Your Year
Starts
Here!
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
3PM – Midnight
Historic Downtown Monterey
First Night® Monterey 2015
SeaChanges!
The Seaquel
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All Monterey County Stores
Nob Hill Foods
Monterey, Salinas
Walgreens
Monterey, Seaside, Marina
7-Eleven Stores
Monterey, Del Rey Oaks
Monterey Museum of Art
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Monterey Sports Center
Published by
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The program guide is subject to change.
Online at www.firstnightmonterey.org
For a complete list of locations and special
family packages go online to:
www.firstnightmonterey.org
F N M at a Glan ce
Who is First Night
Monterey?
Founded in 1976 in Boston (1992 in Monterey), First Night
is a community celebration of the coming of the New
Year expressed through the arts. First Night’s mission is to
broaden and deepen the public’s appreciation of the arts
through an innovative, diverse and high quality program,
which oﬀers the community a shared cultural experience
that is accessible and aﬀordable to all.
The Celebration
Nine hours of visual and performing arts
presentations, over 70 Performances on one night,
with over 20 sites! First Night makes it easy to
move around to diﬀerent venues to enjoy many
cultural performances and art experiences.
First Night ArtWorks!
Outreach Programs
Through our arts education outreach program,
professional artists work with hundreds of youth in
partnership with many other community organizations
and schools all yearlong. From South to North County,
Art Camps in our Archer Park Center and our new Cultural
Arts Center in Greenfield have art workshops for youth,
adults and community organizations.
Your First Night- Plan it
Make the most of your First Night Monterey experience
- plan your evening using this program guide. Seating
in each venue is first come first seated. An alphabetical
listing of performers starts on page 4 and a grid of
performers, times and locations is on pages 4. You can
use these guides:
By artist: If you have a favorite band or artist, look
them up in the alphabetical listing, see when their
performances are, and attend those performances.
By time: To see what’s going on within your time
schedule, check the grid by time. There
are many performances going on
simultaneously – pick the ones that interest
you most.
By location: Check the grid by venue, and
then see which artists will be appearing at
that site.
Give yourself time to get from one site to
another, and enjoy the sights and sounds
along the way. Remember some popular
artists or sites may have lines to get in.
Getting to F irst Night
Ride the Bus for Free to
First Night or Park and Ride
Start your new year by riding the bus! Part of the First Night
Monterey experience is taking the First Night bus, and
MST makes it easy! First Night
buses are FREE thanks to the
generosity of MST!
Here’s how it works:
• Park your car at the Del
Monte Shopping Center, at
the Macy’s Home Furniture
store area
• FREE buses will pick you up at
MST bus location in front of the
Macy’s Home Furniture every
15 minutes beginning at 3pm.
• Buses take you to MST Transit
Center in downtown Monterey at Alvarado and Pearl.
• Catch the bus back to Del Monte Center at the Transit
Center until 1am.
Regular MST Bus Service:
• MST buses will run on a holiday schedule on December 31
and provide service for these routes at normal
rates or free to those First Nighters who have
their FNM 2015 button. Visit www.mst.org
or call 1-888-MST-BUS1 (888-678-2871) for
route and schedule information.
Get your Buttons!
See Page 4
Opening Cerem ony
Colton Lawn
on Pacific Street
The opening of our 22nd Celebration begins with
a traditional blessing for the New Year with Aztec
dancers and Taiko drummers calling us to celebrate:
art, community, new years eve and you! Join us as we
celebrate First Night and the New Year!
GRAND FINALE
Countdown to Midnight –
Two Indoor Venues!
This year’s finale will be once again held in two indoor
venues, so whatever the weather you can welcome in
the New Year in style! Both venues open at 11pm and the
festivities begin at 11:15pm, culminating in a countdown
to midnight. In the Serra Ballroom, the Nu Horizon Band
dynamic and energetic R&B Latin Rhythms band - you can
dance into 2015! In the Golden State Theater, an all-star
First Night production with Jonah and the Whalewatchers
and the Sambahemians with Samba Légal, infectious music
with Caribbean and African beats will bring in the New
Year! Special surprise guests may be dropping in to join
the bands at either venue – you never know what might
happen at a First Night finale! Whether you want to be on
your feet dancing or just sitting back and enjoying the
tunes, you can guarantee a fun and exciting time into the
New Year. Space is limited, so a Finale ticket (no extra cost
to button-holders) is required to get into either venue. PICK
UP YOUR FINALE TICKET at the Portola Plaza ticket booth
(look for the signs!) at the Conference Center after 8pm –
first come, first served. Have fun, and have a Happy New
Year- First Night style!
Twilight
Procession
Join us as we process down Alvarado Street
from Portola Plaza towards Pearl Street
with artist, dancers, puppets, marching
moms, clowns and community groups.
The Procession starts at 5:30pm. First
Night Monterey is first and foremost about
community. Parade route begins at Portola
Plaza and proceeds down Alvarado Street
(going the wrong way) towards Pearl
Street; line up on the sidewalks and get
ready to be amazed!
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First Night Monterey 2015
Jonah and the Whalewatchers
Nu Horizon
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
$164 million in community benefits
If you live in Monterey County, it’s likely that you or people you know benefited
from Community Hospital — even if none of you ever went to the hospital.
Every year, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula puts millions
of dollars back into the communities it serves, strengthening the roots
of a broad array of health-related programs and services. In 2013, we
collaborated with 223 businesses, organizations, school districts, and others,
spent more than $164 million, and devoted nearly 21,000 volunteer hours under
what is called our Community Benefit Program.
Below is a summary of how the money was spent. Find our complete
Community Benefit report at www.chomp.org/about-us/community-benefit-program.
COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUNDS AND VOLUNTEER HOURS
Funds
Volunteer hours
Area of focus
$159,462,647
5,220
IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE
Charity care, recruitment of community doctors, covering costs not paid by
Medicare and other government programs, etc.
$2,660,810
2,386
HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELLNESS
Health fairs, family and patient education and counseling, scholarships, etc.
$995,055
8,650
BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Ensuring a blood supply, supporting community events, donating supplies
to organizations in need, etc.
$951,151
4,426
SPECIAL CARE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
Mental health information and referrals, chemical dependency assessments,
bereavement programs, etc.
