34 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY APRIL 24-30, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com Send ideas to calendar@montereycountynow.com HOT PICKS resource fair and faculty to chat with. But is that a bad thing? Gaining skills such as welding, management, mechatronics—that can help someone go far, including in the automotive industry. And in return, the college is giving you a car show and other entertainment. The first 200 people even get free lunch. It’s free to the public, $20 to register a show vehicle. Even better, that money goes toward student scholarships. [DF] 10am-2pm Sunday, April 27. Hartnell College Alisal Campus, 1752 E. Alisal St., Salinas. Free. 755-6700, hartnell.edu. COME AS YOUR ARE Salinas Valley Pride is celebrating the 2025 Lesbian Day of Visibility. This means everyone is welcome, whether or not you identify as a lesbian, to partake in card games, pizza, beer and, most importantly, community. “You don’t need a label to sit at this table,” the organizers say. The tradition is believed to have been started in 2008 in the United Kingdom. [AP] 5-7:30pm Sunday, April 27. Live@Heirloom Pizza, 344 Main St., Salinas. Free. 578-9751, salinasvalleypride.com. Wednesday, April 30 KIDS COME FIRST You do not need to be quiet in the library. At least not for this hour on Día del Niño, Children’s Day, at Cesar Chavez Library, where it’s all about celebrating kids, no shushing involved. Attendees can take home a free book for their personal library and enjoy shaved ice. The main event is led by one member of Aguacate Music, a bilingual musical/education duo based in Berkeley that focuses on teaching children from ages 0 to 7 to appreciate music, movement and performance. Anna-Maria Violich-Olivier and Natalia Bernal, both raised in bilingual homes and now raising their own bilingual children, are educators but also performers, parents and appreciators of a fun day out including a performance by Violich-Olivier. [SR] 3:30-4:30pm Wednesday, April 30. Cesar Chavez Library, 615 Williams Road, Salinas. Free. 758-7916, salinaspubliclibrary.org. TYCHO YEAH This event comes with certain rules. There will be no parking available at the venue; attendees have to take a shuttle. Also, tickets come in packages only. That said, Tycho (the stage name for Scott Hansen), a Sacramento-born and San Francisco-based composer and instrumentalist, is worth a shuttle trip. This Grammy-nominated musician specializes in electronic rock. He creates a fusion of down-tempo, ambient and electronic music, often using analog synthesizers and guitar. His band name, Tycho, was inspired by the 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who devised his own model of the universe. [AP] 7pm Wednesday, April 30. Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur. $130. 667-2574, henrymiller.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. Tycho is the creation of Scott Hansen (second from right). He is supported by (from left to right) drummer Rory O’Connor, Billy Kim on keyboards and guitarist Zach Brown. BRAD TORCHIA
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