26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY august 1-7, 2024 www.montereycountynow.com down the tracks with an array of cars behind it, a mini red caboose bringing up the rear. Locally we’re fortunate to have an amazing train layout that opens up the first full weekend of every month, at the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Museum in Salinas. A team of volunteer train aficionados lovingly built a giant diorama in a former station building that includes two levels of HO scale tracks, representing the entire length of train track in Monterey County as it might have looked from the 1950s-1960s. Follow along as the train passes through tiny towns from King City to Watsonville, Salinas to Pacific Grove. In between are miniature farms and soldiers training at Fort Ord. [PM] 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4. 26 Station Place, Salinas. Free. 789-8097, msvrr. org. Sunday, August 4 Art Weaving Being in nature under the redwoods while creating a piece of art is the perfect way to spend your Sunday afternoon. Armed with colorful yarns and looms, people will learn how to make a small tapestry with Carmel Valley artist Jessica Bovert. Crafters will learn the tapestry basics that will empower them to continue on their own. The workshop provides all the tools such as naturally dyed yarn, including cotton, wool and alpaca from Carmel Valley, and a loom set to take home. All skill levels are welcome. Light refreshments provided. [CJ] 1-4:30pm Sunday, Aug. 4. Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 Highway 1. $100; SOLD OUT. 667-2574, jbovert.com/workshops. Wednesday, August 7 Pop Around the World The Gipsy Kings have years of experience getting people to boogie. Their music has been described as a particular rumba flamenco style with pop influences, and their tunes have been the front and center of social dances the world over. Fronted for more than 40 years by Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo, The Gipsy Kings hail from Arles and Montpellier in the south of France, performing in Andalusian Spanish. The band’s name derives from the parents of the group members, who were Spanish gypsies who fled Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. [EC] 7pm Wednesday, Aug. 7. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $76.13- $274.92. 649-1070, goldenstatetheatre.com. Windy Summer Seventeen of America’s finest young woodwind players were selected by five master teachers. They gathered at Hidden Valley Music Seminars for two weeks of intensive learning, rehearsal and performance. Presented in the intimate Hidden Valley Theatre, the four-concert Festival of Winds series will include some of the most beautiful and interesting works composed for wind instruments. The 2024 fellows are Sierra Schmeltzer and William Yehlute (flute), Elias D. Medina, Caroline Wu and Kaleb Zhu (oboe), Lauren Enos, William Foye, Jeongmin Hong and Phoebe Kuan (clarinet), Sarah Bobrow, Jensen Bocco, Ruiqi Shi, Robert Thompson (bassoon) and Jimmy Herrington, Emily Jean Howell, Liam McConlogue and Jean Smith (horn). [AP] 7:30pm Aug. 7, 9, 12 and 16. Hidden Valley Music Seminars, 104 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley. Free. 659-3115, hiddenvalleymusic.org. Hot Picks by Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Pope˛da, Sara Rubin, David Schmalz. Send ideas to calendar@montereycountynow.com HOT PICKS an evil force in an abandoned cabin, turning them into demons, the chainsaw-wielding Ash must save the day. The cult film franchise from the 1980s starring Bruce Campbell makes it way to the stage in a comedic musical filled with catchy rock songs that include titles such as “What the F**k was That?” and “Good…Bad…I’m the Guy with the Gun.” It’s surely the pinnacle of artistic achievement. The show has been performed all over the world, racking up the awards just about everywhere it’s been. Make sure you wear your zombie gear, because things may get a little messy. [EC] 7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays; 6pm Sundays, Aug. 2-18. Paper Wing Theatre & Supper Club, 711 Cannery Row, Suite I (upstairs), Monterey. $30. 905-5684, paperwing.com. Just Imagine All are welcome to a campus movie night? How does that work? We’re picturing moody black-and-white films, subtitles, turtlenecks and heavy symbolism. That just won’t play to the Captain America crowd. But hang on— the folks at Otter Student Union on the CSU Monterey Bay campus know this. So when they invite the community, it’s for family-friendly films like If, the partially animated tale of a young girl who can see all the imaginary friends left behind by human adulthood. No spoiler alert here, other than it’s a feel-good story. OSU and the Office of Student Life provide popcorn, soda, hot chocolate and water while it lasts. Bring two blankets—one to sit on (it’s on the union lawn), one to wrap up with (campus is the marine layer’s favorite destination). Register online. [DF] 8pm Friday, Aug. 2. Inter-Garrison Plaza lawn, CSU Monterey Bay, 3118 Inter-Garrison Road, Seaside. Free. 582-3329, myraft.csumb.edu. Friday-Sunday, August 2-4 Fiesta Time The Carmel Valley Kiwanis Foundation knows how to throw a party. Every first full weekend in August, volunteers organize a rip-roaring good time in the village, kicked off by the Hoopla BBQ on Friday, along with a silent auction and music by Wild at Heart. Fiesta in the Park launches the next morning with family friendly activities, food, a horseshoe tournament, classic car show and free concerts. The fun continues on Sunday and includes a dog show at noon with some cute dogs from SPCA Monterey County. For a modest fee you can vote for the cutest puppy, best costume, best trick and other categories. [PM] 5pm Friday, Aug. 2: Hoopla BBQ, Trail & Saddle Club, 399-81 East Garzas Road, Carmel Valley, $50/adults, $30/pre-teens. Fiesta in the Park: 10am-6pm Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, Carmel Valley Community Park, 25 Ford Road, free/entrance. 2980018, cvk.weebly.com. Saturday-Sunday, August 3-4 It’s Train-tastic Come on, who doesn’t love toy trains? You don’t have to be a kid to get excited about a miniature engine clacking If you live in Monterey County and you are interested in music, you’ve heard the name Dave Holodiloff (second from right) many times by now. WIth bottomless energy, Holodiloff is coming back for another concert at the Henry Miller Memorial Library. courtesy Dave Holodiloff Weaving workshops are a specialty of Jessica Bovert, an artist from Carmel Valley. “My work is often hand-woven and hand-dyed, inspired by slowness and meditations on modern industrialization and labor,” she shared on her website. jessica bovert
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