This tour lasts approximately 3 hours and will take you to 4-6 restaurants and eateries on the side streets of Downtown Monterey and Fisherman’s Wharf. You will taste the different cultural influences that have made Monterey what it is today....

MIIS invites you to join us for a book signing and talk with former U.S. diplomat, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. on Thursday, February 1, 12:10pm - 1:50pm in Room 102 at the McGowan Building.

Ambassador Graham, who was involved...

Come and create a unique Valentine Heart for you or someone you love. We will use a variety of materials to make a one of a kind heart.

Saoco Promotions presents Salsa Night at American Burger. Cover charge is only $5! We'll begin with a salsa lesson and then dance all night: salsa, bachata, merengue, and cumbia. American Burger will be serving pupusas, burgers, beer, and wine. Come and join in the fun!

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live music featuring Victory Lane, 9pm-12:30am, a hot classic rock quartet that plays their cool medleys all around the Monterey Peninsula.

Monterey Museum of Art on Pacific Street welcomes all ages to join us for a Free Family Fun Day. Experiment with the process of making art and explore nature-based art inspired by our newest exhibition, Process in Progress by Hector Dionicio Mendoza!

Bakai Wine + Tapas hosts a Comedy Workshop with Jacqueline Kabat, who has been involved in all aspects of stand-up comedy, comedy improvisation, and sketch writing since 1997. A former student of Amy Poehler and Mario Cantone, her philosophy is: creativity + nature + a supportive authentic community = magic. Fee is $20.

Old Capitol Books welcomes Todd Boss , a critically-acclaimed poet, librettist, public artist, and film producer who holds a diverse career with a passion for collaboration. His works for both the page and the stage have been read and produced throughout the world. Don't miss this in-store reading!

Join Dali17 at the Museum of Monterey for a monthly painting workshop presented by local artists Darls and Darls Fabrications, 4-6pm. The price is $35 per person or $55 for two ($5 discount for Dali17 members). Supplies provided include a canvas, painting supplies, and museum admission.

Bakai Wine + Tapas and Kiki Wow present Zack Freitas on Saturday, February 3, 5pm-7pm. Zack sings with all his heart and writes some great original songs.

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present Vick Silva on Saturday, February 3, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

To attend a Vick Silva performance is to feel the blues, celebrate reggae, and breathe the timeless energy of rock and roll....

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live music featuring WildCard , 9pm-12:30am.

Winners of the 2017 Monterey County Herald’s Best Band Award, WildCard is a high-energy band comprised of former...

American Burger hosts The Monterey Ukulele Club's weekly jam session almost every Sunday, 4pm-6pm. All are welcome to come, play ukulele with the group, and sing along!

Be inspired to create your own whimsical " Hearts a Doodle ". This will be a Valentine day theme that will be sure delight your inner romantic! Join us to paint this Valentines Day masterpiece to include painting and paint doodling!

Design your own Tulip to put in your garden. You will create a 3D tulip using a variety of mosaic materials and thinset mortar.

This month's headliner for our monthly Grapes of Laugh Live Comedy show is Jeremy Curry. Also featured are Willy G, Kyle Keating, Paul Sanford, Nicole Tran, and the host, Johnny Corn. This will be fun and it'll be a great...

Saoco Promotions presents Salsa Night at American Burger. Cover charge is only $5! We'll begin with a salsa lesson and then dance all night: salsa, bachata, merengue, and cumbia. American Burger will be serving pupusas, burgers, beer, and wine. Come and join in the fun!

Our Canvas Nights are an actual learning experience at a real Art Studio.

Our instructor will guide you step by step to create an amazing masterpiece! Absolutely no experience is necessary.

Lopez Restaurante y Cantina presents an evening of live music featuring Tropa Chicana, Los Nuevos Sauceda, and Kurioso Norteño on Friday, February 9. Doors open at 9:30pm.

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live Soul and R&B music featuring Real Time, 9pm-12:30am.

