Issues / 2002 / Nov 14
Hotpicks
thursday 11|14 Poetry For The People LOVE AND REVOLUTION: THE POETRY OF INSURRECTION It''s got a romantic title, certainly. Moreover, the speakers are reading their own works (how vulnerable!) as well as the works of ...
We should have been sick of Westworld by now. Instead, practically nobody's ever heard of 'em.
The process should have gone like this: We would''ve run across Westworld a few years ago on the car radio, where Tony Harnell''s voice, like some intimate rocket, would have gotten inside our heads and ...
Money for Housing
Everyone knows Monterey County needs more affordable housing. Now, $2.1 billion of new funding will be available statewide to make more affordable housing available, thanks to the voters'' approval of Proposition 46, the Housing and ...
A $20 bill can buy a lot on North Fremont.
Photo by Randy Tunnell; Photo: Junk Draw: Cheap treasures abound at the dollar stores of Seaside. Fremont Boulevard in Seaside is a hot destination for people who have a one dollar bill burning a hole ...
The Restaurant at Big Sur Lodge offers upscale dining in a rustic setting.
Photo by Randy Tunnell; Photo: Loaf Of Bread, A Tree, And Thou:Casual lunch and elegant dinner, it''s your pick at the Big Sur Lodge. I''m not an expert on State Park cuisine, but I''m betting ...
Two plays now at the Magic Circle and MPC explore the dark side of life with depth and heart.
Photo by: Conrad Selvig; Photo: Coupla White Chicks: One of Jill Jackson''s characters in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life. Maybe it was the result of mixing medications: a dose of The Search for ...
Greyhound goes high-tech in new CSUMB production.
Photo by: Randy Tunnell; Photo: Moving Pictures: TATdirector Will Shephard edits video for Flatfish Blues. People talk on buses. There''s something about the anonymous intimacy-two people, facing forward, their thighs brushing up against each other ...
A totem pole carved in Monterey brings solace to children on the other side of the country.
Photo by Randy Tunnell; Photo: Eye Of The Beholder: Joseph Werner''s creative vision belies his physical blindness. This is the story of a healing pole, carved in Monterey County by youth artists and shipped to ...
By Sue Fishkof
GUNS TO ROSES...Another step is taken this week in FORT ORD''s conversion from military to civilian use with the unveiling of "Signs and Symbols," a large outdoor mural designed and painted by students of PROFESSOR ...
Best Of The Rest
Photo: The Zen Of Paint: Buddhist Abbot Arjia Rinpoche interprets Tibetan art Saturday. thursday 11|14 Jazz With The Drummonds 10am. A lecture/demonstration with this established jazz trio. Their new CD "When You Wish Upon A ...
Home of a Hundred Thousand Welcomes
This yellow cottage (left and below), a short stroll to Spanish Bay, has been owner-remodeled over the past 30 years-at just under 800 grand, it's a rare bargain in PB. At the other end of ...
Newsbriefs
Major Wildlife Confab On Tap There is one reason why deer calmly roam the streets of Pacific Grove and Monterey: there are no predators, like wolves or mountain lions, roaming the streets along with them. ...
Election Day in Carmel Valley is a festive celebration of community.
Election Day, 6:45am, Monterey County Precinct 132, Carmel Valley Community Chapel: the American flag is draped outside the door, poll rosters nailed to posts. A few voters wait in the emerging light and lessening chill ...
ANYBODY HOME?...
There's something wrong with a town that can support a business like CLOSE WATCH CARMEL. Close Watch Carmel exists expressly to provide "Peace of Mind for Absent Homeowners" -in other words, take care of second ...
Esalen is bullish on the future.
Photos by Randy Tunnell Esalen defies measurement, but there are some ways it can be quantified. The Esalen Institute is 40 years old. Artifacts of the Esselen Indians who once lived in Big Sur, where ...
By Raymond Napolitano
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS...Just got back from my trip to CANADA. What an adventure. My folks live about a hundred miles north of Toronto, so the journey from MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA to GRAVENHURST, ONTARIO is automatically ...
Eminem goes for acting cred and, miraculously, avoids embarrassing himself too much.
Photo: Rapper''s Delight: The lovely Ms. Brittany Murphy wins the heart of the dashing Eminem in 8 Mile. It''s not the bomb, but neither is it a bomb, if you get my drift. Rapper Eminen''s ...
Former Navy Secretary talks war and peace at NPS.
When the CIA reached out and touched Al Qaeda with an air-to-ground missile last week in Yemen, it was seen by some as a signal of U.S. intent and willingness to track down enemies and ...
During winter's first storm, citizens fan out to monitor runoff for pollutants.
Photo by Randy Tunnell; Photo: Test Tube Babe: Bridget Hoover, coordinator of the Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network, helped organize an effort to trace the pollutants that wash into Monterey Bay. With rain falling hard, whipped ...
Discspace
Trouser Jazz Mr. Scruff | Ninja Tune "It''s jazz for your trousers," says Andy Carthy, aka Mr. Scruff, who hails from Stockport, England. Trouser Jazz is Mr. Scruff''s second full-length release on Ninja Tune Records, ...
Supes avoid hard choices at General Plan meeting.
Monterey County Supervisors were expected to do some heavy lifting at their Nov. 12 meeting. On the agenda were tough decisions on some weighty parts of the county''s 20-year blueprint for growth-including where to build ...
Asked at Del Monte Beach in Monterey
QUESTIONS: Give me a line of California lingo. Why do you think Californians talk like that? FOLLOW UP: Are you a home grown Californian? Adam Nielsen Starving Musician/Monterey A: "That''s hella tight"-that''s a California phrase. ...
