Carl Cherry Center for the Arts

An Afternoon with Steve Ross AND An Evening with Steve Ross
2017-07-12 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
TWO SHOWS!
Barbara Brussell’s Cabaret-by-the-Sea is proud to present internationally-acclaimed cabaret performer Steve Ross, coming to the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts for two performances on Wednesday, July 12th. For his Carmel debut, Ross has selected an eclectic mix of favorites, including songs by Ira and George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Noel Coward and more. Host Barbara Brussell will make a guest appearance. A question and answer period will follow the matinee performance.
About Steve Ross
“Crown Prince of New York Cabaret,” Steve Ross rose to fame in the late 1970’s following long runs as a singer/pianist for Ted Hook’s Backstage and the legendary Algonquin Hotel. He has spent the ensuing decades entertaining in smart clubs and swank parties the world over; from Broadway to the Ritz in London, Crillon in Paris, Imperial Hotel Tokyo and back to Carnegie Hall. New York Times critic Stephen Holden described Ross as, “the personification of the bygone dream world that his music summons.”
Please join us for music, merriment and memories. Wednesday, July 12th at 2:00PM and 7:00PM. Tickets in advance are $25.00.
Tickets for “An Afternoon with Steve Ross” at 2:00PM are available through Brown Paper Tickets.
Tickets for “An Evening with Steve Ross” at 7:00PM are available through Brown Paper Tickets.
Tickets for both shows are also available by calling Cabaret-by-the-Sea at (646) 298-4772. The day of the performance, tickets will be $30.00 at the door (cash only please).

Jazz at The Cherry Presents Bruce Forman's Junkyard Duo
2017-07-07 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Bruce Forman’s Junkyard Duo
Join us in welcoming Bruce Forman back to The Cherry for an encore performance on Friday, July 7th at 5:00pm. This past May, his one-man stage play “The Red Guitar” was a sold-out hit. This time around, scavenging music from the edge of sound, his Junkyard Duo will use unique instrumentation and exotic sounds to create a spontaneous and intimate exploration of styles and approaches. Partnering with Bruce for this show is Jake Reed–drummer, percussionist and soundscaper extraordiaire! Hobo chic at its utmost!
About Bruce Forman
Bruce Forman’s guitar style has been an important part of the international jazz scene for more than three decades. He has been featured as leader as well as sideman at many of the most prestigious festivals and concert venues throughout the world. His numerous recording and performing credits include the likes of Bobby Hutcherson, Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Barney Kessel, Roger Kellaway, Richie Cole, and countless others. Known for swinging bop-style phrasing and inventive harmonizations, his ability to work in a variety of settings keeps him in constant demand. His guitar work is featured throughout Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award-winning film, Million Dollar Baby.
Forman’s life and musical journey provide an American saga that is still in full swing. His Texas origins, early career in San Francisco and New York, and years on the road all contribute to the unique and highly personal vision he demonstrates today. Deep immersion in American culture inspires him to contribute to the traditions he drew from. Cow Bop’s “road challenges” down historic byways like Route 66; original works like The Red Guitar; JazzMasters Workshop — these are only the latest answers to the endless question that underlies Bruce Forman’s creativity. His music and life reflect every step of his journey, and demonstrate the awareness of an artist who’s very much at home in the world, and at the top of his form.
One performance only: Friday, July 7th, from 5:00PM – 7:00PM. The $25 ticket price includes wine and light fare. Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets or by calling (831) 624-7491.
This performance is sponsored in part by Morgan Winery.

Feleboga: American Old-Time and Norwegian Folk Music
2017-07-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
The Oslo-based folk trio Feleboga will perform Thursday, July 6th, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. Feleboga repertoire includes American old-time fiddle tunes and ballads as well as different genres of traditional Norwegian tunes.
Hans-Hinrich Thedens, Elizabeth Gaver and Mattias Thedens perform older, intricate listening pieces (lyarlåtter) 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 $15.00, available through Brown Paper Tickets or by calling (831) 624-7491.
About Feleboga:
Hans-Hinrich Thedens (guitar, banjo, song) 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 (fiddle, hardingfele, song) 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 Waldorf School. Elizabeth has learned old-time fiddling from players in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Mattias Thedens (fiddle, banjo, hardingfele) has played fiddle for nine 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. His own band, Moose Whisperers, won the traditional band competition at Clifftop, WV in 2016 and will tour Scandinavia in January 2018.
In addition, Mattias plays the Norwegian hardingfele and is concertmaster of the Nordstrand Youth orchestra.

