Thursday, March 5 DRINK AND LEARN How much do you know about Julia Platt? Does Minnie Coyle ring a bell? You should be familiar with Julie Packard. After all, the Weekly recently featured her in a cover story. These are just some of the women who made Monterey County what it is today. Learn more during the latest History on Tap presentation—and yes, “on tap” means there is beer, because learning is more fun when Hops and Fog brings their brews…OK, OK. Platt was Pacific Grove’s first woman mayor. Coyle is the only woman ever to hold Monterey’s mayoral seat. For the rest, come drink it in. [DF] 5:30-7:30pm Thursday, March 5. Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. $25; $15/ members; free/students. Registration required. (831) 6485716, pgmuseum.org. Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7 TO THE POINT Have you ever found yourself nodding off during a Shakespeare-length play? It’s OK, we see you— and encourage you to consider the one-act play. Developing characters, a plot line and telling a story with a beginning, middle and end is no easy feat, especially when it’s done with brevity, making this a particularly potent art form. As an added bonus, you get to see three entirely separate plays in one night. Hemlock Haven, by local Karen Devaney, is set in an elite Vermont retreat, where secrets are revealed. Broken Yolks (by another local, Jeff Westfield) starts with a seemingly innocuous missing sock, but a chain of betrayals follows. In Wormwood, a woman corresponds via text message with her husband who is fighting on the front lines of the war in Ukraine. All are love stories—in a way. Expect some twists, and prepare to be surprised along the way. [SR] 7pm Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7. Monterey History and Art at Stanton Center, 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey. $35. (831) 664-6587, soapboxstageworks.org. Friday-Sunday, March 6-8 ALL THAT JAZZ Imagine a frenzy of horns, woodwinds, strings—just about every instrument imaginable—with music 26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY MARCH 5-11, 2026 www.montereycountynow.com GUNA HEBBAR The Salinas Valley Art Gallery artists have a group exhibit, The Common Thread of An Artist, at Pacific Grove Art Center, featuring Guna Hebbar, Bob Selin and Gordon Dill. Hebbar, whose piece is shown above, studied fine art in both India and the U.S. She paints landscapes and combines plein air with traditional Indian folk art painting. “I believe that because of my love of art, I see beauty in everyone and everything,” she wrote in an artist statement. The opening reception takes place 6-8pm on Friday, March 6 at PGAC (568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove)—with a First Friday featuring not only SVAG artists, but for four more new exhibits. Regular gallery hours are noon-5pm Wednesday through Saturday and 1-4pm on Sundays; on display until April 23. [AP] 5-11 MARCH HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit montereycountynow.com/events GUNA HEBBAR LYNN H. BUTLER VISUALS LYNN H. BUTLER Lynn H. Butler is a New York-based photographer invested in the preservation of the natural world and sacred spaces. She has worked in different geographies and societies, including Monterey County over the past 30-plus years. Her exhibit, Flames Against the Dark, opens at 5:30-7pm on Friday, March 6 at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and comprises images taken on Esselen tribal lands. Butler takes photographs while in movement, often from horseback, and the images—many of which appear in her book, Flames Against the Dark: Saving America’s Sacred Sites—show that movement. Some images are holographic “phantograms,” viewed through 3-D glasses. The museum is located at 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Regular hours are 10am-4pm Wednesday to Sunday; the exhibit is on display until April 19. [AP] The band SEA.LVL shown performing at “Banding Together,” a fundraiser for Community Human Services, in 2025. The band plays again this year at the benefit music festival on March 7 at Custom House Plaza in Monterey (see p. 28). GABRIELLA SCHLESINGER-JAMES Neonatal kittens are the most vulnerable population served by Hitchcock Road Animal Services. It is also one of the hardest to find caregivers for (see p. 28). COURTESY OF HITCHCOCK ROAD ANIMAL SERVICES
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