Send ideas to calendar@montereycountynow.com 24 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY january 9-15, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com details a petition Monterey County residents signed to welcome Japanese and Japanese Americans back home—a reminder that a few people can step up for positive change. A panel discussion with local historians including Sandy Lydon, Geoffrey Dunn, Tim Thomas and Susan Shillinglaw follows. [CJ] 1-3pm Saturday, Jan. 11. JACL Hall, 424 Adam St., Monterey. Free; donations encouraged. 521-3304, timsardine@yahoo.com, jaclmonterey.org. Wednesday, Jan. 15 Quotes and Swatches Do you have an eye for beautiful ephemera around you—quotes, eye-catching photographs in newspapers or magazines, and the like? Local artist Jessica Ansberry guides a workshop on how to incorporate quotes, poetry, sketches, watercolor and more in capturing the world around you. Supplies are provided, or bring your own inspired pieces. Ansberry is a visual artist specializing in acrylic and watercolor painting, hand lettering, illustrating and art installations. She is the owner of Progress not Perfection Paint Parties, and the philosophy applies here as well—perfection not required. [AP] 4pm Wednesday, Jan. 15. Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave., Pacific Grove. Free. 648-5762, pacificgrovelibrary.org. Cerulean Sea TJ Klune is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries and more. The Salinas Public Library invites you to hear from him about his craft and his message. Being queer himself, Klune believes it’s important, now more than ever, to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories. The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours. Linus leads a quiet life as a case worker overseeing magical children in government-run orphanages. Until he’s assigned a highly classified mission to an orphanage that is home to six dangerous children: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. As he grows closer to the children’s caretaker, long-held secrets are exposed. [AP] 4pm Wednesday, Jan 15. Virtual event; register for details. Free. 758-7302, JissellaD@ ci.salinas.ca.us, salinaspubliclibrary.org/ calendar. ’Poofs, There It Is St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church is not Mory’s Temple Bar. You can’t just walk up to the altar and order a martini. So in that sense, those poor little lambs have indeed lost their way. On the other hand, when the legendary Yale choral group the Whiffenpoofs visited St. Dunstan’s last year, the concert sold out. And why not? The Whiffenpoofs have been wowing audiences since 1909—first at Mory’s, where lore has it Louie the owner let them drink for free, now at 200 stops around the world each year. “The Whiffenpoof Song,” which closes out every performance, has been covered by the likes of Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and some guy named Elvis. So it’s been quite a spree. Expect another sellout. [DF] 7pm Wednesday, Jan. 15. St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 28005 Robinson Canyon Road, Carmel Valley. $35; $25/students, children; free/children under 5. 624-6646, stdcv.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Pope˛da, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. HOT PICKS guaranteed, none of them are going to be singing “I’m Henry the Eighth, I am” (yes, there were some duds, even in the best of musical eras). The performance runs for one final weekend. Then Elvis leaves the building and we’re once again left with Taylor Swift. [DF] 7:30pm Thursday-Saturday, 2pm Sunday, Jan. 9-12. Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde Street between 8th and 9th, Carmel. $9-$52. 622-0100, pacrep.org. Friday, Jan. 10 Out at Sea The story of the Western Flyer was, for a while, the stuff of legend. In 1940, author John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts, a marine biologist, chartered the fishing vessel for a trip south to Baja California and into the Sea of Cortez, pursuing scientific research and specimen collection. The result was the 1951 book by Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez, and its contributions to science. Today, the boat is again seaworthy thanks to the Western Flyer Foundation, which is preparing for a 2025 voyage re-creating the 1940 route. Hear about that, as well as the significance of the underlying story in a panel discussion with some experts. Speakers include Richard Astro, author of John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts: The Shaping of a Novelist, and Sherry Flumerfelt, director of the Western Flyer Foundation. [SR] 4-5pm Friday, Jan. 10. Virtual event; register in advance to receive a Zoom link the day of the event. Free. 646-3933, monterey.gov/ library/events. Saturday, Jan. 11 Walk in the Woods Garland Ranch Regional Park, which year after year Weekly readers vote as the “Best Hiking Trail” in Monterey County, is beloved by locals for all manner of reasons—majestic oaks, the Carmel River, ferns, redwoods and a waterfall, and atop Snively’s Ridge, one of the most panoramic views in the area code. This hike—“Garland’s Canyons and Ridges”—is part of Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District’s “Let’s Go Outdoors!” series of events, where up to 10 attendees can hike about six to seven miles with two guides who give all the ins and outs. The route, from East Garzas to Vasquez, is sure to be lovely. [DS] 9:30am-3:30pm Saturday, Jan. 11. Garland Ranch Regional Park Visitor Center, 700 West Carmel Valley Road. Free; registration required. 372-3196, mprpd.org. Democracy Now Before you think a few people cannot make a difference, consider consulting history. The Monterey Japanese Citizen League Heritage Museum screens its award-winning documentary Enduring Democracy: The Monterey Petition, which showcases how Monterey was one of the few places that welcomed Japanese Americans even as hate was the norm across the country after the end of World War II, following the displacement and incarceration of thousands in internment camps. The film presents the vibrant pre-war Japanese community, then Every year, 14 senior Yale University students are selected to be in the Whiffenpoofs, the world’s oldest and best-known collegiate a cappella group. Hear them in Carmel Valley. Karissa Van Tassel Garland Ranch Regional Park offers many of Monterey County’s iconic landscapes, including wisened oak trees. Get some knowledge and tips on a guided hike on Jan. 11. Karen Loutzenheiser
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