Issues / 1998 / Nov 12
Straight, Not Narrow Minded--Why I don't celebrate Halloween.
In the October 29 issue of Coast Weekly, public forum author Denise Sallee, professing to being a practicing witch, expressed her anger about the loss of Halloween to "the Christian Fundamentalist right, who in the ...
Whole Foods critics expect the whole world out of the alternative grocer.
Sheila Payne stands outside a Whole Foods Market in Durham, N.C. She hasn''t come to shop--she and three other activists are informing customers that the nation''s largest chain of natural food groceries has refused to ...
Same Old Song?--Monterey Opera's Barber rises above ongoing weaknesses.
In a contest for the inconsistent, the Monterey Opera takes first prize. In 10 years of trying to figure out what opera is, MO remains bewildered. Like a pilgrim in search of the truth, its ...
Message On a Bottle
Everybody probably knows somebody whose something-or-other is so darn delicious, they oughta put it on the market and make a killing. The reality of it is that even if every member of Uncle Theo''s International ...
Pigs to Cowboys--The Forbidden Pigs, Chuck Brodsky and Mike Beck make for an interesting roots weekend.
Lookin'' for a party? Check out Doc''s Nightclub on Friday where Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs are playing. We''re talking revved-up roots rock with a high-powered stage show. The last Forbidden Pig album I ...
Local photographers embrace the digital revolution.
As the birthplace of the so-called "West Coast School" of photography, large format, black-and-white landscapes constitute what is traditionally associated with the work of photographers here on the Monterey Peninsula. Through the artistry and advocacy ...
Letters
Attacking the Source Upon re-reading the "witch" article ("Public Forum," Oct. 29), I must say that I feel you are doing a great disservice to your readers and yourself. First, Ms. Sallee is incorrect in ...
Brazilian Jazz--Eliane Elias comes to the Jazz Store and Kuumbwa.
The exquisitely beautiful songs of one of the 20th century''s greatest composers from any country, Antonio Carlos Jobim, are covered with lan and sensuous grace by the equally beautiful pianist and singer-come-lately Eliane Elias on ...
Monarch Cafe
For almost a quarter century, the Monarch Cafe has been pouring hot coffee for early-risers of Butterfly Town. Not far outside the shadow of the Holman Building, this particular block of Pacific Grove commerce has ...
Who's in Charge Here?
Brown Out? Imagine, if you will, the tension-filled scene at Seaside City Hall this week: A special meeting of the city council--called at the 11th hour. The group is tucked away behind closed doors discussing--according ...
More or Less?--Do we want more from alternative stores?
Do we expect more out of alternative-style stores and businesses than we expect out of the mainstream? Do we care if employees are unionized, if boycotts are honored? Our intrepid reporters went to find out. ...
ALRB decision, pending suit, fuel allegations of grower influence in labor issues.
This week the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board ruled invalid the election of the Coastal Berry Farmworkers Committee as the union of choice for workers at Watsonville''s Coastal Berry Co. The committee and the United ...
How well is Whole Foods embracing its multiple missions in Monterey?
Whole Foods Market, the nation''s largest natural food retail chain, presents itself as a new kind of food retailer, the grocery store for the ''90s. Brandishing the motto "whole foods, whole people, whole planet," the ...
Statewide report links birth defects with pesticide application.
Monterey County abounds with agriculture. The fertile land is home to 1.4 million arable acres that brought $2.26 billion into Monterey County coffers last year. No one is surprised that local agriculture is big business. ...
An action movie with a message is still an action movie.
Could someone please turn down Denzel Washington''s Righteousness Meter? It''s set too high. The king of earnest masculinity is about due for a comedy >(The Pelican Brief doesn''t count), but this isn''t it. Edward Zwick, ...
