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The Lighthouse District's own Monterey County Film Commission's Board of Directors has added three new members to serve in 2019! We would like to welcome Nadja Marks (fundraiser, grant writer), Cheryl Savage (operations manager at Steinbeck Mortgage), and Paul Ventura (casting director, writer, producer, artist). For more information on the Board of Directors and applying to be on the Board, please visit MCFC's website.

All of Current Comics' art prints, gallery wraps, and limited edition, signed and numbered canvas wraps by artist Blend Cota are now available on our website. Just go to our website, click to the Monterey store page, then click on the Prints & Posters page on the left to see all the sizes and prices.

For more than 13 years, artist Blend Cota was the Art Director of Atelier America and Brushstrokes Fine Art, Inc., two of the largest art publishing/direct mail companies in North America. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Albania and after a long journey is now living in Toronto, Canada, working as the Creative Director for Thomas Kinkade Studios. His latest works feature chracters from DC Comics.

New Classes at CarmelBarre

Posted on January 8th, 2019 by CarmelBarre

CarmelBarre, located at 465 Pacific Street in Old Monterey, announces new classes for 2019! Enjoy Cardio Hop Hop on Wednesdays at 7:15pm and Burlesque Fitness on Mondays at 9:15am and Saturdays at 11:30am.

Cardio Hip Hop
Can’t dance? No worries! This 60-minute cardio dance class will have you smiling and sweating as you learn how to let go and bust a move. Learn a hip hop routine step by step and let your body do what it was meant to... DANCE. No experience necessary. Bring clean/indoor, supportive shoes for class. Bring water and a sweat towel!

Burlesque Fitness
Dancing has been shown to have great benefits on the body and the mind. There's no need to be a professional dancer to experience these benefits for yourself. Burlesque Fitness makes dance based exercise accessible for all levels from novice to expert. Unleash your inner babe while getting toned and having fun! Any fitness attire is appropriate - please bring socks or jazz shoes, a towel and water. Let's have some FUN!

The award winning Spa on the Plaza and Jacks Monterey have partnered to offer the ultimate spa day for $210. Soothe your spirit and invigorate your whole body with lavender, eucalyptus, and citrus spice aromatherapy blends with a 50 minute aromatherapy massage for two at Spa on the Plaza (201 Portola Plaza). After your massage enjoy California Coastal Cuisine created by the freshest local ingredients sourced from Monterey County at Jacks Monterey located inside Portola Hotel & Spa (2 Portola Plaza). Lunch in the newly renovated space includes two entrees from Jacks Monterey’s lunch menu served until 3pm.

To book this exclusive offer, please call Spa on the Plaza at 831-647-9000.

Portola Hotel & Spa is proud to offer our guests and locals a Peet's Coffee shop located just off the Portola Hotels' lower lobby with additional easy access from Alvarado Mall at 220 Alvarado Street. Peet's is perfect for grab-n-go food and drinks or relaxing outside on our pet-friendly patio.

Peet's Coffee sources directly from the world's finest estates, hand-roasting to order in small batches and making sure every cup is brewed as fresh and full-flavored as possible. Our Peet's provides a relaxing environment for our guests to enjoy coffee, tea, artisan pastries, sandwiches, salads, and more. We are proud to partner with Revival Ice Cream to offer locally made ice cream delivered fresh every week. (Revival Ice Cream's headquarters is located just up the street at 463 Alvarado Street.)

Our Peet's Coffee location offers complimentary Wi-Fi and additional seating with outlet access perfect for meeting and connecting with others.

Drum, Singing, Piano, Guitar and Ukulele Classes start in January 2019.

Don't miss your opportunity to sign up for classes in guitar, voice, piano and ukulele.

SJG School of Music and the cities of Campbell and San Jose have partnered to produce the best group music program in the South Bay with 11 locations and over 100 classes from which to choose. Classes now forming for January 2019.

Classes are conveniently offered at the following locations in both Campbell and San Jose, including:

Classes vary by location. Click on the link above to see course offerings at each location.

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SJG School of Music

Oya Salon welcomes Zayra Martinez, a lash specialist and make up artist, to our team! Zayra specializes in make up featuring Kevyn Aucoin and eye lash extensions from Lash Affair J Paris. Please phone 831-840-7017 for appointments.

A classic lash extension is placed individually to your natural lash. Classic lashes are ideal for clients who want to add more length or want the mascara lash effect. There are a variety of sizes and lengths so they can be customized according to your eye shape.