$164,069,663
20,682
TOTAL
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Welcom e to F irst Night Monter
W
elcome! Your New Year starts here in Historic Downtown Monterey! Join us for an exciting
and creative afternoon and evening this New Year’s Eve for our 22nd annual First Night
Monterey Celebration of the Arts. You’ll experience nine hours of incredible entertainment,
beginning with the afternoon performances, a twilight parade processing down Alvarado Street as we
begin the finale of the Kids’ Night Out programming. Then it’s on to amazing musical performances by
renowned artists and numerous interactive art projects created by our outstanding visual artists. This
is your opportunity to explore the tapestry of Monterey County’s cultural landscape. Here are some
of the audience favorites: Black Irish Band, I Çantori, Sambahemians, Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team,
SpectorDance, Carmel Academy of Performing Arts, Jonah and the Whalewatchers. New for 2015
include: Anne & Pete Sibling Bluegrass, Samurai Gypsies Jazz Band, Nu Horizon, Movimeinto Cultural
De La Union- a local indigenous Mexican group and the Langford/Zobler Band with up and coming
singer and songwriter Lily Roze. And you can participate in the arts yourself by creating your own New
Year’s Eve hat and fulfill your New Year’s Eve obligations by making your own personal resolutions and
adding them our “SeaChanges: The Seaquel” sculpture. You won’t want to be anywhere else.
New this year is our digital art installation in the Colton Rooms and the preview out
on the exterior of the Conference Center. Join us for our 22nd New Year’s Eve event all the
way into 2015!
Wishing you a creative and happy 2015!
Ellen Martin, Executive Director
and The First Night Monterey Board of Directors
Buttons on Sale
The First Night
Monterey Buttons
2 Buttons - Big Savings:
Youth and Adult Button
Buy Your Buttons Now,
Save before New Year’s Eve!
Purchase your buttons early, at a reduced price for
immediate access to all indoor events and performances
when you arrive at First Night Monterey in Historic
Downtown Monterey. Family aﬀordable, the First Night
Monterey 2015 button, in addition to being a work of art,
is your ticket to 9 hours of entertainment, including 200
artists in 20+ venues featuring the best in music, dance,
visual arts, and more.
Adult Buttons
$20 advance purchase, $24 at the event.
Youth Buttons
$12 advance purchase, $15 at the event.
Visit www.firstnightmonterey.org (before 12/28) for special
family packs and online purchase.
• Buttons are “Will Call” if purchased on the web; pick
them up at the FNM will call kiosk at Portola Plaza at the
Conference Center.
• On December 31st buttons will be sold at FNM kiosks
on Alvarado Street, Portola Plaza and in the afternoon on
Pacific Street.
• Check the Performance Grid in the center of this Program
Guide for exact times and locations and look for last
minute updates on the website. (Program subject to change)
See www.firstnightmonterey.org
for full details and program updates.
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Button DesignCollaboration with CSUMB
Bobbi Long, Associate Professor of Communication Design
at California State University of Monterey Bay (CSUMB),
teaches the Publication Design and Service Learning courses.
Her students compete to provide the graphics for the FNM
poster design and the Greenfield Harvest Festival poster.
Michael Plondaya is the designer of the First Night Monterey
2015 poster and buttons. A CSU Monterey Bay Graduate of
2014 with a major in Biology and a minor in Graphic Design.
Michael currently uses his amazing talents to design graphic
tees for Sharkrobot.com and is an artist and writer for the
web comic called The League of Finely Dressed Assailants of
the Night on snafu-comics.com/league. He loves studying
insects and biology and someday hopes to become a
professional entomologist/scientific illustrator/artist. He
currently lives in San Francisco and posts his projects and
artwork on his blog; markerslinger.tumblr.com.
THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS!
Your First Night Staff
A big thank you to our First Night Monterey volunteers who
staﬀ and help produce your New Year’s Eve festival. Without
them our arts celebration would never happen! Thanks
to the Monterey Kiwanis Club, Sunrise Rotary and all the
individuals who make FNM happen!
First Night Basics
SAFETY FIRST In the interest of safety, please leave at home
your large purses, backpacks and large bags -you will be
asked to leave them at the door and they will be subject to
a visual search. With the assistance of the Monterey Police
Department, First Night will be staﬀed with police oﬃcers
and security stationed throughout the festival footprint. First
Night Monterey does not allow dogs in its venues.
LOST AND FOUND Command Center in the Monterey
Conference Center – located at Del Monte and Calle
Principal, near the volunteer check-in area. Lost? Volunteers
and police will be enlisted to help re-connect you with your
family. If you have lost or found a personal item of value,
please turn it in or leave your contact information at the
Command Center.
FIRST AID For minor injuries, cuts or scrapes, visit the
Command Center at Volunteer Check-in inside the Monterey
Conference Center located at Del Monte and Calle Principal.
Ask a staﬀ member to contact MPD in case of a medical
emergency.
RESTROOMS All indoor sites have public restrooms.
Outdoor restrooms are open in the afternoon at City Hall and
in the City Parking lots. Portable facilities will be available in
the afternoon by Wells Fargo on Franklin Street.
SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Handicap
accessible parking is available at each of the parking lots and
garages. All MST buses are wheelchair accessible. All cultural
institutions are wheelchair accessible.
INFORMATION AND ADMISSION BUTTONS Day of the
Event Maps and program schedules are available at the
Buttons kiosks, or online before the event at
www.firstnightmonterey.org - save this program and
bring it with you!
FIRST NIGHT MERCHANDISE KIOSK Light up your
night with fun glow-in-the-dark items! Check out our
merchandise- this is a fundraiser for FNM, so grab a tiara,
butterfly wings, colorful hair braid, hat, whatever captures
your fancy and brighten up your new year!
FOOD AND DRINK Visit the First Night food court on
Alvarado Street at Franklin, where you can grab some kettle
corn, Indian wraps, tacos, fresh grab and go food. Find
“comfort” with many of your favorite snacks, treats and
sweets! Food and drink are not permitted inside the theaters,
concert halls and churches. Backpacks are not allowed inside
venues and the Golden State Theatre will not allow any
bottles of any kind inside.
WEATHER–
WE HAVE YOU COVERED!
85% of First Night venues are indoors! Rain or shine, First
Night Monterey will joyfully proceed regardless of weather.
Some afternoon activities outdoors will move indoors if
needed. Buttons are non–refundable.
A FEW MORE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Food, drinks
and smoking will not be permitted inside the theaters,
concert halls or churches. Stroller space is limited, however,
we will make every eﬀort to accommodate your needs. First
Night is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Sorry, but
First Night does not allow dogs in any of its venues! So
please, leave your pets at home for this night.
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
Happy New Year
from 7-Eleven
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Congratulations First Night, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
First Night Tickets Available at
Two Convenient Locations
425 Canyon Del Rey Road
Del Rey Oaks
381 David Avenue
Monterey
Jacqueline Lynch, Franchisee
For all your needs on New Year’s Eve
and every other day of the year.
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LINDSEY STIRLING
MERLE HAGGARD
Billboard top-charting sensational violinist.
Iconic Country Music Legend, and Country Music
Hall of Famer.
JANUARY 31 / 8PM
WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 / 8PM
LEWIS BLACK
LES MISERABLES
A brilliant trifecta of stand-up comedy from one of
today’s best performers.
An epic live musical that has captured the hearts
of millions.
FEBRUARY 5 / 8PM
MARCH 28 / 8PM & 29 / 2PM
CITIZEN COPE
MY FAIR LADY
A solo acoustic performance Southern rural and
painfully romantic music.
A hugely popular musical based upon
George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”.
FEBRUARY 12 / 8PM
JUNE 27 / 8PM & 28 / 2PM
ROBERT CRAY
WEST SIDE STORY
A melting pot of traditional American rock, soul, jazz,
gospel, funk and R&B.
A classic live American musical with music by
Leonard Bernstein.
FEBRUARY 25 / 8PM
SEPT. 5 / 8PM & 6 / 2PM
FAB FOUR
KISS ME KATE
This loving tribute to the Beatles has amazed audiences
around the world.
Winner of 3 Tony Awards & Critics Circle Awards
for Best Musical.
MARCH 14 / 8PM
NOV. 28 / 8PM & 29 / 2PM
Golden State Theatre • 417 Alvarado Street • Downtown Monterey
831.649.1070 • GoldenStateTheatre.com
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
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conference center. The 3D animation segments
from CSUMB will include sea life such as
humpback whales, dolphins, sea turtles and
other ocean denizens. The project springs
from the original digital art piece “The Earth
Bleeds”, the signature feature of the First Night Monterey
video and animation oﬀerings by Kira Carillo Corser, Creative
Director and Producer, and Erik Scott, Music Composer will
be companioned by a visually and provocative piece by
Pat Watson, Instructor at CSUMB; in an abstract animation
named “Equivalents”, and will be combined with Jocelyn
Varelas, CD major at CSUMB, custom animation. This video is
a short of the video in the installation room.
SeaChanges: Video
Installation and
Resolution Sculpture
largest jellyfish, The Lion’s Mane, scientifically known as
the Cyanea capillata. This jellyfish has a bell that reaches a
staggering 8-feet wide and tentacles that grow to 120 feet
long, far longer than a blue whale.
The core of Sea Changes projects is the artists and scientists
and the community working together to communicate
changes and promote creative innovation. We believe that
art can show the way to SeaChanges!
Add your own imaginative vision of the ocean, participate
with your own hope for the new year in by putting your
human body in a pool of blue light with Shadow Puppets
playing with ocean creatures based on myth and reality,
designed by Nina Parris and Ellen Martin and created by
outreach art students.
Resolution 2015! Make your New Year’s Resolution in
the School of Resolution Fish Wall. Add your voice for the
future, color and texture on fish combine with others in our
community. Become swimmingly engaged!
New Year’s Eve Crown
(Button Venue)
Henna Tattoos, Face
Painting and Balloon Art!
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Resolution I n stalla tio
SeaChanges
The Seaquel
Sea Changes: The Seaquel is First Night Monterey’s second
year of ocean and plastic trash awareness is a growing
collaboration of scientists, artists and concerned
communities. All are concerned with ocean changes due to
plastic pollution, over fishing, climate change and believe in
positive solutions.
SeaChanges: Save the
Earth- Digital Art Project
Site 18a: Portola Plaza, Conference Center Outside of Building
6:30-6:45, 7:30-7:45, 8:30-8:45
Video Short Projection on the outside of the building and full version in
the Colton Rooms inside the Conference Center
Through the art of video and animation, the conference
center building exterior comes alive with glowing whales,
curious fish and morphing sharks merging with heated
colors of our planet ‘s changes in Sea Changes: Save the
Earth. Light envelopes the front of the Monterey Conference
Center as part of the Sea Changes video art projewct.
Students and faculty from the Communication Design major
at Cal-State, Monterey Bay are designing th portions of 2D
and 3D animation to the video project showcased on the
Kid’s Night O ut!
The First Act
Your year starts here for the most creative New Year’s Eve
you will have with your family! A 3:00 pm kick-oﬀ at Colton
Lawn on Pacific Street, culminating with the Twilight Parade
at 5:30 pmon Alvarado Streets serving as the kids’ Finale.
Music, song, drumming, dance, ballet, face art, art creating,
hat making and more! Check out the Colton Lawn on Pacific
Street, and the Monterey Conference Center and Monterey
Center for Spiritual Living (Carlton Hall) of activities for
your complete artful time. Make sure to have your FNM
button your admission to all the fun! Please refer to the
afternoon and evening grids to plan your New Year’s Eve
and participate in all the fun! Thanks to First Five Monterey
County for their support of the free kids’ activities!
Artful Objects
Make it and Take it!
Celebration Hats
Site 5: Art Station 1, Colton Lawn – 3:30-5pm
Be creative and have fun is our motto! The creating of
the celebration hat brings out the kid in everyone! The
fashionable all wear them, for they display the creativity in all
of us! What? A new year’s hat… so turn a paper grocery bag
into a top hat with pizzazz using tulle, beads, pipe cleaners,
colored paper, prismatic Mylar strips and more! Fun for all
ages - and an absolute must for First Night participants
with flair!
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First Night Monterey 2015
Site 25: Colton Rooms 4-10pm
SeaChanges installation and resolution sculpture is a
virtual undersea experience that captures the beauty of
the ocean with artwork created from recycled materials.
The room becomes a fantasea where you become 3-inch
fish in a huge swirling sea, or dolphins energetically
swimming in bubbles. Its not a Fantasy it is a Virtual
Realty, with original and new media art, music, sound
and silks swaying with the vision of creating a healthier,
sustaining ocean.
