Issues / 2005 / Feb 17
ArtListings
ArtListings
Links to galleries within this section: | Back Porch Fabrics | Carmel Art Association | Center for Photographic Art | Chapman Gallery | Coast Gallery | Galeria Tonantzin | Gallery North | Hawthorne Gallery | ...
Food & Wine: World Class Local Wines
Monterey wines continue to star at their own show.
The Masters of Food and Wine is an all-star game for wineries from around the world—industry titans such as Bouchard Pere & Fils of Burgundy, Henschke of Australia, Cloudy Bay of New Zealand, Weingut Dr. ...
TheaterListings
Links to theater and stage organizations within this section: | Children's Experimental Theatre & Indoor Forest Theater | Pacfic Rep Theatre | Unicorn Theatre | theater openings | Jack London in Carmel, 1910 Opens Fri ...
Mommy Doesn’t Cook
True confessions of a single working mom with neither pot nor pan.
For most people, the discovery that they are going to be parents is equal parts joy and fear. Mostly fear of themselves. Not: “How am I going to afford them?” or “Do I have to ...
Surf Active
The recently lauded Surfrider Foundation opens a Monterey chapter.
Twenty years ago, surf culture hit an all-time low. The surf industry was exploding in a crass day-glo mushroom cloud, surf breaks were crowded, polluted and threatened by development, and Jeff Spicoli whacking his head ...
Coastal Commission may reconsider Elkhorn Slough development.
A North County subdivision—shot down by the California Coastal Commission late last year—may get a second look. On Feb. 16, developer Steve Bradshaw asked the commission to reconsider his proposal for a 10-lot subdivision he ...
Chef Profiles 3
Yann | Paulo | Bernabe
YANN LUSSEAU Title: Pastry Chef/OwnerRestaurant: Parker-Lusseau Pastries Marital Status: Married to Anne Parker (above left).Zodiac Sign: GeminiPrior Stints: Gotham Bar and Grill (NY), Casanova, and Paradiso. What’s In Your Fridge? Whole milk—no frou-frou stuff. Favorite ...
Blue Collar Rocker
Jon Dee Graham is a dyed-in-the-wool alt-country hero.
In the Second Annual No Depression Critic’s Poll detailing the best releases of 2004, the bimonthly alt-country magazine places Jon Dee Graham’s The Great Battle above albums by roots music heavies like Wilco, Steve Earle, ...
Chef Profiles 4
Chef Profiles 4
TODD FISHER Title: Executive Chef/OwnerRestaurant: Hullabaloo Marital Status: MarriedZodiac Sign: CapricornPrior Stints: La Scuola, Montrio, Stillwater Bar & Grill and Billy Quon’s. What’s In Your Fridge? Yogurt, sliced deli turkey, jelly, a variety of hot ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
OPIOTriangulation Station | Hiero Imperium In his solo debut, the latest of several such releases from the Bay Area’s Souls of Mischief, Opio uses his album to show a side of himself we’ve never heard ...
Schwarzenegger’s education cuts may draw fire at Thursday budget forum.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plans to take money away from school kids and teachers doesn’t seem to be sitting well with California voters. The governor’s spending plan would give schools $2.3 billion less than they are ...
Chef Profiles 1
Ingrid | Jeffrey | Estelle
INGRID ROHRERTitle: Sous ChefRestaurant: Rio Grill Marital Status: EngagedZodiac Sign: LibraPrior Stints: Earthbound Farm’s Organic Kitchen. What’s In Your Fridge? Sriracha sauce, bacon, Diet Coke. Favorite Local Foodstuffs: Heirloom tomatoes, calamari and artichokes. Favorite Wine: ...
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A Family Property
Seven years ago, Joe and Stephanie Flores took the chance to buy a piece of land in Marina. Many with that opportunity might have built a spec-house to turn good luck into fortune, but the ...
Letters
Funny Actor and Salinas Mayor in Cahoots Everyone who cares about keeping the libraries of Salinas open was happy to hear of Bill Murray’s $25,000 donation, right? Well, although it was helpful to us, it ...
