Artifacts 01.29.15

(above) The Old Corral - Tim Sloan

• The Seaside Art and History Commission puts on an art reception 5-7:30pm Friday of work from their archives as a tribute to their namesake city. It happens at the Peace Resource Center. The next day, there is a workshop in which issues critical to Seaside’s future – like water, housing and development – will be discussed. 899-7322, 224-4980.

• Karen Araujo, Gary Karnes and Juan Martinez are collecting oral histories in audio and written form to compile into a work called The People’s Oral History Project. It’s a compendium of stories and anecdotes (to be released in June) from more than 75 local organizers, activists, artists, and seekers of peace and justice. On Friday, 5:30-7pm, they invite all to attend the first event in this endeavor at Unitarian Universalist Church. 601-4564, 402-9106, 794-0006.

• Fred Keeley is invited by the Gentrain Society to talk “California Governance: A Century of Trying to Get it Right” at Monterey Peninsula College’s Lecture Forum 103, 1:30pm on Wednesday. He was former Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly, Treasurer and Supervisor of Santa Cruz County, and co-chair of Commonwealth Club of California’s Voices of Reform Project, which seeks to modernize governance. He’ll do. 238-0478.

• On Wednesday at 2:30pm, the Carmel Foundation is bringing in Lori Lochtefeld, one half of the married couple who own and operate Golden State Theatre, to talk about “The History of Golden State Theatre and the Plans for the Future.” The Reid Brothers, who designed the building, also designed the lush Fox Theatre in Redwood City, which the Lochtefelds also own. It takes place at Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall and is free to the public. 620-8705, aalbano@carmelfoundation.org.

• The Pacific Grove Art Center is accepting submissions of original art for their 2015-16 exhibition season, in all mediums. No giclees or reproductions allowed except photographs. It costs $50 to submit. See the instructions at www.PGArtCenter.org/submission. 375-2208.

• On Dec. 26, 2014, local painter Reed Farrington died at age 77. The last art show during his life, a dual show with friend and fellow painter Keith Lindberg, is up through Jan. 31 at Chapman Gallery, where Farrington enjoyed a long relationship with owners Joanna and Dean Chapman. They recall him as philosophical, well-read, genuine, reserved but direct, a lover of classical music and fast cars. 626-1766.