Issues / 1998 / Nov 05
Head of the Class--A view of CSUMB from the president.
In a Sept. 24 cover story in Coast Weekly ("Making the Grade," by Richard Pitnick), CSUMB''s innovative educational structure was reviewed. Discounting a few inevitable inaccuracies, the use of some dubious "confidential sources," and the ...
The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies headline Friday show at Doc's.
Okay. This is it, what you''ve been waiting for. Music from a national touring act on a weekend night, just down the street from your house. Gather up your group of friends, get primed, and ...
With one big exception, local voters stay the course.
With one notable exception, local voters opted for business as usual, choosing to elect incumbents over challengers in almost every contested race in the county. The sole exception to that trend was the city of ...
The endangered birds come home.
Something spectacular is happening in the skies over Monterey County. On Wednesday, six young California condors will join two older birds already in the Ventana Wilderness Sanctuary, to begin preparation for their January 1999 release ...
Its, Ands, and Buts
It''s Getting Deep Apparently, the gang over at Morgan''s Coffee and Tea are having to deal with a lot of Republican crap lately, in more ways than one. Throughout election season, according to Morgan''s owner ...
You want music? You got music comin' at you from nearly 120 bands and musicians.
Maybe you''re looking for a band to play at your office or Christmas party. Or maybe you''ve seen a listing for a band that''s playing around town and you want to know more about them. ...
MoCo Hope?--There are signs that the MoCo music scene may finish healthier than it started.
If you''re one of the people who''s been keeping your finger on the pulse of the MoCo music scene this year, trying to find some signs of life, there''s reason to be optimistic. I don''t ...
Letters
Letters You've Got To Be Kidding!! Proposition 6 makes it a "felony" (second offense) to sell horse meat for human consumption. Do we really want to lock up people for this? It makes it a ...
We Pray With Tobacco, a new documentary, offers insights into the use of tobacco by indigenous cultures.
On the heels of an election in which voters were bombarded by issues surrounding both Native Americans (Prop. 5) and tobacco (Prop. 10), a new video documentary making a connection between the two has its ...
Director Todd Solondz finds happiness has a disturbing heart of darkness.
Let it be said that there is no mistaking Todd Solondz''s movies for anyone else''s. This follow-up to Welcome to the Dollhouse, his 1996 Sundance grand prize winner that used a geeky junior high-schooler''s painful ...
Bands, Bars&Clubs--introduction
It's been a year of change for the club scene in Monterey County. New clubs have opened, old clubs have attracted new owners and old owners have toyed with new formats to keep customers coming ...
Seasonal Urges
As we scratch our heads in confused wonderment, collectively attempting to figure out what happened to the year 1998--as in where the heck did it go??--enter the season of another strange phenomenon. It begins right ...
Chef Profile
Maloney's Harbor Inn Less than half an hour north of Monterey, Moss Landing is an enclave that is part bustling marina and fishing village, with another part that's a little like a step back in ...
Like it or not, smokers and bar owners find ways to cope with smoking prohibition.
Enjoying a cocktail with a cigarette in hand is a time-honored custom as ingrained in the club culture as tipping the barkeep. For some reason (probably a Freudian fixation), the two habits are impossibly inseparable. ...
Bands, Bars & Clubs--introduction
It's been a year of change for the club scene in Monterey County. New clubs have opened, old clubs have attracted new owners and old owners have toyed with new formats to keep customers coming ...
Kid Picks
7saturday Tots, Tweens Cheap Thrills! One of the (heretofore) best-kept secrets of last holiday season was the Kids Holiday Flea Market held at the Hilltop Park Center in Monterey. There, early birds of all ages ...
Whether it's microbrews, billiards or an extra olive in your martini that you crave, local bars provide a little something for everyone.
After Dark, 214 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey. 373-7828. This very alternative club has been described as a gay club but it''s also a place for anyone to feel comfortable with who they are or who they ...
Baktun-12 brings a fresh kind of hip-hop, agit-prop theater to Salinas, in Spanish and English.
"Breathe," intones Luis Juarez, 25, as he shuts his eyes, hands held loosely at his side. He breathes in and out, slowly, in time with the five other twenty-something homeboys standing outside Frank Sanchez''s garage ...
Musicians who are also teachers make music their night and day job.
Do what you love and the money will follow, right? Well, maybe not. Especially for musicians who want to live their passion. Life in the world of performing arts has never been easy. But for ...
Cigarettes go up in smoke
It''s been about a year since the state imposed a ban on cigarette smoking in bars. How well is the ban working? Does anyone really care? A. Giammanco Resides: Monterey Occupation: Construction Age: 31 Do ...
You want music? You got music comin' at you from nearly 120 bands and musicians.
Maybe you''re looking for a band to play at your office or Christmas party. Or maybe you''ve seen a listing for a band that''s playing around town and you want to know more about them. ...
Like it or not, smokers and bar owners find ways to cope with smoking prohibition.
Enjoying a cocktail with a cigarette in hand is a time-honored custom as ingrained in the club culture as tipping the barkeep. For some reason (probably a Freudian fixation), the two habits are impossibly inseparable. ...
Monterey County's club scene has been through a lot of changes in '98.
Some club owners blamed the weather, others blamed the anti-smoking initiative and some said it was a combination of the two. Whatever the real reason, 1998 has been a year of change on the local ...
Whether it's microbrews, billiards or an extra olive in your martini that you crave, local bars provide a little something for everyone.
After Dark, 214 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey. 373-7828. This very alternative club has been described as a gay club but it''s also a place for anyone to feel comfortable with who they are or who they ...
Season of Truth--This season may mark Ensemble Monterey's coming of age.
In launching its new season, Ensemble Monterey has shifted into a higher gear. They''ve raised the ante, artistically and financially. While this is a risky step for a still-young endeavor, it''s a necessary one. In ...
