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March 2007

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March 2007

March 2-4
Dixieland Monterey

Monterey
888-349-6879
wwww.dixieland-monterey.com
Three days of top Dixieland and Swing at venues in downtown Monterey and along Fisherman�s Wharf. Featuring top national jazz bands, local youth bands and more.

March 3
National Marine Sanctuary AnnualSymposium

CSUMB/Seaside
831-647-4255
www.montereybay.noaa.gov
Special annual symposium features speakers from MBARI, Moss Landing Research Station, and more. The 2007 event focuses on health of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

March 3-4
18th Annual Art on the Plaza
Monterey
This annual event returns to downtown Monterey at Custom House Plaza State Park and features contemporary arts and crafts by more than 50 exhibitors at this historic outdoor gallery near Fisherman's Wharf.

March 3 - May 27
"My California: Portals and People" Exhibition Juried by Scott Schields, Chief Curator Crocker Art Museum
Salinas
(831) 775-4721
www.steinbeck.org
National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St. Salinas will be holding this event. Free with museum admission

March 8
Colton Hall 157th Birthday

Monterey
831-646-5640
www.monterey.org
Birthday celebration of one of Monterey's most historic buildings.California's first Constitution was drafted in this historic site in October of 1849. Colton Hall is a landmark in the City of Monterey. Free and open to the public.


March 9-11
4th Annual Big Sur Writing Workshop
Big Sur
831-667-2574
www.henrymiller.org/AFW2.html
Bring your manuscript or your ideas to this "boot-camp for writers" that will equip you with the tools you need to prepare your work for publication. Add the magic and inspiration of the Big Sur setting, gourmet meals, and a professional and positive facilty, and you're sure to have an unforgettable, insightful, fun and creative weekend.

March 10
The Kingston Trio
Monterey
831-372-3800
www.goldenstatetheatre.com
Through changing times, the Kingston Trio has played on, remaining popular for a simple reason... great songs that sound as good today as the first time you heard them. Almost fifty years after Tom Dooley shot to the top of the charts, the Trio is still on the road thirty weeks a year, bringing back all the great memories and making new ones, too.

March 23
Raw Milk Cheese Dinner With Pascal Beillevaire

Carmel Valley
888-648-9463
Harvest Room at Bernardus Lodge
www.bernardus.com
Chef Cal Stamenov and France�s acclaimed cheese maker Pascal Beillevaire share their passions for handmade artisanal product.Chef Cal will create a menu around these delicacies using local, organic produce, seafood from Carmel Bay and naturally raised meats. Wine Director, Mark Jensen will pair regional French wines to the evening�s menu. Reception is at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m.

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March 23-25
Next Generation Jazz Festival

Monterey
831-373-3366
www.montereyjazzfestival.org
The Monterey Jazz Festival turns the spotlight on the young up-and-coming musicians who will form the vanguard of jazz music in the coming decades with a newly expanded event augmented by fresh performances and activities.

March 30
Grand Arrival of the Privateer Lynx
Monterey
866-446-5969
www.privateerlynx.org
Come welcome the 3 p.m. dockside arrival of the 122-foot square topsail schooner LYNX, the tall ship that was was hired to train the cast and crew of the hit movie "Pirates of the Caribbean". Climb aboard and step back in time as you relive history.

March 30-April 10
Dockside Tours of the Privateer Lynx
Monterey
866-446-5969
www.privateerlynx.org
Climb aboard the tall ship Privateer Lynx and step back in time as you relive history. Join the crew and hoist the sails, steer the ship, fire the main battery of six-pounder carronades and experience first-hand what life is like aboard a traditional, square topsail schooner.

Begins March 31st
Wild About Otters

Monterey Bay Aquarium
831-644-7561
www.montereybayaquarium.org
Kids and their families are invited to embark on a multi-sensory adventure into the world of freshwater otters in 2007 with the opening of �Wild About Otters�. The aquarium will debut eight freshwater otters and their lush world of tropical fishes, reptiles and plants. The five-gallery exhibition will display four African spotted-necked otters and four Asian small-clawed otters in exhibits that represent their native lake and river habitats.