Issues / 1999 / Jul 01
Kid Picks
16 July Monterey Olympics For kids in the Monterey Recreation Department playground programs, this week is all about sports. The 38th annual Junior Olympics takes place on the Monterey High School football field, with almost ...
Steve Allen plays at the front lines of the culture war.
This article was supposed to be devoted to the musical side of the multi-talented performer, author and television pioneer Steve Allen, who is appearing this Saturday at the Jazz & Blues Company in Carmel. But ...
Immigrants caught in the complex web of immigration laws struggle to stay in America.
In 1979, "Antonio" walked "across the mountains" and crossed the Tijuana border into California as easily as an American tourist returning home. He came here, like many other Mexican immigrants, to seek a better life. ...
Communication Breakdown
Innocent by Association I sure hope I don''t end up in a jar down there. I''m referring to the proposed San Xavier Foundation, the brainchild of Cannery Row Marketplace developer Dan Summers, who plans to ...
Letters
No Way Road Way The city of Monterey is about to create a hazardous traffic situation through a residential neighborhood and at the entrance to adjoining York School. Two York students were killed at the ...
Exploitation cartoon soap opera of sex and violence damages Spike Lee's credibility.
With Summer of Sam, Spike Lee revisits his proclivity for the ill-effects of New York''s extreme summer heat waves by pasting together dissonant scenes of David Berkowitz''s ''76-''77 murder spree with the tawdry relations of ...
Baseball Diplomacy?--Will a series of simple baseball games open doors of communication between the U.S. and Cuba?
In Havana on March 29, the Baltimore Orioles edged out the Cuban All-Star team by 3 to 2 in the 11th inning. In the rematch, on May 3 in Baltimore, Cuba struck back with a ...
The manipulation of trademark and copyright law has a chilling effect on Web users.
The 800-pound gorillas are taking control. In an ideal world, the Internet would be a free-form medium that provides a way for individuals and small companies to express and promote themselves in a worldwide forum. ...
Bread Winner
There''s no bathing suit competition in this contest. No singing. And no dancing, unless you count the kind of unique choreography it requires to hustle back and forth between mixer, work bench, proof box and ...
Why Wait?--Why must ticketholders wait a full year before new conductor takes podium?
Some Monterey Symphony ticket-buyers are now openly questioning the decision to delay the installation of new music director Kate Tamarkin until the fall of 2000, some 15 months and one full subscription season after the ...
Salinas eyes comprehensive plan for social change as cure for violence.
In a city that has spent the last decade rocked by youth gangs and crime, Salinas community leaders are promoting a plan to replace violence with peace. Although there are few new concepts outlined in ...
STARZ--New dance club promises live music and lots of ambiance.
As of July 16, there will be new life at the old After Dark. That''s when STARZ, a new live-music dance club, will open its doors. With any luck, it will fill some of the ...
Eye-burning exhibit at Monterey Museum of Art throbs with intense colors.
Light bounces off Lukas Blok''s op-art-ish paintings, leaving multi-hued puddles on the scuffed varnish of the gallery floor. The uneven finish on the floor, pockmarked by years of use, causes the colors to ripple and ...
Traditional Weekend--Few musical surprises in town this week as MoCo relies on the tried and true.
Ahhhhh, tradition...Fourth of July and it''s time for burgers, barbecue, beer, fireworks--In a world that''s constantly changing, it''s nice to know there are some things that we can count on to remain the same. Like ...
September Ranch lawsuits charge corruption of county planning process.
If it''s spectacular fireworks you''re looking for, there''s no need to wait until the Fourth of July. The hottest show in town this holiday weekend begins July 1 at the courthouse in Monterey, where Superior ...
Predictable story plus predictable humor make for predictable mainstream effort by Adam Sandler.
Akinder, gentler Adam Sandler targets a whole new demographic--women--in this lighthearted (but still marginally obnoxious) tale of unplanned parenthood and wayward parental mores. I''ve followed Sandler''s bizarre career trajectory from his Studboy character on MTV''s ...
American Sentiments--Locals On America
Monterey County is home to many immigrants. America is thought to be the land of choice and freedom, but some newcomers find obstacles. What do locals think that "America" means? Eli Severson Age: 19 Occupation: ...
Il Fornaio
Alessio Giannuzzi is from Pistoia, an area in the Tuscan region of Italy, about 15 minutes out of Florence. Appointed as chef at Il Fornaio in Carmel last September, he sums up the essence of ...
