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Monterey County Local News: Art, Culture & Media


All Local Art, Culture & Media News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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08/16/2024
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Minutes before the curtain lifted from the large glass box inside the Mecum Auctions tent in Monterey, television presenter John Kraman asked if I knew what waited inside.

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07/30/2024
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Youth Orchestra Salinas (YOSAL) has a new music director, Jeffrey de Seriere, who started as interim music director in January, has already made a significant impact, according to YOSAL.

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07/22/2024
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Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced the recipients of its Individual Artists Grants.

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07/08/2024
Image for display with article titled Nearly $111K in Grants Awarded to Local Arts and Culture Projects in Monterey County

The Arts Council for Monterey County has announced that it has awarded $110,520 in Arts and Cultural Impact Grants to 23 local arts organizations and nonprofit organizations with art programs.

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07/05/2024
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The Arts Council for Monterey County announced the 2024 Champions of the Arts awardees. These five extraordinary local individuals will be recognized at Arts4MC's Annual Champions of the Arts Awards Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 9.

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07/02/2024
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It’s hard to keep up with new galleries that are always popping up in Monterey County. Today we are bringing to your attention three new galleries you may visit whenever you have a chance.

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06/19/2024
Image for display with article titled PacRep Nears Completion of Its Golden Bough Playhouse Remodel.

The anticipated opening of the Golden Bough Playhouse in Carmel, the primary performance venue for the Pacific Repertory Theatre, has moved to late August.

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06/12/2024
Image for display with article titled Community Celebrates New Mission-Themed Mural in King City

Members and friends of the nonprofit group King City in Bloom gathered Friday afternoon to celebrate the completion of the new mural at 122 N. Second St., across from the Hartnell College campus.

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05/30/2024
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Arts organization leaders in Monterey County were alarmed by the proposed California state budget for 2024-25, which recommends cutting funding to the California Arts Council by 58 percent, or $10 million.

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05/28/2024
Image for display with article titled After 40 Years in Darkness, the Four-Part Endomosaic Mural by Emile Norman Finally Sees Daylight.

On Friday, May 24, Monterey History and Art Association President Gary Spradlin, along with Emile Norman Charitable Trust trustee Marc Del Piero, Monterey Library and Museums Director Brian Edwards and a couple of helpers, gathered on Tyler Street in Monterey with drills and hammers in their hands.

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05/22/2024
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Nearly 40,000 people attended the 80th Annual Salinas Valley Fair over the course of its four-day celebration in South Monterey County last week.

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05/04/2024
More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

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05/02/2024
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Filmmaker Gloria Morán discusses her film, Unique Ladies about an all-female lowrider club in San Diego. Her screening is part of a five-day Cinco de Mayo celebration in Watsonville of lowrider culture.

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05/01/2024
Image for display with article titled Guitars Not Guns Makes Historic Donation of 200 Guitars to South Monterey County Schools

The Monterey County Chapter of Guitars Not Guns, in conjunction with the Monterey County Office of Education, distributed 200 Keith Urban Yamaha Guitars, along with Gator guitar cases, to 10 school districts in South Monterey County on April 22.

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04/26/2024
Image for display with article titled Pacific Grove Student Named Monterey County’s Next Youth Poet Laureate

After a competitive selection process, the Arts Council for Monterey County has announced Maram Haddad as the 2024-25 Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate.

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04/17/2024
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Pacific Repertory Theatre amended its Golden Bough Theatre renovation project, resolving all existing issues in front of the Carmel Planning Commission on March 13.

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04/15/2024
Image for display with article titled Deadline Nears for Monterey County Artists to Apply for Individual Artists Grant

Applications are closing soon for an Individual Artists Grant through the Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC).

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