Cover: Shades of Gay
Can sexual orientation be reversed? New Hope thinks so.

News: The Wheel Deal
Sprawl becomes soccer moms' public enemy No. 1.

Newsgrinder: Important events as reported by daily newspapers and summarized by Daedalus Howell.

Open Mic: Wingin' It.

Rant: Profits of Doom.

Geek Girl: Mini-industry springs up around geek seduction.

12 Monkeys: Wine-related resolutions for 2001.

The Wide-Eyed Gourmet: Will work for food.

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

Southern Odyssey: The Coen brothers remake a Greek epic as a 1930s comedy journey in 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

Will Red: The plot's the thing in compelling Soviet film version of 'Hamlet.'

It Takes a Global Village: Manu Chao brings the culture of the streets to 'Clandestino,' a mysterious, Latin-flavored 'Nebraska.'

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.

Oh My Darling: Renegade artist runs conceptual campaign.

Home on the Range: Dave Foreman's novel offers passion for vanishing wild places.