NEWS

Feature
For years, East Bay activists have been trying to influence US policy toward North Korea. Finally, Washington may be listening.
Full Disclosure
Sources say the couple's financial troubles could rule out a reelection bid as the mayor is forced to return to lobbying.
News
The Alameda Boys and Girls Club seeks public funding for its new center, to the consternation of people who say that's not what a 2008 parks bond was for.
News
New Oakland bar creates a theme out of a term — geisha — that some area residents find offensive.
Sonya Revell
Understanding North Korea
Eco Watch
Recession be damned, two Oakland entrepreneurs create 21st-century office space.
Seven Days
Up to ten young men laughed and snapped photos as they allegedly gang-raped a fifteen-year-old girl outside a Richmond High dance. And passersby did nothing to stop it.
Raising the Bar
His prescription for an irritated but inactive people.
Letters
Readers sound off on cuts to community colleges, the lost runner, and EBMUD.
Corrections
Lawsuit regarding Oakland's ranked-choice voting.

MUSIC

Music
Amiri Baraka celebrates his new essay collection at Yoshi's.
Music
Dick Valentine of Electric Six wants to put the fun back in rock 'n' roll.
Local Licks
This week, we review Disgust of Us, The Downer Party, Birds & Batteries, and Sweedish.
MUSIC LISTINGS
Digable Poet
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RESTAURANTS

Restaurant Review
What does your pizza say about you?
RESTAURANT LISTINGS
Chris Duffey
Just Dough it
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ARTS & CULTURE

Culture Spy
Jaime Guerrero turns his inner-city past into art.
Events
Tourettes' 10th anniversary features the greatest rapping pastry alive.
Visual Arts
Phelan Award printmakers take differing approaches.
Theater
Playwright funnels big ideas through a series of one-acts at Berkeley Rep.
Books
Richard Schwartz's newly updated Berkeley 1900 includes hundreds more images.
Body & Soul

Liza Dalby's new book introduces yet another way in which the world might end.

Aquarium Age
For the week of November 4-10, 2009.
Savage Love
Plus three-way hookups and assessing sexual compatibility.
EVENT LISTINGS
This One's for My Homies
THEATER & DANCE
ART & MUSEUMS
LECTURES AND LIT

MOVIES

Movies
Quick. What do loony spies (The Men Who Stare at Goats), neurotic artists (Untitled), and mid-century modernist architecture (Visual Acoustics) have in common?
One-Night Stands
Repertory film listings for November 3-9, 2009.
MOVIE LISTINGS
Goat's Head Soup
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