Experience walking amongst a forest of 8-foot tall jelly fish
made of recycled plastics by SeaChanges team artists
Debb Solan and Marjorie Pezzoli. These 30 unique and
amazing jellies in diﬀerent sizes are designed to dangle
and delight while increasing curiosity about climate
change of growing jelly populations. Some of the jellies
are based on real creatures of the sea like the world’s
Site 8: Monterey Museum of Art, Lower Level
3:15-5pm (Button venue)
Every child - even your inner child - will have such
fun adorning these crowns with jewels, your name
or monogram to make and wear!
Bubble Stomp
Site 5: Pacific Street – 3:15-5pm (Free)
Pop! Pop! Pop! Who can resist squishing and
twisting bubble wrap? Jump, hop, stomp,
do the electric slide or break dance your
way to popping every single bubble!
Chalk Art
Site 5: Pacific Street – 3:15-5pm (Free)
We provide the chalk, you provide the
creativity! Help turn Pacific Street into
a work of art!
Face Painting
& Balloon Art
Site 6a: Art Station 2, Colton Lawn – 3:30-5pm (Free,
on-going - lines are formed)
First Night volunteers and professional artist
are ready to create a festive, artful image on
your face! Clarence the Clown balloon creations
are a big hit with the little ones! Please note, this a
popular activity, waiting lines are formed and the line
will be closed before 5pm.
Site 21: Conference Center Mezzanine – 7-9:30pm (Button Venue ongoing with staﬀ breaks - lines are formed)
Creative henna and tattoo artists will paint a temporary
work of art. Please note, this a popular activity, waiting
lines are formed!
2015 New Year’s
Photo Card
Site 22: Conference Center Upstairs Lobby – 4-10pm Button venue
Smile- Happy New Year!! Join the Arts Council for
Monterey County and have your photo taken for the
New Year! Design a unique one of a kind photo card
with you and your family as a keepsake for 2015!
New Year’s Eve
Blinkies Sales
FNM Kiosks
Site 4: on Pacific Street at Colton Lawn (3-5pm)
Site 9: Alvarado Street near Pearl (4-10pm)
Site 17: Portola Plaza in front of the Conference Center (3-11pm)
Purchase glow in the dark items to light up the night
into the new year! First Night Monterey takes pride in
providing New Year’s Eve novelty items at family-friendly
prices. Visit one of our kiosks this year to purchase the
perfect glow-in-the-dark accessory that will add a magical
sparkle to anyone’s New Year’s Eve look. This is a fundraiser
for First Night; all proceeds benefit our year-round arts
programs. Light it up!
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
Congratulations on 22 years!
Capitola
3555 Clares St
831.475.2582
Downtown Monterey
398 Alvarado St
831.655.9696
Gilroy
890 Renz Lane
408.842.2440
North Salinas
1552 A North Main St
831.449.3200
South Salinas
1126 South Main St
831.755.7777
Sand City
2160-C California Ave
831.583.9696
Santa Cruz/Downtown
1550 Pacific Ave
831.426.5262
Santa Cruz/Mission
& Berkshire/UCSC
1820 Mission St
831.421.0572
Scotts Valley
214 Mt. Hermon Rd
831.430.9282
The Old Monterey Business
Association is proud to have this
wonderful event take place every
year in Downtown Monterey.
The Peninsula’s Downtown
RIDE MST FREE TO FIRST NIGHT!
Getting there: For those wearing First Night buttons, free rides are available on
all operating MST lines beginning at 3 p.m.
Getting home (from the Monterey Transit Plaza):
NEW MONTEREY: Board JAZZ A Aquarium or JAZZ B Aquarium.
Last trip departs at 12:45.
PACIFIC GROVE: For service to downtown Pacific Grove and Asilomar, board JAZZ
A which will continue as a Line 1 Asilomar. Last bus departs at 12:45. For service to
Forest Hill, board JAZZ B Aquarium which will continue as a Line 2 Pacific Grove via
Forest Hill. Last bus departs at 12:15.
CARMEL & CARMEL VALLEY: Board Line 24 Carmel Rancho with the last trip
departing at 12:45. Trips leaving the Monterey Transit Plaza at 12:15 and 12:45
will continue to Carmel Valley upon request.
SEASIDE & SAND CITY: Board JAZZ A Sand City via Hilby with the last trip
departing at 12:15. Or board JAZZ B Sand City via Broadway with the last trip
departing at 12:45.
MARINA & SALINAS: Board Line 20 Salinas via Marina with the last trip
departing at 12:45.
Park & Ride: Park at Del Monte Center and
catch a ride to the Monterey Transit Plaza in
downtown Monterey free between 3:00 p.m.
and 1:00 a.m.
For complete bus schedules and
more information, visit www.mst.org
or call 1-888-MST-BUS1
(1-888-678-2871).
