Monterey Holistic Health is offering CBD gift baskets this holiday season! Our shop carries full spectrum CBD and hemp derived products including lotions, creams, tinctures, edibles, and dog treats. Visit us at 623 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey and we can help you put together the basket that's right for you.
BookBuyers now has in stock a selection of 2020 calendars created by photographer Michael Santa Cruz. Featuring beautiful photos of local scenery, they make perfect gifts for out-of-town family and friends! We invite you to stop by the bookshop at 600 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey and check them out.
International Market and Deli is offering gift baskets made to order for the holidays. Filled with food from around the world, these make great gifts for friends, co-workers, family members, and event hosts. Visit us at 580 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey and let's work together to select the right items for your basket.
Stop by Atomic 1800 Streetwear Boutique and check out our winter collection for men and women, just right for keeping you warm. We also have a great selection of festive holiday fitted styles, including party dresses in shades of red, green, and...drum roll please...metallic! Visit us at 800 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.
Be kind to your pearls! At Maryse, located at 492 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey, we offer a spa treatment for your pearl strand or bracelet. Your pearls will be lovingly cleaned, conditioned, and freshly restrung and knotted to restore them to their original beauty. Please visit us or call for pricing, 831-657-9786.
The Monterey Music Store, located at 425 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is now offering financing with our Monterey Music Store credit card. Come in and apply!
Pilates Monterey, located at 533 Hartnell Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is offering small group Pilates circuit classes. These classes involve one instructor and no more than four students who use all the Pilates equipment in the studio (the reformer, wunda chair, cadillac, and mat). Some previous Pilates experience is required as students work at their own pace with their own repertoire. Knowledge of exercises and how to set up the equipment is needed.
We currently have openings in our M/F 10:30am class and our T/Th 11:30am class.
Are you new to Pilates? Don't worry. We also offer private lessons which are a great way to create and maintain a personal Pilates practice. We'll work with you to create a personalized program based on your individual goals and needs!
Contact Monterey Pilates today to schedule your free 30-min assessment, 831-521-2410.
With the cooling temperatures and a chill in the air, Lilify is delighted to release our wool collection. These silhouettes are our most popular layering pieces and they are ever so elevated by the elegance of the material.
The lightweight wool, unlined, offers a drape to the garments that is both cozy and classic. These pieces, like all of our signature apparel, are designed in house and hand sewn in Monterey.
We are beyond thrilled to introduce our Lilify line in lightweight wool. There are currently three patterns offered in both black and white: the Sonia (cropped jacket), the Ines (long jacket), and the Coco (long cape). You can view them all on our website.
All wool garments are made to order and have a lead time of 2-3 weeks. Lilify is located at 281 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.
It is with great regret that the Old Monterey Business Association has canceled the 2020 Old Monterey 4th of July Parade due to the prohibition of large group gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you to all of our friends who have participated in the parade over the years, and to the many, many spectators who have lined the streets of historic Downtown Old Monterey on the 4th of July. We'll see you next year as we celebrate Monterey's 250th Birthday Plus One!
We are now accepting applications for the 2020 4th of July Parade in Monterey, California, part of Monterey's 250th birthday celebrations! This is going to be a spectacular parade, and we're calling for entries early this year with a special emphasis on marching bands, specialty units, community groups, and floats. Apply today! Limited unit spaces are available and all applications will be juried. Please visit this link and fill out the application.
The Curtis Gallery, recently opened at 451 Washington Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is pleased to announce the release of ethnologist and photographer Edward S. Curtis's Hupa and Yurok photogravure copper plates. Each plate is unique, one of a kind, historic, and beautiful, and is now available to avid collectors of Native American art and history.
In 1924, Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) published Volume 13 of his series of books, The North American Indian. In Volume 13, pages 3 thru 54, Mr. Curtis reflects upon his interactions with the Hupa and Yurok tribes, including thirty-eight and eighteen photogravure images respectively.
The Curtis Gallery has been provided the opportunity to exclusively offer twenty-six Hupa and seventeen Yurok copper photogravure plates to you, should you have an interest in enjoying a permanent part of history. Please contact us at 831-920-1405 for more information.
Make Thanksgiving this year a stress-free holiday that you can truly be thankful for! Let Nancy Dean's handle the cooking. We're now taking reservations for turkey, ham, or rib roast dinners. These delicious meals will be available for pickup on Thanksgiving Day, and delivery will be available until 1pm.
Our meals serve 10 guests and the prices start at $149. Please call Nancy Dean's at 831-920-1940 to make your reservations.
November is a month for gratitude, and Revival Ice Cream thought it was a perfect time to enhance our Loyalty Program! Now, not only can you earn a free scoop after 12 purchases, but keep tallying up purchases and at 24 you can double-up with a double scoop on one of our house made waffle cones.
Don't forget that all purchases count, so you can buy a variety of Revival products towards your Loyalty treats. Pints, quarts, shakes, scoops, cookies, sandwiches....the list goes on! (Just remember it's per purchase, not per item.)
To make things easy, our automated cashier system automatically tracks everything for you once you register, so there's no need to fuss with a punch card you might lose. Drop by and register for the Loyalty Program if you haven't already. We're located at 463 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.
Banzai Bunny Sparkling Blueberry Sake: it's delicious and now available at Sushi Fly. Handcrafted in extremely small batches, this sparkling sake is made using all natural ingredients. Visit us at 413 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.
Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, November 8-14, 2019. Osio, a nonprofit movie theater dedicated to independent, foreign, and art films, is located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey. Purchase advance tickets on our website.
PAIN AND GLORY
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11am, 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline, has a series of re-encounters — some of them in the flesh, others remembered. Through his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, to his first adult love in Madrid of the 80s. The story covers his life from his early discovery of cinema into the void created by his incapacity to keep making films. Watch the trailer.
