Carl Cherry Center for the Arts

Feleboga: American & Norwegian Folk Music
2016-08-11 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Feleboga returns to the Cherry Center.
Hans-Hinrich Thedens (banjo, guitar, song, hardingfele, dance)
Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle, hardingfele, song, dance)
Mattias Thedens (fiddle, hardingfele, dance)
The Oslo-based family band Feleboga repertoire includes American old-time fiddle tunes and ballads as well as different genres of traditional Norwegian tunes, from the older, intricate listening pieces (lyderlåter) and dance tunes (slåtter) for solo hardingfele, to the newer gammeldans tunes (waltz, reinlender, polka) for hardingfele or violins and guitar.
Feleboga has performed and taught in Norway, Germany, Poland, Iceland, Thailand, and the US (Minnesota, Indiana, New York, Washington D.C.)
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com

Hans-Hinrich Thedens received his doctoral degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Oslo, writing his dissertation about hardingfele spelemann Salve Austenå and his repertoire. He is the director of the Norwegian Folk Music Collection at the National Library in Oslo and is involved in several research projects. During a sabbatical to Tennessee in 2004, Hans-Hinrich took up the banjo and has since taken part in courses with several leading old-time musicians. He was a member of the country and western band, The Oklahoma Lonestar Heartbreak Institute, in Hamburg and of Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag, pioneering contemporary arrangements of Norwegian folk music.
Elizabeth Gaver plays early stringed instruments and has performed and recorded extensively with the medieval ensemble, Sequentia (Paris). She is also a member of Ulv, Pro Musica Antiqua, Oslo, and Modus and has performed with several baroque ensembles. Elizabeth often plays for the Telemark Dance Club in Oslo and at the Norwegian Folk Museum. She founded Solveien Spelemannslag, a folk music group for children, at the Nordstrand Steiner School. Elizabeth has learned old-time fiddling from players in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Mattias Thedens has played fiddle for six years and has learned from several well-known American and Irish fiddlers. In summer 2014 he was awarded the Ralph Blizzard scholarship at the Swannanoa Gathering in North Carolina. In addition, Mattias plays hardingfele and has learned tunes from archive recordings as well as from young performers in Norway. Mattias has danced Norwegian traditional dances since he was four and performed with Feleboga since he was five. He has just finished eleventh grade.
More info www.feleboga.com

An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
2016-08-12 - 2016-08-21 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
A STAGED READING
Written and Directed by Carol Marquart
Be prepared to laugh and cry when you meet 84 year old Kurt Vonnegut Jr., as he gets a call from an old flame from his days of teaching Creative Writing at the University of Iowa. Starring Keith Decker & Carrie Collier.
August 12, 13, 14
August 19, 20, 21
Friday and Saturday evenings – 7:30pm
Sunday matinees – 2pm
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com
Information 831-375-2235

Haiku Workshop with Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts
2016-08-20 10:30 - 12:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Hummingbird Blesses the Day
The Hummingbird Blesses the Day, a writing intensive workshop with Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, will be presented Saturday, August 20th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.
Presented by the Monterey Bay Zen Center, the workshop will explore the ways in which the writing of haiku can, like the hummingbird, sanctify each day. “Each thing,” R.H. Blyth writes, “is preaching the dharma incessantly, but this law is not something different from the thing itself. Haiku is the revealing of this preaching.”
A Professor Emeritus at Monterey Peninsula College where he taught introduction to poetry and creative writing, Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts is co-editor of the college text Bridges; co-editor/co-translator of two works from the Telugu, Sudha (Nectar) by Chalam and The Selected Verses of Vemana, both of which have been accepted into UNESCO’s Collection of Representative works: Indian Series; and co-author ofBowing to Receive the Mountain: Essays by Lin Jensen and Poetry by Elliot Roberts.
10:30 to 12:30 pm
The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel
Please bring a bag lunch
Suggested Donation: $50
Information: Susan McDonald at (831) 601-7590

CSI: Carmel
2016-08-26 20:00 - 2016-08-27 20:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
“CSI: Carmel,” a parody of popular television series such as Castle, Criminal Minds, CSI, and Law and Order: SVU, opens Friday, August 26th for two shows at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.
Directed by Mary Spence and produced by the Actor’s Collective, the staged-reading sends-up the TV crime genre, and includes audience participation and a chance to offer comments on the purposefully narrow plot. Whether you enjoy crime shows or can’t stand them, you will have the chance to laugh-out-loud at this silly spoof.
Doors open at 7:30 for this 8:00 reading.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com

All that Jazz: Photos from Galyn "Doc" Hammond
2016-09-02 - 2016-09-22 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Opening Reception: Friday, September 2nd, 5 to 7 p.m.
A long-time resident, and native son of the Peninsula, Galyn ‘Doc’ Hammond was a regular at the Monterey Jazz Festival from its first shows in 1958 until 2013, the year before he passed away at the age of 91. This exhibit is a tribute to three of the things that he loved most: photography, music and the Monterey Peninsula.
The exhibit can be seen Monday – Friday, 11 to 4 p.m, through September 30th.

