Thursday, March 28
Best Of The Rest
Photo: Spring Fling--this Friday night, Monterey Peninsula College opens its spring dance concert with works by guest choreographer Glen Eddy and Rebeccae Salzer.thursday 3|28 TOASTMASTERS MORNING 6:35am. Every Thursday morning the Toastmasters meet to practice ...
Newsbriefs
Anger Flares at Ft. Ord Hearing "Are we talking to ourselves?" Mike Swanson of Seaside asked loudly and angrily to about 100 people in the Oldemeyer Center on Monday evening. "We are talking to ourselves." ...
Foodchain
THE HOST WITH THE MOST It's Spring. Time for longer days, less clothing (yeah!), raging hormones, renewed hope, the return of tourists (hopefully) and twilight rates on the golf courses. Easter is coming-it''s one of ...
The Monterey City Council will consider a plan to dissolve the board, as a petition circulates to overturn the ban on water credit transfers.
''We''re trying to stop the abuses of the water-credit transfer system," says Kris Lindstrom, chair of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board of directors. "We''re trying to keep people from selling water to the ...
Chanteuse Jenna Mammina on new-car smell, musicianship and charting her own path.
Photo: Jenna Mammina, formerly of the vocal group SoVoSó, takes jazz in new directions. When Jenna Mammina and her brothers and sisters were kids, they would play bar. That is, instead of playing house or ...
Street Talk
Worlds Away Asked at Del Monte Center By Jennifer Flowers Q: What''s the farthest away you''ve ever been from Monterey County? FOLLOW UP: Would you go back? Chelsea Spencer Student/Salinas A: Japan. I went there ...
Todd Solondz' Storytelling messes with movieland ideas about reality.
If it seemed as though filmmaker Todd Solondz wanted nothing more in his last two films, Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, than to toss unseemly provocations at his apprehensive audience, then his newest feature ...
The Shape of Life, produced by Monterey's Sea Studios Foundation, brings a new story of evolution to PBS.
Its uncomfortable for some people to accept the fact that we evolved from loping, hairy primates. Now scientists are generating hard evidence--using fossils, gene sequencing, and careful observation--that traces human roots much deeper, back half ...
Variety and quality come together at the Winfield.
The Winfield Gallery on Dolores Street in Carmel doesn''t specialize in any particular theme or style, and not every artwork will appeal to every visitor. What the Winfield''s artists have in common is something that ...
Global media giant has its eye on KION.
Photo by Jennifer Flowers. Two local television channels could soon be consumed by one of America''s most voracious media conglomerates. The San Antonio-based media godzilla Clear Channel Communications wants to buy The Ackerley Group, of ...
Retailers gather to share ideas and complaints.
Throngs of retailers descended on Monterey last week for the International Council of Shopping Centers'' Idea Exchange at the Hyatt Regency. The bad news is Krispy Kreme''s gifted donut-makers aren''t setting up shop on the ...
Squidfry
BUY IT AND THEY WILL COME Squid's dream is to own a B&B with a name like Squidly's Cove, or Cephalopod's Garden, and maybe even a cottage winery, too. Imagine Squid''s delight flipping through the ...
Hotpicks
friday 3|29 Be There Then THE PROPHETS CONFERENCE It''s a little like Lallapalooza for the New Age movement. And for whatever reason-be it the magnetic vibe of Big Sur and Esalen or the proximity to ...
Bahama Billy's brings a breezy style and tasty fare to Carmel.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. At the entrance to Bahama Billy''s, a mannequin with dreadlocks flowing from a hat of Rastafarian colors sits at a piano as a Jimmy Buffett tune plays. It''s time to relax ...
Thursday, March 21
Foodchain
RESTAURATEURS IN LOVE... In keeping with the Best Of theme, MICHELE and CALVIN WILKES, owners of FIFI'S CAFe, were awarded the annual Award of Excellence (restaurant category) by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce last ...
Christopher Durang's Sister Mary takes on religious orthodoxy using the mightiest of weapons--wicked satire and a shrewd eye for hypocrisy.
Throughout PacRep''s entertaining production of Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, the schoolteacher-nun of the play''s title pauses to answer various questions that have been asked of her. Most of the questions, written ...
Best Of Monterey County 2002: Intro
Here in our annual The Best of Monterey County issue, we at the Weekly proudly welcome our fellow flag-waving, hometown-loving neighbors to join us in celebrating the stuff that makes this the best damn county ...
Salinas airport users worry that plan could restrict Airshow.
Salinas Airshow enthusiasts don''t want to see new homes or office buildings drive out the annual event''s headliners--military jet teams like the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds. But they are worried that the city''s General ...
Best Of Monterey County 2002: Shops & Services
From the boutiques of the Peninsula to the hidden gems of Salinas, Monterey County sports a dazzling array of shops catering to every conceivable need or whim. Need more diamonds? Got a hankering for ham ...
And the Winner Is...
Asked at Bay Books, Monterey. By Jennifer Flowers Q: How important are the Oscars? FOLLOW UP: What''s going to win best picture? Kitty Nevin PR manager/Pebble Beach A: I love the Oscars. I like to ...
It isn't necessary to see the movies in order to predict the winners and losers.
Stella and Blanche don''t actually go to movies. They just check out preview trailers on their home computers. They''ve discovered that simply by viewing the trailers they can often divine the entire plot and develop ...
Best Of Monterey County 2002: Specialty Foods
Sometimes it brings a tear to our eye to think about our good fortune, living here in the Land of Plenty of Variety. Other places (lesser places) get to vote on best pizza, best burrito ...
Canned Heat bring the ghost of John Lee Hooker back to life at Sly's.
In 1949 John Lee Hooker recorded "King Snake Blues," a song that sounded like nothing anybody''d heard before. The song was a growled declaration (or threat) embedded in a chugging, insistent two-chord rhythm. The word ...
The Peninsula's reigning riot grrls dock at Blue Fin for a night.
A lot has changed for the Amazon Mollies since they took a break from their regular gig at the Carmel Youth Center to open for Bikini Kill at PG High School almost 10 years ago. ...
Neighborhood doctors protest Pacific Grove retirement home expansion that would replace trees and lawn with nursing care facilities.
Photograph: Brett Wilbur Photo: The park-like scene in front of the Forest Hills Manor is set to be replaced by four-story buildings and a parking lot. Dr. Susan Nilmeier is leading a neighborhood protest to ...
Best Of 2002 Around Town
What comes first here in Monterey County, the best damn county on earth? People come first! People and good hiking places. People and good hiking places and golf courses and places to play hooky. So ...
Letters
Mainstream, Black and Proud As someone who is both "black" and an "established American," I have a bit of an issue with the letter from Barbara Brooks [Letters, March 14-20]. My main objection is her ...
News Briefs
School District Asks For Help In the days prior to a City of Monterey public forum held on Thursday, March 14, a rumor circulated that there''d be demands for the city to take control of ...
Best Of Monterey County 2002: Restaurants
You can tell a lot about a people by what they do with their leisure time. Baseball is the national pastime; gardening is the most popular hobby in the country; rock 'n' roll is America's ...
Thursday, March 14
Two talented Monterey cyclists and their short, happy roads to the 12th Annual Sea Otter Classic.
Photo by Randy Tunnell; Power Star--Petra Rocha, newly turned mountain biking pro, has charted a meteoritic rise through the ranks of cyclists. Ditto for Ted Fuller, shown below in front of his workplace at Point ...
Voices from a high school poetry circle.
Photo by Wei Chang; The New Literati--poetry circle regular Holly Johnson reads a poem at one of the Monterey Library''s monthly gatherings for high school poets. Four hours after the school day ends, a high ...
The Big Sur landscape itself is enough for some--but not all--outdoor painters.
Photo: Plein to See--The Monterey Museum of Art''s "Land and Legacy" exhibition shows plein air paintings of lands preserved by the Big Sur Land Trust. Shown is Johnny Apodaca''s "To the Sea" ''Land and Legacy: ...
In the Mir& %s; String Quartet, youth and lusty playing rush headlong into sophistication and consummate classical skill.
Photo: Strings Attached--the members of the Miro String Quartet--clockwise from upper left Joshua Gindele, Daniel Ching, Sandy Yamamoto and John C. A. Largess--are artist faculty at Kent State University, and travel and teach together during ...
Hotpicks
thursday 3|14 The Young and the Restless THE UNINVITED If you haven''t been to Doc''s in Monterey for college night Thursdays, it''s worth the trip. For one thing, drinks are only a dollar, which means ...
Why this 26-year-old Sandalista is hell-bent on saving the Bolivian rainforest.
Photo by Randy Tunnell. Chris Devers is balanced on a stool in his kitchen, sipping a frothy green drink out of a porro, a hammered Brazilian silver cup with a sculpted straw. "I picked up ...