DOWNTOWN ABBEY
Daily at 1:30pm, 6:45pm
The beloved Crawley family and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance, and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton Abbey hanging in the balance. Watch the trailer.
JUDY
Weekdays at 4:15pm
Sat & Sun at 1:45am, 4:15pm
It's winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town, 30 years after she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love, and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer.” Watch the trailer.
GIFT
Daily at 6pm
Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, this documentary is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. An intimate exploration of real-life gift economies, it’s a reflection on the creative process, the reasons we labor in service of our gifts, and a celebration of the imagination. Watch the trailer.
WHERE'S MY ROY COHN?
Weekdays at 4:15pm
Sat & Sun at 11:30am, 4:15pm
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues -- from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like documentary connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare. Watch the trailer.
RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS...Read More
News on the public parking garage located at 601 Foam Street (between Hoffman and Prescott), a short walk from all your favorite Lighthouse District shops and restaurants.
The elevator on the Wave Street side of the garage will be closed through the end of February 2020 for a project to improve the elevator system. New, temporary parking of ADA accessible vehicles is still available, and has been moved near the exit, allowing disabled patrons to exit onto Hoffman.
Have a stroller for the kids? New signs at the garage direct vehicles with strollers towards more accessible areas of the garage.
The seventh featured Landmark home is the Louis and Edward Genasci House at 207 N. Central Ave. It is located in one of the earliest sections of the original Benjamin Campbell family land holdings.
Likely built around 1900, it is a one-story rural California Farmhouse style cottage with some Queen Anne and Greek Revival accents that many home builders added. The steeply pitched roof and wide shiplap siding showcase the boxed cornices, and long double hung sash windows with molded cross pieces. In the 1930’s, the previously open front porch was enclosed to make a sun porch. The original two-story wood frame, two door barn still sits at the back of this property and can be seen from the street.
Louis Genasci Sr. immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1885. In 1893, he married his wife Albina at the Mission San Luis Obispo, according to a story in the San Jose Mercury Herald. The Genasci family arrived in Campbell in 1911, and opened a thriving grocery and general merchandise store in the new downtown business district, on Campbell Ave. Their sons, Ed and Louis Jr. were the delivery boys while Louis Sr. and Albina ran the store. The family became well known for their many civic contributions to the community.
The town was very concerned about not having any fire protection after two big homes burned down between 1896 and 1902. In June of 1913, the town fathers including Louis Genasci Sr. decided to establish a volunteer fire department. However, the volunteers immediately faced significant challenges. Thirteen hydrants were installed on a few of the new downtown streets but the water pressure was inconsistent. Funding for equipment such as hoses, hooks and ladders, buckets and a hand pulled chemical “fire engine” were not available. The volunteers bought their own badges for about $1.00.
Ed Genasci, who later became chief of the volunteers, was designated coupler of the hose company when the new fire department started. According to Jeanette Watson’s book, Campbell the Orchard City, the volunteers were called to fires by the ringing of the church bells in those early days. This proved to be problem on Sundays, because folks were also called to worship with ringing of the church bells. In 1914, a fire bell was purchased from the city of San Jose for $40.
After a disastrous fire took out many of the businesses on Campbell Avenue at First Street in October of 1917, voters passed a resolution to create a formal fire district, but funding was still hard to come by. It was still a volunteer fire department and they would raise funds by washing down buildings as part of their fire drills and the owners gave them donations.
According to local reports, in 1935, Louis Genasci Sr. fell off his bicycle into a mud hole on his way to a fire at 2 a.m. on a rainy morning. The volunteer fire department had recently become “bicyclized” so they could get to the fires more quickly and if needed, cut through the...Read More
The Osio Theater has been selected to participate in Monterey County Gives! We are so excited to share our vision of bringing the joy of film to Monterey County and invite you to be a part of our inaugural MCGives! campaign. We're excited to be a part of this collective event, providing you a chance to give back to our community.
Osio Theater's goal is to raise $40,000 to expand our educational programming and better serve our community. Our plans include youth educational filmmaking workshops, a film festival, and hosting field trips for local schools at our theater.
Mark your calendars:
- Monterey County Gives! begins November 7, 2019
- Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2019
- Monterey County Gives ends December 31, 2019
Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, November 1-7, 2019. Osio, a nonprofit movie theater dedicated to independent, foreign, and art films, is located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey. Purchase advance tickets on our website.
GIFT
Daily at 6pm
Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, this documentary is a tribute to something that can’t be measured or counted, bought or sold. An intimate exploration of real-life gift economies, it’s a reflection on the creative process, the reasons we labor in service of our gifts, and a celebration of the imagination. Watch the trailer.
WHERE'S MY ROY COHN?
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:30am, 1:45pm, 4pm, 6:30pm
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues -- from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like documentary connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare. Watch the trailer.
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
Weekdays at 4:15pm
Sat & Sun at 11am, 4:15pm
In 1970s LA, struggling comedian Rudy Ray Moore (played by Eddie Murphy) hits it big with his raunchy alter ego, Dolemite, then risks it all to take his act to the big screen. Watch the trailer.
FIRST LOVE
Daily at 1:45pm, 6:45pm
The film shows the prolific director Takashi Miike at his most fun and anarchic. A noir-tinged yakuza film blending genres, it's the story of a young boxer and a call girl who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. Watch the trailer.
RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS
Weekdays at 2:15pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm
Sun at 11:45am, 2:15pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm
This documentary tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said "Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country." Molly's words have proved prescient. Watch the trailer.
FANTASTIC FUNGI
Daily at 2pm, 4pm
This consciousness-shifting documentary takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet....Read More
