Thursday, July 20 Time Passages A Hurrian hymn from Syria dating back to 1400 BC. Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen. What do they have in common? Human Voice is one of the Carmel Bach Festival’s propositions that is hard to resist. You have a chance to attend the concert either on Thursday, July 20 or a week later, on Thursday, July 27. Fire & Grace—a duo consisting of Edwin Huizinga (violin) and William Coulter (guitar)—returns with another in their series of concerts featuring the famous San Francisco Girls Chorus (with Valérie Sainte-Agathe as artistic director) and the festival orchestra musicians. Each concert comes with 15 pieces, “from the 13th century to the present, through the lens of the human voice,” Huizinga said in a statement. If your preference is for more modern sounds, the Carmel Bach Festival continues with a range of musical styles and composers performed by various ensembles in venues throughout the Monterey Peninsula until Saturday, July 29. [AP] 7:30pm Thursday, July 20 and Thursday, July 27. Part of Carmel Bach Festival. Sunset Center, San Carlos Street, Carmel. $40-$89. 624-1521, bachfestival.org. Friday, July 21 Show Room It’s a true night at the museum. A movie screens in Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History’s bird gallery, where guests are welcome to bring their own chairs, sleeping pads or picnic blankets to relax on (it’s not required to BYO; chairs are also provided). The feature film is Jumanji (1995) starring the great Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt and Kirsten Dunst. What’s more, all the profits from tickets and concessions will support the museum’s collections, educational programming, and future community events. It’s a perfect night out for adults or families, with a bonus of supporting the nonprofit museum. [KH] 6pm Friday, July 21. Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. $10/member adults; $5/member children; $15/nonmember adults; $7/nonmember children. 648-5716, pgmuseum.org. 26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY july 20-26, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com Tracey Adams Adams, along with eight other area artists, will present their paintings, drawings and sculpture displayed alongside select works by poet Jeanne D’Orge from the The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts’ private collection. Artists featured in this exhibition, titled Shared Vision, have created works that reinterpret and remix elements, themes and the palette of Jeanne D’Orge, and highlight ways that art inspires across time. After arriving in the U.S. from England, D’Orge became associated with a group of modernist poets that included Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens. Opening reception is 4pm Friday, July 14 in The Cherry. The event is part of “The Carl Cherry Center at Seventy-Five” festivities. [AP] 20-26 july HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com Courtesy of The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts VISUALS Linda Lay Art, music and community come together at Compact Disco, the newest local dance venue at 420 Tyler St. in downtown Monterey that is dedicated to house music. The public is invited to attend a 5pm Thursday, July 20 reception for Linda Lay’s latest body of vibrant and intricately crafted fiber artworks. The Love, Life And Laughter collection she presents in Monterey is inspired by the 1996 dance music anthem “Dreamer” by Livin’ Joy. “Like most, I worked a 9-to-5 from Monday through Friday and absolutely lived for the weekends where my time was spent on dance floors with friends,” Lay wrote in an artist statement. Her fiber-art monsters represent the energy that’s created when people joyfully come together, shed their day-to-day worries and connect with each other on a deeper and instinctive level. [AP] Pick a spot on the sidewalk to watch the super-fast road bicyclists in the Sand City Criterium zoom through town on Sunday, July 23. Don’t blink or you’ll miss this exciting race—it zooms by quickly. David Schmalz Members of BiG SuRCuS offer a performance that features yes, some circus arts, but also elements of bellydance, poetry, burlesque and more. Nick Kitchens Courtesy of Compact Disco
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