Issues / 2002 / Jan 17
Old Glory--Asked in Monterey
Q: Do you own an American flag? Where is it? Follow Up: Has an American flag, hanging in a shop window, for example, ever made you buy something? Clay Lancaster Student/Capitola A: I have an ...
Artlist
now playing A CHANGING WORLD, MY DEAR Thurs., 7pm; Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun. 3pm. Musical Revue. Layne Littlepage, with musical director/accompanist Barney Hulse, performs songs by Noël Coward and John Wallowitch. The first act includes songs ...
The authentic flavors of homemade German cuisine fill the menu at Stammtisch.
If you call the Vinegar Connoisseurs International, they will send you a list of recipes using their favorite foodstuff (which, they point out, has been used as a spice for 10,000 years!). They will send ...
Longtime local activist Gillian Taylor will not relent after she steps down from post as Sierra Club board chair.
Gillian Taylor''s theory on how normal people become activists goes like this: notice your surroundings, make some noise and don''t be afraid of official documents with acronyms for names. This month, Taylor will be term-limited ...
Salinas Planned Parenthood to offer RU-486.
Planned Parenthood of Salinas will soon become the first public health clinic in Monterey County to prescribe RU-486, the controversial abortion pill. RU-486 is the name given a treatment that includes a series of two ...
Vacation At Home: Explore The Obvious
You send visiting relatives to these places to get rid of them for a few hours. Maybe you ought to check out the tourist hot-spots for yourself. Fisherman''s Wharf There are a half-dozen opportunities on ...
A new book documents a photojournalist's Vietnam, from 1965-2001.
The phrase "living legend" gets tossed around pretty loosely these days, but in the case of British combat photographer Tim Page it''s a label that is more than deserved. With the publication of his new ...
Staff Players Rep presents a rarely-seen adult drama by the author of Peter Pan.
Sir James Matthew Barrie will always be remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, in both stage and story form. For all its appeal to young readers and viewers, there''s a sort of wistful veil ...
Bay Area greats of the '60s headline Seaside's Olympic Torch celebration.
Bill Champlin isn''t interested in a theory I have professed for several years: that his band, the Sons of Champlin, invented what is now known as acid-jazz. The Sons are the great unheralded whiteboy soul ...
Best Of The Rest
thursday 1|17 Toastmasters Morning 6:35am. Every Thursday morning the Toastmasters meet to practice public speaking. Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito, Carmel. 641-0652. Sweet Thursday All year, in honor of Steinbeck''s Centennial, the third Thursday of ...
Marina hires prominent environmental lawyer to defend Measure E.
The city of Marina has hired a new lawyer to defend its beleaguered anti-sprawl law, known as Measure E, against a suit brought by developers and landowners. Michael Stamp, a high-profile Monterey environmental attorney, has ...
Hot Picks
thursday 01|17 Light My Fire OLYMPIC TORCH AND FESTIVAL Sure, the Olympic Torch bearer will only pass by the Monterey Peninsula for a few minutes on its way to Salt Lake City. But don''t let ...
Foodchain
ALOHA? OY!...If all goes well, you will be reading this while Sweet Thing and I are off in some exotic locale, celebrating our 10th anniversary together. We''re probably whiling away the hours on a secluded ...
Ru-486: State Senator To Reform California Abortion Law
California Lawmakers are taking steps to bring state law into compliance with Roe V. Wade, and ensure that an anti-abortion U.S. Supreme Court could not threaten Californians' reproductive rights. California lawmakers are taking steps to ...
