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Independent Film

Cinequest announces pass holder and contributor programs for 2010 festival

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.23.2009

Cinequest, one of the country’s most influential and fastest growing film festivals—not to mention the pride of San Jose—has announced pass holder and contributor programs…

Culture

Theater review: ‘The Seafarer’ at San Jose Stage Company

BY STARK INSIDER — 11.23.2009

The Devil is in the Delivery

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Is it my birthday?

BY LONI STARK — 11.22.2009

I woke up today in Brisbane Australia wondering if it was my birthday or not. The time difference has made it so I have become…

Culture

Theater review: ‘She Stoops to Comedy’ West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.22.2009

“It’s a pseudo documentary about reality in the theater,” says one of the characters/actors in David Greenspan’s She Stoops to Comedy which premiered last night at…

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Sunday espresso: Loreto with Love, Motorola Droid, dead Audi?

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.22.2009

Winter must be nearing. The leaves (on some trees) are turning orange, red. And the foothills are green, instead of brown and yellow. Also there’s…

Food & Wine

Vintners Hall of Fame 2010 class announced today by CIA in Napa

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.21.2009

The Culinary Institute of America (the other CIA) based in St. Helena, California today announced the Vintners Hall of Fame 2010 class. The five new…

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Napa B&B Tour & Taste Event, December 5

BY MONICA TURNER — 11.21.2009

December 5, 2009 from 2pm-6pm Join us in historic downtown Napa. Visit our Bed and Breakfast Inns, festively decorated for this special holiday season. Each…

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Google adds automatic captioning to YouTube

BY CLINTON STARK — 11.20.2009

The whiz-bang kids in Mountain View are at it again. With a wave of their billion dollar wand they are now making the world a…

Live Sushi San Francisco - Restaurant Review

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‘Live Sushi’ before live theater, a delicious combination

BY LONI STARK — 11.18.2009

The Crazy Monkey roll, like the spicy tuna roll, had the right balance between the outside rice and the ingredients placed in the center of…

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‘Brain Rules’, A practical operating manual for your noggin

BY LONI STARK — 11.17.2009

Developmental molecular biologist, John Medina in his book, Brain Rules tries to distill and demystify the volumes of research on the human brain, while practicing…