Thursday, Nov. 5 AIR WAVES Do you have something to say? We all do, but in this noisy media environment in which it seems everyone has a podcast, how do you make something worth listening to? Learn techniques behind successful broadcasting and podcasting from the experts—Nikki Silva, one-half of the award-winning duo known as The Kitchen Sisters, and Suki Wessling, broadcaster at KSQD (90.7FM) in Santa Cruz. Get tips on interviewing people, equipment, how to edit your recording—and how to share it online or on the radio so that others can hear what you’ve produced. We’ll be listening. [SR] 6:30-8pm Thursday, Nov. 5. El Estero Park Center, 777 Pearl St., Monterey. Free; RSVP to bean@ksqd.org. (831) 900-5774, ksqd.org. POWER MOVES In uncertain times and times of conflict, how do nations respond? What does history tell us about the decisions made during major turning points? Anne Clunan, an associate professor for the Institute for Regional International Security at the Naval Postgraduate School, shares how governments navigate uncertainty, respond to conflict and pursue national priorities during such turning points. She will show how examining pivotal events and the leaders who shaped them offers insights into international relationships and how global decisions shape the lives of ordinary people like us. [PM] 7pm Thursday, Nov. 5. Carpenter Hall at Sunset Center, 908 San Carlos St., Carmel. Free with registration. (831) 6242811, carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org. Friday, Nov. 6 SILLY SCIENCE The field of science can be very serious, but the Super Scientific Circus aims to break it down in a very fun and very funny way. Mr. Fish, aka John Lepiarz, is the ringmaster of this circus, with Trent the Mime, aka Trent Arterberry, acting both as assistant and clown who comedically foils Mr. Fish’s lessons. With a background in the Big Apple Circus, Mr. Fish incorporates his circus skills with science, using boomerangs, bubbles, beach balls, bullwhip and 26 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY NOVEMBER 5-11, 2026 www.montereycountynow.com MONICA LONCOLA Marin County-based artist Monica Loncola’s exhibit, On the Edge of the Pacific, is now on display in the Bird Gallery at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History through Jan. 3. Originally from the East Coast, Loncola looks at every form of life found by the ocean as art. She picks up oyster shells, coralline algae and sea urchins, using her master’s certification in science illustration from CSU Monterey Bay to her best advantage. Loncola will be part of the museum’s “Art on Tap” panel discussion at 5:30-7:30pm on Thursday, Nov. 12. 165 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove. Regular museum hours are 10am-4pm Wednesdays through Sundays. [AP] 5-11 NOVEMBER HOT PICKS To see more local events, and add your own, visit montereycountynow.com/events MONICA LONCOLA VISUALS RAVEN COOK Raven Cook is one of three artists presenting within a collaborative art show, Fragmented Being, now on display at the Pacific Grove Art Center. Her work appears next to Iphigenia Wilder and Luke Metcalfe—artists are affiliated with Youth Arts Collective (YAC) in Monterey, where Cook serves as studios assistant. The exhibit comprises a handful of interactive pieces. “One is a 6-foot-tall interactive ‘exquisite corpse’ that we’ve built out of wood and has a surprise musical element on the inside,” Cook shares on behalf of the group. “This group show reflects how memories distort who we are.” Opening reception: 6-8pm Friday, Nov. 6. 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. Noon-5pm Wednesdays-Saturdays; 1-4pm Sundays. On display until Dec. 10. [AP] Broken Social Scene is a big, sprawling band with a big, sprawling, multi-instrumental sound—and lends some of its members to Monterey High School Music Boosters for a benefit concert on Sunday, Nov. 8. (See details, p. 28.) COURTESY OF BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE Dr. Fish has his hands full putting up with the antics of Trent the Mime, as he conducts entertaining science experiments at the Super Scientific Circus on Nov. 6. COURTESY OF SUPER SCIENTIFIC CIRCUS RAVEN COOK
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