Metro Issue: Apr 27–May 3, 2021

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Revolution App

HotSpot Shield, a free program developed in Mountain View, has become a conduit to the free and open World Wide Web during the wave of revolution in the Middle east. By Josh Koehn

Frankenfish

California braces for the arrival of a fast-growing genetically engineered salmon. By Alastair Bland

Manny Diaz, a former city councilmember and state assemblymember, is now a registered lobbyist for Community Financial Services Association of America, a trade group that represents the payday loan industry. By The Fly

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Silicon Alleys: Thai Tastes

The author travels to Thailand for the Songkran Festival and some intense cooking lessons. By Gary Singh

Music & Nightlife

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Big in Japan

Insolence hails from San Jose, but the band has enjoyed some of its biggest successes in Japan of all places. By Steve Palopoli

Arts & Entertainment

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Finding Truth

A young Bay Area company named Inferno Theatre looks back at the family life of astronomer Galileo and his two devout daughters. By Sean Conwell

La Bohème

The men have all the fun and the women do the suffering in Opera San Jose's fine production of Puccini's classic opera about the artistic life of bohemians. By Scott MacClelland

Film

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The Princess of Montpensier

Swashbuckling in widescreen, photographed as close to Technicolor as you can get today and with a percussive soundtrack by Philippe Sarde, Bertrand Tavernier's The Princess of Montpensier re-creates a visually grander era of moviemaking. This is what one would expect from Tavernier, whose 1975 Que la fete commence is still one of the best films made about the 1700s.