AnimeiCon Gives Monterey its First Japanese Anime Convention
Monterey's first ever Japanese anime convention carved out its own niche last weekend.
Carmel Bach Festival's Twilight "Trios" Enchants in the Forest
Pebble Beach's Church in the Forest is a narrow but high passageway of a space ending in floor-to-ceiling windows looking out onto spindly, lush pines and twisty oaks. A reverent setting for Wednesday's Twilight Trios of the Baroque, led by Bach Festival concertmaster and first violin Peter Hanson, who, in ...
Working Mendelssohn's Magic at the Carmel Bach Festival
If anyone could give child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart a run for his money, it was child prodigy Felix Mendelssohn. His octet in E-flat Major, originally composed when Medelssohn was just 16 years old, is a technically stunning piece. It's also one Mendelssohn seriously revised, cutting and adding lengthy portions, ...
Carmel Bach Festival Begins Two-Week Run
This past Saturday, the Carmel Bach Festival's new music director and conductor Paul Goodwin—and his symphony orchestra, and the choir, and chorale soloists—kicked open the door to this new era of musical adventure that the 74-year-old festival is embarking on. A series of open rehearsals at Sunset Center hinted that ...
Western Stage Launches a New Theater Company
Salinas' Western Stage starts a hip, new theater faction to do a short run of substantial plays starting this week.
Monterey County Gives! and Some Creative Resourcefulness Turn Empty Walls Into Art
An art project at the Monterey Hostel marshalls kids, artists, community, and aesthetics.
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