Kiosk In This Issue Friday, October 15 7:00-9:00pm “Harvest Moon” Wine Tasting Heavy Hors D’ouevres Live Music • Raffle Dennis Murphy Band Fundraiser for Gateway Center at A Taste of Monterey 700 Cannery Row #KK $50 each (Or $60 at the door) One-man history book - See below Jailhouse Rock - Page 13 Patron’s show - Page 15 831-372-8002 x12 • Saturday, October 16 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM 2010 “A Barbershop Odyssey” Cypressaires Barbershop Chorus PG Performing Arts Center Adults $20 • Youth <18 Free Information: 624-1859 • Sunday, Oct. 17 Howard Burnham’s Dramatic Lecture “Dickens in America” Chautauqua Hall Times Oct. 15-21, 2010 Vol. III, Issue 4 3:00 p.m. Pacific Grove Community News $10 adults • Friday, October 29 Blessed with a doggy kiss Art Opening PC Art Center Police warn and Art Walk Finale Downtown Pacific Grove of increase in No Fee • Friday, October 29 coyote activity & Saturday, October 30 Hard on the heels of a letter from a Fall Dance Concert visitor (see page 10) about a coyote killing MPC Main Stage Theatre and eating a domestic cat comes a warning General $10 Students/Seniors $7 from the Pacific Grove Police Department Information: 831•646-4220 about increased coyote activity in Pacific • Grove. Sunday, October 31 PGPD’s Animal Control Officer and 3:00 PM numerous citizens have seen the same A DRAMATIC LECTURE coyote in the Beach Tract, near the golf Things that go Snap and Slurp course, and in the Asilomar and Rip Van in the Night Winkle Open Space areas. The coyote killed Special guest: Laura Akard a cat on Bay View. It appears to be very thin Chautauqua Hall and suffering from mange. Adults $10 / Students 12-18 $2 California Department of Fish and Under 12 years Free • Game has been notified about the animal Now – January 2, 2011 and its condition. 10 AM – 5 PM • Tues-Sun Coyotes are typically nocturnal and Glow: Living Lights prefer to hunt for rodents such as mice, PG Museum of Natural History rats and rabbits. They, like raccoons, will 165 Forest Avenue take advantage of pet food left outdoors 831•648-58 and open garbage containers. But they are • oppportunistic and will take cats, small dogs Now - November 30 and other domestic animals. “Dabbling” If coyotes get used to an easy food Quilts by Barbara Hamilton source offered by humans, they can become Back Porch Fabrics & Quilt habituated and this will almost inevitably Gallery 157 Grand Ave. at Central lead to its death. Pacific Grove • 831-375-4453 Pacific Grove Police have the following • advice about living in coyote country: Ongoing Mondays • If you run into this animal, or any Farmer’s Market other coyote, try to frighten it off 4 - 7 PM Central & Grand, Pacific Grove by yelling,waving your arms, and Info: 831-384-6961 throwing objects near it to move it • along. Ongoing • Keep cats indoors and walk dogs on Chautauqua Hall leashes. Secure chickens, rabbits, and Wednesdays other outdoor pets. Samba to live drums 7 – 8 PM • Do not feed coyotes or any other Fridays Reverend Vincent Raj receives a doggy kiss as he blesses the pet of a Canterbury wildlife. Dance Jam Woods resident. The annual event honors St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Central & 16th Avenue Info: animals and the environment. More photos on page 14. Photo by Marley Knoles • Eliminate sources of water. [email protected] See COYOTE Page 2 $10 Adults • $5 Kids • Tuesday, November 9 6:30 PM Velvet Coat; the Ragged Luck of Howard Burnham: “Quite Entertaining” Robert Louis Stevenson his place of birth. sent to live with Uncle Tom in the USA (his Monterey Public Library By Katie Shain As a less than healthy small lad growing grandfather was American); he chose the 625 Pacific Street, Monterey up in England, actually bed ridden with former, though in the end he developed a 831- 646-3949 a bone malady at the early age of five, great love for his Uncle Tom. The boarding •www.monterey.org/llibrary Most fortuitously, we temporarily have Burnham figures he began discovering school decision presented Burnham with a RSVP • Free here within our midst character actor and • his creative advantages for character need to fend for his frail physical wellbeing historian, Howard Burnham. During his winter impersonation as a result of his confinement, against the tyrannical boys at school. Saturday, November 13 forays to Pacific Grove from his home in North 5:30 – 8:30 PM some four years of hospitalization to regain When Burnham discovered how he Carolina, he will present a number of one-man his health and strength. Howard lost his culd delight the bullies by mimicking the PG Chamber Annual plays or readings of historical characters. Holiday Fashion Show father to consumption