Thursday, July 26
Five local artists interpret the human form unveiled.
Grown men and women totally naked in Pacific Grove!Okay, now that I''ve got your attention, let''s talk about art, artists and muses. Many consider drawing the nude the most fundamental test of an artist''s skill ...
Commercial Opportunities... Big Mouse World... What Happened to Bob?...
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES... There are those who bemoan the Carmel area's transformation into a glorified retirement community. But you won't hear the drug giants at Pfizer Inc. moaning (at least not about the graying of the ...
Another closed-door session yields no action on dismissal, or on slander claim.
Jim Stilwell has already cleaned the personal stuff out of his office. The embattled harbormaster and general manager of the Moss Landing Harbor District packed up his Dodge Durango last Wednesday night. The back of ...
Two Big Sur surfers immerse themselves in the craft of board shaping.
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Winter in Big Sur brings rain, lots of it, and the people living on that 90-mile stretch of coast must deal with long days spent indoors. Many give ...
Local favorites The Uninvited return with a new lineup.
A couple of years ago it seemed like The Uninvited were always playing their "last show." It got to be kind of a joke. "The last time at Doc''s" was followed by "the last show ...
Reports of declining fish populations have inspired several recent regulatory moves, including a new bill by Rep. Sam Farr.
Some fishermen say they are being hurt by new fishing regulations, and they fear more limits will threaten them with extinction.Kathy Fosmark, a spokesperson for local commercial fishing interests, finds herself exasperated these days. Her ...
by Squid
NO WONDER THEY CALL IT SNAIL MAILThe good news: At press time, American bike racer Lance Armstrong was leading the Tour de France, the most famous bike race in the world. The US team is ...
Streetalk.
We all know how it is, doing the same things over and over again, getting trapped in a circle of people, a pattern of life, or a place that really doesn''t change very much. It ...
Onions and the Good... Suck it Up... Opposites Attract... Luxurious Organic Food?... Sommelier Get-Together Life.
ONIONS AND THE GOOD LIFE Onions from these parts are unusually tasty, and healthy. Here is a recipe for an onion relish from Wine, Food, & The Good Life by Arlene Mueller and Dorothy Indelicato: ...
In the middle of an action-filled summer, America's Sweethearts is a charmingly nasty romantic comedy.
Former Disney chairman Joe Roth takes the directing helm with this bitchy romantic comedy, and wouldn''t you know it, it''s better than half the chipper fare out there these days. Admittedly, that''s not saying much, ...
Your Letters
Slam This?Poetry "slam" is a post-modern oxymoron, the literary equivalent of the air guitar. --E. J. CHILDRESS , BIG SUR Charter School BluesIn reference to "Summertime Blues" in the July 12-18 issue of the Weekly: ...
Flesh and fantasy win hearts at Club Octane's male strip revue.
I AM NOT A PATRON OF MALE EXOTIC REVUES. I assumed, when I decided to write about the experience of going to see a performance for the first time, that it would be mostly funny. ...
Circus Contraption brings a bizarre busload of fun to Big Sur.
The Aardvark Ballerinas, Circus Contraption''s mascots, can be graceful and goofy--and maybe a little scary.If their bus holds together, Circus Contraption''s appearance at the Henry Miller Library on Sunday promises to be one of the ...
Epsilon's Greek fare is suitable for the whole Mt. Olympus gang.
Club Pantheon: Owner Petros Mungridies presides over Epsilon''s hearty Greek menu.We polled the Weekly staff for places to visit and came up with a long list. Without divulging the whole roster--after all, these visits are ...
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Bruno Weil has the right ideas in the wrong places.
Elizabeth Wallfisch's talents as a virtuoso violinist were squandered in Bruno Weil's interpretation of Haydn's Symphony 100 in G.Bruno Weil''s Friday night symphonic program came through with flying colors. Only they were the wrong colors. ...
Thursday, July 19
Duffy's Tavern feels like one of those places where everyone knows your name.
Many of the restaurants around town have a bar in them. Usually, the bar is separate from the dining room, either in another room or, more often, far enough away from the dining room to ...
Voyagers trekking into the deep space of Final Fantasy will find little difference between fantasy and computer-generated reality.
Is it live? Is it Memorex? Does it matter? Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, another film based on a video game, forces one to ask some tough questions: For example, "If computer animation has advanced ...
Alleged charges of bribery and illegal dumping fuel demand for $200,000 settlement.
The waters of Moss Landing harbor are churning. Last week, Jim Stilwell, the controversial harbormaster and general manager, faced dismissal by his employers, the harbor commissioners. Now he''s come back at them with the threat ...
Streetalk.
That hometown feeling just seems to seep into the bloodstream, offering comfort zones in every nook and cranny. It is a wonder how important a sense of community can be to some people. As long ...
Your Letters
Vision SchmisionMost of us in Moss Landing would disagree with the caption "Taskmaster: Jim Stilwell, the strictly efficient general manager and harbormaster." If the writer had ventured further north or east of the Bear Flag ...
