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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01/08/2024
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Luke Fleming, founding artistic director of the Manhattan Chamber Players, is joining Chamber Music Monterey Bay as the artistic program director.

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01/08/2024
Philadelphia-based Audacy, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.9 billion in debts, owns six radio stations in the Bay Area. These include 95.7 The Game, KCBS and 102.1 Jams.

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01/07/2024
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How Monterey County and Santa Cruz County ‘Give Back’

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01/05/2024
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Can anyone make a Mickey Mouse cartoon now? Yes, but it’s not that simple.

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12/27/2023
Under new state laws, five cities will test cameras to catch speeding drivers and cruising bans will be lifted statewide. The first is supposed to improve road safety, but critics of the second say it will endanger the public.

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12/25/2023
State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

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12/06/2023
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California State Parks, the Monterey Museum of Art and the city of Monterey are working together to bring a concept they call the Island of Adobes to downtown Monterey, turning the historic district into a hub for arts and culture.

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12/06/2023
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The Arts Council for Monterey County, the California Arts Council and the Central Coast Creative Corps have selected three local artists to collaborate with three local nonprofits.

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12/04/2023
Christmas at Closter Park returns to Salinas for its third year with different family activities live performances, arts and crafts, real snow and raffled Christmas trees, which sponsors decorate and donate.

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11/20/2023
With its hilly terrain, parts of Los Angeles aren’t always the easiest to build in. But that didn’t stop an architect from building a unique structure in Silver Lake.

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11/02/2023
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Local artist Max Randolph recently installed a custom 12-foot-tall sculpture of a great oak tree in the historic courtyard of Mission San Antonio de Padua.

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11/01/2023
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Compact Disco opened in July as downtown Monterey’s only house music venue. But it was only three months later that it was granted a corrected permit.

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10/31/2023
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The Arts Council for Monterey County announced a call for nominations for the next Monterey County Poet Laureate. This is a two-year position that aims to celebrate Monterey County's cultural heritage and promote literacy and literature.

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10/31/2023
The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has operated for 154 years, sold to controversial Alden Global Capital last year. It’s not looking great for the paper’s future.

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10/30/2023
Robert Irwin, an artist and MacArthur genius grant recipient, died in San Diego at 95 on Oct. 25. Michael Govan, who heads the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, offers a colorful retrospective on Irwin's work.

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10/27/2023
Looking at a dearth of accessible textbooks reflecting the diversity of Chicano/Latino/Mexican American/Latinx lives, two local professors set out to write one.

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10/26/2023
Through this new program, artists, culture bearers, and California Native American tribes will be eligible to receive funding to create artwork throughout state and local parks.

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10/20/2023
Written by Center for Biological Diversity scientist Tiffany Yap and illustrated by artist Meital Smith, “Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey” takes the reader through diverse habitats, across busy freeways and inside science labs to learn about one mountain lion’s survival story.

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10/17/2023
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Monterey County Cattlewomen are hosting their first-ever Western Art Show on Oct. 21. The fundraiser will be held at the Monterey County Fairgrounds.

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10/09/2023
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The Clean California Murals Project features bright murals, drought-resistant landscaping and improved lighting at East Market Street, Alisal Street and Sanborn Road along Highway 101.

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