Friday, June 27 THREAD IT Sometimes our favorite garments rip apart or stitches unravel and we cannot wear them anymore. To give your clothes a second chance and learn how to fix them, one can sign-up for “Level Up Your Sewing with Julia,” a hand-sewing class at the Monterey Public Library. Attendees can learn how to thread a needle, knotting threads and basic stitches. They will also create small projects every month. The library hosts monthly events for different ages. The upcoming class is for teens and adults only. Experience isn’t necessary. [CJ] 4:30-6pm Friday, June 27. Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific St., Monterey. Free. 646-3932, bit.ly/4k3C62P. SLIDE HOME National traveling acts are one thing. But sometimes you just want some casual, down home fun. And that’s what Big Sur Sliders aim to deliver. They can cover any genre of popular music. But when it comes to their own stuff, it’s a wild ride—in a good way. Who else sings of the misfortune of confusing Rocky Point Bridge with Bixby Bridge or makes the case for dating grandmothers? The Santa Cruz duo Andy & Pablo open. [DF] 6:30pm Friday, June 27. Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur. Free. 667-2574, henrymiller.org. BIG WEEK Three weeks before the 2025 California Rodeo Salinas, country star Blake Shelton is kicking off the festivities with a Big Week Kick Off Concert. Born in Oklahoma, Shelton wrote his first song when he was 15 years old. He released his first album, Austin, in 2001 and recorded 13 studio albums to date. He was nominated for the Grammy Awards nine times; in 2017 People magazine called him the sexiest man alive. With 13 million albums sold, he is currently climbing the country charts with his new single “Texas.” [AP] 7pm Friday, June 27. Salinas Sports Complex, 1034 N. Main St., Salinas. $60-$105. 775-3100, carodeo.com. AXTON CHOPS Matt Axton was born to be a singer-songwriter, a musical chronicler of Americana. You can feel it in 24 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY JUNE 26-JULY 2, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com SOFIA GONZALEZ Becoming Home is a new solo exhibition by Northern California textile artist Sofia Gonzalez now on display at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove). Building dyed fiber works using oak galls and plant pigments, Gonzalez explores a relation between oak trees and oak apple wasps, combining art and environmental science. Her pieces explore how humans relate to their environment and ask what it means to belong to a place. The above photograph shows 12-oak galls wrapped in cotton and silk dyed with sunflowers and lavender. The artists will demonstrate her craft at 1pm on Saturday, June 28, explaining her process. The exhibit will remain open until Sept. 14. The museum hours are 10am-4pm Wednesdays through Sundays. [AP] HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit calendar.montereycountynow.com SOFIA GONZALEZ STEPHANIE LANGLEY VISUALS STEPHANIE LANGLEY “Once every few years there is an exhibition that I am so excited about, I can’t wait to share it,” wrote curator Jim Dulz about the Juxtapose: Where the Sublime Meets the Absurd exhibit now on display at the Carl Cherry Center for Arts, 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel. This joint exhibit shows works by Stephanie Langley and Robert Armstrong. The artists adapt popular subject matters into social narrative that critique assumptions about both nature and culture. “The integration of past and present, the inclusion of extraordinary objects and the juxtaposition of unlike elements, are just a few of the ways the two Monterey County painters conjure the mysteriousness of everyday reality,” Dulz wrote in the press release. The exhibit can be seen Wednesday through Saturday noon to 4pm, or by appointment through July 26. A walkthrough with the artists will be held at 3pm on Saturday, June 28. [AP] Pride Month is nearly over, and Monterey Peninsula Pride is closing out the month with a party. The annual family friendly parade in downtown Monterey leads to an adults-only dance in Seaside . The Wailin’ Jennys are a Canadian music group. From left to right: members Ruth Moody, Heather Masse and Nicky Mehta. EMILY MCNALLY JUNE 26– JULY02
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