Fox Theater's latest lineup includes these two bands and many more. Check out the new names at http://www.foxtheatersalinas.com

So many recipes, so many ways to delight the tastebuds (or burn them). At the Boardwalk along with the other wonderful diversions available there you can check out lots of chili masters' work. Maybe do the rides first, just to make sure everything stay in the right place.

Are you a fan of automobiles regardless of their age, brand, or style? Like to talk to the owners and get tips, stories etc? Here's a great idea. Wake up early on Saturday and come out to Laguna Seca Raceway between 8:00 and 10:00 and join the others (like-minded of course) and their vehicles. No […]

Here's a chance to do good and have fun simultaneously. Bring your vehicle and a good attitude to Area 5 at the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area (HHSVRA) and meet up to go all over and clean up the litter (and worse) that others have left.  It sounds like work but it isn't really. […]

This is another event whose title says it all. There will be displays, vendors, workshops, and lots of peer to peer interaction on the subject of reptiles. For two days at the Monterey Fairgrounds. If you have a question or concern, this would be a good place to make some contacts and see some interesting […]

What better way to get ready for Halloween than scaring the heck out of yourself in a dark room? Here's a great opportunity for just that. At the Monterey County Fairgrounds they are sponsoring a Haunted Mine filled with dead miners and, we suppose, their canaries. From 6:00 until 9:30 each of the four last […]

Although the season is drawing to a close in many areas, because of our mild climate our season continues. Many items change but there is still a wonderful selection of the veggies that thrive in fall, as well as many apples and other fruits. The local growers and their families will be glad to see […]

You can pick your own beautiful heirloom pumpkin, no carving though.  Come to the Live Oak Grange and indulge yourself at the same time that you benefit the Grange and its programs. Lots of unique glass pumpkins and seasonal art for sale from the studios of Chris Johnson in Davenport. http://www.chrisjohnsonglass.com for more details

For 20 years this festival has been inspiring and supporting artists who create their own instruments and mechanisms for the creation of their live loops. Many other spinoff fests have been created around the world but this one has the pedigree. If you need a better description of this art form check out http://www.indexical.org for […]

Along with the obvious history of a lighthouse there are also many stories of the supernatural. After all of those dark and stormy nights something must have happened, right? Come out to the remote lighthouse just before Halloween and see for yourself whether or not the tales are just that or is there something actually […]