Issues / 1998 / Jun 18
The Monterey Rock&Art Festival enters its second year buoyed by enthusiasm.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. The second annual Monterey Rock&Art Festival lives, thank you very much. "We''re going full force," says Blake Mallory, brother and band-mate of festival promoter Uncle Jam (Brad Mallory). "We''re ...
Pacific Repertory Theater's production of a new translation has almost everything to recommend it.
There are many things to recommend Pacific Repertory Theater''s current production of Cyrano. First, there''s John Wells'' new adaptation of Edmond Rostand''s original script (in French, from 1897) which smooths out some of the rough ...
Cannery Row's historic designation won't stop the wrecking ball.
While local preservationists and historians hailed this week''s announcement by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, placing Cannery Row on its 1998 list of the country''s 11 most endangered historic sites, the designation in and ...
"fathers' Rights" Means More, Not Less, Time With Your Kids.
Most Fathers'' Rights organizations in this country are working to increase--rather than decrease--fathers'' involvement in their children''s lives. They advocate a man''s right to be a better father, not a man''s right not to be ...
Monterey Boy Scouts and gay rights' activists face off over city-funded building repair.
Should the city of Monterey spend $52,000 in public taxpayer money to repair a building it leases to the Boy Scouts of America, a private organization that excludes gays and atheists? That''s the question being ...
Squid's Squibs
June 11, 2:45pm Squid here, on location at the National Ocean Conference, feeling duped. Contrary to my nature, I was ready to disregard the cynics and embrace Congressman Sam Farr''s promise that "this conference is ...
A planned arts marathon hopes to convey Hatton Canyon's unique beauty to a broader audience.
Those of us who have walked through Hatton Canyon already know that it''s pretty as a picture--and know there''s more than one reason to fight for its survival. For those who haven''t ever ventured up ...
An enigma wrapped in a conundrum sealed in a vapor-lock baggie that--surprise!--actually makes some sense.
In the five years since creator Chris Carter brought his conspiracy-laden, UFOlogist''s dream-come-true television show to the Fox network, the ongoing saga of FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson)--he of ...
Letters
Re: "Collision Course" Enjoyed the June 11 article by Richard Pitnick. The June 24 meeting is scheduled to be held at the Hyatt Regency from 10am to 1pm. Please note that only one PUC commissioner ...
Gillian Anderson talks about her character, the series and the movie.
Positioned beneath the bob of red hair, the sparkling blues eyes and the aquiline nose, it shines, the Smile. Yes, Gillian Anderson, 29, who plays dour Dana Scully on TV''s "The X-Files'''' can flash her ...
Father's Day Without A Father--What any man with a few spare hours can do to help.
Father''s Day. Many dads are getting the full treatment: tickets to a Giants game, furry Uggs, even breakfast in bed. Lucky dads, getting their hugs from lucky children! The way things ought to be. And ...
Will Whole Foods be a shoppers'' paradise, or another link in the chain gang?
When Whole Foods Market opens its 87th store in the Del Monte Center on June 24, will the event simply be another example of another corporate giant, swooping in to "crush the competition," as founder ...
Controversial group says men should be able to opt out of unexpected parenting.
Deadbeat dads look just like you and me. Then again, so do many murderers, robbers and rapists. So when you meet a deadbeat dad and he tells you a sad story, are you allowed to ...
Father's Day--Dear Old Dad
Although Father''s Day isn''t as widely celebrated as Mother''s Day, families will gather on Sunday for picnics and dinners and perhaps even buy gifts. For some, however, Father''s Day won''t be celebratory at all. Today, ...
New Takemitsu--Late Japanese composer remembered in two new CD releases.
Among contemporary film composers, few are as admired by their peers as Toru Takemitsu. Indeed, he was one of only three composers to get his own dedicated documentary in Music for the Movies, the comprehensive ...
Singin' Their Songs--Three very different singer/ songwriter shows this week offer a wide range of music.
There are really three singer-songwriter shows this weekend that you don''t want to miss: Amilia K. Spicer, Lucy Kaplansky and Bryan Kelley. Trying to describe almost any of the many singer/songwriter types who come through ...
By Catherine Coburn
Noun, verb or adjective, "barbecue" is intrinsically American. It doesn''t matter whether you''re eating it, doing it or just got a hankering for your favorite style of chicken, beef, fish, or zucchini. It''s a curious ...
Ye Admiral Benbow Tavern
If Robert Louis Stevenson were hanging around downtown Monterey, he'd likely wander into the Admiral Benbow to enjoy a Cornish pasty and a pint. The tavern takes its name from Stevenson''s tale of the fabulous ...
Acoustic Alchemy Returns--Despite death of co-founder Nick Webb, Greg Carmichael and friends keep music alive.
The lilting beauty of the steel-string guitar melody, melded with a warm cushion of nylon-string guitar accompaniment and filled achingly with the understated drum and bass lines in the song "Vapour Trails" on Acoustic Alchemy''s ...
County, labor pressure area hospitals to lower some of the highest rates in the nation.
Faced with an employee health insurance plan profusely bleeding red ink because of high hospital costs, Monterey County is putting together a managed care plan that demands lower hospital rates. As the county''s biggest employer, ...
