Santa Cruz & Monterey Events

Everyone is invited to join the festivities and encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy for a child of any age for the Salvation Army’s Toy Drive. The CAA... More

The Jon Rubin Group is as an acoustic string trio with Jon on guitar, Chris Will on bass, and special guest soloists Deanna Lynn on viola or Cal Keaoola... More

El Teatro Campesino presents Luis Valdez' 'La Pastorela', a stage version of the traditional Spanish retelling of the birth of Christ just in time for... More

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark and something is fresh at Hartnell College. Hartnell’s Theatre Arts Department is pleased to announce an... More

Pulitzer Prize Winner Jane Smiley signing and reading from her first book for young readers, "The Georges and the Jewels".

The Eight Reindeer Monologues is not the usual sugar-coated Christmas fare. Instead, audiences are invited for some in-your-face seasonal merriment as... More

View select works by Beth van Hoesen including rarely shown drawings, watercolors, and paintings.

As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies will host a staged reading of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard... More

Poetry slam competition and open mic. Event will be hosted by Marcos Cabrera. Prizes for top slammers!

Benjamin Todd Jealous, National President of the NAACP, will speak on “The Impact of the American Civil Rights Struggle on Global Human rights Efforts.”

Let the Monterey Bay Aquarium treat you this holiday season. Monterey County residents receive free aquarium admission between Saturday, December 5 and... More

Ngaio Bealum has recently been seen on 'The Sarah Silverman Program' and was a runner-up in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He has... More

Electric Leaves is the brainchild of a couple of normal-looking guys from Santa Cruz. You’d never expect them to create the strange indie rock that they... More

Much anticipated, widely imitated and still thoroughly original, Miniatures, our holiday exhibition, features a wonderful diversity of diminutive works... More

San Francisco’s Smuin Ballet is once again taking its popular Christmas show on the road this holiday season. Combining tap, jazz, swing and many more... More

I Cantori di Carmel's annual winter concerts honoring the Christmas season. The program will include works from the Renaissance, the German and Italian... More

Joullian Vineyards will team up again this year with the Food Bank for Monterey County for a canned food drive. Attendees are invited to taste wine, tour... More

  From tap-dancing Christmas trees and swinging sock-hoppers to Santa Baby with a feather boa, the 2009 edition includes favorites plus some new surprises. ... More

For the past twelve years, writers have come to the Big Sur Writing Workshops for an intensive weekend of working on manuscripts with publishing professionals... More

Bautista State Historic Park (2nd and Washington Streets in San Juan Bautista) Visitors can experience life in an Old West town as costumed docents recreate... More