Fat Apple - 2nd Annual Cherry Fundraiser
2016-09-02 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
Please join us on October 1, 2016 for the Carl Cherry Center for the Art’s 2nd Annual Fat Apple Fundraiser from 6-10pm in Sunset Center’s Carpenter Hall.
There will be a presentation by award winning theatre dramaturge Philippa Kelly (dramaturge for both the California Shakespeare Theater and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) with performances of selected Shakespearean scenes by local actors.
And come ready to shop at an auction featuring original one-of-a-kind artwork by local artists, tickets to California Shakespeare Theater with a private pre-show talk by Philippa, a passport to the Carmel Bach Festival, wine and more!
Heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served.
Purchase tickets today by calling the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts at 831.624.7491 or by clicking HERE.
RSVP by September 26.

Vocalist Julie Capili & Friends
2016-09-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
More Jazz at the Cherry
Julie is a singer/songwriter whose creativity and playfulness are evident in her music,
bringing a sense of joy and verve to her performances. Her subtlety and exquisite control pull you into the emotionality of every song she sings.
Joining Julie will be Heath Proskin on Bass and Ben Herod on Sax and Percussion.
The evening will include light fare, wine and dessert. Tickets: $25. Purchase online at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 831-624-7491
More info on Julie

Mirth-O-Matics
2016-09-09 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Mirth-O-Matics, Monterey County’s stellar improvisational comedy troupe, returns to the Carl Cherry Center
Friday, September 9th at 7:30pm
A Mirth-O-Matics evening of theater games features a company of actors, a bare stage and a lot of ideas whose outlines are about as fixed as liquid mercury. Sometimes it starts with an unlikely combination of characters placed in equally improbable situations: Whoopie cushions, politicians, bagel salesmen and roller derbies can all find their way into a Mirth-O-Matics’ skit. Other skits are prompted by the audience, who are encouraged to suggest scenes.

Sometimes the situation is transformed time and again as the characters undergo a series of split-second metamorphoses: an irritated polka troupe on a bus, who then turn into faith healers at a revival meeting, gamblers at a casino, accusers at a witch trial and players in a rugby game.

However bizarre the setup, it is unique to the moment, no script and no structure except for the games, a fanciful array of exercises whose requirements range from making as many exits and entrances as possible in one scene to switching repeatedly back and forth from English to gibberish in another.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com

Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band
2016-09-11 14:00 - 16:00 | CA
Nothing Like Jazz at the Cherry
The Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Stars perform across Monterey County, at the Next Generation Jazz Festival, and far beyond, testing their chops on the bandstand while bringing great music to the community.
Tickets: $20; includes light fare and beverages. Purchase online at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 831-624-7491

Monterey Jazz Festival HS All Stars

He Said, She Said, They Said
2016-09-16 - 2016-09-25 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
(and it’s all about relationships)
Throughout recorded history we’ve all learned that the dynamics between men and women can be curious, fraught, crazy, and yes, even blissful. But never predictable.
Two very talented actors set out to prove just that in a new play, HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY SAID (and it’s all about relationships),opening on September 16 at Carmel’s Cherry Center.
Robert Colter and Susan Keenan will take audiences along a comical and often bumpy path portraying various characters and situations—some recognizable, and some quite astonishing.
HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY SAID, a new play by Tom Parks, opens on September 16 and continues for two weekends, closing on Sunday, September 25.
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30. Sunday matinees at 2:00.
Tickets $20: 831-717-7373

Mason & Weed: Ireland to Appalachia in Music
2016-09-22 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
John Weed and Stuart Mason play compelling, exciting music that explores the connections between Ireland and America, both ancient and modern. On fiddle, guitar, mandola, and banjo they bridge the Atlantic to summon a music that resonates with every audience. With the well-known Celtic powerhouse Molly’s Revenge, Stuart Mason and John Weed have appeared on festival stages from Glasgow, Scotland to Shanghai, China. Both are also members of the old-time bluegrass group Little Black Train with mandolin wizard Kenny Blackwell.
An accomplished traditional-style fiddler, John Weed has lived in Ireland and immersed himself in the regional styles of Clare and Donegal. The result is an old-time Irish fiddling style that compliments his forays into bluegrass, Appalachian, swing, and Scandinavian music. A classically trained violinist, John leverages his understanding of the instrument to coax emotion from every tune. He has returned to Ireland many times to hone his skills and collect tunes at their source.
Stuart Mason was born in the hills of West Virginia, grew up in Cincinnati, and has been playing traditional music on stage for over 35 years. He is known for his authentic vocals, driving backing on guitar and mandola in alternate tunings, and inability to hold his whiskey. On banjo he plays in the older clawhammer and two-finger styles. Stuart has won awards for traditional singing (Goleta Old-Time Fiddler’s Convention), mandola (Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest), and songwriting (West Coast Songwriter’s Association). Deeply rooted in Americana, Stuart’s original songs are the direct outgrowth of the many years he has performed traditional music.
Tickets: $20

