Program Guide

First Night®
Monterey
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Buttons on Sale:
Thursday
Decembe
Decem
ber 31st, 2015
3 P.M.to Midnight
Historic Downtown Monterey
Official First Night® Monterey Program
Published by
Monterey County Weekly
The program guide is subject to change.
Safeway Inc.,
All Monterey County Stores
Nob Hill Foods,
Monterey and Salinas
Monterey Museum of Art,
Art
Monterey
7-Eleven Stores,
Monterey, Del Rey Oaks
Walgreens,
Marina, Seaside, Downtown Monterey
Rabobank,
Pacific Grove, Seaside, Monterey
For a special family button package
go online to:
www.firstnightmonterey.org
FNM at a Glance
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.
FAMILY FRIENDLY CELEBRATION!
THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
We produce 2 large community festivals each year,
in October in Greenfield – the Greenfield Harvest Festival
and the First Night New Year’s Eve Celebration
FIRST NIGHT
ARTWORKS!
Year Round 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 at the
Greenfield Cultural Arts Center.
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 8 and a grid of
performers, times and locations is on pages 6-7.
You can search the listing by artist, and the grid
by time or by location.
Give yourself time to get from one site to another!
Enjoy the sights and sounds along the way.
Remember some sites may have lines.
DOWNLOAD THE EVENTBASE APP on your
smart phone or tablet and search for
“First Night Monterey 2016” for complete
schedule details on your device!
Getting to First Night
Opening Cer emony
GETTING TO
FIRST NIGHT
COLTON LAWN
Park and Ride
First Night buses are FREE
thanks to the generosity
of MST!
• Park your car at the Del Monte
Shopping Center, Macy’s Home
Furniture store area
• FREE buses will pick you up at
bus stop in front of the Macy’s
Home Furniture every 15 minutes
beginning at 3pm. and take you to downtown
Transit Center, Alvarado at Pearl.
• Catch the bus back to Del Monte Center at
the Transit Center until 1am.
Regular Bus Service:
• MST buses will run on a Saturday schedule on December
31, FREE to those First Night’ers who have their FNM 2016
button. Visit www.mst.org or call 1-888-MST-BUS1
(888-678-2871) for route and schedule information,
also on page 3
Get your
Buttons!
See Page 4
The opening of our 23rd Celebration begins with
the drums calling us, a blessing for the New Year.
Grand Finale •
Count Down to
Midnight—Indoors
The Grande Finale has 4 different sites this year!
Two indoors, opening up at 11:00pm and beginning
at 11:15pm in the Golden State Theatre and Church of
Religious Science. Two outdoor sites are on Alvarado Street
in front of the Wells Fargo Bank and RaboBank.
In the Golden State Theatre Blues At Eleven will bring
us into 2016, and at the Church of Religious Science the
Samba Cruz Trio. There is limited seating- so a Finale ticket
is the only way inside to these venues.
At the Rabobank Stage on Alvarado Street, the Coffis
Brothers and the Mountain Men will rock n’ roll into the
New year. At the Wells Fargo Stage, the Sambahemians/
Samba Légal will get you dancing in to 2016!
PICKUP YOUR FINALE TICKET for indoor finales at the
Alvarado ticket booth at after 6:30pm, first come, first
served (look for the signs!) You will need your FNM button
with finale ticket for our count down!
Outdoor Finale • Indoor Finale
Sambahemians/ Samba Légal
Wells Fargo Stage
TWILIGHT
PROCESSION
Blues At Eleven
Golden State Theatre
Join us as we process down Alvarado Street
from Franklin Street towards Pearl Street. The
procession starts at 5:30 p.m. New this year, the
route begins at Franklin Street and proceeds
down Alvarado Street (going the wrong way)
towards Pearl Street; line up on the sidewalks
and cheer on our community groups!
Coffis Brothers
Rabobank Stage
2 First Night Monterey 2016
Samba Cruz
Carleton Hall
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S FOR YOUR BEST YEAR EVER:
FIRST NIGHT MONTEREY!
THE ARTS ARE THE ANSWER
Make your New Year’s resolution to get
more involved... Visit us at arts4mc.org
Champions of the Ar ts Gala 2016
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 • 5PM-9PM
PORTOLA HOTEL AND SPA, MONTEREY
Tickets: $125 per person - $95 if paid by January 5
Tables of 10 can be reserved for $950
Please visit arts4mc.org or call us at 831-622-9060.
Presenting
Lifetime Achievement Award to
Richard MacDonald
WE ALSO PRESENT HONORS TO:
Marv Anderson - Luminary
Hidden Valley Music Seminars - Non profit
Sonia Aramburo - Educator
Adela Castillo / Jose Moran - Volunteer Leaders
Sandra Gray - Professional
Lee Rosen - Philanthropist
All proceeds benefit arts education programs in Monterey County.
TO ORDER TICKETS
arts4mc.org/champions
INFO ON GRANTS, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
arts4mc.org
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 lines 1 or 2. Last trip departs at 1:00 AM.
