- An announcement about ceramacist Ken Takara opening reception at Salinas Valley Art Gallery, 5-8pm Friday, March 3, offers these helpful guideposts to understanding his work: “Art that says ‘I’m tableware.’ Or maybe it’s tableware that says ‘I’m art’… Perhaps because of his Japanese/Okinawan heritage, his ware looks like a contemporary version of the Japanese/Okinawan style. Just as bamboo and pottery are central to the spirit of the Japanese people, they have always imbued Ken’s core.” www.SalinasValleyArtGallery.com.
- Baktun 12’s El Decolonizaso is billed as a night of music, theater, dance and resistance, with beats and rhymes from Jota Effects & Lasofaqueen, son jarocho with Karina, musica banda con Los Reyes de la Banda, Chicano theater from El Teatro Campesino and hip-hop from Bay Area’s BANG DATA. 7pm Friday, March 3, at Los Arcos de Alisal, 504 E. Alisal St., Salinas. $15-$20 (18+). 272-4019, www.baktun12.com/tickets.
- The Carmel Art Association turns 90 this year, so they’re putting on two big exhibitions. One is a rare retrospective of 200 works by more than 50 past members since 1927 in the Beardsley Gallery. They add to that hefty show a companion exhibit of 100 new works by current members artists in the Segal Gallery. It all opens 5-7pm Saturday, March 4. 624-6176, sallycarmelart@gmail.com.
- The Steinbeck Center is looking for writing coaches at their Steinbeck Young Authors Day of Writing for local middle-schoolers one morning, either March 6 or 8. 775-4728 or amy@steinbeck.org to learn more.
- For Women’s History Month, the Salinas Public Library has assembled presentations by five local women at the forefront of civic and artistic life in the region. They are Consuelo Alba, executive director of the Watsonville Film Festival (March 7); Laureen Diephof, local author, columnist and world traveler (March 9); local author and journalist Claudia Melendez Salinas (March 16); Meals on Wheels Salinas Valley Executive Director Regina M. Gage (March 21); and Enid Baxter Ryce, chair and professor in Cinematic Arts & Technology at CSUMB (March 23). All the presentations take place 6:30pm on their respective dates at the John Steinbeck Library. 758-7111, eddyh@ci.salinas.ca.us.
- I read that Nathalie Plotkin, a longtime Herald theater and music critic, passed away in January at age 92. I admired her writing and her empathy, and I’m sure her voice is missed.
“Untitled” by Christian Fagerlund at Winfield Gallery.
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