Thursday, April 29
Letters
Letters
Every Picture Tells A Story
CPA offers rare look at the work of W. Eugene Smith.
CPA offers rare look at the work of W. Eugene Smith.
Jazz Vocal Spirit
Jackie Ryan keeps the fire burning at J&B Co.
Jackie Ryan keeps the fire burning at J&B Co.
Web of Lies
How a Marina man played the Nigerian e-mail con and won—for now.
How a Marina man played the Nigerian e-mail con and won—for now.
Cities Talk Secession
Monterey to hold town hall meeting about troubled school district.
Monterey to hold town hall meeting about troubled school district.
Like Father, Unlike Son
Suspenseful new Russian film explores father/son relationships.
Suspenseful new Russian film explores father/son relationships.
Street Talk
Dumbing Down Our Schools?: Asked in Del Rey Oaks
Dumbing Down Our Schools?: Asked in Del Rey Oaks
Feast
Dreaming of Mazatlan: El Camaron’s seafood buffet is a marvel to behold.
Dreaming of Mazatlan: El Camaron’s seafood buffet is a marvel to behold.
Undue Process
The Laws of Attraction tries to rekindle the romantic cat-and-mouse game, alá Hepburn-and-Tracy’s-classic Adam’s Rib.
The Laws of Attraction tries to rekindle the romantic cat-and-mouse game, alá Hepburn-and-Tracy’s-classic Adam’s Rib.
Squidfry
Squidfry
News Briefs
News Briefs
Foodchain
Foodchain
Sex And The County
Penultimate Party: Stylish planning commission gives the nod to conservation-friendly General Plan.
Penultimate Party: Stylish planning commission gives the nod to conservation-friendly General Plan.
Track Record
In A Year at the Races, acclaimed novelist Jane Smiley shows why she’ll be rooting for a long-shot at the Kentucky Derby this Saturday.
In A Year at the Races, acclaimed novelist Jane Smiley shows why she’ll be rooting for a long-shot at the Kentucky Derby this Saturday.
Outside
Wind and Wheels: Traction kiting takes off in Seaside.
Wind and Wheels: Traction kiting takes off in Seaside.
Thursday, April 22
MPUSD Teachers Eye Strike
Parents organize to prevent school closures.
Parents organize to prevent school closures.
Against The Stream
Country musicians Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch play against Nashville type.
Country musicians Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch play against Nashville type.
Smart Teen Melodrama
Can you spot the motive in this edgy murder drama, co-starring Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling?
Can you spot the motive in this edgy murder drama, co-starring Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling?
Mulliga-Towny
Pubs are for burgers, well drinks and watching the game.
Pubs are for burgers, well drinks and watching the game.
Crash Course
The Shape of Things examines how far a person will go to please his lover.
The Shape of Things examines how far a person will go to please his lover.
Off The Grid
New technologies take alternative energy mainstream.
New technologies take alternative energy mainstream.
For the Love of God
Agnes of God is a riveting, brilliant production.
Agnes of God is a riveting, brilliant production.
Street Talk
Avoiding Extinction: Asked at the Farmer’s Market at MPC
Avoiding Extinction: Asked at the Farmer’s Market at MPC
Squidfry
Squidfry
Alternative Anger
Salinas alternaband Righteous Anger whips out rock tunes in the spirit of Pearl Jam.
Salinas alternaband Righteous Anger whips out rock tunes in the spirit of Pearl Jam.
Artifacts
Artifacts
Clubhouse Bunk
New PG initiative to limit elaborate golf club expansion could have repercussions.
New PG initiative to limit elaborate golf club expansion could have repercussions.
Foodchain
Foodchain
Woman On Deck
Lt. Deborah Darminio commands Monterey’s Coast Guard station.
Lt. Deborah Darminio commands Monterey’s Coast Guard station.
Theater Listings
Theater Listings
A Homecoming
Sgt. Nathan Lyons rejoins his family after 14 months of military service.
Sgt. Nathan Lyons rejoins his family after 14 months of military service.
Letters
Letters
Thursday, April 15
Parade of Voices
Second annual PG poetry festival brings the bay together.
Second annual PG poetry festival brings the bay together.
Newsbriefs
Newsbriefs
Streettalk
Conspiracy Theory: Asked in downtown Pacific Grove
Conspiracy Theory: Asked in downtown Pacific Grove
Letters
Letters
In Your Face
Lenny Bruce lashes out at fake morality in Carmel.
Lenny Bruce lashes out at fake morality in Carmel.
Goat and Cactus Petals
La Tortuga Torteria offers authentic flavors of Mexico
La Tortuga Torteria offers authentic flavors of Mexico
Shorter’s Long Life
MJF brings all-time jazz great and his hot new band to the Sunset.
MJF brings all-time jazz great and his hot new band to the Sunset.
Art Listings
Art Listings
Off-Road Warrior
Keith DeFiebre, who helps build the race course at the Sea Otter Classic, keeps his wheels rolling.
Keith DeFiebre, who helps build the race course at the Sea Otter Classic, keeps his wheels rolling.
Pay-to-Play Plan Dropped
National Forest frees up some Monterey County public lands.
National Forest frees up some Monterey County public lands.
A Secret Crime
The facts about date rape drugs are difficult to find.
The facts about date rape drugs are difficult to find.
Paying Homage
Imitation may be sincere flattery, but makes uninteresting art.
Imitation may be sincere flattery, but makes uninteresting art.
Foodchain
Foodchain
Artifacts
Artifacts
Squidfry
Squidfry
Mystical Music
A blind medieval rabbi inspired Friday’s Sunset Center concert.
