: Edwin San Juan. $17-$20. San Jose.

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Museums OPENING SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art From India.” Feb 25-Sep 4. Tue-Sun, 10am5pm. San Jose.

CONTINUING ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “Conﬁgurations: Bodies in Motion.” Figurative works by Michael Azgour, Nancy Bowman and Christofer Charles. Thru Mar 18. Los Gatos.

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A Classic Reborn On the Waterfront is an undisputed classic of American cinema and a milestone on many levels—Marlon Brando’s intense method acting, Elia Kazan’s gritty direction and Budd Schulberg’s insightful screenwriting. Now that a play based on this giant of a film has opened, one might wonder, “What’s the point? Why not just order the real thing from Netflix?” Critics were asking much the same question in 1995, when Schulberg and collaborator Stan Silverman first adapted On the Waterfront for the stage. Though plagued by a series of setbacks, the production seemed ill advised to begin with—a lackluster imitation of a great movie. Thankfully, Schulberg and Silverman gave it another go. In 2008, a brand-new adaptation opened, this time to critical acclaim.

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This version, directed by Kenneth NXk\i]ifek Kelleher, is now being shown by San Jose Stage Company and is nothing short of Through March 13 extraordinary, at once faithful to and utterly The Stage, San Jose different from the film. The cast, without $20–$45 exception, is fabulous. Johnny Moreno plays hero Terry Malloy, a dockworker who must decide whether to continue serving his corrupt union bosses or testify against them. He illuminates a timeless moral dilemma: Do you stand with your family, your friends, your society, even if you know they are wrong, or do you follow your own conscience? Moreno succeeds in making the character his own, and needn’t worry about standing in Marlon Brando’s shadow. Many supporting characters have had their roles beefed up, allowing the actors room to shine. The stage belongs to crusading Father Barry (Kalli Jonsson) as much as it does to Malloy, and his big “crucifixion” speech is the most riveting part of the play. Summer Serafin is wonderful as Edie Doyle, Malloy’s love interest and sister of a man murdered by union goons, while Randall King was apparently born to play a psychotic crime lord. Though the play retains some of the movie’s realism and even goes one-up where the earthy dialogue is concerned (you don’t hear words like “cocksucker” in the 1954 film), the overall tone is expressionist. Take, for example, the dancelike movements of the longshoremen as thugs are belting them, or a remarkable scene where the ensemble cast plays a flock of pigeons. The abstract set and cacophonous jazz music convey a sense of oppression, and vividly conjure up the dockyards, tenements and dingy bars that make up the waterfront world.—Sean Conwell

QUARTET SAN FRANCISCO joins the San José Chamber Orchestra for Spring has Sprung! Saturday March 5, 8 pm Sunday March 6, 7 pm Le Petit Trianon, 72 N 5th St. San José Jazz, tango, the Beatles and Queen arranged for string quartet, along with new works for string orchestra by Anica Galindo and Henry Mollicone. This is NOT your grandmother’s chamber orchestra! Tickets $35–$60

$10 student tickets!!!! (age 22 and under) www.sjco.org

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MarcOlivia Duo $15 per ticket Made up of violinists Marc Ramirez and Olivia Hajioff, MarcOlivia has performed worldwide and has been featured on radio and television in North America, Europe and Asia. Winners of Fulbright fellowships and numerous competition prizes, the duo are also artists-in-residence at the Tokyo College of Music.

Fri., March 25 8 p.m.

The Taylor Eigsti Trio $35 per ticket At just 26 years of age, the Grammy-nominated Bay Area native Taylor Eigsti, who has been leading bands since age 12, has already been featured on the covers of Keyboard Magazine and Jazziz Magazine, and has worked with jazz heavyweights such as Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride and James Moody.

Fri., May 27 8 p.m.

Areon Flutes $15 per ticket Areon Flutes is a Bay Area-based flute quartet and winner of the bronze medal in the 2008 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, one of the most prestigious chamber music competitions in the country. The members of Areon also established the International Chamber Music Competition and the Areon Chamber Music Institute. Pre-event reception one hour prior to each performance. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages available.

Tickets: www.harker.org Nichols Auditorium The Harker School 500 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose K-12 College Prep I Est. 1893 I K through Life This new series, along with the Harker Speaker Series launched in 2009, is part of The Harker School's ongoing commitment to sharing thoughtful, entertaining and engaging events with the greater Bay Area community. For more information contact communications@harker.org.

46 CANTOR ARTS CENTER “In a New York Minute: Photographs by Helen Levitt.” Thru May 1. “Paths Through the Global City: Photographs by Leo Rubinﬁen.”Thru May 1. “Vodoun/Vodounon: Portraits of Initiates.”Thru Mar 20. WedSun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am8pm. Stanford.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits.”Thru Jun 5. “The Modern Photographer: Observation and Intention.”Thru Jul 3. “Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography From the Permanent Collection.” Thru Mar 14. Tue-Sun, 11am5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

Galleries OPENING SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Urgency.” A site-speciﬁc installation by sculptor Mike Rathbun. Feb 26-Jun 4. “Powers of Ten.” A documentary by Ray and Charles Eames. Feb 26-Jun 11. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

CONTINUING ANNO DOMINI “Aural Dreaming.” Sculptures by Derek Weisbert. Thru Mar 19. San Jose.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART Color-ﬁeld and abstract paintings and mixed-media by Brian Caraway. Thru Mar 27. Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, Sat, 9am3pm. Mohr Gallery, Finn Center, Mountain View.

FREMONT ART ASSOCIATION “The Aviation Artist.” Paintings of planes by Rodney Girard. Thru Feb 27. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Fremont.

GALLERY HOUSE “Shades of Red.” A Valentine’s art show. Thru Mar 26. Wed-Sat, 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-3pm. Enter through Printer’s Ink, Palo Alto.

GALLERY SARATOGA Silk paintings by Carolina Mueller and jewelry by Elﬁ Altendorfer. Thru Feb 28. TueSun, 11am-5pm. Saratoga.

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“Art Alive.” A show of photographs of body-painting artists by Trina Merry and others. Thru Feb 26. San Jose.

A discussion about her new book, “Cinderella Ate My Daughter.”Thu, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

GREAT BEAR COFFEE AND GALLERY “Robot Love Art Show.” Acrylics and mixed media by Gregg Agapay. Thru Mar 1. Los Gatos.

LOUIS-MEAGER GALLERY Recent paintings by Maxine Solomon. Thru Mar 16. Ohlone College, Fremont.

MACLA “Novelas, Love and Other Adventures.” A group show about graphic novels and comic books with a Latino slant. Thru Mar 26. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

METRO LOBBY “Pulp Female.” A show by Jen Anderson and Ian Healy, presented by First St. Photo Collective. Thru Feb. San Jose.

SJSU STUDENT GALLERIES Shows by Luis Canales, Timo McIntosh, Ryan Kalem, Kat Mackinnon and Michelle Zarco. Thru Mar 4. Various rooms in main art building, SJSU.