Oya is located at 201 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Dragonwell (Long Jing) Tea

Posted on January 5th, 2019 by Steepers

There's so much to learn about tea. I've always know that there are different grades of some teas. Dragonwell (Long Jing) is a good example. This is a green tea produced mainly by hand and pan roasted and comes from around Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Authentic Dragonwell is said to come from the West Lake area. Care should be taken because teas sold as Dragonwell are not always authentic.

There are 6 recognized grades of this tea. To put this in perspective, I could sell a 2oz bag of this tea from $20 to $325! The emerging wealth of the Chinese enables the them to snap up the rare teas. The best leaves are plucked before the rains in April.

Dragonwell is considered fit for an Emperor

Have you submitted your nomination for Citizen & Business of the Year? If you know a person or business that has gone above and beyond to help Campbell and the community, let us know about them!

Nomination forms are due to the Chamber on Thursday, January 10th at 5pm.

Forms can be found at the links below:

Football fans, the Campbell Kiwanis Club is looking for some last minute volunteers to help them staff the College Football National Championship taking place at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara this Monday, January 7th. They need people in all sorts of capacities. They need help serving food, pouring beer, answering questions, and taking people to their seats.

The time commitment will be from approximately 11am to 9pm. You'll need to be at Avaya Stadium on Coleman Ave. no later than 11:30am to catch a shuttle bus to Levi's and the bus will return you to Avaya sometime around 9pm. You'll catch the game, get fed, and receive some swag as a memento of your day!

For every 8 volunteers the Kiwanis Club gets, the event organizers will donate enough money to the Campbell Kiwanis Club to send one financially challenged kid to college. You'll be helping some young people realize their dreams.

If you'd like to volunteer, please email JR McKee at jr@HomeISV.com.

Thanks and please share this with your friends!

The logo of the College Football National Championships is copyrighted and is being used here to promote a charitable cause related to the event.

Happy New Year everyone! As we welcome 2019, we also have to say goodbye to a cornerstone of the Downtown Campbell community for the past eight years. Andrea Buswell​ and her Frost Cupcake Factory​ are graduating from Downtown Campbell University and is now one of our alumni. While we're sad that Andrea and Frost is leaving us, it's for all the right reasons. We couldn't be happier or prouder to watch what Frost Cupcake Factory will be able to do now that it'll finally have the larger kitchen that it desperately needed years ago. It's amazing that Frost has been able to service some of the largest corporate customers in the Bay Area with custom made to order goodies and participate as a vendor in events as big as the Superbowl from that teeny kitchen.

This move is long overdue and we're happy that you were able to squeeze out some extra years with us, Andrea! We're going to miss your spirit, your work as a past Downtown Campbell Business Association president, the fun and whimsy of all things Frost, and most of all we're going to miss having you and your crew around. You're a Campbell girl and we'll always recognize you as one of ours and will cheer for everything you do. Thank you for all of your contributions to your hometown and thank you for your leadership during a time in which Downtown Campbell really needed all the help it could get.

New Flavors at Revival Ice Cream

Posted on December 20th, 2018 by Revival

A bunch of new flavors have arrived at Revival Ice Cream just in time for the holidays! We now have Chocolate Peppermint (chocolate ice cream with peppermint icing and chewy chocolate meringue cookie), Lemon Leaf (a coconut milk base, dairy-free option), Molasses and Ginger (our take on gingerbread), and everybody's favorite, Caramel, is back! Visit us at 463 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey.

Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, an independent, locally-owned movie theater located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey, December 21-27, 2018.

THE FAVOURITE
Friday - Tuesday at 11:15am, 12pm, 1:55pm, 2:40pm, 4:35pm, 5:20pm, 7:15pm, 8pm

Wed & Thurs at 1:55pm, 2:40pm, 4:35pm, 5:20pm, 7:15pm, 8pm
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah Churchill, governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant, Abigail Masham, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. As the politics of war become time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way. Watch the trailer.

SHOPLIFTERS
Friday - Tuesday at 11:30am, 2:10pm, 4:50pm, 7:30pm
Wed & Thur at 2:10pm, 4:50pm, 7:30pm

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu's wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them. Watch the trailer.

ROMA
Friday - Tuesday at 11am, 2pm, 4:55pm, 7:50pm
Wed & Thurs at 2pm, 4:55pm, 7:50pm

Roma follows Cleo, a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, director Alfonso Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst the political turmoil of the 1970s. Watch the trailer.

AT ETERNITY'S GATE
Friday - Tuesday at 12:10pm 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
Wed at 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
Thurs at 2:40pm, 5:10pm

At Eternity's Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule, and illness, created some of the world's most beloved and stunning works of art. This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Vincent van Gogh's letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented. Watch the trailer.

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