Monterey County Art, Culture & Media Articles

MONTEREY COUNTY — For the second consecutive year, the Monterey County Chapter of Guitars Not Guns brought the power of music into the hands of local students, donating nearly 250 Gibson electric guitars and amplifiers to 16 school districts.

On Tuesday, April 22, Salinas City Council voted 5-2 in support of steps to rescind four ordinances, including Monterey County’s first rent stabilization measure. Councilmembers Andrew Sandoval and Tony Barrera, who are the only remaining members of council from 2023…

It was a good week for libraries on Monterey County’s northernmost tip and its southernmost point.

GONZALES — The City of Gonzales, in collaboration with Gonzales Customs and Street Life Car Club, hosted its third annual Car Show on Saturday in downtown Gonzales.

The California Roots Music and Arts Festival has come a long way from humble beginnings in 2010. “When it first started it was meant to just be your backyard barbecue type of event,” says founder Jeff Monser, who lived in…

CENTRAL COAST — Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC), along with its partners — San Benito County Arts Council and Arts Council Santa Cruz County — have been selected as one of 36 recipients in a competitive grant program designed …

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey Audubon Society has announced the launch of its annual Scholarship Essay Contest, designed to support and inspire young conservationists in the Monterey Bay region.

Information provided by San Benito County Arts Council. Lea este artículo en español aquí.The San Benito County Arts Council along with lead partners, the Arts Council for Monterey County and the Arts Council Santa Cruz County, are excited to announce …

On March 15th KSQD will celebrate its 6th birthday with a gala fundraiser concert and silent auction. Donations are still coming in! Here is a sneak preview of the many fabulous items you can bid on at the event:
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Thinking outside the box and turning dreams into tangible objects is one guiding principle for artist Mai Ryuno. Now, the artist and educator is combining her skills to create a microschool where high school students can apply what they learn…

Squid Fest West is shaping up to be one for the records. It's KSQD's Sixth birthday celebration March 15th at The Resource Center for Nonviolence, 1-6pm at 612 Ocean Street in Santa Cruz. Get your tickets before they sell out …

Talk of the Bay's host PK Hattis is joined by longtime Santa Cruz Sentinel photographer Shmuel Thaler. Both Thaler and Hattis, who also works as a reporter at the Sentinel, are mourning the death of colleague Jess York, who died …

KING CITY — King City High School senior Stephanie Barron-Alcala was accepted into the competitive California Music Educators Association (CMEA) – Central Coast Section’s High School Honor Orchestra.

After 97 years, Carmel’s historic Harrison Memorial Library, designed by famed architect Bernard Maybeck and constructed by master builder Michael J. Murphy, is on track for a major interior renovation to bring it into the 21st century. It will be…

SALINAS VALLEY — A documentary short film set in the Salinas Valley has been officially selected for the prestigious 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and will have its world premiere during the festival’s celebrated Short Film Program.

An hour-long performance that consisted of two one-act plays by Samuel Beckett took place at Carl Cherry Center for the Arts in Carmel and at Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur over the weekend from Jan. 23-26. The work…

The McPherson Art and History Museum has a new director, Ginger Shulick Porcella. She comes with experience at museums big and small, from Arizona to Minnesota, and has big ideas as the MAH approaches its 30th anniversary next year. How …

Monterey Museum of Art presents its new acquisitions to its vast permanent collection.

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Improvisation is at the heart of jazz, something the leaders of the Monterey Jazz Festival have had to practice over the past month, guiding the 67-year-old organization through major changes that bring a new managing director, a new name –…