"Meaning Made Visible"
2017-06-30 17:00 - 2017-08-04 17:00
Meaning Made Visible, a three-person exhibit exploring varied approaches toward nonobjective painting, opens Friday, June 30th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. A reception for the artists will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on June 30th. The event is free and open to the public.
This exhibition explores the diverse approaches to nonobjective art from three varied perspectives. From the contemplative canvases of Paul Seftel to the forceful brushwork of Linda Simmel and the enigmatic spatial forms of Rebecca Koury. The variety of materials and techniques included in this presentation testifies to nonobjective painting’s enduring potential as a form of artistic expression.
The exhibit can be seen Wednesday through Friday from 11 to 4 p.m.; Saturdays, 12 to 4 p.m. or by appointment through August 4th. The Carl Cherry Center is located at the corners of Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel. Information: (831) 624-7491.
Image: “Autumn Winds” – Rebecca Koury

Layne Littlepage in "Musical Comedy!"
2017-06-09 - 2017-07-02 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Internationally acclaimed performer Layne Littlepage returns to the Carl Cherry Center’s stage with the premiere of “Musical Comedy!” — the show that puts the comedy back in musical. Layne will be performing with Barney Hulse on piano and special guest Cliff Berry.
From music hall to cabaret to contemporary Broadway—musical fun and humor from both sides of the Atlantic. The show includes songs by Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Flanders and Swann, Anna Russell, Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick, Dietz and Schwartz, Goldrich and Heisler, and material of the great British comediennes Joyce Grenfell, Patricia Routledge and Beatrice Lillie.
A performance to delight and amuse. Don’t miss this unique and hilarious show!
Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm , Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $25, available through www.ticketguys.com or by calling (831) 229-3137.

Bruce Forman - The Red Guitar: a jazz libretto
2017-05-20 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
TWO SHOWS!: 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The Red Guitar: a jazz libretto is Bruce Forman’s perspective into the life of a musician, and an exploration of the creative process.
Imagine receiving an invitation to a gala featuring John Coltrane, Sigmund Freud, and Faust. Bruce Forman’s “The Red Guitar” is all that more. It draws on Forman’s decades of experience as a formidable jazz guitarist and his considerable skill as a storyteller and teacher, producing a work that is greater than the sum of its dazzling parts.
A story in and about jazz, The Red Guitar showcases Bruce Forman’s genre—breaking inventiveness and his ability to improvise and create within a classical form. Enlisting the full power of the jazz idiom and integrating it with seasoned and provocative story-telling, he confronts the dilemma of artistic obsession face-to-face—by creating a work of art that simultaneously explores and demonstrates the hold that music has over its most ardent followers, the hold that poses itself as a life-or-death, must-be-solved-question to Forman and his ilk: “The Red Guitar. Do you play it…or does it play you?
Tickets are $20, available at brownpapertickets.com.

"Storied Paper"
2017-05-19 17:00 - 2017-06-16 17:00 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
Storied Paper, an exhibit exploring the range and diversity of artwork on paper by California and nationally-known artists, opens Friday, May 19th with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
Paper is almost always the repository where art begins. Paper is the substance that receives the hint of an idea and finds its first outward realization. Yet paper can also support the most complex and layered of processes—watercolor, lithography and print—and be the foundation of the most refined and finished of artistic constructions.
Storied Paper will include artwork on paper by Tracey Adams, Martha Alf, Peter Alexander, Robert Brokl, Joan Brown, Robert De Niro, Senior, Lisa Esherick, Christian Fagerlund, Virginia Frieyro, Don Fritz, Deanna Forbes, Hanna Hannah, Nancy Lawton, David Ligare, Henry Miller, Grace Munakata, Frank Lobdell, Susan Manchester, Paul Resika, Jane Rosen, Robynn Smith, M. Louise Stanley, Livia Stein, Joseph Slusky, Manolo Valdes, James Weeks, Don Weygandt and Jan Wurm.
The exhibit can be seen through June 16th.
Artwork: “Guna 11” by Tracey Adams

2017 Monterey County High School Poetry Awards
2017-04-29 14:00 - 16:00
THE 2017 ROBERT CAMPBELL – MONTEREY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL POETRY AWARDS
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts and the Monterey County Public Library are pleased to announce the 2017 Monterey County High School Poetry Awards. Certificates of merit, cash awards and books of poetry will be awarded at a reading and ceremony honoring the student poets at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 29th, at the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.
As part of Thinking Out Loud, the Cherry Center’s annual exhibit devoted to high school arts, the poetry awards encourages the art and practice of poetry by offering workshops to high school students throughout Monterey County.
The program provides students with an opportunity to master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn to write poetry. Now in its 24th year, the poetry awards have inspired hundreds of high school students to discover classic and contemporary poetry.
Additionally, an anthology celebrating the work of contributing students will be published by the Cherry Center. The poetry awards are held in conjunction with the Cherry Center’s annual high school art exhibit, Thinking Out Loud.
This program is made possible, in part, through grants from the Arts Council for Monterey County, through 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, the 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. Information: (831) 624-7491.
Web site: www.carlcherrycenter.org.

"The Last Word"
2017-04-21 19:30 - 2017-05-14 14:00 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
“THE LAST WORD” – A new play written and directed by Tom Parks
They meet in a small café. It’s a date. Well, actually it’s their anniversary. They reminisce, talk politics, the children, their work, and matters of the world.
He’s a mellow fellow, adoring of his wife while holding his own with his somewhat impatient and demanding spouse. The marriage has worked and even flourished for over forty years, in fact, they are still in love.
The comfortable conversation moves along smoothly—until. She begins to ask some unlikely, bewildering, questions concerning their life and their future together.
Why these questions, he asks? At which time she reveals a secret she’s been keeping to herself for too long. It is a secret that will change their lives forever.
The Players: Carol Daly, Mitch Davis, Alyca Tanner.
THE LAST WORD opens on April 21st through May 14th at The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel. Friday, Saturday at 7:30 PM, and Sunday matinee at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $25.00, available by calling (831) 717-7373 or visiting ticketguys.com.
Discounts available for groups of ten or more.

