Issues / 2001 / Feb 01
Robert Bly's path has taken him from poetry to politics--and back again.
words Today, Robert Bly is more fired up about ghazals than he is about politics. When he came through town in 1995, he was finishing up The Sibling Society, a book about the decline of ...
An afternoon in the company of the reporter who broke the Watergate story.
news feature Many of this weekend''s golf fans may be able to take home the memory of a brush with greatness if they get to see Tiger Woods birdie some par 5. Likewise, visiting with ...
From The Editorial Desk
Question--what living thing possesses the following characteristics: veins, pores, hair, flesh, gills, scales, warts, nipples, teeth and spines? Stumped? You're not alone...read our cover story.
Letters
Aye, There's the RubeYour article concerning the future of reproductive rights certainly spotlights the grave concerns that face pro-choice citizens. I would like to make a specific comment, however. You describe Dr. Carhart''s clinic as ...
High bills give Green Mountain Energy customers a quick rush.
Imagine Marsha Walker''s surprise when she opened her utility bill this month and saw that it was $465--about three times the normal amount. "I mean, we''re doing some remodeling, but it doesn''t seem like that ...
English quartet Red Priest aims to toss Vivaldi on his ear.
The Red Priest is coming to Carmel. It can''t exactly forgive your sins and heal your wounds, but if your penance is to immerse yourself in a modern maelstrom of Baroque, then this is your ...
By Aaron S. Birk and Alexis Seccombe
street talk Here it is again, another weekend of mayhem at Pebble Beach. All this land for the game and none for the dogs. Is it any wonder people think it could be put to ...
John Butt adds narration to the mix in celebrating Bach's cello music.
classical The closest it came to the miracle of Sebastian Bach''s cello music was a terse comment uttered by actor Timothy West. "It" was the Carmel Bach Festival''s presentation Sunday night of Odyssey: Bach and ...
Despite its cast of stars, The Pledge fails to deliver on its potential.
review Despite its cast of powerhouse thespians and occasional touches of nervy hyperrealism, Sean Penn''s The Pledge is a surprisingly uneven and perhaps even mediocre character drama. Penn, directing his third film (after 1995''s The ...
What this town needs is some kick-ass rock with a female point of view.
rock There is a legend among the Danes. Sweet Princess Ida of Denmark couldn''t bear living in the shadow of a man so she joined the British Royal Navy. Disguised as a male officer, our ...
At the crossroads of marine science and Pacific Grove politics sits a committee of five holding a check for $76,000.
At a formal ceremony next Thursday, Feb. 8, the city of Pacific Grove will award a $76,000 grant to Tenera, Inc., an environmental consulting group based in San Francisco, to study the impact of humans ...
If you squint, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am still looks a lot like the old Crosby Clambake.
For the sakes of those who don''t know, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am started long ago and far away. The year was 1937, and crooner Bing Crosby thought it would be fun to get ...
Staff Players' latest tickles Ibsen's funny bone.
The pairing of the words "Ibsen" and "comedy" doesn''t occur often in the same sentence, and, if Marcia Hovick, director of the Staff Players'' current production of Hedda Gabler has anything to say about it, ...
Local chefs reveal the wild mushroom dishes that get them hot under the culinary collar.
Fungi Jumpin'': Whaling Station Chef David Stember whips up wild mushroom pasta dishes to the delight of guests and co-workers.Like so many of our foodstuffs, one wonders what drove the early epicurean explorers to try ...
Monkey Business
That thud you heard in mid-December was the sound of a really big monkey falling off Pac Rep''s back. On Dec. 12, Pacific Repertory Theater made its final mortgage payment on the Golden Bough Playhouse, ...
A dirty journey to the lost city of the Santa Lucias.
831--Tales From The Area Code(left) Home Office: The Melville Mining Company''s headquarters is frozen in all its glory by this 1889 Max Fischer photo taken in Manchester in the Los Burros Mining District. (right) Bar ...
A thumbnail guide to Monterey County wine tasting rooms.
Sipple Pleasures: Carmel Valley winemaker Walter Georis stands proud in his Georis Winery tasting room eagerly awaiting his next visitor. The Weekly''s Food & Wine SpecialMonterey County''s wine industry is experiencing unprecedented growth. In 1998, ...
Wild mushrooms exist in intricate interdependence with other living things in our forests and pastures, yet they remain a breed apart.
The Weekly''s Food & Wine SpecialQuestion-what living thing possesses the following characteristics: veins, pores, hair, flesh, gills, scales, warts, nipples, teeth and spines? Stumped? You''re not alone. For millennia, mushrooms have elicited every possible human ...
Politically correct dining has gotten to be such a pain in the neck that the backlash will send you to a chiropractor.
The Weekly's Food & Wine SpecialNever eat anything that can run away from you, a smart-aleck vegan editor once lectured me. We were sitting down to a much-anticipated Harris Ranch dinner of juicy tenderloins. The ...
Squid
Good Golly, Miss MollyMolly Erickson, former chair of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and an ardent environmentalist, went down in flames last week when the board voted to oust her from the center seat ...
