Green Chalk Contemporary art gallery is pleased to present Press and Twist, a monumental solo exhibition by Seiko Atsuta Purdue, September 12 - October 31, 2015. Widely shown in the United States, Canada, and Japan, this show marks Seiko’s California debut. Everyone is invited to join us for a reception on Saturday, October 3, 5pm-8pm!

Since moving to the United States, Seiko has been exploring the connections between Japanese and American culture. Challenging notions of beauty and power, her work uses Japanese craft processes to explore the world at large. By substituting traditional materials for contemporary symbols of destruction, innocence, and violence, it poses powerful questions about the implications of global culture.

Press and Twist includes the installation Berry Grove, which uses a contemporary shibori (Japanese tie-dyeing) process and handmade paper pieces created in Fukui, Japan during her recent residency. It also includes her Bullet Cloth series, which is highly influenced by everyday gun incidents in the US. In Japan, it is rare for people to own firearms, so the fact that she is able to own guns and bullets in the US came as a shocking cultural difference.

Green Chalk Contemporary art gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 1pm-5pm and by appointment. For more information, please phone Gail Enns at 831-718-7232.

Oya's Esthetic Room is pleased to welcome Heather Escobar to our team! A Monterey Bay native, Heather graduated from beauty school in May, with an emphasis and passion for anti-aging esthetics. She loves skin care and facials and also does brow and facial waxing.

To welcome Heather, Oya is offering $40 mini-facials through September 2015. This includes exfoliation and extractions. Call to book your appointment, 831-656-0570.

After 50 years, it's time for us at Angie's Boutique to retire! We're now offering fantastic savings on women's sweaters, tops, tunics, pants, jackets, and all-weather coats - everything is 50-80% off.

We're still located at 315 Calle Principal, Suite B for a limited time. Stop by and pick up some stunning fashion at an amazing price. We're open Monday-Saturday, 9:30am-6pm.

Coastal Home Furniture Gallery invites you to save big on Tempur-Pedic and Serta iComfort mattresses now through September 14, 2015. We're open daily, so stop by our showroom at 458 Alvarado St.

Upgrade and save on a Tempur-Pedic mattress - save up to $500 on select mattresses and adjustable bases while supplies last. And, for a limited time only, receive a free boxspring or save up to $1000 on a Serta Adjustable Foundation when you purchase an iComfrt or iSeries mattress. We're also offering Queen mattresses from $359, including from Soring Air of California, Serta Perfect Sleeper and SertaPedic, and Visco and MemoGel.

We'd like to make a shout out to our friends down the street at an excellent Product Design company in Campbell by the name of ZURB. They're getting ready to take on a 24-hour design sprint for charity. It's a challenge they started ten years ago called Wired.

Each year, ZURB chooses a charity that they'd like to help out by donating marketing and design help. The effort is kicked off in a 24-hour coffee driven all-hands-on-deck sprint where together with members of the charity's team, they come up with a complete makeover of the company's marketing approach. At the end of the sprint, the lucky charity will have a shiny new website, marketing materials, and an action plan on how they can best utilize their professional looking new tools to get the word out about their mission.

The beneficiary of Wired this year is the Downtown Streets Team, a non-profit dedicated to helping the homeless by helping them find housing, develop skills, and find employment.

They've requested that we help boost morale by sending messages of support to their soon to be exhausted team. You can do that over the social media of choice by hash tagging your message with #ZURBwired. They start at 8am on Thursday morning, and it's a direct non-stop flight from there so keep those messages of support coming, especially in the later hours.

You can also follow their progress during Wired here:
http://zurb.com/wired/

Mattress Nation announces our Labor Day Sale! Now through Labor Day, we invite you to stop by and save big on Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, iComfort, Serta Perfect Sleeper, and Sealy Posturepedic. We offer free same-day delivery and set-up and up to 60 months interest free financing, with no credit needed. Free sales tax for all military and students.

On Tempur-Pedic, save up to $500 on select mattresses and adjustable bases. On Stearns & Foster, save up to $600 on select flat and adjustable mattress sets. On iComfort and iSeries, receive a free boxspring or save up to $1000 on a Serta adjustable set. Buy a Serta Perfect Sleeper gel memory foam queen mattress for only $499; an iComfort queen set for only $1047; or iSeries mattresses starting at $859.

Mattress Nation is pleased to announce that we're now carrying furniture and lots of it! Come into Mattress Nation at 296 Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey and complete your mattress purchase with a bedroom set. Mattress Nation: we sleep better knowing you sleep better.

Get ready, comics fans! Current Comics is having a Summer Super Sale Saturday, August 22 - Monday, August 31. It features 30% off all Wall Comics over 1 week old and 30% off all action figures, plus all boxed back issues will be only 50 cents. Come on down to 400 Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey!