www.montereycountynow.com OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2025 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 25 Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events HOT PICKS man from Brooklyn winds up wandering through the Sinai Desert with a Bedouin man searching for his lost camel. All you really need to know is that the comedy No Name Restaurant touches on themes that transcend culture, all while lovingly poking fun at those cultures. (Use precious water in the desert for a Jewish hand-washing ritual, seriously?) Besides offering two hours of cinematic laughs and insights, this event kicks off the 2025 Carmel Jewish Film Festival, which continues Nov. 6-16 with documentaries on more serious topics. Opening night invites the community (Jews and non-Jews alike) to laugh together to kick it all off. An optional dinner at Flaherty’s follows inviting attendees to debrief about the movie and, of course, much more. [SR] 3pm (2:30pm doors) Sunday, Nov. 2. Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde between 8th and 9th, Carmel. $20; $50/dinner. (831) 6242015, carmelbethisrael.org/cjff. BETTER RED There is jazz—you know, the type practiced by the likes of Coltrane. And then there is The Red Guitar, which is jazz as performed and imagined by guitar great Bruce Forman. As a musician, Forman has few peers. But he is also a teacher, storyteller and actor. The Red Guitar is a story told through jazz and about jazz. It is a theatrical one-man libretto, with both humor and spontaneity, that pursues the obsession that drives musicians. Essentially, it’s a performance that cannot be described. In fact, the best effort to do so starts with “imagine receiving an invitation to a gala featuring John Coltrane, Sigmund Freud, and Faust.” Not possible. You just have to go and bask in Forman’s spell. [DF] 3pm Sunday, Nov. 2. SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave., Sand City. $40; $25/students, military. sandboxsandcity.com. Wednesday, Nov. 5 OLDER WORLD Historian and photographer Louise O’Connor spent three decades documenting life and people living on cattle ranches in the Coastal Bend region of Texas. O’Connor, who has spent decades in the Carmel area and studied photography here in the 1970s, comes from a pioneer ranching family herself. In this presentation, she talks about the Texas region’s history, where ranching dates to the early 1720s, when the Catholic Church brought Spanish soldiers and cattle to Presidio La Bahia. She shares stories and her photographs from a singular place that also captures broader experiences from the West. This community night is titled “Cryin’ for Daylight: Honoring Voices of the Land.” [AP] 7pm Wednesday, Nov. 5. Carpenter Hall at the Sunset Center, San Carlos and 9th, Carmel. Free. (831) 624-2811, carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and David Schmalz. A labyrinth garden was recently created in the St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea front yard. The grand opening takes place Sunday, Nov. 2. (See details on p. 24.) KRISTINE A. JOHNSON B U C D M C C Beds, Baths ◆ , Sq. Ft. ◆ , ◆ DelMesa.com Ben Heinrich DRE#00584641 Carole Heinrich DRE#01069022 Zach Brooksher DRE#01988208 Isabel Brooksher DRE#02080988 Courtney Brooksher DRE#02246723 831.292.5097 HeinrichBrooksher.com carmel- by- the- sea (831)625-8106 carmel-by-the-sea sport coats knitwear trousers outerwear shirting new holiday arrivals
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