SquidFry
SquidFry
SHINNY, HAPPY BUILDING… The end is near. No, not the apocalypse. Not the end of reality TV programming. Not even the end of Dan Albert’s reign as Mayor of Monterey. Squid’s talking about the new ...
Gang War Talk
The president puts few dollars behind his promise to ‘keep young people out of gangs.’
When President Bush announced during his recent State of the Union address that he would introduce a new $150 million anti-gang program, overseen by First Lady Laura Bush, ears perked up from Washington to Salinas. ...
Golf is for Giving
The AT&T Pro-Am is fueled by volunteers.
At the AT&T National Pro-Am 2005 Tee Off Party on Wednesday, Feb. 9, George Lopez was one of a number of top shelf celebrities to take the mic. “Volunteer,” he cracked, “is an Indian word ...
Wisdom and Humility
One-woman show demonstrates Zen-Christian doctrine as lived by religious homeless activists.
Like the moon emerging from a cloud, the Fool sees there is no separation between one sentient being and another. —Excerpt from The Witness Parker Palmer, an American theologian, once wrote, “Neither truth nor love ...
SF’s Secret Ghetto
Kevin Epps’ Straight Outta Hunter’s Point explores the roots and travails of his eighborhood.
Being from the East Coast, I have always felt that San Francisco was a fairly non-threatening city. Sure, I walk fast through sections of the Tenderloin and the Fillmore, but I have never felt scared ...
Stranger Than Paradise
Keanu Reeves plays a Neo-like character in this biblical action movie based on a comic book.
With its intense focus on a distinctly Roman Catholic metaphysical cosmology, Constantine acts less like a typical comic book adaptation than it does an attempt to turn Paradise Lost into a blockbuster action movie. And ...
NewsBriefs
Meteorites on Mars? Scientists continue to fill in the pieces of the puzzle that is the Red Planet. One such scientist on the front lines of Mars Exploration will speak of recent successes and failures ...
StreetTalk: Gourmet in Monterey
Asked at the Post Office in Marina
Q: What’s your idea of fine dining? Follow-up: What’s your favorite food? Debra Williams Adult Day Care | Seaside A: I look for courtesy, politeness and quick service with a smile. The place also has ...
Food&Wine: World Class Local Wines
Monterey wines continue to star at their own show.
The Masters of Food and Wine is an all-star game for wineries from around the world—industry titans such as Bouchard Pere&Fils of Burgundy, Henschke of Australia, Cloudy Bay of New Zealand, Weingut Dr. Loosen of ...
A New Centurion
Sean Smith revives a guitar style from the early 1900s.
Pacific Grove native Sean Smith got disappointed in the rock music scene at a very early age. After playing with the local pop group Soylent Green as a teenager, Smith realized that he was more ...
Food & Wine: The Living Masters
The annual event in the Highlands is a breathing, evolving thing.
This weekend, the best of weekends, sneaks up on us each February like Glynda, the good witch from the Wizard of Oz. After Christmas holiday madness, beyond the New Year’s hangover, past the torrents of ...
Chef Profiles 2
Walter | Boris | Tony
WALTER MANZKE Title: Executive ChefRestaurant: L’Auberge Carmel and Bouchée Marital Status: MarriedZodiac Sign: LibraPrior Stints: Patina (Los Angeles), Le Louis XV in the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo with Alain Ducasse, Pinot Bistro (Los Angeles)and ...
Monterey County’s Own Food Masters
Monterey County’s Own Food Masters
The Masters of Food and Wine, a local institution for the past 19 years, brings the best chefs from around the world—as well as a crush of gourmands and general epicures—to the fair shores of ...
FoodChain
Now’s As Good As Ever
IT'S ALL TOO MUCH… Today I am a butterfly (no wisecracks). Today I flutter around in my little butterfly home, preening my beautiful butterfly wings, polishing my cute little butterfly shoes, freshening my delicate butterfly ...
Dancing Wheels
The AXIS Dance Company moves way beyond disabilities.
“They always have these really candid questions,” says Alisa Rasera, Education Director at AXIS Dance Company. “How fast can your wheelchair go? Why can’t you get out of your chair? Why can’t you open your ...
