Third Thursday at the Monterey Museum of Art. 5-7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 18 at 559 Pacific St., Monterey.
Free admission, light appetizers, wine provided by Blackstone Winery. Opening is "MontereyNOW: Andrea Johnson." MontereyNOW is a biannual series focusing on contemporary artists currently working in Monterey County.
Johnson's portraits, landscapes and studies of nature are painted with great precision and evoke the mystery lurking beneath the natural world. Through March 25. 372-5477.
All Women's Ball benefit. 8-11 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 19 at the Carmel Woman's Club, San Carlos Avenue, Carmel. Desserts, music.
Proceeds benefit the Hamilton Women's Shelter, a program of Shelter Outreach Plus. $20 at the door only.
Book and Art Fundraiser.
The fundraiser continues through Jan. 20 during regular business hours at the American Cancer Society's Pacific Grove Discovery Shop, 198 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove. 372-0866.
"The Road Ahead: Winter Gathering with Satirist Dave Lippman." 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Monterey Senior Center, 280 Dickman at Lighthouse, Monterey. Donations accepted.
Sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. 372-5762, .
The Salinas High School Music Association's fundraiser, "An Evening in Paris.
" 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
3 at Sherwood Hall, 940 N. Main St., Salinas.
Barry Brown will emcee the event, which features musical performances from the school's various programs, a silent auction and a live auction with veteran charity auctioneer Tom DiNardo, who will auction off a weekend getaway at a Paris luxury apartment. $75 per person. 455-2320.
"25 to Life: The Crystal Ball," a benefit for John XXIII AIDS Ministry. Begins at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside. Champagne reception and silent auction from 6:30-8 p.
m.; dinner and dancing from 8-11 p.m.
Music by the SRO Big Band Orchestra. Black tie optional. $90.
442-3959, .
22nd annual Together with Love Run and Walk. 8:15 a.
m. Sunday, Feb. 11 for the children's run; 9 a.
m. for the 10K and 5K. This mostly flat, looped course around Monterey Bay is a benefit for the Monterey Rape Crisis Center.
Details: 373-3955.
"Have a Heart for Students," benefit dinner and auction. 6-10 p.
m. Friday, Feb. 16 at the University Center on Sixth Avenue, CSU-Monterey Bay, Seaside.
$75. Proceeds benefit student scholarships. Brazilian food and live and silent auctions will highlight the annual event.
Auction items include a pencil portrait of a person of the donor's choice by cartoonist Bill Bates; two season tickets for the Panetta Lecture Series; Super Bowl XXIII football signed by Joe Montana, Steve Young and Jerry Rice; and golf for four (and carts) at Carmel Valley Ranch. $75. RSVP: 582-4141.
18th annual Great Taste of P.G. 4-7 p.
m. Sunday, Feb. 25.
Sample food and wine from area restaurants and wineries at this gala event to benefit Pacific Grove schools. Live and silent auctions. Takes place at The Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach.
$45. 642-4943, .
An Evening With Paula Poundstone.
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
1 at Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. Note: show contains adult material. $37.
620-2048, .
Freestyle Dance Jam. 8-10 p.
m. Friday, Jan. 19 at Chautauqua Hall, 16th and Central Avenue, Pacific Grove.
Zupa Zow will play world beat music from reggae to Middle Eastern. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
$15 adults/$8 youth. 624-4584, 375-2312.
Contradance.
7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
20 at the YMCA, 600 El Estero, Monterey. Music by Celtic Junket (Pat Ryan, John Weed, Debra Tayleur) with Andy Wilson calling the dances. Beginners' lesson at 7 p.
m. $8 general/$4 students. Dessert potluck.
372-7528, .
Dance sampler with the Sage Stompers Square Dance Club. 7:30-9:30 p.
m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at the Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Ave.
, Seaside. Learn the basics of square dancing, line dancing, contra dancing and round dancing. Ages 8 and up.
No experience or partners necessary. $2.50 suggested donation at the door.
899-0752, 375-2354.
S.V.
