Cover: Avant God
Avant-garde performance artist Brian Routh's eclectic world. Also, the schedule for the Cinnabar's Eclectic Theatre Festival.

News: See Jane Run
Petaluma Vice-Mayor Jane Hamilton is in fighting trim for Supe seat.

Technophobia: Not everyone wants a part of the wired world, and unplugged author Stephen Kessler thinks he knows why.

Flu to You, Too: How a 'charismatic young Canadian geographer' digging up dead Norwegian miners could become your worst nightmare.

Washington Watch: Meet new boss, same as old boss.

Hey, Hey, We're the Monks ... : Tibetan monks raise a bundle for the Buddha.

What is Hip?: It's time to stop posing and embrace the real thing.

Buddha Boy: With no sex and no chase scenes, Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? still manages to thrill the senses.

Film at Eleven: Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog makes war on the media.

How Sweet It Is: Atom Egoyan's dark drama The Sweet Hereafter dwells in perfection.

Poems and Plates: Cooking kilt sheep guts in honor of Scot poet Robbie Burns.

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