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
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Pacific Street Stage
Colton Lawn
Site Venue Name
2
1
3:00
3:15
Opening
Ceremony
3:30
Shinsho Mugen
Daiko
Pacific Street Art Space
Art Station 1 - Colton Lawn
3:45
Bubble Stomp and Chalk Art
Hat Making
Interactive Art Activity
Bay Belles
4:00
SeaChanges Shadow Puppet Theatre
4:15
4:30
4:30
Shinsho Mugen
Daiko
Pacific Street/Colton Lawn
Danza Azteca
Azomali
3
Face Painting
Montrey Museum
of Art
FNM Buttons/Light-up Merchandise (Ongoing)
Art Station 2 - Colton Lawn
Clarence the Magic Clown Balloon Art
Pacific Street Kiosk
Art Station 2 - Colton Lawn
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Monterey Museum
of Art
3:00
3:15
3:30
3:45
4:00
FNM Buttons/Light-up Merchandise (Ongoing)
FNM Food Court (Ongoing)
Team CAPA
FNM Buttons/Light-up Merchandise (Ongoing)
Will Call (ongoing)
Arts Council Photo Art Activity (Ongoing)
Command Center – Staﬀ and Volunteers
3:00
3:15
3:30
3:45
4:00
MPC String
Ensemble
4:15
4:30
4:45
5:00
5:00
Danza Azteca
Azomali
Bay Belles
4:45
Ash Dance
SpectorDance
4:45
5:00
5:15
5:15
5:15
Shinsho
Mugen
Daiko
MPC String
Ensemble
SeaChanges Resolution Room Installation and Shadow
Puppet Theatre (Ongoing)
Art Activity-Make and Take It and Unspoken Word-Poetry (Ongoing)
4:15
4
5
6
6a
7
8a
Monterey Museum
8b of Art
Site Venue Name
Alvarado near Pearl Street
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10 Alvarado Street - Galleria
12 Alvarado Street Walgreens
13 Alvarado Street Rabobank
14 Golden State Theatre
15 Alvardo Wells Fargo Stage
Alvarado Street - Frankin to
16 Del Monte
17 Portola Plaza
18 Portola Plaza 2
18a Conf Ctr - Downstairs Lobby
Conf Ctr - Serra Ballroom
19 Main Stage
Conf Ctr - Serra Ballroom
19a Dance Floor
Conf Ctr - Downstairs Lobby
Conf Ctr - Mezzanine 1
Conf Ctr - Mezzanine 2
Conf Ctr - Upstairs Lobby
20
21
21a
22
23 Conf Ctr - Steinbeck
24 Conf Ctr - Ferrante
25 Conf Ctr - Colton Rooms
First Night Monterey 2015
Monterey Church of
26 Religious Science(Carleton Hall)
30 Conf Ctr - DS Lobby
Site Venue Name
5:30
6:00
6:15
6:30
Video
6:45
7:00
7:15
7:30
7:30
7:45
7:45
8:00
8:00
Greek Village
Dancers
8:15
8:15
8:30
8:30
8:45
8:45
Greek Village
Dancers
Black Irish Band
Wharf Rats
Black Irish Band
Tam Tam Sacrée
Wharf Rats
Black Irish Band
Tam Tam Sacrée
8:30
8:45
I Cantori di Carmel
After 7:30pm at Portola Button Kiosk
Video
Anne & Pete Sibley
8:00
I Cantori di Carmel
7:45
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Belly
Dance
Tam Tam Sacrée
Video
Anne & Pete Sibley
Yala Lati
One A-Chord
Anne & Pete Sibley
Yala Lati
I Cantori di Carmel
7:15
7:30
SeaChanges Resolution Room Installation and Shadow Puppet Theatre (Ongoing)
MPC String
Ensemble
7:00
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Command Center – Staﬀ and Volunteers
6:00
6:15
6:30
6:45
8:15
Yala Lati
Arts Council Photo Art Activity (Ongoing)
Belly
Traditional Dance
Dance
Art Activity-Make and Take It and Unspoken Word-Poetry (Ongoing)
Face Art and Henna Tattoos
Clarence the Magic Clown Balloon Art
One A-Chord
FNM Buttons/Light-up Merchandise (Ongoing)
Will Call (ongoing)
FNM Food Court (Ongoing)
6:00
6:15
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:15
FNM Buttons/Light-up Merchandise (Ongoing)
Greek Village
Ash Dance
Dancers
Best Buy Just Dance (Ongoing)
9:00
9:15
9:15
Nu Horizon
9:15
9:30
9:45
Lion Dance
9:45
10:00
10:00
9:45
10:00
10:15
10:15
Samurai Gypsies
10:30
10:30
Lion Dance
10:30
10:45
10:45
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:00
Samurai Gypsies
Langford Zobler
Band
Sadza Marimba
Nu Horizon
Sambahemians/ Samba Légal
Jonah and the Whalewatchers
Coﬃs Brothers/
Mountain Men
10:15
BLUES
CHILDREN’S
CLASSICAL
DANCE
FILM
FOLK/CELTIC/
AMERICANA
JAZZ
LATIN
ROCK/COUNTRY/
HIP-HOP
WORLD MUSIC
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9:30
9:30
Samurai Gypsies
Langford Zobler
Band
Sadza Marimba
9:00
Langford Zobler
Band
Sadza Marimba
Coﬃs Brothers/
Mountain Men
Jonah and the
Whalewatchers
Sambahemians/
Samba Légal
Lion Dance
9:00
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11:15
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:45
11:45
Jonah and the Whalewatchers
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Nu Horizon (FINALE)
11:45
12:00
12:00
12:00
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Abdoulaye
Diallo & Tam Tam
Sacrée
(WM/DA) Site 15: Alvarado Street
/ Wells Fargo 7–7:30, 7:45–8:15,
8:30–9
Start your New Year with
a bang. Master drummer
Abdoulaye Diallo, a native
of Senegal, will lead his
multicultural performance
group in playing traditional
West African rhythms
guaranteed to lift your spirit
and move your feet.
Anne & Pete
Sibley Bluegrass
(new)
(FK/RCH) Site 23: Conference
Center Steinbeck Forum 6:30–7,
7:15–7:45, 8–8:30
With two voices in harmony, a
guitar and a banjo, Anne and
Pete Sibley sing. Their music
has brought them to perform
on famed stages from NYC’s
Town Hall to Washington’s
Kennedy Center; from
festival stages such as
North Carolina’s Merlfest to
Colorado’s Rockgrass. Each
song is a journey, a joining
of music and story. Anne and
Pete Sibley seek to convey
music as an experience rather
than a simple song.
Ash Dance–
Groove Like
Bollywood!
Black Irish Band
Best Buy
Presents Just
Dance! Video
Game
Clarence the
Magic Clown
(DA/CH) Site 10: Alvarado Street
Galleria 4:45–5:15, 6:15–6:45
The Ash Dance group brings
the glamour and spectacular
dancing of India’s favorite
Bollywood movies to the
streets of Monterey. Enjoy
their exotic and captivating
rhythms of classical and
modern dances of India.
(DA/CH) Site 12: Alvarado Street/
Walgreens 6:45–10
Step to the beat and get into
the rhythm as you play the
Just Dance video game! From
Frozen’s Let It Go to Katy
Perry tracks to One Direction
to Marvin Gaye - get ready to
dance!! You’re the star! There’s
something for
everyone.
Presented by
Best Buy.
Langford/Zobler
Band with Lily
Roze (new)
(FK) Site 14: Golden State Theater
7–7:30, 7:45–8:15, 8:30–9
A long-time favorite at First
Night, and celebrating their
25th anniversary! This group
from the historic Gold Rush
country captures the spirit of
the Irish, Scottish, Italian and
American folk music and sea
shanties, and always leaves
the audience shouting for
more.
(CH) Site 7: Art Station 2, Colton
Lawn 3:15–5
Site 21a: Conference Center
Mezzanine 7–9:30
Clarence will entertain
children with humor and
inflatable art - making
balloon sculptures and
balloon animals! This is a
popular event with artist
breaks, lines will form.