Arts Habitat Artists Open Studio Tour at the Cherry Center
2016-09-24 - 2016-09-25 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts welcomes six exhibiting artists during the Monterey County Artists Open Studio Tour weekend, September 24 and 25, 2016. The six: Bobbie Belvel, Gloria Jelladian, Edi Matsumoto, Vivienne Riggio, Lester Schwabe, and Kay Walters, include painters, sculptors, photographers, and glass makers. Each will present recent work.

The Monterey County Artists Open Studio Tour is a free, twenty-six-year-old event that welcomes the public into artists’ studios and exhibition spaces to meet the artists and see art where it starts. The art works on display are for sale, and many artists demonstrate an aspect of their process. One hundred fifteen artists and arts organizations are participating this year, over two weekends. The first weekend, September 24 and 25, features coastal, Peninsula, and Carmel Valley artists. The second, October 1 and 2, features Salinas, North County and Salinas Valley artists. Several artists will open their studios both weekends.
Pick up a free map of the tour in the September 15th Monterey County Weekly, at the Arts Habitat office, at ArtsHabitat.org, or at participating venues. Digital maps are available at bit.ly/mcaost. You may decide to visit a few studios in your neighborhood (there are several open near the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts), or explore new territory. The Monterey County Artists Open Studio Tour is an opportunity to discover the rich and vital art of the Central Coast first hand.
The Monterey County Artists Open Studio Tour is organized by Arts Habitat, whose mission is to connects and collaborate with artists and arts organizations in Monterey County to foster a dynamic, growing community, while leading the way to a thriving center for the arts at East Garrison. Arts Habitat is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.

Fat Apple - 2nd Annual Cherry Fundraiser
2016-10-01 18:00 - 22:00 | CA
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 2nd Annual Fat Apple Fundraiser is temporarily postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is committed to providing original and contemporary performing and fine arts to both challenge and engage audiences.
Stay tuned for a new date and time for Fat Apple Part Duex! We hope you will join us. Thank you.

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Please join us on October 1, 2016 for the Carl Cherry Center for the Art’s 2nd Annual Fat Apple Fundraiser from 6-10pm in Sunset Center’s Carpenter Hall.
There will be a presentation by award winning theatre dramaturge Philippa Kelly (dramaturge for both the California Shakespeare Theater and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) with performances of selected Shakespearean scenes by local actors.
And come ready to shop at an auction featuring original one-of-a-kind artwork by local artists, tickets to California Shakespeare Theater with a private pre-show talk by Philippa, a passport to the Carmel Bach Festival, wine and more!
Heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served.
Purchase tickets today by calling the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts at 831.624.7491 or by clicking HERE.
Click on one of these great links for information on Philippa.
http://tdps.berkeley.edu/people/philippa-kelly/
http://www.theatrebayarea.org/news/237549/Encore-Philippa-Kelly.htm
Auction Items
The Pixar Package will feature a cornucopia of swag only available to employees of the famed animation studio. A truly one of a kind film lover’s dream package and a great gift for the child in all of us.
Join dramaturg Philippa Kelly for a night of Shakespeare under the stars. This package will feature tickets to a performance at the California Shakespeare Theater and a pre-performance talk by Philippa.
Often requested and seldom granted, this is a rare opportunity to visit many of the artistic accomplishments of Jo Mora‘s in Monterey County and to do so with the Jo Mora Trust Collection Curator, Peter Hiller leading the way. A gourmet lunch is part of the adventure and will be provided by Peter and his wife – an amazing cook – Celeste Williams. While you dine, Peter will share seldom, if ever, seen artifacts from the Jo Mora archive with you.
One of Kind Art — Some of the items up for auction are:
Circle of Blue by Larry Davidson
More Color and Rust by Peter Hiller
Green Door, India by Robin Winfield

Carmel Modernism: A Retrospective
2016-10-07 - 2016-11-09 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Photography from Monterey Area Architectural Resources Archive (MAARA)
Ongoing through November 9th
Part of Carmel’s centennial celebration, the event is free and the public is invited.
Carmel Modernism, a photography exhibit exploring the early influence of Monterey peninsula master architects.
Organized by Monterey Area Architectural Resources Archive (MAARA), the exhibit examines the early influence of the master architects like Richard Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright whose presence on the peninsula gave way to subsequent generations of architects whose work is the local legacy we celebrate today.

