Issues / 2004 / Apr 22
Squidfry
GREEN AROUND THE GILLS… Green Party candidate Brook Madsen says he’s out of the race for state Senate. But he’s not leaving quietly. He’s going down shooting, guns a blazin’ and all those other out-with-a-bang ...
New PG initiative to limit elaborate golf club expansion could have repercussions.
A new citizens’ initiative designed to limit the size of a proposed $3.5 million expansion to Pacific Grove’s golf clubhouse will have consequences far beyond the golf course, city officials say. The first initiative got ...
Against The Stream
Country musicians Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch play against Nashville type.
Country songwriters/musicians Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch don’t need to play together. Each is a stand-alone talent with a wealth of legendary connections. Welch has written songs for Garth Brooks, Waylon Jennings, and The Highwaymen, ...
Artifacts
RICE IS HARDEST… Weekly food writer Ruth Pennington Paget has just come out with her second book, Eating Soup With Chopsticks: Sweet Sixteen in Japan. As the title suggests, it’s a chronicle of her high-school ...
Foodchain
NEW CLASSICS… Sweet Thing and I were up in Berkeley last week and passed a movie theater playing The Sound of Music on the big screen…that’s cool. Too bad we had to be somewhere or ...
Off The Grid
New technologies take alternative energy mainstream.
Trey Kropp, a friendly man of 25, sits behind the wheel of a sturdy Toyota 4X4 as it claws its way up a rutted dirt road to Clear Ridge, a high, sun-drenched perch above the ...
For the Love of God
Agnes of God is a riveting, brilliant production.
What if a nun immaculately conceived the child of God only to strangle it to death? What would this say about the nature of God, miracles and free will? Magic Circle Center’s riveting production of ...
Street Talk
Avoiding Extinction: Asked at the Farmer’s Market at MPC
Q: Have we taken better care of the environment since Earth Day began in 1970?Follow-up: What is your favorite aspect of nature? Sandy Smith Volunteer | MontereyA: A lot of people are trying to make ...
Salinas alternaband Righteous Anger whips out rock tunes in the spirit of Pearl Jam.
The Salinas alternative rock group Righteous Anger used to play everywhere. They have performed at long-gone venues like Monterey’s Whitey’s Place and The Long Bar. They have played Viva’s, Blue Fin and the Lava Lounge ...
A Homecoming
Sgt. Nathan Lyons rejoins his family after 14 months of military service.
My brother’s home. Sgt. Nathan Lyons, along with 400 other Oregon National Guard soldiers, returned to Salem on April 8 after fighting in the Iraq war. He had been deployed for 14 months. Nine charter ...
Homepage
A Natural in Carmel
A few short blocks from the heart of Carmel is a well-hidden treasure. At first glance, the gateway to the “Owl House” feels like the threshold to the Secret Garden. Blanketed with Cecile-Bruner roses that ...
Art Listings
Art Listings
Art Openings | Events Alvarado Gallery Nanao-Monterey Friendship Association: Photography Exchange. The Monterey Museum of Art sponsors an exhibition of photographs of Nanao, Japan, held in conjunction with an exhibition of Monterey Bay photography now ...
Woman On Deck
Lt. Deborah Darminio commands Monterey’s Coast Guard station.
Lieutenant Deborah Darminio is the kind of person you would hope to be seated next to on a flight across the Atlantic or a drawn-out dinner party. While other strangers would probably talk about their ...
Letters
Jail is Fitting Memorial Supervisor Armenta misses the point; even tho’ saving the old jail in Salinas will honor Cesar, it is Chavez who in a way has honored us [“Criminal History,” April 8-14]. What ...
Smart Teen Melodrama
Can you spot the motive in this edgy murder drama, co-starring Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling?
Produced by Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions from a script by first-time writer/director Matthew Ryan Hoge, The United States of Leland is like The OC ’s smarter, older brother: an intellectual melodrama that sports all ...
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JOHN FRUSCIANTE Shadows Collide With People Warner Brothers Records Even though Shadows Collide With People is the fourth solo album by The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, don’t expect any rapping or bass ...
Mulliga-Towny
Pubs are for burgers, well drinks and watching the game.
Mulligan’s is just a few months old, the reincarnation of the former Bully III, a long-time Carmel institution. Once inside that massive set of wooden doors adorned with just-as-enormous utensils posing as handles, it’s hard ...
I’m Polluting the Atmosphere
An Earth Day confession.
An article about the Steinbeck Center, in the Travel section of last Sunday’s New York Times, referred to the “tailpipe haze” in the Salinas Valley. Reading these words, I felt stung. When describing Monterey County ...
Crash Course
The Shape of Things examines how far a person will go to please his lover.
How far can, or should, a lover with a conscience go to encourage their sweetheart to change? Regardless of motives, if the change results in better health and a boost in self-confidence, is this a ...
MPUSD Teachers Eye Strike
Parents organize to prevent school closures.
Francine Stewart graduated from Monterey High School in 1989 after attending Monte Vista elementary and Colton Middle schools. She’s a part of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD), so much so, in fact, that ...
Theater Listings
Theater Openings 3 Stories Tall Opens Thurs 8pm, continues Fri 8pm, Sat 2pm and 8pm, Sun 3pm. Hollister native Kirk Ward presents his one-man show about dropping out, running away to LA, and coming face-to-face ...