Mirth-O-Matics
2017-04-08 19:30 - 21:00
The Mirth-O-Matics, Monterey County’s stellar improvisational comedy troupe, returns to the Carl Cherry Center Saturday, April 8th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20 at Brown Paper Tickets.
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.
The troupe will be offering a free improvisational acting workshop for beginners from 1-3:00pm the day of the performance. As space is limited, advance reservations are strongly recommended: (831) 236-3032.

The Old Lost Cows
2017-04-07 19:30 - 20:45 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
The Old Lost Cows will perform Friday, April 7th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel. The group is led by trail boss Dixie Dixon, and features bard Taelen Thomas, guitar picker Steve Mortensen, Smilin’ Jane on banjo, Dave Sweigert on mandolin, and Richard Rosen on campfire harmonica. They will present a mixture of oral tradition, western swing, blues and folk music by Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gene Autry, Bob Wills, and more. Performance starts at 7:30 p.m.
Prior to the performance will be an artist reception for the opening of “Nothing but Blue Skies,” an exploration of the American West and cowboy culture through art and photography. The reception will be held in the gallery from 5:00-7:00p.m. and is open to the public.
Please be sure to cowboy up and ride along for this fun evening.
Tickets are $15. Brownpapertickets.

Nothing but Blue Skies - Art of the West
2017-04-07 11:00 - 2017-05-05 16:00
“Nothing but Blue Skies,” an exhibit exploring the American West and cowboy culture, opens Friday, April 7th at the Carl Cherry Center. A reception for the artists and photographers will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit includes artwork by eminent American western painter Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), Napa painter Beverly Wilson and sculpture by Kris Swanson. Photography will include images by Mary Aiu, Suzanne Dorrance, Jay Fitzgerald, Richard Field Levine, and Chester Ng. The exhibition will showcase a broad range of styles and themes, combining the exploration of Western art and photography in a variety of mediums and motifs. Artwork and photography featured in the exhibition range in style, intention and time period, but all of share an evocation of the American West. At turns abstract and ambiguous or descriptive and precise, these images endeavor to describe the essence of the American West in subtle and unexpected ways.
The exhibit runs through May 5th, 2017, and can be seen Wednesday through Friday from 11 to 4 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m., or by appointment. The Carl Cherry Center is located at the corners of Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel. Information: (831) 624-7491.
Image: Chester Ng

Dear Elizabeth
2017-03-31 18:30 - 2017-04-02 14:00 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
The play “Dear Elizabeth” starring locally-renowned actors Rosemary Luke and John Newkirk will be presented at The Cherry Center for the Arts on March 31st, April 1st, and April 2nd, 2017. The pair bring to life letters written by poet laureates Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell over the course of their thirty year relationship. Rarely meeting in person, Bishop and Lowell beautifully expressed their feelings and mastery of the written word in over four hundred letters exchanged between 1947 and 1977, the year of Lowell’s untimely death.
Playwright Sarah Ruhl fell in love with the letters while confined to bedrest during a challenging twin pregnancy, and felt compelled to bring their love story to the stage. “I think we are starved for the sound of poetry, ” said Ruhl. “I wonder if Bishop and Lowell are among the last great people of letters to write out their lives in letter form.”
Prior to each evening performance, twentieth century literature scholar Dr. Renee Curry will provide an insightful overview of the bond between these two literary giants.
Please be sure to join us for this celebration of friendship and poetry. March 31st and April 1st at 6:30PM. Sunday matinee performance on April 2nd at 2:00PM. Tickets are $20.00, available at brownpapertickets.com.

After the Storm - Big Sur Fundraiser SOLD OUT
2017-03-25 19:30 | Carl Cherry Center for the Arts
“After the Storm,” a benefit for the Big Sur community following this year’s devastating winter storms, will be held Saturday, March 25th at 7:30PM in Cherry Hall. Directed by Michael Lojkovic, the performance will include spoken-word readings from local writers and actors, as well as songs of inspiration and healing by members of the Fire Earth Rain Chorus, and special guest artists.
Tickets are $20, and can be purchased online through Eventbrite, in person at Pilgrim’s Way Books on Dolores between 5th and 6th Streets, Carmel, or by calling (831) 624-4955.
For more information on how you can help, please contact Michael Lojkovic at (831) 869-2819.

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.”

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.

Thinking Out Loud 2017 Student Art Exhibit
2017-03-04 15:00 - 2017-03-24 17:00
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.

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.

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.

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
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.

Infinite Jest: Portraiture, Whimsy and Memory
2017-01-13 17:00 - 2017-02-18 17:00
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.

"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.

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!!

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

Evenings in December at the Cherry
2016-12-10 19:00 - 2016-12-17 18:30
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”

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.

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.

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.

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

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.
