Fall - 2022

gallery exhibitions to music creation to live pro- ductions. Art crosses language and cultural bar- riers, making it a universal language we all can understand,” said Arts4MC Executive Director Jacquie Atchison. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation sup- ported this year’s Local Emerging Artists Program. California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) Associate Professor of Marketing Jenny Lin has been named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2022-23 school year. The U.S. State Department program connects participants with U.S. citizenship to opportunities in foreign countries, where they build greater mutual understanding by teaching, conducting research and carrying out professional projects. Lin, who teaches in the CSUMB College of Business, will be hosted by National Chengchi University in Taipei. While in Taiwan, she will research how news and information are presented and inter- preted by media outlets and consumers, and how that shapes audience mindset and con- sumption behaviors. Lin will also teach as a vis- iting professor. T he word is out— Brad Pitt is the proud new owner of the DL James house, securing one of the most important historic homes on our coast (located in the Carmel Highlands), for $40 million. DL James was a Kansas City businessman and cousin of the notorious outlaw Jesse James. He com- missioned famed architect Charles Sumner Green to design the house, built 1918… Reality television star Kourtney Kardashian and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker ordered almond milk cappuccinos at Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Co.’s Ocean Avenue location in June, just a few weeks after celebrating their wedding…Santa Cruz rocker James Durbin and his band, The Lost Boys, were a main stage act at this year’s Artichoke Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Durbin was a 2011 “American Idol” contestant and has since performed with Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow and other major artists…“Wicked Game” and “Somebody’s Crying” crooner Chris Isaak and Hollywood Walk of Fame and multi-platinum country singer Clint Black took center stage at Monterey’s Golden State Theatre this summer…Novelist and 2020 Blue Light Press Poetry Prize-winner Barbara Quick discussed her latest book, “What Disappears,” at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in July. The venue also hosted summer shows by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Valerie June and by The Shins, who are celebrating the 21st anniversary of their debut album “Oh, Inverted World.” C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • F A L L 2 0 2 2 63 Brad Pitt C-Notes Action from the Sea-and-be-Scene Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock 27300 rancho san carlos rd. carmel, ca refuge.com | 831.620.7360 steam rooms sauna hot & cold pools fire pits massage a spa l ike no other