Issues / 1999 / Aug 26
For August 26 through September 1
Theater Openings Alice in Wonderland Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 3pm. Dance. Ballet Fantasque of the Monterey Peninsula presents its madcap pop ballet Alice in Wonderland, along with The Cat Cafe and variations from Sleeping Beauty. Also, ...
For August 26 through September 1
Dyansen Gallery M.L. Snowden and the Legacy of Rodin. Opening Reception. Bronze sculptures by M.L. Snowden, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement sculpture award by the National Sculpture Society, and Special Grand Prize from the International ...
There's a lot of new money in Carmel's almost-hot-again art scene
When artist Dick Crispo moved to Carmel in 1957, there were just two art galleries in town. Today, there are 111. More than 23 of them have opened in the past 18 months, representing a ...
Soprano Christina Major takes local opera offerings to a higher level.
Classical Despite all the noise, gala parties and social columns about professional opera in Carmel, there''s scanty evidence that it really exists. But opera lovers who crave the real thing already know that, and have ...
In the three plays closing this weekend at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
Call 459-2159 for tickets and information. Arms and the Man Plot A starry-eyed Bulgarian girl who has illusions about the glory of war is surprised in her bedroom by a soldier on the run from ...
The Carmel Art Scene
Carmel sure ain''t the sleepy artist''s colony it used to be. Corporate galleries paying big bucks in rent and hocking non-local art to cash-wielding tourists have nudged out locally owned galleries along Carmel''s main drag, ...
Father's gratitude adds to prejudice against disabled daughter.
I recently attended Pacific Grove''s annual Feast of Lantern''s Friday night street dance, a wonderful, free community event I always enjoy. As usual, I got up to participate in one of the partners'' dances when ...
Down To Earth
Here's a true story that anybody who ever thought about getting into--or out of--the restaurant business might appreciate. It's also a story that Kurt and Rosemarie Steeber will have a good time telling for a ...
Hugh Grant paves a predictable comeback from humilation in Mickey Blue Eyes.
While some post-publicity-smeared actors--like Paul Rubens (formerly Pee Wee Herman) and Rob Lowe--struggle to regain control over their generally dismissed film careers, cinema comedians like Eddie Murphy and Hugh Grant >(Four Weddings and A Funeral) ...
Letters
Sin of OmissionYour Aug. 19 issue for college students is to be commended for its wealth of information. However, there are some omissions. Planned Parenthood was not listed under Family Planning and AIDS Testing in ...
This Seaside Summer Music Festival offers the most bang for your buck; experiment with James Intveld.
What''s Up, Chuck? I ache to tell you that there''s a whole weekend of mind-blowingly exciting music to hear. I writhe in delirious torment trying to devise the words. But it''s just not going to ...
Initiative would reduce number of votes needed to pass local school bonds.
CountyIt''s a sad state of affairs when it''s easier to raise the money to build a prison than it is to build a new school. So say school officials who for years have cried "foul" ...
Photographer Joe Smolen explores life's hidden messages.
Photography It''s an event that happens to every aspiring artist--that defining moment when the gods of creativity reach out and give their blessing to the pursuit of truth through art. For Peninsula photographer Joe Smolen, ...
George Bernard Shaw and Shakespeare live together peaceably at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, despite Shaw's personal loathing of the Bard.
TheaterHow George Bernard Shaw would have seethed. This summer''s Shakespeare Santa Cruz theater festival, which closes this weekend, alternates two plays by Shakespeare--Romeo and Juliet and The Two Gentlemen of Verona--with one, Arms and the ...
California police and firefighters may soon gain binding arbitration.
County Prohibited by law from striking, California''s public safety officers have long sought heavier leverage for squeezing better wages and working conditions out of their employers. They may soon get it. If passed, state Senate ...
After 15 years, there's renewed hope that the hole in Cannery Row will host more than frogs.
Peninsula While most recent attention has been focused on the battle to build the Cannery Row Marketplace on one end of Cannery Row, another large Cannery Row project is suddenly showing signs of renewed life. ...
Carmel Art Association gives local artists a presence in the Carmel art scene.
When Carmel painter Dick Crispo sat on the board of the Cultural Council for Monterey County in the mid-''80s, there were more than 3,000 artists on the county tax rolls. There are even more today. ...
