Cover Story: The Road Back:
Sooner or later, the Sooner State had to mend fences with one of its most famous sons, Woody Guthrie. On the occasion of Guthrie's induction into the state's portrait gallery, a wannabe Oklahoman comes back to see the great state again.

Nüz: Are people who run for Santa Cruz City Council masochists?

Rev: Think Again: Think leasers in San Francisco staged funerals for their beloved cars... draping American flags, playing 'Taps.'

The Swank Tank: All yesterday's parties: Evelyn Waugh's 'Vile Bodies' become 'Bright Young Things' in Stephen Fry's successful adaptation.

Taken for Grant: 'Touch of Pink' is a farce of a different color.

Billy Club: In Santa Cruz and around the country, a new legion of fans are prepared for the Wirtz.

The Rock Show: Taj Mahal.

Kraut in the Act: An impassioned plea for the new dawn of fermented foods.

Please don't forget to write! Metro Santa Cruz welcomes letters. Like any great work of art, they should be originals -- not copies of letters sent elsewhere. Include address and daytime phone (for verification purposes only). Letters may be edited for length and clarity or to correct factual inaccuracies known to us. Postal: Metro Santa Cruz Letters, 115 Cooper St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Fax: 831/457-5828. Email:

JavaScript must be enabled to display this email address.