PACIFIC GROVE: For service to Forest Hill and downtown Pacific Grove, board lines 1 or
2. Last bus departs at 1:00 AM.
CARMEL & CARMEL VALLEY: Board line 24 Carmel Rancho with the last trip departing
at 12:45. Trips leaving the Monterey Transit Plaza at 12:20 AM and 12:45 AM will continue to Carmel Valley upon request.
SEASIDE & SAND CITY: Board JAZZ A Sand City via Hilby with the last trip departing at
2:30 AM. Or board JAZZ B Sand City via Broadway with the last trip departing at 12:45
AM.
MARINA & SALINAS: For direct service to Salinas via Marina board line 20 with the last
trip departing at 12:45 AM. Service to the CSUMB Quad, Preston Park, and Schoonover
Park available upon request for trips leaving Monterey Transit Plaza after midnight.
Upon arrival at the Salinas Transit Center, buses will continue to Northridge shopping
center via line 49 upon request. Our regular Saturday line 20 will operate from Sand City
Station until 2:49 AM. Catch JAZZ A at Monterey Transit Plaza to access this service.
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
THE
ARTS
ARE THE
ANSWER
IN 2016!
SPECIAL THANKS
Portola Hotel and Spa • True Ideas Productions
HAPPY NEW YEAR
from the
City of Monterey!
IT’S
HAPPENING
NOW
www.monterey.org
First Night Monterey 2016
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Welcome to First Night Monterey 20
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our New Year starts here! Nine hours of creative, joyful, and amazing music and art!
WELCOME to the 2016 First Night Celebration in downtown Monterey!
This is your evening of arts and entertainment, bringing you great performances, exciting
artists and acts, unique interactive exhibitions for kids and parents and a wonderful final bid to
2016 in the countdown to midnight.
As in years past, First Night presents all of this entertainment in many places throughout the city.
Due to the renovation of the Monterey Conference Center, we will be performing our magic in some
different locations. First Night has partnered with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies
and its wealth of venues in and around Pierce, Pacific, Franklin and Van Buren streets.
Come see and enjoy the bounty of entertainment First Night Monterey provides all the way into
the new year! From Jazz to Bluegrass, Indie to Rap to poetry slam and lion dancers in the streets,
we will transform your NYE into a creative celebration!
Wishing You A Creative And Happy 2016!
The First Night Monterey Board of Directors
and Ellen Martin, Executive Director
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 2016 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, $22 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 Will-Call
• On December 31st buttons will be sold after 3pm at
he FNM kiosk on Alvarado Street at Franklin, 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 updates.
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First Night Monterey 2016
F i rs t N i g h t B a s i c s
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. First Night
will be staffed with Monterey police officers stationed
throughout the festival.
RESTROOMS All indoor sites have public restrooms.
Outdoor restrooms are open until 10 or 11pm at City Hall
and in the City Parking lots. Portable facilities will
be available by Wells Fargo Bank on Franklin Street at
Alvarado Street. Check our Map!
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.
FOOD AND DRINK : Visit the First Night Food Court on
Alvarado Street between Franklin and Del Monte Streets,
where you can grab freshly made to-go food.
Food and drink are not permitted inside the theaters,
concert halls and churches. The Golden State Theatre
will not allow bottles of any kind inside.
WEATHER–
We Have You Covered!
BUTTON DESIGN
Collaboration with CSUMB
Bobbi Long, Associate Professor of Communication Design
at California State University of Monterey Bay (CSUMB),
teaches the Publication Design and Service Learning.
Her students compete to provide the graphics for
the FNM poster design.
Carly Allen, is the designer of the First Night Monterey 2016
poster and buttons. She is a student at
CSU Monterey Bay with a major in Visual and Web Design
and a minor in Business and is completing a semester
of study in Norway. Carly works designing graphics for
Fleet Feet Monterey/Aptos and has worked at 90.3 KAZU
designing for them. She is planning on getting a Masters
in Interaction Design. Carly posts her design work on
www.behance.net/carlyga.
85% of First Night venues are indoors! Rain or shine, First
Night Monterey will joyfully proceed regardless of weather.
A FEW MORE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Stroller space is limited, however, we will make every effort
to accommodate your needs. First Night is not responsible
for lost or stolen items.
LIGHT UP YOUR NIGHT!
Check Out the First Night
Merchandise Kiosk
Don’t be in the dark! 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!
Radio Sponsors Who Help
Deliver the Message!
THANKS OUR
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 Cub, Sunrise Rotary, Boss Foundation,
DLI students and all the individuals who make FNM happen!
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
Kid’s Nigh t Out!
The First Act •
For the most creative New Year’s Eve you will have with your family! Kick-off at Colton Lawn on Pacific Street at 3pm
culminating with the Twilight Procession at 5:30 p.m on Alvarado Street at Franklin to Pearl serving as the
kids’ Finale! Make sure to have your FNM button for 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!