The exhibit will reveal through photography, renderings and blueprints the architectural contributions to the built environment that is the signature of Carmel. Architects include William Wuster, Mark Mills, Rowan Maiden and Frank Lloyd Wright, among others.

The exhibit can be seen Monday through Friday from 11 to 4 p.m. or by appointment, through November 9th.

“Frank Lloyd Wright by the Sea”
A lecture by Rick Janick, Friday, October 28th at 7pm

“Frank Lloyd Wright by the Sea”, a lecture exploring four Carmel homes planned by the iconic architect, will be held Thursday, October 28th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts beginning at 7 p.m. The lecture is by donation.

Part of Carmel Moderism, Rick Janick will consider the Clark house (later built in P:hoenix, AZ), two homes which were never built and the Walker House on Scenic Dr. in Carmel. In addition, Mr. Janick will discuss the Nesbit House (1940) in Pebble Beach and the Haldon House (1945) above Stewart Beach. Mr.Janick is Professor Emeritus of Architectural History at Monterey Peninsula College and co-founder of Monterey Area Architectural Resources Archive (MAARA).

Frank Lloyd Wright by the Sea
2016-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
A lecture by Rick Janick, Friday, October 28th at 7pm
“Frank Lloyd Wright by the Sea”, a lecture exploring four Carmel homes planned by the iconic architect, will be held Friday, October 28th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts beginning at 7 p.m. The fee to attend the lecture is by donation.

Part of Carmel Moderism, Rick Janick will consider the Clark house (later built in Phoenix, AZ), two homes which were never built and the Walker House on Scenic Dr. in Carmel. In addition, Mr. Janick will discuss the Nesbit House (1940) in Pebble Beach and the Haldon House (1945) above Stewart Beach. Mr.Janick is Professor Emeritus of Architectural History at Monterey Peninsula College and co-founder of Monterey Area Architectural Resources Archive (MAARA).

Carmel Modernism on display through November 9th.

Words Dressed and Undressed: Women, Aging and Identity
2016-11-04 - 2016-11-05 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Patrice Vecchione’s One-Woman, Multi-Media Show
A few tears! A lotta laughter!
4 shows –
Friday, November 4 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 5th at 2pm (sold out) & 7:30pm
Sunday, November 6th at 2pm (new show added! — don’t forget Daylight Savings begins)
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com
At first, invisibility came as a relief I wasn’t entirely aware of an unconscious relaxing of the shoulders, a greater swing to my arms, less need to keep my frame tight as I moved through the world. Beginning when I was a young woman, men looked at me. Which is not to say I was a beauty. But it’s never about that…
Patrices June performance at the Carl Cherry Center sold out and she’s coming back for more!
“I loved every minute ofWords Dressed & Undressed! Patrice continues to surprise and amaze me at the depth of her talent she not only writes brilliantly, but she performs with grace and ease. You need to take time out from your busy life to see this performance. I promise you youll be glad you did!” Judy Wills

Contagious Enthusiasm

Monterey County Gives - Carmel Native A Big Idea
2016-11-10 - 2016-12-31 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Leverage your year-end donation through Monterey County Gives with the renovation of the Cherry Center Sculpture Garden!
The Geraldine M. and Tom R. Houston Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Carl Cherry Center is one of the last open spaces in Carmel. This elegant, yet informal, garden includes a canopy of Monterey Pines and live oak and artwork by a hand-full of significant local sculptors. Carmel Native includes a substantial renovation of the garden, re-planting of native plants, sculpture competition, installation of new sculpture acquisitions, poetry reading and other on-site events celebrating the benefits of open space, native plants and contemporary sculpture. Funding is matched by approximately 30 percent through funds from MC Weekly and Community Foundation. So, this holiday season, have a big idea—give to Carmel Native.
Please donate through December 31 to www.montereycountygives.com
Donations are matched.