STANFORD ART SPACES Paintings by Angelica Di Chiara, photos by Gil Mares, paintings by Alan Sonneman and photographs by Vaibhav Tripathy. Thru Mar 17. MonFri, 8:30am-5pm. Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford.

THOMPSON GALLERY Works by members of the photography faculty. Thru Feb 25. Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm, Tue, 67:30pm. Art Building, SJSU.

WORKS/SAN JOSE “Better Luck Next Time.” A group show about getting lucky. Thru Feb 26. San Jose.

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SJSU Center for Literary Arts sponsors a talk by the author of “The Good Daughter.” Wed, 7pm. Free. King Main Library, San Jose.

MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS A signing event the author of “The Oracle of Stamboul.”Tue, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

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DISNEY ON ICE: LET’S CELEBRATE! All of Disney’s favorite characters strap on their skates. Wed-Thu, 7:30pm, Fri, 10:30am and 7:30pm, Sat-Sun, 11am, 3pm and 7pm. $16-$75. HP Pavilion, San Jose.

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With demos, treats and events. Sat. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.

CAMELLIA SHOW With more than 60 ﬂower exhibitors. Sat, 2:30-5pm, Sun, 11am-5pm. Community Rec Center, Santa Clara.

DIY ART A session on musical sculpture with Trimpin, inventor and composer. Sat, 11am-1pm and 1:30-3:30pm. $20 per pair. San Jose Museum of Art.

FINAL FRIDAYS A discussion about the Climate Clock Global Initiative, plus an interactive culinary experience. Fri, 6pm. Free. Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga.

OLIVE OIL EXPERIENCE A talk by Carol Firenze. Sun, 5-7:30pm. $30/$40. Gamble Garden, Palo Alto.

DIANE RAVITCH A talk by the author of “The Death and Life of the Great American School System.”Thu, 5pm. Free. St. Clare Room, Santa Clara University Library.

SARATOGA FOOTHILL CLUB A lecture about postImpressionism by Frances Rushing. Wed, 7:30pm. $25. Saratoga Foothill Club, Saratoga.

SPIRIT OF THE FLAME CHALLENGE A competition for U.S. and Canadian female gymnasts. Fri, 4:30pm, Sat, 8am, 1 and 6pm, Sun, 8am, 12:30 and 5pm. $5$35. SJ Convention Center.

REALITY TELEVISION deserves more than our rapt attention and our mockery. It deserves our most serious reflection, as well. I realized this fact halfway into reading the ambitious and upsetting new novel Deus Ex Machina by Andrew Foster Altschul, local author and recent addition to SJSU’s creative-writing faculty. Though the novel deals primarily with reality TV, it becomes clear after a while that the actual subject of the book’s critique is something much larger and more HL<JK@FE@E> I<8C@KP Efm\c`jk important, and reality TV is merely 8e[i\n 8ckjZ_lc \ogfi\j i\Xc`kp the lens we needed to use in order KM è _`j e\n Yffb% to see it. The setting is an island. Ten regular people are left to fend for themselves, to compete in challenges, to form alliances and to conspire against each other. They are fighting for the grand prize and, more importantly, to stay on television for as long as possible. Sound familiar? We see it all, not from the player’s perspective, but from the nameless producer’s. He sits in the command center, watching everything unfold, and shapes the action into the proper narrative. One might expect that the producer is the driving force behind the artificiality of the situation, but disturbingly, he is the only character who is at all concerned about what is real. The network wants more debauchery, more scandal. The show’s staffers do their best to deliver the goods. Even worse, the players seem to know exactly what is expected of ;\lj <o them, and they willingly become the versions of DXZ_èX themselves that television seems to want. It’s the 13th season of this tired reality show, and the by Andrew Altschul producer’s dire need to see something authentic is Counterpoint driving him to a nervous breakdown. The producer $14.95 paperback examines his own life, and what he sees there is a lack of authenticity that is more disturbing than anything in his television show. He sees himself playacting through his marriage. He sees himself playing the role of the concerned husband in the face of tragedy. He sees that even during the most important events of his life, he has been shaping his performance, directing scenes, never truly present or authentic. What is driving him crazy is that he sees a world in which all reality has been completely permeated and poisoned by pop culture and narrative, and that we are willing participants in this debasement. The story takes place sometime in the near future, which allows Altschul to create a world of an uncertain and shifting connection to reality. What little information the reader is given can often be interpreted multiple ways. For instance, early on it is said that the show runners leave messages for the players in the arrangement of the stars. At first, one is unclear if this is meant to be taken literally, or if it’s only poetic hyperbole. And when we realize that it is literal, we aren’t sure whether the people in charge have the technology to make themselves as gods, or if it’s all just a special effect. The novel constantly teeters on a knife edge between realism and bleakly absurd satire. Deus Ex Machina is not a perfect book—it takes a while to get going, and the end will satisfy few readers—but the novel is powerful, beautifully written and highly affecting. It is enough to make you doubt yourself and the world.—Neal Soldofsky

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Nora’s Will is about the question of what these roots signify: ancestral wisdom, obligations—or something as simple as having a codified method to deal with pain. Cinco dias sin Nora is the Mexican title; the double meaning of “testament” and “will power” in the English title is significant. For years, José lived across the street from his ex-wife, Nora, in a corridor of highrise condos near Chapultepec Park. During their marriage, she had tried to commit suicide. After 14 attempts, she succeeded in a lethal overdose. Death hasn’t stopped her controlling qualities. She’s directing the course of a last Passover Seder through a flurry of notes on the refrigerator that include minute

directions on how to prepare the brisket and the side dishes. She even used food to tip José off to her death; she sent a delivery boy with a load of perishable frozen meat to his place. After many years of divorce, José still had a key to her flat. The motif of cold meat is essential to the comic side of the film: beside the stuffed refrigerator lies Nora’s corpse itself. She couldn’t possibly have timed her death to cause more inconvenience. Her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren were on vacation and have to fly in for the emergency. José also learns that there is a double bind: Jewish burials must take place within 24 hours. Yet no one is to be buried until Passover is complete. So Nora’s body lies on the bedroom floor, shrouded, with a platter of dry ice over her stomach. Her loyal cook, Fabiana (Angela Peláez), decides to pretty Nora up with makeup and give her a cross to wear. Nora’s sizable vibrator gets excavated, although her two playful

