Join us! Support the Monterey Public Library Friends & Foundation at MCGives.com/MPL Your Library. Your Community. Your Impact. Libraries are one of the last truly public places— where curiosity is celebrated and knowledge is shared. With your support, MPL Friends & Foundation helps fund author talks, teen programs, expanded collections, and a refreshed teen space with new seating, computers, and displays. Give through Monterey County Gives! and help the Library fuel possibility for all. expanding free access to books, programs, and spaces that welcome everyone. @mplfriendsandfoundation investinmpl.org info@investinmpl.org ♥ MONTEREY PUBLIC LIBRARY scan here to donate “The teen section is somewhere I can study, hang out with friends, and feel safe.” — Idil Aktan, Teen Advisory Board member, age 14 PLAY TO LEARN & LEARN TO PLAY! PROVIDING THE POWER OF PLAY TO FAMILIES THAT NEED IT NOW MORE THAN EVER! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR BIG IDEA & BRING THE FUN OF LEARNING TO FAMILIES IN NEED! 831.649.6444 425 Washington Street Monterey, CA 93940 montereycountygives.com/mymuseum THE CARL CHERRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS IS AN ENORMOUS IDEA montereycountygives.com/carlcherry CARLCHERRYCENTER.ORG • 831-624-7491 • INFO@CARLCHERRYCENTER.ORG We invite you to support the energetic role of art and literature as the year comes to a close. Throughout this season, we’ve been reflecting on how the arts have taught us to comprehend and perceive. More than just another lens through which to look, the arts have been a prism, a means to see more deeply. To look through the optics of art and literature is to flush from the deep undergrowth of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question or music you didn’t know was in you, or in the world. The arts instruct us how to relax; how to pay attention, not just to the notes but the silences amid the notes. This is true for discovering some newness of the emotions or uncovering new ideas---which is essentially the mission of the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. That indeed is an enormous idea. Please join us!! “Untitled” by Sarah Klein mcgives.com Monterey County GIVES! 2026 27
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