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Dec. 24 - Dec. 30, 2003 • Vol 38, No. 13

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Utopia, myopia
The year in theater.
By Robert Avila

Age of ambivalence
Art meditates on uncertainty.
By Glen Helfand

Closed, open
Dance in 2003: little money but a lot of innovation.
By Rita Felciano

• news & culture


In this issue

Editorial: Public power in 2004

Opinion: A progressive summit
by christopher d. cook

Campaign Watch
News from the races for governor, mayor, district attorney and other fall ballot contests

TURNcoats
Why would a consumer watchdog climb in bed with PG&E and support an $8 billion public bailout?
By Matthew Hirsch

Enron's new windfall
Your PG&E bills will help pay off the alleged market manipulators.
By Matthew Hirsch

A tale of two lawsuits
San Francisco says it was defrauded by construction giant Tutor-Saliba, but a whistle-blower charges that city officials share the blame
By A.C. Thompson

Pot victory
Ninth Circuit Court rules that the feds can't outlaw personal medical marijuana crops
By Ann Harrison

Life during Wartime
Flight risk
By Camille T. Taiara

Neighborhood Business:

Machine history
The loss of the Morrison Planetarium's Star Projector marks the end of an era.
By Dan Engber

Biztips
Openings, closings, and other life changes on the small-business scene.

Matt's momentum
The Gonzalez campaign could represent a pivotal moment in the fight to take back San Francisco — if the new generation of activists stays active.
By Tim Redmond

Naked injustice
Strippers say club owner greed and lax city oversight are forcing them into prostitution.
By Ann Harrison

Festive frenzy
How to do the last-minute dash.
By Laura Paskell-Brown


Jingle something else
Music gifts for procrastinators.
By Kimberly Chun

The best holiday DVD ever
By Annalee Newitz

Being There
Indian gods
By Sven Eberlein

alt.sex.column By Andrea Nemerson

Double Team Psychic Dream By Michelle Tea and Jessica Lanyadoo

Flat Earth By Lynn Rapoport

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz

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Dine
Sope opera

By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Host organisms

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
South by southwest

By Dan Leone

Fond of you
Brioche turkeys, duck for three, tamales and rum for all.

By Masha Gutkin

Free turkey
Where to get a square meal on Thanksgiving.

By Laura Paskell-Brown

Table Ready
Fruitcakes and ale

By Stephanie Rosenbaum

Bottle Rockets
Santa's mug shots

Matt Markovich

Meatless
Ode to (chocolate) joy
By Miriam Wolf

Take That
Don't let me down

By Gabriel Roth

The Food Snoop
On the Q.T.

By Masha Gutkin

Well Done
By Evelyn Grosvenor-Smythe

DineOnline
Menus, maps, and more
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The Blender

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Film: Roasting on an open fire
A critic scans the holiday pics.
By Dennis Harvey

Film: 'Modern Times'
Laugh factory.
By David Fear

Music: Fresh Vue
Checking in with the quietly rocking S.F. contenders.
By Kimberly Chun

Music: Delayed reaction
Taking it step by step, loop by loop, with E-Zee Tiger.
By Mike McGuirk

Art: Critic's Choice: 'Travels by Patrick LoCicero'
By Lindsey Westbrook

Sonic Reducer By Kimberly Chun

Tiger on beat By Patrick Macias

Plus One By Vivian Host

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Life During Wartime
The Bay Guardian's regularly updated section dedicated to war-related news and perspectives from the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world, protest and event information, and web links.

Media Beat
Breakthrough and peril for the Green Party: The Gonzalez campaign in S.F. has national implications. 12.17.03
By Norman Solomon

In the Public Interest
The car-dealer rip-off: Consumers don't know that they're losing the right to challenge sleazy dealers in court. 12.10.03
By Ralph Nader


Focus on the Corporation

Corporations and their proxies defeated in Miami -- but they refuse to give up
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman


Journalists under fire
Digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe

First amendment alerts

The shame of Hearst
By Bruce B. Brugmann, 11.14.01

Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.

It's funny in Kansas
Joke of the day

Superlist
Handel's 'Messiah': Bay Area performances and sing-alongs.