Bella's Studio presents Sew Your Heart Out. This workshop will let you express your creative and sentimental side as you stitch your Valentine a special love note using the heart as your inspiration. Advance registration is required.

Join us with your sweetheart , family, and friends for a lovely morning along the beloved Los Gatos Creek Trail for a hearty run/walk featuring a 10K, 5K, and Kids' Dash.

Join Lilify on Saturday, February 10, 12pm-4pm, as we welcome jewelry designer Amber Duncan of Mountainside Jewelry in Santa Cruz and Emmalline Molloy of Valley Botanicals Plant Based Skincare in Big Sur. They'll be presenting full...

Blooms Prive Underwear will be hosting a pop-up shop at Simply Smashing! this Saturday, February 10th, 1-5 PM. Come see what the fuss is all about!

Old Capitol Books presents author CL Fors, who will discuss the first two novels of The Primogenitor Series, Progeny and Adaptation on Saturday, February 10 at 4pm.

CL Fors is a mother, author, and adventurer. Daughter of...

Our Canvas Nights are a fun learning experience where our instructor will guide you step by step to create an amazing masterpiece. No experience necessary; all levels welcome.

Bring over some food and beverages to make it a party!...

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present Boscoe's Brood on Saturday, February 10, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Sam Regalado, the face and creator of Boscoe's Brood, grew up in Los Angeles and earned his musical stripes with...

Bon Ton L'Roy's Lighthouse Smokehouse presents a special Mardi Gras show by Alligator , the legendary Blues, Zydeco, and Cajun guitar and fiddle player. Advance reservations recommended, 831-375-6958.

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live R&B and soul music featuring Cougar Unleashed , 9pm-12:30am.

Rhonda "Cougar" Crouch, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, brings a fresh spin...

MY Museum is hosting a Fancy Nancy Valentine's Tea Party! Ladies and gents ages 3-6 are cordially invited to a fancy tea party complete with delicious treats and elegant activities, including arts and crafts, play time, and a delightful story. Reservations are required.

American Burger hosts The Monterey Ukulele Club's weekly jam session almost every Sunday, 4pm-6pm. All are welcome to come, play ukulele with the group, and sing along!

This workshop will allow kids K through 8th to brainstorm with friends and learn powerful skills to be more effective and sell more cookies. Through art and imagination students create huge advertising signs, design menus and create new cookie ideas....

Ladies, we’re throwing a fun pottery painting party for you and your friends with a Mimosa Juice Bar, and snacks. Tickets are just $14 per person which covers your paint time for the evening, food, and mimosa mixers. You just pay for the pottery you paint on the night.

No plans yet for Valentine's Day evening? Come out to be creative, make your own mixed media interpretation of Klimt's most iconic work! Exploring lots of new and different techniques; come with or without a valentine. We’re throwing a fun...

Just for Valentine's Day, Bakai Wine + Tapas presents Kiki Wow , a singer, songwriter, musician, and host who engages her audiences with humorous stories and beautiful songs.

The Museums and Cultural Arts Commission presents a concert by the Wild Coast Brass Quintet on Wednesday, February 14 at 7pm at Colton Hall. Admission is free but seating is limited and reservations are required via e-mail or...

Paper Wing Theatre invites you to join us for a sexy, silly and thrilling good time with our Sippin' and Strippin' Boom-Boom Burlesque! Live on stage, let us bring the vroom-vroom and boom-boom into your Valentine's Day with dancing, singing,...

Cibo Ristorante Italiano presents a Singles Love Party on Wednesday, February 14, 9pm-1am. It's a great chance to mingle if you're single, but you don't have to be single to attend! Entertainment by DJ Fredo and ATM and photography by...

Saoco Promotions presents Salsa Night at American Burger. Cover charge is only $5! We'll begin with a salsa lesson and then dance all night: salsa, bachata, merengue, and cumbia. American Burger will be serving pupusas, burgers, beer, and wine. Come and join in the fun!

