Kenny Stahl and Friends
2023-08-20 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Jazz At The Cherry proudly presents Kenny Stahl & Friends on Sunday, August 20th at 2:00pm. Doors open at 1:30pm for wine and light fare (included in the ticket price). Joining creative and innovative flautist Kenny Stahl for an afternoon of scintillating contemporary jazz will be local favorites Leon Joyce Jr., Scotty Wright, and Steve Uccello.
Tickets are $35, available online at eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491. You won’t want to miss this one! Reserve your tickets today.
Meet the Musicians:
A seasoned recording artist and composer, Kenny Stahl is one of the hottest jazz flute performers playing today. He has worked with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Jaco Pastorius, Ira Sullivan, Cal Tjader, Richie Cole, Herb Jeffries, Paul Horn, and many others. Stahl has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival many times; among his other noted performances are appearances at the Great American Music Hall and the Kuumbwa Jazz Center. In addition, he has performed or recorded with such artists as Diana Krall, Lee Greenwood, Paul Horn, Pierre Bensusan, Roger Glenn, and Richie Cole, among others. Raised in Chicago, Kenny has studied and performed many forms of jazz, from the mysteries of Monk to the preludes of Bach, with stops along the way for Latin, Be-bop, Brazilian and Contemporary.
Drummer Leon Joyce Jr.’s musical career began in high school, but was shaped and nurtured when he joined the Marine Corps in 1976. Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Joyce received his musical training through private instruction under John Oblon and Jimmy Rozelle. His musical education was greatly expanded during the 21 years he spent in the Marines where he received in-depth training and experience, emerging as a premier drummer and bandleader. Leon has worked with a variety of top artists, including Nancy Wilson, Larry Coryell, Patti LaBelle, Ellis Marsalis, and the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Joyce has made numerous appearances at some of the most prestigious international jazz music festivals, including the Montreaux and Lugano Jazz Festivals in Switzerland. Since relocating to the Monterey Peninsula from Chicago in 2011, Leon has been a mainstay of the regional and West Coast jazz scene.
Scotty Wright is a veteran jazz pianist and vocalist. His vocals cover a wide spectrum of jazz singing with a warm, rich-toned voice and a relaxed delivery. Scotty’s repertoire includes interpretations of classic songs by Gershwin, Porter, Kern, and Rodgers & Hart, as well as jazz standards by Miles Davis. In everything Scotty sings, one is certain that the song has never been heard quite the same way before, nor will it be again. It is this element of the unexpected, what Scotty calls the ‘music of the moment,’ that is the essence of great jazz.
As an upright bassist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Steve Uccello is experienced in many genres, including jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, R & B, mariachi, and classical. As a freelance artist, he plays gigs around the Monterey and San Francisco Bay areas and is a regular bassist with the local Monterey group, Along Came Betty. Steve was a featured soloist at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2009 and 2017.

Feleboga - Norwegian Traditional Music and Dance
2023-08-18 19:00
Feleboga (Elizabeth Gaver and Hans-Hinrich Thedens) will perform traditional Norwegian music and dance on Friday, August 18th, at 7:00pm. Tickets are $20, available on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.
During the concert, several tunes will be played on the hardingfele, while others are from the Norwegian-American old-time tradition and are played on vanlig fele – “normal fiddle” – accompanied by banjo and guitar. Together with archival recordings and pictures, the duo will demonstrate the oldest couple dances, or bygdedans. Some of the oldest tunes are mentioned in the sagas as calling forth supernatural forces. Others are lyrical listening pieces telling stories of tragic love or describing nature and imitating bird calls. The songs include short joking rhymes, a Christmas ballad about the gnome on the farm, and fiddle tune verses.
About Feleboga:
Feleboga was founded by Hans-Hinrich and Elizabeth in 1998 as a hardingfele duo. When their son Mattias joined them, first on spoons and slide guitar, later on fiddle and banjo, the ensemble became a family band performing both Norwegian traditional and American old-time music. With the addition of other musician friends on flutes, banjo, and bass, Feleboga has played concerts and led dances in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Thailand, and the US. feleboga.com

"Shared Visions: The Cherry at Seventy-Five" Poetry Reading
2023-07-28 19:00 - 21:00
This summer, the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts illuminates the connection between the artwork and poetry of Jeanne D’Orge (Mrs. Carl Cherry) and contemporary local artists and poets in celebration of the center’s seventy-fifth year.
A poetry reading will be held at the Cherry Center on Friday, July 28th, at 7pm. Poets Jennifer Lagier, George Lober, Anne Mitchell, and Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts will read selections of their poetry alongside the writing of Mrs. Cherry; each offering insight into the other. Reservations required. Tickets are by donation, available on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491. Suggested donation at the door: $15.

Shared Visions: The Cherry at Seventy-Five art exhibition will open with an artists’ reception on Friday, July 14th, from 5-7pm. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibit will close Saturday, September 23rd.

About the Poets:
Jeanne D’Orge was a published poet and playwright by age twenty. Her book of verse, “Voice in the Circle,” recounts fragments from her childhood. After arriving in the United States from England, D’Orge became associated with The Others, a group of modernist poets the included Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens. In 1916, she made her debut as Jeanne D’Orge in “The Little Review”. Her poetry most often appeared in “Others,” the magazine founded by Alfred Kreymborg and the great art connoisseur, Walter C. Arensberg. She later published award-winning verse, including the “Lobos” poems of Scribners magazine. William Carlos Williams referred to her work as “poems of understanding and disarming technical skill.”
Jennifer Lagier is an Italian American writer, poet, and retired college librarian/instructor. She taught with California Poets in the Schools and served as an Area Coordinator for San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties. Her scholarly essays on digital resources and online education have been published in peer-reviewed journals; her poetry has appeared in many literary magazines and blogs. She is the author of twenty books of poetry and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her poetry primarily includes themes of her Italian ancestry, social justice, dementia, addiction and nature.
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. He 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
Anne Mitchell has called Carmel, CA home for over 30 years. A lifelong writer, when the year 2020 brought the unexpected realm of solitude and poetry presented itself, she became a willing conversationalist. Mitchell currently serves as a board member for the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. She enjoys the theater, and has acted in staged readings at The Cherry, The Listening Place and Eulalia Theater.
Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts is Professor Emeritus at Monterey Peninsula College where he taught composition, literature, public speaking and humanities for 32 years. He serves as President of the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation in Carmel, California. Ruchowitz-Roberts coordinates the Foundation’s annual Prize for Poetry, annual reading series, and serves as a tour docent. He coordinated the National Endowment for the Arts, “The Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers,” during which he read and performed Jeffers’s poetry at venues throughout Monterey County, including local libraries, high schools and colleges. The Carl Cherry Center’s high school poetry contest is named in his honor.

Monterey Comedy Improv
2023-07-22 19:00 - 20:30
Monterey Comedy Improv is back! The premier improv comedy troupe on the Peninsula returns to The Cherry on Saturday, July 22nd, at 7:00pm.
Similar to “Whose Line is it Anyway,” Monterey Comedy Improv takes audience suggestions or volunteers and instantly creates hilarious scenes right on the spot. Join us for a night of fun and laughs! For audiences 16+
Tickets are $20, available on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.