The Coffis
Brothers and the
Mountain Men
(RCH) Site 13: Alvarado Street
Rabobank Stage 9:15–10, 10:15–11
A rock and roll band born
and raised in the Santa Cruz
Mountains! Songwriters
Jamie and Kellen Coﬃs boast
a repertoire of songs based
around simple and honest
lyrics and catchy hooks that
bring to mind classic rock
bands.
Danza Azteca
Azomali (new)
Greek Village
Dancers of
the Monterey
Peninsula
(DA/WM) Site 10: Alvarado Street
Galleria 7–7:30, 7:45-8:15, 8:30–9
These lively and vibrant
dancers will perform intricate
folk dances of Greece and
neighboring countries,
wearing stunning authentic
costumes. Audience
participation is welcome and
simple dance steps will be
taught. Opa!
I Cantori di
Carmel
(CL) Site 26: Monterey Center for
Spiritual Living (Carleton Hall)
7–7:30, 7:45–8:15, 8:30–9
From Classical to Jazz, from
Pop to Broadway, I Cantori
di Carmel chorus has
entertained the Monterey
Peninsula with the finest in
choral music for over 30 years.
We are proud to welcome
them to First Night’s 22nd
celebration.
Jonah and the
Whalewatchers
*Finale*
(WM) Site 14: Golden State Theater
9:30–10, 10:15–11, 11:15–
Midnight
The Monterey Bay’s premier
reggae and world music
group, Jonah and the
Whalewatchers continue
to bring positive musical
consciousness and culture
to the greater central coast!
Their heartbeat music fuses
Caribbean and African beats
with American jazz, blues
and soul to create a very
unique sound that is most
often identified as reggae.
The band’s playlist also
includes styles like calypso
and soca and more modern
dancehall reggae and ska
and hip-hop tunes which are
guaranteed to get people up
and dancing!
(RCH) Site 23: Conference
Center Steinbeck Forum 9–9:30,
9:45–10:15, 10:30–11
Featuring gifted young
vocalist/songwriter Lily Roze
Zobler, LZB presents current
pop, indie and retro sounds
that showcase the attitude
and energy of the new music
generation. Lily’s voice brings
imaginative storytelling
with a sometimes-tough
street vibe, heart-strong
and compelling, yet forever
hopeful.
(DA/WM/CH) Site 1: Colton Lawn
Opening Ceremony 3pm
Site 3: Pacific Street/Colton Lawn
3:45–4:15, 4:45–5:15
A group of Aztec Dancers
from Greenfield will be
sharing their roots with a
blessing at the opening
ceremony and performing
traditional dances in
stunning costumes with
ornate headdresses, beaded
costumes and high-energy
footwork.
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Pilar Mendoza – Professional
Nancy Ausonio – Philanthropist
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Monterey Bay
Belles
Sambahemians
and Samba Légal
(FK/CH) Site 8a: Monterey Museum
of Art 3:45–4:15, 4:45–5:15
The Monterey Bay Belles
Women’s Barbershop Chorus
sings favorite popular songs
in the barbershop style.
Kristen Thompson, who cofounded the group in 2002,
skillfully directs the Bay Belles.
Monterey Bay
Lion Dance Team,
Monterey Bay
Healing Tao
(DA/WM) Site 10: Alvarado Street
Galleria 9–9:30, 9:45–10:15,
10:30–11
Celebrate the New Year
and lift your spirits with
traditional Chinese lion
dancing, a challenging art
form complete with martial
art postures; exciting rhythms
of drums, cymbals and gongs;
and elaborate costumes
characterizing the Lucky
Lion and Happy Buddha.
This dreamlike lion mimics
human-like emotions and
intelligence, symbolizing life
and humanity.
Monterey
Peninsula
College String
Ensemble
(CL) Site 26: Monterey Center for
Spiritual Living (Carleton Hall)
4:15–4:45, 5–5:30, 6:15–6:45
An Evening of Tango! The
Monterey Peninsula College
String Ensemble will perform
“The Four Seasons of Buenos
Aires” composed by Astor
Piazzolla. David Dally will
be the solo violinist and
conductor. The piece is based
on Argentina tango music
with a sprinkling of Vivaldi
mixed in.
Nu-Horizon (new)
*Finale*
(RCH/DA) Site 19: Conference Center
Serra Ballroom 9:15–10, 10:15–11,
FINALE 11:15–midnight
Nu-Horizon is a dynamic
and energetic 10-piece band
from Salinas whose sound is
firmly rooted in Old School,
Funk, R&B and Latin Rhythms.
Featuring two outstanding
lead vocalists, a versatile
rhythm section and a highly
polished 2-man horn section,
Nu-Horizon incorporates
a perfect blend of musical
genres, professional
musicianship and stage
presence into a dynamic
and engaging performance
guaranteed to grab your
attention and keep you on
the dance floor!
One A-Chord
(RCH/DA) Site 19: Conference Center
Serra Ballroom 7–7:45, 8–8:45
Founded in 2010, Monterey’s
own One A-Chord brings
the sounds of Island reggae
to the peninsula. Blending
Hawaiian and Polynesian
sounds with reggae groove,
One A-Chord is guaranteed to
bring good vibes to your New
Year’s Eve celebration.
Movimiento
Cultural De La
Union Indigena
(new)
(DA) Site 19a: Conference Center
Serra Ballroom 6:15–6:45
The traditional cultural group
from Greenfield shares their
traditional arts and culture
of the indigenous “Native
Mexican of America.” Enjoy
the colorful, traditional
costumes and dance.
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(WM/DA) Site 15: Alvarado Street
Wells Fargo Stage 9:30–10,
10:15–11
Dance to the beat of AfroBrazilian rhythms, Caribbean
calypso and Brazilian folk
samba. The Sambahemians
and Samba Légal will bring
a Carnival/Mardi Gras
atmosphere to New Year’s Eve
in Monterey!
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Shinsho Mugen
Daiko
(WM/CH) Site 2: Pacific Street Stage
3:15–3:45, 4:15–4:45, 5:15–5:30
Hear the thunder of the
drums! Experience the
exquisite physicality of these
Taiko Drummers as they
perform traditional Japanese
drumming, incorporating
elements of martial arts.
SpectorDance
Park Avenue
Studio of Belly
Dancing
(DA/WM) Site 19a: Conference
Center Serra Ballroom 7:45–8,
8:45–9 and at various other venues
throughout the celebration!
Classic belly dance with
an American flair! Stylized
synchronized dances of both
traditional and modern styles.
They are always a crowd
favorite - the audience is
encouraged to join in the fun,
so don’t be shy.
