Comanche Cellars Wine Room is pleased to announce our new tasting menu! Visit us and try Sparkling Albariño, Chardonnay, Carignane, Pinot Noir, and La Vaquera. Our five-flight tasting is $20 per person - if you make a two bottle purchase, we'll waive one tasting fee. We're located at 412 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey.
In December 2018, the New Monterey Business Association held its first-ever Holiday Display Contest. Participating Lighthouse District businesses celebrated the holidays by decorating their storefront windows, and our group of judges evaluated decorations based on the view from the Lighthouse Avenue sidewalk.
Congratulations to our 2018 winners:
Namaste India Bistro
528 Lighthouse Avenue
Best Holiday Light Display in Window
The Leather Company
638 Lighthouse Avenue
Best Holiday Window Display (no lights)
Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest and decorated their windows to give the Lighthouse District a festive holiday atmosphere!
The Old Monterey Business Association announces the 2018 Downtown Business Awards!
Best Downtown Small Business
Sovino Wine Bar and Merchant
Most Inviting Business
Comanche Cellars
Best New Restaurant
Aabha Indian Grill
Most Chic Boutique
Bliss Boutique
Downtown Health and Wellness Award
Union Yoga
Best Business Renovation
Hellam's Tobacco and Wine Shop
2018 Business Partnership
Union Bank
Best Holiday Window Display
Gasper's Jewelers
Good Neighbor Award
Monterey Hotel Apartments
Best Downtown Traditional Event
TubaChristmas Monterey
Downtown Street Beat Award
Park(ing) Day Monterey, September 21, 2018
2018 It's Happening Now Award
Cooper-Molera Property, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Signature Historic Event
200th Anniversary of the Battle of Monterey Reeenactment
The Old Monterey Business Association (OMBA) is a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing and promoting the economic vitality and community spirit of Old Monterey. We strive to enhance and promote the economic vitality and community spirit of Old Monterey as well as maintaining the Downtown as a unique retail, entertainment, and commercial center for both residents and visitors of Old Monterey.
Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, an independent, locally-owned movie theater located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey, December 14-20, 2018.
ROMA
Weekdays at 2pm, 4:55pm, 7:50pm
Sat & Sun at 11am, 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.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
Weekdays at 3:45pm, 7:15pm
Sat & Sun at 12:30pm, 3:45pm, 7:15pm
In five audacious episodes, failed architect and arch-sociopath Jack recounts the elaborately orchestrated murders - each, as he views them, a towering work of art - that define his "career" as a serial killer. Mixing pitch black humor, transcendent surrealism, and renegade musings on everything from history to architecture to cinema, this aims to be a radical, blazingly personal inquiry into violence, art, and the twin acts of creation and destruction. Watch the trailer.
AT ETERNITY'S GATE
Weekdays at 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
Sat & Sun at 12:10pm, 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
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.
BECOMING ASTRID
Weekdays at 2:50pm, 5:20pm, 7:50pm
Sat & Sun at 12:20pm, 2:50pm, 5:20pm, 7:50pm
Wed: no 2:50pm showtime
Thurs: no 5:20pm or 7:50pm showtime
Teenaged Astrid Lindgren, who later went on to write the Pippi Longstocking series, leads a carefree life with her family in rural Sweden. Restless and eager to break free from her conservative upbringing, she accepts an internship at a local newspaper where she attracts the attention of its married editor. After Astrid becomes pregnant, she leaves her childhood home and goes to Copenhagen to secretly give birth to a son, whom she reluctantly leaves in the care of a foster mother, Marie. When Marie falls ill, Astrid uses her creativity and flair for storytelling to reconnect with her son. Watch the trailer.
PROSPECT
Weekdays at 8pm
Sat & Sun at 1pm, 8pm
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've...Read More
What a sight to see! Salmon playing along the Los Gatos Creek and the Guadalupe Watershed. When you volunteer for our creek cleanups it truly makes a difference. Let's keep up the good work!
The Campbell Community Toy Program works in conjunction with the Campbell Union School District grades K-8 to provide toys, games and fun gifts for Christmas. The program serves low-income families in our community and involves over 2,300 children from 800-plus families. Community volunteers join together to donate, gather, organize and distribute thousands of gifts through the program each year.
The volunteer opportunities are designed to help get the donated items sorted, and ready for pick up by the families we are serving this year. Shifts are available for:
Sorting: Consists of coming to the facility and helping to organize the toys by gender and age group in order to make the bagging process run more smoothly.
Bagging: Consists of tracking and fulfilling the applications submitted for the program and getting the toys bagged and ready for the families to pick up.
Distribution: Happens over a two-night period. Consists of locating each bag by family or application and distributing the bag to each family when they arrive to pick up their toys.
On Call Pick Up: If you can be available to be on call for toy pickups from donation locations throughout this Toy Program drive please email us and we will put you on the list to be reached if needed.