"Shared Visions: The Cherry at Seventy-Five" Art Exhibition
2023-07-14 - 2023-09-23
This summer, the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts illuminates the connection between the artwork and poetry of Jeanne D’Orge (Mrs. Carl Cherry) and contemporary local artists and poets in celebration of the center’s seventy-fifth year.
Opening Friday, July 14th, Shared Visions: The Cherry Center at Seventy-Five will include paintings, drawings and sculpture by ten area artists displayed alongside select works by Jeanne D’Orge from the Cherry Center’s private collection. Participating artists include Tracey Adams, Robert Armstrong, Rob Barnard, Jennifer Brook-Kothlow, Jamie Dagdigian, Judith Foosaner, Susan Hyde Greene, Ken Hale, Margaret Rinkovsky, and the Temple Sisters. An artists’ reception will be held Friday, July 14th, from 5-7pm. The event is free and open to the public.
Artists featured in this exhibition have created works that reinterpret and remix elements, themes and the palette of Jeanne D’Orge, and highlight ways art inspires across time. Their works speak to the expanding diversity of the stories we want to tell, and illustrate how today’s artists continue to find inspiration in the methods and pictorial traditions from the Cherry Center’s rich history.
The exhibit will close Saturday, September 23rd.

Shared Visions: The Cherry at Seventy-Five Poetry Reading
A poetry reading will be held at the Cherry Center on Friday, July 28th, at 7pm. Poets Jennifer Lagier, George Lober, Anne Mitchell, and Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts will read selections of their poetry alongside the writing of Mrs. Cherry; each offering insight into the other. Reservations required. Tickets are by donation, available on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491. The Cherry Center is located on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Guadalupe Street, Carmel.
Pictured, left: Untitled – Jeanne D’Orge
Pictured, right: “A Spider in the House” – Tracey Adams

About the Artists:
Jeanne D’Orge took up painting at the age of fifty-four at the urging of her husband, Carl Cherry. Although her paintings were recognized in her lifetime for their forcefulness and spirit — with exhibits at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Park Avenue Galley in New York City, and De Young Museum in San Francisco — D’Orge insisted her paintings never be sold, saying, “I’m just a paintbrush for God.”
Tracey Adams has been an exhibiting artist for over 35 years. She has participated in over 175 solo and group exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Monterey Museum of Art, Fresno Art Museum and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Adams’ paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Crocker Museum, Hunterdon Art Museum, Monterey Museum of Art, Fresno Art Museum, Tucson Art Museum and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Robert Armstrong grew up in Salinas, California, and attended UC Berkeley as an art major. A mechanical technician by trade, he worked for a geophysical company, a survey group and on a photon accelerator. Armstrong’s interest in geology, physics and engineering informs his art. His exhibitions tend to be large, unique installations, with interesting titles, humor and irony.
Rob Barnard was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1949. He began studying pottery at the University of Kentucky in 1971 after serving in Vietnam with the United States Marine Corps. In 1974 he was admitted to the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen and accepted as a research student at Kyoto University of Fine Arts in Kyoto, Japan where he studied under the late Kazuo Yagi. He has returned to Japan numerous times since 1978 for solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Besides Japan, Barnard exhibits widely both in the United States and Great Britain.
Jennifer Brook-Kothlow was born and raised in San Francisco. Her training began in the early 1960’s as an undergraduate art major at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and continued with studies in ceramics under Betty Woodman, as well as extension courses at the San Francisco Art Institute under Frank Lobdell. She has dedicated her life to art practice and has continued to produce paintings and mono-prints influenced by the Abstract Expressionist style for the past fifty years.
Jamie Dagdigian is an artist and designer currently living and working on the Monterey Peninsula. He is an instructor and the Art Department Chairman at Monterey Peninsula College and has been creating mixed-media work while teaching both art and design.
Judith Foosaner is a mixed-media artist who incorporates elements of collage and free-hand sketches into her large-scale acrylic works on canvas–dramatic, gestural black and white works where linear elements suggest letters from some unknown alphabet, poetry written in a language we can’t quite translate.
Susan Hyde Greene is an award-winning fine art photographer. She cuts her images apart then stitches them back together in a reflection of relationships and humanity. Susan is an avid traveler whose artwork is created from images around the world.
Kenneth J. Hale (born 1948) received a BA in 1971 from California State University at Long Beach and a MFA from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1973. After graduation he moved to Austin, Texas to teach at the University of Texas in the Department of Art and Art History. In addition to the AP/RC, his paintings, prints, and drawings are in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY), The National Museum of American Art (Washington, DC), the Achenbach Foundation (San Francisco), the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, TX), the Chicago Art Institute (IL), the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MA) and the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth (TX).
Susan Hyde Greene is an award-winning fine art photographer. She cuts her images apart to then stitch them back together in a reflection of relationships and humanity. An avid traveler, her artwork is created from images from all over the world. Greene received her BFA in textiles, photography, and art history from the University of Hawaii, Manoa and her MFA from the University of Utah. Her work is in several public and private collections, including Adobe Systems.
Margaret Rinkovsky is a painter currently living in Santa Cruz, California. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree from UCLA. She also holds a Masters of Arts degree in Printmaking and a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting, also from UCLA. Ms. Rinkovsky is the recipient of the prestigious SECA Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, was a nominee to the American Academy of Arts in New York, and received the Distinguished Artist Award from the Santa Cruz Art League.
The Temple Sisters – Holly and Ashlee Temple – work in mixed media to generate works on paper, canvas and create small assemblages. Each work they devise is meant to engage the viewer in questions about the temporal and fluid nature of image, memory, and the cultural language of expression.