Sadza Marimba
(WM/DA) Site 24: Conference Center
Ferrante Room 9–9:30, 9:45–10:15,
10:30–11
Get up out of your seat
and dance to the ecstatic
traditional music of
Zimbabwe! With colorful
costumes, wooden marimbas,
drums and gourd shakers,
Sadza will entrance fans of all
ages and provide a feast for
the senses.
(DA/CH) Site 19a: Conference Center
Serra Ballroom 4:45–5:15
SpectorDance Youth
Company, a group of
exceptional young dancers
who seek to excel in
contemporary dance, will
perform several short pieces
to celebrate the season.
Team CAPA–
Carmel
Academy of the
Performing Arts
(DA/CH) Site 19a: Conference Center
Steinbeck Forum 4–4:30
High-energy dancers age 5 to
17 perform jazz, hip-hop and
contemporary dance styles to
various musical genres. Pure
entertainment from these
emerging young dancers!
The Wharf Rats
(RCH) Site 13: Alvarado Street
Rabobank Stage 6:45–7:30,
7:45–8:30
Popular local band the Wharf
Rats will have Alvarado Street
groovin’ in the New Year with
a selection of your favorite
classic rock, bluegrass and
folk tunes from the 1960s to
the present day.
Yala Lati
Women’s Global
Music Ensemble
(WM/CH) Site 24: Conference Center
Ferrante Room 6:30–7, 7:15–7:45,
8–8:30
Yala Lati is an inspirational
women’s choir from Santa
Cruz lead by Heather
Houston, oﬀering a tapestry
of vocal music from around
the world. With their beautiful
a cappella harmonies and
uplifting messages, the songs
of Yala Lati will leave you in
a positive frame of mind to
begin your New Year.
Samurai Gypsies
(new)
(JZ/LT) Site 26: Monterey Center
for Spiritual Living (Carleton Hall)
9:15–9:45, 10–10:30, 10:45–11:15
Passionate, high-energy,
gypsy soul-fire acoustic
ensemble will take you
on an exotic scintillating
journey. Their masterfully
rich instrumentation, is both
complex and precise, gritty
and hot. The Samurai Gypsy
get their unforgettable sound
from the band’s core string
virtuosos, Gary Carpenter
on guitar and Dany Cobo on
violin. Their beautiful and
infectious music is influenced
by African, flamenco, Latin
and jazz.
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We give because these nonprofit
organizations make this area a better
place to live. Without these groups
Monterey County residents would lose
vital services that the government does
not, or cannot provide.
We give.
— Linda, Christian, Vanya, Roberto Maceira
Join the Maceira family and donate today.
Help us reach our goal of 3,500 donors this
year. Choose to contribute $10, $100 or even
$10,000, your generosity is appreciated all
across Monterey County.
Goal $1,250,000
Deadline 12/31/14
Make a donation in someone’s name
and your gift will keep on giving.
To read nonprofit profiles and to donate, go to
www.MontereyCountyGives.com
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Year Round First Night
First Night ArtWorks!
Outreach throughout
Monterey County
Our community spirit is exemplified by First Night
ArtWorks! We’ve engaged hundreds
of young people and families who
participated with professional artists
in hands-on creative workshops in the
visual, performing and multimedia arts
at community sites all around the county.
This year-round arts outreach program
culminates with exhibition of their creations
on New Year's Eve. Please take a moment
to view these amazing works of art!
Greenfield
Cultural Arts Center
First Night Monterey established this center
last November and we have been busy with
the community to create an arts center for all
to participate in the visual and performing arts.
Classes and workshop include: drawing, and
painting classes for youth, art camp, art exhibition,
performing dance classes in line dancing,
Folklorico, Flamenco, Salsa, Aztec. Local groups
also presented traditional oaxacan dance and
drumming classes, as well as, sewing projects
creating dance costumes.
AZOMALI AZTEC DANCE TEAM
Ramon Hernandez formed Azomali Aztec Dance
group in 2009. The group started with only
Ramon’s family members. Today the group has 30
dancers. Ramon is teaching the dance classes at
the Greenfield Cultural Arts Center, Tuesday and
Thursdays from 6pm to 9pm. Today the group has
30 members. The classes are open to the public.
LA UNION INDIGENA GROUP
The La Union Indigena Group was formed with the
Triqui indigenous communities from the Mexican
state of Oaxaca living in Greenfield. They formed
their group in 2005 to educate, organize and to
pass on the cultural, language and family values to
the youngest generations.
Today, local Greenfield residents have meetings
with dance, language and drumming at the
Greenfield Arts Cultural Center on Fridays and
Saturdays every other week. Meetings are open to
the general public and the only requirement is to
be willing to learn their native language.
2014 First Night
ArtWorks!
Outreach Projects
Monterey Art Camp
at Archer Park
A six-week, three-session summer art camp for youth in grades
3-8 featuring drawing, painting, print making, felt making and
3-D sculpture–emphasizing recycle/re-use.
Greenfield Art Camps
Eight weeks of free art summer camp for Middle
School students, were held at the GCAC. Activities
included digital art, drawing, watercolor and
painting using traditional mural techniques. Young
artists designed and painted street banners for
display on El Camino Real in downtown Greenfield.
Exhibits: Art Show and reception at Greenfield
Cultural Arts Center, Greenfield Harvest Festival, First
Night Monterey 2015.
Scholze Park
Senior Center
Local artists and Center patrons created traditional
folk paper flowers for the and you will see them on
display at various stages.
Alisal High School
Engineering Academy
Students from Alisal High School Engineering Academy, led
by Nina Parris, traveled to San Francisco's Exploratorium for
a day of inspiration and returned to their class workroom to
create "automata", whimsical mechanical moving sculptures,
made out of recycled materials. You are sure to enjoy the
Alisal Automata exhibit with the plastic jellies!
CSUMB Design Students
We engage the students with a creative competition to
create the annual First Night Monterey Button. Working
through concept to design with the students for five weeks
in class to final poster design.
Interim, Inc.
Participants from the local
Interim organization created
murals, sea puppets, and
recycled plastic materials to
create large sculptures and a
plastic albatross.
Greenfield
Harvest
Festival
Held on October 19th, 2014
with over 5,000 people
attending this free community
arts festival celebrating
the harvest and farming
community. Activities included
a 5K/1K fun run, community
parade, 6 bands, 7 dance
troupes, interactive art
activities, pony rides, petting
zoo, pumpkin patch and
55 vendors showcasing the
cultures and arts of Monterey
County.
