Art sale to benefit Rare Species Conservatory starts Sunday

For six years the Wild Things Art Show and Sale has been supporting the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation. The tradition will continue Sunday with an interactive show bringing together award-winning artists from an array of media.

The annotated State Of The Union(s)

The White House did an impressive job of annotating the State of the Union for Web viewers. It was, obviously, a partisan presentation. But it did an effective job of underscoring some key points. For example, the speech didn?t waste much time painting the president as a strong, resolute leader, and neither did the accompanying ...

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3-5 Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa. Tel. 315 9999. 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Mondays. info@album-gallery.org; www.album-gallery.ru NEW! Open: Sergei Katran. Interactive video installation.

New year, new beginning for First Friday

Majid Kahhak, owner of Kahhak Fine Arts and School on Main Street in Carbondale, will be live-painting during the Carbondale First Friday this evening. First Friday is an open house event all over town focused on the arts.

Your Town: Whale of a time planned for Saturday

Whalefest Monterey, sponsored by the Old Fisherman's Wharf Association, will be held from 9a.m. to 8p.m. Saturday at Fisherman's Wharf and Custom House Plaza.