C.D.A.
's Sweetheart Dance. 7-10 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 3 at the American Legion Post 41 off Jefferson Street in Monterey. Dance lesson at 6:45 p.
m.; music with DJ Pam. Couples, mixers and line dancing.
No partner needed. Snacks provided. $8.
214-7333, 261-8087.
"Obrigado, Brazil! (Thank You, Brazil!
)" with Smuin Ballet. 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 16 and 2 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
17 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. $57. 620-2048, .
Champion of the Arts Gala with the Arts Council for Monterey County. 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 19 at the Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside. Children's author Beverly Cleary will be honored along with other arts champions.
Silent auction, dinner, live music with Andrea's Fault. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
for a wine reception. $75 per person/$600 for a table of eight. 622-9060, .
Cribbage Tournament. 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 19; 8:30 a.m.
and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
20; 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan.
21 at the Salinas Masonic Temple, 48 E. San Joaquin, Salinas. Registration not required.
LallaRoyal martini tasting and casino action. 7-9 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 26 at Lallapalooza, 474 Alvarado St., Monterey.
Martinis themed after various James Bond movies, which will be paired with appetizers and just for fun games of Texas Hold 'em and Blackjack. A professional dealer and "Bond" girls will add a sense of excitement to the game table. $50 includes food, beverages, party favors.
Reservations are required in advance. 645-9036.
26th annual Genealogy Seminar.
8 a.m.-4 p.
m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Family History Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Noche Buena and Plumas avenues, Seaside.
The seminar will offer 40 one-hour classes in genealogy research from beginning to advanced. Keynote speaker Karen Clifford will give a talk, "You've Got to be Kidding!" Joanne Cannon, faculty member at CSU-Monterey Bay will introduce a short video, "Who's You're Daddy?
" $30 includes lunch. 625-2513.
Women's International League for Peace Freedom.
7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
27 at the Monterey Senior Center, 280 Lighthouse at Dickman, Monterey. The winter gathering features singer/satirist Dave Lippman and local musical group Rhythm Rouge. 372-5762, .
AT T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Practice rounds begin at 8 a.m.
on all courses Mon-Wed, Feb. 5-7 at Pebble Beach. Tournament rounds begin at 8 a.
m. Thu-Sat with the final round at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday, Feb. 11.
Practice rounds are $50 advance/$60 after Feb. 4 and are good for three days of practice rounds (Mon-Wed). Tickets are $50 daily for Thu-Sun.
(800) 541-9091, 644-0333, .
A Day of Romance in Old Monterey. The tours are at 11 a.
m., 11:30, noon, 1 p.m.
, 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.
m. Saturday, Feb. 10.
Living History presentations (four short plays) at Larkin House, Cooper-Molera Adobe, Diaz Adobe and the Stevenson House. Featuring romantic stories presented by historic characters from 19th century Monterey. Tea and scones, music and period dancers.
$16 per person. Credit card orders: 649-7109. Tickets by cash or checks at the Cooper-Molera stores at 649-7111.
Steinbeck's Birthday Celebration. Sunday, Feb. 25 at the National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St.
, Oldtown Salinas. Join a hometown celebration as Salinas remembers the life and works of native son and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Open house at the Steinbeck House, readings from his books at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas and other special events.
796-3833, .
The film "Master of Light: The Life and Watercolors of Rollin Pickford," will be shown at the Pacific Grove Art Center. 2 p.
m. Sunday, Jan. 21 at 568 Lighthouse Ave.
, Pacific Grove. Written and directed by Rollin Pickford's son, Joel, "Master of Light" documents the seven-decade career of master watercolorist Rollin Pickford. The film has been presented on PBS.
Free. 375-2208, .
"Sounds for the Silents," with music scores by Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
25 at the Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., downtown Monterey. Silent films of Charlie Chaplin's "The Pawn Shop," Buster Keaton's "Cops" and Harold Lloyd's "Never Weaken" will be shown with period music scores by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
$20 general/$15 for groups of 20 or more. 582-4580, .