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young grandchildren who find it decide that it’s really a flashlight. José fights Nora’s posthumous passive-aggressiveness by doing the easy practical things, even if they outrage his relations. The Catholic cemetery will bury Nora at whatever time is required. Hungry and unwilling to follow Nora’s elaborate cooking directions, José calls for pizza. This is a scandal to the visiting rabbi and his woebegone assistant Moisés (the drily funny Enrique Arreola), a poor convert. The pizza is made with leavened bread; and there’s pork on it. We’ve all had atheist relatives who liked to stir it up with the devout ones. José isn’t quite this kind; rather than being an annoying crank, he’s a mature sad figure, standing firmly on his principle that God doesn’t exist. This estranges him from his bland son and his daughter-in-law. And José harbors some private outrage: sifting through Nora’s files, he discovers that his ex-wife had a sweetheart back when they were married. During the course of one of Nora’s funerals, there’s a Talmudic reading suggesting what might be done with the corpse of a suicide. As at the graveside of Shakespeare’s Ophelia, it’s questionable whether such a body can be buried in consecrated ground. I don’t want to spoil the actual saying from the first-century rabbi Akiva ben Yosef: it’s a strange contrast of kindness and shocking cruelty. What he prescribes is perhaps more chilly than even the Christian custom of burying the suicide at a crossroads, staked like a vampire. “As if their hearts weren’t broken already,” goes the line in Ulysses. Nora’s Will isn’t full of exteriors, except the cemetery. It has the closed-in dynamics of a play. The flashbacks don’t look convincing; the soundtrack by Dario González Valderrama, at first minimal and unobtrusive, grows too refined by the end of the film. But Nora’s Will evinces the reliable fascination of a story of cultural fault lines chafing, and it also has a constant tone of intelligence. It’s literally unorthodox.

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New DRIVE ANGRY 3D (R; 104 min.) Truly, the title says it all, and the opening weekend should be a runaway success. Stars Nicolas Cage. (Opens Fri.)

HALL PASS (R; 105 min.) A comedy about a married couple caught up in extramarital affairs. With Owen Wilson and Christina Applegate. (Opens Fri.)

(PG-13; 104 min.) This four on a scale of 10 kidsâ€™ sci-ďŹ movie has a â€œbased on the Scholastic Book Service novelâ€? vibe. Teen warriors from outer space live among us, tattooed for some reason with ďŹ gures that look like graphics from an Asteroids video game; theyâ€™re hunted by pig-toothed villains with open sinuses, and meanwhile we pitiful earthlings are ignorant of it all. Way too much Gough and Miller in the script (the ďŹ lm looks like WB network soap opera, and the dialogue is like the woeful moments on Smallville). Some signs of Marti

Noxonâ€™s hand on the script in the arrival of a female battler played by Teresa Palmer (Noxon was a key player on Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The stiff, callow lead, Alex Pettyfer, and the strikingly pretty Dianna Agron (as the old-school Kodak-ďŹ lm fancying girl the alien meets) were an off-screen couple, but youâ€™d never know it. Hard PG violence goes badly with the kid-safe tone. (Plays valleywide.) (RvB)

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UNKNOWN (PG-13, 113 min.) Another version of a plot that could be described this time around as â€œThe Gentleman Vanishes.â€? Liam Neeson, arriving in Berlin, loses his attachĂŠ case and his memory, and ďŹ nds himself battling against an international plot. Oh, for the days when Berlin was sinister. Director Jaume ColletSerra sniffs around the city seeking the scent of fear. There are a few diverting Fritz Lang moments: a ďŹ ght in a bomb-struck hotel, a stint at a scary clinic and the ruined, ultracynical visage of Bruno Ganz as an ex-Stasi detective with a nasty cough. The ďŹ lm tries to get us into the spirit of what Ganz euphemistically describes as â€œthe good old days,â€? but when weâ€™re zoning out on the streetscapes, itâ€™s all too clear that Berlin is now the capital of a well-scrubbed, prosperous and efďŹ cient nation. You can only crane the camera up around the Branderburg Gate so many times before the statue on it stops looking like the four horseman of the apocalypse. Neeson is certainly tough enough, weary and mystiďŹ ed; Diana Kruger is a ďŹ ne gamine as the taxi-driving good girl. As Neesonâ€™s wife, a rigid January Jones is to the Hitchcock blonde what Unknown is to the Hitchcock movie. (RvB)

Revivals BORDERTOWN/HOUSEWIFE (1935/1934) Paul Muni as a disbarred Latino lawyer who is reduced to being a bouncer at a Mexican casino. Itâ€™s owned by the plus-sized Eugene Pallette; unfortunately, the bossâ€™s troubled wife (Bette Davis) is interested in fooling around. Davis was already noted for her work in Of Human Bondage when she caused a sensation in this melodrama; shiny blonde for the role, Davis is startling as she emotes a womanâ€™s slow fracturing under guilt. Sheâ€™s as glamorous as Dietrich but somehow more amoral. BILLED WITH Housewife. Davis is the tempting other woman troubling the mĂŠnage of Ann Dvorak and George Brent. Not available on DVD. (Plays Feb 24-25 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN/ HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2004/2005) A dangerous escaped wizard (Gary Oldman) brings a

lockdown to Hogwarts school. Time, terror and changing bodies brought a new maturity to the series in this episode, the best so far. Director Alfonso CuarĂłn added a grittier, dingier look and expanded of the views of Hogwarts, with ruined abbey and megalith stones, making the site look as if itâ€™s been sacred for eons. BILLED WITH Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The seriesâ€™ Thunderball; bigger, more sprawling, more boring, and with an underwater sequence. The Goblet of Fire is the ďŹ rst prize in a TriWizard Tournament. Unfortunately, not every apprentice wizard makes it out alive. The usuals are here: Alan Rickman as our lovely Snape; Maggie Smith, and cockeyed Alastor Moody (Brendan Gleeson), a warwounded ďŹ‚ask-guzzler. (Plays Feb 26-27 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent ďŹ lms. Celebrate the Museumâ€™s 10th anniversary with Lilac Time (1928) with Gary Cooper as a British pilot enamored of a French farm girl (Colleen Moore). Also: Mabel Normand in 1912â€™s A Dash Through The Clouds, the ďŹ lmed in Niles comedy Versus Sledge Hammers (1915) and Mutt and Jeff in The Big Swim (1926). Jon Mirsalis on the Kurzwell. (Plays Feb 26 at 7:30 in Fremont at the Edison Theatre.) (RvB)

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Barely Legal stars. (Plays midnight Feb 26 in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL/ALEXANDERâ€™S RAGTIME BAND (1939/1938). Don Ameche stars as the inventor, Henry Fonda plays Watson, and Loretta Young is the deaf girl Bell married. In the old days, wise guys referred to telephones as â€œAmeches,â€? for as long as a joke that pale could be allowed to survive. BILLED WITH Alexanderâ€™s Ragtime Band. Tyrone Power is a well-born San Franciscan during World War 1 who gets swept up in all that jazz to the horror of his family. His pal Don Ameche accompanies him on the piano, and then the two start performing with little miss Alice Faye. The centenary of the Irving Berlin title tune is celebrated with a host of other Berlin hits: â€œBlue Skies,â€? â€œEaster Paradeâ€? and â€œHeat Wave.â€? (Plays Feb 26-28 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13; 129 min.) As suffused with harmony as a great work of Asian art, alive with the wit and compassion that have made Mike Leigh a master director of comedies. It’s a study in dichotomy: an aging, hard-working couple (Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent) in the suburbs of London contrasted with the life of their high-maintenance friend Mary (Lesley Manville). If Another Year is a four-paneled study instead of a wide canvas like Secrets and Lies, the ﬁgures are deep and well conceived, perhaps idealized but not sweetened. Manville’s acting, absolutely wounding to watch, shows what it’s like to be an exile from the world. There’s genuine horror in her desperation. It’s like watching a woman freeze to death in front of us. (RvB)

BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG-13; 107 min.) A comedy with Martin Lawrence and Brandon T. Jackson.