CarmelBarre in Monterey is throwing a Birthday Bash - help us celebrate 4 years in business! At 6pm we'll have a Zumba class following by shopping discounts and drinks. We'll also be offering free childcare while you get your dance on. Please sign up online for the class.

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present The Rayburn Brothers on Friday, February 16, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

The Rayburn Brothers Band, with their rough-hewn folk-rock sound, is comprised of gifted singer songwriter Craig Rayburn, a well-seasoned...

The Golden State Theatre presents Dave Davies , lead guitarist and co-founder of The Kinks. He'll be celebrating the release of his new album Open Road , the upcoming film Dave Davies: Strangers, and a new solo album due for release later in the year. Tonight, he'll perform a set of solo hits and Kinks classics accompanied by his accomplished band. General tickets are $38-$65.

One Night of Queen performed by Gary Mullen & The Works is a spectacular live concert, recreating the look, sound, pomp, and showmanship of arguably the greatest rock band of all time. Over the last decade-plus, ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN...

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live Soul and R&B music featuring BTA , 9pm-12:30am. After gigging around Monterey and other venues up and down California and Nevada more than 20 years ago, they're back together again and getting us up and dancing!

A college degree is one of the best investments you can provide for your children. Knowing how much to save, where to save, and how much to save is just a start. This event is part of Tiny Tots' free Saturday Speaker Series, a way for professionals in the community to provide free parenting resources to the community.

Wondering what a doula is? Join other new and expectant parents at Meet the Doulas to learn the answers to questions about birth and postpartum doula services.

Kid's Canvas Night the third Saturday of every month. This is a drop-off, fun night for kids only with pizza, beverages, and awesomeness provided! Our Canvas Nights are an actual learning experience at a real Art Studio.

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present The Proudest Monkeys and Joe Scardina on Saturday, February 17, 6:30pm-9:30pm.

The Proudest Monkeys is a musical collective operating out of Monterey. In 2016, band leader Trevor Lucier released the album...

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live music featuring WildCard , 9pm-12:30am.

Winners of the 2017 Monterey County Herald’s Best Band Award, WildCard is a high-energy band comprised of former...

Join Bamboo Reef Dive Shop for a boat dive in Monterey Bay aboard the Beach Hopper II. All fun dives are two tank dives. Divers must provide their own equipment (available for rent), c-card, and a sense of adventure. Space is limited so give us a call to reserve your spot, 415-362-6694.

There will be a panel discussion on locally-controlled energy entitled Inspiring Change at the Local Level with Community Choice Energy on Sunday, February 18, 2pm-4pm, at Monterey Public Library. This is a free event - all are welcome. For...

Learn the foundations of AcroYoga in a guided environment were we focus on body awareness, safety, and communication. This workshop will help you become stronger, more flexible, and relaxed. Surprise yourself with what you can do!

American Burger hosts The Monterey Ukulele Club's weekly jam session almost every Sunday, 4pm-6pm. All are welcome to come, play ukulele with the group, and sing along!

The Central Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross and MIIS are co-sponsoring a lecture on Tuesday, February 20 at 6pm by Dr. Neil Boothby, an expert on the effects of armed conflict and violence on children, entitled "Challenges and...

The City of Monterey is hosting an opening art reception at Alvarado Gallery, located on the mezzanine level of Monterey Conference Center, to celebrate a new exhibition of photographs submitted to the 2017-18 Monterey Photo Contest. All are welcome! All photos submitted to the contest will be displayed, and the five contest winners will be present: Jared Apperson, Sheldon Chang, Shirley Coly, Lillie Grossman, and Brad Lewis.

Saoco Promotions presents Salsa Night at American Burger. Cover charge is only $5! We'll begin with a salsa lesson and then dance all night: salsa, bachata, merengue, and cumbia. American Burger will be serving pupusas, burgers, beer, and wine. Come and join in the fun!

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present pianist Michael Martinez on Friday, February 23, 6:30pm-9:30pm.

Michael Martinez was born in 1990 and raised in Pacific Grove. After the death of his piano teacher, Jonathon Lee, in 2004, Michael...