Monterey County officials consider accepting Mexican ID cards from undocumented workers.
Photo by Jennifer Flowers; What''s in The Cards--Last Saturday, after waiting in line for hours at Greenfield Elementary School, 803 Mexican immigrants were issued official identification by the Mexican consulate. In several California cities, the ...
Newsbriefs
Livingston (Sort Of) Charges McCloud With Running "Secret Government" An hour into it, the faint scent of baking hors d''oeuvres wafted through the Carmel Woman''s Club on San Carlos Monday evening. About a hundred residents, ...
Best Of The Rest
thursday 3|14 Toastmasters Morning 6:35am. Every Thursday morning the Toastmasters meet to practice public speaking. Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito, Carmel. 641-0652. Pre-School Story Time 10:30am. Pre-School storytime for children ages 3-5 will be held ...
Foodchain
Photo by Bradley Zeve; Fly Girl--Susan Petersen of the Monterey Jet Center. RAISING THE BAR I''m out cruising with SWEET THING one afternoon last week, around happy hour, developing a hankering for cocktails. Can''t decide ...
Letters
Mexicans Steal "Our" Homes Odd how you would feature an article on the lack of affordable housing (for Americans) in the Monterey County and then feature an article encouraging illegal (immigrants) aliens to move here ...
Thursday, March 7
Local playwright's tale of Russian theater family benefits from imaginative production.
Photo: Erik Peterson plays Sasha and Mary Ann Schaupp plays Fania in a play about Russian theater circa 1930. Fania opens with a photo projected via PowerPoint on the back wall of the stage--a slightly ...
Cronyism? No, Cronin-ism; Hardly Hearing
Cronyism? No, Cronin-ism Squid''s been in a bad funk since March 5--the primary election. It''s been less than 48 hours, and already Squid deeply misses the shadowy dispatches, the gossipy emails and the anonymous letters. ...
And you're from...?
Q: What part of the world is your family from? FOLLOW UP: Would you ever want to live in the country where your family came from? Deanne Knippenberg Film Student/CSUMB A: My mom didn''t come ...
The massive Ocean View Plaza project--the reborn Cannery Row Marketplace--will be on the Planning Commission's March 12 agenda.
By Andrew Scutro Illustration: Courtesy Sienna Company Legend: Ocean View Plaza-- A. Retail and two levels of condominiums. B. The "History Plaza"--a public space and quasi museum to incorporate existing Stohan''s building. C. Retail and ...
Pull fast. Throw hard. Wear gloves. Then come back and do it again next week
Photo by Brett Wilbur; The Evil Weed--Ice Plant Olympians and Weed Warriors Kevin Ghalambor, Laura Lee Lienk and Jefferey Summers hold aloft the spoils of war. On this overcast Friday morning, it''s a safe bet ...
Former Pele Juju chanteuse sticks to her roots.
Kaye Bohler''s a tall woman with big blonde hair and a big voice. The Bay Area singer songwriter--who''s been compared to Tina Turner and Janis Joplin--is a 20-year music veteran who may be most recognized ...
We Were Soldiers is long on gore and short on meaning.
Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once...and Young by Lt. General Hal Moore and Joe Galloway, this Vietnam history lesson initially steers clear of the overused Indochine tropes and instead focuses on one aspect ...
Hotpicks
thursday 3|7 Happy As A Clam CLAM CHOWDER FESTIVAL They say you can never have too much money. Hah! We scoff at that foolishness. We say you can never have too much creamy, clammy goodness ...
Grins of victory, groans of defeat at two election night gatherings.
The first yells from the Calcagno camp went up about 8:40 Tuesday night. Absentee ballots were in, and Lou Calcagno was winning the race for District 2 Supervisor. Carol Lacy trailed. Calcagno was on his ...
Casual elegance reigns at Carmel Valley's Wickets.
Not all restaurants are so informed by their surroundings. Wickets Bistro, the bar-restaurant in Bernardus Lodge, cannot be separated from its large, stucco home of Tuscan ochre and terracotta, nor from the land that was ...
At the Carl Cherry Center's "Thinking Out Loud" exhibition, an array of talented high school art students get to ponder in public.
Photo: "Self-Portrait" by Ashley Munro, Robert Louis Stevenson School.Walking into the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts gallery, even when it is full of people, is an intimate sensory experience. Footsteps echo across the blond ...