Cabaret by the Sea with Barbara Brussell & Mark Nadler
2016-11-11 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Award Winning Cabaret Artists bring “A Taste of New York Cabaret” to Carmel by the Sea
Barbara Brussell and Mark Nadler Make their Carmel Cabaret Debut at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Award-winning cabaret artist Barbara Brussell returns to Carmel accompanied by celebrated pianist/singer Mark Nadler in “A Taste of New York Cabaret” for one show, Friday, November 11th at 7:30 p.m. at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.Tickets: $20 online at BrownPaperTickets.com, or, $25 at the door. Information: (831) 869-8167.
Mining selections from the Weimar Republic, Parisian cabaret, as well as contemporary songwriters from Broadway to Big Sur and beyond, Brussell and Nadler are supreme exemplars of the American Songbook tradition celebrated in one show only in Cherry Hall.
Barbara Brussell has appeared coast to coast, including the famed Oak Room at Algonquin Hotel in New York City. Stephen Holden, of The New York Times, wrote “Her show ought to establish Ms. Brussell as a singer and storyteller ready to join the dozen or so performers on cabaret’s top rung.” Rex Reed, for the New York Observer, wrote, “In a Cabaret world … Barbara Brussell is a dream come true.”
Internationally acclaimed, multi-award winner, pianist-singer, Mark Nadler, who has appeared at Carnegie Hall, on Broadway, and from coast to coast, was recently heralded by Stephen Holden of The New York Times as “a comic spark plug touched with brilliance,” and David Finkle from The Village Voice dubbed him “the most prodigiously talented entertainer working in America today!”
Ms. Brussell and Mr. Nadler will also hold a Master Class in Cabaret on Saturday, November 12th from 1 to 4 p.m. in Cherry Hall. Class: $30 for participants, $20 for observers. Tickets online at BrownPaperTickets.com
Both events held at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, located at the NW corner of 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA.

After Jeffers: Photography from Poetry
2016-11-18 - 2016-12-09 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts (CCCFA) presents After Robinson Jeffers: Photography from Poetry. For this exhibition, the Carl Cherry Center curates original photographs from the Monterey Peninsula in collaboration with the poetry of Robinson Jeffers’ verse, creating lyrical arrangements that explore how image and text resonate.
A reception for the exhibit will be held Friday, November 18th from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.

A poetry reading on Saturday, November 19th at 3 p.m. will include Jeffers’ verse as well as original writing by local poets George Lober, Patrice Vecchione and Elliot Ruchowitz Roberts. The interpretative component will extend Robinson Jeffers’ reach into the community, drawing on poetry to explore the connections between Jeffers, photography and the verse of contemporary writers. Tickets: $15 and are available online at www.Brownpapertickets.com
Sponsored, in part, through individual donations and Monterey Gives, the exhibition, and its interpretative programming, is an invitation to reconsider and respond to photography and the poetry of Robinson Jeffers. The exhibit seeks to explore the aesthetic and philosophical themes associated with the poems of Jeffers. Focusing on the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur, the exhibit intends to reveal Jeffers’ significance and impact through photography and provide a visual legacy to someone who has been important to the artistic culture of Monterey County since the 1930s.
At turns abstract and ambiguous or descriptive and precise, these images endeavor to describe the essence of the Monterey Peninsula in subtle and unexpected ways. Photographers featured in the exhibition range in style, intention, and time period, but all of their works share an evocation of the poetic. Photographers for the exhibit include Edna Bullock, Wynn Bullock, Brad Cole, Matt Connors, Steve Crouch, Eduardo Fujii, William Giles, David Gubernick, Claire Lerner, Roman Loranc, Rosario Mazzeo Tom Millea, Jeff Nixon, Robert B. Taylor, Roger Vail, Brett Weston Don Worth and Steve Zmak, among others.
The exhibit can be seen Monday through Friday from 11 to 4 p.m. or by appointment through December 11th. The Carl Cherry Center is located at the corners of Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel. Information: (831) 624-7491.
Poets Bios:
George Lober
teaches English at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from San Jose State and his master of Arts in English from Fresno State. The author of “The Bridge to There,” Lober is a recipient of the nationally awarded Ruth Cable Memorial Prize for Poetry. His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and journals. He lives in Carmel, California.

Patrice’s Vecchione’s Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life, andThe Knot Untied, released in 2013. Before that: Writing & the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within, an earlier collection of poetry: Territory of Wind, and several anthologies—for adults and young people.

A Professor Emeritus at Monterey Peninsula College where he taught introduction to poetry and creative writing, Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts is co-editor of the college text Bridges; co-editor/co-translator of two works from the Telugu, Sudha (Nectar) by Chalam and The Selected Verses of Vemana, both of which have been accepted into UNESCO’s Collection of Representative works: Indian Series; and co-author of Bowing to Receive the Mountain: Essays by Lin Jensen and Poetry by Elliot Roberts.

