Issues / 1998 / Jul 02
Shorthand For Food
The only way you could fathom the obtuse nature of this particular graffiti assault, is if you''d just survived 21 months of culinary school. Using what appeared to be a No. 3 star tip, a ...
First-time director Lisa Cholodenko presents a thoughtful melange of conflicting desires.
Art, ambition, lesbians, heroin, and ennui all combine into a seductive mix in this compelling feature by first-timer Lisa Cholodenko, that won the screenwriting award at this year''s Sundance Film Festival. Set among the New ...
Backlogs at INS mean long waits for citizenship.
It''s never been easy to become a US citizen. Lots of people want that magic American passport, and the lines at Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) offices are always around the block. Now it''s harder ...
Monkeying Around--Latin-influenced ska band plays Doc's, Latin-flavored jazz at the Jazz Store, ladies sing the blues.
Question: What two bands list both Tito Puente and Pete Escovedo as musical influences? Answer: The Mario Flores Band and Monkey, both booked to play this week around town. Although Flores and company lean heavily ...
Denise Sallee's one-woman exhibit highlights her landscape visions.
In the middle of the Holman Antique Plaza, there is a new oasis for local artists. Given the natural subjects of the show, it''s fitting that the gallery''s first exhibit is by a photographer who ...
Catchin' My Breath--The 13th Annual Monterey Bay Blues Festival was exhausting and exhilarating.
Here''s the deal. I''m working hard to recover from last weekend''s Monterey Bay Blues Festival while simultaneously toning my liver in anticipation of this weekend''s Brewmasters Classic and other Fourth of July festivities. Bottom line: ...
Honor Music--High School musicians work with noted conductor.
Every two years, the Music Educators National Conference sponsors the National High School Honors Orchestra. In the United States, there is no greater honor for a high school musician. Despite recommendations by music teachers throughout ...
New ag commish is congenial, cautious--and a coalition-builder.
You don''t get to get to be the point-man for a $2.2 billion industry without being a political animal and Eric Lauritzen, Monterey County''s newly appointed agricultural commissioner is no exception. Selected by county officials ...
Salinas Gang Injunction--No Gang Congregation
With a new injunction, gangs will not be allowed to congregate within a five-block area in Salinas. Does this violate their Constitutional right to freely assemble? Xavier R. Baeza Age: 39 Resides: North Monterey County ...
When the rights of individuals and communities clash, whose should prevail?
As Americans, we are free to associate with whomever we choose, free to pick our friends and our fashions and our lifestyles. We have the freedom of expression, and of assembly. The right to be ...
Freeway as Pollutant--Yet another reason to halt Hatton Canyon.
Now that the National Ocean Conference and Ocean Fair has come and gone, what have we learned that can be applied locally? Both President Clinton and Vice President Gore spoke of a type of pollution ...
Letters
Wept and Tossed I'd like to respond to your recent article, "No Way, Daddy" by saying I wept for these poor male victims all the way to the bathroom, where I threw up! Talk about ...
Documentary highlights musical history of Monterey.
Often, an area''s history is lost simply because no one takes time to gather stories from the people who made that history but filmmaker Marie Wainscoat is dedicated to making sure that doesn''t happen in ...
A soggy mission in search of Brewmasters beers in the heart of Monterey.
We were a motley crew on Alvarado Street last Thursday. The weight of our mission was great, our thirst was greater and freedom from the office corroded any sense of discipline. In short, we needed ...
Taqueria Los Altos
If you were under the impression that taqueria food just means tacos, it's time to think again. A visit to Taqueria Los Altos will dispel that notion, and trick you into thinking that you've just ...
CET/SPRC scrambles to find new storage space for their costumes.
Time is running out for the costumes at Children''s Experimental Theater and Staff Players Repertory Company. "The problem is," says CET/SPRC founder and director Marcia Hovick, "that for many years we''ve been storing things in ...
These Truths are Self-Evident...
Declaration of Inconsistency "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..." And so it began, with the fed-up colonists ...
UCSC offers CSUMB dorm space to their students.
Each fall, college student housing in Santa Cruz becomes a big question mark for several hundred students. In fact, housing is so tight that this fall, in anticipation of UC Santa Cruz''s biggest waiting list ...