before he was 11. staff and professors behind their backs, The Inn at Spanish Bay Apparently Pacific Grove is not exceedingly Adolescence found him having to choose he developed confidence and camaraderie 831• 373-3304 different from the seaside town of Bournemouth between being sent to a boarding school in while realizing his potentially growing talent Tickets $30 per person in England according to Burnham, for that was England or, to his thinking, worse yet; being • See ONE MAN Page 2 Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 15, 2010 p ONE MAN From Page 1 for being “quite entertaining”. has been living happily since the Sunday, October 24 – “The Burnham attained his degree 1980’s with his wife, Sandra, (a Lion, the Eagle and Dixie: from the University of Durham, former ballet dancer for a unit of Vizetelly of The Illustrated England with honors; he is also the Royal Ballet, with impressive London News covers the Civil a co-founder of both England’s affiliations to the Royal Dance War at Chautaugua Hall (Scout ‘1812 Theatre Company’ and of Academy). They have been Room, entrance on 17th Street) the ‘Rydale Arts Festival’ in the seasonally vacationing in Pacific at 3:00 p.m. UK. Burnham also claims some Grove over a number of years 40 years experience in coaching now and are considering longer Sunday, October 31 – “Things and teaching drama to youth. stays here in the future. that go snap and slurp in the Today Burnham’s repertoire Burnham starred in the night: the dramatic myths and counts no less than 50 characters role of Lord Cornwallis for legends of Werewolves and or personas that he has researched, the BBC/PBS series “Rebels Vampires” (with special guest developed and portrayed, and Redcoats”. The US Public Laura Akard) at Chautaugua complete in representation with Library of Richland County, Hall Main Room at 3:00 p.m. period costumes. (recipient 2001 Library of the Sunday, November 7 – “Go Personal choice and interest Year Award) retains Burnham as with the tide: the life and have been the means by which their Literary Artist in Residence, philosophy of ‘Doc’ Ed most of Burnham’s characters and the US National Parks seek Ricketts” at The Works on have been selected though a to employ much of his historical Lighthouse at 6:30 p.m. number were commissioned for characterization for their regular specifically designed events. events. Sunday, November 21 – “God’s Burnham has delivered his Some of Burnham’s original Megaphone: a tutorial with historical characters at Princeton works include; “Religious C.S. Lewis” at Chautaugua University and other various Quartet”, William Shakespeare, Hall (Scout Room, entrance on venues as well as performing as Frank Lloyd Wright, Doc 17th Street) at 3:00 p.m. a regular guest at resort hotels in Ricketts, C. S. Lewis, Lewis the Catskill Mountains of North Carroll, Winston Churchill, a Sunday, November 28 – “The Carolina. series of four programs on the Game’s Afoot: Dr. Watson North Carolina is where “Aspects of Charles Dickens” recalls Sherlock Holmes” at Burnham chose to settle, and and a host of other historical The Works on Lighthouse at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, December 5 – icons can be found listed on his scheduled series of “Sunday “The Cold Water of Fear: web site, www.howardburnham. Dramatic Encounters in Pacific Alfred Hitchcock arrives in Hollywood” at Chautaugua Hall com Grove” to be performed through th If you missed his portrayal December 19 at various locations. (Scout Room, entrance on 17 of “GOLF” depicting a story The charge is $10 at the door. Street) at 3:00 p.m. about ‘Old Tom Morris’ and Two of the performances, the Sunday, December 19 – “A ‘Young Bobby Jones’ at Shall Halloween afternon dramatic Christmas Carol as performed We Dance, plan to catch his next lecture with Laura Akard and the by Mr. Charles Dickens” at The show “Dickens in America” at Sunday, Nov. 21 dramatic lecture Works on Lighthouse at 6:30 Chautauqua Hall, 3:00 p.m. on on C.S. Lewis, are co-sponsored p.m. Sun., Oct. 17. You are invited by the Cultural Arts Commission to follow the balance of his of the city of Pacific Grove. Admission $10 at the door p COYOTE From Page 1 • Secure garbage containers — • Pick up fallen fruit and Grove Police Department or see your hardware dealer for cover compost piles. California Department of Fish varmint-proof containers. and Game as soon as possible. • Share information with Remember that it is not a • Feed pets indoors or, if you neighbors. feed them outside, pick up kindness to feed this animal, any leftovers immediately If a coyote should attack you regardless of its apparent after feeding. or your pet, contact the Pacific condition.