By Squid
BULLY PULPITSecretary of State Bill Jones, a Republican gubernatorial-hopeful with a, um, jones for proving Gov. Gray Davis the fool, began his insightful critique of the Davis administration's handling of the energy crisis with a ...
Olympia Dukakis' star turn in The Cherry Orchard is perfect for Chekhov.
When she first walks on stage the feeling is electric. Her arrival has been much anticipated. Everyone is aware of her charisma, her glamour, her past achievements. The moment she enters the room, all eyes ...
How the Lotus pose and deep breathing took a stressed-out woman and made her calm.
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Palm Pilots: Yoga Center teachers (clockwise from upper left) Kathleen Karachale, Diana Balesteri, Andy Seplow and Tay Scott take students by the hand and lead them to relaxation. ...
McNitt Ballroom passes its first test while Bruno Weil explores lesser-known, more overwrought Bach.
Principal flutist Robin Carlson Perry is a featured soloist in the Bach Festival''s moving rendition of St. Matthew Passion.The biggest unanswered question going in to this year''s Carmel Bach Festival concerned how the festival''s quality ...
Pajaro breaks ground on a new $2.4 million flood-control project.
Rio Pajaro: When the Pajaro River overflowed its banks in 1995, as it does almost every wet winter, homes throughout the city of Pajaro were flooded. Sixty-three-year-old José Lopez has lived in the Railroad Avenue ...
Black and Blue Blitzkrieg bounces off the ceiling and delivers a bruising musical experience.
Walking into KMBY''s new Black & Blue Blitzkrieg Band Competition is an adventure. You throw the doorman a few bucks and set yourself up in front of Blue Fin''s stage, waiting to be either aurally ...
Bring out the Net... Stairway to Heaven... Gates of Hell... Somewhere Between...
BRING OUT THE NET... Local audiences are notorious for waiting until the last minute to make plans (or at least reservations). Over the years, I've had phone calls from any number of angst-ridden event planners. ...
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Salinas will soon boast a new state-of-the-art large-animal hospital.
In the near 80-degree heat, Dr. Tim Eastman swelters inside khaki coveralls, the veterinarian''s version of scrubs. Squatting over Rocky, an anesthetized, lame Arabian, he slices a portion of tendon from the horse''s leg. The ...
Belle of the Bulb... Delicato Vineyards Best US Wine Producer... Lockwood Wine Dinner at Hullaballoo... Where''s Du Boeuf?
BELLE OF THE BULB... To be Queen of Garlic is something only 22 women to date can claim. Contestants are judged by a panel of six judges on personal interview, talent, garlic speech and evening ...
Thursday, July 12
The Mission Ranch experience is always relaxed, satisfying and fulfilling.
A few years ago, when I was bartending in one of Carmel''s landmark restaurants, Hank, a great guy and Carmel Sheriff''s Department retiree, used to come in once in a while for a cocktail. He ...
Textile artist Mary Balzer Buskirk weaves the sublime into the everyday fabric of life.
Innovators and children both know that any material can be manipulated to express an idea. Yet too often, people are taught to resist the notion that art might possibly reside in everyday places and things: ...
by Squid
Our Lad in PlaidGuess the glassy-winged sharpshooter and the power crisis are getting to be too much to bear for our state legislators--they''re cracking like walnuts up in Sacramento right now. A few weeks ago ...
Streetalk.
For some people, it is inevitable: work sucks. Take a moment to rest easy though, friends. Misery loves company, and there are plenty of other people out there with horrid jobs. Street Talk takes you ...
The doors are almost set to open at Cypress Grove Charter School in Seaside, but the school has not yet found a building.
The Principles Office: Walt Ferguson says Monterey Peninsula School District Superintendent Bob Infelice is hurting his efforts to launch a charter school.Walt Ferguson plods through the back wing of Stilwell Elementary School, peering into dark ...
Bitter personal politics could sink the Moss Landing Harbor District.
The guy vanishes behind a rotting old boat and then pops up around the corner. I find him in the shade of a cypress tree at the lonely end of the Moss Landing dry storage ...
Your Letters
Pygmy WarfareThere were just a few things in Traci Hukill's June 28 cover story ("Morgan's Tea Party") that I think need clarification. I am not the one who is "fighting City Hall." I am the ...
The Bach Festival continues to explore and expose the roots of J.S. Bach's music.
For the next three weeks, Baroque music fans from around the world will celebrate the music and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach. But while these fans at the Carmel Bach Festival eagerly await their annual ...
How an observatory caretaker on a remote mountaintop learned to lure predators in order to capture them on film.
Eye In The Sky: At the MIRA observatory, where wildlife is plentiful and distractions are few, nature photographer Ivan Eberle trains his lens on the locals to dramatic effect.831 -- Tales from the Area Code ...
Syrah on the Bay... Starbuck's is coming to Cannery Row...Like chocolate more than cappuccino?...More men and their brothers...Le Cigar de Merlot...
SYRAH ON THE BAY... On Saturday, June 30, 140 Syrah wine lovers (people of Monterey County) diligently blind-tasted their way through 12 Monterey County Syrah wines while sailing on board the Princess of Whales, a ...
