It’s Wednesday. You want to go out for dinner. Consider Shadowbrook, where tonight Jim and Judy Schultze will be pouring four of their all-estate pinot noirs, including new 2010 releases.
Sample a flight with complimentary appetizers – starts @ 5pm.
[Atmospheric pinot noir vines on the Windy Oaks Estate just outside of also atmospheric Corralitos.]
Long Beach Island’s exquisite coastline as I saw it only four weeks ago.
Inside the musings and tinkerings of physics world-changer Albert Einstein, we wander and play thanks to the uncanny simpatico of Robert Wilson, Phillip Glass and Lucinda Childs, who 35 years ago collaborated on an avant-garde performance piece that announced the postmodern domain and then some. Revived this year, the historic—and yes, occasionally dated—piece received a resounding performance at Zellerbach Auditorium last weekend, preceded by informal remarks by the creators themselves.
A kinetic patchwork of non-narrative non sequiturs, Einstein allows us to wander in and out of its magical space/time continuum almost at will. Staged without intermission for almost 4 1/2 hourss, Einstein encourages viewers to come and go as they please. But most sat glued to their seats, ears pinned back by the throbbing variations of Glass’ signature ragas and nonsense chants which utterly and seamlessly interpret Wilson’s poetic vision of sound, words, and temporal relativity along paths cleared by Duchamp, Merce Cunningham,Terry Riley, Brian Eno and then inherited in the 80s by David Byrne et al. (more…)
Halloween is our excuse to escape to Avanti – and this year we chose to return to one of our favorite neighborhood spots, now transformed into Pizzeria Avanti.
Let’s just say that it was great to be back. Very little has changed, except for some appetizers, salads (the fab broccoli and white bean salad remains!) and pizza-intensive menu. (more…)
Zameen—the latest mobile unit offering up big, fresh Mediterranean/Middle Eastern hand foods—shown here with owner/entrepreneur Ed Watson. And this baby was designed expressly to cater to the food needs of UCSC students who tend to hang out around the Performing Arts parking lot. Music Students, digital arts students, painters, actors, serious students on their way to the library.
Lots of wraps, lots of roasted veggie, roasted meats, and hummus-intensive offerings, many featuring the housemade wood-fired pita bread that enfolds all those delicious flavors. Be smart and add a healthy dose of harissa or jalapeño sauce. Both are hot!
Hot! On site weekdays from 11:30 – 2:30.
Joining forces with our own mighty Companion Bakeshop, BSSC will host Smitten Kitchen blogger Deb Perelman (beyond popular! this woman gets millions of views a month!) this SUNDAY November 4 at 7pm.
Get there early and sample some of Perelman’s recipes, courtesy of the baking team of Companion Bakeshop. For details, go here.
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