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The Carmel Jewish Film Festival combats hate with films about diversity and culture.
Arts & Culture

The Carmel Jewish Film Festival combats hate with films about diversity and culture.

  • Sloan Campi
  • Nov 6, 2025

The Carmel Jewish Film Festival is celebrating culture, social action and diversity, with a selection of films that highlight differences in w…

Through 'In To America', the Griffin Theatre Company explores the hope and hardship of diversity.
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Through 'In To America', the Griffin Theatre Company explores the hope and hardship of diversity.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Oct 23, 2025

After almost a decade, the Griffin Theatre Company of Chicago returns to Carmel with a timely play about the immigrant experience. With In To …

City of Monterey makes it official with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its rainbow crosswalk.
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City of Monterey makes it official with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its rainbow crosswalk.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 20, 2025

The City of Monterey held a short ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10am today, June 20 to celebrate the addition of a rainbow crosswalk in downtown …

In a 4-1 vote, Monterey City Council approves rainbow crosswalk in downtown.
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In a 4-1 vote, Monterey City Council approves rainbow crosswalk in downtown.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 4, 2025

The Monterey City Council chambers were filled to standing room only on Tuesday afternoon, when the council considered approving a decorative …

Monterey band Sensory Tribe’s Cali Roots debut has its members fired up.
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Monterey band Sensory Tribe’s Cali Roots debut has its members fired up.

  • Tonia Eaton
  • May 22, 2025

 “If you’re going to ask people to pay a ticket price to see you, you’d better go all out…”

A local dance troupe seeks to add more diversity to burlesque – both in the performers and the audience.
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A local dance troupe seeks to add more diversity to burlesque – both in the performers and the audience.

  • Sloan Campi
  • May 1, 2025

Friday night, April 25 may as well have been a Saturday because the Carmel Delights burlesque troupe recreated sexy versions of iconic Saturda…

The Buzz 04.17.25
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The Buzz 04.17.25

  • Apr 17, 2025

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The 2024 Best of Monterey County® is out, showcasing winners as diverse as the Old West.
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The 2024 Best of Monterey County® is out, showcasing winners as diverse as the Old West.

  • Dave Faries
  • Oct 3, 2024

“The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it’s a state of mind; it’s whatever you want it to be.”

A cultural exchange in Marina ‘binds us together across the oceans.’
Newsletter

A cultural exchange in Marina ‘binds us together across the oceans.’

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jul 19, 2024

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about cultural exchange and diversity.

As war in Gaza continues, local leaders look for a way to say yes to life.
Local Spin | Opinion

As war in Gaza continues, local leaders look for a way to say yes to life.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 4, 2024

The violence that has happened in Israel and Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 is unthinkably horrific. The ever-growing death toll has not abated. Suff…

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