Cover: Fall Arts
A rundown of all the season's best arts and entertainment. Plus: The curtain rises at the Luther Burbank Center.

High-Tech Hall: Santa Rosa Symphony readies for move to state-of-the-art music center.

Vintage Gem: Napa begins renovations on the Margaret Biever Mondavi Opera House Theater.

Author Appearances: Noted contemporary writers are slated to swing through the North Bay in the coming months.

News: Joltin' Joe
Jewish liberals blast Joe Lieberman's conservative credentials.

Politics Make No Bedfellows: The Democrats spent their week in Los Angeles running away from even the idea of sex.

Tasty Treat: Healdsburg's Tastings is delightfully deelish.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Lucky in Love: The French film 'Girl on a Bridge' is the year's best love story--with a twist.

Cosmic Cowboy: Texas troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore rides into the Mystic Theater.

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

Suddenly Sandra: Comedian Sandra Bernhard unleashes her wicked wit at the LBC.

Play Time: Studio Be's Second Stage is in orbit.