BIUTIFUL (R; 147 min.) In Barcelona’s Santa Coloma district, Uxbal (Javier Bardem) has learned that he has stage-four prostate cancer. His estranged wife, Marambra (Maricel Álvarez), is a promiscuous bipolar case who is too close to Uxbal’s brother, Tito (Eduard Fernández). His two children are growing up neglected. Seeing the end in sight, Uxbal works night and day. The beauty of anything but rot is either missing or bruised in director Alfonso González Iñárritu’s ﬁlm. There is no fun for the poor in a neighborhood Iñarritu rhapsodizes about (“It has the DNA of a perfect U.N.”), neither in color itself nor in sex. At a strip club, with mutant dancers decorated with extra nipples on their asses, Biutiful goes beyond its belabored world-isa-ghetto point right into straight disgustorama. (RvB)

CEDAR RAPIDS (R; 86 min.) Michael Areta’s comedy—his best—comes out in favor of the pleasures of the ﬂesh. Based on a robust script by Phil Johnston, the ﬁlm chronicles the transformative dirty weekend of a meek Wisconsin insurance executive, Tim Lippe (Ed Helms). The Best Westernish business hotel in Cedar Rapids looks like Xanadu to him, and there he meets

a team of fun lovers: square but friendly Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), a playful mom who is comfy with her sexuality (Anne Heche, excellent) and the life of the convention, Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly). Reilly, who seemed at ﬁrst to be headed for Rod Steiger roles, did a 180-degree turn to become one fantastically adept comedian (Walk Hard, Step Brothers). His Dean is beautifully obscene, a rare example of a coarse jackass who brings hilarity to every gesture, every unprintable under-thebreath comment. (RvB)

Solid work by Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong can’t overcome the kind of plotting that makes people leave this kind of adventure in their childhood: the astonishing coincidence, the timely bout of unconsciousness, the luck of being ambushed by savages and taken as a hostage to the exact spot where you wanted to go. (RvB)

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(R; 114 min) David O. Russell’s boxing drama is juicy, touchingly acted and rich with atmosphere. The story takes place in the 1990s, in Lowell, Mass. Road-crew laborer and striving boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) has been training all his life with his elder half-sibling, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale). Micky meets a weary bartender, Charlene (the creamy-skinned Amy Adams), a university dropout with some aspirations for a better life. Charlene is tough enough to fight off Ward’s overprotective family: a gaggle of seven high-haired, sharpnailed sisters. The mom of this scary brood is the chain-smoking Alice (Melissa Leo in another fine, sandpapery performance); all put pressure on Micky to keep Dicky as his trainer. One little problem: he’s a hopeless crack addict. The Fighter has an excellent subject for a working-class film: the problem of someone rising, anchored by a close family—anchored in the sense of the word that means “something that drags you down.” (RvB)

(PG; 80 min.) It is a pretty thing, but can you call The Illusionist Jacques Tati? Sylvain Chomet directs this animated feature based on an unproduced script by the auteur of M. Hulot’s Holiday and others. Compared with Chomet’s The Triplets of Belleville this new ﬁlm seems underpowered and faint. It’s hard to make an entire movie out of wistfulness. Tatischeff (Tati’s real name) is an aging stage magician who holes up in a theatrical hotel with other small-timers. But Tatischeff has company: a young girl who believes that his conjuring tricks are authentic magic. The cityscapes glow enchantingly; the tinted melancholy seascapes show that if 2-D animation is really on its way out, Hayao Miyazaki won’t be its only pallbearer. (RvB)

THE EAGLE (PG-13, 118 min.) One thing to praise: the unusual attempt by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) to bring a small and unbraced camera style to the ancient world. It’s based on a 1954 novel about the historical disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion. Caesar’s soldiers vanished; so did their sacred golden standard, the gilded, carved replica of an eagle. Here, Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum), the noble son of the Ninth’s commander, crosses into modern-day Scotland to pursue the artifact. With him comes Esca (Jamie Bell), a slave. The Celt is possibly untrustworthy. More than even the MPAA-required cutting, the sleek, bland Tatum is the ﬁlm’s main drawback; at 30 Tatum doesn’t have any tinge of mortality, and he can’t make you feel his pain.

“A TENDER AND RAUNCHY COMEDY OF SELF-DISCOVERY.”

GNOMEO & JULIET (G; 84 min.) At last, the ﬁlm that Franco Zefﬁrelli really wanted to make. Garden gnomes overcome obstacles to true love.

“COMIC GOLD – POWERED BY A DREAM CAST.”

“A SWEET COMEDY WITH A DIRTY MIND.” “MAKES YOU LAUGH – OFTEN AND OUT LOUD.”

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JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13, 116 min.) Like all Adam Sandler movies, Just Go With It has an unignorably creepy aspect. The quieter Sandler gets, the more menacing he is. In courtship with Jennifer Aniston, he’s like Harvey Keitel trying to soothe Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver. Sandler is Danny, a plastic surgeon, who keeps romance casual by pretending to be married. One night, he meets the perfect girl, the stacked-up Palmer (hard-faced swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker); after a night of sex, she ﬁnds his ring and is outraged. Danny is forced to create an imaginary wife, to be played by his divorcedwith-children secretary Katherine (Jennifer Aniston). Matters worsen when Palmer and Danny go to Maui, accompanied by his “ex-wife,” his two “kids” and the ex-wife’s “lover.” It’s a remake of Cactus Flower (1969). Nicole Kidman is bizarrely cast as a mean friend from Aniston’s past; all one can say is that the humiliation is expected; a woman alone in a frame in a

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JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER (G; 105 min.) The epic story of the teen sensation. In 3D, if that makes a difference.

