The Hunger Games
Succumbing to curiosity, I took in a matinee of The Hunger Games last week to see what grabs the YA audience these days. The film isn't great, the acting is hit and miss, but the action is bracing. A fierce sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen (played by pretty,...
Herb Workshop @ UCSC Farm – April 1
If you're intrigued by the healing properties of medicinal herbs, don't miss this workshop by herbalist Darren Huckle, founder of Roots of Wellness, this Sunday April 1 from 10am - 1pm. The workshop will focus on cultivating and using herbs for teas and salves that...
New Doon @ Bonny Doon
Applying some spin to his perennially avant garde branding instincts, Doon-meister Randall Grahm has brought in a new chef, and ushered in a new name for his tasting room restaurant. Gone is the fairly tame "Cellar Door" and in comes the dashing "Le Cigare Volant"...
New Star in Paso Robles
A very attractive Latin Fusion retaurant, Estrella, has just opened in Paso Robles, in one of the old Victorians lining the central zocalo on Spring Street. The brainchild of Chef Ryan Swarthout (of Roberts restaurant fame) and Travis Borba, the restaurant surfs a...
MAH Show Opens March 31
All You Need is Love - one of the finer memories provided by the Beatles - and also the title of the next museum-wide exhibition scheduled for downtown's Museum of Art & History, opening for a Member's Preview on Friday, March 30 - and then to the general public...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.