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Thursday, September 29, 2016
CARMEL CENTENNIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING, September 29, 2016
CARMEL CENTENNIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE
AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING
Sunset Center Green Room – San Carlos Street between 8th and 10th, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Monday, May 19, 2014
America's Best Small Towns to Visit, SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE features “America's Best Small Towns to Visit” 2012, 2013 and 2014. SMITHSONIAN “worked with the geographical information systems company Esri, which analyzed tons of data to find towns or cities of fewer than 15,000 residents where cultural opportunities abound, at least on a per capita basis” in 2014.
1. Chautauqua, NY
2. Healdsburg, CA
3. Williamsburg, VA
4. Steamboat Springs, CO
5. Woods Hole, MA
6. Marietta, OH
7. Beaufort, SC
8. Sedona, AZ
9. Nebraska City, NE
10. Lanesboro, MN
11. Spring Green, WI
12. Havre de Grace, MD
13. Columbia, PA
14. Mount Dora, FL
15. Ketchum, ID
16. Montpelier, VT
17. Harrodsburg, KY
18. Silver City, NM
19. Decorah, IA
20. The Dalles, OR
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013, SMITHSONIAN “sought a statistical answer to this question by asking the geographic information company Esri to search its databases for small towns and cities—this time, with populations of less than 15,000—that have exceptional concentrations of museums, art galleries, orchestras, theaters, historic sites and other cultural blessings.”
1. Gettysburg, PA
2. Cleveland, MS
3. St. Augustine, FL
4. Baraboo, WI
5. Astoria, OR
6. Petoskey, MI
7. Fairfield, IA
8. Los Alamos, NM
9. Sitka, AK
10. Provincetown, MA
11. Galena, IL
12. Sausalito, CA
13. Hanover, NH
14. Oberlin, OH
15. Jackson, WY
16. Lexington, VA
17. Abilene, KS
18. Lihue, HI
19. Fredericksburg, TX
20. Glenwood Springs, CO
The 20 Best Small Towns in America of 2012, SMITHSONIAN “asked the geographic information systems company Esri to search its data bases for high concentrations of museums, historic sites, botanic gardens, resident orchestras, art galleries and other cultural assets common to big cities. But we focused on towns with populations less than 25,000, so travelers could experience what might be called enlightened good times in an unhurried, charming setting.”
1. Chautauqua, NY
2. Healdsburg, CA
3. Williamsburg, VA
4. Steamboat Springs, CO
5. Woods Hole, MA
6. Marietta, OH
7. Beaufort, SC
8. Sedona, AZ
9. Nebraska City, NE
10. Lanesboro, MN
11. Spring Green, WI
12. Havre de Grace, MD
13. Columbia, PA
14. Mount Dora, FL
15. Ketchum, ID
16. Montpelier, VT
17. Harrodsburg, KY
18. Silver City, NM
19. Decorah, IA
20. The Dalles, OR
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013, SMITHSONIAN “sought a statistical answer to this question by asking the geographic information company Esri to search its databases for small towns and cities—this time, with populations of less than 15,000—that have exceptional concentrations of museums, art galleries, orchestras, theaters, historic sites and other cultural blessings.”
2. Cleveland, MS
3. St. Augustine, FL
4. Baraboo, WI
5. Astoria, OR
6. Petoskey, MI
7. Fairfield, IA
8. Los Alamos, NM
9. Sitka, AK
10. Provincetown, MA
11. Galena, IL
12. Sausalito, CA
13. Hanover, NH
14. Oberlin, OH
15. Jackson, WY
16. Lexington, VA
17. Abilene, KS
18. Lihue, HI
19. Fredericksburg, TX
20. Glenwood Springs, CO
The 20 Best Small Towns in America of 2012, SMITHSONIAN “asked the geographic information systems company Esri to search its data bases for high concentrations of museums, historic sites, botanic gardens, resident orchestras, art galleries and other cultural assets common to big cities. But we focused on towns with populations less than 25,000, so travelers could experience what might be called enlightened good times in an unhurried, charming setting.”
