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

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

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

Monterey Jazz Festival HS All Stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abalone! A comedy written by Bill Broder
2016-08-06 - 2016-08-07 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
In honor of Carmel’s Centenial
The Forest Theater Guild
The Carl Cherry Center
in association with the deFaria Company present
A staged reading directed by Maryann Rousseau.
Set in Carmel, California on the coast of the Pacific Ocean this historical fiction adult comedy is firmly based upon historical research. Although this presentation is the author’s creation, it is our hope that it will inspire you to do your own research on the characters Mary Austin, George Sterling and Ambrose Bierce, who did in fact meet in Carmel in early 1900’s.
Saturday, August 6th at 2pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, August 7th at 2pm
Tickets $10 before August 1 — $15 at the Door
For tickets — www.foresttheaterguild.org

Jeanne McCulloch as Mary Austin
Patrick McEvoy as George Sterline
Keith Decker at Ambrose Bierce

Douglas W. Milliken reading from "Cream River"
2016-08-05 19:00 - 21:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Pushcart Prize-winning author Douglas W. Milliken reads from his newest collection of short stories, Cream River (Pilot Editions). Cream River is described as “a series of eight subtly interconnected encounters with the fruitlessly stubborn and willfully blind.”
Douglas W. Milliken is the author of the novel To Sleep as Animals and several chapbooks, most recently the collection Cream River and the forthcoming pocket-sized edition One Thousand Owls Behind Your Chest. His stories have been honored by the Maine Literary Awards, the Pushcart Prize anthology, and Glimmer Train Stories, and have been published in Slice, McSweeney’s, the Collagist, and the Believer, among others.
www.douglaswmilliken.com.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com

Praise for Cream River
“I believe Doug Milliken has a firm grasp of life’s little traumas. He takes his chunk of loving meat and hangs it from a butcher’s hook on display for the world to read.”
—from the foreword by Ben Trickey, singer/songwriter
“I loved every story, every word.”
—Erin Sprinkle, singer/songwriter
Praise for To Sleep as Animals
“[…] it is impossible not to be the weird kid in Milliken’s Reno. To Sleep as Animals is a mystery about characters succumbing to their spaces, how such a rugged landscape sustains so many strange and dangerous lives.”
—The Collagist
“A disturbance of a very specific flavor […] Milliken’s writing is urgent yet finely considered—a literate pleasure.”
—Carl Skoggard, translator of Walter Benjamin’s Berlin Childhood circa 1900.
“A distinctive and often vertiginously frightening psychological landscape […] bracingly disturbing.”
—Megan Grumbling, author of Persephone in the Late Anthropocene.
Praise for Brand New Moon
“These stories […] glow with some sort of holy light, as if every moment were magic, like footage of your family picnic on super 8.”
—The Portland Phoenix
“Seriously the funniest thing I have ever read. I was laughing so much that [my wife] yelled at me. Probably because she was sleeping. And it was 2 AM.”
—Derek Kimball, Last House Productions

The Collection: A Play Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Peggy Guggenheim
2016-07-30 19:30 - 2016-07-31 19:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
THE COLLECTION, a theatrical collage of fictionalized vignettes celebrating the life and legacy of Peggy Guggenheim, will be presented July 30th and 31st in Cherry Hall. Shows are at 7:30pm
Written and directed by Al Schnupp, THE COLLECTION presents thirty-four brief, significant incidents in the life of Peggy Guggenheim, the renowned collector of modern art. Ms. Guggenheim was married several times, became friends with a vast assortment of American and European writers and painters, bankrolled Emma Goldman so the activist could write her memoirs, had an affair with Samuel Beckett, trafficked her art to America in the midst of World War II, introduced Jackson Pollock to the American art scene, established galleries in London and New York City and had a tumultuous relationship with her children. Each episode is paired with a work of art from her collection. The artworks are transformational, interactive, and complement the story.
While the scenes are sequential, the images are part of a dreamscape, where time and memory are free-flowing, without direction. Generally, the pairing of images with dialogue is symbolic, metaphorical. Included with the images are design and directorial solutions that enable the artwork to be transformed within each scene. THE COLLECTION is performed by four actors. (831) 624-7491.
Tickets are $20 can be purchased through Brownpapertickets.com.