The Essiet Essiet Quartet
2023-07-09 14:00 - 16:00
Jazz at The Cherry is thrilled to welcome the New York-based Essiet Essiet Quartet on Sunday, July 9th at 2:oo pm.
Doors open at 1:30 pm for a reception featuring wine and light fare included in the $35 ticket price. Tickets can be purchased on eventbrite.com or by calling 831-624-7491.
About the Quartet:
Essiet Okon Essiet, considered one of the top bassists in jazz today, first received critical acclaim over a decade ago in Bobby Watson’s group, Horizon. Born in Nebraska to Nigerian parents, he began studying violin at age 10 and switched to bass viol at 14. As a child, he traveled widely with his family, and that early exposure to many cultures, folk-ways, languages, and religions fostered his world view of strength through diversity. Essiet has performed and recorded with such notables as: Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, James Moody, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Sam Rivers, George Adams, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, Frank Morgan, Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes, Ben Riley, Jimmy Cobb, Billy Higgins, Billy Hart, Art Farmer, Abby Lincoln, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Billy Cobham, Bennie Maupin, Al Foster, Eddie Henderson, Steve Turre, Jon Faddis, Bobby Watson, Victor Lewis, Kenny Garrett, Kenny Kirkland, Mulgrew Miller, Jeff “Tain ” Watts, Mike Stern, Kevin Mahogany, Kurt Elling, Fort Apache Band, Danilo Perez, Claudia Acuna, Geri Allen, and Ralph Peterson, to highlight only a partial list.
Sylvia Cuenca, a highly accomplished jazz performer and educator, is an active drummer on the New York jazz scene. She has had the honor of sharing the bandstand with saxophone legend Joe Henderson for 4 years, and trumpet legend Clark Terry for 17 years. She has performed with some of the biggest names in jazz, including: Al Grey, Red Holloway, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Marian McPartland, Dianne Reeves, Joe Williams, Lou Donaldson, John Handy, Mark Whitfield, John Clayton, Ernestine Anderson, Richie Cole, Dianne Schur, and many other jazz luminaries. In 2015, she performed at Dizzy’s Jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Saxophonist Rico Jones is steadily becoming one of the top young saxophonists of his generation. A Colorado native, Rico has been deeply compelled by artistic expression since early childhood. Rico grew up in Denver performing under the guidance of local artists such as Paul Romaine, Greg Gisbert, Eric Gunnison, Art Lande, Brad Goode and Vlad Girshevich. As the years passed, Rico became enthralled by black American musical art forms, and Blues and Jazz became primary modes of expression for Jones and his ensembles. As he grew, his heritage as a Latino with indigenous roots became a focus for his artistic expressions. He has performed as a leader with notable artists such as: Dave Kikoski, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Matt Clohesy, Yasushi Makimura, Ari Hoenig, Lage Lund, Kush Abadav, Jope Mrtin, Colin Stranahan, Rick Rosato, Rich Perry, Steven Feifke, and many others.
Bruce Forman, a local favorite and internationally known guitarist, will be joining this stellar jazz quartet. As a sideman, Bruce’s recordings include works with the likes of Ray Brown, Bobby Hutcherson, and Roger Kellaway, as well as soundtrack performances on three of Clint Eastwood’s distinguished films—most notably Academy Award-winning “Million Dollar Baby.” Bruce has performed at The Cherry on several occasions, and we are pleased to have his amazing guitar work as a part of this outstanding line-up.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear some of the best contemporary jazz from these world-class artists!

The Dick Whittington Trio - SOLD OUT
2023-06-25 14:00 - 16:00
The Dick Whittington Trio on June 25th is sold out. Tickets are still available for our next Jazz at The Cherry, the New York-based Essiet Essiet Quartet, performing Sunday, July 9th, at 2:oo pm. Tickets can be purchased on eventbrite.com or by calling 831-624-7491.

Jazz At The Cherry is pleased to welcome back to our stage nationally-known pianist, Dick Whittington, for an encore performance. Joining Dick will be virtuoso bassist, Dan Robbins, and drummer, Mike Shannon.
The trio will treat us to an afternoon of jazz interpretations of evergreens by Harold Arlen, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Duke Ellington and others.
Sunday, June 25th, at 2:00pm. Doors open at 1:30pm for a reception featuring wine and light fare (included in the ticket price). Tickets are $35, purchased on eventbrite.com or by calling 831-624-7491.
About the Trio:
Dick Whittington grew up in Los Angeles, and while earning a degree in elementary education at Cal State Northridge, he was working gigs with Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Criss, Barney Kessel, Charles Lloyd, Charlie Hayden, Scott Lafaro, Gary Peacock, and Billy Higgins. Dick later went on to accompany vocalists Anita O’Day, Ernestine Anderson, Dinah Washington, and Mel Torme. Over the last five decades he has performed with many jazz greats including Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, James Moody, Lee Konitz, Art Pepper, Eddie Harris, and Chet Baker.
Dan Robbins, who is among the West Coast’s most in-demand bassists, is known for his driving, creative, harmonically and melodically rich background and lead parts on bass. He has performed with numerous jazz stars such as Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Benny Green, Regina Carter, Lewis Nash, John Clayton, Bruce Forman, and many other West Coast jazz luminaries. Dan teaches at San Jose State University and Santa Clara University and is also involved as an educator with the Monterey Jazz Festival, Cabrillo Jazz Festival and the San Jose Jazz Society.
Mike Shannon has been involved in the Monterey Peninsula jazz scene since his high-school days including as a member of the Monterey Jazz Festival All-Star Big Band, and as a clinician with the Monterey Jazz Festival educational program. Mike has been featured and reviewed in the world’s leading jazz publications and websites including: JazzTimes, Downbeat, JAZZIZ, All About Jazz, E- Jazz News, Critical Jazz, and JazzWeekly.

Putin's War
2023-05-26 - 2023-06-24
“Putin’s War,” a new exhibit of paintings by Waldek Dynerman exploring the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, opens Friday, May 26th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. A reception for the artist will be held Friday, May 26th from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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Russia invaded Ukraine by land, sea and air on Feb. 24, 2022, the largest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called its actions “a special military operation,” while Ukraine and the West call the attack a malicious land grab.
Against the backdrop of the successive incursions mounted by Russian forces into Ukrainian state territory since 2014, the works presented in the exhibition – all of which were created within the past fifteen months – provide an evocative, emotional reflection of the drastically transformed life and turbulent spiritual landscape of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
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About the Artist:
Born in Warsaw six years after WWII ended, Mr. Dynerman grew up absorbing the traumatic stories of his parents and developing great empathy for victims of war; conflicts has become one of the stalwarts of his work.
“When making art, these thoughts and feeling are always present, and may be expressed through brutal treatment of materials, fragmentation of the human form, or obfuscation of meaning.” Putin’s unprovoked aggression and the brutality of the Ukrainian war has triggered flashbacks to the many WWII stories he heard as a child” he says.
Mr. Dynerman has exhibited in dozens of group and one-person shows throughout the U.S. and Europe, including exhibitions at the Hawthorn Contemporary in Milwaukee, WI, the Fata Morgana project space, Berlin, Germany, and the Apteka Sztuki Gallery, Wasaw, Poland.
The exhibit can be seen Wednesdays through Saturdays, 12 noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment through June 24th. The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel.
Image: “New World Order” – Waldek Dynerman

Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts Monterey County High School Poetry Awards 2023
2023-05-20 14:00 - 16:00
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts Monterey County High School Poetry Awards 2023. The program was designed to recognize and promote excellence in high school poets and develop an interest in creative expression through the written word. A reading and ceremony honoring this year’s award-winning student poets will be held 2:00pm on Saturday, May 20th, at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel.
The program (formerly the Robert Campbell Monterey County High School Poetry Awards) was renamed this year to honor Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, who provided inspiration and writing instruction to thousands of area high school students.
Cherry Center Poet-in-Schools:
Patrice Vecchione
Our teaching poet this year is Patrice Vecchione, the author of two collections of poetry and three nonfiction books, most recently My Shouting, Shattered, Whispering Voice: A Guide to Writing Poetry & Speaking Your Truth. Patrice has taught poetry in local schools and elsewhere for many years. patricevecchione.com.
Sponsors:
The Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts Monterey County High School Poetry Awards are held each year in conjunction with Thinking Out Loud, the Cherry Center’s annual high school art exhibition. Both programs are made possible through funding from:
Arts Council for Monterey County
Monterey County Board of Supervisors
Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Monterey Public Library Foundation
Carmel Woman’s Club
Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary
Community Foundation for Monterey County
Gibson Family Foundation
Hazen Family Foundation
Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation
Pebble Beach Company Foundation
Yellow Brick Road Benefit Store

