Thursday, Nov. 13 EX FACTOR You know, it’s a funny thing. If you treat music as a beach vacation—carefree, open to anything, fun—it actually turns out pretty well. Really well. That’s what Frank LoCrasto does with his collaborative band Kolombo. For their recent album Sandy Legs, they all piled into an apartment in Brooklyn, recording on 8-track with instruments as fundamental as guitar and drums, as curious as the triangle and a glockenspiel. Intrigued? The sound is vintage lounge jazz, but not cheesy. It is bossa nova, with no blame. It is exotica, with all the playfulness. Kolombo creates a party. Just one more thing: Kolombo is coming to Pacific Grove. [DF] 7pm Thursday, Nov. 13. Pop & Hiss, 215 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Free. popandhiss.net. Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 13-17 YOU’LL BE GREAT Gypsy is a Broadway classic, considered by some as one of the best musicals of all time. The story focuses on Gypsy Rose Lee, the ultimate show business mother with great ambitions for her two daughters. Some iconic songs came out of the show like “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “Let Me Entertain You.” If you’re putting on Gypsy you have to have a performer who can match the outsized character of Rose, and thankfully PacRep has got just the performer, Malinda DeRouen. DeRouen has wowed local audiences in recent performances: as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill; Emilia in Othello; and Leonata in Much Ado About Nothing, among others. Hearing DeRouen belt out those iconic songs is worth the price of a ticket alone. The musical previews Nov. 13-14, opens Nov. 15, and runs through Dec. 21. [PM] 7:30pm Thursday-Saturday and 2pm Sunday, Nov. 13-Dec. 21. Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde between 8th and 9th, Carmel. $13-$46. (831) 622-0100, pacrep.org. Friday, Nov. 14 DEEP BLUE If there’s a place on Earth where imagination feels most at home, it might be the big blue sea—a world 26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY NOVEMBER 13-19, 2025 www.montereycountynow.com DON HUGHES This is your last chance to see Paper Works, a papercelebrating exhibit at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts by a group of local and national artists, such as Don Hughes, Tracey Adams, Lisa Esherick, Ken Hale, Kirsten Reiner Hansen, Chris Leib, Rick Soto, Sam Tchakalian and Jan Wurm. The exhibition features over 30 works, including graphite drawings, charcoal compositions, vibrant watercolors, collages and prints. It highlights the relationship each artist has with their chosen material, showcasing a range of styles, from realism to abstraction and free-hand drawings. Hughes (whose work is shown above) is a Pacific Grove artist whose colorful experiments with surrealism make one think at times about Hieronymus Bosch, at times about Salvador Dali. His and others’ works will be on display until Saturday, Nov. 22. The Cherry is located at 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel. Open noon-4pm Wednesday through Saturday. [AP] 13-19 NOVEMBER HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit montereycountynow.com/events DON HUGHES TERRENCE FARRELL VISUALS BATISTA MOON STUDIO Monterey-based Batista Moon Studio has a holiday photography exhibit at Sweet Elena’s Artisan Bakery and Café (at 465 Olympia Ave. in Sand City). The studio was founded by photographers Barbara Moon Batista and Fernando Batista, whose works are featured in the show, along with works by Terrence Farrell and Sylvia Gardner. “We invite you to come and meet us, view our photography while you sit and have wonderful treats from Sweet Elena’s,” Moon Batista encourages. You can meet the photographers at the bakery between 10am-2pm on Nov. 22, Dec. 6 and Dec. 20. On display until Dec. 30, viewable during regular business hours of 7am-3pm Monday through Saturday, and 8am-1pm on Sundays. [AP] If you look at a California condor the right way, you might see a bird that is regal, even beautiful. Learn more about the epic comeback—and ongoing challenges—for this species in a film produced by Ventana Wildlife Society (see p. 28). VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY/MEREDITH EVANS Alan Truong grew up in local musical education, left to attend Juilliard and then returned home to teach the next generation. He guest conducts on Saturday (see p. 28). ERICA HORN
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