THE KINGâ€™S SPEECH

(R; 118 min.) Colin Firth gives a deeply affecting portrayal of a shame-wracked man born and bred to be a spokesman, yet who is handicapped with a crippling stammer. In the 1930s, Firth is the Duke of York, a family man with a wife named Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). The stammering duke, known to his family as â€œBertie,â€? is the ofďŹ cial spare to the heir, next in line to the Prince of Wales (a superlatively cast Guy Pearce embodies this Edwardâ€™s upper-class shadiness and monstrous entitlement). The prince is the love slave of a twicemarried American named Simpson; his affair and his indifference to world troubles are pushing events to a constitutional crisis. The man tapped to solve it is Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian speech therapist tasked with helping the duke ďŹ nd his voice on the eve of Englandâ€™s entry into World War II. Most of the ďŹ lm is an inspired actorâ€™s duel about the conďŹ‚ict between pride and

need. Rushâ€™s wit and nimbleness counterpoint this story of majesty, which is almost exactly as tragic as it is comic. (RvB)

NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R; 110 min.) Street credless but not so bad romcom is a strong comeback for Ivan Reitman, despite how he stalls it out with delays and uncomfortable slang (crunk jokes? Really?). Can we believe that Natalie Portman is a beautiful L.A. physician who works like a maniac and wants a sex life with no demands? Why not. Can Ashton Kutcher play Adam, a likable but not brilliant aspiring TV scriptwriter who lucks into meeting the demands of the abovementioned Emma? Naturally. Can both of these status-crossed lovers be linked by issues about their respective fathers, which would give them a lack of trust? Simplicity itself; Alvinâ€™s own dad here is a former â€™80s sitcom star played ably and wickedly by Kevin Kline. Reitman cast half the under30 standup comedians in L.A. to show up in bit parts. Greta Gerwig steals every scene sheâ€™s in. But Portman is as uneasy with crude comedy as Kutcher is with the sophisticated side of wit. Thereâ€™s a smarter, meaner indie comedy in this ďŹ lm, and Reitman beats it down and stalls it; it arrives at its point and then sticks around for a half-hour looking for something to do. (RvB)

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OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS 2011: LIVE ACTION (Unrated; 106 min.) Four are matters of life and death; the best one is the one that is merely about love. Na Wewe from Belgium

is clearly the front-runner, a UNESCO-approved ﬁlm set in Burundi in 1994 about a massacre at a roadblock that can’t get started because of the problem of separating Tutsi from Hutu. Ian Barnes’ Wish 143 has a lot of salt in its sugar. Dying and 15, David (Samuel Peter Holland, an actor going places) is visited by the British version of the Make a Wish foundation. He knows what he wants: he wants to get laid. The cool priest at the hospice (Jim Carter) tries to make it so. The Crush, an Irish comedy/drama, starts off shrewd and funny before going soft. The Estonian director Tanel Toom’s The Confession is solidly built, but everything is screwed in so tight it’s like a Tales From the Crypt episode. Best of ﬁve: Luke Matheny’s God of Love. The black-and-white photography, the Brubeck on the soundtrack, the

enticing, unusual faces, the deft acting and invigorating editing— they all make this one’s coolness seem more original than merely salvaged and borrowed. (RvB)

THE ROOMMATE (PG-13; 93 min.) Trouble in the dorms with Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly.

Choctaw lands to retrieve Cheney. While waiting for his decision, Mattie encounters LaBoeuf (Matt Damon), a fancy, buckskin-covered ranger who is seeking Cheney for a previous murder down in Texas. The three, reluctantly matched, draw closer to the killer but feud along the way. Bridges lulls us with his take on the part, doing things

that John Wayne wasn’t capable of as an actor, expressing the desperate underside of a bluff, a rowdier level of buffoonery and a quitter’s despair. The Coens have the bravery to deliver the downbeat coda to this story left out in 1969. It increases the stature of this ﬁlm, its depth, beauty and sadness. (RvB)

TRUE GRIT (PG-13; 128 min.) Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), a self-assured 14-year-old, arrives in Fort Smith, Ark., in the early 1880s to track down Tom Cheney (Josh Brolin), the hired hand who murdered her father. The sheriff lists some U.S. marshals who could track him. Mattie chooses Reuben “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges): ruthless and dead to fear, if often dead to the world. Mattie offers the marshal a $50 reward to cross into the

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news. 127 Hours records an ordeal so singular, Poe couldn’t improve on it. Unfortunately, Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) tries to blow up the story’s elemental horror through pyrotechnics. He starts with a burst of relentless motion, as in his Trainspotting. Unfortunately, this ADD style has been thoroughly appropriated for sports-drink commercials. James Franco’s visceral acting in the service of this horror story probably should be praised, even if it’s not a pleasure to watch. One would have to be fairly simpleminded to think of this ghastly story as some kind of triumph of the human spirit. (RvB)

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Stanford Jazz Orchestra With Charles McPherson Wednesday, 8pm; Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Palo Alto; $10 The Stanford Lively Art series’ Mingus theme continues with this SJO performance featuring Charles McPherson, who played alto sax with the jazz legend himself for a dozen years, during the era of Let My Children Hear Music and Mingus at Carnegie Hall. He’ll join Fred Berry’s orchestra for a show that will include several of Mingus’ works. (SP)

Symbol Six Thursday, 4pm; Streetlight Records, San Jose; free Three decades ago, Symbol Six was part of the same post-hardcore SoCal underground scene that produced Social Distortion, T.S.O.L. and Agent Orange. They released one well-received EP, then more or less dropped off the face of the Earth. Suddenly, they’re back, with a new album, Monsters 11, and a sound that mixes punk grit with a bit of glam style, recalling great L.A. acts like 45 Grave. Soul Trash and Off by an Inch open. (SP)

Los Tigres Del Norte Thursday, 8pm; San Jose Rep; $200 I can’t imagine when San Jose’s norteño superstars Los Tigres Del Norte last played a venue as small as the Rep—they’re used to packing arenas in front of thousands. This rare chance to see them in an intimate setting is a beneﬁt for the Mexican Heritage Corporation, producers of the San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival. (SP)

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AVALON Fri, 8pm: Lynch Mob, Swerver, Zed, Claymation Horror Show. $15/$18. Santa Clara.

THEBLANKCLUB Wed, 9pm: Plantain, the High Sea, Upstairs Downstairs. No cover. Fri, 9pm: Circle-A Presents a beneﬁt for Duane Peters. With Stagger and Fall, Flip Offs and Jonny Manak and the Depressives. $10. Sat, 9pm: The Phenomenauts, Aloha Screwdriver, Hurricane Roses. $10. San Jose.

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Fri, 9pm: Debonair Dialects. Sat, 4pm: 30th anniversary party. Plus live music from Insex Music and the Sit-ins beginning at 9pm. Cupertino.

Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: Dave Abbot. Rock and blues. Free. Santa Clara.

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BRITANNIAARMS ALMADEN Thu, 10pm: After Party. Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: Mad Karma. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Live music. Campbell. Thu: Vie Victus. Fri: Hendrix. Sat: Black Fucking Cancer. San Jose.

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Wed, 8pm: The Falling Rocks. Rolling Stones tribute. San Jose.

Thu, 4pm: Symbol Six, Soul Trash, Off by an Inch. All ages. Free. San Jose.

