vendor was carefully selected by a jury panel to ensure the highest-quality and widest variety of goods. The other shopping opportunities include the All Saints’ Episcopal Church Fine Arts & Crafts Fair, the Carmel Women’s Club Annual Artisan Event and the Church of the Wayfarer Annual Holiday Fair. You’ll need to refuel during this gift-shopping marathon and lucky for you, all four locations are selling hot lunches. [PM] 9am-3pm Saturday, Nov. 18. Free. Homecrafters’ Marketplace: Sunset Center North Lot, 8th Avenue between Mission and San Carlos streets, Carmel, communityactivities@ci.carmel.ca.us; All Saints’ Episcopal Church: Dolores Street and 9th Avenue, Carmel, artsandcrafts@allsaintscarmel.org; Carmel Women’s Club: San Carlos Street and 9th Avenue, Carmel, carmelwomensclubca. org; Church of the Wayfarer: Lincoln Street and 7th Avenue, Carmel, 624-3550. Laugh Out Loud This is a lineup of serious talent, but the show is anything but serious. Comedian Q hosts a night of standup, featuring multiple touring stars. From Dallas-based Fonzo Crow, expect searing and smart observations about life—marriage and divorce, parenting and daily routines. From Lisa Love of Detroit, puns that capture many meanings (as she recently posted, “these hot flashes make me a hot girl summer, a hot mess, a hot ho, a stove and a microwave”). And from headliner Piper the Comedian, some of the classics should be featured in his “retirement tour” (allegedly, at least). That surely means his famous call-and-response with the audience—“Won’t he do it?” greeted by the response, “If you let him!” And the audience should be prepared to laugh, if you let them. [SR] 7pm doors, 8pm show Saturday, Nov. 18. Deja Blue, 500 Broadway Ave., Seaside. $35; $50/ VIP. 324-0044, dejabluelive.com. Saturday, Nov. 18-Sunday, Nov. 19 True Classics Monterey Symphony’s 77th season continues with “Pfeiffer,” named after a family of early Big Sur settlers whose land in Big Sur is now preserved as a state park. As such, the pieces are meant to evoke a connection to a given place—such as the Anne Clyne composition “Pivot,” which was inspired by her time in Edinburgh and borrows from a Scottish fiddle tune. There are also selections from Liszt (“Les préludes,” inspired by the French poets Autran and Lamartine) and Brahms (his Violin Concerto in D major, which deploys the style hongrois as an homage to his Hungarian friend and collaborator Joseph Joachim). First-chair violinist Christina Mok features on the Brahms piece, while the entire program is guest-conducted by Andrew Grams. There will also be a pre-concert screening of Composing Big Sur, a documentary showcasing the creative journey of John Wineglass, the Monterey Symphony’s composer-in-residence. [RM] 7:30pm Saturday, Nov. 18 (documentary screening 6:30pm); 3pm Sunday, Nov. 19 (screening 2pm). Sunset Center, San Carlos Street at 9th Avenue, Carmel. $45-$88; $25/ Carmel Foundation members; $12/students, teachers and active military. 620-2048, montereysymphony.org. Hot Picks by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Rey Mashayekhi, Agata Pop˛eda, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. 36 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY November 16-22, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com Send ideas to calendar@mcweekly.com HOT PICKS Friday, Nov. 17 New Wave Director Bruce Brown tapped into a previously unrecognized public fascination with watching a few guys travel the world to surf. His popular 1966 film The Endless Summer was followed up by a 1994 sequel. But how did it all come about? That part of the story has been missing—until now. Director Richard Yellen premieres Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis at Lighthouse Cinema, and it’s a red carpet affair. Yellen will be there. Former pro surfer Jamie Brisick is scheduled to appear, as well, along with Robert “Wingnut” Weaver of Endless Summer II fame. That should be enough, but there’s actually more. To get the party started (and keep it going), free beer from Alvarado Street is flowing and free popcorn is, well, popping. Or it will be, come Friday. [DF] 6pm Friday, Nov. 17. Lighthouse Cinema, 525 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. $20/in advance; $25/at the door. 641-0747, bit.ly/ BirthofEndlessSummer. Friday, Nov. 17-Sunday, Nov. 19 Timeless Cyrano The Monterey High Players are a troupe of Monterey High School student-actors and backstage technicians who are dedicated to promoting the performing arts and bringing high-quality theatrical events to the community. They are now proudly presenting Cyrano, based on the original 1897 play by French poet Edmond Rostand, which introduced audiences to the character of Cyrano de Bergerac. De Bergerac was a historical figure, a 17th-century French novelist, playwright, epistolarian and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th century. Today, he is best known as the inspiration for Rostand’s most noted drama, a classic and beloved romance, in which his conspicuously large nose poses a challenge to wooing Roxane. Monterey High students bring their twist to the classic story this weekend. [AP] 7:30pm Friday and Saturday, 2pm Sunday, Nov. 17-19. Monterey High School Welch Theatre, 101 Herrmann Dr., Monterey. $7-$15. mhsplayers.com. Saturday, Nov. 18 Gift Extravaganza What’s better than one craft fair in one city on a single day? Two? Three? Try four separate craft fairs all located within walking distance of each other in picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea. The holiday fairs include the granddaddy of them all, the 52nd Annual Homecrafters’ Marketplace, featuring over 50 vendors selling everything from jewelry and ornaments to art, ceramics and so much more. Each Ayodele Nzinga has many talents to her name: actress, director, playwright, poet, educator and more. She comes to speak at the Sunset Center as Oakland’s poet laureate. Jules Tavernier’s “Indian Sun Dance,” published in Harper’s Weekly in 1875. Tavernier, a French-American painter, founded an art colony in Monterey in the 1870s. Author and historian Claudine Chalmers shares more at MIIS on Thursday, Nov. 16. Courtesy of Ayodele Nzinga Courtesy of Claudine Chalmers
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