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Tragedy, comedy, or contemporary culture?  It makes no difference to the Monterey Comedy Improv, who perform 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 9th, at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel. The troupe will take suggestions from the audience on a wide range of subjects to create a series of scenes and skits using whatever props are at hand. Scenes might include star-crossed lovers, sword fights, turkeys, politicians, rhyming couplets, disguises, and asides from the audience. Monterey Comedy Improv  have…

Local guitarist, pianist, poet, story-teller and singer-songwriter Roger Book will perform a special concert, Journey Through Love, Saturday, February 23, at 2:00pm, at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel.  Reception will start at 1:15 with light appetizers and wine. During the performance, Roger will take you through the many sides of love, while sharing personal stories from his life and those around him. All proceeds benefit the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts and Carmel's WW1 Memorial Arch…

Celebrated jazz pianist Dick Whittington will be performing on Saturday, April 27th, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. as part of our ongoing Jazz At The Cherry series.  Dick will be joined by Jim Payne on drums and Kenoa Mendenhall on bass. Tickets are $25, available through brownpapertickets.com or by calling (831) 624-7491. Savory fare, champagne and wine are included in the ticket price. Doors open at 2:00pm. About Dick Whittington: Whittington, a long-time Big Sur resident, began his career in Los Angeles in…

It's 1974 and Charles Lindbergh is in the spotlight after 35 years of silence. From the world's flying hero to a hero's welcome in an evil dictatorship, to a leader of American isolationists and, finally, to a committed naturalist and environmentalist, he is always controversial.  Now Lindbergh is read to talk...about everything. Lucky Lindy: A Conversation with Charles Lindbergh is an original play written and directed by Tom Parks, with Keith Decker as Charles Lindbergh and Lynette Winter.  The play…

An Invitation to see a New Play in Development! Award-winning screenwriter and author Toni Ann Johnson will perform her new play THE WAY WE FELL OUT OF TOUCH, based on the true story of the relationship between Johnson’s African-American mother and their family’s white maid during the 1970s in Upstate New York.  The play is an adaptation of her award-winning short story (Lodestone Fiction Award ~ 2017). This play reading is developed in collaboration with Director, Robin McKee.  This is…

Feleboga will perform a concert of Norwegian and old-time music and dance  on Friday, July 12th, at 7:00 pm,  Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel. Feleboga (fiddle bows) is a band from Norway, composed of family members Mattias Thedens  (fiddle, banjo, vocals), Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle, vocals), and Hans-Hinrich Thedens (guitar, banjo, vocals). Tickets are $15.00, available through brownpapertickets.com or by calling (831) 624-7491. .For more information about Feleboga, please follow us in Facebook and see our website, feleboga.com.

Roger Book returns to the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts following his sold-out “Journey Through Love” concert this past February. Hearts were softened and lives were changed. This “Life is Love” event will feature another collection of his original songs and enlightening life stories.  If you wake up in the morning and see light you should be thankful.  That is life and life is love.  Come experience how this love can help you overcome whatever life throws at you and make your…

Jazz At The Cherry is proud to present an exciting afternoon of music with The Kenny Stahl Trio on Saturday, July 20th, at 3:00 p.m. One of the hottest jazz flute performers today, Kenny Stahl has worked with Stevie Wonder, Jaco Pastorius, Ira Sullivan, Cal Tjader, Richie Cole, Herb Jeffries, Paul Horn, and many others.  He has received the “Best Jazz Soloist” award from the International Flute Association and has opened for Diana Krall.  Jazz Now magazine describes Kenny as “a…