Wed, 6pm: Doris Williams & Friends. Thu, 6pm: Fernando Lezama. Fri, 6pm: World music and belly dancer Adriana. Sat, 6pm: World music. Sun, 6pm: Moroccan music and belly dancing. San Jose.

THEGRAPEVINE Sat, 7pm: Mark Rodriguez. Willow Glen.

JOHNNYV’S Thu: Eight-year anniversary celebration. Fri: South Bay Electronic Music Festival. Sat:The Soft Volume, the Trims, Simple Abstract. No cover. Sun: Shadow of a Doubt, Vulture King. San Jose.

LILLYMAC’S Fri, 9:30pm: EXP Band. Sat, 9:30pm: Dangling Mangos. Sunnyvale.

NETO’SGRILL Fri, 7pm: Marty Kane and Hatrick. Mon, 5:30pm: Pat Miller Recital. Santa Clara.

9LIVES Fri, 8pm: Shane Dwight. 21+. $10/$12. Sat, Gilroy.

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THEVENUE Fri, 6:30pm: Dennis Is Dead, the Isolation Factor, She Waves the Flag, Ayden James, Beg for Death. All ages. Sat, 6:30pm: The Golden Hour, It Starts With Alaska, the Story So Far, Stickup Kid, Heart of a Warrior, Varsity Life, Fighting the Villain. All ages. Sun, 6:30pm: Cyanic, the Wrath, Arkaiak, Flesh Consumed, Ontogeny, Vaginal Discharge. All ages. Los Gatos.

VOODOOLOUNGE Wed, 9pm: Rebelskamp. $5. Thu, 9pm: Sean Blakk. $5/$10. Fri, 9pm: Black Milk, Sub Ren, Don Lacy, the Bangerz. $10. San Jose.

WILLOWDEN Thu, 8pm: Off by an Inch, Soul Trash, Symbol Six. Fri, 7:3010:30pm: Friday Night Live with Waynes Way. Willow Glen.

PARRANDANIGHTCLUB Thu-Sat: Live music. Sunnyvale.

RISTORANTEFRATELLO Fri, 7pm: Claudio. Italian classic guitar and vocals. San Jose.

SENZALA Fri: Bossa nova at noon, and Capoeira show at 7:30pm. Sat, 7:30pm: Phil Hawkins Group. $5. Sunnyvale.

STEPHENSGREEN Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music. Mountain View.

Jazz/Blues ANGELICA’SBISTRO Thu, 7pm: Blues jam. Redwood City.

Wed, 9pm: JC Smith Jam Band. Free. Thu, 9:30pm: After Sunset Band. Free. Fri, 9:30pm: Touch N Go. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Sage. $10. Los Gatos.

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Thu: Danielle Ate the Sandwich. Fri: South Bay Acoustic Meetup. Sat: Lawrence Genova. Campbell.

THEQUARTERNOTE Fri: Retro Rockets, Longliner. $8. Sat: Ladee Chico. $10. Sunnyvale.

THEREFUGE Sat, 6:30pm: Pantheon, Fights Without Fears Within, Door Mice, Stories in Braille, And the Electric Company. All ages. Cupertino.

REDROCKCOFFEE ROASTINGCO. Fri, 8pm: Sam and Luke. Sat, 8pm: Rubin and Wilson. All shows all ages and free. Mountain View.

SANJOSEREPERTORY THEATRE Thu, 8pm: Los Tigres del Norte. Beneﬁt for the Mexican Heritage Corporation. $200. San Jose.

Sat, 9pm: Finish Ticket, Beta State, Undergone, I Am Cassettes, Bird by Bird. All ages. $5. Homestead Lanes, Cupertino.

Wed: Salsa night. San Jose.

ALBERTO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Rock en español. Sun-Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.

ARYAGLOBALCUISINE Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music and belly dancing. Cupertino.

AZÚCARLATINBISTRO MOJITOBAR&LOUNGE Wed: Rock. Thu: Latin fusion. Fri, 9pm: Bachata and rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban and Latin fusions. Tue: Salsa. San Jose.

CAFFETRIESTE

Thu, 8:30pm: Maxx Cabello Jr. Fri, 8:30pm: Free Fahlan. Sat, 8:30pm: Drive. Campbell.

Wed, 7pm: Bobby Boston. Thu, 8pm: Alfonso Maya. Sat, 7pm: Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience. All shows all ages and free. San Jose.

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CASCAL

Fri: Rolling Rocks. Sat: Vulture King. San Jose.

Sat, 9pm: James Robinson ﬂamenco guitar. Mountain View.

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LILLYMAC’S

Fri-Sat, 9pm-1am: Live music. Gilroy.

Sun, 6pm: Traditional Irish music. Sunnyvale.

SONOMACHICKEN

ARTBOUTIKI Thu, 7pm: Jazz jam. All ages. Free. San Jose. Sun, 5:30pm: Jazz Jam. Cupertino. Wed, 7-11pm: Blues jam. $5. Redwood City.

D’VINEJAZZANDWINE Fri-Sat, 8pm: Wally Schnalle Quartet. Morgan Hill.

FAIRMONTHOTEL Wed, 8:30pm: The Girlz Band. Thu, 8:30pm: Contemporary or Latin jazz. San Jose.

GRANDDELLSALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Aki. Fri, 8pm: Rhythm District. Sat, 8pm: Tip of the Top. Campbell.

HEDLEYCLUB Thu, 8pm: Russo Alberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: The VW Brothers. Sat, 8:30pm: Kristen Strom Quintet. Hotel de Anza, San Jose.

J.J.’SBLUESCAFE Wed, 9pm: Suska. Thu, 9pm: Jimmy Dewrance. Fri, 7pm: Nuthin’ But Trouble, Chris Cain. $15. Sun, 9pm: Larry Valdez. Mon, 9pm: Wayne’s Way Band. San Jose.

LOFTBARANDBISTRO Thu, 7-10pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

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Wed, 6:30pm: Open Mic. Tue, 711pm: Pro Jazz Jam. Redwood City.

Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

Fri, 9pm: Steven Gary. Sat, 9pm: Chris Burkhardt. San Jose.

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MURPHY’S LAW Fri: Live music. Sat: Isis and the Cold Truth. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6-9pm: Ron Thompson and friends. Thu, 6-9pm: Adam Douglas Band. Fri, 6-10pm: Beaufunk. Sat, 6-10pm: Sista Monica. Sun, noon-4pm: School of Blues Student Jam. San Jose.

RED ROCK COFFEE CO. Sun, 2-4pm: Hot Club of Palo Alto. Free. Mountain View.

TESSORA’S Fri, 8pm: Isis and the Cold Truth. Sat, 8pm: One Way Band. Campbell.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Sun, 6-9pm: The Groove Foundation. Tue, 6pm: Modesto Briseno Septet. Willow Glen.

