24 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY april 11-17, 2024 www.montereycountyweekly.com were students at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. [EC] 7pm Saturday, April 13. SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave., Sand City $25-$40; free/youth ages 16 and under with reservation. sandboxsandcity@gmail.com, sandboxsandcity.com. Sunday, April 14 Piano Man The go-to pianist in Monterey County for decades has been Bob Phillips, prized for his versatility, musicality and love of performing. He’s adept at a wide variety of styles from swing and pop to jazz and classical. He’s played the Monterey Jazz Festival several times, as well as Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden and Birdland. And he’s played with many jazz icons, including Charles Loos, Al Cohn, Rebecca Parris and Richie Cole. Phillips comes to the Carl Cherry Center for an afternoon of straight-ahead classic jazz as the talented Lighthouse Jazz Quartet+1, made up of Paul Contos on sax, Dennis Murphy on bass, Stu Reynolds on sax and Mike Shannon on drums. With wine and appetizers included in the ticket, it’s a swinging way to spend an afternoon. [PM] 1:30pm wine and appetizers, 2-4pm show Sunday, April 14. Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, 4th Avenue and Guadalupe Street, Carmel, $35. 624-7491, carlcherrycenter.org. Tuesday, April 16 Go Figure An exciting opportunity comes among many local painting workshops: The Pacific Grove Art Center holds a series called Go Figure! Live Model Drawing. They already started on April 9, but drops-in for a single class are encouraged. Bring your pencils and paints for a dynamic and un-instructed drawing/ painting session with an experienced live model. The organizers promise gestural poses and a welcoming atmosphere. Drawing benches provided. [AP] 9am-noon Tuesdays until April 30. Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. $20. 375-2208, pgartcenter. org. Melt Down As climate change continues to devastate and upend ecosystems globally, some scientists have been painstakingly documenting that devastation over the course of years and decades like obituary reporters in an old-timey print newspaper. The hope is, presumably, that even more evidence will help convince people that climate change poses an existential threat to human civilization and the natural world as it exists right now. But maybe it’s just for posterity, in the event truly intelligent life visits Earth some day, to let them know what happened and all the beauty they missed out on, and to say, “Sorry! Should have shown up earlier, we could have really used the wisdom!” That said, Stanford professor Rob Dunbar has been doing some fascinating work in Antarctica over the past 43 years studying the climatic and oceanic variability in the Ross Sea and ice sheet changes on the continent. Along the way, he’s taken some incredible photos too. This event is a chance to learn from an expert who’s witnessed the environmental impacts of climate change firsthand at ground zero. [DS] 7-8pm Tuesday, April 16. Hopkins Marine Station, Izzie Abbott Lecture Hall, Monterey Boatworks Building, 120 Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove. Free; registration required for virtual attendance. bit.ly/AntarcticaInsights. Hot Picks by Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Pope˛da, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. Send ideas to calendar@mcweekly.com HOT PICKS Saturday-Sunday, April 13-14 Hurray for the Whale The 14th annual Whalefest comes back with more attractions than ever. The event is both entertainment and an educational symposium. This year, it offers a lineup of speakers from the world of marine science, covering whales, sharks and sea otters, as well as climate change, sustainable practices in packaging and agriculture. In addition to all of the educational activities and immersive learning, Whalefest features a great lineup of over 10 live musicians, bands and dancers. Fun activities like gyotaku, scrimshaw-style art, whale origami, and the “almost famous” Abalone Races are featured on both days on Old Fisherman’s Wharf. Local historian Tim Thomas once again conducts his very informative historical Wharf Walks. That means this weekend-long festival is part science, part art, part history, part fun—and an environmental call to action. [AP] 10am-5pm Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14. Old Fisherman’s Wharf, 1 Old Fisherman’s Wharf. Free. 238-0777. whalefest.org. Saturday, April 13 Shake It Forward You can dance the night away anytime, but what good does it do? Yeah, the exercise, sure. That only helps you. Now, if you could shake it for a cause, that would make you like Mother Teresa in a cropped top and heels…OK, not the image we were going for, but hopefully you get the idea. The 2024 Women’s Ball is a chance to dance, sip some wine and dance some more. And it benefits Casa de Noche Buena, a shelter for homeless single women and families with children in Seaside. Gathering for Women and Community Human Services host the event. There’s food and a silent auction. And your presence on the dance floor helps others in need. Everyone is welcome to have some fun and do some good. [DF] 7-10pm Saturday, April 13. Carmel Woman’s Club, 9th Avenue between San Carlos and Dolores, Carmel. $50. 241-6154, gatheringforwomen.org/events. Genre Benders You’ve probably heard of a “pinball wizard,” courtesy of The Who. You’ve hopefully heard of the Wizard of Oz (if not, you must live under a very remote rock). But have you heard of a “clarinet wizard”? You’ll get the chance to meet one when internationally recognized clarinetist David Krakauer joins forces with pianist Stephen Prutsman and cellist Michelle Djokic for a concert in Sand City. The program covers centuries and crosses continents of classical, jazz and world music. It includes an improv on the jazz standard “Body and Soul” presented by Krakauer and Prutsman, Mozart’s “Adagio for Piano Trio,” Abraham Ellstein’s “Chassidic Dance” and a trio by Johannes Brahms for piano, clarinet and cello. Krakauer has been described as a “genre-fluid clarinet genius” by NPR. He first met SandBox founder Djokic while they The American Cancer Society has been uplifting spirits since 1913, and cancer survivors have been walking the runway for 30 years as part of a celebratory fundraiser. Learn more about Antarctica and its environment. This coldest, driest, sourthernmost and least-populated continent on Earth is key to observing the effects of climate change. robert dunbar
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