The Mudville Nine: Tales from the Diamond
2016-07-22 - 2016-07-24 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
What happens when a Cub’s fan and a Giant’s fan get together and discuss their love of baseball?
An original evening of story and song featuring the Peninsula’s actor/songwriter Michael Lojkovic and Los Angeles’ renowned poet/performer Milo Martin (returning to his Carmel roots). With featured music recorded by The Chicago Els, Lisa Goettel and Bill Minor.
Four performances only!
Friday, July 22 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, July 23 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
Sunday, July 24 @ 2pm
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com
Info 831-624-7491

From the Vault: Forest Theater Poster Art
2016-07-15 - 2016-08-26 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Opening Reception: Friday, July 15th from 5pm – 7pm.
From the Vault: Forest Theater Poster Art, a rich and prominent collection of original Forest Theater poster art, opens Friday, July 15th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Part of Carmel’s Centennial, the exhibit is drawn from the Pacific Repertory Theatre’s poster collection and will included a selection of posters—some of which can be purchased, with proceeds benefiting Pacific Repertory Theatre and the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.

The posters are from approximately two dozen theater productions created by a range of illustrators from 1910 through the 1950’s. One of the favorite forms of entertainment in early years of Carmel was the theater arts, whose epicenter was the Forest Theater. The collection features posters from a wide range of plays, including Robinson Jeffers’ Tower Beyond Tragedy starring Dame Judith Anderson, to The First Poet by Jack London, and Fire by Mary Austin, among others. Together, the posters offer a window into Carmel’s vibrant theater scene and its leading actors and actress of the era.
Actor/director Herbert Heron is commonly called the founder of the Forest Theater and poet/novelist Mary Austin recognized as the muse behind the theater. As first envisioned, original works by California authors, children’s theatre, and the plays of Shakespeare were the primary focus. Since its inception, a variety of artists and theatre groups have presented plays, pageants, musical offerings and other performances on the outdoor stage, and the facility’s smaller indoor theatre and school.
“Heron was a known bibliophile – saving posters, programs, scripts and memorabilia from Carmel’s cultural history. When he passed away, he left much of his collection to his daughter, Constance, who kept it packed away in their home in Carmel Valley,” writes Stephen Moore, Founder and Executive Director of Pacific Repertory Theatre.
Acquired by Pac Rep prior to her death in 1990 and exhibited in depth for the first time, the programs remain in pristine condition. Pacific Repertory Theatre, whose annual festival of the same name, continues to 116-year tradition of presenting Shakesperare, Children’s Theater and contemporary plays.
The exhibit can be seen Monday through Friday from 11 to 4 p.m. or by appointment, through August 26th.

Dream Butchers: The World of Reinaldo Garcia
2016-07-08 19:30 - 2016-07-10 14:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
DREAM BUTCHERS: The World of Reinaldo Garcia, three evocative one-act plays by Reinaldo Garcia, will be presented July 8, 9th and 10th at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m., Sunday.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through Brownpapertickets.
Information: (831) 624-7491

LOW & INSIDE: Up-and-coming Los Angeles actor Mikandrew Perdaris portrays a baseball umpire on the worst day of his life as he vents his rage to a sports bartender.
HUNGER: On a Sierra Nevada cliff edge, a sheep and a wolf have a life-and-death encounter. This award-winning 1981 comedy receives a new production, with Jason Roeder as Loopy the Wolf and Mindy Whitfield as Harriet the Sheep.

LET ME LOOK AT YOU: Veteran Western Stage actor Jeffrey Heyer recounts the list of crimes committed by a married, middle-aged stalker who pursued a Pacific Grove actress. Jeffrey first starred in this piece in a 2009 staged reading at Monterey Peninsula College.

The Mirth-O-Matics
2016-06-25 07:30 - 21:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Mirth-O-Matics, Monterey County’s stellar improvisational comedy troupe, returns to the Carl Cherry Center Saturday, June 25th at 7:30 p.m
A Mirth-O-Matics evening of theater games features a company of actors, a bare stage and a lot of ideas whose outlines are about as fixed as liquid mercury. Sometimes it starts with an unlikely combination of characters placed in equally improbable situations: Whoopie cushions, politicians, bagel salesmen and roller derbies can all find their way into a Mirth-O-Matics’ skit. Other skits are prompted by the audience, who are encouraged to suggest scenes.

