Issues / 2001 / Dec 06
Letters
Don't Pick on Ag Once again the Weekly has done the local agriculture industry, and the thousands of local people that work in it, a tremendous disservice by allowing Suzanne Du Verrier to insinuate that ...
Four generations of women from the Chappellet family showcase their artwork.
Sometimes the history of a place can be read in the generations of a single family. The story of the Chappellet family is a quintessentially Californian story, involving ventures that seem to sum up entire ...
Ozomatli dances into Planet Gemini with a roar on Friday.
The sound of Los Angeles is something to be experienced. The city itself has a music all its own, tumbling out of car windows and old houses near East, and South Central. It isn''t just ...
Leon Panetta convenes world-class panel for forum on war and terrorism.
Pictured: William Perry Over the weekend, Israel was bloodied by yet more suicide bombers. In response, Israeli helicopter gunships rocketed Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat''s headquarters, incinerating his helicopters. This week, the pressure grew as Prime ...
Best Of The Rest
thursday 12|6 Music for Youngsters 10am. Music Together hosts a demonstration and activities for children from infants to age 4. Songs, chants, movement and playing with music. Shotokan Karate School, 33 Park, Monterey. Free. 645-9726. ...
At La Boheme, elegance meets rusticity to artful effect.
The preparation of just one good meal-salad and dressing, some kind of appetizer or first course, entree, side dishes and dessert-can be a rewarding challenge. Restaurants, of course, have to crank out any one of ...
The Rev. H.H. Lusk gave his church 40 years. His church forgives his 18 felony charges.
It will all be about him. The women cooking in the church kitchen, the fancy hats with the feathers, the joyful singing, the visiting pastors all lined up in a row on the altar, the ...
Another fresh installation at Galeria Tonantzin deconstructs the image of Mary.
She is standing, hands folded in prayer, her head haloed in golden light. Her face is calm and her eyes are gently closed. In another scene she is holding the baby Jesus, looking serene and ...
Tom Russell, along with his old saddle-pal Ian Tyson, heads up Cowboy Poetry and Music fest.
It''s 9am on Thursday morning, and Tom Russell is in a hurry. Last night, he did a concert with cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski at the University of Redlands. It was a successful gig, and this ...
Avoiding the "P" Word, Call for Performers, Personal Shopper
AVOIDING THE "P" WORD... When KAYE BOHLER called the other day to remind me that she had a gig at SLY MCFLY''S this Saturday she only had one request. Well, OK, it was actually two ...
Pie Tin, Viticultural Victors, Perfect World
PIE TIN... If you bake it they will come. If they don''t come--meaning tourists whose numbers have recently declined on The Peninsula--you have to go to them. The MONTEREY BAY PIE COMPANY, a unique retail ...
Hotpicks
thursday 12|6 Olden Times Revisited CHRISTMAS IN THE ADOBES What''s Christmas without a tour of old houses? Okay, maybe it''s an idiosyncratic local tradition, but this self-guided tour of the historic buildings of Monterey, all ...
The Holiday Craze
Here we are sitting in the middle of the holiday season. Turkey day is far behind us, and Santas everywhere are gearing up for another shopping spree. Shops everywhere burn the midnight oil and people ...
Partners go 'round and 'round; lovers' fortunes go up and down in Ed Burns' Sidewalks of New York.
For his fourth feature, Sidewalks of New York, quadruple threat Edward Burns (who writes, directs, stars, and produces) shows a lighter touch than ever before. This wispy, cosmopolitan slice-of-life is fueled by hand-held camerawork, montage, ...
For four decades, Rev. H.H. Lusk did not hesitate to use his position to influence local politics.
Upstairs from the chapel at Bethel Baptist Missionary Church, a large maple conference table dominates Reverend H. H. Lusk''s office. It''s a not-too-subtle symbol of the pastor''s power. A dozen people could be seated around ...
Time Waits for No Squid, Just in Time for Cold, Flu and Smallpox Season, A Well-Lighted Place
Time Waits for No Squid Squid has a morning ritual and considers it a bad omen when that ritual is interrupted. It''s a cephalopod thing. Squid must have a cup of coffee in one hand, ...
Another alumnus of the Naval Postgraduate School heads to space-the first to live on the International Space Station.
Pictured: NPS in Space: Clockwise from Left: Eugene Cernan (Class of ''64) in the Valley of Taurus Littrow, the Moon; Daniel Bursch (''91), who heads to the International Space Station this week; the Shuttle Endeavour; ...
Suit Filed Over Redistricting
A coalition of Latino activists have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to sue the state of California in an attempt to overturn new state Senate and congressional districts, approved by the Governor in September. ...