A blind medieval rabbi inspired Friday’s Sunset Center concert.
Theater Listings
Theater Listings
Taking A Break
Funny, edgy Intermission glimpses life and love in modern Dublin.
Funny, edgy Intermission glimpses life and love in modern Dublin.
Almost Keeping Up
A Saturday morning ride through the park with the Velo Club. Or not.
A Saturday morning ride through the park with the Velo Club. Or not.
House Fight
McCloud’s opponents say newly reelected mayor misrepresented Flanders deal.
McCloud’s opponents say newly reelected mayor misrepresented Flanders deal.
Salinas Looks at Big-Box Ban
Supersized Wal-Mart grocery outlets, with their low prices and low wages, are unnamed targets.
Supersized Wal-Mart grocery outlets, with their low prices and low wages, are unnamed targets.
Thursday, April 8
Tricking the Eye
Pam Carroll’s intimate paintings describe a precise world.
Pam Carroll’s intimate paintings describe a precise world.
Foodchain
Foodchain
Editorial
April Fools: Thanks to everyone who contributed (involuntarily) to last week’s hoax.
April Fools: Thanks to everyone who contributed (involuntarily) to last week’s hoax.
Letters
Letters
Bill Supports Colleges
Laird’s plan would help offset Governator’s cuts.
Laird’s plan would help offset Governator’s cuts.
Painful Funny-Bone
There are no laughs to be heard in Bruce Willis’ Yards sequel.
There are no laughs to be heard in Bruce Willis’ Yards sequel.
Discspace
Discspace
Squidfry
Squidfry
Cover Nuggets
The Remedy puts a new spin on classic rock’s off-hits.
The Remedy puts a new spin on classic rock’s off-hits.
Art Listings
Art Listings
Trouble In Tibet
New documentary showcases the repressive history of this tiny nation.
New documentary showcases the repressive history of this tiny nation.
Criminal History
The old Monterey County Jail tells a bitter story.
The old Monterey County Jail tells a bitter story.
Wild Child
Ventana Wilderness Society’s new after-school program helps kids Zen out.
Ventana Wilderness Society’s new after-school program helps kids Zen out.
Newsbriefs
Newsbriefs
Teapot Tempest
Two local writers are short-listed for national mystery award.
Two local writers are short-listed for national mystery award.
All in the Family
It’s warm and delicious inside Matteo’s.
It’s warm and delicious inside Matteo’s.
Hillbilly Bottle Blues
The Devil Makes Three’s neo-country twist is a heady concoction.
The Devil Makes Three’s neo-country twist is a heady concoction.
Artifacts
Artifacts
Theater Listings
Theater Listings
Soaring Jewels
Paul Taylor’s dances are exquisitely crafted stories in motion.
Paul Taylor’s dances are exquisitely crafted stories in motion.
Back to the Drawing Board
Marina’s University Villages slammed at semi-public hearing.
Marina’s University Villages slammed at semi-public hearing.
Streettalk
The Bunny or the Fat Man?: Asked at Del Monte Center in Monterey
The Bunny or the Fat Man?: Asked at Del Monte Center in Monterey
Little Red Devil
Director Guillermo del Toro’s love of comic-book Hellboy makes the film a treat.
Director Guillermo del Toro’s love of comic-book Hellboy makes the film a treat.
Thursday, April 1
Foodchain
Foodchain
To Forgive, Divine
Patrice Vecchione’s newest anthology has a pointed theme.
Patrice Vecchione’s newest anthology has a pointed theme.
Happiness, California 93940
Disney Buys Del Rey Oaks: Tiny ‘city’ will be redeveloped as adult fantasy gated community.
Disney Buys Del Rey Oaks: Tiny ‘city’ will be redeveloped as adult fantasy gated community.
Salinas v. Monterey County
City is ready to fight in court against sprawling Rancho San Juan subdivision.
City is ready to fight in court against sprawling Rancho San Juan subdivision.
Theater Listings
Theater Listings
Discspace
Discspace
Hidden Communism
Charming film shows what happens when you miss the fall of the Wall.
Charming film shows what happens when you miss the fall of the Wall.
First Blue
Monterey resident Butch Voris formed the nation’s most-loved aviation team.
Monterey resident Butch Voris formed the nation’s most-loved aviation team.
Newsbriefs
Newsbriefs
Art Listings
Art Listings
War in Space at NPS
NASA’s top administrator addresses hometown crowd at graduation ceremony.
NASA’s top administrator addresses hometown crowd at graduation ceremony.
Medieval Reckoning
Murder mystery can’t equal Unsworth’s “morality” novel.
Murder mystery can’t equal Unsworth’s “morality” novel.
Squidfry
Squidfry
Rap Delight
Mr P Chill & Trunk of Funk bring Sacto goove to Lava Lounge.
Mr P Chill & Trunk of Funk bring Sacto goove to Lava Lounge.
Tiny Treasures
Call them undiscovered, call them hidden gems, just don’t call ‘em dives.
Call them undiscovered, call them hidden gems, just don’t call ‘em dives.
Artifacts
Artifacts
Fight Club
Three new exhibits explore the ritualization of violence.
Three new exhibits explore the ritualization of violence.
Streettalk
Moments of Blatant Stupidity: Asked in Downtown Monterey
Moments of Blatant Stupidity: Asked in Downtown Monterey
Letters
Letters
The Water Solution
Mayoral candidate Dick Ely’s ideas to help Carmel raise much-needed revenue are either innovative or unrealistic.
Mayoral candidate Dick Ely’s ideas to help Carmel raise much-needed revenue are either innovative or unrealistic.
Monterey County Fairgrounds
Monterey