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

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

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

Jazz at the Cherry with the Dick Whittington Trio
2016-06-24 17:00 - 19:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Carl Cherry Center is pleased to announce the next event in our Jazz at the Cherry series – The Dick Whittington Trio featuring Kanao Mendenhall with drummer Vince Lateano.
Savory fare, champagne, wine — all included in the price of a $25 ticket.
Pianist, Dick Whittington, a long-time Big Sur resident, made his first major contribution to the Bay Area jazz scene in the late 1960s. He has worked with several generations of musical visionaries on the art of improvisation including Peter Apfelbaum, Rodney Franklin, Steven Bernstein, Jessica Jones, Joshua Redman and Benny Green.
Featured bassist, Kanoa Mendenhall, was born in Yokohama, Japan and raised in Monterey. She began playing jazz and classical cello at age ten, transitioning to the upright bass at age twelve. By age thirteen, she was recording and performing regularly in the Monterey and San Francisco Bay areas. A former member of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, Kanoa has just finished her first year at Columbia University in New York and is enrolled in the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange where she studies with Ben Wolfe.
Rounding out the trio will be drummer Vince Lateano. Vince has toured with numerous great jazz musicians over the years including Cal Tjader, Woody Herman, Vince Guaraldi and Stan Getz. He also teaches percussion at the Monterey Jazz Festival’s summer jazz education program.
Savory fare, champagne, wine — all included in the price of a ticket.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com
Kanoa Mendenhall, featured bassist

Reading - Celebrating the Art of Getting Dressed
2016-06-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Words Dressed & Undressed: Writing About Women & Clothing
Local author, poet, and playwright, Patrice Vecchione will present a multi-media production on the subject of women and clothing. She believes that getting dressed in the morning is the best armor against almost whatever the world may throw at a person. If you feel good about how you look when you walk out the door, you’re more likely to make it through the day smiling. That may mean nothing more than a pair of jeans and bright red lipstick or it may require a little more ingenuity—a Oaxacan huipil, purple stockings, and cowboy boots. Patrice has been enamored by attire and bucking against convention ever since resisting the boring Catholic School girl uniform she had to don during her formative years. She’ll present an evening of work to delight, surprise, and make you want to get dressed up the next morning, even if just for the office.
Patrice Vecchione is the editor of many poetry anthologies, the author of two collections of poems and two nonfiction books, most recently, Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life (Simon & Schuster). She teaches creative writing, poetry and collage to adults and children. More at www.patricevecchione.com.
Tickets $15 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com

Love, Loss and What I Wore - Art Exhibit
2016-05-20 - 2016-06-26 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
To accompany the play, LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, the Cherry Center is launching an exhibit of local fashion-related artwork that examines the make-or-break challenges associated with getting dressed. Curated by Peter Hiller, the local artists include I.B. Bayo, Rachel Clark, Sarah Loveland, Heather Suzanne, Dawn O’Regan and the students of Sally Russell. The exhibit will be displayed from May 20th through June 26th.

Every item in a woman’s closet holds a memory. Some are sweet, some are funny, and some are oh, so sad. Written by Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman, and directed by Michael Bond, LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE is a sweet and saucy collection of life-changing stories triggered by memories of specific accessories or articles of clothing.
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts and Off the Rack Production are pleased to announce the revival of LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, a play about the challenges of the heart–and the closet. The play opens Friday, May 20th and continues through June 12th.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 831-624-7491
June 2nd at 7:30 pm Words Dressed & Undressed:
Writing About Women & Clothing — Reading with Patrice Vecchione.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com

Outfitting Dreams and Dressing Our Wounds
We knew before we could explain it, and we knew it needed no explanation – it was right there for everyone to see: the dress was magical. Our mother slipped into the dress – not the plaid cotton shirtwaist or striped shift or corduroy jumper – it was that soft black chiffon, that shimmering black taffeta, that mesmerizing black lace — and suddenly, magically, domestic wrangler Mom was transformed into the alluring woman over whom Daddy was bent, fastening her necklace with his lips at her ear.
We knew the magic would work for us, too. Oh, we might have to wait till we were twelve or thirteen, we already knew the rings and wristbands and jeans jacket kept his eyes tracking us in school. And by fifteen we knew the great T shirt and the right jeans and must-have-these-boots-in-California-summers were what made us shine, what would prove, without fail, completely enchanting.
Of course we helped, gave just a boost to that little dress with spaghetti straps: we wore just the right heels, added just the most diaphanous scarf, carried just the tiniest of bags. And naturally, he was charmed.
We remember just how he fell in love that night. We can point to the record. Right there in the corner of the closet floor. Those heels, which also yielded blisters, are boxed along with all the pointy-toed/square toed/round-toed/open-toed/high-top-sneaker high heels. We danced. We laughed. We kicked them off.
The shoes lifted us into the clouds, or at least high enough to gaze into his eyes. And that dress: slinky, soft, thin as air, almost not there. When he placed his hand on shoulder, waist, hip – well — it was like skin to skin. And that black/red/cream/floral/velvet/jersey/spandex sheath is hanging in the far right corner of that closet where we go to cry over John and Paul and Chuck and Alistair. Where we go to assure ourselves that he loved us then. Where we go to reset the clock, incant the mantra that the little outfit could entrance anew.
And then we take courage, go out, and find the next little piece of magic for the next transformation.
Special thanks to our Sponsors: Madrigal, She & Katie Foster Design