Artful Objects—
Make it and
Take it!
Miniatures 2015 features an interactive art making area,
“Mini Masterpieces,” for visitors of all ages to enjoy. From
drawing a petite self-portrait to creating a little landscape
with stamps, participants can make their own miniature
work of art in the museum.
Be creative and have fun is our motto! Turn a paper grocery
bag into a top hat with pizzazz using tulle, beads, pipe
cleaners, colored paper, prismatic Mylar strips and more!
This is a popular activity and we can run out of paper bagsso bring a bag to create your hat!!!
Every child - even your inner child - will have such fun
adorning these crowns with jewels, your name or
monogram to make and wear as your crown for NYE!
BUBBLE STOMP
Site 4: Pacific Street • 3-5 pm (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!
CSUMB CREATES!
(Visual Art)
Site 13b: Pacific Street / MIIS McGowan Building Lobby
6:30-9:30 pm (ongoing)
CHALK ART
Site 4: Pacific Street • 3 - 5pm (Free)
We provide the chalk, you provide the creativity!
Help turn Pacific Street into a work of art!
FACE PAINTING
Site 4b: 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! Please note,
this a popular activity, waiting lines are formed and the
line will be closed before 5pm.
HENNA TATTOOS
and FACE PAINTING
Site 15: Monterey Antique and Gift Center • 7-10 pm
(Button Venue on-going 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!
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
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 2016!
Site 6a: Monterey Museum of Art, Upstairs
3:30-5 pm • 6:15-7:30 pm
Site 4a: Art Station 1, Colton Lawn • 3:30-5 pm
Site 7: Monterey Museum of Art, Lower Level
3:30-5 pm (Button venue) • 6:15-7:30 pm
Site 15: Monterey Antique and Gift Center
7-10 pm Button venue
MINIATURES 2015
at MMA
CELEBRATION HATS
NEW YEAR’S EVE
CROWN
2016 NEW YEAR’S
PHOTO CARD
Be inspired by visual art created by Liberal Studies and
Visual and Public Art (VPA) students in multicultural
community collaborations. Art exhibit and participatory
activity. Participate in hands on visual arts activities led
by Liberal Studies students and professors Dr. Browning
Neddeau and Dr. Jennifer Colby. These activities inspire
our future teachers learning the arts to touch our future.
FIRST NIGHT
MERCHANDISE
KIOSK
Site 3a: on Pacific Street at Colton Lawn • 3-5 pm
Site 14a: Alvarado Street Near Pearl • 4-10 pm
Site 19: Alvarado Near Franklin • 3-11 pm
Site 19a: Will Call • 10am- 8 pm
Glow in the dark, light up the night, fly 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-thedark 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.
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Key To Performance Styles:
3:00
3:00
3:15
3:15
3:15
Shinsho Mugen
Daiko
3:00
3:45
4:00
Daiko
4:15
Calpulli
Yaocuauhtli
4:30
FNM Buttons and Merchandise
HeartStrings
Monterey Bay
Bells
HeartStrings
3:45
The Dance Center
3:30
3:30
3:45
4:30
The Dance Center
4:15
4:15
Food Vendors (Ongoing)
4:00
4:30
FNM Buttons and Merchandise
Art/Resolution Sculpture/Facepainting
FNM Buttons and Merchandise
Ash Dance
4:00
4:45
5:00
5:00
5:00
Shinsho Mugen
Daiko
4:45
Ash Dance
4:45
Crown Making Art Activity and First Night Student Art Show
Minature Art Making (Ongoing)
Monterey Bay
Bells
Hat Making /Facepainting
Bubblestomp/Chalk Art
Calpulli
Yaocuauhtli
3:30
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:30
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:15
6:45
OUTDOOR VENUE
INDOOR VENUE
6:30
7:00
7:15
Anne/Pete Sibley
William Faulkner
7:30
7:45
8:00
Anne/Pete Sibley
William Faulkner
8:15
8:30
8:45
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
Belly Dancers
Blue Notables
10:00
10:15
1,2,
3,4
10:30
Belly Dancers
Blue Notables
Event
Schedule
Blue Notables
Monsori
Linda Arceo
10:00
Dave Holodiloff
Sextet
Poetry Slam
8:45
9:30
9:45
Linda Arceo
Kuzanga Marimba
Poetry Slam
9:15
10:15
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:00
Also in indoor venues
11:45
9:00
Casa di Mansa
8:45
CSUMB Film
Lion Dance
1
Site
2
3
4
5
4a/b
6
10
9
15
14a
14
13b
13a
13
12
11
Site
11
Kuzanga Marimba
10:45
Samba Cruz (FINALE)
Linda Arceo
10:30
10:30
10:45
Sambahemians
Samba Légal
11:15
11:45
19
20
21
Site
First Night Monterey 2016
11:30
Sambahemians &
Samba Légal (FINALE)
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12:00
18
11:00
Coffis Brothers (FINALE)
10:15
Coffis Brothers
10:00
Coffis Brothers
9:45
Blues At Eleven (FINALE)
9:30
Blues At Eleven
9:15
Blues At Eleven
Sambahemians
Samba Légal
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7
Team CAPA
Dave Holodiloff
Sextet
Lillie Lemon
Poetry Slam
8:30
9:00
6a
Monsori
8:15
Minature Art Making (Ongoing)
Spector Dance
Dave Holodiloff
Sextet
Lillie Lemon
Poetry Slam
8:00
MC Lars
7:45
MC Lars
7:15
MC Lars
7:00
Michell Lambert
6:45
Michell Lambert
Samba Cruz
6:30
Lillie Lemon
Dave Holodiloff
Sextet
6:15
Michell Lambert
Samba Cruz
8:30
Food Vendors (Ongoing)
8:15
CSUMB Guitarists
Samba Cruz
Lion Dance
CSUMB Film
I Cantori
CSUMB Guitarists
I Cantori
Team CAPA
CSUMB Creates Visual Art
CSUMB Film
I Cantori
CSUMB Film
DiFranco Dance
FNM Buttons and Merchandise
8:00
Casa di Mansa
FNM Buttons and Merchandise
Black Irish Band
This Side Up
Art/Resolution Sculpture/Facepainting
This Side Up
Black Irish Band
7:45
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
7:30
Abdoulaye &
Tam Tam
7:15
Lion Dance
LaTanya & Friends
7:00
LaTanya & Friends
6:45
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
6:30
Black Irish Band
This Side Up
DiFranco Dance
CSUMB Film
Tam Tam Sacrée
6:15
7:30
Crown Making Art and FN Student Art Show
William Faulkner
Anne/Pete Sibley
First Night 2016
5:30
WORLD MUSIC
CLASSICAL
CHILDREN’S
FOLK/CELTIC/AMERICANA
DANCE
JAZZ/BLUES
ROCK/COUNTRY/HIP-HOP
FILM
Pacific Street Kiosk
Pacific Street Stage
Site Venue Name
1 Colton Pacific Street
Stage
2
3
MMA Art Station
Upstairs
MMA Art Station
Downstairs
Masonic Lodge
4 Pacific Street
Art Space
4a,b Art Station Colton Lawn
5 City Council
Chambers
Monterey Museum
of Art
6
6a
7
8
9 MIIS Irvine Auditorium
Pierce St.
10 MIIS Samson Center
Van Buren St. #1
10a MIIS Samson Center
Van Buren #2
Site Venue Name
11 MIIS Casa Fuente
and Pacific St.
12 Church of Religious Science
Carleton Hall
13 MIIS McGowan
Pacific & Franklin Sts.
Film
13a MIIS McGowan
14 Alvarado St. Galleria
Lobby
13b MIIS McGowan
14a Alvarado St.
Galleria Kiosk
15 Monterey Antique
and Gift Center
16 Alvarado St.
Rabobank
18 Golden State
Theater
19 Alvarado St.
Kiosk
Wells Fargo Stage
20 Alvarado St.
21 Alvarado St.
Franklin & DelMonte
Site Venue Name
First Night Monterey 2016
TWILIGHT PROCESSION ON ALVARADO
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EVENING PERFORMING ARTS SCHEDULE
KEY TO PERFORMANCE STYLES: BL= BLUES CH= CHILDREN’S CL= CLASSICAL DA= DANCE
FK= FOLK/CELTIC/AMERICANA JZ= JAZZ/BLUES RCH= ROCK/COUNTRY/HIP-HOP WM= WORLD MUSIC
Abdoulaye Diallo &
Tam Tam Sacrée–
CSUMB Creates!
(WM/DA) Site 13: MIIS-McGowan
6:15 – 6:45,
Site 20: Alvarado Street/
Wells Fargo Stage 7:15 – 7:45
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 get you
moving!
A Park Avenue Studio Best Buy Presents Just
of Bellydance
Dance! Video Game
CSUMB Creates! Music
and Dance
(DA/WM) Site 8: Masonic Lodge
9:30 – 10:00, 10:15 – 11:00
Classic Middle–Eastern Belly
Dance with an American flair.
Show concludes with audience
participation.
(DA/WM/JZ) Site 13: MIIS-McGowan
Building
Enjoy performances by
California State University,
Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
students, staff and alumni.
6:15 – 6:45 Abdoulaye
Diallo & Tam Tam Sacrée, a
multicultural performance
group playing traditional West
African rhythms.
7:00 – 7:30, 7:45 – 8:15
LaTanya and Friends want
you to participate! Kids
and adults of all ages learn
multicultural songs and
movement.
8:30 – 9:00, 9:15 – 9:45
CSUMB Guitars Students jam
into the night with originals
and standards.
Black Irish Band
(FK/WM) Site 18: Golden State
Theater 6:30 – 7:00, 7:15 – 7:45,
8:00 – 8:30
The famed Black Irish Band,
together for 26 years,
specializes in Irish and Italian
songs plus early American,
maritime, Scottish, African
American, Hispanic, and other
multicultural music.
