26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY july 4-10, 2024 www.montereycountynow.com Saturday, July 6 Kicking Asphalt The idea of hot summer days may draw laughter from those on the Peninsula. But this is Soledad, where they can— and do—celebrate sweltering sunshine under actual sweltering sunshine. Hot Summer Days is the very definition of street festival. There’s a car show (Crusaders Car Club helped launch the event), music and entertainment, a raffle, food and merchandise vendors and a pin up contest—hey, ’40s fashion was killer diller—all packed into downtown. Eat, dance, admire classic cars or cool low riders, win stuff. Too bad the city can only spare a street for one day, not many days, because this is big. And the event supports youth recreational programs, so it’s also beneficial. [DF] 11am-6pm Saturday, July 6. Front Street, Soledad. Free. 223-5000, cityofsoledad.com. Pound for Pound Drummers sometimes don’t get the credit they deserve, and they’re often miscast as crazies on account of their love for banging things. What’s wrong with smashing stuff? There are whole businesses set up to accommodate that these days. This night is a celebration of one of the greatest drummers of all time, Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. The smash features the Levee Breakers, a collection of drummers from throughout the county, and Houseband of the Holy on instruments and vocals. Bang bang Bonham gang. [DS] 8:30-11pm Saturday, July 6. Live@Heirloom Pizza Co., 344 Main St., Salinas. $10/ in advance, $15/door. 998-8824, bit.ly/ bonzo831. Sunday, July 7 Double Dylan One famous Dylan was a great poet of the 20th century. Dylan Thomas is best known for “Do not go gentle into that good night,” but in his short life (he died in 1953 at age 39), he wrote hundreds of poems, a novel, a radio play. Another famous Dylan, Bob Dylan, was just a kid when Thomas died, but went on to develop his own prolific career as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. This local team of creative musicians/poets/showmen sees beauty in what each of the creative giants have to say, and in a show titled “Dylan and Dylan,” bring the words of both literary geniuses to the stage. Allow yourself to go on their journey; as Dylan sings, “I opened my heart to the world and the world came in.” [SR] 3-5pm Sunday, July 7. Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center, Custom House Plaza, Monterey. $30. 236-3111, montereyhistory. org. Tuesday, July 9 Picking Party Jacob Jolliff knows how to pick up things quickly. Literally. The mandolinist used his picking skills as a former member of popular bluegrass bands Joy Kills Sorrow and the Yonder Mountain String Band. Now he has taken his talents to create his eponymous band, showcasing his singing prowess in a group of pickers—Myles Sloniker on bass, Ross Martin on guitar and George Jackson on fiddle. Billed as one of the country’s top contemporary mandolinists, Jolliff, who first picked up a mandolin at age 7, came out on top of the National Mandolin Championship in Kansas in 2012. [EC] 7pm Tuesday, July 9. Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Drive, Monterey. $30-$35. otteropry.org. Hot Picks by Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Pope˛da, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. Send ideas to calendar@montereycountynow.com HOT PICKS watching. It’s a fun scene. This year the series includes a food and drink package available for $25, highlighting local restaurants, wineries and breweries, with $5 going toward a different local nonprofit each week. The series opened June 28 with the fan-favorite Money Band, which also closes out the series on July 26. Wild at Heart performs on July 5, bringing new country and classic rock to the Plaza’s stage. Another favorite, Chicano All Stars, plays July 12, and Scarlet, a modern/ pop band on July 19. It’s a party worth crashing. [PM] 5-7pm, Friday, July 5, Carmel Plaza, Ocean Avenue and Mission Street, Carmel. Free; $25/food and drink package. 624-0138, carmelplaza.com/happenings. ALTER-TALES Come to ArtWorks@Salinas for the new exhibition, Glaze, Stain, Pour: Embodied Alter-Tales, featuring work of Dani Torvik. The opening reception on First Friday invites you to meet the working artists in this space, and explore their artwork. You can also enjoy pieces from the studios of Deborah Good, Kenji Tanner, Ekaterina De La Torre and Shagufta Khan. ArtWorks@Salinas welcomes visitors Thursdays through Sundays, from 10am-2pm, to view the art gallery with rotating work. It’s also home to six small studio spaces for artists to sublease at an affordable rate, and this evening puts the faces to the names behind the art they make. [AP] 5:30pm Friday, July 5 (and subsequent First Fridays, Aug. 2 and Sept. 6). ArtWorks@ Salinas, 262 Main St., Salinas. Free. 6229060, info@arts4mc.org, arts4mc.org. Friday, July 5-Sunday, July 7 Oh Dolly In the 1980 movie 9 to 5 three women coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. Featuring lyrics and music by Dolly Parton, the movie was a hit. And so it follows that the 9 to 5: The Musical, based on the movie is a crowd-pleaser. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, colleagues Violet (Lara Devlin), Judy (Lydia Lyons) and Doralee (Niki Moon) live out their wildest fantasy—giving their boss, Franklin Hart (John Farmanesh Bocca) the boot. While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. It remains relevant decades later. Note that this show contains adult language and scenes that may not be appropriate for younger audiences. [AP] 7:30pm Wednesdays-Saturdays, 4pm Sundays, July 5-21 (except for July 13). Outdoor Forest Theater, Santa Rita Street and Mountain View Avenue, Carmel. $23-$43/ general admission; $16- $18/seniors; $13- $29/military, teachers; $8-$16/students. 622-0100, pacrep.org. Adam Behan is one of the performers in the Discover Pacific Grove Concert Series that kicks off on Friday, July 5, bringing energy and free live music to downtown P.G. Paul Behan “Dylan and Dylan” is performed by (from left) showman Taelen Thomas, violinist Laura Burian, singer Dixie Dixon and songwriter/guitarist Steve Mortensen. Rita Costa-Hollman
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