10 ARTS & £NT£RTA/NM£NTR*March7.2000 The STAR* March 7, 2000 A&E 11 'Promethea': delicious feminist satire Letterman makes his return A little Korean gem in A&E calendar March 7- March 13 By Monte Williams to destroy Promethea. By Tyler Masamori organ cooler in one hand and a heart A&E Editor Even worse, inse­ Staff Writer neighboring Cotati cure Sophie Bangs has fibrillation machine in in the other, March 07 you can see the connection.) Adriane Fugh-Berman's book, A scant six weeks after under­ "Just in case." friend's Bui Go Ki was excellent, $5, $4 for students and se­ "Taking Hormones and Stories should make you to take over for Bar­ By Cindy Chong going q~intuple bypass heart sur­ Williams proceed to peek she loved the beef and sauce. The niors and $3 for SFI members and Women's Health. 7:00p.m. 707. laugh at something that's not funny, bara! Guest Writer Ah, open-mic night, the gery, David Letterman returned to into his organ cooler saying, "What thin slices of beef were tender and prepubescent delinquents. 792-4300. mourn the most unlikely tragedy or Though her times chance to prove you're as ca­ the "Late Show" on Monday, Feb­ have we got in here? Lets see .. How easy is it to feed two the sauce was like ambrosia in her shiver at that which was never con­ in the spotlight are few, pable of mediocrity as any ce­ ruary 21. people on $20? Pretty easy when mouth. If you're schizophrenic, you sidered a threat. the Barbara Shelley in­ lebrity artist! North Light in Greeted with a warm stand­ most of the dishes are under $10! Along with the main dishes, can simultaneously check out March 11 Enter Alan Moore's carnation of Promethea Cotati hosts. 8:00p.m. 707-792- ing ovation from an audience chant­ As soon as we sat down at they served us many· side dishes, Diane Mott Davidson at "Promethea," which has readers is the most esthetically 4300. ing his name, Letterman looked bet­ Bear Korean restaurant, we were which is traditional at any Korean Copperfield's at the Montgomery Today through the March laughing at a chain:smoking Red refreshing heroine in ter than ever. After several minutes, served with hot tea in ceramic Ko­ meal. One dish you find often at Village in Santa Rosa. She's pro­ 13, the Santa Rosa Symphony Riding Hood, frowning with years. She speaks and the cheering finally died down and rean mugs with no handles. Imme­ Korean Meals is Kim Chi: pickled moting her newest mystery, will rock the Luther Burbank amused sympathy for an unhappy you' re ready to listen, Letterman opened with, "You'll diately, we noticed that it was a veggies in red pepper sauce. They "Tough Cookie," likewise at Center. Today and Monday at corporate icon and biting their fin­ her body moves and March 08 never guess what happened to me." fairly small restaurant, with only a served both the Napa Cabbage and 7:00p.rn. 707-578-8938 8:00p.m., Sunday at 3:00p.m. gernails as their favorite characters you believe she is The opening monologue was few tables, but it's decorated with the Daikon varieties. $18-$36. 707-546-8742. are hunted mercilessly ... by fables strong (whereas most David Plummer and John pure Letterman: "I now have the ut­ plants and paintings, and the service There was so much food that The Scene, jelly bean. The brought to life ("You don't wanna comic book "super­ Archambeault, who collaborated most respect for Bill Clinton. I spent and food more than make up for the we couldn't finish it all, so if you're Pub hosts Women's Comedy Night, Dan Hicks and the Delt go looking for folklore and you es­ women" can lift tanks on the children's CD, "Painting only a half hour with Hillary and size. looking for something new, this is featuring Becky Pedigo and Page Devils jazz the house down at pecially don't want folklore to come with the arms of Kate My World," will appear in a spe­ looked what happened to me." The waitress took our order the place to check out! It may not Herwitz in support of Women's 8:00p.m. at the Spreckels Per­ looking for you.") Moss.) cial storytelling concert this The guest list included Regis within a few minutes, giving me just be exactly like my Mom's Korean History Month. 9:00p.m. 707-664- forming Arts Center in Rohnert Eager to complete her term Shelley is also a morning at 10:00a.m. at Philbin, Robin Williams and a brief enough time to explain some of the cooking, but it comes pretty close. 2382. Park. $23 at the door. 707-588- paper, college student Sophie Bangs large source of the Copperfield's in Sebastopol. cameo appearance by Jerry dishes to my friend. I ordered the But be forewarned: this is not 3492. interviews the widow, Barbara book's humor. Unfortu- Men are always so controlling. K-3rd grade teachers can Seinfeld, who jokingly admitted to .Bi Bim Baup, which is rice with a place for the faint of heart! Shelley, whose author husband was nately, much of it seems contact Richie Partington at 707- Dave, "I thought you were dead." mixed vegetables and beef, and my Also, for those of you who the most recent in a centuries-span­ out of place; "Promethea" could ri­ The result is stunning and inviting, 823-899 I to arrange for their March 10 March 12 In what was the most heart­ friend ordered the Bui Go Ki, a bar­ love to sing, they have a Kareoke ning series of artists to focus on val Alan Moore's "V For Vendetta" from mushroom pigs and disem­ students to see the show. felt moment of the show, Dave in­ ~ becue beef dish. Both came with machine available for rental. You Promethea, a fantasy figure deter­ if handled with the full respect it bodied lips to frowning flowers. The .__ __________.J{ Copperfield's can be reached at troduced the six doctors and two bottomless rice, and the Bi Bim can bring a group of friends, get Government Grown, those The EL Dorado mined to remain a fixture in the deserves. imagery is everything I want to 707-823-2618. nurses who saved his life. He even Baup came with many different some great food and sing 'till your lovable musicians who've taken it Syncopatots will have an au­ imaginations of readers. That said, the laughs are dream, all I want when I die, all that Next time l'llftx my teeth At 7 :OOp.m. that night, the pointed out that one of the nurses vegetables, like bean sprouts and heart's content, or at least until upon themselves to continue the thentic New Orleans jazz jam We learn quickly that pretty golden (in issue three, I believed in and strived for as a Petaluma Copperfield's hosts tradition of the Grateful Dead, will session today at North Light in got the dubious pleasure of giving Michael Jackson's nose ... " daikon. Along with the vegetables, . lOp.m. (there is a small charge Promethea is the spirit of a young Promethea wonders why she's so young LSD enthusiast (say no, Thomas Moore, promoting his play their seemingly-monthly Inn Cotati, and lord knows, there's him a bath. Williams couldn't help but get was a bit of beef and an egg (be sure based on how many people you girl, adopted ages ago by gods and frightened of a giant wolf, to which kids.) book, "Original Self: Living at the Beginning gig tonight at no jazz like N'awlinsjazz. l:30- While Regis "Is that your fi­ out of his chair every five seconds, to ask for the yolk to be cooked all bring and how long you're there.) raised in the Immateria (the magi­ Red Riding Hood responds, "Promethea" is a humor With Paradox and Originality. 9:00p.m. nal answer?" Philbin's appearance even doing some impromptu show the way unless you like it raw). This Little Gem is found at 4:30p.m. 707-792-4300. cal world where stories are created.) "You're facing the unvarnished comic, a hero comic, a feminist 707-762-0563. $5 for students, which isn't was mildly interesting, you can tunes. 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