Issues / 2000 / Mar 09
Tony Baker carries on Montrio's tradition of new American regional cuisine.
Dining Review One of the things that denizens of the Monterey Peninsula can brag about is being home to a number of restaurants that are altogether disproportionate to our geographic size. We''ve got that big ...
John Schlesinger's The Next Best Thing is two-thirds insight into gay parenting and one-third sappy crap.
Movie Review I''ll say this for The Next Best Thing: There''s certainly more to it than the ad campaign would lead you to believe. Director John Schlesinger, whose lengthy career has given us some of ...
Street Talk
How do you feel about drinking and driving? We all know that a cab home can be pretty pricey. At the end of a heavy night it can still be tempting to get behind the ...
The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble brings an ancient Indian dance form to Monterey.
Dance In southern India, about 35 kilometers from the bustling city of Bangalore, heavy with traffic, sounds and smells, sits a 10-acre retreat dedicated to one simple vision: the preservation of a traditional Indian dance ...
New Group presents its spin on growth in Monterey County.
Land Use The complex and contentious struggle over land use, planning and development in Monterey County just got a lot more confusing with last week''s release of a report by the new land-use group Common ...
Artifacts
That Dam Art In some countries, mothers send their children out to throw stones at occupying armies. We're a little more gentle here in Monterey County, however--we're only asking the kids of Carmel Valley to ...
Your Letters
Water Alternatives I have heard so much about the water shortage that I'd like to encourage people to support efforts to: (1) Deregulate the pricing of water. If the price of water corresponded to its ...
The Front Page is both timely and outdated, but a thoroughly enjoyable production nonetheless.
This Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur comedy, first performed in 1928, is the premiere production of MPC''s Season 2000, a chronological retrospective of 20th-century American theater. Filled with hard-boiled reporters, corrupt politicians, women who are either hags ...
What could bring friends closer than a delicious meal shared in pleasant company?
MFK Fisher, food writer and gastronome, knew how to dine alone and do it well. But she knew even more the soul-pleasing pleasures of being among friends. She wrote: Dining partners, regardless of gender, social ...
The Weekly rides along with the Monterey police on a wild Friday night.
It''s 10:15pm on a Friday night when Officer Bob Guinvarch and I pull out from the Monterey police station. The night starts off tame enough as we circle downtown. We make several passes down Alvarado ...
Had too much to drink in Monterey? Think you're doing the right thing by walking home? Think again.
On New Year''s Eve a few years ago, "Victor" welcomed in the new year like many area locals and tourists--by partying the night away in downtown Monterey''s various hot spots. Victor, a Monterey businessman and ...
Dave Moore delves into the recesses of the soul; Bob Paisley performs bright bluegrass.
What''s Up, Chuck? The highlights of this week''s music scene are almost at opposite ends of the spectrum. While singer/ songwriter Dave Moore seems to be at work exposing (and exorcising) his demons, bluegrass guitarist/singer ...
Third Studio brings the magic of storytelling to schoolchildren and prisoners.
Joseph Campbell wrote that myths are the stories we live by. There are simple, primal myths that show up, in different guise, in most every culture: the creation of the world, the bringing of fire, ...