The Interview - A Mystery
2023-05-12 - 2023-06-04
May 12 – June 4, 2023
“The Interview – A Mystery,” a new play written and directed by Tom Parks, opens Friday, May 12th through June 4th. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30pm; Sunday performances at 2:30pm. Tickets are $25, available by calling (831) 717-7373 or the box office prior to each performance.
About the Play:
Successful journalist, Charlie Simpson, has for forty years plied his trade to most of the nation’s important newspapers. Times have changed; the world of newspapers had changed. He now finds himself a stringer on a small town weekly in rural northwest Oregon.
There’s a message waiting for him one Tuesday morning as he sits down at his desk – call his editor.
He has an assignment, not what he’s expecting, like a little league game or the birth of Bonnie Barns’ second set of wins. No, there’s a new lady in town, a painter, an artist. He’s scheduled an interview with her. Charlie knows less than nothing about art, so it seems a stretch for him to be covering this story, or, he worries, is there really a story there? Indeed, there is. Or at any rate he thinks there may be one hellava story. In fact, this may turn out to be the scoop of his professional life.
Something to be said for high drama in the boondocks. And Charlie is in hot pursuit.

Springtime with The Cherry Trio
2023-04-30 15:00 - 17:00
The Cherry Trio, Elizabeth Gaver (baroque violin), Penny Hanna (viola da gamba), and Michael Peterson (harpsichord) will be joined by guest artist Francis Toldi (dulcian) to perform Italian and Spanish music from the seventeenth century – trio sonatas by Dario Castello, Giovani Batista Fontana and Bartolomeo de Selma, arrangements of the French song Doulce Memoire, and a harpsichord solo of Frescobaldi.
Francis Toldi
The dulcian is a double reed woodwind instrument from the Renaissance and predecessor of the modern bassoon. It is a versatile instrument – played quietly, it has a sweet, vocal sound suitable for chamber music, but it can play loudly and join the consort of outside instruments. The concert program includes three trio sonatas with melodic parts for both violin and dulcian. Bartolomeo de Selma was himself a virtuoso performer on the early bassoon.
The Cherry Trio has performed at the Cherry Center annually for over ten years to welcome the New Year. We are happy to be performing our first spring concert at the Cherry Center!
Sunday, April 30th at 3:00PM. Tickets are $25, available on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.

Monterey Comedy Improv
2023-04-08 19:00 - 20:30
Monterey Comedy Improv is back! The premier improv comedy troupe on the Peninsula returns to The Cherry on Saturday, April 8th, at 7:00pm.
Similar to “Whose Line is it Anyway,” Monterey Comedy Improv takes audience suggestions or volunteers and instantly creates hilarious scenes right on the spot. Join us for a night of fun and laughs! For audiences 16+
Tickets are $20, available on Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491.

Lost and Found: Assemblage Artists of Northern California
2023-04-07 - 2023-05-06
“Lost and Found: Assemblage Artists of Northern California” features multiple works from eight of the finest assemblage artists working in California today: Robert Armstrong, Spencer Brewer, Dianne Hoﬀman, Sean O’Donnell, Ray Magsalay, Monty Monty, Nancy Sevier, and Esther Siegel.
From Redwood Valley to San Francisco to the Monterey Peninsula, these artists share a common goal: the desire to find and collect forgotten things, then spend an inordinate amount of time bringing harmony, humor, beauty, new meaning and purpose to these remnants of another era.Meet these time traveling visionaries at an artists’ reception on Friday, April 7th, from 5pm – 7pm at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel. The event is free and open to the public.
“Lost and Found” will run through May 6th, and can be seen during gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:00 pm or by appointment. The Cherry Center is located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel.
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Curator’s Statement:
A chance encounter last summer led Ellen and me into a walk-in cabinet of curiosities housed in a barn. It was filled from floor to ceiling with a cornucopia of piano parts, pipe organ pipes, violins, brass instruments, toys, rivets, bones, eggbeaters, vintage radios, antique electronics, masks, mannequins and much, much more, all neatly organized in bins and boxes on shelves and hanging from hooks on walls. On the floor, there were several workbenches with tools of the trade and just as many worktables, each with multiple sculptures in the process of becoming.
The art barn, home, horse ranch and surrounding folk art follies are the playground of Spencer Brewer and Esther Siegel, a couple of happily working, multi-hyphenate artists, who also (not coincidentally) produced and edited a newly released book, called “Lost and Found: Assemblage Artists of Northern California.”
I was so inspired by Spencer, Esther and the remarkable group of artists featured in their book, I asked Robert Reese if we could bring them to the Cherry, together with three of the most celebrated assemblage artists from the Monterey Peninsula.
The book, “Lost and Found: Assemblage Artists of Northern California,” will be available for purchase in the gallery. Link to the book and artists: https://lostandfound.art/
– Jim Dultz
Pictured: Robert Armstong

The Artists and their Statements:
Robert Armstrong (Carmel Valley) “My intention is to keep the work process and the materials simple, direct, and obvious so that ideas, energies, forms, and associations are exposed, stirred, shifted, and scrambled with a playful approach and a discursive edge.”
Spencer Brewer: (Redwood Valley) “Analogue relics from the 19th century were once envisioned and manufactured to last lifetimes, all made from the finest materials available. Utilizing these materials, I create sculptures that hopefully inspire viewers to think outside the box in their own creative worlds.”
Dianne Hoﬀman: (San Francisco) “I have a tendency to personify inanimate objects and feel genuine compassion for those that are damaged or discarded. I see potential in broken bits and find beauty in rust and erosion. The older an object, the more haunting and alluring its ghost.”
Sean O’Donnell: (San Francisco) “I have always been a tinkerer. My generation of boys grew up building tree forts, customizing our bicycles and demonstrating complete disregard for the assembly instructions needlessly included in our model car kits. My creative process is more about the tunnel than the light at the end of it.”
Monty Monty: (Graton) “I am fascinated with the earliest modes of transportation, gadgetry in all forms and just about everything else from the turn of the century. I admire antiques and things with age on them. These show up in my art, which I refer to as “Vintage Collectible Sculpture and Assemblage.”
Ray Magsalay: (Pacific Grove) “I spent much of my childhood alone, developing a strong connection to fantasy and magic. This shows up in the art I create. All time spent making art guarantees a feeling of peace within me, so I continue to make it.”
Nancy Sevier: (Salinas) “I bring together abandoned parts. Even in their brokenness, these objects hold meaning and conjure a desire for wholeness and harmony. I’m interested in exploring the object and its embedded cultural memory.”
Esther Siegel: (Redwood Valley) “Once I discovered I could “draw and paint” with objects, I was hooked. Just as I have always enjoyed putting together ingredients in the kitchen to bake and cook, I love the alchemy of creating interesting combinations of objects in the studio for their new and ‘perfect home.’”

