1+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) Ali Ryerson is a celebrated jazz flutist with a career spanning more than four decades. She returns to Hidden Valley Music Seminars for a concert on Thursday, Sept. 3. Monterey County Fair - Can you stomach fair food and rides all in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (597+ words) “I’m ready,” says Freddy Ortiz, a restaurant veteran who is a first-time owner. While leaving the menu unchanged, Ortiz has already made Alfredo’s Pastaria & Mozzarella Bar feel like his own. It’s not that the dining room is still. Talk and laughter…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (183+ words) Monterey County Weekly In September 2025, the Weeklypublished a story presenting the case that there’s time in the history of cultural institutions when the founders must pass the baton to a new generation of leaders. Paper Wing Theatre and Supper Club…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (295+ words) The West End Celebration in Sand City (11am-6pm on Saturday, Aug. 22 and 11am-5pm Sunday, Aug. 23) is not only about music, food and drink. Art has been the part of the fest since 2002—next year West End will be 25 years old. Sand City…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (308+ words) The Buzz 08.20.26 Monterey County Weekly FREE SPEECHIt’s journalism 101: Journalists should never accept payments from sources in order to avoid conflicts of interests, or the appearance of such a conflict But journalists are humans, and sometimes have a lapse in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (598+ words) Left: Flaco el Jandro (Alejandro Gomez) is a popular Chicano singer-songwriter from Salinas. Above: The West End Celebration usually draws big crowds to Sand City. Below: Squid Brain (Sam Cauthorn, Diana Hagerty and James Chrzanowski) gives retro guitar a fresh,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (338+ words) SLOP HAPPY… Squid is skeptical of artificial intelligence for many reasons, one of which is near and dear to Squid’s three-chamber heart: the environment. AI’s high energy and water demands are depleting resources faster than Squid can pop shrimp-flavored popcorn....