News Briefs

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Little Big Town

Can Napa County's downvalley namesake make the transition from small town to big time? And should it?

Art School Confidential

Art Institute of California S.F.: Where campus policies and First Amendment rights collide?

Avant Marin

MTC's new director directs, and Playback reflects local lives

• by David Templeton

'Grace' Notes

How William Wilberforce helped chase slavery out of the British Empire

• by Richard von Busack

Eternal Discussion

Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible' full of longstanding truths

• by Gabe Meline

Goodbye, Mr. Chip

Chip Dunbar memorial will raise a joyful noise

• by Bruce Robinson
• Tags: Music, Nightlife

Costume Dramas

In some Oscar-winning films, the clothes truly do make the men--and women

Finding Themselves

Dropping Daylight still deciding who they are

• by Charlie Swanson

First Bite

Cafe Gratitude

• by Alastair Bland

Fear of Food

Who's to blame for our fat country? Maybe it's us

• by Sara Bir

Morsels

On the Air

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Wine Tasting Room of the Week

Chateau Montelena

• by James Knight