The art, poetry, theater and film soar across the county this week.

• Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery (980 Fremont St., Monterey, 646-3060) is on a roll. Their next show is More Than Her Story, comprised of prints, installations and book art by the duo of Jennifer Anderson (symbolic birds) and Denese Sanders (metaphorical ropes). The show opens 1-2:30pm Thursday, starting with a gallery talk, with another opening this Saturday 4:30-6pm.

• Like MPC, Green Chalk Contemporary in New Monterey (616 Lighthouse Ave., 202-253-4507) has also put up a show of two women artists in Francie Hester’s Symbolic Spaces and Anne Marchand’s Threads. Marchand’s paintings are inspired by NASA’s deep space telescope photography and cosmos energy. Hester’s work uses aluminum, steel and plexiglass materials and “examines time as infinite, fluid, without discrete beginning or end.” The show, however, does begin, with an opening reception 6-8pm Saturday, and ends on May 3.

• The last show I saw at ARIEL Theatrical was Narnia, which was amazing, odd, funny, kid-sized, epic and, as my wife likes to say, psychedelic. So we have to take our little girl to see their next performance, a one-night-only performance of the stage musical adaptation of the book The Emperor’s New Clothes atSherwood Hall (940 N. Main St., Salinas, 775-0976, ArielTheatrical.org) 7pm on Friday. They assure no nudity.

• The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium has been staging poetry readings in various Monterey Bay venues for 20 years. East Village Coffee Lounge has been one recipient. Now, another is the Museum of Monterey (5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey). Sally Ashton is editor-in-chief of DMQ Review and was Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County from 2011-13. Nils Peterson is professor emeritus in English at San Jose State (my alma mater) and has published everything from golf to sci-fi. T. Mike Walker – artist, teacher, ex-San Francisco cop, author and wedding minister – opens the 2-4pm Sunday show.

• Filmmaker and CSUMB Cinematic Arts and Technology professor Luis Camara has walked away from the Queens Film Festival in New York City with their Best Cinematography award for his feature film Silencio. The film was also nominated for Best Director and Best Actor (for his 10-year-old son, Dexter).

• The Cantus Chamber Singers Monterey have appointed a new director in Dale Harrison, who has a Master of Music in choral conducting and was vocal coach at Salinas High for 10 years. They are now looking for singers. 595-5160.