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Feature
Go Thin or Bust
How Berkeley's Mayer Laboratories won the battle of the thin condoms.
By Rachel Swan
Video
Express Labs Tests Condom Breakage
Which condom will come out on top in our controlled bathtub testing?
By Jonathan Mann, and Rachel Swan
Video
Global Proposition 8 Protest
The events in Berkeley.
By Jonathan Mann
Full Disclosure
A Mayor Who Doesn't Pay Taxes
Emeryville's Ken Bukowski disagrees with a city tax and is behind on property taxes. And that's just part of his problems.
By Robert Gammon
Seven Days
UC Raises, Loses Fortune
Good thing people are donating to Cal, because the endowment has fallen off a cliff.
By Chris Thompson
Eco Watch
Will Berkeley's Solar Plan Go Viral?
Cisco DeVries, who came up with the innovative financing plan, is trying to convince cities nationwide to join the solar revolution.
By Robert Gammon
Go Thin or Bust
Letters
Letters for November 19
Readers sound off on Merritt College, bingo, and positive articles.
Corrections
Corrections for November 19
D'Wayne Wiggins and homecoming queen Lizzie Ray.

MUSIC

Music
Panama Nuevo
Los Rakas puts a new spin on barrio hip-hop.
By Rachel Swan
Music
Dukes of Hazards
A working vacation for the Decemberists.
By Amre Klimchak
Local Licks
Local Licks
This week, we review Jaedelle, Edgardo & Candela, Pidgeon, and Feels Like Fire.
By Nate Seltenrich
MUSIC LISTINGS
The East Bay's Best Club and Concert Calendar
Panama Nuevo
LIVE PREVIEWS
Critics Choices For the Week
By Eric K. Arnold, Kelly Vance, Larry Kelp and Rachel Swan

RESTAURANTS

Restaurant Review
Flavors of Spain, Italy, and Mexico
BarCeluna takes tapas on a global chateo.
By Matthew Stafford
RESTAURANT LISTINGS
The East Bay's Best Dining Guide
Chris Duffey
Flavors of Spain, Italy, and Mexico
RECENTLY REVIEWED
BarCeluna
Flacos
Oliveto Cafe
Camino
IKEA
Havana
Saffron Gourmet
Miss Pearl's Jam House
Caffe Venezia
Amanda's

ARTS & CULTURE

Culture Spy
Perchance to Dream
Beset by financial hardship and artistic squabbles, Oakland's TheatreFIRST hopes to rise up from the ashes.
By Rachel Swan
Books
Ice, Baby
We can all be Antarcticans, insists Leslie Carol Roberts.
By Anneli Rufus
Events
From Poop to Pimp Chronicles
How Luenell got her major star turn.
By Rachel Swan
Theater
His 20th Century
Delroy Lindo brings August Wilson to Berkeley Rep.
By Sam Hurwitt
Visual Arts
UnBrave New World
Berkeley, of all places, worries about activist art.
By DeWitt Cheng
Aquarium Age
The Aquarium Age
For the week of November 19, 2008.
Savage Love
Etiquette, Bigotry, and Fetish Modeling
Dan spanks a bottom who insisted on a certain guarantee of cleanliness.
By Dan Savage
EVENT LISTINGS
The East Bay's Best Entertainment Calendar
Rachel Swan
Perchance to Dream
THEATER & DANCE
Critics Choices For the Week
By Sam Hurwitt
ART & MUSEUMS
Critics Choices For the Week
By DeWitt Cheng
LECTURES AND LIT
Critics Choices For the Week
By Anneli Rufus

MOVIES

Movies
Who Needs Christmas?
Deck the halls with a neurotic French family and a dozen of director Robert Aldrich's dirtiest.
By Kelly Vance
One-Night Stands
One-Night Stands
Repertory film listings for November 20-26, 2008.
Compiled By Nate Seltenrich
MOVIE LISTINGS
Complete East Bay Movie Showtimes
Who Needs Christmas?
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Your Daily Lick: Hawnay Troof
3:26 pm, Friday November 21
Your Daily Lick: Feels Like Fire
1:43 pm, Tuesday November 18

SPECIAL REPORTS

Express Video
A collection of video reports from the East Bay Express.
By Rachel Swan, and Jonathan Mann
30 Years of East Bay History
A collection of 30th-anniversary highlights.
By Chris Thompson, Stephen Buel, and John Raeside
Insider's Guide
The definitive guide to the East Bay.
By Robert Gammon, Anna McCarthy, and Elsa Kim

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Frank's War
How a Berkeley scholar's groundbreaking research sparked one of the nastier academic debates in recent memory.
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