Winter 2024

Just beyond the coastal fog at Valley Hills Center off Carmel Valley Road stands a board and batten building painted red as farmsteads of old. This simple building is inhabited by Tancredi & Morgen, a charming shop with a treasure trove of carefully curated wares that showcase the owners' love of design with items ranging from hand-made textiles to books on design to … [Read more...] about Tancredi & Morgen

According to author, philosopher and artist Elbert Hubbard the happiest people on Earth are "A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sandcastles." He posits that "Happiness lies in a constructive job well done. Get your happiness out of your work or you will never know what happiness is." By that metric, Rusty Croft certainly knows what … [Read more...] about Building Castles Made of Sand

It's an oft-repeated tale of Carmel history. The original Theatre of the Golden Bough was built by Edward Kuster in 1924 on Ocean Avenue and quickly became the epicenter of the artistic and cultural life of the city, which was incorporated just eight years prior. Its stage hosted an impressive 50 productions annually, in the nine years it operated, in addition to educational … [Read more...] about A Renovation to Last Another Century

The cultural and artistic history of Monterey is lengthy, colorful and filled with drama, intrigue and economic ups and downs. The committed group of volunteers known as the Monterey History and Art Association has been working to preserve that body of knowledge and its physical objects for nearly a century. To showcase that rich tapestry of history and display its deep archive … [Read more...] about Preserving the Past