Issues / 2006 / Apr 06
A Little Big House
A Little Big House
The sign on the façade says “The Hobbit House” but owners Jerry and Sandy Wetle call it the villa. Hmmm. An exploration guided by the pretty and diminutive fire-sparkle Sandy proves those polarized titles accurate. ...
ArtListings
ArtListings
Links to galleries within this section: Artistas Unidos | Back Porch Fabrics | Breakthrough | Carmel Art Association | Carmel Foundation | Center for Photographic Art | Chapman Gallery | Coast Gallery | Concepts Carmel ...
The hometown will rock at Good Old Days music stages.
There’s a lot going on at Pacific Grove’s Good Old Days this year. Families can wander around and be entertained by everything from vintage fashion shows to a dog show that bills itself as “magical ...
Never mind Moussaoui, the smoldering gun was right there all the time.
Anyone paying attention to the Zacarias Moussaoui trial gets it now. All the 9/11 blanks are filled in, and the picture is complete. Sorry, conspiracy freaks and blind partisan hacks. Dull, common, gross incompetence is ...
Robbers strike Pacific Grove credit union three times in three years.
At about 1:15pm on St. Patrick’s Day, a man walked into Pacific Grove’s Monterey Credit Union, handed a note to a pregnant teller indicating that he had a gun money, and robbed the place. It ...
Letters
Letters
THE HAIR APPARENT I want to express appreciation for your excellent coverage of the talk by NEA Chairman Dana Gioia at the Steinbeck Center last week [“Political Poet,” March 3-April 5]. Chairman Gioia’s message—that the ...
Pop Noir
Pop Noir
In Lucky Number Slevin, a fast twitch opening sequence torn from the pages of Tarantino’s playbook introduces Bruce Willis as a cunning and calm assassin with the gift of gab. Before you can say, “Kansas ...
Actor’s Jam
PacRep presents a one-man show with a lot of characters.
If you’re looking for a nice, relaxing play to soothe your work-jangled nerves, PacRep’s Fully Committed is not for you. If you’re looking for a manic and hilarious show that features virtuoso acting, writing and ...
With
Even in Hollywood, there’s such a thing as artistic hubris. And no, Vin Diesel’s believing he could pull his weight in Sidney Lumet’s latest courtroom drama isn’t this week’s best example. It would be Sidney ...
General Mess
Wal-Mart proposal doesn’t follow Marina’s general plan.
According to the City of Marina’s general plan, all regional retail sales stores must be built at the University Villages development site. By all accounts, Wal-Mart is a regional retail store, and the Marina Landing ...
PG’s money woes may mean higher taxes.
Pacific Grove City Manager Jim Colangelo is preparing America’s Last Hometown for what he calls the inevitable: higher taxes. It’s an idea that was hinted at by his predecessor, Ross Hubbard, but according to Colangelo, ...
Over the Hill
Old guys stay fit by riding hard.
>>OUTSIDE Ron Riley clicks the gearshift next to the handbrake on his mountain bike. His neck is arched. His head is still. Taut veins bulge from his forearms as he confidently grips the handlebars. Click! ...
We Are Everywhere
A nation of immigrants responds to a new reality.
>>THELOCALSPIN It put some people’s teeth on edge, seeing all those kids skipping school last week, marching around, waving all those Mexican flags. It pushed some buttons. I mean—look at them. Thousands of them. Tens ...
The Producer
Moctesuma Esparza—Hollywood producer and owner of a budding chain of theaters—is still a crusading activist.
Two Sundays ago, Moctesuma Esparza arrived at LAX at 1am after a whirlwind weekend promoting the new HBO film Walkout, which he produced and Edward James Olmos directed. It may have been coincidental that during ...
Not Just for Breakfast
Beer’s for cooking and food pairing too.
What Ramsay Borthwick is about to say will no doubt inspire debate. “Everybody thinks that wine and cheese go great together,” the Scottish import says with an apologetic grin. “They don’t. Wine tends to coat ...
SquidFry
SquidFry
WHAT’S SPANISH FOR ‘LEGALESE?’… A long time ago, in a galaxy far away (the Monterey Courthouse), Supervisor DAVE POTTER predicted to Squid that the COUNTY GENERAL PLAN update process would end at the ballot box. ...
Musical Relations
John Pizzarelli pays tribute to his jazz legacy at Sunset.
For John Pizzarelli, jazz is a family business, and not just because he’s the son of esteemed guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. A suavely swinging vocalist and guitarist with a gift for delivering brisk and breezy standards, ...
PublicCitizen
Thursday 4|6 Take Back the Night | SEASIDE—CSUMB’s Multicultural Feminists Group, Empower, Theta Alpha Sigma Sorority and Residential Life host the annual Take Back the Night speak-out and march to protest sexual violence. 6-10pm. CSUMB ...
Rusty Sterling makes friends at OT.
It didn’t look good when the Redwood City-based band Rusty Sterling and Friends walked into Ocean Thunder about two months ago. The group had never played there before, and when vocalists Kerry Kimble and Erica ...
DiscSpace
DiscSpace
SOUTH | Adventures in the Underground Journey to the Stars | Young American Frequently soft and sleepy-voiced, South is hardly an overwhelming band. The trio’s last album, 2003’s With the Tides, was full of ambient ...
Hot to Foxtrot
Ballroom dancing catches fire with PG students after school.
Two warm bodies come close to each other. Closer still. The male’s hand rests on his partner’s hip. One of her arms falls on his shoulder. Then the music starts, prompting both bodies to sway ...
On the Trail
Candidates vie for Salinas mayoral seat, wait for final green light in June.
The two candidates for Salinas mayor aren’t all that much different from one another in theory. Dennis Donohue and Maria Giuriato each say they’d like to control the gang problem, get libraries back on track, ...
Abnormal flight school draws students from all over.
Marwood Coe drove 14 hours down to the Peninsula from British Columbia for one reason. It wasn’t the Aquarium. It wasn’t Carmel Valley’s wineries. It was the radio-controlled airplane flying lessons. Coe stands in a ...
Street Talk
Asked at Trader Joe’s in Pacific Grove.
Q: What would happen if worldwide immigration was totally legalized?Follow-up: If you could import any food from any country, what would it be? BILL BANTNER | Cabinet Maker | Pacific Grove A: There would probably ...
Of Ponies and Paradise
Of Ponies and Paradise
APROPOS OF NOTHING… I’ve never been horseback riding. Oh, once when I was a little kid I sat atop a pony and got walked around at a fair or something. That’s barely one step beyond ...
