Cover: Needle Freaks
What's the big draw behind tattooing?

News: Paranoid California
Can civil liberties survive a public health emergency?

Open Mic: Missing Dan Jaffe.

Lust for Light: Photographer Ruth Bernhard's work illuminates.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Napa Valley Mustard Festival: Annual arts and dining celebration.

Piece of Mind: 'Pauline and Paulette' is an affecting little movie from Belgium

Full 'Circle': Classic bluegrass album is new again.

SiFT: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Sweet Success: Lotus Cuisine of India celebrates spring.