Private screening and champagne reception for "Where's Marty," the made-in-Monterey County movie.
Champagne reception at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
28 at Osio Cinemas, 350 Alvarado St. in Monterey. The screening will be at 7:30 p.
m. $15 for the reception/$10 for the movie. Reservations: 646-0910.
Seating is limited; tickets at the door if available.
Ninth annual Wine Food Festival. Events: pairing seminar from 6-9 p.
m. Friday, Jan. 19 with winemaker Steve Pessagno and Chef Todd Fisher at A Taste of Monterey in Oldtown Salinas ($65 per person); winemakers' dinners at Chapala Restaurant (Tuesday, Jan.
23); Pajaro Street Grill and Gino's Fine Italian Food (Wednesday, Jan. 24); Hullaballoo (Thursday, Jan. 25) at $75 per person; grand final e at the National Steinbeck Center on Saturday, Jan.
27 from 6-9 p.m. ($80 person/$150 couple).
The final e will feature foods from more than 20 restaurants and wine tasting from more than 35 Monterey County wineries. There will be a silent auction and a reverse draw ($100 per ticket). Attire is dressy casual.
Reverse draw tickets: 759-9553. Tickets and information: 775-4721.
Free potluck and slide show at Hosteling International Monterey.
Potluck at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan.
22; slide show of India and Brazil with Mira Oaten at 7 p.m. at 778 Hawthorne Ave.
, Monterey. 372-5762.
Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula community feast.
6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.
26 at 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel. Bring a potluck dish to share. Nonalcoholic beverages will be provided; bring your own wine or alcoholic beverage.
Free; open to all. RSVP: 521-8864.
Last Friday's Wine Bar.
6-9 p.m. Friday, Jan.
26 at A Taste of Monterey, 700 Cannery Row, Monterey. Wine by the glass prices, live music. 646-5446 or e-mail: .
51st annual kosher-style take-out lunch and bake sale. 9 a.m.
-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
1 at Temple Beth El, 1212 Riker St., Salinas. The kosher-style lunch includes a large hot corned beef or pastrami sandwich, salad, kosher dill pickle and homemade cake for dessert.
$10. Orders of 15 or more are delivered free in Salinas if ordered by 5 p.m.
Jan. 30. 424-9151.
21st annual Masters of Food Wine. Feb. 22-25 at the Highlands Inn Park Hyatt Carmel, four miles south of Carmel on Highway 1, Carmel.
Ticket information: (800) 401-1009, .
Stories for Adults featuring Mary Gay Ducey. 7 p.
m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 at the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St.
, Monterey. One free ticket with valid library card/additional tickets are $8. 646-3949.
"Short Works on a Grand Scale," readings by writers in Lee Brady's playwriting workshop. 5:30-7 p.m.
Sat-Sun, Jan. 20-21at the Studio Theatre, Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont St., Monterey.
Free.
646-4200, (415) 929-8654 or e-mail: leebrady@aol.
Monterey Symphony with conductor Max Bragado Darman.
3 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
20 is the stage door performance (final rehearsal; $10 advance/$15 at the door); 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
20 at Sherwood Hall, 940 N. Main St., Salinas; 3 p.
m. Sunday, Jan. 21 and 8 p.
m. Monday, Jan. 22 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel.
The program will include works by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev and dancers from the American Ballet Theater. Salinas tickets: $38/$28/$18/$12 for ages 12 and under; Carmel tickets: $$53/$43/$33. 620-2048, 624-8511, ext.
0.
Singers needed for the Monterey Peninsula Choral Society spring concert, "For the Ladies..
.and Bill." Begins at 6:30 p.
m. Monday, Jan. 22 at the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Valley Road, 1 mile east of Highway 1.
No auditions; everyone welcome. Rehearsals ongoing Mondays. 645-4728, .
Folk singer/songwriter Mary McCaslin with Wisconsin's musical humorists Lou and Peter Berryman in concert. 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Aromas Grange, Rose and Bardue streets, Aromas. $12 adults/$6 children.
