Just a reminder: Lila Shahani, Head of Communications of the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cabinet Cluster in the Philippines, speaks 6-8pm Thursday at the CSUMB University Center as part of this year’s Social Justice Colloquium. kpoethig@csumb.edu.
Rock and roll photographer Tom O’Neal has snapped iconic images of the Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, B.B. King, The Mamas and the Papas, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and more. Open Ground Studios in Seaside is showing his work in a reception 5:30-8pm Friday, with an artist presentation at 7pm. 241-6919.
The third annual Yesterday’s Treasures Antique & Artisan Market is happening at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center 9am-3pm Saturday and Sunday. Vendors include folks like Exquisite Randomness, Under the Pallapa, Garbo’s Antiques, Kimaroo’s, Bohemian Hollow, The Apron Lady, Corky Quirk, Deb’s Calming Creations. 372-5763 x304.
Pat Watson, who teaches game design at CSU Monterey Bay, is teaming up with the National Steinbeck Center to hold a digital game jam noon-6pm Saturday and Sunday, whereby high school students design digital games based on Steinbeck’s books. This could be interesting. How about a game in which the player tries, Tamagotchi style, to save Gabilan, the beleaguered central animal in The Red Pony? Or one where the object is to collect as many ocean specimens as possible in the Sea of Cortez for Ed Ricketts? 582-4567, pwatson@csumb.edu for more info.
Mitchel Winick, president and dean of Monterey College of Law, talks “Electing the Constitution: The 2016 presidential election and the Supreme Court,” in which he examines, before a paying public ($18, all-you-can-eat buffet and drinks included), how presidential politics will determine the course of the highest court in the land. It’s brought to Crazy Horse Restaurant 5:30pm Monday by Truth, Wisdom and the American Way, 626-4197.
Maya Cinemas in Salinas is trumpeting Maya MPX, an immersive sound system of uncompressed, all-digital, 3D surround sound, 100,000 amps of power, 60 channels, more than 70 speakers.
The Carmel Bach Festival has just released its 79th festival line-up. Highlights include Handel’s Water Music, Bach’s Magnificat, and Eric Whitacre’s Cloudburst. www.BachFestival.org.