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2026
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CAREER RETROSPECTIVE WITH Q&A

Golden Bough Playhouse · Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
October 3, 2026
Important update

Moss Landing battery plant fire: Dolan Road closed, shelter-in-place lifted

A fire broke out early Friday, Sept 18, at the Vistra battery storage plant at 7301 Highway 1 in Moss Landing, inside the building damaged in the January 2025 fire. The Sheriff's shelter-in-place for the zones within a third of a mile (MRY-B047, B050, B053) was lifted at 4pm Friday. There are no evacuation orders. Dolan Road is closed at Castroville Blvd and at Elkhorn Road; Caltrans reports Highway 1 open through Moss Landing. EPA air monitors found no hydrogen fluoride and no PM2.5 exceedances on Friday. Officials expect the fire to burn itself out within about a day. If you smell smoke around Moss Landing or Castroville, close windows and doors and follow Alert Monterey County for updates.

Updated Sep 18, 2026 · 5:29 pm PT Monterey County Department of Emergency Management ↗
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Open Studios Art Tour: weekend 2 is Sat–Sun Sep 19–20, 11am–5pm, free

250+ Monterey County artists open their studios this weekend, from the Peninsula to Moss Landing, Salinas and King City. The numbered purple pins on the map are the tour stops; tap one for the artist's site. The printed guide and the full artist list are on Arts4MC's site. Free, self-guided, no ticket.

Updated Sep 18, 2026 · 7:43 pm PT Arts Council for Monterey County ↗

Mark Mancina: Tony Award-nominee and three-time Grammy Award-winning Composer. Career retrospective will highlight Mancina’s considerable compositional range which includes some of the most memorable songs and musical scores in the history of the American recording industry, film, and theatre. Mancina earned a Tony nomination for Best Original Score and won a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album – The Lion King stage production (Broadway & West End, 1997). The Original Songs co-written/produced and Music arranged/produced by Mark Mancina for The Lion King include: Mancina won the Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Soundtrack Album for Tarzan , which he co-composed with Phil Collins, and “You’ll Be in My Heart,” which Mancina arranged and co-produced, won the Oscar for Best Song. In addition, Original Film Scores composed by Mark Mancina include: Moderated by CIFFest Co-Directors, Lawrence Roeck and Annette Andersen Caton, and Producer, Adrian Clark. This is a Do Not Miss Event. OPEN TO ALL PASS HOLDERS. Runtime: 1:00:00, Founders Theatre

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