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The seventh annual California Seaweed Festival comes to Custom House Plaza in Monterey on Saturday, Oct. 24, with free admission, live music, seaweed tastings and more than 60 exhibitors, capping a week of film screenings and workshops across the peninsula.
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Local organizations are hosting a voting-themed "No Kings" rally Saturday, Oct. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Window on the Bay in Monterey, continuing a national protest movement that has drawn millions since its founding in June 2025.
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View MoreMonterey State Historic Park debuts a free exhibit of posthumous portraits, hair wreaths and hair jewelry at Casa Gutierrez on Thursday, Oct. 8, while Coastal Roots Hospitality Group restaurants donate 10% of takeout orders to MY Museum through October.
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View MoreThe Juneteenth Coalition hosts its "Ignition" fundraiser Saturday evening at Carmel Mission Inn, debuting a signature cocktail called the Timbuktu as the first event in a series leading to the group's 2027 Juneteenth celebration.
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View MoreThe 69th Monterey Jazz Festival runs Sept. 25-27 at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center, featuring 74 performances including a one-time Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter duo tribute to Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis' final appearance as Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra leader.
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View MoreBob Mackie, the nine-time Emmy-winning costume designer who dressed Cher, Carol Burnett and Elton John across five decades, died Monday of pneumonia in Palm Springs. He was 87.
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View MoreBig Sur business owners stayed inside evacuation zones during the Timber and Plaskett fires to supply firefighters with food, showers and shelter, while residents shared hand-drawn maps to aid fire crews.
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View MoreVolunteers can join California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Laguna Grande Regional Park and Robert's Lake in Seaside, with free supplies, snacks and a coalition of local sponsors backing the 9 a.m. to noon effort.
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View MoreThe Monterey Bay Aquarium will open "Ocean in Motion / La Danza del Mar," a bilingual exhibit for children ages 2 to 6, on Saturday, Nov. 7, featuring an expanded African penguin habitat, a custom wave machine and interactive play areas.
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View MoreTwo Wolf Design hosts a handmade-signs fundraiser at Six Over Coffee in Monterey on Saturday, Sept. 12, with all proceeds going to Big Sur fire relief as the Timber and Plaskett fires continue to burn across 55,265 combined acres.
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View MoreBayonet Black Horse in Seaside hosts its first Boots on the Green country music festival Saturday, Sept. 12, with four acts, 14 vendors and proceeds benefiting three charities.
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View MoreOlympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi speaks at the Coast Cares Gala on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where Hope Services aims to raise $300,000 for disability programs in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.
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View MoreCarmel High School senior Violet Maxinoski won one of seven national America 250 prizes in NPR's 2026 Student Podcast Challenge for "The Journal," an eight-minute podcast built from her mother's handwritten journal entries during a 2003–04 deployment in Mosul, Iraq.
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View MoreThe 93rd annual Festa Italia returns to Monterey's Custom House Plaza from Friday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 13, with free admission, live music, a Blessing of the Fleet procession and new children's activities honoring the city's Italian and Sicilian fishing heritage.
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