The Dick Whittington Trio - Jazz at The Cherry
2023-03-26
Jazz at The Cherry proudly welcomes back to our stage nationally known pianist, Dick Whittington. Joining Dick will be virtuoso drummer, Akira Tana, and jazz bassist, Dan Robbins.
You won’t want to miss this exciting afternoon of straight-ahead jazz featuring the compositions of John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Dizzy Gillespie and John Lewis, as well as standards by Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin. Sunday, March 26th at 2:00. Doors open at 1:30 for a reception featuring wine and light fare (included in the ticket price). Tickets are $35, purchased on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.
About the Trio:
Dick Whittington grew up in Los Angeles, and while earning a degree in elementary education at Cal State Northridge, he was working gigs with Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Criss, Barney Kessel, Charles Lloyd, Charlie Hayden, Scott Lafaro, Gary Peacock, and Billy Higgins. Dick later went on to accompany vocalists Anita O’Day, Ernestine Anderson, Dinah Washington, and Mel Torme. Over the last five decades he has performed with many jazz greats including Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, James Moody, Lee Konitz, Art Pepper, Eddie Harris, and Chet Baker.
Akira Tana, an SF Bay Area native, earned degrees from Harvard University and the New England Conservatory of Music. Tana has worked with innumerable jazz giants including Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims, Hubert Laws, Milt Jackson, Jim Hall and Art Farmer. An active teacher and clinician, he has taught at Rutgers University, Queens College, Jersey City State College and New York University. He is also currently on the faculty at San Francisco State University and the California Jazz Conservatory.
Dan Robbins, who is among the West Coast’s most in-demand bassists, is known for his driving, creative, harmonically and melodically rich background and lead parts on bass. He has performed with numerous jazz stars such as Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Benny Green, Regina Carter, Lewis Nash, John Clayton, Bruce Forman, and many other West Coast jazz luminaries. Dan teaches at San Jose State University and Santa Clara University and is also involved as an educator with the Monterey Jazz Festival, Cabrillo Jazz Festival and the San Jose Jazz Society.

Animated Art: A Joan Gratz Retrospective
2023-03-25
Animated Art: A Joan Gratz Retrospective
Saturday, March 25@3pm

For those of you who missed “Animated Art: An Afternoon with Joan Gratz,” we have added an encore screening of the entire program without Joan in attendance. This is your last chance to see the work one of America’s greatest animators.
Academy Award-winning director and animator Joan Gratz pioneered the art of “Claypainting” and has continued to be a favorite at ﬁlm festivals world-wide. The 60 minute presentation will include eight of her most loved animated short films, selected from over the past 30 years and including the World Premiere of her just completed film “The Battle for Swan Lake” (with cats!).
Her films range in content through painterly expressions of poetry, improvised abstraction and animated social documentary, with her clever wit and humor always close at hand. Working directly before the camera, she applies bits of clay, blends colors and etches fine lines to create a seamless ﬂow of images, that are, in turns, both lyrical and surprising.
Please join us for a World Premiere of her newest film and retrospective of her remarkable work.
Tickets are $15 available on Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491.

Watch video film trailer: https://vimeo.com/789873987

This program has been generously sponsored by Hofsas House Hotel in Carmel by the Sea hofsashouse.com and by Designer Wallcoverings designerwallcoverings.com

Films in Order of Presentation

Mona Lisa Descending the Staircase: An animated history of 20th century painting. Academy Award
for best animated short film. 1992 – 7 min.

Kubla Khan: An animated painting based on Samuel Taylor Coleridges’ poem. 2011 – 3 min. 42 sec.

Lost and Found: Life’s passages are evoked in metamorphosing clay images. 2012 – 3 min. 35 sec.

Pro and Con: An animated documentary about life in prison from the point of view of a corrections
officer and an inmate.1992 – 8 min.

Second Coming: An animated film based on a poem by William Butler Yeats. 2017 – 2 min 20 sec.

One Minute Memoir: A Gratzfilm compilation of 10 very short films by contemporary animators including
Bill Plympton and Chris Hinton 2019 – 16 min 30 sec.

No Leaders Please: An animated film based on a poem by Charles Bukowski. 2021 – 2 min 19sec.

The Battle for Swan Lake: A World Premiere! 2023 – 3 min.

Joan Gratz Biography
Joan Gratz

While an architecture student at the University of Oregon in the late 1960’s, Joan began experimenting with the idea of animation by capturing her painting process on film and then projecting the results, “making her paintings appear to breath.”

In 1979, on the recommendation from two of Joan’s architecture school friends who were working at the animation start-up, “Will Vinton Studios”, Joan was hired to join the team and play a large part in the successes that followed.

It was here that she adapted her animated painting to the “Claypainting” process for which she is now known. While there, her work included design and animation for the Academy Award nominees, “Return to Oz”, “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Creation” (which landed her a United Airlines television commercial, with more to follow.)

By 1987, Joan started her own company, “Gratzﬁlm”. Here she could focus on projects and collaborations of her own making, while also freelancing with Will Vinton when the timing worked for her.

In 1992, Joan found herself on stage accepting the Oscar for the Best Animated Short, “Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase,” a 7 minute ﬁlm chronicling the history of 20th century art. Joan had spent 5 years (while working on other projects) to fully develop the idea for this ﬁlm and collect the perfect 55 images to eventually blend seamlessly together. And then she spent another two years dedicated to painting it all by hand, in clay, one frame at a time.

Multi-award winning director of short animated films and commercials, Joan has traveled along with her films to Russia, Iran, Croatia, France, China, Hungary, Romania, Brazil, Korea, Turkey, Bosnia, Canada, Poland, throughout the U.S. and now to Carmel by the Sea!

For more information about Joan, please visit her website at www.joangratz.com

An Irish Evening of Story and Song
2023-03-16 19:00 - 20:30
EVENT SOLD OUT
Join us for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration of luck, life and laughter featuring a meascán mearaí de stileanna (mishmash) of live music and Irish folklore.
Presented by the Eulalia Theater Company (Derek Bodkin, Brittney Buffo, Michael Lojkovic, Laura Burian, Anne Mitchell).
Thursday, March 16th at 7:00PM. Tickets are $20 general admission, purchased online through eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.
Net proceeds to benefit Gathering for Women, Monterey.
Photo: Kinvarra, Dungory West – Karl Ogden

Encounter Intuitive
2023-03-10 19:30 - 2023-03-25 20:00
Dates Added!

Encounter Intuitive is a multimedia production built around the art and philosophies of neurodivergent and outsider artists. Through an absurdist narrative of space traveling missionaries exploring “The Fringe” of their solar system, Janice Rocke, Rocket Garcia and award winning poet, Aideed Medina have woven together a series of scenes that parallel the colonization of art with the historical colonization of Indigenous lands.
Each planet the missionaries visit is represented by one of eight profiled artists. Using video projections, the landscapes of the planets resemble the artists’ work. The culture is reminiscent of the artists’ creative philosophies and social concerns. The deities of the planets are the artists themselves.
The absurdists narrative of the colonizers is contrasted by scenes written from the POV of the “indigenous” communities of the planets. These scenes are tonally more serious and focus on issues of institutionalization, homelessness, othering of LBGTQIA+ and BIPOC people, and obstacles particular to neurodivergent artists. The storylines reflect how art provided these artists with succor and even processes of recovery.
A third aspect of the show is visually dynamic dance performances choreographed by Deanna Ross and performed by Carri Rochelle, Jennah Montemayor, Cody Moore and Fred Bologna (who will all also be acting). Other local talents include Sean Aten, Joe Nance, Eboni Harris and Mya Shiloh.
Friday, March 17th and Saturday, March 18th performances at 7:30 pm, Sunday, March 19th at 3pm.
New dates added: Friday, March 24th at 7:30pm, Saturday, March 25th at 8:00pm.
$22 at the door or through Eventbrite.com.