Love, Loss and What I Wore - Theater Revival
2016-05-20 - 2016-06-12 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Written by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts and Off the Rack Production are pleased to announce the revival of LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, a play about the challenges of the heart–and the closet. The play opens Friday, May 20th and continues through June 12th.
Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30pm. Sunday matinee at 2pm.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 831-624-7491.
Every item in a woman’s closet holds a memory. Some are sweet, some are funny, and some are oh, so sad. Written by Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman, and directed by Michael Bond, LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE is a sweet and saucy collection of life-changing stories triggered by memories of specific accessories or articles of clothing.
2016 Cast includes: Susan Keenan, Dania Ketcham, Sherry Kefalas, Linda Dale, Anne Mitchell, Alexandra Bristow (alternate, will perform on June 5th)
ART EXHIBIT: To accompany the 2016 play, the Cherry Center is launching an exhibit of local fashion-related artwork that examines the make-or-break challenges associated with getting dressed. Curated by Peter Hiller, the local artists include I.B. Bayo, Rachel Clark, Sarah Loveland, Heather Suzanne, Dawn O’Regan and Stevenson School students of Sally Russell. The exhibit will be displayed from May 20th through June 26th.

Special thanks to our Sponsors: Madrigal, She & Katie Foster Design

Motherhood Out Loud
2016-05-06 19:30 - 2016-05-15 14:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
When entrusting the subject of motherhood to such a dazzling collection of celebrated American writers, what results is a joyous, moving, hilarious, and altogether thrilling theatrical event. Utterly unpredictable, MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD shatters traditional notions about parenthood, unveils its inherent comedy and celebrates the deeply personal truths that span and unite generations.
Performances are May 6, 7, 8 and May 13, 14, 15
Fridays and Saturday evening performances at 7:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday matinee performances at 2:00 pm
Tickets $20
Conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein
Directed by Lynette Winter
Written by Leslie Ayvazian, Brooke Berman, David Cale, Jessica Goldberg, Beth Henley, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik, Lisa Loomer, Michele Lowe, Marco Pennette, Theresa Rebeck, Luanne Rice, Annie Weisman and Cheryl L. West

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High School Poetry Awards: Thinking Out Loud
2016-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts and The Monterey Public Library are pleased to announce the 2016 Monterey County High School Poetry Awards. As part of Thinking Out Loud, the Cherry Center’s annual exhibit devoted to high school arts, the high school poetry awards encourages the art and practice of poetry by offering educational workshops to high school students throughout Monterey County.The Awards provide students with an opportunity to master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn to write poetry. Now in its 23rd year, the poetry awards have inspired hundreds of high school students to discover classic and contemporary poetry.

Certificates of Merit, Cash Awards and Books of Poetry will be awarded at a reading and ceremony honoring the student poets beginning at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 30th at The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts at 4th & Guadalupe. The awards are free and open to the public. 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. The art exhibit runs from March 5 – April 1 at can be viewed at the Cherry Center.

Get Creative.
The world around us is a place of end-less fascination, fun and facts. We hope you will learn some new ways to explore your neighborhood, parks, schoolyard, backyard and wild places with the help of Monterey County High School Poetry Awards. To instigate the creative process, the Monterey County High School Poetry Awards offer workshops to help students make the connection between place and imagination, between language and landscape. For information on workshops please call 831-624-7491.

Rules

Submissions must be original poetry in English, Spanish or a combination of both.
The author must be presently enrolled in a Monterey County High School.
No more than three poems allowed per author, and no poem may be more than 40 lines in length.
There are no restrictions as to content, style, form or metrical device.
All entries must be typed. Student’s name, address and phone number must be printed on each poem. Poets should also retain a copy of their poem.

Entries must be postmarked by March 27th and mailed to the Cherry Center for the Arts, PO Box 863, Carmel, CA 93921 or email entries to info@carlcherrycenter.org with the subject line “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 Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Volunteer Services for Monterey County, Carmel-by-the Sea Rotary and the Yellow Brick Road Benefit Store.

