Woody and John: 3.0
It’s the 100th anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birth, and the folk legend’s message still rings true at this year’s Steinbeck Festival.
When the Grammy Museum honored Woody Guthrie’s centennial in Los Angeles last month, award-winning folk musician Johnny Irion was there, fighting on behalf of a group of middle-school bellringers. All because his Uncle Thom was ...
Bound to be Glorious
An event-packed Steinbeck Festival reveals not-to-be missed performances and discussions, done in a Woody way.
The Steinbeck Festival re-populates the world of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck, often with friends, relatives and experts – from now and his nascent years – thrown in for good measure. Step into the shoes ...
Celluloid Heroes
The stories of John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie and the era that saw their creative heights come to life on the screen.
The National Steinbeck Center has treated its namesake festival as a foundation upon which they can build in many directions. It makes sense. The most studious scholars might be challenged to find new sustenance in ...
Issues / 2012 / May 03
Now that methyl iodide has been pulled, what’s next for California growers?
The recent announcement by Arysta LifeScience, the manufacturer of the soil fumigant methyl iodide, of its product withdrawal from the California and U.S. markets represents a significant development in the campaign to protect workers, rural ...
Jane Parker and Byrl Smith are leading fundraisers in the the supervisors races this spring.
Jane Parker and Byrl Smith are leading fundraisers in the the supervisors races (where three of five seats are up for election June 5) this spring, each already having spent in the six-figures by March ...
Kids on the Block
Neighborhood Watches spring up in Salinas, undeterred by a violent crime in Florida.
The Eagle-Bison neighborhood of East Salinas is a known destination for trick-or-treaters. It’s also within about a mile of three homicides that took place in the past month. On Halloween night 2007, after a few ...
Lookin’, Cookin’
A Chef of the Year tale made for Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Cooking for Solutions.
When 2012 Cooking for Solutions Chef of the Year Michel Nischan got his first ever chef job (in 1981), he went looking for local farms like his late grandfather’s in the surrounding area. Only outside ...
’Choke Artists
Wildly creative home artichoke recipes – from chips to cakes – and a peek at the passion behind them.
They email things like “I am infatuated with the ritual of dressing up and then gradually undressing a beautiful artichoke, devouring it layer by layer.” They say things like, “They’re fresh, they’re here, they’re happening.” ...
Sound Tribute
The Hunger Games inspires a powerhouse list of top movie tracks.
The release of the hit film The Hunger Games and its accompanying soundtrack, including original tracks from artists as diverse as Arcade Fire and Taylor Swift, had some thinking about the history of pop music ...
Letters To The Editor 5.03.12
Labor Pains As one of the eight women mentioned in the first paragraph, I wanted to add my thoughts (“Local hospitals battle for the earthy birth market,” April 26-May 2). Saying that the local doula ...
The Avengers
Awesome Assembly: The Avengers’ all-star cast and fantastic plot pushes the superhero genre to the next level.
How many superheroes spoil the broth? More than six, apparently, at least when Joss Whedon is wrangling them. Because there’s an awful lot of stuff crammed into Marvel’s The Avengers. Not just six superheroes – ...
Girl Talk
Girl Talk
The female presence in this year’s Hipnic lineup is dynamic. Nicki Bluhm – returning with her band the Gramblers (7:25pm Friday; campground stage) – has been a Hipnic fixture since its inception, getting better every ...
Big Buck
Lindsey Buckingham, of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Fleetwood Mac, comes to Carmel.
Even if you’re not a Fleetwood Mac fan, you’ve probably heard of their 1977 release Rumors. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, it’s the sixth best-selling album in U.S. history. Glee recently devoted ...
Through Rose-Colored Glass
Local sea glass collectors find treasures – and peace – along Monterey Bay shores.
Rob Ellis sets out in the muted late-afternoon sun, searching for glass for it to shine through. He plucks a clear piece from the tide line, then tosses it back because of its sharp edges. ...
Brezsny's Astrology May 3-9, 2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On the one hand, you’re facing a sticky dilemma that you may never be able to change no matter how hard you try. On the other hand, you are engaged with ...
By The Numbers 5-3-12
Real Estate
$900,000 Recent Sale 24255 San Pedro Lane, Carmel Built: 1960 Size: 1,388 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2-car garage Amenities: Ocean view, fireplace, deck, patio, fenced yard, tub with jets, breakfast nook Seller: ...
Unusual collaboration puts Big Sur locals in charge of Coastal Trail planning.
An 11-year-old state law aims to create a continuous hiking trail along the entire California coast. But in 2007, when the California Coastal Conservancy put out bids for a consultant to design the Big Sur ...
Salt Solo
State PUC says Cal Am can ignore county and go it alone on desal plant; county says, ‘What?’
Like a let-down lover who swears off dating, California American Water is trying to go it alone. Cal Am’s latest desalination proposal, dubbed the Water Supply Project, makes the company the owner and operator of ...
Marley
Reality Doesn’t Bite: Bob Marley was human after all and much more than a brilliant musician.
There’s so much material out there on Bob Marley that one would think his 36 years of life had already been amply covered since his 1981 death. Apparently, the closest people to Marley – including ...
Jobs Vs. Shrubs
Byrl Smith faces off with incumbent Jane Parker on a platform of growth and jobs.
Byrl Smith is logging serious miles in her bid for county supervisor. Since January, she says, she’s been walking District 4 (Seaside, Marina, Del Rey Oaks and South Salinas) daily, and will continue doing so ...
Get Involved
Public Citizen 5.03.12
THURSDAY 5 | 3 MEETING MARATHON | SEASIDE – The City Council meets early to hear from the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, followed by a meeting of the successor to the Redevelopment Agency and ...
Nonprofit printer on Soledad Street takes to social media.
Michael Scharen has an advanced degree in physics from Kent State University, credit for helping Nobel Prize-winning physicist J. Robert Schrieffer write a few papers and a work history that includes dot-com-era stints as an ...
Squid Fry 5.03.12
Squid Speaks
ENTERTAINMENT BIMONTHLY… Squid got a chuckle out of the Monterey Bay News & Views cover shot of Nader Agua, oops, Agha, next to a water tank, with the headline, “Which Desal Plan is Worth Its ...
Street Talk 01.26.12 (asked @ Carmel Plaza.)
What interesting or atypical items do you like to collect?
Follow-up: What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever found? AUSTIN MCKENZIE | Student | Visalia A: Wine corks, for their texture. Some have nice red staining. Those I use for art projects. Funny Bunny: We found ...
Glass Half-Full
Composer Philip Glass scales down festival; plans benefit for Henry Miller Library.
The rumor that year two of Philip Glass’ Days and Nights Festival has stalled is not true, but fans can expect a dramatically smaller version. Instead of the three-week whirlwind at Hidden Valley and Henry ...