2023 Thinking Out Loud Regional Art Competition
2023-03-04 - 2023-03-25
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is proud to announce Thinking Out Loud 2023, a regional art competition that challenges high school students to create works inspired by their lives. Each year, students from across Monterey County are invited to display their artwork across a wide range of media for exhibition in our gallery.
Thinking Out Loud 2023 will open with a reception for the student artists on Saturday, March 4th from 2:00 – 4:00PM. The event is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment.

Established in 1948, the mission of the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is to enhance the quality and diversity of artistic, educational and cultural programs in Monterey County by encouraging public programs and interactions between artists and the community.
Thinking Out Loud is made possible, in part, through a grant from the Arts Council for Monterey County, and funds from the Hazen Family Foundation, Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary, Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation, and the Yellow Brick Road Benefit Store.
Pictured: “Música” – Francesca Postigo, Santa Catalina School
Winner of 2022 Thinking Out Loud Regional Art Competition

Animated Art: An Afternoon With Joan Gratz
2023-02-25 15:00 - 2023-02-26 15:00
Animated Art: An Afternoon with Joan Gratz
Sat. February 25@3pm, Sun. February 26@3 pm
SOLD OUT
Academy Award winning director and animator, Joan Gratz, a pioneer in “Claypainting” and a favorite at ﬁlm festivals world-wide, will be joining us at the Carl Cherry Center for two very special afternoon screenings of her highly original, animated short ﬁlms, selected from over the past 30 years and including the World Premiere of her just completed film “The Battle for Swan Lake” (with cats!).

Her films range in content through painterly expressions of poetry, improvised abstraction and animated social documentary, with her clever wit and humor always close at hand. Working directly before the camera, she applies bits of clay, blends colors and etches ﬁne lines to create a seamless ﬂow of images, that are, in turns, both lyrical and surprising.

The 70 minute program will include screenings of eight of her ﬁlms from 1992 to 2023, two of these in collaboration with other artists. A question and answer with Joan will follow the screening.Please join us, and Joan, for a World Premiere of her newest film and retrospective of her remarkable work.

Watch video film trailer: https://vimeo.com/789873987

Tickets are $15 available on Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491.

This program has been generously sponsored by Hofsas House Hotel in Carmel by the Sea hofsashouse.com and by Designer Wallcoverings designerwallcoverings.com

Films in Order of Presentation

Mona Lisa Descending the Staircase: An animated history of 20th century painting. Academy Award
for best animated short film. 1992 – 7 min.

Kubla Khan: An animated painting based on Samuel Taylor Coleridges’ poem. 2011 – 3 min. 42 sec.

Lost and Found: Life’s passages are evoked in metamorphosing clay images. 2012 – 3 min. 35 sec.

Pro and Con: An animated documentary about life in prison from the point of view of a corrections
officer and an inmate.1992 – 8 min.

Second Coming: An animated film based on a poem by William Butler Yeats. 2017 – 2 min 20 sec.

One Minute Memoir: A Gratzfilm compilation of 10 very short films by contemporary animators including
Bill Plympton and Chris Hinton 2019 – 16 min 30 sec.

No Leaders Please: An animated film based on a poem by Charles Bukowski. 2021 – 2 min 19sec.

The Battle for Swan Lake: A World Premiere! 2023 – 3 min.

Joan Gratz Biography
Joan Gratz

While an architecture student at the University of Oregon in the late 1960’s, Joan began experimenting with the idea of animation by capturing her painting process on film and then projecting the results, “making her paintings appear to breath.”

In 1979, on the recommendation from two of Joan’s architecture school friends who were working at the animation start-up, “Will Vinton Studios”, Joan was hired to join the team and play a large part in the successes that followed.

It was here that she adapted her animated painting to the “Claypainting” process for which she is now known. While there, her work included design and animation for the Academy Award nominees, “Return to Oz”, “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Creation” (which landed her a United Airlines television commercial, with more to follow.)

By 1987, Joan started her own company, “Gratzﬁlm”. Here she could focus on projects and collaborations of her own making, while also freelancing with Will Vinton when the timing worked for her.

In 1992, Joan found herself on stage accepting the Oscar for the Best Animated Short, “Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase,” a 7 minute ﬁlm chronicling the history of 20th century art. Joan had spent 5 years (while working on other projects) to fully develop the idea for this ﬁlm and collect the perfect 55 images to eventually blend seamlessly together. And then she spent another two years dedicated to painting it all by hand, in clay, one frame at a time.

Multi-award winning director of short animated films and commercials, Joan has traveled along with her films to Russia, Iran, Croatia, France, China, Hungary, Romania, Brazil, Korea, Turkey, Bosnia, Canada, Poland, throughout the U.S. and now to Carmel by the Sea!

For more information about Joan, please visit her website at www.joangratz.com

Monterey Comedy Improv
2023-01-21 19:00 - 20:30
Monterey Comedy Improv is back! The premier improv comedy troupe on the peninsula return to The Cherry on Saturday, January 21st, at 7:00pm.
Similar to “Whose Line is it Anyway,” Monterey Comedy Improv takes audience suggestions or volunteers and instantly creates hilarious scenes right on the spot. Join us for a night of fun and laughs! For audiences 16+
Tickets are $20, available on Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491.

Square the Circle
2023-01-13 - 2023-02-18
Closing Reception: Saturday, February 18th from 3:00 – 5:00p.m.
Square the Circle, an exhibit investigating geometric forms in art and photography, opens Friday, January 13th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. A closing reception for the artists will be held Saturday, February 18th from 3 to 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Curated by Martha Manson, the exhibition includes recent works by Kimm Barnes, Lucas Blok, Mary Buskirk, Annette Corcoran, Ed Corpus, Rick Deragon, Ellen Gust, Mary Hill, Don Hughes, Andrea Johnson, David Ligare, Richard Mayer, Karen Nagano, Joe Aki Ouye, Marcia Perry, Charles Strong , Jerry Takigawa, Pamela Takigawa, Sam Tchakalian, Nina Temple, Amy Thornberry, Irene Tuttle, Jan Wagstaff, Karen Warwick, Chris Winfield, and Robin Winfield.
“The idea of squaring the circle originated, apparently, in Euclidean geometry. It’s a math puzzle, and was also used to symbolize alchemy. It’s also used as a metaphor to indicate attempting an impossible task, and philosophically to see equally in four directions. As a phrase, it covers all the bases,” says Ms. Manson. “Some of the artists here refer directly to geometry in their imagery. Some do not. Regardless, the underlying geometric structure is there. Sculpture seems naturally to make geometric forms visible, sometimes, at least,” she says.
Organized to examine various styles and themes in art and geometry, the exhibit explores the relationship between abstraction and form, the effects of photography on landscapes, and the consideration of materiality in both mediums. The exhibit reflects the complex and ambiguous relationship between humans and math.
Square the Circle can be seen Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment through February 18nd, 2023.
VISIT ONLINE EXHIBIT
Pictured: “Tomb of Archimedes” – David Ligare

