Thursday, June 1 VOLUME UP The Weekly invites you to deep conversations about the craftsmanship and inspiration of different artists, community leaders and other special guests. Each month, you’ll be able to learn more about the creative process behind various projects and exhibitions. June’s special guest kicking off this new series, Mic’d Up at The Press Club, is award-winning screenwriter James Patrick Dillon. His latest work captures the biography of author and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl (1905-97). Dillon has created a movie script titled Viktor – 119104, focusing on the years 1937-43, which were both the happiest and the most tragic in Frankl’s life as he lost most of his family. Dillon will discuss his script, Frankl and the future movie in an interview followed by a Q&A (see more, p. 34). [KH] 12:30-1:30pm Thursday, June 1. The Creperie Café @ The Press Club, 1123 Fremont Blvd., Seaside. Free. 394-5656 ext. 138, mcweekly.com/pressclub. SPRING SOUNDS Youth Orchestra Salinas is tuning up for its upcoming spring concert, during which dozens of kids, from elementary to high school, and their instructors will delight listeners with an ensemble of classical and banda/mariachi music. The mariachi/banda group will play and sing popular regional Mexican music including the “La Boda Del Huitlacoche,” a song that went viral on TikTok last year. YOSAL’s mariachi group is made up of advanced student musicians; it’s unique because it includes instruments that aren’t common in the genre. [CJ] 7pm Thursday, June 1. Sherwood Hall, 940 Main St., Salinas. Free; registration required. 756-5335, bit.ly/yosalspring2023. BEST IN BLUEGRASS “We Needed This Ride,” by top bluegrass band Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, is a track on their latest album Make Each Second Last, and it opens with a piece of optimism mixed with wisdom: “Full of hope, we make our way down this open road, our regrets are left back in the dust.” Jones sings the lyrics in a smooth, confident tone while playing guitar, as the voices of bandmates Mark Stoffel (mandolin), Marshall Wilborn (bass) and Grace Vant’ Hof (banjo) masterfully harmonize along with him. That’s what 26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY JUNE 1-7, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com MELISSA SMEDLEY The above image comes from a “sound intervention” that multi-media artist Melissa Smedley staged during the Arte Sonído: Voz, Comunidad exhibit that took place at the Visual and Public Art Gallery at CSU Monterey Bay. This group performance from Smedley’s Department of Homeland Inspiration was an invocation of the vigorous banging of pots and pans to celebrate healthcare workers during the pandemic, and a tribute to the “caceroladas” protests that have occurred throughout Latin America. A cacerolada is a form of protest that consists of a group of people making noise by banging pots, pans and other utensils in order to call attention to social issues. Smedley, aka Art Ranger, is an artist, writer and educator based in Salinas. [AP] 01-07 JUNE HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com ANGELICA MURO MICHELLE ROBERTSON VISUALS MICHELLE ROBERTSON Michelle Robertson is a Berkeley-born, Pacific Grove-raised photographer, now represented by Nancy Dodds Gallery in Carmel. Robertson produces portraits, landscapes and surreal conceptual photography. Mysterious female figures are her specialty. She is self-taught. “I would go out into the world and capture whatever I found interesting, and I would also photograph my friends as well—sometimes dressed normally, other times in silly costumes and poses,” Robertson writes on her website. “Using a camera, a computer, and my knowledge of Photoshop, I started creating images that expressed mood and feeling through color and texture.” The image above is titled “Girl on Couch.” [AP] This year’s La Merienda, a Californio-inspired party benefitting the Monterey History & Art Association, celebrates Monterey’s 253rd birthday. Happy birthday, Monterey. Mic’d at The Press Club is a new event series hosted by the Weekly. Be there for the first edition with screenwriter James Patrick Dillon on June 1. COURTESY OF JAMES PATRICK DILLON
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