Anne & Pete Sibley
(FK/RCH) Site 5: City Council
Chambers 6:15 – 6:45, 7:00 – 7:30,
7:45 – 8:15
With two voices joined in
harmony, a guitar and a banjo,
Anne and Pete Sibley sing
bluegrass. Their music had
them performing on famed
Stages from NYC’s Town Hall to
Washington’s Kennedy Center
and from festival stages such
as North Carolina’s Merlfest to
Colorado’s Rockgrass
Ash Dance–Groove
Like Bollywood!
(DA/CH) Site 17: Alvarado Street/
Best Buy Stage 6:45 – 9:30
Step to the beat and get into
the rhythm as you play the
Just Dance video game! From
Frozen’s Let It Go and Katy
Perry tracks, to One Direction
and Marvin Gaye, there’s
something for everyone.
Blues At Eleven
FINALE
DiFranco DanceProject
(DA/CH) Site 14: Alvarado Street
Galleria 4:00 – 4:30, 4:45 – 5:15
The Ash Dance group brings
the glamour and spectacular
dancing of India’s favorite
Bollywood movies to the
streets of Monterey.
(JZ/RCH) Site 18: Golden State
Theater 9:15 – 10:00, 10:15 – 10:45,
11:15 – Midnight
Blues at Eleven’s eclectic mix
of blues, rock, funk, and jazz,
will ignite First Nighters with
the best of the blues! Covering
media greats, Etta James and
New Orleans, join this past
winner of the best of blues
festival in Monterey!!
The BlueNotables
Team CAPA
(JZ) Site 5: City Council Chambers
8:30 – 9:00, 9:15 – 9:45,
10:00 – 10:30
The BlueNotables, a new
cappella vocal jazz ensemble
of eight professional,
well–known area vocalists
and music educators who
combine their talents to sing
popular Standards in 7–8 part
harmony.
Calpulli Yaocuauhtli
Site 1: Colton Pacific St. Stage
3:30 – 4:00, 4:15-4:45
Yaocuauhtli Danza is a cultural
Aztec dance troupe est. in
Salinas that continues the
tradition of the dance and
crafts of the Aztec people.
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Carmel Academy of
Performing Arts–
Team CAPA
Heartstrings
(DA/CH) Site 8: Masonic Lodge
7:15 – 7:45
Site 14: Alvarado St. / Galleria
8:00 – 8:30
The competitive, award
winning Team CAPA has
dancers from the ages of 4 to
17 years. The dancers train in
several styles including jazz,
tap, ballet, hip–hop, and much
more.
CSUMB First Night
Film Festival
(FILM) Site:13A MIIS-McGowan
6:30 – 10:00, 1/2 hr. with breaks
CSU Monterey Bay, led by
world-renowned animator,
Soyeon Kim; present a
collection of animated short
films, produced by students
in animation classes of the
Cinematic Arts department.
Casa di Mansa
(WM/DA) Site 20: Alvarado Street/
Wells Fargo Stage 8:00 – 8:30,
8:45 – 9:15
This professional drumming
and dance group celebrates
the culture of Senegal,
bringing to life the African
folk song played on wolof
and sabar drums, and dance
traditions from Casamance in
southern Senegal.
The Coffis Brothers
and the Mountain
Men FINALE
The Dance Center
Garland Thompson Jr
(DA/CH) Site 8: Masonic Lodge
3:30 – 4:00, 4:15 – 4:45
The dance training/
performance and competition
team features all styles
of dance with years of
experience. It is appealing
to all ages and genders
and focuses on community
enjoyment and the
betterment of students.
The BlueNotables
(JZ/RCH) Site 16: Alvarado St.
Rabobank 9:15 – 9:45,
10:00 – 10:45, 11:15 - Midnight
A rock n’ roll band born and
raised in the Santa Cruz
Mountains, this band’s blend
of folk, blues, R&B and straight
ahead rock will have you
dancing in the streets with
their catchy songs!
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Dave Holodiloff Sextet Heartstrings
Shinsho Mugen Daiko
(JZ/WM) Site 9: MIIS-Irvine
Auditorium/Pierce St. 6:15 – 6:45,
7:00 – 7:30, 7:45 – 8:15, 8:30 – 9:00
The Dave Holodiloff Sextet
will take you on an acoustic
adventure that is equal parts
jam and jazz. A fantastic fusion
of fun and sophistication,
the music blends symphonic,
traditional acoustic, and
improvisatory elements to
create a sound that is pure
excitement. The line-up
features Dave Holodiloff
(mandolin/vocals/guitar),
Steve Uccello. (bass), Peter
Mellinger (violin), Kenny Stahl
(flute), Nik Bortlussi (drums/
clarinet), and Derek Bodkin
(percussion/guitar/banjo/
vocals).