The Cherry Trio
2023-01-01 15:00 - 16:30
The Cherry Trio (Elizabeth Gaver – baroque violin, Penny Hanna – viola da gamba, Michael Peterson – harpsichord) return to The Cherry for their annual New Year’s performance on Sunday, January 1st at 3:00pm. The trio, along with guest violinist David Wilson, will perform music from the seventeenth century: trio sonatas by Purcell, Rosenmüller and Muffat; a Marais suite for viola da gamba; and a harpsichord solo by Fischer.
The French, Italian, German, and English styles of this period stand in contrast to one another, but are also sometimes combined. Typical for the early Baroque period, these works express a wide range of “affects” or emotions – the melancholy adagio, stately allemande, exuberant passacaglia and much more!
Tickets are $25, available on eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.

Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts Monterey County High School Poetry Awards Ceremony
2023-01-01 - 2023-04-15

The Ins and Outs of Fingers, Spoons and an Open Marriage
2022-12-17 19:00 - 20:30
The Ins and Outs of Fingers, Spoons and an Open Marriage, a play written and performed by Pascale-Roger-McKeever and directed by Austin Pendleton, will be held Saturday, December 17th, at 7:00pm. Door will open at 6:30PM for a reception featuring wine and light fare (included in the ticket price).
About the Play:
A suburban mom accepts her husband’s invitation to open marriage and proceeds with a singleness of purpose no one saw coming. The Ins and Outs acknowledges and embraces the acute discomfort of living out our inescapable sexuality. A funny and shameless exploration of shame itself that for good measure upends accepted notions about healing and self-realization along the way.
Ins and Outs is produced by Robert Chestnut in collaboration with the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. Warning: explicit language and adult subject matter not suitable for children under 18. Tickets are $50, available on Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491.
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Reviews:
From Michael Billington, theatre critic, The Guardian: “A remarkable journey into the interior of a woman experiencing what Shakespeare called ‘the very wrath of love’… brilliantly performed and written with gut-wrenching honesty by Pascale Roger-McKeever.”
From Elissa Barnard, NS Review: “Roger-McKeever strips away all the bells and whistles of theatre and conventional ideas about mothers and sexuality for an amazing, unflinching look at a woman’s life […] and delivers a spellbinding performance as she weaves in and out of past and present, quiet and loud, motherly and sexual, sarcastic and ribald, sad and playful.”
Megan Grabowski, Pittsburgh Review. “McKeever is brilliant in her delivery of Mom. She is ecstatic, sad, scared, insightful, and all that makes up a woman. And truth be told (finally), moms know there is nothing else like motherhood to strip a female of her identity.”

SOLD OUT - The Cherry Screening Room: Award-winning Animated Shorts
2022-12-17 15:00 - 16:30
Due to overwhelming demand, we have added a THIRD performance of “Award-winning Animated Shorts” to allow more people to experience this wonderful program.
Can a fully realized story be told that is both hilarious and heart-warming, innovative yet simple, as witty as it is wise, in only five minutes, without words? The answer is a resounding YES!
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is proud to present the third showing of a new monthly series of unique screen treasures on Saturday, December 17th, at 3PM with a program of rarely seen, award-winning animated shorts from the National Film Board of Canada. Eight films will be shown in this first program, ranging in length from 5 to 15 minutes each, which illustrate a variety of animation styles, uniquely personal voices and clever low-tech approaches that can usually be found only by attending prestigious film festivals.
Watch video clips of award-winning films here.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a leader in exploring animation as an art form, a storytelling medium and innovative content for emerging platforms. It produces trailblazing animated works both in its Montreal studios and across the country, and it works with many of the world’s leading creators on international co-productions.
The length of this program is 85 minutes.There is no charge for admission to this event, but donations to the Cherry are always appreciated. Please make reservations through Eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491, as tickets are going quickly.
Prepare to arrive 10 minutes early to the screening, to enjoy free refreshments and admire the gallery art. Masks are encouraged and welcomed while in the theater. The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is located on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Guadalupe Street. The main entrance is on Fourth Street.
The films for this series have been chosen and arranged by Ellen Osborne and Jim Dultz, who have each had long and successful careers in the film industry. Future “Cherry Screening Room Presents:” programs will include narrative shorts, features, documentaries, puppet films, films about artists and musicians, vintage television specials and other rarities. We have also approached animators, directors and puppeteers to come to talk about their work. Check back to www.carlcherrycenter.org for the latest updates.
Here are the films in order of appearance:

“The Great Malaise” – Catherine Lepage (2019) 5 min. Hand-drawn animation, computer animation, camera animation Staff Pick at the National Film Board of Canada
“Animal Behavior” – Alison Snowden & David Fine (2018) 14 min. Digital Hand-drawn 2D animation – Nominated for Academy Award Winner of Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film
“Subconscious Password” – Chris Landreth (2013) 11 min. Computer animation, live action, pixelation Awarded Best Short Film at the Annecy International Film Festival
“Carface” – Claude Cloutier (2015) 4 min. Hand-drawn 2D animation (brush and India ink on paper) Digitally colored Winner of Quebec Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film
“The Head Vanishes” – Franck Dion (2016) 9 min. Hand drawn 2D animation Awarded the Annecy Crystal for Best Short Film.
“Wild Life” – Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (2011) 14 minutes. Hand drawn and hand painted (with gouche) 2D animation Nominated for Academy Award and Annecy Crystal Award
“Every Child” – Eugene Fedorenko (1979) 6 min. Traditional hand drawn 2D animation.Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

SOLD OUT Along Came Betty - Jazz at The Cherry
2022-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
Jazz At The Cherry is proud to present Along Came Betty for another round of what has become a traditional JATC December treat.
Spark up your holiday spirit by joining us for some of the best bebob and straight-ahead jazz on the West Coast. Along Came Betty will delight you with their rich harmonized sax and trumpet, backed by the classic piano, bass and drums rhythm section.
This group of highly talented musicians (Biff Smith, piano; Brian Stock, trumpet and flugelhorn; Paul Tarantino, saxophone; Steve Uccello, bass; Patrick Tregenza, drums) has 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.
Please join us on Sunday, December 11th, for some great music, wine, and light fare–all included in the ticket price. Doors open at 1:00pm; performance begins at 2:00pm. Tickets are $25, available online at eventbrite.com or by calling (831) 624-7491.

