www.montereycountynow.com SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2025 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 29 Send ideas to calendar@montereycountynow.com HOT PICKS 3-6pm Sunday, Sept. 7. Folktale Winery and Vineyards, 8940 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley. $40-$62. 293-7506, folktalewinery. com. DANCING SUNDAY Dancing is a fun way to exercise, socialize and relieve stress, besides being an art form. It’s never too late to learn new steps and enjoy different types of music and participate in a community dance. On Sunday, the Monterey Country Dance Community is bringing Scottish soul to town. The music will be in the hands of The Mighty San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, a group that promotes Scottish music and other regional genres, featuring Sam Winter. Attendees will have a chance to learn how to dance contra dance, have fun and enjoy a potluck meal. Anyone is welcome to join. No partner or dancing experience is needed, just the drive to have fun. Dances are held every first Saturday and every third Sunday of the month. [CJ] 4-7pm (dance lesson starts at 3:40pm), Sunday, Sept. 7. YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula, 600 Camino El Estero, Monterey. $15-$30. info@montereycontradance.org, montereycontradance.org. Monday, Sept. 8 HISTORIC HAUNT Is the Stokes Adobe, one of Monterey’s oldest buildings, haunted? Built in 1833, the adobe soon fell into the ownership of James Stokes, a British naval deserter who, it is said, absconded with a kit of medical supplies and made a good living in Monterey as a quack doctor, so much so that he was able to expand the house. But he also became a raging alcoholic, which drove him take a suicidal dose of strychnine. The Old Monterey Business Association hosts local writer, editor and amateur historian Amelia Ward at Casa Serrano for a talk about the adobe’s colorful— and some might say dark—history. [DS] 7pm Monday, Sept. 8. Casa Serrano, 412 Pacific St., Monterey. Free; $10 donation suggested. grandparlor@ndgw.org, ndgw.org. Tuesday, Sept. 9 MODEL T It is said that Mat Kearney began writing his own songs because he was so bad at playing covers. We’re all fortunate for his one musical weakness, because the Nashville-based performer known for bringing hip-hop, EDM, pop and folk into his songs crafted a string of top 40 hits that resonate on both the U.S. Adult Pop and Christian charts. Two of his albums—City of Black & White and Young Love—were charttoppers. And he has a new album out. So in addition to hits such as “Nothing Left to Lose” and “One Heart,” he may play material from Mat Kearney (Still Drowning in Nostalgia). By the way, it is said that Mat with one t is thanks to a typo by the nurse at his birth. [DF] 7:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 9. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $55- $91. 649-1070, goldenstatetheatre.com. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. A huge number of little boys and girls want to touch a fire truck. Another opportunity to do so in Salinas comes on Sept. 7, courtesy of Coastal Kids Home Care. COASTAL KIDS HOME CARE
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