www.montereycountynow.com MARCH 12-18, 2026 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 37 Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events HOT PICKS PAINTING PARTY There are so many advantages to a sip and paint party. There’s the sipping part, usually combined with some tasty treats. Then there’s the painting part, getting in touch with our inner creative streak anxious to be unleashed. Beyond that, sip and paint parties are great ways to socialize and meet new people. In the case of the Friends of the Salinas Public Library, its fifth annual Sip & Paint fundraiser also brings in muchneeded cash to pay for things like the library’s Summer Reading Program and a Baby Book program for families with new babies. A ticket gets you all materials and refreshments. Grab a brush and support a great cause. [PM] 6-9pm Saturday, March 14. Cesar Chavez Library, 615 Williams Road, Salinas. $50. (831) 758-7182, friendsofthesalinaspubliclibrary.org. GET YOUR KICKS It’s a new season, but will it turn out differently for Monterey Bay FC? The 2026 USL Championship soccer campaign opened last week, with MBFC locked in a tight battle, but eventually falling 1-0 to Oakland. At home for the second straight weekend, the Union plays host to El Paso on Saturday before heading on the road. [DF] 7pm Saturday, March 14. Cardinale Stadium, 4111 2nd Ave., Seaside. $16-$60. (831) 3242560, montereybayfc.com. DANCING WITH HIMSELF Billy Idol is still an idol, after giving it all to transform his identity from William Michael Albert Broad (born in Middlesex, England in 1955) to become a punk rock legend (Billy Idol—a name initially bestowed by a disparaging teacher—with the spiky bleached hair was born as a stage persona in 1976). Idol’s story is one of the invention and popularization of a genre, of bands made and broken up and of his complete buy-in to his punk identity, including a lifestyle and drug habits that almost killed him. All of it is recounted in the new feature-length documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead. Good news for fans is that he is very much alive, and the musical course he charted will surely be alive even longer than any of us. [SR] 8pm Saturday, March 14. Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey. $15-$16. (831) 649-1070, billyidolshouldbedead.com. Sunday, March 15 PADDY PARTY Celebrate all things Irish at St. Mary’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church’s annual Party For Paddy. Alongside serving up Guinness and the event’s signature “tatties,” the acoustic Weeds Trio plays a collection of Celtic tunes rooted in the sounds of ancient Ireland with a modern spin. The family trio, which just released its debut album, hails from Carmel and plays a variety of old-school instruments, including the fiddle, banjo and Celtic harp to inspire partygoers to break out into a jig. [AS] 3pm Sunday, March 15. St. Mary’s by-theSea Episcopal Church, 146 12th St., Pacific Grove. $16-$31. (831) 373-4441, stmarysbythesea.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and Aric Sleeper. Learn some of the ways you can get creative with STEAM offerings at Hartnell College’s 20th annual STEAM Family Science Day on Saturday, March 14 (see p. 36 for details). PROVIDED BY HARTNELL COLLEGE FOUNDATION SEPTEMBER 11 SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER TICKETS ON SALE NOW! SAN CARLOS ST AT 9 AVE, CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA 93921 TH BOX OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY – FRIDAY, NOON – 4 PM 831.620.2048 | BOXOFFICE@SUNSETCENTER.ORG | SUNSETCENTER.ORG SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC. IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT | TAX ID #52-2404864 UP NEXT AT SUNSET CENTER IL DIVO: BY CANDLELIGHT CLASSICAL CROSSOVER TUE. MAR 24, 2026 7:30 PM TICKETS ON SALE NOW! SAN CARLOS ST AT 9 AVE, CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA 93921 TH BOX OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY – FRIDAY, NOON – 4 PM 831.620.2048 | BOXOFFICE@SUNSETCENTER.ORG | SUNSETCENTER.ORG SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC. IS A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT | TAX ID #52-2404864 CIRQUE MECHANICS: TILT! THU. MAR 26, 2026 7:30 PM MODERN CIRCUS
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