Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events 30 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY MAY 7-13, 2026 www.montereycountynow.com most frequently performed musicals in American theater, beloved for its small cast and easy staging. The plot goes through a series of vignettes—book reports, botched baseball games and kites that simply will not cooperate, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder and Sally. Songs like “Suppertime” and “Happiness” capture the absurdity and the tenderness of childhood. Despite his endless catalogue of failures, Charlie Brown remains a resilient figure, and there is something moving about that. [AP] 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays; 3pm Sundays, May 8-May 31. Paper Wing Theatre and Supper Club, 711 Cannery Row, Suite I (upstairs), Monterey. $38; $23/children under 12; $83/Saturday show and dinner; $42/child Saturday show and dinner. (831) 905-5684, paperwing.com. Saturday, May 9 PLACE TO RACE Who will ace the Race for Open Space? This annual fundraising event is a place where it doesn’t matter if you keep pace or not, it’s all about enjoying the chase and leaving without a trace. Hundreds of runners, hikers and walkers are expected to lace them up and be put through their paces, grace not required. It’s also the one time of the year where runners can experience areas of Palo Corona Regional Park’s backcountry not usually open to the public. The races are sold out, but all are invited to show face and cheer on the group—and maybe throw more than a few dollars the Big Sur Land Trust’s way to help conserve more land in the future. [EC] 8am-3:30pm Saturday, May 9. Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 4590 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel. Sold out; donations accepted. (831) 625-5523, bigsurlandtrust.org. ORD FORTH The former U.S. Army base Fort Ord closed in 1994 and today, 32 years later, parts of it remain fenced off, inaccessible to the public. Guided nature walks led by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management give people a rare chance to see inside some of those closed-off areas located within what’s known euphemistically as the “impact area” (that’s code for possible explosives) set to someday become part of Fort Ord National Monument. This event starts with an open house at 9am then hikers must participate in a mandatory safety briefing before departing at 10am. Choose your preferred distance (a 1.6mile route or 3.8 miles, for a three-hour excursion) and dress appropriately with good walking shoes and layers. And don’t touch anything. [SR] 9am-1pm Saturday, May 9. Meet at BLM Work Center, Eucalyptus Road at Watkins Gate Road, Seaside. Free; RSVP online; space is limited. (831) 393-1284, fortordcleanup.com. SLIDER VIBES No, when we ask if you’ve seen the Big Sur Sliders, we’re not talking about a tasty lineup of baseball-sized hamburgers. We mean the trio, led by “traveling troubadour” Victor Veysey, the good vibes band who jams at venues around Big Sur. Their set typically involves a mix of covers and originals that cross multiple genres; they dabble in folk, a little jazz, some country, maybe a splash of rock and a stir of reggae. And nothing quite beats kicking back under the redwood trees in beautiful Big Sur at the renowned Henry Miller Library while they play. I’ve entered weekend mode just writing this. Local band Lost In Space opens the show, featuring an eclectic mix of grunge, rock and circus music originals. [KR] 6-9:30pm Saturday, May 9. Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur. Free; donations accepted. (831) 667-2574, bit.ly/BigSurSliders. HOT PICKS by Emmy Award-winning composer John Wineglass and his accomplished 10-piece band, as well as vocal soloists Amy Treadwell and Richard Bryant. If you appreciate music with depth and soul, this is a concert for you. [AP] 7pm Friday, May 8. Compass Church, 1044 S. Main St., Salinas. $35; $30/seniors; $25/12 and under. (831) 275-0176, mpvoices.org. FRANK HUMOR Everyone’s favorite spot for loaded dogs and sweet treats in Pacific Grove, Lucy’s on Lighthouse, is hosting a night of stand-up with Next Stop Comedy, founded in 2021 to bring comedy acts to all corners of the country. Next Stop delivers three touring comics to Lucy’s: headliner and self-deprecater Eli Levy, based in New York; Bay Area comic Peter Bui, who claims to secretly be a wizard; and Pasadena native Alfred Robinson, who runs weekly shows in San Francisco and Oakland. With a solid lineup, drink selection and menu of dogs, the only worry is whether you’ll laugh so hard you choke on your wiener. [AS] 7pm Friday, May 8, Lucy’s on Lighthouse, 1120 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. $25. (831) 920-2006, nextstopcomedy.com. SWIFT PASSION Setting the mood with a bandoneon, violin or piano is how a classic tango song begins. It’s full of turmoil and intense lyrics. It switches from minor to major key to intensify the feeling each note produces. At the SandBox, these intense emotions will meet romantic imagination in the hands of eight musicians, including Chad Hoopes, Amy Schwartz Moretti and Maiya Papach. They will interpret music from various composers, including Osvaldo Golijov’s “Last Round” and Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E flat Major. [CJ] 7-11pm Friday, May 8. SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave., Sand City. $52-$77. sandboxsandcity@ gmail.com, sandboxsandcity.com. GROOVE GOSPEL Bassists are usually soft-spoken, and the same rules apply to Meshell Ndegeocello when she steps behind the microphone with her four-stringed axe. Then again, she can let her bass do the whispering for her. The three-time Grammy Award winner is coming to Carmel to perform songs from her second Blue Note album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin. You’ll want to curl up and get comfortable because it’s the epitome of chill. But you won’t be falling asleep—Ndegeocello commands attention with provocative and poetic lyrics that directly confront big issues like racism in her neo-soul, boundary-pushing work. [SC] 7:30pm Friday, May 8. Sunset Center, San Carlos and 9th, Carmel. $45-$75. (831) 6202048, sunsetcenter.org. Friday, May 8-Sunday, May 10 GOOD MAN Paper Wing Theatre is bringing everyone’s favorite loveable loser to the stage with You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Written by Clark Gesner, the show premiered Off-Broadway in 1967 and went on to become one of the The U.S. Army and Bureau of Land Management host a rare opportunity to access a closed-off portion of the former Fort Ord, eventually slated to become part of the National Monument. Join them for a guided hike on Saturday, May 9. FORTORDCLEANUP.COM Grammy winner Eric Johnson—he’s also been nominated eight times—made Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest guitar players of the 21st century. He performs at Golden State Theatre on Saturday, May 9. For details, see p. 32.
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