726-2322, .
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts presents "Something Cool," an evening of tunes from the American songbook with stories and poems. 7:30 p.
m. Thursday, Jan. 25 at Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel.
With vocalist Julie Capili, bassist Heath Proskin, guitarist Brice Albert and pianist/author/reader Bill Minor. $15. 624-7491.
Lovejoy Concert Series presents violinist Brynn Albanese and pianist Rebecca Sloan. 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 28 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel. $20 general/$10 students/children under 12 get in free with a ticketed adult.
Purchase tickets at Bookmark in Pacific Grove or at the church. 375-6981.
In The Mood: A 1940s musical 10th anniversary tour.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
31 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. With a big band orchestra, singers and dancers. 620-2048.
The Carmel Music Society presents a recital by Brazilian pianist Arnaldo Cohen. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Sunset Center, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. $42 premium/$32 general/$20 student.
625-9938, .
Carl Saunders/Med Flory Quintet. 7:30 p.
m. Sunday, Feb. 4 at The Jazz Blues Co.
, San Carlos and Fifth, Carmel. Doors open at 7 p.m.
$40. 624-2892.
Mendelssohn String Quartet.
8 p.m. Friday, Feb.
9 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. Presented by Chamber Music Monterey Bay. $27-$41/plus Kids Up Front are free.
625-2212, .
Karla Bonoff and Livingston Taylor. 8 p.
m. Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel.
$37. 620-2048, .
Monterey Symphony Concert IV with conductor Max Bragado Darman.
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
17 at the Salinas Community Center, 940 N. Main St., Salinas; 3 p.
m. Sunday, Feb. 18 and 8 p.
m. Monday, Feb. 19 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel.
Salinas tickets: $12/$18/$28/$38. Carmel tickets: $30/$42/$48/$50/$55. 620-2048, .
Doc Severinsen and his Big Band. 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel. $77.
620-2048, .
The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie. 8 p.
m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel.
$57. 620-2048, .
"Harry Chapin: A Celebration in Song," featuring the Chapin family.
8 p.m. Sunday, March 4 at the Sunset Center Theater, San Carlos and Ninth, Carmel.
$47/$57. 620-2048, .
Dick Crispo will give a talk on early Carmel artists.
7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.
17 at Grand Avenue Art Works!, 178 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove.
$5 at the door. Refreshments served. 373-1798.
Ciji Ware, author of "Rightsizing Your Life," will give a talk. 4 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 20 at the Carmel Woman's Club, Ninth and San Carlos, Carmel. $35.
Presented by the Carmel Public Library Foundation. 624-2811.
Friends of the Seaside Library presents motivational speaker Larry Wilde.
1 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
20 at the library, 550 Harcourt Ave., Seaside. Free.
Kim Shelden, biologist with the National Marine Mammal Laboratories at the NOAA Fisheries in Seattle will talk about "The North Pacific Right Whale: The world's Rarest Cetacean?" 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Hopkins Marine Station, Lecture Hall, Boatworks Building, Ocean View Boulevard, Pacific Grove. Free.
Disney artist Ron Dias will talk about "'Sleeping Beauty': From Fairy Tale to Classic Film Animation." Reception at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 25 in the Ferrante Room, Monterey Conference Center, 1 Portola Plaza, Monterey. The presentation is at 6:30 p.
m. Tickets for the presentation will be sold at the door for $10. (Members of Reel Friends of the Film Commission tickets are $5; full-time students complimentary).
The event will also provide an opportunity to sign up as a Reel Friends member and receive ticket discounts. 646-0910, .
Rag Magsalay will talk about "Journey and Process.
" 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
28 at Grand Avenue Art Works!, 178 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove.
Magsalay will talk about his passion for both art and form. $5 at the door. Refreshments served.
373-1798.
Slide-illustrated lecture with Robin Domiter. 7 p.
m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St.
, Monterey. Domiter, a docent for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, will talk about "American Art at the de Young in San Francisco: 1670-1900." For ages 16 and up.
