Issues / 2001 / Jun 28
The Steinbeck Center's Soup to Nuts exhibit falls short of a full-course meal--but it's tasty.
Hip Replacement: Pieces from the Pop Art movement of the ''60s have moved in to the National Steinbeck Center. Shown: Glazed Earthenware by British painter Patrick Caulfield and Karen Kain by Andy Warhol.A credit to ...
Truth, Beauty and Wine... Que Syrah...
Truth, Beauty and Wine With any luck, the sun will be shining on Saturday, highlighting the rich colors in the gardens at The Barnyard Shopping Center. But even if the sun doesn''t show its face, ...
Jane Sites spins a yarn about love discovered late,a passion for artistry and vanished integers.
831 -- Tales from the Area CodeWhen Jane Sites of Seaside had a stroke two years ago, the number seven literally disappeared from her consciousness. Five and six were rock solid, eight and nine clear ...
by Squid
The ''Local'' Daily Does Knight Ridder, Inc. know the way to Monterey? Apparently not. It took every one of Squid''s ten tentacles to wrap around the huge special edition of the San Jose Mercury News, ...
The City of Monterey wants cafe owner Morgan Christopher to toe the line. His reply? The finger.
At 10:22 on the morning of June 14, Debra Wright, code enforcement officer for the city of Monterey, happened upon a scene that required a swift response. Two people were seated at a window table ...
Bush Administration budget cuts stall toxic cleanup project at airport.
Federal budget cuts have forced local officials to put off plans to clean up toxic chemical spills at the Monterey Peninsula Airport for at least a year and maybe longer. "Action we could be taking ...
Streetalk
The power of sound has influenced the minds and hearts of people for many ages. Whether it is the dynamic sound of a full orchestra or the wailing scream of an electric guitar, music is ...
Your Letters
In Fact, Take Some of It AwayI just finished reading the article "Pucker Factor" (News Briefs, 6/14). I don't understand why CSEA local president Chris Carpenter and vice president Phil Esparza would have concerns if ...
Thai Caf& %s; saves brain-drained writer from missing his deadline.
I tend to procrastinate until my deadline jump-starts my sluggish brain and something edible... uh, legible... spills forth. As I sit here wrestling with my conscience, my responsibility to deadline is locked in a sumo ...
Patrick Marber's Closer casts a cynical eye on the true nature of love.
Pangs of Love: John Farmanesh-Bocca and Julie Hughett fall in lust in Pacific Repertory Theater''s production of Closer.Love is just one of the many--and frequently used--four-letter words in Patrick Marber''s Closer, now playing at the ...
Fineman's Got a Brand-New Bag... As The Door Revolves... The Show Must Go One
Coming Soon To a Synagogue Near You: Alisa Fineman's got a new gig with Congregation Beth Israel. Fineman's Got a Brand-New Bag... Alisa Fineman's new post as cantorial soloist for Congregation Beth Israel won't slow ...
Vets and neighbors protest a planned SPCA horse rescue facility on a wildlife sanctuary off Highway 68.
Horse Whiskers: Colleen Sayre of the SPCA''s Horse Power program believes rescued horses like Graystoke deserve some range to run.An ornate, adobe-style red gate guards the entrance to 1014 Salinas-Monterey Highway. Right now, the only ...
Iris Dement wraps her unique voice around life's deepest themes.
When Iris DeMent released her first album, Infamous Angel, in 1992, she didn''t take the easy way out. Instead of opening the album with something safe--say, something about a broken heart--she begins with a quirky ...
The Golden Bowl, Merchant-Ivory's most recent release, looks better than it feels.
Perhaps The Golden Bowl is itself a bit like the titular symbol of the film (and of the 1904 novel by Henry James). It''s rich in detail and handsomely crafted, but with a flaw (or ...
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A nature-loving, paddle-wielding fool's paradise beckons just up the road.
Even if you don''t own a kayak, you''ve probably seen enough of them on the tops of passing cars to realize that they''re almost as ubiquitous in the Monterey Bay area as canoes are in ...