The Pacific Repertory Theatre enters a new era with its star-studded production of The Cherry Orchard.
Three of Arts: While the appearance of Apollo Dukakis, Olympia Dukakis and Louis Zorich at Pac Rep provides the glitter, the legacy they leave may be the gold.Inside the Golden Bough, a remarkable team of ...
Two local bluesmen, playing together for the first time, provoke a spontaneous party.
Chris Cain and Dennis Murphy are both consummate professional musicians, two of the blues masters of Central California. Beyond that, by dint of their personalities, they''re a couple of shameless showmen. The two have joined ...
She's Baaaaackkk... Dance Master... Local Poets: 911
Like Honey for Bears: The musical duo of Jim Hurst and Missy Raines was sweet enough to lure Nina Kelly out of retirement. She''s Baaaaackkk... For a couple years, Nina Kelly was one of the ...
Hayward Lumber pushes eco-friendly forest products
Just inside the lobby of the Hayward Lumber corporate offices in the Ryan Ranch business center, a chart sits propped up on a table. On the chart, a very steep line plots the course of ...
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The 5th Annual Monterey Rock & Art Festival marks the continued growth of local festival.
It isn''t the biggest music festival on the Peninsula, nor is it the most organized. But in terms of its intimate feeling, the Monterey Rock & Art Festival is in a league by itself. And ...
Kiss of The Dragon bears all the tell-tale marks of a Luc Besson film.
If it looks like a sucking chest wound, and it oozes like a sucking chest wound, then chances are that it is a sucking chest wound. So it goes also with Luc Besson (The Messenger, ...
Thursday, July 5
by Catherine Fallis
Café Pacifica... There''s an action station in the most unexpected of places--Café Pacifica''s Friday night Seafood Buffet at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Aromas of garlic, butter, and white wine waft across the massive atrium lobby ...
It's flashy and sassy, but Sexy Beast is really just a modern take on an old story.
A boulder, a gun, a bank heist... it''s hard, at first, to tell where Sexy Beast is going. The boulder goes in the pool with a tremendous splash, there are several guns, and the bank ...
A Big Sur newcomer's improvements draw the ire of neighbors and the county.
For the past 11 months, a pack of earthmovers has been carving out portions of a scenic bluff perched between Garrapata State Beach and Joshua Creek. Down below, shiny steelhead smolts dart among riffles in ...
A rising Tae Kwon Do star leaves her Monterey dojo to shine at the National Junior Olympics.
831 -- Tales from the Area Code Crouching Tomboy, Hidden Dancer: Besides studying Tae Kwon Do once a week with Grand Master Joong Kook Nam, Jamie Asunsolo takes jazz, tap and ballet.Eleven-year-old Jamie Asunsolo looks ...
How a retreat to the playground of the gods led a trio of artists to creative rejuvenation.
In a scene seemingly straight from the movie Enchanted April, two Monterey artists and their East Coast friend rendezvoused on the sun-soaked Greek isle of Rhodes last fall and spent a month following their muse. ...
Tale Of Two Centers... My Memory's Hot...
Tale of Two Centers... In the last couple weeks, much of the community''s attention has been focused on the Monterey Jazz Festival''s intention to purchase the State Theater in Monterey. The high-profile organization with its ...
Diana Krall's music recalls an earlier jazz era while pushing the genre forward.
It''s the intimacy on the title track to Diana Krall''s Grammy Award-winning album When I Look In Your Eyes that first catches the ear. The instrument lines are subtle and warm, provided by a lightly ...
Sapporo brings back memories and provides a link with the past.
We went to a Japanese steakhouse awhile ago. You know the type, where strangers are seated around a flat-topped grill and a Samurai chef chops, slashes and sizzles all the similar yet individual dinners in ...
Streetalk.
The extended Independence Day weekend offered an opportunity to ask: Why are we here? Is it to purchase next year''s SUV or to sit at the foot of the Great Pyramids with a beer? What ...
Seven local riders explore what it means to be a fearless woman on a fast machine
Holly Korzilius--polite, athletic, Marine Corps-molded and trained--is by no means a whiner. But she does have a complaint about her protective motorcycling gear. "The problem with this," she explains, shrugging into her Kevlar riding jacket, ...
Squid Fry
A Bad ReadThat whoopin' and hollerin' over at the county courthouse last Friday was environmental attorneys Fran Farina, Michael Stamp, Zan Henson and Richard Rosenthal celebrating the final chapter of the September Ranch case. That ...
Your Letters
Same Song, Second Verse Regarding your article on Morgan's ("Morgan's Tea Party," 6/28), it sure looks like city-sanctioned, selective enforcement to me. It also looks like abuse of power, personal retaliation, a waste of time ...
A Pebble Beach woman recalls her days of thunder on the racetracks of France.
In 1982, when she was 42 years old and had just had her fourth child, Carole Vérité took up high-speed motorcycle stunt riding. A tiny daredevil with an impish smile, Vérité, whose name means "truth," ...