UNWINED Thu & Sat, 7pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

WINE AFFAIRS Wed, 7:30-10pm: ADNB. Thu, 8-11pm: A Dog Named Buckley. San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with rock and blues local musicians. Santa Clara.

C&W/Folk

Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic. Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.

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CAFFETRIESTE Tue, 7pm: Open mic. Free. San Jose.

JOHNNYV’S Mon: Rebels Camp open jam night. San Jose.

BOGART’SLOUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis. Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

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Thu and Mon: Karaoke. San Jose.

Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.

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MOUNTAINCHARLEY’S Wed, 8-11pm: Live music, comedy and poetry. Los Gatos.

POORHOUSEBISTRO Tue, 6pm: Open Mic Night. San Jose.

QUARTERNOTE Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro Jam. Sunnyvale.

REDROCKCOFFEECO.

Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. San Jose.

BRITANNIAARMSCUPERTINO Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. Cupertino.

BRITANNIAARMSDOWNTOWN SANJOSE Wed, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

BRITISHBANKERSCLUB Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Menlo Park.

Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

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Wed, 8pm: Open mic night with Anita. Willow Glen.

Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.

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7BAMBOO Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

Wed and Mon-Tue: Stephanie. Thu and Sat: Randy. Fri: Jerry Sauceda. San Jose.

DANBROWN’S Thu and Tue, 9pm-1am: Brian James. Palo Alto.

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Wed, 9pm: California Cowboys. Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Fremont.

Nightly except Sun, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

SAM’S BBQ

Fri, 9pm: Joe. San Jose.

Wed, 6pm: Country Classics. Tue, 6pm: Bean Creek. San Jose.

BENNIGAN’SGRILL

Thu, 9pm: Live country music with Cowboy Larry. Willow Glen.

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

Wed, 9:30pm: Open Mic Night. Cupertino.

Fri, 8pm: Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack. $20/$22. Santa Clara.

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BOSWELL’S Sun: Mike Leatherman. Campbell.

Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.

THEBEARS

Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.

BLINKY’SCAN’TSAY Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Santa Clara.

Wed: Guitar Hero Tournament plus karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

DIVEBAR Wed and Tue, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

EFFIE’SRESTAURANT Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm-2am, and last Sun of every month, 2-7pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.

ELRANCHOSPORTSBAR Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

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Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.

Tue, 9pm: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.

KHARTOUM Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. No cover. Campbell.

FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.

KINGOFCLUBS THEGOOSETOWNLOUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke

FLAMESCOFFEESHOP Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.

GALAXY Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.

GILROYBOWL Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy. Willow Glen.

GOOSE LOONEY’S Wed, 9pm: Thomas. Thu-Sun, 9pm: August. Milpitas.

HOMESTEADLANES Fri, 9:30pm: Vinnie. Mon, 9pm: Vinnie. Tue, 9pm: August. Cupertino.

HUDDLE Wed-Thu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Nights Karaoke. Fremont.

KATIEBLOOM’S Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Campbell.

Thu and Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. No cover. Mountain View.

LILLYMAC’S Thu: Live DJ and karaoke. Sunnyvale.

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NETO’SMARKET&GRILL Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Bands with live karaoke. Santa Clara.

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Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays. Thu-Fri: DJs. San Jose.

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Sat, 9pm: Party Like a Russian. Santa Clara.

Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesday. Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays. Fri, 9pm: Fourth Fridays. Sat, 9pm: Elite. Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.

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OFFICEBAR Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.

PEACOCKLOUNGE Thu, 9pm: Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Ryan. Sunnyvale.

PIONEERSALOON Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall. Woodside.

POINCIANALOUNGE Wed, 9:30pm: Wildside Entertainment. No cover. Santa Clara.

Thu, 9:30pm: DJ Otrebor. San Jose.

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Wed: Rock music. Thu: Latin fusion. Fri, 9pm: Bachata and rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban and Latin fusions. Tue: Salsa. San Jose.

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Mon: Ladies’ Night. No cover. Milpitas. Thu: Ladies’ Night. Fri-Sat: Old School. Milpitas.

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Wed-Sun, Tue, 7pm: DJ and dancing. Cupertino.

Tue, 9pm: Live DJ. Campbell

BRANHAM LOUNGE Wed: Humpday Wednesdays. Thu: DJ. Fri: Ladies Night. Sat: DJ Jazzy and DJ Chaos. Hip-hop and Top 40. Sun: Happy Hour All Day. Mon: DJ. Tue: $2 Tuesdays. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S Wed: The Cypher. Thu: Hip hop with live MCs. Fri: Dub Massive. Tue: Punk night with local DJs. San Jose.

KATIE BLOOM’S Thu-Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: DJs and dancing. Campbell.

QUARTERNOTE Tue, 9pm: Sherrie and Sue. No cover. Sunnyvale.

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Wed: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

Tue, 8:30-11:30pm: Karaoke. No cover. Santana Row.

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BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

Wed, 10pm: Purple. Palo Alto.

Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Mon, 9pm: Beer Pong. San Jose.

SANJOSEBAR&GRILL Tue, 10pm-close: Kamikaze Karaoke. San Jose.

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Wed and Sat-Sun: Chris. Thu-Fri: Thomas. San Jose.

SHOOTERSBAR&GRILL Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

Thu, 10pm: DJ Tosh. Cupertino.

Thu: DJ David Q. Fri, 10pm: DJ Benofﬁcial. Sat, 10pm: DJ Aspect. San Jose.

BRITISH BANKERS CLUB

Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.

Wed: Raygay. Thu: Latin. Fri: ’70s and ’80s. Sat: House. Sun & Tue: Lounge. Menlo Park.

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Mon, 8pm-midnight: DJ Curtis. Willow Glen.

WILLOWDEN Wed, 9:30pm: DJ JR. Thu, 11:30pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose

Thu: Therapy. Mon: Power Hour. San Jose.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR Wed and Sat, 10pm: DJ in the Mix. Santa Clara.

CLUB ILLUSIONS

WOODHAM’SLOUNGE Wed-Thu, Sat-Sun, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.

Thu, 10pm-2am: Stanford’s Kappa Kappa Gamma Mega Formal 3. 18+. Fri, 9pm-2am: Sensual Salsa Night. 21+. Sat, 9pm-2am: I Am African Bash. 21+. Palo Alto.

Thu: Fresh Thursday, hip-hop, party classics, guest DJs. Fri-Sat: DJs and dancing. San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo. Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night. With local DJs spinning salsa, cumbia and more. Sunnyvale.

PEACOCK LOUNGE Fri, 8pm: DJ dancing. Sat, 9pm: DJ dancing. Sun & Tue, 9pm: DJ and dancing. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL Thu: Thursday Night Live. Fri: Video Killed the DJ. Sat: Sultry Saturdays. Sun: Sinful Sundays. Mon: Manic Mondaze. San Jose.

STUDIO8 Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am: DJs. San Jose.

