Issues / 2003 / Nov 20
Newsbriefs
Farr Challenges FORA Board AgainThe Fort Ord Reuse Authority board insists that a report released last Friday confirms the impossibility of dedicating 50 percent of future development on the base to affordable housing. But Rep. ...
Hotpicks
friday 11|21 Darkness on the Edge of Town POLAROID STORIES Older folks, the addicted and the mentally ill are not the only people living on the streets and in the dark corners. Kids end up ...
Local Muslims bake for the end of Ramadan.
Photo by Jane Morba: Sweet Tea: Muslims mark the end of Ramadan with cookies and tea. On November 25, the world''s more than one billion Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam''s most cherished ...
Satellite technology aides treasure hunters in the high-tech sport of geocaching.
It is a beautiful September day on Del Monte Beach. Across the bay, the Santa Cruz Mountains look like shadows in the afternoon sun. It is the kind of scene I could ponder all day ...
Mommas in the Marketplace.
There it sat on the dining room table exuding kryptonite: the Sunday New York Times Magazine with the cover headline: "Q: Why Don''t More Women Get to the Top? A: They Choose Not To." The ...
Home on the Range in Carmel Valley.
Photos by Brett Wilbur: Horsin'' Around: Two quarter horses and a riding ring make this Carmel Valley home a multi-purpose property. Jim and Cathy Peifer''s mid-Carmel Valley home has, as Realtor Judy Lyle describes it, ...
November 20-27
thursday 11|20 Alegria 10-11:50am. Afro-Cuban jazz group Alegria performs a lecture/demonstration, joined by CSUMB musician Paul Contos. Free. CSU Monterey Bay, Music and Performing Arts Institute, Sixth Ave., Seaside. 582-3653. Senior Thanksgiving 11:30am. Seaside offers ...
Bang A Gong: A shopping center liquor store gets its groove on.
Photos by Jane Morba: Boys In The Band: Randy Swanser (above left) and Dozer Riot on keyboards; Ki Pae (below) keeps the beat. It''s a sleepy little town a smidge past sundown. The sidewalks have ...
Foodchain
THANKFUL FOR WHAT EXACTLY?... Seems like we went from goblins to gobble gobble gobbling in the twitch of a turkey jowl. I can't believe it's already Thanksgiving. You know what that means...that's right, we have ...
Quiet, loner characters meld into a family of sorts in The Station Agent.
Photo: Good Friends: Fin (Peter Dinklage, right) befriends some odd characters when he inherits an abandoned train depot. Fans of independent movies will recall the actor Peter Dinklage from the first time they saw him ...
Artifacts
CAN''T GET ENOUGH?... of that good-time, ''50s music? Buddy Holly can help you out. One of the most popular plays in Pacific Repertory Theater''s recent history is back by popular demand, starting Nov. 20. For ...
Endorsements
Yes on Measure Q: For good reasons, and for selfish reasons, Natividad Medical Center deserves our money. Dr. David Dansky doesn't work at Natividad Medical Center. He doesn't stand to lose his job, or his ...
Our friends Bugs and Daffy are back, with some human pals, in fine style.
Photo: Confusing?: Daffy Duck helps Brendan Frasier rescue his father, and a diamond, from Acme''s evil CEO in Looney Tunes'' return film. Warner Bros.'' Looney Tunes franchise has been going for 73 years, and from ...
Urban Funk Machine tools in from New Orleans via San Francisco.
In 1991, Scott Woods moved to New Orleans intending to graduate from Tulane University with a geology degree. But after seeing New Orleans'' groups like The Meters, Woods realized that he was learning more about ...
The Magic Circle Center's The Dining Room turns WASPy tradition on its head.
Photo: Table Time: Six actors portraying 58 characters get a lot of meal time in The Dining Room. We all know that life is fleeting, and that the values we set store by will, one ...
United Farmworkers co-founder Dolores Huerta rallies immigrants to fight for legal status.
Photo: Dolores Huerta hasn''t lost steam after 50 years of struggling for labor rights. (Right) Dolores Huerta, by Pablo Acevedo. After a week of phone calls and four days of rescheduling, Dolores Huerta''s daughter, Alicia ...
Squid Fry for Nov 20, 2003
GENERAL DISASTER... Squid couldn't believe Squid's eyes upon reading County Supervisor Lou Calcagno's comments in the daily rag, strongly hinting that the General Plan Update team may get the boot. "The big question is, how ...
Sondheim's songs take center stage in MPC production.
Photo: Vocal Acrobatics: The cast of Side by Side by Sondheim revs up the musical experience. For people who like musicals, MPC Theater Company''s production of Side by Side by Sondheim is like sucking jelly ...
Discspace
GUIDED BY VOICESThe Best of Guided By Voices: Human Amusements At Hourly RatesMatador Records On Human Amusements At Hourly Rates, Guided By Voices' massive catalogue gets butchered, and it's not a bad thing. Since the ...
Letters to the Editor for Nov 20, 2003
Weekly Wants More CasualtiesNormally I find your far-left propaganda rag amusing, but last week's issue disgusted me. I could go on for days, but I'll try to focus on the main point. I am a ...
Streettalk
Q: What would you like to find while on a treasure hunt?Follow-up: Where would you begin looking for it? Miguel SuarezBlockbuster Clerk | MontereyA: A golden cigarette case full of hundred dollar bills and a ...
Hate For State keeps the classic hard-and-fast punk rock sound alive.
Photo: Hats Are Great: Salinas'' Hat-wearing Hate for State. Great punk rock is all about breaking down the barriers of a restricting society. During Hate For State''s show this Thursday night, Nov. 20, at Club ...
Johnny Apodaca shows off his large-scale paintings, and the small works they're based on.
Photo; "The Golden Hour" (left), a 20x20-inch oil painting, is based on this 9x11-inch plein air sketch (right). Painting is visual poetry, summoning ideas through the sensation of sight. Expressing the ineffable, a painter manipulates ...
