Recent Stories
Read Me a Story
A delightful cocktail of live actors and great stories mix together for a night of literary fun.
The “Selected Shorts” crew pack up their knickerbockers, leaving their home in New York City for a quick West Coast tour. On Saturday, March 31, they stop in Carmel to perform at the Sunset Center. ...
Long and Short of It
The Banff Mountain Film Festival showcases 10 films about outdoor adventurers and how they use nature to make sense of it all.
Australian Tim Cope is three years into a journey that has taken him by horse from Mongolia to Hungary. Cope, who never rode a horse before this trip, set out to follow in the footsteps ...
Short Film Complex
Big Sur Short Film Series building to a climactic gala finish.
When it comes to Big Sur International Short Film Screening Series, even the popcorn is special. The organic kernels are popped fresh on a stove top with help from a combination of canola and extra ...
Stage Next
Big Sur’s children’s summer theater group again stands a beloved fairy tale on its head.
It’s the first of three consecutive Friday evening shows at the Big Sur Grange Hall and artistic director, Jaime Arze, to his own amazement, isn’t racing backstage and running up and down the stairs to ...
Green Gold
New (and booming) Eco Carmel proves sustainable can be profitable.
Kristi Reimers wasn’t like most 13-year-old girls. In her free time she would stand in front of Longs Drugstore – when most of her peers were poring over US Weekly and BOP Magazine – handing ...
Tree From Space
Forty years ago a Monterey resident orbited the moon with the Apollo 14 astronauts.
We all carry things: keys, cell phones, wallets. We carry our memories, goals and dreams. On vacations we carry toiletries and (hopefully) fresh underwear. So it stands to reason that astronauts are allowed to carry ...
Morning Do
Six different ways to start the day in Big Sur.
No fewer than six restaurants in the Big Sur Valley boast fun, hearty, sweet and innovative inspiration to set the alarm a bit earlier on the weekend, or find an excuse to call in sick ...
What’s your most entertaining short story from your past?
Asked at the Maiden Publick House in Big Sur.
Follow-up: What’s the best story you’ve made up to get out of work? ASHLEIGH POLAND | Bar Manager | Big Sur A: I get gas and there are cops all checking me out. After I ...
If you could be the 4th wiseman, what gift would you bring?
Asked at Paris Bakery in Monterey.
ALMA HEREDIA | Paris Bakery Employee | Los Banos A: I’m thinking about peace because my son is in Afghanistan. So I’d teach him the lesson of peace to make the world a better place ...
Green Business
There’s more to Mary Jane’z new owners than smoke and mirrors.
Ask local entrepreneur Julian Diallo how he is doing and he’ll often answer, “Very blessed!” Ask, “Where are you from?” and he might answer, “From Heaven.” Say goodbye and he’ll bless you as you depart. ...