Evenings in December at the Cherry
2016-12-10 19:00 - 2016-12-17 18:30 | CA
EVENINGS IN DECEMBER AT THE CHERRY Tells Worth Telling
The Cherry Center rolls out its December theater calendar with a wide-ranging array of programming that closes-out the year with Edgar Allen Poe, Dylan Thomas and a “Christmas Horror Mini Marathon.”
Directed by Rider McDowell, the series includes ‘Pieces of Poe: An evening with Edgar Allen Poe.‘ Starring Robert Colter, Errol McDowell, et al. Readings of some of the short works of America’s master of the macabre, and the creator of the modern tortured literary genius whose words still resonate. Not for the squeamish! Proceeds to benefit Canceragogo.com. Friday and Saturday, December 2nd and 3rd at 7 p.m. $15.00.
‘Under Milk Wood‘ Dylan’s Thomas masterpiece about life in a fictional Welsh fishing village. A digitally remastered audio performance by Welsh actor Richard Burton (yes, the Richard Burton). Directed by Rider McDowell. Proceeds to benefit Canceragogo.com. Friday Dec 9th, 7-9 p.m. $15.00
‘An Evening With Sylvia Plath.’ Poems from Ms. Plath’s collection ‘The Colossus and other poems,’ read by local women luminaries. Sylvia Plath, often called the mother of confessional poetry, is regarded by many as one of America’s great modern poets. Haunting and honest, her work is even more popular today, 53 years since her suicide at aged 30. Directed by Rider McDowell. Proceeds to benefit Canceragogo.com. Saturday Dec 10th, 7-9 p.m. $15.00
‘First Annual Christmas Horror Mini Marathon.‘ What screams Christmas more than these over-the-top low budget Christmas horror movies? What they lack in story and special effects, they make up for in bad acting and worse directing; which is exactly why we like them! Friday fare: SILENT NIGHT BLOODY NIGHT/ HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Hosted by Shane Dahlman and sponsored by Pine Brothers Softish Throat Drops. Proceeds to benefit Canceragogo.com. Friday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 17th at 6:30 p.m.EVENINGS IN DECEMBER AT THE CHERRY: $15.00 per ticket.
Robert Colter stars in “Pieces of Poe”

Jazz at the Cherry -- Along Came Betty
2016-12-11 14:00 - 16:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The acclaimed jazz quintet Along Came Betty takes to the stage Sunday, December 11th in the Cherry Center’s musical series, “Jazz at the Cherry”
beginning at 2 p.m.

“Holiday Betty” will be the afternoon’s theme, celebrated with light fare, wine and dessert. Tickets: $25.

The Cherry Center has a rich history of presenting folk and jazz with its popular Thursday Jazz Series. The new series, performed in the theater’s intimate studio space showcases some of the area’s best jazz musicians.

Along Came Betty was formed in 1998 to celebrate the spirit of hard-bop, a seminal movement of 50s and 60s jazz music. The quintet has become much more than an homage to an important era of jazz history. Pianist and prolific composer Biff Smith’s sophisticated, yet highly accessible compositions, blend elements of that era with modern sensibilities. The rich sound of harmonized sax and trumpet backed by the classic piano-bass-drums rhythm section, results in fun, fresh, straight-ahead jazz.

Along Came Betty (Biff Smith, piano; Brian Stock, trumpet and flugelhorn; Paul Tarantino, saxophone; Heath Proskin, bass; Patrick Tregenza, drums) have performed at many local and national jazz venues, including the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Big Sur Jazz Festival. Since 1998 they have been celebrating the spirit of hard-bop, a seminal movement of 50s and 60s jazz. Pianist and prolific composer Biff Smith’s sophisticated yet highly accessible compositions blend elements of that era with modern sensibilities.

Champagne, wine and, incidentally — holiday cheer– all included in the price of tickets. Tickets, $25 online at brownpapertickets.com.

More info at www.alongcamebetty.com

Directors' Cut
2016-12-16 17:00 - 19:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
“Debris”Virginia Frieyo
Join the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts for the 2nd Annual Directors’ Cut Holiday Celebration!
Friday, December 16, 5-7 pm
at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
4th and Guadalupe, Carmel
Free and open to the public
Director’s Cut, a one day, two hour “pop-up” exhibit of recent paintings, photography and ceramic sculpture by board members and artistic friends of the Cherry Center for the Arts, opens Friday, December 16th in the gallery.
Come buy original, one-of-a-kind artwork donated by Cherry Board of Directors, both past and present. In addition, the evening will feature a silent auction with fun and unique packages to bid on.
While we would love to see you there, if you cannot attend, you can still bid online!
To view the silent auction and place a bid, click/visit www.biddingOwl.com/CarlCherryCenter.
Please note that only items from the silent auction are available for bidding online. If you wish to purchase the artwork, then you need to come to the party!
The silent auction will also be available for bidding during the event.