This month, at the Theory and Philosophy Reading Group at Old Capitol Books , we'll explore environmental philosophy. Come talk about theory, philosophy, and how it relates to current events with a friendly group of readers and thinkers.

Created out of quartz crystal, crystal singing bowls are powerful tools for healing, meditation and attunement to inner levels of being. This Introduction to the Singing Bowls' Vibrational Empowerment and Healing by Vali Francis will demonstrate their use. Come experience the beauty and power of these transformative tools.

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live Rock and R&B music featuring Sky Park, 9pm-12:30am.

Scholze Park Community Center in the Lighthouse District is pleased to present the play! Monterey Travel Program , including a variety of travel experiences for a variety of budgets. Today, we'll enjoy a Palo Alto shopping adventure....

Ever dream of writing your own movie or TV script? Learn how to write and sell screenplays at the REEL Jobs Screenwriting lecture with Madeline DiMaggio, a screenwriter, author, and accomplished writing teacher from Los Angeles. Tickets are $30 ($10 for students).

Ever dream of writing your own movie or TV script? Learn how to write and sell screenplays at the REEL Jobs Screenwriting lecture with Madeline DiMaggio, a screenwriter, author, and accomplished writing teacher from Los Angeles. Tickets are $30 ($10 for students). This talk at MIIS is presented by the Lighthouse District's own Monterey County Film Commission.

Cindy's Waterfront at Monterey Bay Aquarium invites Aquarium members to enjoy a delicious and sustainable dinner with us tonight. Afterwards, you can enjoy Member Night at the Aquarium, 7pm-9pm, exploring the exhibits during quieter hours. Price is $77 for adults; $26 for children under 12 (plus tax and gratuity).

Bakai Wine + Tapas and Kiki Wow present Boscoe's Brood on Saturday, February 24, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Sam Regalado, the face and creator of Boscoe's Brood, grew up in Los Angeles and earned his musical...

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present The Fields of Eden on Saturday, February 24, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Singer/songwriter Kiki Wow plays regularly throughout the Monterey Peninsula both classic favorites and original songs. Her engaging vocals and rhythm...

Monterey Bay Aquarium invites you to join us for a Family Seashore Sleepover on February 24, 7pm-8:30am, for ages 5 and up. (All participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a paying adult.) Explore the Aquarium without daytime crowds and enjoy hands-on activities throughout the evening! Cost is $95 for Aquarium members and their guests, $125 for the general public.

Cibo Restaurant invites you to join us for a night of live R&B and funk music featuring Will Roc , 9pm-12:30am.

Will Roc, who toured nationally and internationally as a keyboardist with the great Herbie...

Take your parenting know-how to the next level! Back by popular demand at MY Museum , Kim Biggio will facilitate a class entitled Positive Discipline . Learn how to set limits with your family without negativity. Kim is a credentialed parent educator, former preschool teacher, and the mother of three children.

Kim Steinhardt, co-author of The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California's Coast , will be at Old Capitol Books to talk about coastal California’s unique natural history and to tell the stories of the communities which thrive off its resources and beauty. The book is a dramatic snapshot of the California coast’s past, present, and probable future in a time of climate change and expanding human activity.

American Burger hosts The Monterey Ukulele Club's weekly jam session almost every Sunday, 4pm-6pm. All are welcome to come, play ukulele with the group, and sing along!

MIIS presents Ethio-Jazz singer, songwriter, and cultural instigator Meklit Hadero and her band, who will kick-off African Nations Week with a dynamic performance followed by a discussion.

Sovino Wine Bar and Merchant presents a Paint and Sip Class ! Tonight, local artist and retired art teacher Bunny Paivine will be teaching an easy-to-follow painting class. You’ll take home your own 11 x 14 canvas painting. All materials and a glass of wine are included in the $50 fee.

Caffe Trieste and Kiki Wow present Boscoe's Brood on Tuesday, February 27, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Sam Regalado, the face and creator of Boscoe's Brood, grew up in Los Angeles and earned his musical stripes with...