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Soquel, CA · Arts & Culture
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Show Review: Jerry Garcia Band – Santa Cruz, CA (02/02/82)
01 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Originally posted on my Substack, where you’ll get even more info, posters, and music. The Midnight Cafe Review. After our last show in San Francisco on January 13, Jerry Garcia took a couple of weeks off from playing in front of a live audience, but did spend at least five days in the Grateful Dead’s studio working on what would ultimately be his last studio album as a solo artist, Run for the Roses. He’d spend the rest of February and March playing gigs with the Jerry Garcia band all over California (and one gig in Reno) before heading out on the Spring Tour with the Grateful Dead.
The Salinas Californian
Veterans Day Parade returns to Salinas for milestone year
After a one-year hiatus , the Veterans Day Parade will return to Oldtown Salinas on Nov. 11, marking the 15th anniversary of what organizers describe as Monterey County's largest Veterans Day celebration. "As we get closer to the event you can start to feel the buzz, the electricity," said Tony Virrueta, chairman of the Monterey County Veterans Day Parade Committee. "People are entering left and right to join the parade." Over the years the Veteran's Day parade has become a flagship event for the all-volunteer committee, drawing an estimated 25,000 spectators to watch former and current members of the military and their families march down Oldtown Salinas. Among the participants this year will be service members from the U.S. Army garrisons at Fort Hunter Liggett and the Presidio of Monterey, along with local veterans from across the region. "The parade gives us an opportunity to honor our local veterans, the ones that came and stayed here or the ones that were born and raised in the area," said Virrueta, a decorated veteran and former Army Airborne Ranger. Calling the parade a "labor of love" for the organizing committee, which includes veterans and civilians, Virrueta said putting on the parade is
precinctreporter.com
Monterey Jazz Festival: Historic Homecoming
For three remarkable days, the 69th Monterey Jazz Festival seemed to recapture something jazz lovers have been yearning for: the exhilarating experience of hearing extraordinary musicians speak to one another through their instruments, connecting generations through a musical language that never grows old. The September 25–27 festival was especially historic,...
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How Artists Shaped the Monterey Peninsula
An Interview with Artist & Local Art Historian, Joaquin Turner. Upon arriving on the Monterey Peninsula, artist Francis McComas famously described it as “the greatest meeting of land and water in the world.” Its dramatic coastline, cypress trees, historic adobe buildings, and Mediterranean-like landscapes have drawn artists to the region for generations.
benitolink.com
New murals add color, culture to downtown Hollister
Five new murals were unveiled in downtown Hollister during the San Benito County Arts Council’s Vision Art Fest tour on Sept. 18. Major donors for the project included the California Arts Council, Shawn Herrera, Corbin, and Edward Jones, and sponsors included Fernando Gonzalez, Chang So, the San Benito County Office of Education, Hollister Paint Co., A Tool Shed, Paicines Ranch, and other local downtown businesses.
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Weekender: Uncork Corralitos, fall fests, No Kings
There’s a lot going on this Saturday. Here’s what you need to know. Sip wines, beer and cider and enjoy live music at Uncork Corralitos, an annual garden party hosted by Alladin Nursery, El Vaquero Winery and Rotary Club of Freedom to fundraise for local organizations and programs. Tickets start at $50 for unlimited tasting.
Vibe Chronicles
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American Songwriter
Born 79 Years Ago in California, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Who Paused His Solo Career to Front a Legendary 80s Rock Band
On this day (October 13) in 1947, Sammy Hagar was born in Salinas, California. He first found fame with Montrose in the 1970s. Then, he embarked on a solo career and had a huge hit with “I Can’t Drive 55.” In the mid-1980s, Hagar replaced David Lee Roth as Van Halen’s frontman and led the band into the most successful decade of their career.
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Mountainfilm on Tour Returns to Santa Cruz to Support Second Harvest Food Bank
Mountainfilm on Tour returns to the Rio Theatre on Saturday, November 14, with an evening of films connected to Mountainfilm’s mission of using film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. Doors open at 6 PM and the show begins at 7 PM. This year’s...
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'Margaret and the Wampus Cat' makes its stage debut at MPC Theatre in Monterey.
These days even feared creatures appreciate the power of storytelling. When in the East Tennessee town of Sneedville a wampus cat (Tazannah Mahoney) kidnaps the wannabe wampus cat slayer – a high school dropout named Margaret (Raven Reichenbach) – all it wants is the right to tell three stories, which explain the creature’s identity. The thing is, after hearing the stories, Margaret is not so sure if she still wants to kill the wampus.
The Salinas Californian
Tracing 'East of Eden' back to its Salinas roots
As a new adaption of John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" draws fresh attention to the Nobel Prize-winning author, visitors to the National Steinbeck Center can trace the roots of his storytelling to the streets, landscapes and family history of his hometown of Salinas. "The National Steinbeck Center, with our permanent exhibit, gives an overview of the arc of Steinbeck's life and writing, and where those two intersect because they very much informed each other," said Lisa Josephs, the center's longtime archivist. "East of Eden" tells the sweeping story of two families, the Hamiltons and the Trasks, across generations in the Salinas Valley. Steinbeck wrote the novel during the early 1950s, after he had won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Grapes of Wrath," his famous novel adapted into a classic Hollywood film starring Henry Fonda. Whereas "The Grapes of Wrath" tells the story of the Joad family, migrant laborers making their way from the desperate dust bowl conditions of Oklahoma to the fertile valleys of California during the Great Depression, "East of Eden" is deeply rooted in the Salinas Valley, and was inspired by Steinbeck's own family history and hometown. Inside the National Steinbeck's Center's permanent exhibit, which is organized around