- No more speeding over to Safeway, searching like a maniac for a last-minute Mother’s Day gift. Just get over to the Monterey Peninsula College Mother’s Day Art Sale, 5-8pm Thursday, 10am-5pm Friday and Saturday, May 9-11. They have unique and lovely stuff made by the jewelry, ceramic and printmaking departments. 646-4215, mpc.edu.
- The event is called “Great Books, Cultural Bias, Robinson Jeffers, and a Kid from Brooklyn.” For those who know, that adds up to Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts. The poet/teacher is giving a Monterey Peninsula College Spring Great Books talk 7pm Thursday, May 9, at the MPC Library, with a Q&A and poetry books for sale. This man has much to impart. So says a former writing student of his. Which is me. I guess that’s a fragmentary sentence. Sorry, Elliot. 646-4062, ajohnson@mpc.edu.
- The Salinas Valley Art Association is coming to Seaside’s Avery Gallery for a group exhibition of paintings in the months of May and June, with an opening reception 7-8:30pm Friday, May 10. What is this “lettuce curtain” you speak of? 899-6811, sgray@ci.seaside.ca.us.
- The Friends of the Marina Library’s 6th Annual All Children’s Birthday Celebration on Saturday offers up a block party (10-11:30am), ice cream (noon-12:30pm), pony rides and bunny petting (10am-1pm), police officers and firefighters (11:30am-1pm… these folks usually signal the end of the party, but not here), popcorn (10am-noon), face painting (9:30am-12:30pm), and Jazzercise with Mike Holland (12:30-1:15pm). friendsofthemarinalibrary@gmail.com.
- The Cooper Molera Adobe is taking a crack at making learning fun. Their History Hunt teaches people of all ages about local history, while compelling them to visit historic sites. It’s kind of like a treasure hunt, where the treasure is history. Yay! Refreshments and awards follow. Check in 11:30am-noon at the adobe, the hunt begins thereafter. 223-0172 x7776, coopermoleraadobe.org.
- Artist Maurice C. Harvey, native of Essex, England, passed away in Carmel Valley on April 18.Gallerie Amsterdam in Carmel holds a celebration of his life and art 5-7pm Saturday, May 11. 624-4355, amsterdamfineart.com.
- The National Steinbeck Center has a new executive director: Michele Speich. She’s worked nearly a decade in fundraising, PR and marketing for nonprofits, including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She started her new job April 15. Stop by and say hi. steinbeck.org.
"We Are Human/Somos Humanos” by Angelina Medina is part of the 'Salinas Valley: Past, Present and Future' exhibition at the CSUMB Salinas Center for Arts and Culture, running through Aug. 2.
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