Slide show: Adventures Spring 2012

For many of a certain age, some things just go together. Frankie and Annette. Hula Hoops and hips. Poodles and skirts. War and peace. Cool cars and rock 'n' roll. Of all those combos, it's the last one that really revs their engines and gets their blood flowing.   READ MORE

Not very long ago, many of us yawned or groaned at the mere mention of "sustainability," a word espoused by a tiny union of concerned scientists and a groovy counterculture who practiced free love, ate wheat germ and tilted at windmills and solar panels.   READ MORE

Automobiles and music have gone together ever since the first radio was installed in the dashboard by some enterprising tinkerer. And cars and rock music go together like, well peanut butter and jelly, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, Kanye and Jay-Z, beach and boys.   READ MORE

COURTESY OF BUCKY JACKSON

OPENING · MAY 18-20 The Monterey High Players presents "Horror Shows." 7:30p.m. Friday and Saturday,May 18 and 19, and2p.m.Sunday, May20 at Monterey High Campus Theater, 101 Herrmann Drive, Monterey. Up Madison Street from Pacific Street to five-way stop.   READ MORE

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Sixty plein air painters will compete in the 19th annual Carmel Art Festival, Thursday through Sunday in Carmel. The plein air artists — artists who paint outdoors — will paint Thursday and Friday as part of the competition.   READ MORE