Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events 32 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY OCTOBER 16-22, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com NO TRICKS Military kids move around a lot, so they’re used to finding their things in the back of their parents’ cars. But what if instead of a bunch of clothes and suitcases, there was candy? The Presidio of Monterey is here to step up the game at its Trunk-or-Treat Fall Fest. In addition to trick-or-treating out of the backs of cars will be all the fun that Halloween brings: costumes, pumpkin carving, apple picking, face painting and live music. Parents are welcome to join in the fun and have a piece of candy or two. You might need it to keep up with the kids anyway. [SC] 3-6:30pm Saturday, Oct. 18. Stilwell Community Center, 4260 Gigling Road, Seaside. Free. bit.ly/TrunkorTreatMonterey25. HER NAME’S CHRISTINE How about watching a movie about a classic car, while you’re sitting in a classic car? Now that’s pretty meta. Well, except for the fact that this car isn’t possessed by an evil spirit, like the one in the movie. For the first in its series of drive-in movies, Monterey Touring Vehicles presents a screening of Christine, the 1983 film by John Carpenter (based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name and year). They may not have a 1958 Plymouth Fury available to rent—that’d be a little too creepy—but there’s plenty of other stunning vintage cars to choose from with two or four seats, depending on if it’s a date or family night. [EC] 6pm Saturday, Oct. 18. Monterey Touring Vehicles, 2228 Del Monte Ave., Monterey. $25-$100. (831) 337-8800, montereytouringvehicles.com. CREOLE SOUL Jazz vocalist Tiffany Austin was born and raised in South Los Angeles in a house full of music—parents inspired by Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, an older brother who was a signed rapper at 17, and a Louisiana Creole grandmother who introduced her to jazz. Her life took many twists and turns: she spent five-and-a-half years singing in Japan, went to law school in Berkeley, and eventually found her way back to music—becoming one of the Bay Area’s elite jazz singers and songwriters. She blends classic jazz with elements of R&B, blues and swing, infused with a flair that pays homage to her Louisiana Creole roots. She performs with the Tiffany Austin Quartet: The Love Epoch, a project celebrating the legacy of jazz pioneers such as Pharaoh Sanders and Sun Ra. [KR] 7-8:30pm Saturday, Oct. 18. Palenke Arts, 1713 Broadway Ave., Seaside. $30. (831) 899-9909, palenkearts.com. GET WRECKED Traveling along coastlines is risky business for ships, with changing currents, rocky outcroppings and whatnot. The Central Coast saw its fair share of shipwrecks back in the day, and they include some wild stories. California State Parks Guide Stuart Thornton III has done the research and will tell the tales, from the 1834 grounding of the Natalia on the sands north of Monterey—the wood from which was used to construct what was one of the city’s oldest buildings—to the incredible firsthand account of how the whaling vessel was beached in 1837 to save its cargo from sinking in the bay, to 1909, when the Roderick Dhu ran aground at Asilomar and became a temporary attraction. [DS] 7pm Saturday, Oct. 18. California’s First Theater, corner of Pacific and Scott streets, Monterey. Free. (831) 649-2907. MATCH GAME They don’t call the USL Championship Western Conference “the Wild West” for nothing. With just a couple games HOT PICKS blues. His performances earned him the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Blending Italian ballads with rhythms inspired by blues has made him an international star. [DF] 8pm Friday, Oct. 17. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $68-$354. (831) 649-1070, goldenstatetheatre.com. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 18-19 PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA SpongeBob Squarepants is one of those rare cartoons that is geared toward children, yet has just enough edge to appeal to adults (see the episode “Nasty Patty”). If nautical nonsense be something you wish, Sol Treasures presents The SpongeBob Musical Youth Edition. The show features a cast of children, and promises to delight audiences of all ages, just like its source material. SpongeBob and his friends must save the world from an undersea volcano that is about to erupt. There is plenty of F.U.N. and quirky music, which is sure to have you dropping on the deck and flopping like a fish. OK, we’ve run out of sentence enhancers. The kids are ready, are you? [EC] 7pm Saturday, Oct. 18; 2pm Sunday, Oct. 19; noon and 4pm Saturday, Oct. 25. Robert Stanton Theater, 720 Broadway St., King City. $15. (831) 386-1381, soltreasures.com. IT’S WINDY The Monterey Symphony is opening its season with a treat, the world premiere of a specially commissioned piece created by saxophone soloist Timothy McAllister and composer Steven Mackey. It’s named for the study of wind, “Anemology.” The Symphony is calling it a “brilliant, colorful and intoxicating new work.” Mackey worked closely with McAllister to explore the saxophone’s range of sounds, textures and techniques. “In ‘Anemology,’ the saxophone soloist is the wind, and the orchestra is the landscape, topography, scenery, etc., that is stirred and animated by its movement,” Mackey says. The program includes Rachmaninoff’s dramatic Symphony No. 2. [PM] 7:30pm Saturday, Oct. 18; 3pm Sunday, Oct. 19. Sunset Center, San Carlos and 9th, Carmel. $12-$90. (831) 646-8511, montereysymphony.org. Saturday, Oct. 18 BIRTHDAY BASH Some 50th birthday celebrations might include facetious jabs about being over the hill or needing reading glasses. But not the City of Marina, which is aging gracefully and celebrating in style. This party invites the community to hear live music (Sea.LVL, Shannon and The Night Diver), check out activity booths and more. It also sets the stage for a longer celebration: Submit photos defining Marina (or showcasing its history, taken at least 25 years ago) by Oct. 26 for a chance to win prizes. Nominate influential residents who have lived in Marina for at least 50 years. Or just show up to toast to this milestone in the life of a city. Happy 50th, Marina. [SR] Noon-5pm Saturday, Oct. 18. Marina Village Shopping Center parking lot, Vista Del Camino and Reservation Road, Marina. Free. (831) 884-1278, cityofmarina.org. The audience can see what is going on, but the actors are in the dark in Black Comedy, a hilarious farce on stage at Monterey Peninsula College. KRISTIN DARKEN Roderick Dhu, a 75-foot-long ship that ran aground on Asilomar Beach in 1909. Learn about this and other local shipwrecks in a presentation at California’s First Theater, which was constructed from a wreck. TUTTLE COLLECTION/PACIFIC GROVE LIBRARY
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