www.montereycountynow.com OCTOBER 15-21, 2026 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 27 Send ideas to montereycountynow.com/events HOT PICKS change. He’s a third-year PhD student in Stanford University’s Oceans Department, whose research focuses on how corals can recover in an ocean that’s changing rapidly. Warming ocean temperatures are driving coral bleaching, threatening the ecosystems they support. Collins zeros in on how for some corals, bleaching does not always lead to its end, and some are able to recover in the midst of these stressful conditions. He’s giving a talk about his research, what he’s learned about how healthy corals can help accelerate the recovery of bleached ones, and how this information can lead to new approaches to rebuild these ecosystems in the face of climate change. [KR] 6pm Tuesday Oct. 20. Hopkins Marine Station, 120 Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove. Free. hopkinsmarinestation.stanford.edu/ events. Wednesday, Oct. 21 VINE TIMES Celebrating hump day is best with a glass of wine. Now picture yourself enjoying that in vivid color: a sunkissed glass of sparkling rose as the sun begins to set, lounging among soft indistinct buzzing conversations while a musician takes the stage to serenade you. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Here are some details to add to that vision: The musician is Rory Lynch. The vineyard is Folktale Winery. And the vibes are perfect. Lynch makes the circuit with wine tasting music at other tasting rooms around Monterey County, so he’s a professional when it comes to these types of events. If you listen closely, he’ll play along perfectly to the effervescence in your glass too. [SC] 4-6pm Wednesday, Oct. 21. Folktale Winery & Vineyards, 8940 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel. No cover; reservations recommended. (831) 293-7500, folktalewinery.com. MELTING POT Carol McKibben is a historian, and she’s a local—lucky for us, she’s trained her scholarship on her own backyard, with books about Monterey, Seaside and Salinas. Even luckier for us is that her historical analysis is not just a list of facts and dates. It is about telling the stories of people and communities, bringing humanity to the generations that came before us. And McKibben’s work focuses squarely on the diverse immigrant communities that shaped our history, and continue to shape our present. In this talk, “How immigrants made the Monterey Peninsula,” she shares expert insight into how the community we know and love today has always been shaped by people from all over the globe. [SR] 7pm Wednesday, Oct. 21. Carpenter Hall, downstairs at Sunset Cultural Center, 908 San Carlos St., Carmel. Free; also available virtually. (831) 624-2811, carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org. Hot Picks by Sloan Campi, Erik Chalhoub, Dave Faries, Royvi Hernandez, Celia Jiménez, Pam Marino, Chrissa Olson, Agata Popęda, Katie Rodriguez, Sara Rubin and Aric Sleeper. Musician Cindy Alexander has made it big, with songs appearing on hit TV shows watched and heard by millions of people. She sings and talks about the thinking behind her music on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Carl Cherry Center in Carmel. PIPER FERGUSON 999 Y G ** O $ 999 Y k k 99 G ** G D M M W k M F D Y C XC U V 25% off x - ′ 999 G 99 G 99 T 99 SAVE N 0/10 C C NG NG F ® ** BU M , V M M x m m Q ® ® ™ ** $ 999 Y 1130 Fremont Blvd (831) • 215 • 6242 Located in Laguna Plaza TUESDAY OCTOBER 20, 2026 4-7 PM Local Artisans & Cuisine Live Music Museum Tours 506 Munras Avenue - Monterey presents Aki Fresh Mex Amarla Handmade Ancestral Essence Chieftess Monterey Bay Happy Nest Jewelry Hudson James Jilly Muth Pfifferling Art KCM Studio Ink La Pizza Piccolo 831 Lily and Lavender Co. Remedios Antiguos Vendors Music DJ KENNY SUMMIT I N F O SUPPORTED BY carmel plaza carmel-by-the-sea trunk show fri-sun oct 16th-18th made in italy
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