Cover: Divorce, Pajaro Style
Move to divide school district puts students in a bind.

Celebrity Skin Graft: Courtney Love plays fame game on Hole's new album.

Notes From The Underground: Riff Raff and a punk-rock crew of many show off at the Santa Cruz Vets Hall.

AudioFile: Revies of the latest CDs by the Murmurs, Outgrabe and various artists.

Nighthowl: Z Space Studio brings quality theater from SF to the Actors' Theatre.

String Fling: The irony drips, but the action zips in ultra-low-budget Six-String Samurai.

Mythic Romance: Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid takes a reverse-angle view of popular Titanic story.

Whale of a Setting: Out at the Whale, there's a whole lot more to see than just those migrating cetaceans plying the ocean blue.

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