All work will be for sale with proceeds benefiting the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. The exhibit offers a wide range of artistic styles, imagery and influences, including a variety of mediums ranging from traditional paintings and drawings to pieces created with elements of photography, collage and sculpture.

Artists and photographers include Dixie Dixon, Jan Wagstaff, Peter Hiller, Robin Winfield, Mary Hill, Richard Warren, Richard Cannon, Mary Liz Houseman and Elizabeth Schrey, among others.

Carol singing with local choral group Smiles. Who knows, you may even be asked to join in!
So stop by, enjoy a fire in the fireplace, hot apple cider, wine, food, song, art and friends.
Please come celebrate the arts and support the Cherry!!

"Mince Pies and Panettone: Music on a New Year's Day"
2017-01-01 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Northwest Corner, 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, 93921, United States
Mince Pies and Panettone: Music on a New Year’s Day, the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts’ annual baroque concert, will be held Sunday, January 1st at 3 p.m. Join us for the Cherry Center’s annual New Year’s Day celebration featuring the Cherry Trio: Penny Hanna, Elizabeth Gaver and Michael Peterson. $25 at brownpapertickets.com.

The earthy and winsome English meet the sophisticated and witty Italians for an afternoon New Year’s Day concert. This year, harpsichordist Michael Peterson joins Elizabeth Gaver, violin, and Penny Hanna , viola da gamba, to present an assortment of styles from the 17th century featuring rarely heard, but still very tasty tunes from Jenkins, Hume, Lawes, Marini, and Vitali.
Derived from the Portuguese barroco, or “oddly shaped pearl,” the term “baroque” has been widely used since the nineteenth century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750. Comparing some of music history’s greatest masterpieces to a misshapen pearl might seem strange to us today, but to the nineteenth century critics who applied the term, the music of Bach and Handel’s era sounded overly ornamented and exaggerated. Having long since shed its derogatory connotations, “baroque” is now simply a convenient catch-all for one of the richest and most diverse periods in music history.
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel. (831) 624-7491.

Infinite Jest: Portraiture, Whimsy and Memory
2017-01-13 17:00 - 2017-02-18 17:00 | CA
Infinite Jest: Portraiture, Whimsy and Memory, an exhibit of recent paintings by Jim Dultz, Beau Bernier Frank and David Richardson, opens Friday, January 13th in the gallery. A reception will be held for the artists from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
A portrait sounds like a relatively straightforward thing — a picture of someone — but across time it has proven to be a much more mysterious creature. There are adopted portraits, abstract portraits, vanity portraits, portraits of homes and desks and backpack contents, postmortem portraits, and portraits that are just piles of candy. This exhibit explores portraiture as a site of radical artistic experimentation, as it moves between conceptual and symbolic associations from the artist and their subjects. The exhibit can be seen through February 17th.

Mark Shilstone and Monterey County Theatre Alliance Present David Mamet's "A Life in the Theater"
2017-01-20 19:30 - 2017-01-29 19:30 | CA
Mark Shilstone and Monterey County Theatre Alliance Present David Mamet’s “A Life in the Theater”
A Fund Raising Event for the Monterey County Theatre Alliance Student Scholarship Fund
Someone once said “art imitates life” and that’s exactly what happens when father and son, Mark Shilstone-Laurent and Brady Shilstone take the stage in David Mamet’s classic, ” A Life in the Theatre.”Co-produced by Mark Shilstone-Laurent and MCTA, the performances will be a fund raiser for Monterey County Theatre Alliance (MCTA)’s Scholarship Fund.
The play tells the story of an aging actor, Robert (played by Mark) nearing the end of his ho-hum career, and his young protégé, John (played by Brady) for whom the sky seems to be the limit. As the play progresses, they move through a variety of productions, and gradually their relationship changes.
$20.00. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets. All proceeds go to Monterey County Theatre Alliance 2017 Student Scholarship Fund.
“A Life in the Theatre” runs January 20 – 29th
Fridays and Saturdays: 7:30 pm; Sundays: 2:00 pm.

The Mirth-O-Matics
2017-02-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
The Mirth-O-Matics, Monterey County’s stellar improvisational comedy troupe, returns to the Carl Cherry Center Friday, February 3rd at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20.
A Mirth-O-Matics evening of theater games features a company of actors, a bare stage and a lot of ideas whose outlines are about as fixed as liquid mercury. Sometimes it starts with an unlikely combination of characters placed in equally improbable situations: Whoopie cushions, politicians, bagel salesmen and roller derbies can all find their way into a Mirth-O-Matics’ skit. Other skits are prompted by the audience, who are encouraged to suggest scenes.
Sometimes the situation is transformed time and again as the characters undergo a series of split-second metamorphoses: an irritated polka troupe on a bus, who then turn into faith healers at a revival meeting, gamblers at a casino, accusers at a witch trial and players in a rugby game.
However bizarre the setup, it is unique to the moment, no script and no structure except for the games, a fanciful array of exercises whose requirements range from making as many exits and entrances as possible in one scene to switching repeatedly back and forth from English to gibberish in another.

