Alfaro Does Ma Maison – May 28
Chef Lionel le Morvan of Ma Maison knows his way around paté. His wonderful appetizers and even more wonderful pistachio macaroons (the kind they make at Ladurée in Paris) were a big hit at last week's New Music Works garden gala. Now he's met his match—winemaker...
On Iron Man
The first time around, it was Robert Downey Jr. I was watching. And even with this second installment of the Marvel Comic hero, Downey is an endlessly adroit chameleon, able to pivot moods in micro-seconds. Yet, somehow—especially since most of the film reduces to a...
La Vita Release Party – Sunday May 23
Every year Bargetto Winery unveils its viticultural showpiece, a wine carefully nurtured, blended and finally chosen to wear the latest La Vita label. The ninth release of La Vita (vintage 2006) happens this weekend, when a hundred or so friends of the area's oldest...
Art for Art – opening reception May 28
Make plans for this Friday's opening reception. Art for Art is positively packed with new works by some of our best painters, printmakers, and mixed media mavens. I'm especially looking forward to seeing what Charles Prentiss, Hildy Bernstein, Sara Friedlander,...
Archiving the Farm
Come celebrate an astonishing array of oral histories of organic farmers and researchers, from the 60s through the present - on Monday, May 24, 5-7pm at the UCSC Farm. Music by the Rolling Cultivators (with a name like that, they have to be good), food and...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.