Metro Issue: Feb 15–Feb 21, 2021

Cover Story
Goin’ to the Moon
Mountain View's Moon Express is a new breed of space explorers. They are sending a craft to the moon because they think they can.
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back to topHate Crime Goes to Internal Affairs

Atul Lall, severely beaten days before last Thanksgiving, says police missed key evidence in their investigation.
read moreBruni Gallery Anniversary

Artist Bruni celebrates the first anniversary of her gallery's new location in San Jose.
read moreGary Salvatore of SVCare

After years in the high-tech industry, Gary Salvatore is now trying to decode the city's tangled policies on marijuana collectives.
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back to topChris Pounders Films With David Lynch, Advances in Battle of the Bands

The vocalist and guitarist of San Jose pop-punk band Pounders—which won a round of the Battle of the Bands at 9 Lives in Gilroy last week, and will compete in the semi-finals in March—has had his hawk for a few years now.
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back to topStage Preview: Buried Child

Beginning Feb. 15, San Jose Stage Company takes on Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize—winning Buried Child.
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An exhaustive new biography charts the long career of golden-age movie star Spencer Tracy.
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back to topChico & Rita

A pianist and a beautiful singer make a fateful journey from Cuba to New York in animated Chico & Rita.
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back to topReal Food With Chef Bradley Ogden

Chef and restaurateur Bradley Ogden has set up shop in San Jose to film a new television series that he will begin shopping to networks for broadcast.
read moreCooking Brussels Sprouts

The secret to cooking Brussels sprouts is as simple as remembering to slice them in half.
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