(WM/CH) Site 2: Pacific Street Stage
3:00 –3:30, 4:00 –4:15, 4:45–5:15
Experience the exquisite
physicality of these Taiko
Drummers as they perform
traditional Japanese
drumming, incorporating
elements of martial arts.
DiFranco
DanceProject
(DA/WM/CH) Site 14: Alvarado St. /
Galleria 6:30 – 7:00, 7:15 – 7:45
The DiFranco DanceProject,
a local youth group, presents
a lively, colorful, culturally
diverse holiday program of
dances representing New
Orleans Jazz, Afro–Samba of
Bahia and Afro–Cuban Fusion
and even a unique blend of
Afro–Celtic Dance.
(CL/WM) Site 5: City Council
Chambers 3:30 – 4:00, 4:15 – 4:45
Heartstrings is a local
Monterey County band that
performs for a myriad of
private and public events.
For over 20 years, they have
brought their fresh & unique
sounds through traditional
acoustic string music from all
over the world.
I Cantori di Carmel
(CL) Site 12: Monterey Church of
Religious Science/Carleton Hall
6:30 – 7:00, 7:15 – 7:45, 8:00 – 8:30
I Cantori di Carmel is a chorus
of local singers united by a
desire to cherish and preserve
the heritage of great choral
music. The FNM performance
will blend great music from
the past with spirituals and
contemporary pop standards.
Kuzanga Marimba
(WM) Site 9: MIIS-Irvine
Auditorium/Pierce St. 9:30 – 10:15,
10:30 – 11:00
Kuzanga Marimba of Santa
Cruz plays traditional and
contemporary music from the
Shona Culture of Zimbabwe.
Spector Dance
I Cantori di Carmel
Lillie Lemon
(RCH) Site 10: MIIS-Samson Center/
Van Buren St. 6:30 – 7:00,
7:15 – 7:45, 8:00 – 8:30
Lillie Lemon and Erica Wobbles
are an indie electro pop duo
based in Monterey. Their
instrumentation utilizes
primarily synthesizers,
with live vocal looping and
processing fueled by building
crescendos. Heavy lyrical
content weaves stories fueled
by vivid imagery and eclectic
instrumentation.
Poetry Slam with
Garland Thompson Jr
(RCH) Site 11: MIIS-Casa Fuente/
Pacific St. 6:30 – 7:00, 7:15 – 7:45,
8:00 – 8:30
Michelle brings a high–energy
pop light show with original
music and cool remixes of
hits she performs with her
Brazilian DJ. She has a strong
unique voice and performs on
many instruments including
the Electric Violin, Mandolin
and Keyboard. She has been
touring around the Western
States since the release of her
Album, Warrior, in July 2015.
Monsori
Linda Arceo with
Laurel Thomsen
Lillie Lemon
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(RCH) Site 11: MIIS-Casa Fuente/
Pacific St. 9:00 – 9:30, 9:45 – 10:15,
10:30 – 11:00
MC Lars got his start at First
Night in 1998! After a year on
the road promoting his fourth
album, The Zombie Dinosaur
LP, Lars is happy to be home.
Joinedby his partner in rap,
Ash Wednesday, Lars is back
once again to perform songs
about Edgar Allan Poe, robots
and consumer culture. Don’t
miss it! A Central Coast New
Year’s Eve tradition.
Michelle Lambert
This Side Up
(SP) Site 10a: MIIS-Samson Center/
Van Buren St. 7:00 – 7:30,
7:45 – 8:15, 8:30 – 9:00, 9:15 – 9:45
Join the Master of the Poetry
Slam, Garland Thompson
Jr. and his slammers! It’s
a competitive poetry
performance in which selected
audience members score
performers, and winners are
determined by total points.
Slam is a composite genre that
combines elements of poetry,
theater, performance, and
storytelling.
MC Lars & Ash
Wednesday
(RCH/FK) Site 10: MIIS-Samson
Center/Van Buren St. 9:00 – 9:30,
9:45 – 10:15, 10:30 – 11:00
Linda Arceo’s original songs
have music influences that
include traditional Spanish
ballads, Rock & Roll, New
Country, Alternative music and
mostly her father Luis and his
guitar. Linda’s music is best
described as “Vintage Rock–
Inspired Indie Music.” Linda
and her guest artist, violinist/
singer/songwriter Laurel
Thomsen, will be performing
Linda’s original music that will
pull at your heartstrings, get
your toes tapping and leave
you wanting more!
(WM) Site 8: Masonic Lodge
8:00 – 8:30, 8:45 – 9:15
Traditional Korean percussion
music consisting of 4 main
instruments that represent
the elements of nature: Jing (a
larger gong) being the wind,
Puk (a barrel bass drum) the
clouds, K’Kwaenggwari (a
small gong) the lightning, and
Janggu (an hourglass–shaped
drum) the rain. Join the group
as they perform four pieces
accompanied by traditional
Korean singing and Piri (a reed
wind instrument).