Barbara Brussell Sings A Valentine Cabaret: It's Time For A Love Song
2017-02-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
After 35 years, local singer/actress, award-winning cabaret artist Barbara Brussell returns to the Monterey Peninsula on Saturday, February 11th, with her second presentation of “Cabaret by the Sea.”
In their debut cabaret pairing, Barbara and musical director/pianist/composer/arranger George Peterson will be joined by bass and vocal coach Louis Lebherz, local singer Wies Norberg, and singer/voice and music teacher Gina Welch-Hagen.
While it’s “live theater and anything can happen,” expect a potpourri of love songs old and new. Barbara’s selections are funny, poignant, and personal — with material from the Great American Songbook; Broadway; contemporary songwriters from Cole Porter to Joni Mitchell; and maybe even a little Rodgers and Hart or Lerner and Loewe thrown in for good measure!
Be sure to share Barbara’s Cabaret Valentine show with that special someone; dear heart or dear friend. The performance will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available for $25.00 in advance at Brown Paper Tickets or $30 cash at the door. For more information, please call (831) 869-8167.

Thinking Out Loud 2017 Student Art Exhibit
2017-03-04 15:00 - 2017-03-24 17:00 | CA
Monterey County high school student art will be displayed in our main gallery from March 4th through March 24th, 2017, as part of our annual program Thinking Out Loud. An opening reception will be held Saturday, March 4th, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The exhibit is free and open to the public during our new gallery hours: Monday through Friday from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
Thinking Out Loud is made possible, in part, through grants from the Arts Council for Monterey County, and funding from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, the Community Foundation for Monterey County, the Harden Foundation, the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, the Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary, Volunteer Services for Monterey County, and the Yellow Brick Road Benefit Store.
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is located at the corners of 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel. For more information, call (831) 624-7491.

The Mirror Left Behind
2017-03-10 19:30 - 2017-03-11 19:30 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
“The Mirror Left Behind,” an extraordinary solo performance by Len Perry, runs for two performances March 10th and 11th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. Show times are 7:30 p.m.
Part comedy, part drama and part philosophy, Mr. Perry’s performance chronicles his life from age twelve to the present, taking the audience on his odyssey into making music, making love, and making life his dream come true. “I want to touch people’s hearts, make them laugh, cry, think,” Mr. Perry says.
At a young age, Florida native Len Perry left behind life on the farm to seek fame and fortune on Broadway. Making his way west two years later, Perry was discovered by a talent scout for Universal Studios while performing musical theater in Hollywood. Following years of stage, film and television success, Perry left his show business career for love and never looked back–until now.
Be sure to reserve your tickets in advance as seating is limited. All proceeds will benefit the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.
Ticket price is $20.00. For tickets, please call (831) 277-7072.

Kenny Stahl Trio - 2017 Jazz at The Cherry SOLD OUT
2017-03-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
We are pleased to announce the 2017 Jazz at The Cherry concert series will kick off with the Kenny Stahl Trio performing Friday, March 24th. Wine and light fare are included in the $25 ticket price, available for purchase at Brown Paper Tickets. Doors open at 5:00pm, and the performance begins at 5:30pm.
This concert was made possible by the support of the following sponsor: Morgan Winery
Kenny Stahl Trio
Recording artist and composer Kenny Stahl is one of the hottest jazz flutists on today’s music scene. Stahl has performed with Stevie Wonder, Jaco Pastorius, Ira Sullivan, Cal Tjader, Richie Cole, Herb Jeffries, Paul Horn and many others. Creating solidly phrased lines, and masterful solo statements that build, swing and drive, Kenny produces a wide range of timbres, tones, colors and moods. His discography includes “Kenny’s From Heaven,” “Scentuality,” and his latest release, “Mpingo.”
Joining Kenny will be bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Steve Uccello. Experienced in many music genres including jazz, blues, folk, Latin, and classical, Uccello has collaborated with Nat Grant, Jeff Schmidt, David Cooper Orton, among others.
Rounding out the trio will be drummer and percussionist Billy Jones. Originally from Philadelphia, Jones is a stellar jazz drummer and was featured on saxophonist Robin Haffley’s 2000 release “Impressions.”
