Send ideas to calendar@montereycountynow.com 24 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 5, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com Monterey Herald; Amy Mayer, news director at KAZU; and Jim Boren, editor emeritus at The Fresno Bee and now executive director of the Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State. The moderator is Susan Meister, journalist and founder of the Monterey County Media Literacy Coalition. An audience Q&A follows. [AP] Noon-1:30pm Saturday, March 1. Carmel Foundation, 8th and Lincoln, Carmel. Free. (415) 260-5561, sites.google.com/view/ medialiteracyca/press. GUNS IN AMERICA Monterey Peace and Justice Center screens Reimagining Safety, a 2023 documentary that challenges the notion that militarized policing is the solution to public safety, suggesting that policing does more harm than good. Shot on an iPhone and filled with news footage from pivotal moments such as the May 2020 killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed, Reimagining Safety presents a case for rethinking public safety. The film features interviews with former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón; Jody Armour, a law professor at University of Southern California; El Jones, chair of women’s studies at Mount Saint Vincent University; sociologist Alex S. Vitale, author of The End of Policing; feminist and abolitionist Nikki Blak; and Hawk Newsome, co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York. A discussion and Q&A follow with director Matthew Solomon and Megan McDrew of Empathy in Action, a local nonprofit that tries to remove stigma from imprisonment. [AP] 5:30pm Saturday, March 1. Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside. Free. 899-7322, reimaginingsafety-seaside.eventbrite.com. Sunday, March 2 WHEELS UP Do you want to learn how to skateboard? Here’s your chance. Free beginner lessons are among the offerings at this all-ages, family-friendly skateboarding festival. Skaters of all levels and skate-curious observers are welcome at this first-ever event. Free helmets are available for children; expect music and games, plus vendors offering food and merch for sale. [SR] 10am-5pm Sunday, March 2. Cutino Park, Noche Buena Street at San Pablo Avenue, Seaside. Free. montereybayskatefest@gmail. com, instagram.com/montereybayskatefest. Wednesday, March 5 FEELING PLUCKY There’s something about the power of fast-picking string players that sweeps listeners up off their butts and onto their feet. Maybe it’s just the spirit of energetic bluegrass music; in this case, maybe it’s particular to the old-timey repertoire and serious chops of The Lonesome Ace Stringband. They swing through town courtesy of Otter Opry, bringing their vocal range and instrumental prowess—on fiddle, clawhammer banjo and upright bass—to the local stage. To get in on the full experience, show up early for a jam session (to play and/or listen), and partake in a chicken dinner starting at 5:30pm. Beyond the music, it’s about community. [SR] 4pm jam session; 5:30pm dinner, followed by concert Wednesday, March 5. Monterey United Methodist Church, 1 Soledad Drive, Monterey. $25; $20/California Bluegrass Association members; free/ages 15 and under; $10-$15/dinner. 375-8285, californiabluegrass.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. HOT PICKS Loggins, “I Can’t Go For That” by Hall & Oates, “What A Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers and more in this now-iconic genre. If you’re of a certain age, these are songs you can sing along to in your sleep; Yächtley Crëw breathes a lot of life into hits. [SR] 8pm Thursday, Feb. 27. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $43-$79. 6491070, yachtleycrew.com. Friday, Feb. 28 LOVE WINS One of the best-known and longest-running reality television shows is none other than ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, where 20-something single contestants arrive at a spectacular mansion—usually in the hills of Los Angeles—glitzed and glammed, ready to compete for the heart (or at least the attention) of the lucky lead. The concept is a bit strange: one person dating 20 others, set to propose dramatically within 10 weeks. Now, this concept—minus the dramatic finale proposal—is being reimagined for the theater stage in a show called The Dating Game Show. It will feature two segments: one for a bachelor and one for a bachelorette. The single contestants will participate in a live dating show, answering a series of questions. One person will be eliminated each round until only one remains. [KR] 6-9pm Friday, Feb. 28. Lighthouse Cinema & Event Center, 525 Lighthouse Ave. Pacific Grove. $5. 641-0747, lighthousecinema4events.com. ALOHA POWERHOUSE For nearly 50 years, the Hawai’i Academy of Recording Arts has presented the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, honoring the best Hawaiian musicians. For 66 years, the Recording Academy has done the same, honoring musicians around the world with Grammy awards. After all these decades, only one artist has received both awards for the same album, and he’s coming to Carmel. Kalani Pe’a’s 2016 debut album E Walea earned the Best Regional Roots Music Album from the Grammys in 2017, as well as a Na Hoku award for Best Hawaiian Contemporary Album. He’s since received two more Grammys and skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes and Billboard World Music charts. Hear what the world has noticed. [EC] 7:30pm Friday, Feb. 28. Sunset Cultural Center, San Carlos Street and 9th, Carmel. $40-$70. 620-2048, sunsetcenter.org. Saturday, March 1 MEDIA LITERACY News editors can serve as a bulwark against misinformation being transmitted to the audiences they serve, approving content that is solidly fact checked. Hear from local editors in a panel discussion, “Publishing FactBased Journalism: The Critical Role of News Editors,” on disinformation and accuracy in traditional and social media. Participants are Sara Rubin, Monterey County Weekly’s editor; Scott Rates, KION’s news director; Dave Kellogg, managing editor at the The Lonesome Ace Stringband is a bluegrass band from Toronto. If you listen to music on a record player, note that you can purchase vinyl at their show at the Monterey United Methodist Church. JEN SQUIRES Tom Freund plays this week at Wave Street Studios in Monterey. His songs have appeared on the TV programs One Tree Hill, Dawson’s Creek and Parenthood.
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