1. Great Barrington, MA Big-city smart meets New England natural in an art-rich mountain setting.
2. Taos, NM Modern art, ancient history and counter culture in the luminous high desert.
3. Red Bank, NJ Willie Nelson sings and Basie swings in a riverfront town graced by Victoriana.
4. Mill Valley, CA A Bay Area enclave that put mellow on the map keeps its funky vibe.
5. Gig Harbor, WA Take numerous art galleries. Add sailboats and local wines. Stir. Enjoy.
6. Durango, CO All aboard for mountain fun, plus classical tunes and—gasp—vaudeville.
7. Butler, PA An old-time rural hub as down-to-earth as its most famous product—the Jeep
8. Marfa, TX With mock couture, edgy movies and ironic motels, it’s no cow town.
9. Naples, FL World-class music, design to die for and palm trees
10. Staunton, VA A Shenandoah mix of Confederate relics and Elizabethan theater.
11. Brattleboro, VT
12. Princeton, NJ
13. Brunswick, ME
14. Siloam Springs, AR
15. Menomonie, WI
16. Key West, FL
17. Laguna Beach, CA
18. Ashland, OR
19. Beckley City, WV
20. Oxford, MS
2. Taos, NM Modern art, ancient history and counter culture in the luminous high desert.
3. Red Bank, NJ Willie Nelson sings and Basie swings in a riverfront town graced by Victoriana.
4. Mill Valley, CA A Bay Area enclave that put mellow on the map keeps its funky vibe.
5. Gig Harbor, WA Take numerous art galleries. Add sailboats and local wines. Stir. Enjoy.
6. Durango, CO All aboard for mountain fun, plus classical tunes and—gasp—vaudeville.
7. Butler, PA An old-time rural hub as down-to-earth as its most famous product—the Jeep
8. Marfa, TX With mock couture, edgy movies and ironic motels, it’s no cow town.
9. Naples, FL World-class music, design to die for and palm trees
10. Staunton, VA A Shenandoah mix of Confederate relics and Elizabethan theater.
11. Brattleboro, VT
12. Princeton, NJ
13. Brunswick, ME
14. Siloam Springs, AR
15. Menomonie, WI
16. Key West, FL
17. Laguna Beach, CA
18. Ashland, OR
19. Beckley City, WV
20. Oxford, MS
The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea touts “Travel+Leisure magazine recently recognized Carmel-by-the-Sea as one of the most romantic cities in the world - ahead of Florence, Italy and just behind Paris and Venice. In 2013, Conde Nast Traveler readers ranked Carmel as their 6th favorite city in the United States” on the City’s website. Alas, residents and visitors of the City would be better served by city government if the city council and city administration emulated Smithsonian Magazine’s “Best Small Towns to Visit.” Accordingly, if the city council and city administrator were less concerned about budget presentation awards and financial balance sheets and more concerned with the maintenance, upkeep and accessibility of all of Carmel-by-the-Sea's historical, cultural and environmental assets, then perhaps Carmel-by-the-Sea would deserve to be on Smithsonian Magazine’s list of the “Best Small Towns to Visit.”
Thursday, July 25, 2013
THE CARMEL EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET West Coast Farmers Market Association
ABSTRACT: West Coast Farmers Market Association launched THE CARMEL EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET on June 20, 2013. Established in 2011 in Redwood City, West Coast Farmers Market currently operates eight farmer’s markets. All of the markets run year round. THE CARMEL EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET occurs every Thursday from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the north parking lot, Sunset Center. The MISSION STATEMENT of the West Coast Farmers Market Association is reproduced and a list of VENDORS is presented with links to their respective web sites.
Directional Sign at Junipero Avenue & 8th Avenue
Other Directional Signs at Ocean Avenue & Junipero Avenue; Ocean Avenue & San Carlos Street
THE CARMEL
EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET West Coast Farmers Market Association,
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Green Valley Floral, Inc., Salinas , CA
Ponce Produce, Watsonville , CA
“To establish, create and operate a certified Farmers Market that will provide
a viable economic marketplace for California farmers, food processors and
local artists, while providing local communities, tourists and business
interests access to high quality and reasonably priced California-grown,
farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods and processed foods, as well
as serving as a showcase for California artisans. We hope to be the liaison
between local farming, business, residential and tourist communities and strive
to become the melting pot where all can come together in commerce and to
participate in special events.”
Jerry Lami - Executive Director
Jan Taylor - Director of Market Operations
Joe Lami - Marketing Director
Jan Taylor - Director of Market Operations
Joe Lami - Marketing Director
VENDORS
Fogline Farm, Soquel ,
CA
“FOGLINE FARM IS A FULLY INTEGRATED ORGANIC FARM LOCATED IN
THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS
Pastured Pork! Organic Fruit and Veggies! Pastured Poultry!
La Balena, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
cucina toscana
Hey Hey! Gourmet, Santa
Clara , CA
Gourmet Spices – Hand-made from our own unique recipes
Mild Spice Blends,Spicy Spice Blends, Tea
Hummus Heaven, San
Leandro , CA
“A San Leandro
based company selling hummus and other quality Mediterranean foods”
Alexander Gourmet, Carmel
“specialty food company”
Cipponeri Family Farms, Turlock , CA
Rodriguez Brothers Ranch, Watsonville , CA
“We are a family run grower of fruits and vegetables.”