VOODOO LOUNGE Sat, 10pm: 5 Finest. Dance night. $10. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Thu: DJ Uncle Hank. Fri: DJ Truth. Sat: Video mixing with DJ Tony. Willow Glen.

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TAURUS T AURUS (April 20 20–May May 20): I know many TTauruses aauruses who are are skilled at selling products produccts and services, services, but less adept at presenting presenting themselves. themselves. They don’t don’t mind being pushy and strategic strategic when it comes to shaping the opinions of others, as long as as they can remain remain a bit shy about showing others exactly exactlly who they are. are. If this is true about you, I propose propose that you work on changing it. The coming weeks time for weeks will be an excellent e for you to be bold about expressing expressing the totality of your beauty and making sure sure that everyone who w matters to you gets to see it in its full glory. glory. GEMINI (May 21–June 20): You’re You’re not scared scared of

acquiring more more clout and luster, lusterr, right? You You o won’t won’t get nervous nervous if you suddenly havee to deal with more more success than usual, right? You You won’t w ’t run away if won a power spot you’ve been cul cultivating tivaating for for yourself ﬁnally starts pr providing oviding you with the opportunities and responsibilities for, responsibilities you’d been hoping h forr, right? I just hope you’r you’ree rready that’s eady to handlee the good stuff that ’s available, Gemini. Please don’t confuse don’t co onfuse this enjoyable stress stress with the other kind.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): In her essay “The Possible Possible Human,” Jean Houston describes amazing capacities that are are within reach reach of any of us who are are brazen cultivate brazen and cagey enough to cul tivate them. We We can learn to thoroughly thoroughly enjoy being in our bodies, for for example. We We can summon enormous enorm mous power to heal ourselves; develop an acute memory; mem mory; enter at will into the alpha and theta wave states sttates that encourage encourage meditation and cr creative cultivate eative rreverie; tivate an acute everie; cul perceptual perceptual apparatus apparatus that can see seee “infinity in a grain grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower;” flow wer;” and practice practice the art of being deeply empathetic. what, empathetic Guess G what Cancerian: Cancerian: The next six months will be one of the best times ever for for you to work on developing these th hese superpowers. To To get started, answer this question: question n: Is there there any attitude or belief you have that might be standing in the way? (Here’s Houston’s tinyurl.com/PossibleHuman.) (Here’s Houston ’s essay: tinyurl.c com/PossibleHuman.) LEO LE O (July 23–Aug. 22): The depths deppths are are calling to

you, Leo. Can Can you hear their subtle subttle melodies? Don’t Don’t worry: icky, stinky, creepy wor ry: I’m not rreferring eferring to the ick ky, stink y, cr eepy depths; I don’t don’t mean that you’ll have h to lose yourself in a chaotic miasma, or wander speechless s in a claustrophobic deep claustr ophobic maze. No: The de ep place I’m talking most about is maybe the cleanest, mo ost well-lit abyss you’ve pleasure explore. ever had the complicated pleasu ure to explor e. I’m not riddless to deal with; but I am saying there’ll there’ll be no hairy riddle riddles interesting, esting, saying that even the hairy riddle es will be inter efforts at least a little fun, fun and helpful inn your eff orts to purify yourself.. yourself

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SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TARIU A US (Nov (Nov.. 22–Dec. 21): Ther Theree ar aree thousand of things things in the world that provide provide you with only mediocre medioccre nourishment; the influences that deeply enrich youu with their blessings are are much smaller in number. numbeer. To To say it another way: You Yoou derive a bare bare amount off inspiration inspiration and teaching from from the great great majority majoritty of people, songs, images, words, words, stories, environments environm ments and sights; whereas whereas you draw draw life-sustaining life-sustaining illumination illlumination and spirit-ennobling motivation from from just j a precious precious few. few. Your Your o task in the coming weeks, weeks, Sagittarius, Saagittarius, is to identify that special minority, aggressive minorityy, and to take t aggressive steps to be in more more ongoing communion commun nion with it. CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Resear Research ch suggests that mor moree and m more ore American high school students are grades year.. The number of A A’s are getting good gr ades every year ’s ’ doled out has be been steadily.. Does that mean en going up steadily kids ar aree getting smarter s or that teachers have rrelaxed elaxed their standards? standards? I don’t don’t have a definitive answer ffor or that. But I do hav have ve a theory that all over the world, the CCapricorn tribe growing moree intelligent apricorn trib be has been gr owing mor in rrecent increase ecent years. YYour oour incr ease in 2010 was especially notable. Ther Theree m may ay have been a bit of tapering off lately, expect latelyy, but I expec ct that to change soon. The omens say you’r you’ree due ffor growth o another gr or owth spurt in your ability to understand ho how works. ow the world work s. AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (J(Jan. an. 20–Feb. 18): Is ther theree anything you tend to hoard, hoard, d Aquarius? Anything you store store up in excessive amounts? amoounts? Are Are there there emotions you cling to past the time they’re they’re doing you any good? Do you notice yourself feeling pangs of acquisitiveness when feeling e in the presence presence of o particular treasures treasures or symbols or pretty pretty things? If so, s this is an excellent time to work on dissipating those those fixations. In the coming days, you will have cosmic assistance whenever you exert your willpower to undo undo your fanatical fanatical attachments to just about anything. PISCESS (Feb. 19 PISCE 19–March 9–March 20): I’m hoping that you grant ego moree permission to shine in the will gr ant your eg go mor weeks, Pisces. coming week s, P isces. I’m hoping you will allow it moree fla flash, moree zeal, and exert mor moree to unveil mor ash, ffeel eel mor your fforce. orce. After all yo our earnest bouts of self-sacrifice, deserve poetic brag you deser ve a po oetic license to br ag like a hip-hop millionaire. tireless millionair e. After putting in such tir eless devotion to self,, you have every maintaining an oceanic o sense of self right to bust out a crisp, fferocious erocious blast of “I am!” Homework: Th Though hough sometimes it it’s ’s impossible to do the right thing, doing the half-right thing may be a viable from option. Give an n example fr om your own life: /www.freewillastrology.com. lif e: http:/ // /ww ww.freewillastrology.com.

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a beautiful building site in the sun. Half acre. Private gated road. Easy location. All utilities in place. Plans included, too. Excellent neighborhood. Owner financing. $249,000. Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

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Boulder Creek

290 acres ! Run your dirt bikes or quads or take a hike and have a lot of fun on the 11 parcels ranging in size from 18- 40 acres. Santa Clara county. Sun, Views, Spring, Creek. Off grid. Excellent Owner financing. $1,150,000. Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

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Los Gatos Mountains

4 acres. A perfect spot for the home you have been dreaming of. Incredible view and Full Sun. Shared well. Power at lot line. Some reports. Paved access. Plans included. Owner financing. $450,000. Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

Boulder Creek

10 acres. Ridge top. 3 mile private bumpy road leads to this quiet and serene site. Beautiful view and plenty of sun. Off grid. Owner Financing. $189,000. Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

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