Thursday, June 5 NEW STANDARD Forget about what you expect to hear when you think “jazz.” The Mads Tolling Trio offers something wildly different. It’s modern, fun and boundary-breaking—but still falls unambiguously within the tradition of jazz. Tolling, a two-time Grammy Award winner, plays electric violin, accompanied by Bruce Forman on guitar and Dan Feiszli on bass. All masterful musicians, they merge their talents for something at once classic and contemporary in this show celebrating the release of the new album, Masters of Jazz, a fittingly fresh take on violin greats. [SR] 7pm Thursday, June 5. SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave., Sand City. $50; $25/students, military. sandboxsandcity.com. Thursday, June 5- Saturday, June 7 HAIL TO THE KING Ready for another fistful of boomstick? Paper Wing Theatre’s bringing back the groovy Evil Dead The Musical for a bloody good time. Seriously, we didn’t add “bloody” just as a sentence enhancer. As the chainsaw-wielding, supermarket clerk Ash slices through demons, there will be blood, at least the fake kind—and it will get on you, even if you don’t sit in the splash zone. (It washes off, so don’t worry.) Canadian playwright George Reinblatt took all the elements of the 1980s cult classic films starring Bruce Campbell, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness, and combined them for an off-Broadway musical that became an instant hit when first staged in 2003. You’ll be saying “What the Fuck was That?” throughout the performance, and not just because of the catchy song of the same name. [EC] 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, June 5-28. Paper Wing Theatre & Supper Club, 711 Cannery Row, Suite I (upstairs), Monterey. $36. 905-5684, paperwing.com. 30 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY JUNE 5-11, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com ANNE LARSEN Anne Larsen is a photographer with over three decades of experience. Now you can see her work at the Center for Photographic Art (at the Sunset Center, 9th and San Carlos, Carmel) in the exhibit. Embracing Light showing her photos, as well as work by John Sexton. Beginning her career in a major commercial studio in Copenhagen, Larsen relocated to the U.S. in 1994 to focus on fine-art photography. Larsen is known for her still-life compositions and photographs of the natural world, created using 4-by-5-inch-view or medium-format cameras. Her work is characterized by luminosity and elegance, and her handmade silver gelatin prints are notable for their impeccable craftsmanship and subtle tonal variations. An artist talk takes place in Carpenter Hall at 3pm on Saturday, June 7, followed by an opening reception at 4:30pm. On view until July 27; gallery hours are noon-4pm Wednesday-Sunday. [AP] 5-11 JUNE HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountynow.com ANNE LARSEN AZADEH NIKOU VISUALS HOMEBOY ART Kudos to the Monterey County Probation Department. Guess who’s got their first mural onsite? Artist Fabian Debora—with the help of youth incarcerated in the facility—created a mural at Juvenile Hall in Salinas. A May 30 ceremony was small but touching, with each young man saying a few words about what this creative experience meant to him. “Butterflies mean freedom,” said one. The mural is an addition to an already impressive little garden where roses and chickens share a sunny yard. Debora is the founder of Homeboy Art Academy in Los Angeles. Through art, he promotes understanding of their roots among justice-impacted youth. “The first thing they took from the Native people was art,” he said at the ceremony on Friday, May 30. [AP] The above photo comes from 2024 Sunkiss’d Mozart Summerfest when one of the concerts took place at the Monterey Museum of Art. This year, this chamber music festival will kick off at the Pacific Grove Art Center. COURTESY OF SUNKISS’D MOZART Children can now enjoy a new playground in Marina. Slides, swings and more are waiting in Windy Hill Park. KOMPAN INC.
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