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The writer and performer reflects on creativity, fame and isolation as she prepares for a show at Sunset Center.
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The writer and performer reflects on creativity, fame and isolation as she prepares for a show at Sunset Center.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 13, 2022

The “night mayor” of New York City is coming to Carmel to tell us what’s wrong with the world.

These Carmel High students just returned from New York City with an award for their short film Out Of My Mind.
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These Carmel High students just returned from New York City with an award for their short film Out Of My Mind.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 1, 2021

As Jerry Marnell can attest, his friend Colin Dowse has been into movie making since fifth grade. As a consequence, Dowse is no stranger to fi…

Cabaret-by-the-Sea is a Valentine to the Monterey Peninsula.
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Cabaret-by-the-Sea is a Valentine to the Monterey Peninsula.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Feb 9, 2017

For Barbara Brussell, cabaret isn’t about interpretation, or mini one-act plays that combine theater and music or capturing an underappreciate…

Center for Photographic Art exhibit shows the female gaze.
Arts & Culture

Center for Photographic Art exhibit shows the female gaze.

  • Walter Ryce
  • Jan 5, 2017

Photographer and gallery owner Carol Henry curated the Center for Photographic Art’s upcoming all-women photography show, She Loves Me, She Lo…

Two shows at Bay of Pines reflect versatile talents and songwriting with Shades of Light and Songwriters in the Round.
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Two shows at Bay of Pines reflect versatile talents and songwriting with Shades of Light and Songwriters in the Round.

  • Paul Fried
  • Dec 1, 2016

Howe Cochran has been a mainstay of Monterey County’s musical community for decades. His string of bands here started with Firehouse Harris, a…

The gig economy has taken over many full-time jobs, but the biggest changes are yet to come.
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The gig economy has taken over many full-time jobs, but the biggest changes are yet to come.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Nov 23, 2016

Driving his Mazda 3 through the streets of Salinas, Mark Gurley, a 54-year-old fond of Hawaiian shirts, watches his smartphone chirp as he is …

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  • Jim Lane
  • Nov 17, 2016

Directed by David Yates • Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol • Rated PG-13 • 133 min.

Local women react to President-elect Donald Trump’s win.
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Local women react to President-elect Donald Trump’s win.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 17, 2016

Right around the time Hillary Rodham Clinton announced she was running for president, in the spring of 2015, a group of local women met in Mon…

Cabaret-by-the-Sea honors the special craft with oomph.
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Cabaret-by-the-Sea honors the special craft with oomph.

  • Paul Fried
  • Nov 10, 2016

Carnegie Hall-seasoned cabaret artist Mark Nadler has a theory about most performers.

A Monterey folk night with Art Garfunkel.
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A Monterey folk night with Art Garfunkel.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Sep 15, 2016

Nearly 50 years after Simon & Garfunkel closed the opening night of the Monterey Pop Festival, Art Garfunkel reflects on the historic gath…

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