Monterey Bay
Lion Dance Team,
Monterey Bay
Healing Tao
(DA/WM) Site 14: Alvarado Street/
Galleria 8:45 – 9:15, 9:30 – 10:00,
10:15 – 10:45
Celebrate the New Year and
lift your spirits with traditional
Chinese lion dancing! A
challenging art form complete
with martial art postures and
exciting rhythms of drums,
cymbals and gongs. Elaborate
costumes characterize the
Lucky Lion and Happy Buddha.
Samba Cruz Trio
FINALE
(JZ/WM) Site 12: Monterey Church
of Religious Science/ Hall 9:00 –
9:30, 9:45 – 10:15, 10:30 – 11:00,
11:15 – Midnight
The trio plays Brazilian music
standards and original
compositions including bossa
nova, samba, choro, baiao, and
other jazz–inflected forms.
Their music is inspired by
Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque,
Dorival Caymmi, Baden Powell,
Caetano Veloso, and others.
Sambahemians/
Samba Légal FINALE
(WM/DA) Site 20: Alvarado Street
/Wells Fargo Stage 9:45 – 10:15,
10:30 – 11:00, 11:15 – Midnight
Boom! Get ready for Brazilian
drums and dancers who
spring to life this New Year’s
Eve! Samba Légal offers an
arrangement of authentic
Brazilian carnival beats and
syncopated rhythms from all
regions of Brazil.
(DA/CH) Site 8: Masonic Lodge
6:30 – 7:00
Spector Dance Youth
Company is a well–known
local ensemble of committed
young dancers who excel in
contemporary style. The group
will perform several short
pieces to celebrate the season.
This Side Up
(RCH) Site 16: Alvarado Street/
Rabobank Stage 6:45 – 7:15,
7:30 – 8:00, 8:15 – 8:45
This Side Up has a great
line up of music. They play
the classic rock songs of
Elvis Presley, Tom Petty, Dire
Straits, Marshall Tucker, and
Van Morrison etc. You’ll love
dancing to these classic rock
sounds!
William Faulkner
(WM) Site 6: Monterey Museum
of Art 6:00 – 6:30, 6:45 – 7:15,
7:30 – 8:00
You will be delighted and
intrigued by the unique
sounds of William Faulkner’s
Jalisco harp. The harp is a
beautiful, hand carved harp
traditionally found in Jalisco,
Mexico, occasionally with
Mariachi bands. William has
been playing the Jalisco harp
since 1979 and he and his
harp have toured extensively,
sharing this beautiful music.
Monterey Bay Lion Dance
Monterey Bay Belles
(FK) Site 6: Monterey Museum of Art
3:30 – 4:00, 4:15 – 4:45
The 5–member Women’s
Barbershop Chorus sings
favorite popular songs in the
barbershop style.
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Year Round First Night
FIRST NIGHT
ARTWORKS!
Outreach Throughout
Monterey County
Our community spirit is exemplified by the
First Night ArtWorks!
We’ve engaged hundreds of young people and
families who participate with professional artists
in hands-on creative workshops in the visual,
performing and multimedia arts, at community
sites all around the county. The program
culminates with exhibition of their creations on
New Year’s Eve. Please take a moment to view
these amazing works of art! Find work in the
Monterey Museum of Art’s lower level and at
the Monterey Antique and Gift Center.
ART CONNECTING
COMMUNITIES:
Art is the Next Peace
Posts For
Peace And Justice
This year’s theme was creatively manifested
in visual workshops using Art Connecting
Communities to create art in several cities in the
county. Fence posts have a history of separating
neighborhoods, but in this case we created posts
to connect with each other! Hundreds have
collaboratively painted and written on 8-foot
fence posts telling stories through words and
symbolic images. Created in schools and with
community organizations, with youth and young
adults, these posts are beautiful collaborative
artworks presenting peace and justice issues the
participants deeply care about.
Monterey: Big Sur Charter Middle School
Theme: Ocean Stewardship
Marina: Los Arboles Middle School
Theme: Leadership, Police Responsibility
and Believing in Yourself
Greenfield: Greenfield Cultural Arts Center:
La Unión Indígena group partner
Theme: Stories and Cultural History of
Oaxaca’s Indigenous People now residing
in Monterey County
Soledad: YMCA and the
Main Street Elementary School
Theme: Community Connectedness,
Nonviolence and Self Respect
King City: Chalone Peaks Middle School:
Migrant Education Program
Themes: Peace and Nonviolence
and Planet Preservation
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First Night Monterey 2016
Big Sur: Big Sur Charter Elementary School
Theme: Watershed and Wild Animal Preservation
Salinas: Boronda Meadows School
Theme: Conflict and Compassion
Monterey: Interim
Theme: Anti-Stigma
2015 FIRST NIGHT
ARTWORKS!
OUTREACH PROJECTS
Monterey Art Camp
at Archer Park
Summer: A six-week, three-session summer art camp for
youth grades 3-8. Fall: Three days of sculpture.