Free, reservations required. 646-3949.
Local authors of books on pet behavior will talk at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library.
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
3 at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Authors speaking are veterinarian Dr.
Frank Kocher, psychologist and animal behaviorist Dr. Larry Lachman and parrot consultant Diane Grindol. Free.
236-8177.
"The Impact of Women's Politics on Women's Art in the 20th Century," is the topic of a talk by Dr. Phyllis Peet, art historian and director of Women's Studies at Monterey Peninsula College.
The reception will begin at 7 p.m.; talk at 7:30 p.
m. in the Karas Room of the Monterey Peninsula College library, 980 Fremont St., Monterey.
373-4197.
Annual whale migration whale-watching trips.Two hour tours leave from the Monterey Municipal Wharf No.
2. Reservations recommended. $22 adults/$15 ages 12 and under.
372-7440.
Historic garden tours. 10:30 a.
m. ongoing Fridays. Tours start at Casa del Oro Memory Gardens at Pacific and Scott streets, Monterey.
Visit the gardens associated with Old Monterey Historic Adobes. $5 donation per adult. Reservations at 649-3364; leave a message.
Tours of Point Pinos Lighthouse. Self-guided tours from 1-4 p.m.
Thursdays-Mondays. The lighthouse is on Ocean View Boulevard in Pacific Grove. The entrance is from Asilomar Avenue.
$2 donation suggested. Information: 648-5716 or .
Carmel Heritage Society Walking Tours.
9:30 a.m. Saturdays.
Join a docent and hear the colorful history of Carmel. $10 per person. Group tours are available.
Reservations not required. Meet at the First Murphy House, Lincoln and Sixth, Carmel. 624-4447.
Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park walk tours. 10 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Saturdays; 10 a.
m. Sundays. Arrive early.
The tour is about three hours and is limited to 40 people. Moonlight tours available. Meet outside the Highway 1 farm gate, 19 miles south of Rio Road (look for signs -- near the Point Sur Naval Facility).
$8 adults/$4 for ages 6-17/age 5 and under free. 625-4419.
Docent-led tours of Elkhorn Slough.
10 a.m. and 1 p.
m. Saturdays and Sundays, rain or shine. Early bird tours are scheduled for 8:30 a.
m. the first Saturday of the month. Meet at the visitor center at 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville.
$2.50 day-use fee. 728-2822, .
Carmel Walks. 10 a.m.
Tue-Fri; 10 a.m. and 2 p.
m. Saturdays. The two-hour walk includes a tour of Carmel cottages, secret gardens and hidden courtyards.
Meet in the outdoor courtyard of the Pine Inn, Lincoln Street and Ocean Avenue, Carmel. $25. 642-2700, .
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Tour. 10 a.m.
-3 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
$7 general/$4 college students/$2 for high school students. 26304 Ocean View Avenue, Carmel. Reservations: 624-1840 or Mon-Thu from 9 a.
m.-1 p.m.
at 624-1813.
Ghost Walk of Old Monterey with local historian Gary Munsinger. Daily.
527 Hartnell Street, downtown Monterey. Relive the tales of Old Monterey. Visit the sites of the ghost in the garden, ancient burial grounds, hidden treasure, hauntings, hangings and frequent ghostly sightings.
$22 adult/$80 for four adults/$7 children under 12. By reservation only. 624-1700.
Monterey Movie Tours. 1 p.m.
daily. Passengers will board a bus in front of the Portola Plaza Hotel, 1 Portola Plaza, Monterey. The three-hour daily tour takes passengers to some of the 190 locations of films that have been shot around the Peninsula.
There is also live narration aboard the bus along with movie clips. $49 adults/$45 seniors/$35 children. 372-6278.
Poetry writing workshop with Patrice Vecchione. 2-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 20 at the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St., Monterey.
Writing exercises, inspiration, encouragement and feedback. For ages 14 and up. Free, but pre-registration is required.
This event is supported by Poets Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from the Hearst Foundation. 646-3949.
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