Towering Monterey pines silhouetted against an amber-to-blue dusk sky.
Culture

Shakespeare Under the Pines

Under the pines of Carmel’s 1910 Forest Theater, PacRep’s late-summer Carmel Shakespeare Festival carries on a tradition first begun in 1940. A look at what makes an evening of open-air Shakespeare on the coast unlike anything else.

Wooden benches descending through the pines to the open-air stage of Carmel's Forest Theater
Culture

The Stage in the Pines: A Century at Carmel’s Forest Theater

Founded in 1910 among the pines above the village, the Forest Theater is one of the oldest outdoor theaters in the American West — and after 116 years of firelight, fog, and Shakespeare, Carmel still shows up with its blankets.

Dining

Pebble Beach Food and Wine April 4-7, 2024

Get ready to dive into the ultimate culinary experience on the Central Coast! Since its debut in 2008, Pebble Beach Food & Wine has become a must-do extravagance. Think of

Music & Performing Arts

Carmel Bach Festival July 13-27

The Carmel Bach Festival, held annually in the picturesque coastal town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, is a vibrant celebration of classical music that has enchanted audiences for over 80 years. This

John Thompson's Carmel Stories

Carmel Serra Wine

Serra arrived in California in 1779, founding the San Diego Mission where the state’s first grapes were grown to make sacramental wine mostly for the Eucharist, and for medicinal purposes.

John Thompson's Carmel Stories

ESSELENE 1936 HISTORY PROJECT

In 1992 the third issue of Carmel’s paper “Freedom Of Speech”, as part of the town’s 75th anniversary published an article about a 1936 WPA Local History Project that interviewed