CSU Monterey Bay
Design Students
We engage the students into a creative competition to create
the annual First Night Monterey button and poster. Working
through concept to design with the students for five weeks
in class to final poster design.
Greenfield Cultural Arts
Center
Working with community leaders in Greenfield, First
Night continues to build community engagement
coordinating programming at the Cultural Arts
Center.
Greenfield
Summer Art Camp
Eight weeks of free art camp for middle and
high school students. Activities included
digital art, drawing, watercolor and painting.
See this year’s student work exhibited at the
Monterey Museum of Art.
Greenfield
Harvest Festival
Held on October 19th, 2015 with over 5,000
attending this free community arts festival
celebrating the harvest and farming community.
Interim, Inc.
Year-round workshop meeting twice a month at
the FN art studio with community members of
this Monterey County agency providing services
and affordable housing to adult living with mental
illness. Working on personal art projects, the group
focused on drawing, painting and sculpting.
They created a post for peace and justice
exploring their personal challenges with stigma.
www.FirstNightMonterey.org
Thank You
First Night Donors
42nd Street Moon, 7-Eleven Stores, A Taste of Monterey Wine Market & Bistro, Alvarado Fish
and Steak, An McDowell, Anton and Michel Restaurant, Ariel Theatrical, Inc., Back Porch
Fabrics, Bayonet and Black Horse, Big Sur River Inn and Restaurant, Big Sur Lodge, Britannia
Arms, Britton Designs, California Rodeo Salinas, Carmel Art Association, Carmel Bach Festival,
Carmel Music Society, Carmel Ridge Winery, Carmel Youth Center, Carriage House Inn,
Chamber Music Monterey, Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, China Garden, Chris’
Fishing, Christine Crozier, Cibo Ristorante Italiano, Coastal Home Furniture Gallery, Cowboy
Poetry & Music Festival, CSU Monterey Bay World Theater, Cypress Inn, Dametra Café, Dana
Goforth, Disneyland Resort, Edgemere Cottages, Elizabeth Murray, Elizabeth Zandbergen,
Heads Up Salon, Ellen Martin, Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, Epsilon Fine Greek
Restaurant, Epsilon Restaurant, Face First Laser Clinic, Fairytale Town, Fifi’s Café, Fish Hopper,
Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park, Glen Gobel Custom Frames, Hahn Winery, Halloween,
Helga Browne Scarlett, Hiller Aviation Museum, Hilton Garden Inn Monterey, Hotel Abrego,
Islands Restaurant, Jackie Lynch, Jerod Balthrop, Jonathan Wolf, Katy’s Place, Ken Peterson,
Kira Carrillo Corser, Lula’s Chocolate, Marines Memorial Association, Marjorie Garcia,
Pachamama’s Imports, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Bay Equestrian Center, Monterey
Business Council, Monterey County Vintners, Monterey Mirror Maze, Monterey Museum of
Art, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Monterey Rock and Rod Festival, Monterey Sailing,
Monterey Sports Center, Monterey Symphony, Montrio Bistro, Murray Robins, MYO Monterey,
Nepenthe Restaurant, Nina Parris, Old Monterey Business Association, Old Monterey Café,
Old Monterey Inn, P.F. Chang’s, Pacific Grove Golf Links, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Papa
Chano’s, Paris Bakery, Paulette Lynch, Pebble Beach Company, Pebble Beach Concours
d’ Elegance, Peet’s Coffee Munras, Pino’s Italian Café, Portola Hotel and Spa, Quail Lodge,
Rancho Canada Golf Club, Red and White Fleet San Francisco, Red’s Donuts, Reuben H. Fleet
Science Center, Rita Reynolds, Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, Safeway Stores, San
Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Opera, Sanctuary Rock Gym, Sandbar & Grill, Sardine Factory,
Scheid Vineyards, SeaWorld San Diego, Sherry Farson, Silka Saavedra, Six Flags Magic
Mountain, Sixth Avenue Fine Jewelers, SpectorDance, Starbucks - Cannery Row, Starbucks
Alvarado, Sunset Center, Susan and Don Britton, Susan Britton, The Colonial Terrace Inn,
The Crown & Anchor, The Monterey Business Council, The Old St. Angela Inn,
The Western Stage, Troia’s Market, Walgreens-Monterey, Wayside Inn, Will Bullas.
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
Carleton Hall-Monterey Center for Spiritual
Living- Church of Religious Science,
City of Monterey, Colton Lawn,
Monterey Museum of Art, Masonic Lodge,
Golden State Theatre, House of Four Winds,
Del Monte Center, Middlebury Institute of
International Studies at Monterey (MIIS),
The Dan & Lillian King Foundation
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,
The Pebble Beach Foundation
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Thanks Also
Thanks also to everyone who bought a
FNM 2016 buttons, your purchase directly
contributes to the performing and visual arts
fees for the activities you enjoyed at
this years Celebration.
Congratulations on 23 years!
The Old Monterey Business
Association is proud to have this
wonderful event take place every
year in Downtown Monterey.
The Peninsula’s Downtown
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