ARCOIRIS CULTURAL DANCE TEAM
Arcoiris Cultural dance team was formed to
reach out to the Greenfield community and be
a Greenfield Cultural Arts Center program with
the help of the Arts Council for Monterey County
and First Night Monterey. Pilar Mendoza teaches
folk, line and flamenco dances for children. The
dance group has practices at Greenfield Cultural
Arts center Wednesday from 6pm to 7:30pm
and Fridays from 5pm to 6:30pm and is open to
Greenfield residents.
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Thank You
to Our Sponsors
and Contributors
The board of directors and steering committee is deeply committed to
producing visual and performing arts programs of the very highest quality.
Donations and sponsorships make this commitment possible.
First Night Donors
Alice Geller Robertson, Alvarado Fish & Steak House, Annieglass, ARIEL
Theater, Artichoke Festival, Asian Art Museum, Back Porch Fabrics,
Bay Of Pines, Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses, Big Sur River Inn,
Birk’s Resturant, Chef Didier Dutertre, Bistro Moulin, Britton Designs, Britannia Arms, Cabi,
California International Airshow, California Rodeo Salinas, Carmel Art Association, Carmel
Bach Festival, Carmel Food Tours, Carmel Music Society, Carmel Youth Center, Chabot Space
& Science Center, Chamber Music Monterey Bay, Children’s Discovery Museum, China
Garden, Chock Rock Vineyard, Chris’ Fishing Trips Inc., Colleen Sundquist, Colonial Terrace,
Costco, Crown & Anchor British Pub, CSUMB World Theater, Cypress Inn, Debb Solon,
Debra Davalos, Edgemere Cottages, Earth Bound Farm, El Estero Car Wash, Inc., Elizabeth
Murray, Ellen Martin, Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, Epsilon Exploratorium,
Epsilon Restaurant, Face First Laser Clinic, Fairytale Town, FiFi’s Bistro, First Night Monterey,
FishHopper, Gasper’s Jewelers, Gilroy Gardens, Grocery Outlet, Rita Reynolds (Grand Mayan
Resort), Heidi McGurrin, Heller Winery, Henry Miller Memorial Library, Hotel Abrego, Howard
Perkins, Hula’s Island Grill, Inns by the Sea/ Inn at Depot Hill, Islands Fine Burgers and Drinks,
Jaccqeline Gonzales, Jackie Lynch, Jackie Kubes Murphy, Jamba Juice, Jane Bradford, Janet
Vanderhoof, Dixieland Monterey- Jazz Bash on the Bay, Jennifer Colby, Jim Lambert, Joe
Truskot, Katy’s Place, Ken Peterson, Kira Corser, Kim Campbell, Lallapalooza, Lazarre Wines,
Lula’s Chocolates, Marines Memorial Hotel, Marjorie Pezzoli, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca,
Michael Houston, Picture Monterey, Michelle Yellich, Leslie Rootsaert-MirrorMaze, Monterey
Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay Sailing, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Marriott- Character’s,
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa,
Monterey Rock and Rod Festival, Monterey Sports Center, Monterey Symphony, Monterey
County Weekly, Montrio Restaurant, MY Museum, Nepenthe Restaurant, Nina Parris, Nob
Hill Foods, Noelle Nichols, Ocean’s 18 Mini Golf, Old Fisherman’s Grotto, Old Monterey Café,
Old Monterey Inn, The Old St. Angela Inn, On The Beach Surf Shop, P.F Chang’s, Pacific Park,
Pacific Repertory Theatre, Parker-Lusseau Pastries, Papa Chano’s, Paris Bakery, Paulette
Lynch, Pebble Beach Company, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Peet’s Coﬀee, PinkBerry
at Portola Plaza, Pino’s Italian Cafe, Portola Hotel and Spa, Quail Lodge Golf Club, Rancho
Cañada Golf Club, Red’s Doughnuts, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Ripplewood Resort, Robin Sue
Kimball, RR Byer, Safeway Stores, San Francisco 49’ers, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco
Cruises, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Playhouse, Sanctuary Rock Gym, Sandbar and
Grill, Sardine Factory, Scheid Vineyards, Sherry Farson, Sixth Avenue Fine Jewelers Carmel,
SpectorDance, Spencer’s Stationary, The Steinbeck House, Sunset Center, Sweet Elena’s
Bakery and Café, The Cheese Shop, The Citizen Hotel, The Western Stage, Tim Lazell, Trailside
Café, Troia Market, Turtle Bay and Fish Wife, Walgreens, 7-Eleven Stores in Monterey and Del
Rey Oaks.
Current Sponsors
Venue Hosts
The City of Monterey, Monterey County
Weekly, MST, , Redshift, Pebble Beach
Company, Tri County Business Systems,
Salinas Valley Waste Authority, Monterey
– Salinas Transit. Old Monterey Business
Association, Rabobank.
Carleton Hall-Monterey Center for Spiritual
Living-Monterey Church of Religious
Science, City of Monterey, Monterey
Conference Center- Portola Plaza (First Aid
& Kiosk), Colton Lawn, Monterey Museum of
Art, Masonic Lodge, Golden State Theatre,
Del Monte Center.
Special thanks
to our outreach
funders
California Arts Council, NEA, Community
Foundation for Monterey County, Arts
Council for Monterey County, The
Harden Foundation, Nancy Buck Ransom
Foundation, First Five Monterey County,
The City of Greenfield, Greenfield Chamber
of Commerce, Greenfield Rotary Club,
Greenfield Lions Club, First Five Monterey
County, The Pebble Beach Foundation,
Yellow Brick Road.
Thanks also
Thanks also to everyone who bought a
FNM 2015 buttons, your purchase directly
contributes to the performing and visual
arts fees for the activities you enjoyed at this
years Celebration.
Happy New Year!
May all your dreams and wishes
come true in 2015!
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YOU WANT TO SWIM
ARM IN ARM IN ARM WITH THEM.
Secretive, mysterious masters of camouflage are the cast in our newest one-of-a-kind special exhibition. Wrap
your arms (and your head) around “Tentacles: The Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and Cuttlefishes.”
Reach out! Donate to our Ocean Education and Leadership Center
and help the next generation of ocean stewards.
Monterey Bay Aquarium offers extended hours December 26 - January 4.
Visit our website for details.
Share the Wonder. Share the Love.
montereybayaquarium.org/love