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Museum, Art Festivals and Museums in Monterey

Art, music and culture converge in the Monterey Peninsula. Monterey has been a past and present home to many artists and creative individuals including photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Cole and Brett Weston; painters Armin Carl Hansen, William Ritschel, Francis McComas and E. Charlton Fortune; sculptor Jo Mora, creator of the monumental bronze sarcophagus of Father Serra in Carmel Mission; even cartoonist Hank Ketcham, whose pen brought to life Dennis the Menace. Local Monterey authors like John Steinbeck, Robinson Jeffers, Robert A. Heinlein, Henry Miller, Ed Ricketts, and Robert Louis Stevenson have all lived in and written about the Monterey Peninsula.
 
Enrich your visit by stopping by a local art gallery, museum, library, festival event, historic adobe, or public garden and find inspiration in the creativity that flourishes throughout Monterey County.
07
Jun

It’s Bach, July 16 – 30, 2011

Jun
07
 2011
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It's Bach
The 74th Carmel Bach Festival is a 15-day world class celebration of music and ideas inspired by the historical and ongoing influence of Johann Sebastian Bach in the world. The Festival offers a compelling array of rich musical experiences featuring national and international artists in a variety of settings enjoyed by 24,000 attendees each year coming from local, regional, national, and international locales. Read More about It’s Bach, July 16 – 30, 2011
24
Apr

54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival® September 16 – 18, 2011

Apr
24
 2011
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54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival®
Headliners Include Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Huey Lewis & The News, Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band featuring Terence Blanchard; Joshua Redman; India.Arie & Idan Raichel; John Pizzarelli Quartet, An Afternoon in Treme with Dumpstaphunk, Soul Rebels, Kermit Ruffins & Glen David Andrews, Hosted by Wendell Pierce;Hiromi: The Trio Project featuring Anthony Jackson & Steve Smith; Miles Davis/Gil Evans: Still Ahead Orchestra featuring Music from Miles Ahead, Porgy & Bess and Sketches of Spain; and Many More Performances Throughout the Weekend by 2011 MJF Artist-In-Residence Joshua Redman; 2011 MJF Showcase Artist Robert Glasper; 2011 MJF Commission Artist Geri Allen & Timeline Premiering the 2011 MJF Commission, The Dazzler Read More about 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival® September 16 – 18, 2011
02
Aug

Celebrate Monterey Peninsula's New BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Summit with a Wave of Hotel Deals August 25-29

Aug
02
 2010
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Celebrate Monterey Peninsula's New BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Summit with a Wave of Hotel Deals Augu
Ocean film lovers will be in heaven late August when Monterey Peninsula launches the first BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Summit. The Festival begins August 23, with films premiering August 25-29. This global ocean-focused event will whet everyone's whistle with the screening of 60+ award winning ocean films, photography and visual arts exhibits, seminars and a special tribute to Jacques Yves Cousteau. Read More about Celebrate Monterey Peninsula's New BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Summit with a Wave of Hotel Deals August 25-29
05
Apr

Get jazzed in Monterey with the Next Generation Festival

Apr
05
 2010
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Get jazzed in Monterey with the Next Generation Festival
The 6th Annual Next Generation Festival takes place April 9 – 11 in downtown Monterey. The weekend event, devoted to the future of jazz, includes the Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition with Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, and individual musicians vying for a spot on the stages of this fall’s 53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presented by Verizon. Read More about Get jazzed in Monterey with the Next Generation Festival
01
Mar

Almost Touchable…

Mar
01
 2010
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Almost Touchable
Let your eye be fooled at the Monterey Museum of Modern Art, as Pam Carroll’s powerfully real work nearly comes to life on the walls. The Monterey Museum of Art has long honored that which is amazing in the historic and the modern, and Ms Carroll’s work is no exception. Read More about Almost Touchable…
03
Dec

Christmas in the Adobes

Dec
03
 2009
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Christmas in the Adobes
Ever wonder what Christmas was like in Old Monterey? Then Christmas in the Adobes is for you. And tickets go on sale October 15. For twonights only – December 10 & 12 – twenty of Monterey’s historic buildings will be lit by candlelight as part of the 24th annual Christmas in the Adobes celebration. This is the only time of the year that many of these nineteenth century buildings are open to the public and open in the evening. Read More about Christmas in the Adobes
21
Oct

It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon….

Oct
21
 2009
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It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon….
Prairie Home Companion’s Garrison Keillor comes to Monterey’s Golden State Theatre for one evening – Sunday, October 25. This beloved monologist is the host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac heard on public radio stations nationwide. He is also the author of more than a dozen books, including Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Love Me and Homegrown Democrat. Read More about It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon….
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