www.montereycountynow.com OCTOBER 2-8, 2025 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 29 Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events HOT PICKS Wednesday, Oct. 8 WORDS MATTER In 1941, the Library of Congress hosted a series of poets as lecturers on the theme of “The Poet in a Democracy.” Robinson Jeffers, who built his career and famous stone house in Carmel, was the inaugural speaker, followed by Robert Frost. He recited a number of poems, including “Night Without Sleep,” penned in 1936. It opens: “The world’s as the world is; the nations rearm and prepare to / change; the age of tyrants returns; / The greatest civilization that has ever existed builds itself higher / towers on breaking foundations.” The parallels to today are eerie. For more insight—into Jeffers as a poet, and particularly his relevance to our current day—Elliot RuchowitzRoberts offers his insight. RuchowitzRoberts is a poet himself and president of the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation. A virtual version of the talk is available to those who register. [SR] 7pm Wednesday, Oct. 8. Carpenter Hall (in the Sunset Center), San Carlos and 8th, Carmel. Free. (831) 624-2811, carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org. MOZART’S HOMIES Wolfgang Mozart is said to have been good friends with the celebrated composer Franz Joseph Haydn. Maybe the two hung out and jammed? We can only imagine what that would have sounded like. A quartet of talented musicians are arriving as “FOW,” in a show of Mozart’s music using his own arrangements called “The WolfganG - presented by Musikiwest.” The allstar cast includes flautist Blair Francis Paponiu, violinist Jason Issokson, violist Leonid Plashinov-Johnson and cellist Michelle Djokic. The gang will also visit schools in the North Monterey County Unified School District, thanks to the Pebble Beach Company Foundation and Yellow Brick Road. [PM] 7-9pm Wednesday, Oct. 8. SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave., Sand City. $25-$40. sandboxsandcity@gmail.com, sandboxsandcity.com. TRAVEL(ING) BUG Why does a band that put out just two albums a few decades ago deserve a tribute? We’re not even going to bother answering, because you know why. The Traveling Wilburys Revue performs songs by the famed supergroup, as well as singles from its members. And they were just Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, that’s all. So it will be a night of hit after hit after hit, performed live— which is something you never could have experienced, even back when the Wilburys were recording. The reason? The real Traveling Wilburys never went on tour. Kind of ironic when you think about it. [DF] 7:30pm Wednesday, Oct. 8. Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde between 8th and 9th, Carmel. $41-$61. (831) 622-0100, pacrep.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. Great improvisers don’t have a problem with changing a venue. Controlled Chaos will improvise at California’s First Theatre in Monterey on Friday, Oct. 3 (details on p. 28). TIMBRE DAWSON Quality feed & pet supplies • DIY dog & cat vaccines • Premium hay at great prices Low cost vaccination clinic for dogs & cats. Microchipping. Prescription flea/tick medication. Open every Saturday 1:30pm-4:30pm. 101 W. LAUREL DR, SALINAS • (831)443-6161 Mon-Sat 9am-6pm Sun 10am-5pm $5 OFF Any purchase of $25 or more $20 OFF Any purchase of $100 or more ROUDYBUSH NOW IN STOCK! $10 OFF Any purchase of $50 or more EXPIRES 11-6-25. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER DISCOUNTS OR OFFERS. LIMIT 1 COUPON PER CUSTOMER. NOT VALID ON HAY, SHAVINGS, SERESTO, MAX BULLY, OR ROUDYBUSH. MUST PRESENT ENTIRE PHYSICAL COUPON AT TIME OF PURCHASE. COUPON MUST COME DIRECTLY FROM THE MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY. REPRINTS OR PHOTOCOPIES NOT VALID. CHEAPER THAN MOST MAJOR RETAILERS! 25LB MAINTENANCE $65.99 10LB MAINTENANCE $41.99 22OZ MAINTENANCE $9.99 44OZ BREEDER $18.49
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