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Start your child's musical journey! Wendi Kirby Music is offering three music classes for children beginning in September: a Group Piano Class (ages 6 and up), a Kindermusik Little Musicians Class (ages 4.5 - 7 years), and a Kindermusik Mixed Age Class (ages 6 months - 4.5 years).

Group Piano Class

In this class, children learn to play the piano in a small group setting where they learn to read music, improvise, arrange, and compose. Taught by pianist and composer Wendi Kirby. Learn more.

All grown up and want to learn how to play the piano? Wendi Kirby offers group piano classes for adults, too!

Kindermusik Little Musicians

Tuesdays at 3:45pm: Kindermusik Little Musicians classes (ages 4.5-7 years) provide children with a strong foundation of music skills in an engaging group setting. Through movement activities, games, stories, and ensemble play, they learn how to read and compose with music notation, play individually and within ensembles on a variety of instruments (like the glockenspiel!), and experience multiple music genres. Learn more.

Kindermusik Mixed Age Class

Thursdays at 12pm: Mixed age classes (6 months - 4.5 years) are great for families with siblings. They're designed for little ones at different developmental levels to make music together. Families build connection, grownups learn ideas for music exploration and play at home, and there’s room for everyone to grow. Learn more.

About Wendi Kirby Music

Wendi Kirby Music, located at 550 Hartnell Street, Suite F in Downtown Old Monterey, is a music studio and concert venue featuring beautiful acoustics and natural light. It is run by classically trained pianist, composer, and educator Wendi Kirby.

Please note: all classrooms and the concert venue are located on the second floor. Because of the historic nature of the building, there is no elevator, only stairs.

To celebrate ADOR's first year in Downtown Campbell, every $80 spent in the month of August gets you an entry to win a $300 shopping spree at ADOR!

The fun doesn't stop there! Your entry also could potentially win a gift card or basket from one of our local Downtown Campbell businesses:

  • Palazzi Salon
  • Bestie's Boutique
  • Simply Smashing
  • Cloud City
  • Sushi Confidential
  • El Guapo's
  • Doppio Zero

Winner announced 8/31/25 at our 1st year anniversary Sip & Shop!

Attention high school students! Do you feel that traditional classroom learning is too restrictive? Do you want to have more freedom in your learning, with assessments that reflect your growth and potential beyond just numbers and scores?

If the conventional educational model doesn't fit your creative spirit, consider joining Play Full Ground's creative learning community.

Artist and educator Mai Ryuno is opening her artist studio in the heart of Monterey's Lighthouse District as a micro school for high school students who want to learn creatively and grow into caring citizens of the world. Join this fall for creative and collaborative learning. Check out the website and make an appointment for you and your family to chat with Mai and learn more.

Here's a chance to break free from traditional education and design a future that’s uniquely yours.

Did you know? Recycled Records carries CDs by some local musicians including local R&B singer Ktbaaby. Come to 604 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey - support local talent and your local record shop.

About Recycled Records

Recycled Records is a locally-owned record store with a great selection of used vinyl, new pressings, CDs, and DVDs in a variety of genres. Established in 1975, the shop is now owned and operated by two Monterey locals, Kellen and Bree, who are building community one music lover at a time.

New June Opens in Downtown Old Monterey

Posted on July 27th, 2025 by New June

Downtown Old Monterey welcomes our newest boutique, New June! Located at 176 Bonifacio Place, New June carries thoughtful goods, new and found. Clothing, accessories, homewares, both curated vintage and artisan-made pieces - there are treasures for everyone. Go browse the latest drops; you never know what you'll find.

The boutique is a new venture by Ryan Zen Lama, the owner of East Village Cafe and Maybe on Monday. It's slow style with a warm spirit. Visit and see for yourself.

Tip: New June is now accepting consignment. Let your pre-loved pieces find a new home.

Current Comics is holding a Back Issue Blowout Sale through August 24, 2025. Get 40% off all comics in stock older than 5 months (except for "Priced As Marked" comics). Visit the shop at 400 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey to catch a great deal.

Why the big sale? Shop owner Travis Pratt starting working at this small, locally-owned comic shop on July 23, 2011. (Little did he know that he'd end up buying the business 3 years later.) Happy anniversary, Travis!

Venture Gallery presents France Ruhnke, our featured local artist in August and September. This exhibit of her contemporary mixed media work, entitled Creative Flow, uses contour drawing, oil painting, shadow boxes, and objects such as vintage maps, feathers, and wire.

About the Exhibit

In Creative Flow, France Ruhnke uses paper, canvas, fabric, gold leaf, paint, ink, natural flowers, feathers, egg shells, vintage French literature, maps, and wire to explore the delicate essence of nature’s flow. Her uplifting, ethereal work is remarkable for its exploration of movement, colors, light, and transparency.

About Venture Gallery

Venture Gallery is open 10am-6pm daily. France Ruhnke's artwork will be featured through September 2025. Venture Gallery is located at 260 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey. Visit our website to shop online for work by our local artists.

Did you know that Bamboo Reef Dive Shop is not just a great place to buy new diving gear, fill up tanks, take classes, and sign up for amazing dive trips? We also overhaul and do performance testing on scuba gear including regulators, BCDs, dive computers, SCUBA and SCBA tanks, and more.

Stay safe and get the best performance out of your equipment by maintaining it well! Visit the shop at 614 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, or call us at 831-372-1685 for more information.

