Thursday, May 18 Clam Bake Oakland-based Shannon & The Clams play a rocking fusion that blends the melodic doo-wop of the ’50s and ’60s with the fierce, up-tempo guitars of garage punk. Vocalist Shannon Shaw is at the heart of it all— capable of swinging from the sweet, pleading tones of mid-century R&B to the throaty, combative roar of punk, all in the same song. The result is a unique pastiche that evokes the past while sounding thoroughly modern. Shannon & The Clams bring that noise to Big Sur this week, presented by music and events curator folkYEAH! [RM] 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Thursday, May 18. Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur. $100. folkyeah. com. Thursday-Sunday, May 18-21 All’s Fair There’s only one thing more fun than a fair. What could that be? Well, as baseball player Darrell Porter exclaimed after winning the 1982 World Series with the Cardinals, “Hoo-ee, I’ve been to two county fairs and a goat roast and I ain’t never seen nothin’ like this.” Since most of us will never be series champions, the Salinas Valley Fair is it when it comes to a great time. Carnival rides, food, performances, activities for all ages, and then there are the exhibits by 4-H and FFA members, where you can learn about ranching and agriculture before downing another fried doughnut sandwich and hopping on the Twister… maybe better do that in reverse order. How could you not have fun? Although gates close for new entry at 10pm each night, the fair continues until midnight Thursday-Saturday and 10:30pm Sunday. The junior livestock auction is at 8am Saturday. [DF] 11am-10pm Thursday-Sunday, May 18-21. Salinas Valley Fair, 625 Division St., King City. $12/adults; $8/seniors and ages 6-17; Free/children 5 and under. 385-3243, salinasvalleyfair. com. Friday-Sunday, May 19-21 Down by the River First of all, this event is sold out. So if you do not yet have tickets for the 14th annual Hipnic Festival in Big 24 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY may 18-24, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com Pam Carroll As a realist painter influenced by techniques of the Dutch and Spanish masters of the 17th century, Pamela Carroll works to portray truth. Still life is her specialty, solo and group portraits of lemons, sometimes with their performative cousins—limes. They are usually painted on the table, either white with a gray background or made of natural wood. A classic fruit bowl is often present, but Carroll’s realism has a naturalistic thing for flaws: cracks on an old jug, an errant garlic peel, a dying flower. Her works are now on display in Winfield Gallery in Carmel, through May 28. The exhibit includes the above piece, titled “Lemons in Gary’s Bowl.” [AP] 18-24 may HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com Courtesy of Winfield Gallery Courtesy of Pacific Grove Art Center VISUALS Kate Warthen “I have come to recognize certain brush marks that I am compelled to make repeatedly from one painting to the next,” painter Kate Warthen wrote in an artist statement. “I see them emerge as a vocabulary, a system of necessary marks whose purpose is unclear even to me.” This is the artist’s own introduction to her exhibit, titled Vocabulary, now on display in the Annand Gallery of Pacific Grove Art Center through June 29. “Lines are refined and edges are sharpened or smoothed until articulation arrives. Color itself—the passion of purple and red, the subtlety of gray—these are the long narrative, the emotion.” Warthen does oil painting and draws on paper. She lives in Monterey. [AP] Barrio Manouche brings together musicians from different countries and cultures for a melting pot performance. That’s similar to the mission of nonprofit Palenke Arts, which hosts this benefit show on May 21. In addition to a May 18 show at the Henry Miller Memorial Library, Shannon & The Clams will spend the weekend in Big Sur at the sold-out 14th annual Hipnic Festival. Bobbi Rich
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