Thursday, Nov. 30 Jolly Good Time Photos with Santa? Check. A station to write letters to Santa? Also check. (Santa, as we all know, likes to have a written record of which gifts to give to the kids that have been nice.) There will also be hot cocoa and candy canes in the mix, and if that’s not enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, this event at the Salinas Sports Complex includes the 6pm lighting of a 20-foot tall Christmas tree, but no one’s counting if it’s a few feet more or less. Luna Creciente performs folklórico dance at 5:40pm and 6:20pm. It’s officially time to usher in the Christmas season with this first-ever Country Christmas extravaganza. Ho, ho, ho. [DS] 5-7pm Thursday, Nov. 30. Salinas Sports Complex, 1034 N. Main St., Salinas. Free. 775-3100, carodeo.com. Thursday, Nov. 30-Friday, Dec. 1 One of a Kind Buying one-of-a-kind, original artwork is an attractive proposition, but it can be an expensive one too. There’s an exception, though—buying work from young, emerging artists needn’t break the bank, and it has the benefit of (potentially) helping to launch a new career. The MPC jewelry, ceramic and printmaking departments are celebrating the advent of the season with a holiday art sale. It’s an opportunity to see the creativity of students and faculty up close and in person, meet the artists behind the work and perhaps purchase a one-of-a-kind piece for someone on your holiday list. (Or, you know, for yourself—that’s acceptable too.) [TCL] 5-7:30pm Thursday, Nov. 30 and 11am-6pm Friday, Dec. 1. Monterey Peninsula College, creative arts section, 980 Fremont St., Monterey. Free to enter. 646-4000, mpc.edu/ Home/Components/Calendar/Event/37781/20. Friday, Dec. 1 Call And Response “Ourselves We Sing: A Call and Response with Walt Whitman” is a series of speaking events that accom34 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY november 30-december 6, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com Tamara Selyangina The December show at Venture Gallery in Monterey starts Dec. 1 and will be on display through the end of the year. Titled A Few of My Favorite Things…, the show features smaller, favorite works that have special meaning for the artists who made them. The image above is titled “Winter” and the artist is Tamara Selyangina. The gallery will be open for a holiday reception from 2-4pm on Saturday, Dec. 2. Regular gallery hours are 10am-6pm daily (closed on Christmas). [AP] HOT PICKS november 30–december 06 To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com Courtesy of Youth Arts Collective VISUALS Youth Arts Collective The Youth Arts Collective’s annual Winter Show is ready for eyes—in person or online. This holiday season, sharing the joy of creativity is two-fold: help support a warm and welcoming space for the Monterey Peninsula’s young people to explore their artistic potential and treat yourself or a loved one to a gorgeous work of art in the process. Mark your calendar for noon-4pm Saturdays Dec. 2 and Dec. 9, and come to one of one of the open houses at YAC’s studio in Monterey. If you can’t make it, you can browse the young artists’ work in an online gallery viewable at yacstudios.org/exhibits. Each artist has produced a short “meet the artist” video for the online show. [AP] The Smuin Company in “Home for the Holidays,” part of Smuin’s The Christmas Ballet, which comes to the Sunset Center on Dec. 1-2. Chris Hardy California Rodeo Salinas hosts its first-ever Country Christmas with a tree lighting, dance performances, sweets and friendly cowboy hat mascot, Dude. Courtesy California Rodeo Salinas
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