New Manga at Current Comics

Posted on July 25th, 2025 by Current Comics

Attention mange fans! A bunch of new manga books have just arrived at Current Comics - all titles we haven't stocked before, related to popular anime series. Our shelves now hold Black Torch, Rooster Fighter, Record of Ragnarok, Black Clover, One Piece, Dan Da Dan, and more.

Come check them out at the shop at 400 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey or browse the Manga Section on our website for easy pickup or mail order.

The Rose Books and Obscurities, located at 136 Bonifacio Place in Downtown Old Monterey, has just added over a dozen new titles on Eastern philosophy and religion to our collection.

Highlights include an 1884 first edition of The Life of Buddha by Rockhill in excellent condition; an early edition of The Celestial Song by Edwin Arnold featuring the sought-after binding variant; and a stunning copy of The Buddhism of Tibet by Laurence Waddell.

About The Rose Books

The Rose Books and Obscurities carries a well-balanced selection of antiquarian collectible works and second hand books in all price ranges. The bookshop is small but dense in subject matters and carefully cultivated to satisfy serious collectors and general readers alike.

Free Events This Week! Summer Concert & Day at the CCC

Posted on July 23rd, 2025 by Campbell Recreation Events

🎉 Celebrate Parks & Recreation Month! 🎉

Join Us for a Month of FREE EVENTS This July!

www.campbellca.gov/july

🎶 Summer Concerts – Weekly on Thursdays, 6:30–8:00 PM

⚽ Day at the CCC – July 26, 12:00–2:00 PM

🕺 Adaptive Dis-Glow Dance – July 30, 7:00–9:00 PM

🌟 All events are free and open to the community!

It’s not too late to join us for summer camps and classes! Visit www.campbellca.gov/register 

Fall Activity Guide is now available online!

Visit www.campbellca.gov/activityguide

Youth Arts Collective invites you to view our 2025 Summer Art Show, showcasing over 100 original works created by YAC’s talented young artists and mentors. The show will open with a reception on Friday, July 25 and continue for a month at our studio and gallery, 472 Calle Principal in Downtown Old Monterey. Hours are Monday - Friday, 3pm-7pm & Saturday, 12pm-4pm

Online Gallery

Can’t make it in person? Visit our online gallery to see the full Summer Show and enjoy delightful "meet the artist" videos, each one offering a glimpse into the unique personalities and creative journeys behind the work. The online exhibit will open July 25.

About YAC

Youth Arts Collective is a nonprofit art studio and mentorship program for motivated high school and college artists. Our mission is to inspire creativity, kindness, and confidence in our youth through artistic expression and mutual respect. Do art. Be kind

PG&E Financial Assistance Programs 2025

Posted on July 17th, 2025 by lighthouseave

Are you a Monterey resident having trouble paying your electric/gas bill? PG&E has two financial assistance programs - details are below.

Match My Payment Program

This new program provides bill assistance to eligible customers. Enroll to match every dollar you pay up to $1,000 toward your past due balance. This program offers qualified customers help paying past due energy bill balance. Find out about eligibility and apply here.

Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Help (REACH)

REACH offers qualified customers help paying the energy bill during a crisis. REACH provides an energy credit up to $300 based on the past due bill (energy credit support is subject to funding availability). PG&E contracts with Dollar Energy Fund to accept and process assistance requests for the PG&E REACH program. Find out about eligibility and apply here.

Thanks to the City of Monterey for sharing this information with the community! Sign up for the City's weekly email updates here.

Lighthouse District in the News, 07/15/25

Posted on July 15th, 2025 by lighthouseave

Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the links below to read the articles.

Pearl Hour welcomes popular San Francisco house music DJ David Harness for a homecoming
by Sloan Campi
Monterey County NOW, 07/03/25

The cupcake craze may have come and gone, but it brought big interest in small treats [The Perfect Crumb]
by Agata Popeda
Monterey County NOW, 07/10/25

Monterey Core Fitness presents a new class: HIIT Pilates, a unique fusion of Pilates and HIIT that delivers a full-body burn, taught by Katy Sandlin on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7am and Saturdays at 8:30am.

About HIIT Pilates

This class combines core-focused strength, controlled functional movement, and energizing intervals. Expect intentional flows, creative combinations, and challenging sequences using bodyweight and props like bands, blocks, and weights. Come ready to sweat, build strength, and feel muscles you didn't know you had.

About Monterey Core Fitness

Learn more about Monterey Core Fitness group classes and our gym here. Located at 191 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, we offer a variety of membership levels and class passes.

Mission 19 Taqueria introduces our new Summer Tostada! It features cooked shrimp along with cucumber, red onion, and cilantro, all marinated in Mission 19's special house sauce and served on a corn tostada.

This delicious tribute to summer is available Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 598 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. Don't miss it!

The new Superman film, directed by James Gunn, is now in theaters, and Current Comics has some fan favorite, best-selling Superman graphic novels in stock so you can continue reading the adventures of the man of steel. We have some great stories to choose from at the shop, 400 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Our staff has seen the movie and we think it’s amazing! Fun, emotional, compelling, funny and inspiring - we're excited that the new DC Universe is off to a great start.

We have sad news: The Break Room, located at 724 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, will be closing on September 1, 2025.

With heavy hearts, the owners of The Break Room would like to thank their guests for all the great times in the last four years and invite you to get one last rage in while the doors are still open.

Appointments are available through August 31, so book online and go get your frustration out by bashing up stuff in full safety gear.

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