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Calendar of Events
LIBRARY EVENTS
Mondays: 11am Toddler Tales at Jewell Park (Ages 18 months – 3 years) 4pm Second Monday of the Month: Family Bilingual Storytime at Arnett Park (All ages)
Tuesdays: 11am Preschool Stories at Jewell Park (Ages 2-5 years)
Wednesdays: 12pm-1pm Drop-In Crafternoon! (Ages 4-12 years) 11am Second Wednesday of the Month at Jewell Park Music with MaryLee
Please visit https://www. pacificgrovelibrary.org/calendar for details
PG Museum
July – September
SHIFTING TIDES, CONVERGENCE IN CLOTH Come into the museum from Friday, July 16 through Sunday, September 12, 2021 during Museum hours to explore the SAQA’s traveling quilts exhibit!
Please visit https://www. pacificgrovelibrary.org/calendar for details. •
Pacific Grove Middle School named a Distinguished School under the 2021 California Distinguished Schools Program. Amid the backdrop of uncertainty and hardship facing all California schools this past year, this recognition is especially remarkable. The only other school in Monterey County to be so recognized is San Benancio Middle School.
PG Middle School Principal Sean Roach said: “Being one of only two schools in Monterey County to receive this award is quite an honor. It is entirely a team effort, our faculty and staff all pulling in the same direction, with our eyes on the same prize! We’re especially proud of reducing the achievement gap and seeing big improvement in our at-promise students! PGMS is Proud!”
Congressman Jimmy Panetta held a press conference at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Saturday to announce reintroduction of the bi-partisan Monarch Act and the Highway and Pollinator Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Panetta said these acts will commit over $12 million to “stem the imminent risk of extinction of the Western Monarch species, a major pollinator for our crops and bright icon for our culture”.
The full story will be presented in the next issue of the Cedar Street Times online Friday April 2, 2010.
On Saturday, March 27 at 2:30PM PT, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) will hold a press conference on the introduction of his two bills to prevent further decline of the Western Monarch Butterfly. Congressman Panetta will be joined by Mayor Bill Peake of Pacific Grove and Mayor Donna Meyers of Santa Cruz in the Central Coast Native Plant Garden at the Natural History Museum in Pacific Grove. A staff representative of the museum will be in attendance to answer questions surrounding the native plant garden, which is home to local plants that attract the Western Monarch and play a crucial role in the species’ conservation.
For a wonderful live musical performance and a peek into the Pacific Grove Library
The Monterey Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will broadcast its next virtual performance from the newly renovated library on Saturday, March 27 at 4:00 p.m. (PDT).
This 30 minute Balcony Session features the MSO’s principal flautist Dawn Walker and cellist Mark Walker with a special guest appearance by MSO Executive Director and violinist Nicola Reilly.
Library Manager Diana Godwin reminds us that “The light and warmth of the library is a beautiful backdrop for a classical music concert, and library staff are looking forward to hosting the Monterey Symphony. We are also pleased to be able to provide a look into the library.”
Full program details and artist’s bios can be found at the Symphony’s website: www.MontereySymphony.org
The Monterey Symphony was founded in 1946. The Symphony’s mission is to engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.
In preparation for reopening with guidance from State, City, and public health authorities, the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History announced today limited operating days and hours, a new ticketing reservation policy, and health and safety measures so everyone can safely enjoy visiting their favorite local Museum.
Each year more than half a million new businesses are formed in the United States. These employers are a key element to creating strong communities, but their first interface with local government often relies upon pen, paper and in-person visits to City offices. Read more…»
Are you planning your year (or part of it) and want to know what’s going on in Pacific Grove and nearby communities? Are you planning an event of your own and want to be sure not to conflict with someone else’s? Here’s a place to start. The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce has put out a calendar of events and we’ve added a few that we know about. If you want your event to be added to the calendar, please drop us an email at editor@cedarstreettimes.com
It’s a pdf. Feel free to download it and print it out and post it on the wall! Here’s the link:
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water: Well, you can go in, and you can even do some clamming, but don’t eat the clams. Or mussels. Or scallops.
CDPH Warns Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Monterey Bay or Inner Tomales Bay Read more…»
Recognized Emil Font, a Pacific Grove resident, for his actions in accosting a burglar in his home and assisting Police in the follow-up investigation, which led to Read more…»
An overflow group of butterfly enthusiasts joined hands in a circle — that became more like an amoeba — to hear and repeat prayers in the Ohlone language, listen to a chant offered by the Rinpoche, partake in a smudging cleaning ceremony and toss flowers and native herbs into the sanctuary to bless the trees and pray for the return of the butterflies. Louise Ramirez, Tribal Chairwoman of the Ohlone-Castanoan-Esselen Nation of the Central Coast presented a plaque to Mayor Bill Kampe, as well as gifts to Helen Johnson and to Bob Pacelli.
