Community Calendar

Join us for Holiday Fun & Shopping! | Free Admission

It's time for WTG's Annual Holiday Boutique. Come and explore what you can discover at our event. You might also run into friends you haven't seen in a while. It will be a fun place to spend Sunday afternoon.

Enjoy Arts & Crafts, Gift Certificates, Gift Baskets, Theme Baskets, Plants, Succulents, Food, QUILTS, and much more!

Where: Kizuka Hall (150 Blackburn St, Watsonville)
When: Sunday, November 1st from 12:00pm to 4:00pm

Join us for a night of unpredictable fun and laughter when worlds collide at the Improv ProAm— where the Controlled Chaos Improv players are joined onstage with improv students!

Bring the whole family to Game Changers Day, a free community celebration hosted by First Tee – Monterey County at Twin Creeks Golf Course, 1551 Beacon Hill Drive, Salinas. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, kids can try golf with First Tee coaches, bounce in the inflatables and grab lunch from local food trucks. At 1:30 p.m., First Tee will draw finalists for its 2026 Lexus TX 500h raffle live on Instagram, and the winner will be the finalist whose key fob unlocks the car. Raffle tickets support youth programs across Monterey County and are available at firstteemontereycounty.org. Free admission.

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Capitola Plein Air and explore the week’s incredible paintings as artists from around the country capture the beauty of Capitola and its surrounding area from November 3rd through November 9th. The week culminates with an artist's Quick Paint competition in the historic Capitola Village on Saturday the 8th. The final judging, art exhibition and sale happen on Sunday, November 9th at the New Brighton Middle School Performing Arts Center.

Quick Paint--Saturday, November 8th, 10am-2pm
Immerse yourself in the beauty of plein air painting as the 40 accomplished 2025 Capitola Plein Air artists take on the challenge of creating an entirely new piece of artwork in just two hours! Enjoy the energy of live music along the waterfront and take part in a free painting activity of your own. When the time is up, take part in the tradition by casting your ballot for the Quick Paint People’s Choice Award.

Art Exhibition & Sale--Sunday, November 9th, 11am-4pm
Feel the energy with live music, dive into hands-on art activities for kids and adults, and be part of the excitement as the awards are announced. Cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award and help crown your favorite, while the $1,000 First Place and Artists’ Choice are revealed. This milestone year is a vibrant celebration of art, creativity, community, and the rich history of Capitola Plein Air.

New for Our 10th Year: Artist Trading Card Scavenger Hunt! ---November 3rd-8th
Celebrate a decade of Capitola Plein Air by exploring the city and discovering the 2025 artists as they paint around town. Collect a trading card from each artist you visit and bring your cards to the exhibition to redeem for prizes! Challenge yourself to find them all and be part of this special anniversary adventure!

Eclecticism is not the objective of our “Night of the Living Composers” concert format, but it has been the inevitable outcome of over one dozen iterations of this format since 1985. Variety is perhaps what makes this concert so enjoyable.

As part of NewMusicWorks’ 2026-2027 Season, the exceptional series continues with Concert II - “THE RETURN: Night of the Living Composers.” These outstanding musical excursions showcase the imaginative expertise of some of the Community’s Finest Musical Talents.

For Concert II, the performances reach far and wide, from the pastoral Guitar Duets of Kenny Hill’s “Songs from Home,” to the chromatic seriosity of Ivan Rosenblum’s Art Song, “Aus Hebräischen gesängen.”

Two of the Evening’s Works utilize the NMW String Quartet featuring four Local String Players of the incredible Marea Ensemble:
• Violinists Shannon D’Antonio and Samantha Bounkeua
• Violist Rebecca Dulatre Corbin
• Cellist Kristin Garbeff

In Ivan Rosenblum’s, “Aus Hebräischen gesängen,” the composer draws from Robert Schumann's song of that title. “Rosenblum's treatment of the Schumann song is a metaphor for the atrocities of the Holocaust. It also evokes the historic transition from late Romantic music to the atonal experiments of the early 20th century to elucidate ironies and atrocities of that era.

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DATE: Saturday, November 7th
TIME: Performance begins at 7:00pm
LOCATION: Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please visit newmusicworks.org & Eventbrite.com for additional information including upcoming performances

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

New Music Works’ 2026-27 season is supported by funding from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, the San Francisco Foundation, and the Cecil Carnes Designated Fund for New Music Works

FURTHER INFORMATION:

For additional information please visit https://www.newmusicworks.org.