Maybe on Monday is happy to announce that we have hand embroidered reusable gift bags in our shop! Now you can wrap that special gift for your special person in a lovely, environmentally-friendly way. Come and visit us at 251-B Pearl Street in Old Monterey. We're locally owned and have a lovely selection of unique gifts for men and women.
If you're looking for a gift of the tattoo or piercing variety for any special people in your life, Creative Visions Ink Tattoo and Body Piercing has gift certificates available in any denomination for tattoos, piercings, or body jewelry in the new year. Feel free to stop by Monday - Saturday, 12pm-8pm, or Sunday, 12pm-5pm, and we can help you cross one more item off of your holiday shopping list. We're located at 856 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.
'Tis the season for ginger. That feisty, spicy herb that's most popular year-round in Asian foods, but comes into its heyday during the holidays... (to read on, click here)
Fashion Trade has recently gotten in a Michael Kors yellow pebbled leather wallet. Come and check it out at our shop, located at 554 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. We have a wide selection of women's fashion and accessories.
Current Comics is happy to announce that we will be carrying the new DC Books for Young Readers! As superhero storytelling has exploded in popularity in recent years on both the big and small screens and in children's publishing, DC is introducing brand-new imprints dedicated to storytelling for kids.
DC Books for Young Readers brings the iconic superheroes of DC Entertainment to graphic novels for both middle-grade and young adult readers with world-class authors lending their expertise in reaching readers from these age groups and brand-new, standalone stories.
DC Zoom targets ages 8-12 with stories that focus on external issues, helping readers explore and understand the world around them. Librarians tell us that DC titles are a great tool to engage reluctant young readers, and DC Zoom makes our characters accessible with new, out-of-continuity stories by kids' favorite authors.
DC INK is for readers 13 and up,and features coming-of-age stories that encourage teens to ask themselves who they are and how they relate to others. DC Ink features storytelling that focuses on real-world situations and relatable characters who are not perfect, but are nuanced and complex.
This holiday season, Bamboo Reef Dive Shop invitesyou to give the gift of SCUBA! Gift certificates are available now on our website in increments of $25, $50, $100, $250, and $500. We also offer gift certificate packages, including our Learn to Scuba Dive Package and more. Bamboo Reef is located at 614 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.
The holidays are quickly approaching and Hula's Island Grill is already getting into the gift giving mood. To reward holiday shoppers, Hula's is offering a very merry gift certificate deal. Now through December 31, 2018, purchase a $50 gift certificate and get a $10 certificate for yourself or purchase a $100 gift certificate and receive a free $20 gift card to treat yourself. Giving never tasted so good!! Hula's Island Grill is located at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.
Get all your Christmas music for a great deal all at the same place! Recycled Records, located at 604 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, has CDs and vinyl packed with your favorite holiday songs. Whether you like jazz, classical, country, rock and roll, or even German, we have the Christmas album for you.
Looking for a fun gift for the Monterey cycling enthusiast in your life? Work Horse Bicycles now has stylish cycling jerseys and some incredibly comfortable sweatshirts for sale! Support your locally-owned bike shop and show your Monterey pride. We're located 486 Washington Street in Old Monterey.
As part of Monterey County Weekly's 2nd Annual Burger Week, Estéban Restaurant presents the new Duck, Duck, Gus Burger. A lean duck patty is topped with foie gras fresh from Sonoma County, grilled onions, black truffle aioli, and quince membrillo (a popular Spanish paste made from quince). It's then topped with Manchego cheese and tucked in a warm, seeded brioche bun.
]The Duck, Duck, Gus burger is served with hand cut fries, made from Kennebec potatoes cooked in rendered duck fat then topped with a sunny side up duck egg, all for $16. Stop in soon for this delicious special, as it's only available during Monterey County Burger Week! We're located at 700 Munras Avenue in Old Monterey.
Shear Addiction Barbershop and Hair Studio is now holding a toy drive! We welcome backpacks, books, coloring books, board games, LEGO, sports equipment and balls, dolls, and gift cards for kids. Anything helps! You can find us at 160 Webster Street in Old Monterey.
Clean out your closet and help our community! To further our mission to create and promote a strong, healthy community, CarmelBarre is collecting gently-worn (or new) clothing for the Genesis House, a state-licensed residential substance abuse treatment program in Seaside. We will be accepting donations at all studios through December 31, 2018. Our Old Monterey studio is located at 465 Pacific Street.
Rosine's Restaurant asks you to help us help those in need this holiday season! Dine at Rosine's and bring in 3 new, non-perishable food items for the Salvation Army and we'll treat you to a free small bite dessert of your choice! Rosine's Restaurant is located at 434 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey.
Enjoy unlimited visits to Monterey County Youth Museum in the new year or give the gift of joyful learning this holiday season! Now through December 14, 2018, MY Museum is offering two months free when you purchase or renew your annual membership. No code necessary. Purchase online or in person at 425 Washington Street in Old Monterey.
All MY Museum memberships include free admission and guest passes to the museum. Plus, members get discounts on birthday parties, camps, classes, special events, and gift cart purchases.
