Detail from the 'Spontaneous Combustion' series by photographer Sander-Martijn

IN THIS ISSUE:

THEATER:
Steve Vineberg on Rock 'n' Roll, The Farnsworth Invention, and Is He Dead?

BODY SENSE:
Zumba Classes in East San Jose
By Dena Evans

ESSAY:
Unraveling a Shrinking World
 By Leslie Petrovski

CONSUMING PASSIONS:
Pack Your Knives and Go
 By Jessica Lantos
plus
10 Wine-and-Chocolate Matches, With Natalie MacLean

POETRY:
Seven Dreams of Thoreau and the Unabomber
By Marck L. Beggs

DANCE:
Dragging the Dance Bio Out of Bed
By Martha Ullman West

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Lao Textures
By Frances Borchardt
and
Spontaneous Combustion
By Sander-Martijn

MUSIC:
Tune Head: Lea's Something Worth Keeping, Carrie Newcomer's The Geography of Light,
and Morcheeba's Dive Deep

Jazzarium: Miguel Zenon's Awake,
Russ Nolan & The Kenny Werner Trio's With You in Mind,
and Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings and Plays Bill Evans
By Alexander C. Kafka

FEATURED DESIGNERS:
Handbags and Wallets by Elana Goldstein
and Dresses by Simone WIlliams

FILM:
Tracking Shots
By David Sterritt:
There Will Be Blood, Persepolis, Youth Without Youth, Cassandra's Dream, Charlie Wilson's War