Young, old, residents and a few surprised tourists took part. The Sanctuary paths are clean and smooth, the butterfly trees are roped off, and butterfly bench donated years ago via Ro Vaccaro has been repaired and powder-coated. All that we need now is some butterflies.
It has been some years in the making but the businesses that surround Fountain Avenue at Lighthouse are feeling pretty good these days. We have been lit, paved, painted, and soon to be washed. We are feeling so good about things these days that we believe we’ll get our trees back. Good things are happening all around our neighborhood.
It has been “a long and winding road” but life is returning to our neighborhood.
The deterioration of our neighborhood started many years ago – a “sink hole” formed in the middle of the parking lot and the roots from one tree near the bus stop caused the sidewalk to buckle; the theater closed and Holman’s was desperately in need of some TLC. About three years ago motorists took out two of our street lights – one above Lighthouse and the other below. Then to top it all off, PG&E came in to replace a transformer and managed to set fire to Favaloro’s Bistro, and for the past couple of years uninvited visitors began finding their way down Gardner’s Alley to pinch recyclables and sleep behind the buildings. Was the sad state of our neighborhood just the inspiration someone needed to break into Hauk Fine Art? Things were not looking good around the neighborhood. Read more…»
The Feast of Lanterns Chalk Fest will be held Saturday, July 20 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Chalk will be provided at this free event. During a day dedicated to Pacific Grove folklore, Read more…»
The Pacific Grove Police Department Animal Control Officer has received reports of deer acting aggressively.
Deer are not inherently aggressive animals. However, a doe may become aggressive if she perceives that her young are threatened and act in defense of her fawn, especially if she perceives a dog as a predator.
To reduce the likelihood of an unfavorable encounter with deer, please adhere to these tips: Read more…»
Pacific Grove released their free new mobile application today, which allows users to quickly get information about the community, find businesses, learn about upcoming events and report issues using their Android or iPhone device. Read more…»
It and its monoplace predessor have treated an estimated 400 patients since 1966 but Pacific Grove’s hyperbaric chamber has been offline for a number of months for, of all things, insurance reasons. Read more…»
T.A.S.K4 U & ME ~ Together Achieving Successful Kindness along with members of Monterey Pacific Rotary will be traveling to Nicaragua for the fourth straight year along with eight students from Pacific Grove. The group will be returning to Nicaragua, servicing five cities in six days!
In a 4-year period these two programs together have connected hearts not just in Nicaragua, but right here in our own country. Read more…»
Ken Yamauchi, Architect presented an update to the school board at their recent meeting on the site improvement behind the Middle School which will create a permanent division on Fountain Avenue between Hillcrest Avenue and Sinex Avenue with cul-de-sacs and form a pedestrian walkway from the campus to the athletic field. Read more…»
The large elephant seal that has been visiting Pacific Grove on and off for the past six weeks turned mean this week and started chasing the smaller harbor seals off the beach they frequent at Hopkins Marine Station. Read more…»
A great link to a newsletter about home remodeling and more, with an emphasis on the historical properties here in Pacific Grove
Now it’s on to Sacramento for Pacific Grove’s fourth year running
Arwa Awan took first prize at the county level of Poetry Out Loud with her dramatic recitations of Emily Dickinson’s It was not Death for I Stood Up and The Meaning of the Shovel by Martin Espada. Lyla Mahmoud, PGHS runner-up, recited Cartoon Physics by Nick Flynn.
Runner-up in the County competition was Chloe Reimann of Santa Catalina, who recited Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins and The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter by Ezra Pound. Santa Catalina’s runner-up was Mary Cho who recited Ecology by Jack Collom.
Former Pacific Grove Poet-In-Residence Garland Thompson acted as emcee for the event. He told how, in 2007, he was driving down the highway near Spreckels and heard a broadcast on NPR about Poetry Out Loud. He was so amazed and excited that he pulled his car over and made the phone contacts that eventually brought the opportunity to Monterey County schools.
Arwa will now go on to Sacramento to compete at the state level. Her three predecessors, Kylie Batlin (2009), Morgan Brown (2010) and Robert Marchand (2011) all went to the State level, and Brown and Marchand went on to the national level.
Thank you, Pacific Grove.