Buy tickets now! 2026 Annual La Merienda Celebration – the City of Monterey’s 256th birthday party features music, dance, costume, and a barbecue buffet extravaganza by Portola Hotel & Spa and the VIP Merienda Barbecue Committee who will create a five-star culinary experience! Entertainment by:Jonathan Valverde & Mike MarottaMariachis & Folkorico Dancers Dress: Early California […]
Tanya Tomkins and Felix Fan Mayo Hayes O’Donnell Library155 Van Buren StreetMonterey Who could forget Tanya Tomkins’ electrifying performance in the 2025 “Breakfast of Champions” concert featuring Beethoven’s fiery “Razumovsky” Quartet? This work featured modern cello, but Tanya is equally at home on the Baroque cello — quite a different instrument that features gut strings, a slightly lower […]
The hidden story of the California Coast, told through generations of immigrants, surges of industry, and three marine species caught in the dragnet of human history. In Tin Can Coast, Ogilvy does a masterful job of weaving together the enmeshed fates of the California Current’s fisheries, the immigrant communities that first exploited them, and the […]
Tickets available now. The Road of Renown presents a significant new interpretation of the history of today’s 17-Mile Drive and connects the early auto racing history at Del Monte with the development of auto touring to the world famous resort. Hotel Del Monte’s original macadam road to Cypress Point was hailed for its dust free […]
Exclusive event at Stanton Center Buy tickets here – $35 MHAA members free – no ticket required Chris Pook 6-7 pm In an engaging guest lecture hosted at the museum, Chris Pook will share the fascinating story of how a “crazy idea” revolutionized North American motorsports. He will recount how, while working as a local […]
Buy tickets here – $25MHAA members free – no ticket required Ed Archer 6-7 pm Rena and David Kiehn, Founders of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 7-8 pm Greg Berkin, Co-Curator of “Racing to Del Monte & Pebble Beach” 8-9 pm Buy tickets here – $25MHAA members free – no ticket required