Make Merry at The Cherry
2022-12-09 16:00 - 2022-12-17 16:00
Following our holiday open house on December 9th, remaining artwork is available for purchase through December 17th during gallery hours: Wednesday through Saturday 12-4pm.
Visit Make Merry at The Cherry online here.
Pictured: Wine Wheelbarrow – Jan Wurm

SOLD OUT The Cherry Screening Room: Award-Winning Animated Shorts
2022-11-19 15:00 - 16:30
Can a fully realized story be told that is both hilarious and heart-warming, innovative yet simple, as witty as it is wise, in only five minutes, without words? The answer is a resounding YES!
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is proud to present a new monthly series of unique screen treasures on Saturday, November 19th at 3PM, with a program of rarely seen, award winning, animated shorts from the National Film Board of Canada. Nine films will be shown in this first program, ranging in length from 5 to 15 minutes each, which illustrate a variety of animation styles, uniquely personal voices and clever low-tech approaches that can usually be found only by attending prestigious film festivals.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a leader in exploring animation as an art form, a storytelling medium and innovative content for emerging platforms. It produces trailblazing animated works both in its Montreal studios and across the country, and it works with many of the world’s leading creators on international co-productions.
The length of this program is 96 minutes.There is no charge for admission to this event, but donations to the Cherry are always appreciated. Please make reservations through Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491, as tickets are going quickly.
Prepare to arrive 10 minutes early to the screening, as popcorn and refreshments will be available to purchase. Masks are encouraged and welcomed while in the theater. The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is located on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Guadalupe Street. The main entrance is on Fourth Street.

The films for this series have been chosen and arranged by Ellen Osborne and Jim Dultz, who have each had long and successful careers in the film industry. Future “Cherry Screening Room Presents:” programs will include narrative shorts, features, documentaries, puppet films, films about artists and musicians, vintage television specials and other rarities. We have also approached animators, directors and puppeteers to come to talk about their work. Check back to www.carlcherrycenter.org for the latest updates.
Here are the films in order of appearance:
1. “The Great Malaise” – Catherine Lepage (2019) 5 min. Hand-drawn animation, computer animation, camera animation Staff Pick at the National Film Board of Canada
2. “Animal Behavior” – Alison Snowden & David Fine (2018) 14 min. Digital Hand-drawn 2D animation – Nominated for Academy Award Winner of Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film
3. “Subconscious Password” – Chris Landreth (2013) 11 min. Computer animation, live action, pixelation Awarded Best Short Film at the Annecy International Film Festival
4. “Carface” – Claude Cloutier (2015) 4 min. Hand-drawn 2D animation (brush and India ink on paper) Digitally colored Winner of Quebec Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film
5. “The Head Vanishes” – Franck Dion (2016) 9 min. Hand drawn 2D animation Awarded the Annecy Crystal for Best Short Film.
l8. “Every Child” – Eugene Fedorenko (1979) 6 min. Traditional hand drawn 2D animation.Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
6. “I Barnabe” – Jean-François Lévesque (2020) 15 min. Stop-motion animation, puppets, traditional 2D animation Nominated for Best Animated Short at the Quebec Screen Awards
7 “Wild Life” – Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (2011) 14 minutes. Hand drawn and hand painted (with gouche) 2D animation Nominated for Academy Award and Annecy Crystal Award
9. “The Danish Poet” – Torill Kove (2006) 15 min. Traditional hand drawn 2D animation (digitally colored) Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

SOLD OUT The Cherry Screening Room: Award-Winning Animated Shorts
2022-11-17 16:00 - 17:30
Due to overwhelming demand (our original screening on Nov.19th sold out within a week solely through word of mouth) we have added another, earlier date, to accommodate everyone who wishes to attend.

Can a fully realized story be told that is both hilarious and heart-warming, innovative yet simple, as witty as it is wise, in only five minutes, without words? The answer is a resounding YES!
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is proud to present a new monthly series of unique screen treasures, beginning Thursday, November 17th at 4PM, with a program of rarely seen, award winning, animated shorts from the National Film Board of Canada. Nine films will be shown in this first program, ranging in length from 5 to 15 minutes each, which illustrate a variety of animation styles, uniquely personal voices and clever low-tech approaches that can usually be found only by attending prestigious film festivals.
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a leader in exploring animation as an art form, a storytelling medium and innovative content for emerging platforms. It produces trailblazing animated works both in its Montreal studios and across the country, and it works with many of the world’s leading creators on international co-productions.
The length of this program is 96 minutes.There is no charge for admission to this event, but donations to the Cherry are always appreciated. Please make reservations through Eventbrite or by calling (831) 624-7491, as tickets are going quickly.
Prepare to arrive 10 minutes early to the screening, as popcorn and refreshments will be available to purchase. Masks are encouraged and welcomed while in the theater. The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is located on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Guadalupe Street. The main entrance is on Fourth Street.

The films for this series have been chosen and arranged by Ellen Osborne and Jim Dultz, who have each had long and successful careers in the film industry. Future “Cherry Screening Room Presents:” programs will include narrative shorts, features, documentaries, puppet films, films about artists and musicians, vintage television specials and other rarities. We have also approached animators, directors and puppeteers to come to talk about their work. Check back to www.carlcherrycenter.org for the latest updates.
Here are the films in order of appearance:
1. “The Great Malaise” – Catherine Lepage (2019) 5 min. Hand-drawn animation, computer animation, camera animation Staff Pick at the National Film Board of Canada
2. “Animal Behavior” – Alison Snowden & David Fine (2018) 14 min. Digital Hand-drawn 2D animation – Nominated for Academy Award Winner of Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film
3. “Subconscious Password” – Chris Landreth (2013) 11 min. Computer animation, live action, pixelation Awarded Best Short Film at the Annecy International Film Festival
4. “Carface” – Claude Cloutier (2015) 4 min. Hand-drawn 2D animation (brush and India ink on paper) Digitally colored Winner of Quebec Screen Award for Best Animated Short Film
5. “The Head Vanishes” – Franck Dion (2016) 9 min. Hand drawn 2D animation Awarded the Annecy Crystal for Best Short Film.
l8. “Every Child” – Eugene Fedorenko (1979) 6 min. Traditional hand drawn 2D animation.Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
6. “I Barnabe” – Jean-François Lévesque (2020) 15 min. Stop-motion animation, puppets, traditional 2D animation Nominated for Best Animated Short at the Quebec Screen Awards
7 “Wild Life” – Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (2011) 14 minutes. Hand drawn and hand painted (with gouche) 2D animation Nominated for Academy Award and Annecy Crystal Award
9. “The Danish Poet” – Torill Kove (2006) 15 min. Traditional hand drawn 2D animation (digitally colored) Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Artista Invisibile
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-13
Eclectic Collective presents Artista Invisibile, A Multimedia Theatrical Experience spotlighting women artists of all genres from the mid-1900s to 2022.
Written by Janice Rocke, Rocket Garcia and award winning poet Aideed Medina. Featuring Eboni Harris, Carri Newhouse, Fred Bologna, Rachele Corvese, Joe Nance, and OoLa Habib Rahall. Video graphics by Janice Rocke. Lighting and additional video montages by Nelsen Basden.
Eclectic Collective weaves the work of different writers into a cohesive narrative that tells one larger nonlinear story.
This show features acting, dancing, stunning visual components and even a little singing. Artista Invisibile offers a surreal, comedic, dramatic and beautiful experience.
Tickets are $22 General Admission/$20 Military. Tickets available on Eventbrite or by calling (831) 521-0375. Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 13th. Fridays and Saturday performances start at 8:00pm, Sunday matinees at 3:00pm.
