Celebrate WineDown Wednesdays at Hula's Island Grill! Every Wednesday, 12pm-9:30pm, all bottles of wine and sake are offered at half off. You're welcome.

Come to Bon Ton L'Roy's every Thursday, 7pm-10pm, and share some music at our Open Mic Night. Join this friendly, supportive group of people for a fun, low-key evening of originals and covers and make some new friends.

Come celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Mission 19 Taqueria and enjoy all day specials and savings with our famous taco fiesta platter and $5 mimosas and micheladas. This Cinco will be better with authentic Baja style tacos from your friends at Mission 19. Come hungry!

Current Comics invites you to join them once again for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 6. They'll have specially selected free comics (close to 40 titles!) available to visitors plus boxed back issues usually priced at $2.98 and below marked at $1 all weekend.

Last minute news: we'll also have a toy sale on Saturday featuring figures from all kinds of fandoms and franchises.

Casey Starks Studio presents an Introduction to Handbuilding Pottery Workshop on Sunday, May 7, 10am-12:30pm. Fee is $150. Please register on our website.

In this workshop you'll learn general techniques including slab, pinch, and coil techniques. Come with your ideas and play with clay!

On the second Thursday of every month, 7pm-10pm, Pearl Hour presents LGBTQIA+ Night featuring rotating DJs AyumiPlease and Luna.M. No cover charge. Ages 21+ only.

Pearl Hour presents late night libations accompanied by jazz and funk music on the second Friday of every month at 10pm.

Everybody get ready for Saturday night at Bon Ton L'Roy's Lighthouse Smokehouse! At 7pm, Watsonville's Mario Valens and local favorite Alligator will perform a tribute show featuring the music of Mario's late older brother, rock-n-roll legend Ritchie Valens. No cover charge.

Celebrate Mother's Day at Sunrise Cafe this Sunday, 8am-2pm. We'll debut our carefully selected Specials Menu with all our customers' favorite plates as well as a new adult beverage. What better way to enjoy this special day than at a favorite local, family-run spot?

Bamboo Reef Dive Shop presents a NAUI Freediver Spearfishing and Collecting Course beginning Thursday, May 18. The class consists of a Zoom meeting on Thursday, pool training on Saturday, and ocean diving on Sunday.

This course provides certified freedivers...

Bamboo Reef Dive Shop is now offering NAUI Kayak Diver courses on a monthly basis! Please register on our website.

Developed by Bamboo Reef and NAUI, this course is designed to provide you with the training and experience necessary to plan and execute dives from a kayak in the Monterey Bay Area and beyond.

Need a COVID test? Ever since the Old Monterey Farmers Market reopened in the midst of the COVID pandemic, locally operated Lightspeed Testing has been administering free rapid COVID tests every Tuesday, 4pm-5:30pm, at the market.

As the nation moves away from the COVID emergency, Lightspeed Testing will be winding down operations, ending them by May 31. But, in this last month, Lightspeed wants to give back to our community!

In May, for every no-cost COVID test performed, Lightspeed will donate $100 to the Community Foundation of Monterey County’s flood relief fund (up to $25,000).

Testing is easy, and takes only a few seconds. View all Lightspeed's testing locations here.

It's Trivia Night! Bulldog Sports Pub invites you to join us for a Pub Quiz with Nerdy Nick, held every Thursday at 8pm throughout the summer.

The Carmel Delights and a star-studded cast bring burlesque and vaudeville to Pearl Hour, serving you a speakeasy vibe with delicious craft cocktails and an all-inclusive environment on the last Friday of every month at 9pm. Ages 21 and over only. $20 cover charge.

Bamboo Reef Dive Shop presents a NAUI Drysuit Diver Class on Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28. Fee is $325 per person plus a $100 materials fee. Please register online.

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Casey Starks Studio presents an Introduction to Handbuilding Pottery Workshop on Sunday, May 28, 10am-12:30pm. Fee is $150. Please register on our website.

In this workshop you'll learn general techniques including slab, pinch, and coil techniques. Come with your ideas and play with clay!