Old Monterey District Blog

Below are the showtimes for Osio Theater, an independent, locally-owned movie theater located at 350 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey, December 1-7, 2017.

JANE
Daily at 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:15pm, 9:25pm
Plus Sat & Sun at 12:15pm
Drawing from more than 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her time and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. Watch the trailer.

NOVITIATE
Daily at 1:15pm, 4pm, 6:45pm, 9:30pm
The story of a young girl's first initiation with love, in this case with God, set during the 1950s and 60s. Raised by a non-religious, single mother in rural Tennessee, a scholarship to Catholic school soon finds Cathleen drawn into the mystery and romanticism of a life devoted to the worship and servitude of God. With the dawn of the Vatican II era, radical changes in the Church are threatening the course of nuns' lives. Watch the trailer.

THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS
Daily at 2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:25pm
Plus Sat & Sun at 11:30am
The magical journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and other classic characters from A Christmas Carol. Directed by Bharat Nalluri of Miss Pettifrew Lives for a Day the film shows how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) mixed real life inspirations with his vivid imagination to conjure up unforgettable characters and a timeless tale, forever changing the holiday season into the celebration we know today. Watch the trailer.

THE SQUARE
Mon-Thurs at 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm
Fri at 12:30pm, 3:30pm, 9:30pm
Sat-Sun at 12:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm
Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is The Square, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it is difficult to live up to your own ideals: Christian's foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations. Watch the trailer.

LOVING VINCENT
Mon-Thurs at 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:10pm, 9:25pm
Fri-Sun at 12pm, 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:10pm, 9:25pm
The world's first fully oil painted feature film, brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life in an exploration of...Read More

CarmelBarre is pleased to announce that, beginning in December 2017, we'll be offering Zumba with one of the best Zumba teachers in the area, Kim Fujii. Classes will be offered on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings.

Get ready to laugh, smile, move, sweat, and have fun with Kim! Never tried Zumba? Now's your chance! Work up a sweat and join us for drinks and chatter following.

CarmelBarre is located at 465 Pacific Street in Old Monterey.

The Monterey Music Store is holding a huge, store-wide sale on guitars now through the end of November 2017. Stop by, check out our wide selection, and find a great deal! We're located at 425 Alvarado Street in Old Monterey.

The long shuttered Cooper-Molera Adobe complex, located on 2.5 acres in the heart of Old Monterey, is now beginning a dramatic revitalization. Ship captain and trader John Rogers Cooper immigrated to Monterey and married into a prominent Mexican family and they expanded the property over three generations. The adobe-walled complex, dating back to 1827, includes historic adobe structures, barns, and a garden. For many years the property has had limited access to the public and growing, unfunded restoration needs.

Foothill Partners, the developers behind the Trader Joe's shopping center next door, is partnering with the owners of the property, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, for a $6.5 million restoration. This shared-use project will combine museum space and historic interpretation with compatible commercial uses that are appropriate to the historic setting.

This public-private partnership will establish a creative funding model which will preserve the historic site and maintain museum operations in the Cooper and Diaz adobes. The iconic barns are going through a seismic retrofit and will be reopened as an event center. The Spear Warehouse will hold a restaurant with outdoor seating in its courtyard. A bakery is coming to the store on the corner of Munras and Polk streets. And eventually the long-shuttered gates will be open and the public can enjoy the beautiful "learning gardens." For updates on the project, visit coopermolera.org.

This post is adapted from an article written by Media Assistant Eric Palmer which appeared in the Fall 2017 issue of the City of Monterey’s publication, City Focus. We encourage you to read the entire publication, a great resource for information for Monterey residents.

At Union Yoga, we like to encourage our students to try classes with different teachers. In November, if you take a class with a teacher with whom you haven't yet taken a class, you'll be entered into a raffle to win a 75 minute massage with Rob Wilks in our massage room!

If you haven't yet met Rob or taken his Friday, 6:15pm yin yoga class, you should. He is certified as both an Esalen and deep tissue massage therapist. Rob is also a teacher of both methods. He knows anatomy and body work like few people on the planet and is highly regarded and sought after in this field. Let us know when you check in for class so you can get your raffle ticket.