March 2 Sweet Sounds Sand City’s SandBox, the home of Musikiwest, is hosting a show of string instruments sure to entertain. Cello2Cello is an evening of chamber music featuring familiar musicians and pieces by two quintet groups. First up is “Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid” (Night Music of the Streets of Madrid) by Luigi Boccherini. Avid movie-goers will recognize the music from Russel Crowe’s Master and Commander. Next up, the beloved “Kreutzer” Sonata by Beethoven. Play on. [KH] 2pm Thursday, March 2. SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave., Sand City. $35; free/youth ages 14-18; proof of vaccination required. sandboxsandcity.com. March 3 Artistic Pathways Join the Emerging Artist Alliance Monterey and The Pearl Works coworking space for an exhibit opening celebrating local, emerging artists. Attendees are also encouraged to engage in a conversation around the exchange of energy and ideas between groups and communities—the kind of pathways that are fundamental to creative and social collaboration. The show includes art by Kristen Slavick, Erin Mitchell Harwayne, Katie Simpson, Jonanna Keefe and others. [AP] 6-8pm Friday, March 3. The Pearl Works, 288 Pearl St., Monterey. Free; vaccination verification required. 645-1165, eaamonterey.wixsite.com/eaam. March 3-5 The Bash Is Back Dixieland Monterey keeps rollicking into its fifth decade with its annual Jazz Bash By The Bay festival, celebrating the early 20th-century styles of jazz, swing, ragtime, blues and other forms of traditional American music. Downtown Monterey will be the setting per usual, with multiple stages across the Monterey Conference Center and Portola Hotel & Spa accommodating musicians from around the world. While most of the action spans Friday through Sunday, the festivities begin on Thursday evening with performances by We3 and the Monterey Marauders. [RM] 24 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY march 2-8, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com Carole Pavlo For the late artist Carole A. Pavlo, her studio was her sacred space, a place of creation and a place to pursue truth, justice, love, and a kinship between all people. Born in 1942, her beliefs were borne out of a lifetime of experience as someone who struggled with gender identification and later faced the challenges of being a woman in the workplace long before the #MeToo movement. Pavlo was determined to redress the marginalization of others with great compassion through her art, which included abstract sculptures, paintings and etchings. Pavlo died last year at the age of 80 and is being celebrated through an exhibition of her work entitled Spirituality, Kinship and the Human Connection, curated by MacArthur Fellow Amalia Mesa Bains and Angelica Muro, chair of CSU Monterey Bay’s Visual and Public Art Department. You can view Pavlo’s life’s work at CSUMB‘s Visual and Public Art Gallery through March 10. [PM] 2-8 march HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com Courtesy of Carole Pavlo Courtesy of Pacific Grove Art Center VISUALS Caylah Jean Leas The Pacific Grove Art Center is excited to announce the upcoming exhibition Picking Flowers in Monte Del Lago, by NYC-based painter and stylist Caylah Jean Leas, who is originally from Monterey. The show opens at 7pm on Friday, March 3, and will be on display until April 27 in the Gill Gallery, free and open to the public. Guests are invited to join in a night of art and celebration as they view Leas’ latest collection of paintings. The collection showcases the artist’s style and skill. It captures a unique show of Americana focusing on mobile homes, the communities they support, and the beauty and serenity of the Central Coast of California. The above painting is titled “Auntie Cher and Deliliah.” [AP] American singer-songwriter John Craigie has been hailed as a “modern-day troubadour.” Enjoy a set of storytelling at his Golden State Theatre appearance on Saturday, March 4. Bradley Cox This weekend marks the 43rd year of the Jazz Bash By The Bay festival—a celebration of jazz, swing, ragtime and blues. Dixieland Monterey
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