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this week's event picks


San Jose CA Bars and ClubsSan Jose Club Portal
Get information on the hottest bars and nightclubs in the Bay Area, find the latest concerts and music events, check out this week's featured clubs, sign up for the free newsletter and more.


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Nightlife scenes from bars and clubs in downtown San Jose and the surrounding area. Plus, sign up for Metroactive's Club Newsletter for the latest San Jose club events, hot dance club parties and more.


Popular Music: The Good, the Bad and Real Ugly
Gabe Meline picks through the rubble of 2008

MORE MUSIC AND CLUBS    MUSIC AND CLUBS LISTINGS    MUSIC CALENDAR PICKS


Movies: A Year With The Dark Knight
Richard von Busack looks back on cinema's best and worst in 2008

DVD Review: 'The Duchess'
Keira Knightley looks better than the script sounds

DVD Review: 'Reaper'
Ray Wise plays the devil in a slacker comedy

DVD Review: 'The Commander'
The British prove again that they do TV crime better than American networks

DVD Review: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'
Not Keanu, but an extras-packed rerelease of the 1951 original

MORE MOVIE REVIEWS    MOVIE TIMES

The Arts

Visual Art: The Year of the Jellyfish
The best art shows of 2008 in Silicon Valley

Restaurants

Sake Country
Hollister's Ozeki celebrates its run as America's first sake brewery

Live Feed
2008: The Year in Food

The Wine Column
Gourmet Tastes

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The Year in Fly
Silicon Valley News Notes

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Silicon Alleys
Brush With Greatness

Style
Brides Go Green

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Year of the Shark

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December 31, 2008 - January 6, 2009