Twenty-two hours at Esalen Institute
Twenty-two hours at Esalen Institute
Trying to tell the story of Esalen Institute’s 50 years with a word limit – of transcendent movement and massage, world-changing work in human potential and Gestalt psychology, of LSD and El Niño, of Hunter ...
A Life at Esalen
One Half-Century at Esalen Institute
The song arrives like a lullaby, soft and lilting. Behind it, the Pacific pummels the shore, providing background to the cadence of “Dona Nobis pacem,” Latin for “give us peace.” Swiss-American Sabina Loetscher, a 17-year ...
Issues / 2012 / Oct 04
My Sister’s a Soldier
A sibling reflects on seeing her older sister transform from high school rebel to Army lieutenant.
The thud of platform shoes reverberates against the hardwood floor. It’s early, but it’s routine to wake up to my oldest sister doing her makeup. She sprays cotton candy-scented perfume all over her, a scent ...
Past the Salt
DeepWater Desal takes proposal to the CPUC, promising cheaper water than Cal Am.
After California American Water President Rob MacLean and DeepWater Desal CEO Brent Constantz ran into each other over lunch at the Old Capital Club in downtown Monterey in August, Constantz followed up with a reassuring ...
Spore House
One county employee is dying as mold-related illness case heads to trial.
Beverly Forest’s lawyer wasn’t sure Forest would be able to endure the hours of questioning. In a June 6 email, plaintiffs’ attorney Gordon Stemple warned defending attorneys that Forest would be arriving for a deposition ...
Parks and Desiccation
Seaside’s neighborhood park groups get creative as city resources dry up.
The growl of chainsaws echoed through a blue-collar section of Seaside on the morning of Sept. 14 as crews cut down five eucalyptus trees in a half-acre city park. This wasn’t originally city officials’ idea; ...
Anti-Prop. 37 has deep pockets, but consumers are savvy.
I have a friend who’s gone a little bit nuts on the urban homesteading front this season. She posts pictures of her backyard chickens and their admittedly snazzy coop on Facebook. She fiends for the ...
Letters To The Editor 10.04.12
Inconvenient Truths Hot here; cold there. Heat distribution not so rare. We need all info on the table to make informed decisions. Where is the map showing the ice extent in Antarctica this year? Not ...
Squid Fry 10.04.12
Squid Speaks
TEN-HUT… Squid has lots of surprising habits – like skeet shooting and chess-boxing. Another one that catches other creatures off guard: Squid’s penchant for reminding people how central the military is to Monterey County’s economy. ...
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Public Citizen 10.04.12
ONGOING LEAD EDUCATION | COUNTYWIDE – The Monterey County Board of Education seeks to fill a vacancy on the board for a term expiring in Nov. 2013. Appointees must live in Area 6, composed mainly ...
Day in the Life
California Arts Day touches off weeks of arts activities in Salinas.
California Arts Day, which falls on the first Friday of October, has been celebrated for about a decade, but not many people – or even artists – are aware of it. It was created by ...
Proud Punk
Legend Patti Smith raps with the Weekly ahead of her show at the Golden State Theatre.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, 2010 National Book Award winner, poet, artist and punk icon Patti Smith is always working. She just returned from a two-month tour in Europe behind her recently released 11th ...
Blues Boom
Blues singer Shari Puorto returns to Sly McFly’s with her big bad voice in tow.
Shari Puorto wants to be remembered for having a voice that moves listeners. How it moves them isn’t as important. “Whether it’s a really strong rocking blues song that gets you on your feet or ...
Grapes, No Wrath
If sommeliers directed diplomacy, a good time might be had by all, feuding countries too.
The ’80s band Tears for Fears said it best: “Everybody wants to rule the world.” Which means not everybody gets along. Ask the Israelis and the Lebanese. Or the French and Germans. Relations aren’t exactly ...
Surprise Surprise
A review of the epicurean elements that we didn’t expect.
Maybe you expect to see Carlo Rossi wine at a nice wine event. Or that the rabbit food at Esalen will rival fine-dining fare. Not me. And those are just a pair of plot twists ...
Chicken With Plums
Strung Along: Chicken With Plums conjures painful sweetness in the life and death of an Iranian violinist.
For more than an hour, Chicken With Plums looks like it’s going to be a case study in terminal levels of preciousness. Then, improbably, directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud bring it back from the ...
Frankenweenie
Tale of the Pup: In Frankenweenie, Tim Burton resurrects a child’s pet – and his own ethos – with his most Burtonesque film in years.
Tim Burton, Hollywood’s goth nerd, returns to his roots, literally and figuratively, with Frankenweenie, and thank the ghost of Mary Shelley for it. Burton’s most recent films – Dark Shadows; Alice in Wonderland – have ...
By The Numbers 10.04.12
Real Estate
$700,000 Recent Sale 2895 Ribera Rd., Carmel Highlands Built: 1953 Size: 2,579 square feet Features: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Amenities: Fireplace, wood-burning stove, hardwood floors, guest quarters, ocean views, deck, patio Seller: Marshall Stimson Buyer: ...
Brezsny's Astrology Oct. 4-11, 2012
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “In a full heart there is room for everything,” said poet Antonio Porchia, “and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.” That’s an important idea for you to meditate ...
Street Talk 10.04.12 (asked @ Cherry Bean Coffeehouse in Salinas.)
What’s the most new-age thing about you?
Follow-up: What’s the best and/or worst hippy invention? KOLLIN CRANE | Medicinal Deliveries | Salinas A: I’m all about free expression. Do what you want, dress the way you want. Don’t wear bras, they suck. ...
Juiced Up
Only one Monterey Bay restaurant is still openly using polystyrene foam packaging.
The tiny hamlet of Sand City is the very last holdout on the Monterey Bay shoreline where takeout orders are still legally packed in polystyrene foam. Every other coastal jurisdiction from Carmel to Davenport, including ...
