- Here are a couple of fresh reasons to check out the next Oldtown Salinas First Friday Artwalk. One: Hometown artist Sonda returns to Salinas with a show at4Word Art Gallery (which is an unpredictable hodge-podge/knick-knack emporium), opening 5-9pm Aug. 5. Two: Coffee & Creativity Downtown Artist’s Salon atRollick’s Specialty Coffee proffers an opportunity for creative types to network from 4:30-5:30pm, then check out the rest of the artwalk together.
- Seven-year-old Lizzy, of Monterey, is having her first art show opening at the Bennett Sculpture Gallery 2-5pm this Saturday, Aug. 6. The show, Lizzy’s Wish to Be an Artist, consists of three of her paintings, including a beautiful acrylic piece titled “Cake.” Her creativity and spirit is apparent through her brushwork. Lizzy’s favorite subject in school has been art, and she recently received special training at the San Francisco Art Institute where she unveiled her first painting to the public at a reception. This art show is sponsored by the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Come show your support for this talented artist in our midst. (415) 572-7231, 626-3054.
- In time for Carmel’s centennial celebration year, Bill Broder has written a comedy theater piece set in Carmel about the meeting of Mary Austin (played byJeanne McCulloch), George Sterling (Patrick McEvoy) and Ambrose Bierce (Keith Decker) in the early 1900s. It got a successful staged reading at ACT in San Francisco, and comes to Carl Cherry Center 7:30pm this Saturday and 2pm Sunday, Aug. 6-7. $10-$15. 624-4345, www.CarlCherryCenter.org.
- Erin Lee Gafill is selling prints of one of her Big Sur paintings to raise money for the CPOA Soberanes Fire Relief Fund. All the proceeds from the sale of the $100 print (she sold 80 as of earlier this week) will go to the fund, and can be purchased at www.ErinGafill.com.
- Local media mover and shaker Paul Fingerote has co-authored a book with Bay Area jazz legend and writer Herb Wong called Jazz on My Mind: Liner Notes, Anecdotes and Conversations from the 1940s to the 2000s, chocked full of photos, album covers, and writing about the copious amount of jazz that’s gone down in the region for the last 50 or so years. The Monterey Jazz Festival features prominently. As do Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, Billie Holiday, Art Pepper, Django Reinhardt, Buddy Rich and all the rest, and a few up-and-comers. They’re having a launch at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park 2pm this Sunday, Aug. 7, if you’re around that way. Otherwise, look for it online.
Artist and 7-year-old Lizzy has her opening reception 2-5pm this Saturday at Bennett Gallery in Carmel.
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