Anne & Pete Sibley
2016-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
With two voices in harmony, a guitar and a banjo, Anne & Pete Sibley sing. Anne & Pete Sibley seek to convey music more attune to an experience rather than a simple song. Less then a decade since they released their first album, the Sibley’s music hit the national spotlight in 2009 with a blue ribbon finish in the “Great American Duet Sing Off” On National Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion. They’ve performed live at NYC’s Town Hall, Washington DC’s Kennedy center and on festival stages such as North Carolina’s Merlefest to Colorado’s Rockygrass. They have released seven albums, the latest Extraordinary Life in 2015.
Tickets $25
More info at http://anneandpetesibley.com/

Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
2016-04-21 19:30 - 21:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Jayme Stone (banjo, voice) | Moira Smiley (voice, accordion) | Sumaia Jackson (fiddle, voice) | Joe Phillips (bass, voice)
Focusing on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax, this “collaboratory” brings together some of North America’s most distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle, and re-imagine traditional music. The repertoire includes Bahamian sea shanties, African-American a cappella singing from the Georgia Sea Islands, ancient Appalachian ballads, fiddle tunes, and work songs collected from both well-known musicians and everyday folk: sea captains, cowhands, fisherman, prisoners, and homemakers.
A groundbreaking piece of work.
SONGLINES
“A truly inventive spin on some very old tunes.”
GEORGIA STRAIGHT
“A transatlantic session with blood, guts and grit.”
THE HERALD
Tickets $25
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4orm & Space
2016-04-15 - 2016-05-12 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
4orm & Space, an exhibit exploring spatial relations and the creative possibilities of form, on display now through May 12.
The exhibit includes new work by Stefani Esta, Josh Mitchell, Valerie Ostenak and Rick Soto.
Organized by the Carl Cherry Center, the exhibit includes examples of radical abstraction, conceptual restraint, and psychological exploration.
Here are the artistic expressions of four individuals who often find more in less. It is understandable that an exhibit in a historic house that is also home to Zen meditation and Yoga would host the pure expressions of these artists in its gallery. Whether through the simplicity of a hard line, the openness of a canvas, the texture of hard surfaces or the multiple layers of a collage resulting in a complex whole, each person’s expressions speak to their personal quest for meaning. For the viewer, their work provides an opportunity to find a quiet place to contemplate and wonder and find their own meaning – in the midst of our busy days, what more could one ask for?
The exhibit will be on display Mondays through Fridays from 11am – 4pm or by appointment.

Mirth-O-Matics: Monterey's Premier Improv Group
2016-04-08 19:30 - 2016-04-09 19:30 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Mirth-O-Matics return to the Cherry Center for 2 nights!
The premiere improvisational comedy troupe on the Monterey Peninsula has been entertaining audiences with their quick-wit and creativity for a long time now. Their unscripted shows are fueled by audience suggestions and adventurous volunteers. Similar to the popular television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” the Mirth-O-Matics perform funny games and scenes for the whole family!
Tickets $20
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Love, Loss & What I Wore AUDITIONS
2016-04-02 - 2016-04-04 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts and Off the Rack Production are pleased to announce the revival of LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, a play about the challenges of the heart–and the closet. The play opens Friday, May 20th and continues through June 12th.
Every item in a woman’s closet holds a memory. Some are sweet, some are funny, and some are oh, so sad. Written by Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman, and directed by Michael Bond, LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE is a sweet and saucy collection of life-changing stories triggered by memories of specific accessories or articles of clothing.
Auditions for the play will be held at the Cherry Center on
Saturday, April 2nd at 2pm + Monday, April 4 at 7pm

We are looking for 5 women in their 30’s and older. The 5 women play a total of 30 parts.

If you are interested in auditioning, please call Michael at (831) 643-9331 or send an email to bonded1@gmail.com to arrange an audition time. Please be sure to leave a name, telephone number and email address. We will contact you to confirm an audition time and send you material for the audition.

Jazz at The Cherry with The Biff Smith Quartet
2016-04-01 17:00 - 19:00 | The Carl Cherry Center, Fourth and Guadalupe, Carmel, CA, 93921, United States
Fools Rush In
The Carl Cherry Center is pleased to announce the launch of our Jazz at the Cherry series. Our inaugural performance will feature The Biff Smith Quartet.
Members of The Biff Smith Quartet (Biff Smith, Piano; Brian Stock, trumpet and flugelhorn; 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.
Savory fare, champagne, wine and, incidentally – foolishness — all included in the price of a tickets.
Special thanks to our events sponsors: Don & Laura Newmark and Karin Roache & Kenneth Hopkins, Richard & Bette Cannon, Morgan Winery and Ventana Vinyards.
Tickets $25
