Cover: Hey Coach!
When life imitates sport, only a personal coach will do.

Take Five: SC's newest cooperative, Gallery No. 5, deals local art to the masses.

Master Mix: The SC Symphony breaks symphonic tradition with last weekend's unusual pairing.

Notes From The Underground: Skinny's hosts a show full of local and NoCal talent, plus Salinas exports a zine.

At War In Eden: Terrence Malick turns James Jones' The Thin Red Line into a reverie on nature defiled.

Anti-Semantic: Mundane decadence, much bellowing in Hurlyburly.

French Dish: Christina Waters dines in the new year Parisian style.

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