Photos are now online of the Eleventh Annual Children's Trick-or-Treat on Lighthouse, October 26, 2019. We hope you enjoy them!

If you see yourself or your child in one of the photos and you'd like a high resolution copy of it e-mailed to you, please contact us at info@lighthousedistrict.net.

The New Monterey Business Association would like to thank the many enthusiastic businesses and families who participated. It's your excitement and good humor that made this event so much fun!

Dear friends, it is that day again upon which I must warn you of strange happenings that befall Downtown Campbell once a year on the Friday before Halloween. Do not worry about what I am about to say.

If you are in Downtown Campbell tonight having dinner on the sidewalk and you see a horde of zombies lurching in your direction, do not panic. They're only here for the appetizers. Stay calm and eat on.

If you've already eaten all of the appetizers, you'll need to run but there is still no reason for alarm. Simply remember this sage old advice:

If you're being chased by zombies, trip someone slower than you.

For those of you who have kids who can't do candy due to dietary or allergy reasons, we'll have Books for Treats back again this year to hand out books for Halloween. Also, there will likely be other organizations with us who'll be handing out non-edible goodies. Of course there will be activities, photo booths, and the general fun of being at a huge costume party as well.

Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, October 25-31, 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.

20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Fri & Sat at 6:30pm
The United Nations Association’s Monterey Bay Chapter presents its 20th Annual International Documentary Film Festival, screening recent award-winning films from around the globe. The festival aims to foster a sense of shared humanity, with films reflecting issues of war and peace, the environment, human rights, migration, and women’s empowerment. Watch the trailer.

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
Weekdays at 1:30pm, 7pm
Sat & Sun at 11am, 1:30pm, 7pm
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
Weekdays at 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:30pm
Sat & Sun at 11:30am, 1:45pm, 4:15pm, 6:30pm
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.

LORO
Daily at 4pm
Sex, drugs, power, and vice: welcome to the mid-2000s Italy of Silvio Berlusconi, the egomaniac billionaire Prime Minister who presides over an empire of scandal and corruption. Sergio is an ambitious young hustler managing an escort service catering to the rich and powerful. Determined to move up in the world, Sergio sets his sights on the biggest client of all: Berlusconi, the ex-PM currently plotting his political comeback. Watch the trailer.

RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS
Mon, Tues, Thurs at 2:15pm, 6:30pm
Wed at 2:15pm
Sun at 12:15pm, 2:15pm 6:30pm
(No screening Fri & Sat)
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.

LUCY IN THE SKY
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Hula's Island Grill in Monterey has been named in TripAdvisor's 2019 Travelers' Choice Awards in the Best Everyday Dining category. One of 25 restaurants from around the United States on the list, TripAdvisor writes that the award for Best Everyday Dining "was determined by factoring in the quantity and quality of reviews gathered over a 12-month period."

Congratulations to the Lighthouse District's own Hula's Island Grill, located at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey!

We are looking forward to seeing some great costumes at our Creepy Crawly Halloween event this Sunday from 4-7pm! It's an all ages event so get costumed up and show us that you're young at heart or an old soul for young bones.

We'd like to remind everyone that this is an extremely popular event so if you have children or animals that are sensitive, this may not be the event for you. It will be crowded.

There will be thousands of people and paws in amazing costumes. If you're coming to see that and be a part of huge costume party in the streets, you'll have a great time. If you're coming to dash for candy and leave with as big of a stash as possible, you may leave disappointed.

There will be lots of candy and gizmos given away and activity stations to keep the little goblins occupied, but there will still be lines. We add more candy, activities, and stations every year, but it's just never going to be enough with the number of people who come.

Portola Hotel & Spa is excited to welcome new Chef de Cuisine, Daniel Williston! With a background in California coastal cuisine, Williston is thrilled to bring his expertise and passion to the hotel’s refined restaurant, Jack’s Monterey. Chef Williston will spearhead the culinary team in creating menus for specialty dinners at the Portola, including wine pairing and scotch pairing events.

In 2010, Williston began as a line chef at Aubergine in Carmel by the Sea, eventually working his way up to Executive Sous Chef and Chef de Cuisine over his seven years at the fine dining restaurant. He then moved to Los Angeles to assist in opening NoMAd as Sous Chef as well as the hotspot Otium, where he was also Sous Chef.

At Jack's Monterey, Chef Williston aims to tempt the taste buds at every visit and enhance the restaurant's reputation for serving sustainable and locally-sourced California Cultural Cuisine. Chef Williston fuses his love for seafood with flavors reminiscent of Japanese cuisine, using premium ingredients and minimalist plating while staying true to his California coastal influences.