March 10-18 Seuss IS On It’s fun to have fun—but you have to know how. Today you are you, that’s truer than true. But if you think of a stage and the Jungle of Nool, the Cat in the Hat and the Whos calling “who who,” you’re going to places quite out of the way. You’re going to places no others can get to…although, since ARIEL Theatrical is performing the musical Seussical, you can visit the magical places with Truffula trees and Gertrude McFuzz. The adventure on stage really causes a buzz. Oh the places you’ll go. And there’s fun to be done. It’s Dr. Seuss all in one. If you’re saying to yourself “how could this be so?” It’s Seussical, the musical. You have to go. We meant what we said, and we said what we meant. Buy a ticket, 100 percent. [DF] 7pm Thursdays and Fridays; 2pm and 7pm Saturdays, March 10-11, 16-18. Karen Wilson Children’s Theatre, 320 Main St., Salinas. $13; $11/students, seniors, military; $9/ages 3-12; free/ages 2 and under. 775-0976, arieltheatrical.org. March 10-19 Intuitive Collective Encounter Intuitive is a multimedia production built around the art and philosophies of neurodivergent and outsider artists from Eclectic Collective. Through an absurdist narrative of space-traveling missionaries exploring “the fringe” of their solar system, Janice Rocke, Rocket Garcia and poet Aideed Medina present a series of scenes that parallel the colonization of art with the historical colonization of Indigenous lands. The show also features dynamic dance performances choreographed by Deanna Ross and performed by Carri Rochelle, Jennah Montemayor, Cody Moore and Rocket Garcia. Other local talents include Sean Aten, Fred Bologna, Joe Nance, Eboni Harris and Mya Shiloh. [AP] 7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays and 3pm Sundays, March 10-19. Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel. $22. 624-7491, carlcherrycenter.org. March 11 Kickoff Time Last year, as finishing touches were being put on its home field, Cardinale Stadium, the soccer team Monterey Bay F.C. opened its inaugural season with seven consecutive road games— and lost all but one of them. This year, things will hopefully be much differ32 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY march 9-15, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com Peter Hiller Local art historian and artist Peter Hiller is hosting a pop-up/off-the-wall showing and sale of art from his two most recent series of images—Paint and Nature/Nature and Paint (diptychs of interacting images) and Through Glass Softly (flowers in their essence). Hiller, a former longtime art teacher, offers medium-sized prints on fine art paper. “Because I love this work, and I want to see it go out into the world,” Hiller wrote in an invitation. “You may take any purchases right off the wall and with you.” The location is Suite #235 between Spencer’s and VIN in The Crossroads, at the mouth of the Carmel Valley off Highway 1 at Rio Road. Two thirds of the proceeds will go to the Food Bank for Monterey County. The sale happens 3-6pm Friday March 10, 1-4pm Saturday, March 11 and noon-3pm Sunday, March 12. [AP] 9-15 march HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com Courtesy of Peter Hiller Courtesy of Grace Wodecki VISUALS Grace Wodecki Grace Aniela Wodecki is a Monterey-born, Pacific Grove-based young artist and graphic designer. She does watercolor, oil painting and woodworking. Her show, Traced, opens at Sylvan Gallery in Sand City at 2pm on Saturday, March 11. “Emerging from a season of isolation and grief, I coped with displacement by creating this body of abstract watercolors,” Wodecki wrote in the artist statement. “So much of the world and my immediate life seemed beyond my control and I discovered the comfort in meditatively tracing objects I found within my domestic bubble...In creating this body of work, I found a restored sense of belonging and connection.” The above piece is titled “Paper Clip.” This exhibit is on display until April 8. [AP] Break out your team spirit—it’s time for another season of local soccer with Monterey Bay F.C. The professional club kicks off its 2023 season against Hartford Athletic on Saturday, March 11. Celia Jimenez The 11th annual Watsonville Film Festival is back and bigger than ever. A premiere of Strawberry Picker (above) will take place March 12 in Seaside. Courtesy of Inspira Studios
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