Issues / 2005 / Oct 20
FOODCHAIN: Give ‘Em the Business
GOOD WORK…The figures are coming in from COMMUNITY FEEDS OUR NATION, the absolutely wonderful event at the Aquarium on Oct. 7. It looks like the event raised in the neighborhood of $220,000 (nice neighborhood), all ...
A Coup for Salinas
Chicken Scratch Flats gives ‘casual chic’ a new meaning.
I think I have Salinas envy. No; I know I do. That glowing Maya Cinemas marquee thrusting upward into the night sky! When did the Steinbeck Center end of downtown become so…attractive? Last week Michael ...
Blown Off Course
Two hurricanes send a homeless man all the way to the Peninsula.
Warren Stevens is an American refugee. Maybe. He might also be a good storyteller. He’s standing at the Holman/68 exit of Highway One with a cardboard sign that reads, “Hurricane Vet needs help donations food ...
It’s Our Water! ~ Ch. 3
Local Businessmen JOIN THE FIGHT!
in a conference room at the Marriott hotel (co-owned by attorney PETER CONIGLIO, a former Monterey Mayor) Local businessmen sit AND TALK. They’ve been summoned here today by Coniglio, who shined a SPOTLIT “W” symbol ...
ArtListings
ArtListings
Links to galleries within this section: Back Porch Fabrics | Carmel Art Association | Carmel Foundation | Center for Photographic Art | Chapman Gallery | Coast Gallery | Concepts Carmel | Gallery at Blackstone | ...
Creation Myth
Ed Asner & Co. bring The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial to Carmel.
In 1925 America was changing. A brutal world war had ended, social traditions were under strain, jazz played, the Harlem Renaissance flourished. In response to this “decadence,” a wellspring of Christian revivalism bubbled up across ...
Hittin’ a Winner
A report from the Fourth Annual Beer Pong World Championship.
LOS ANGELES—The rim of the keg cup sits less than an inch from Lloyd Christmas’ lips. He’s hunched over it like it’s the last fire on a very cold earth. His partner, Harry, is preparing ...
It’s Our Water! ~ Ch. 4
Our Hero!
Back at the water district, District Trustee ALVIN EDWARDS has a plan. “Cal Am MISMANAGES our water delivery system! It makes a lot of money off of a public resource! “Let’s take back OUR WATER!” ...
TheaterListings
Links to theater and stage organizations within this section: | CET & Indoor Forest Theater | MPC Drama Dept. | MoCo Theatre Alliance | Pacfic Rep | Unicorn Theatre | theater opening | Great Tennessee ...
It’s Our Water! ~ The Heroic History of Measure ‘W’
Chapter 1: The Multinational’s Local Minions!
California American Water company officials sit in A dark, underground room, smoking CIGARS and sipping Cristal, laughing about their plot to DOUBLE LOCAL WATER RATES as soon as the state approves the hike! And TRIPLE ...
Newsbriefs
No News (Good News) in PG Despite a flurry of unconfirmed reports, Lighthouse Cinemas in Pacific Grove will not be closing any time soon, according to Alan Stokes, vice president of film marketing for Metropolitan ...
Arnold Live
Governor stumps for props in Marina.
Speaking to an invitation-only crowd of mostly construction workers in Marina Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger staged a carefully-crafted public appearance (reporters sat quietly behind an iron fence with no questions allowed) stumping for his “special ...
Street Talk
Water, Water Everywhere: Asked at Marina State Beach, Marina
Q: What do you think is a big waste of water?Follow-up: What’s your favorite water activity?Krista StoverHostess | Salinas A: The everyday use that people aren’t aware of, or that they just don’t realize they’re ...
Mining Justice
North Country shows how a female mine worker filed the nation’s first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment.
In North Country, New Zealand female director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) makes efficient use of Bob Dylan songs to punctuate a deeply personal story from the harsh terrain of the singer’s Northern Minnesota origins. Based ...
A Lot of Money
Long-empty property on prime Seaside corner will become retail center. No housing included in below-cost proposal.
A divided City Council voted late last month to sell a prime slice of Seaside for a price well below its assessed value, and a fraction of what the City’s redevelopment agency shelled out to ...
Session Stars
Joe Beck and Bill Mays have emerged as real players.
It was a well-known occupational hazard for jazz artists, a soul destroying scourge that led some of the music’s greatest figures to drop out of sight while they handled their addiction. No, I’m not talking ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
DANGER DOOM | The Mouse and the Mask | Epitaph Records With Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming as their inspiration, Danger Doom is a hip-hop fanboy’s wet dream: MF Doom’s bizarre, effortless flows are well-complimented ...
Letters
MOCO: NOT OUR NAME When will the Weekly stop abbreviating the name of our fine county with a word that—if not offensive, then at least is gross to a huge portion of our county’s residents. ...
Ballot Measures
Endorsements05
STATE PROPOSITIONS | Special Election Initiatives Among the politicians in our state and nation, there are some who are deeply committed to pubic service, and some who are deeply cynical. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is neither—though ...
District and School Board
Endorsements 05
SPECIAL DISTRICTS MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Judi Lehman Four years ago, Lehman ousted then-director Ron Chesshire from his seat on the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. During her tenure, Lehman has promoted conservation and ...
Puppet Master
Director Dave McKean brings the fantasy world of Neil Gaiman alive with the assistance of the Jim Henson Company in MirrorMask.
The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen—its innate sense of wonder intact, even—with this entertaining if sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen. Gaiman, a native Brit who ...
It’s Our Water! ~ Ch. 2
The Carmel River Dies
Environmentalists and friendly fishermen walk along the dried-up Carmel River. They try to save flopping fish. But they are TOO LATE! “Poor little DEAD STEELHEAD! You will never grow into a mature fish, and will ...
HOMEPAGE: Private Light in Peters’ Gate
HOMEPAGE: Private Light in Peters’ Gate
A 30-acre spread formerly belonging to the artist Charles Rollo Peters is Monterey’s tony Peters’ Gate neighborhood. (Peters sold the estate in 1909 and moved back to his hometown of San Francisco, after spending years ...
Squidfry
Squidfry
BACTERIA IN THE BREAK…The surf season is in full swing and Squid has been scoring big around Monterey County over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, some of his buddies are coming out of the water ...
It’s Our Water! ~ Ch. 5
Meanwhile, in Another Part of the World!
It’s a month before the November election--and Cal Am’s JUDGMENT DAY. Suddenly VICTORIA KAPLAN, the national organizer for Public Citizen’s “Water for All” Campaign, bursts into CAL AM’s smoke-filled room! The light of day (or ...
It’s Our Water! ~ Ch. 6
Can You Hear the People Sing?
At the last minute, Cal Am officials have a collective CHANGE OF HEART. “We will FIGHT Measure W! Sure, we told you all that we wouldn’t campaign against the ballot measure. but we changed our ...
