Friday, April 12 Fashion For Life Ask cancer patients about fashion, and they might say it’s all about sweat pants—fashion is not a priority. But for cancer survivors, everything goes, and the Celebration of Life Fashion Show features cancer survivors as runway models in an inspiring fashion show and fundraiser. This year marks the 30-year celebration of this American Cancer Society event, with new and returning models wearing spring outfits from local stores. Among this year’s participants are Soledad twins Araceli and Angelica Villegas, who at 27, discovered they both had breast cancer and were carriers of the BRAC1 gene. “We want to give back and hope to inspire others to support the cause,” Angelica said. The community is invited to join in for the fun of it, for lunch, to celebrate these survivor-models, and to support the American Cancer Society. [SR] 10:30am-2:30pm Friday, April 12. Marriott, 350 Calle Principal, Monterey. $175. 621-5444, mtyfashionshow. givesmart.com. Friday-Saturday, April 12-13 Capitol Poetry Old Capitol Books in Monterey (in operation since 1983) is celebrating April as National Poetry Month with a two-day-long Monterey Poetry Festival. The audience will have a chance to listen to and interact with local and local-ish poets, such as Daniel Summerhill, Pilar Graham, Chris Carr, Jeffrey Erwin, Jean Vengua, Alex Ramirez, Kenji Rei, Heather Flescher, Alex Jimenez and Chris Siders. Graham will be presenting a new volume of poetry, Falling. She says she’d never have been able to write if not for the friendship and encouragement of her poet friends. “The poems embrace the universal, triumphs and tragedies,” she wrote in an email about the new collection, “when the heart finally opens, mixing with an earthly-confusion of injuries, tracing the infinite lines of a traveling show—and the lessons of dust devils in an attempt to leave the heart unscarred, unbarred.” [AP] 7pm and 9pm on both Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13. Old Capitol Books, 482 Alvarado St., Monterey. $12 at the door. 747-1322, oldcapitolbooks.com. 22 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY april 11-17, 2024 www.montereycountyweekly.com r. mike nichols The exhibit titled Moments in My Life showcases paintings by r. mike nichols and portrays the small yet significant moments of daily life that are relatable to many of us. These moments include celebrating a milestone birthday, sitting on a park bench and much more. Nichols is primarily a transparent watercolorist; he also paints with acrylics. The exhibit is now on display at ArtWorks @Salinas, a studio and gallery space managed by the Arts Council for Monterey County to create affordable studios for artists, and a gallery space to exhibit local work for the community to enjoy at no cost. Upcoming receptions take place on First Fridays, at 5pm May 3 and June 7. [AP] 11-17 april HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountyweekly.com courtesy of ArtWorks@Salinas Julia Nelson-Gal VISUALS Julia Nelson-Gal A new exhibit at the Cherry Center for the Arts in Carmel, titled Re-Aligned and spanning a range of themes and media, opens Friday, April 12 with a reception from 5-7 pm. Artists in this multimedia exhibit are: Tracey Adams, Lisa Hochstein, Claire Lerner, Will Marino, Julia Nelson-Gal, Catie O’Leary and Robynn Smith. Nelson-Gal is an abstract painter from San Francisco and the above piece of hers is called “Gone Fishing.” Bridging a range of materials and mediums, the exhibition documents how collage’s use of bits and pieces of applied materials is unique in its ability to capture physical moments of time and place. The exhibit includes created or found materials of the Central Coast, such as its colors, fonts and ephemera. [AP] Overheard at the 2023 Whalefest: Fish 1: “Walk around and you’ll see what they’ve done here to millions and millions of sardines.” Fish 2: “My grandmother used to tell me about canneries, but I never believed her. Glad to be learning.” courtesy of Whalefest Monterey Clarinetist David Krakauer is known for playing jazz, klezmer, classical music and avant-garde improvisation. GMD
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