Key Services: Farm, Strawberries, Blackberries,
Artichoke, Raspberry, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Beets, Corn
“Premier grower and shipper of fine cut flowers, specializes
in hydroponic roses, garden roses, David Austin English roses, Gerbera Daisies,
Oriental and Hybrid Lilies”
Selling Certified Organic Vegetables & Flowers
Garden Variety Cheese Brand, Royal Oaks, CA.
Cheese, Natural Meat (Lamb & Pork)
Magic Coffee Mugs
Phil Rhoades Family Farms, Visalia , CA
Vegetables and Fruits
Farmer Pat’s, Corral de
Tierra , CA
Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts/Seeds, Herbs
J & J Ramos Farms, Hughson ,
CA
Apricots, Grapes, Nectarines, Peaches
McLellan Botanicals, Watsonville ,
CA
“McLellan Botanicals/Taisuco America is one of the world’s
largest commercial growers and suppliers of orchids and ornamental foliage.”
Calvillo Brothers Organics, Watsonville , CA
Moon Meadow, Pescadero ,
CA
NATURAL BEEF
Gonzales Organic Farms, Salinas , CA
Pottery by Bonnie, Salinas ,
CA
“high fired porcelain & stoneware pottery”
Bee, Bark and Moss, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
“ Lifestyle products, designed and hand fabricated in
Carmel-by-the Sea”
Cushions, Kitchen/Dining, Market Bags, Ottomans
SUPPORT THE CARMEL EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED FARMERS’ MARKET
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Sixth Annual Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival 2012
UPDATE: Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival still attracts top names as it hits five-year mark, MARCOS CABRERA Herald Staff Writer, 09/24/2012
David Brooks, author of "The Social Animal".
DAVID BROOKS, Political & Cultural Commentator, The New York Times
David Brooks on facebook
Leading@Google: Chip Conley
CHIP CONLEY, Author and Joie de Vivre Founder
Cruise Insider Special Edition: Regent Seven Seas Cruises
MARK CONROY, President, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
TEDxSanJoaquin - Pam Eibeck - The Role of Universities in Community Development
PAMELA A. EIBECK PhD, President, University of the Pacific
Sir Harold Evans: Innovation
SIR HAROLD EVANS, Former Editor of the Sunday Times & Writer of Best Selling Histories
TEDxSF - Dr. Alex Filippenko - Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe
ALEX FILIPPENKO PhD, Professor of Astronomy and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley
Kathy Freston for Farm Sanctuary
KATHY FRESTON, New York Times best-selling author with a concentration on healthy living and conscious eating
TEDxStanford - Esther Gokhale - Find your primal posture and sit without back pain
ESTHER GOKHALE, Founder Esther Gokhale Wellness Center- Gokhale Method – a systematic process of restoring pain-free posture and movement
TEDxToronto – Dr. Brian Goldman –Redefining the Practice of Medicine
BRIAN GOLDMAN, M.D., Host of the CBC show White Coat, Black Art
Mike Greensill and Noel Jewkes - If Dreams Come True.m4v
MIKE GREENSILL, Jazz Pianist
ROBERT C. GREGG, Professor of Religious Studies and, by courtesy, Classics (Emeritus),Stanford
Richard Haass on Leadership
RICHARD HAASS, PhD, President, Council on Foreign Relations
National Geographic Live!: Pico Iyer: A Portable Life
PICO IYER Essayist & Novelist
Scott James (Kemble Scott) » Introducing Numina Press.m4v
SCOTT JAMES, Journalist, Columnist & Fiction Writer
National Geographic - In search of Human Origins with Donald C. Johanson. Pt1
National Geographic - In search of Human Origins with Donald C. Johanson. Pt2
National Geographic - In search of Human Origins with Donald C. Johanson. Pt3
DONALD C JOHANSON, Paleoanthropologist, Director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, Tempe , Arizona
Science at Cal - Homayoon Kazerooni - Exoskeleton Systems
HOMAYOON KAZEROONI PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley Robotics & Human Engineering Laboratory
Authors at Google: Adam Lashinsky, "Inside Apple"
ADAM LASHINSKY, Senior Editor At Large, Fortune
Sheldon Laube Extended Version
SHELDON LAUBE, Chief Innovation Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers Center for Advanced Research (CAR)
Michael David Lukas, The Oracle of Stamboul, One Book One Marin
MICHAEL DAVID LUKAS, Novelist
TEDxStanford - Martha Muña - When philanthropy works
MARTHA MUÑA, National Student Director of KaeMe Foundation, a non-profit that works with Ghana 's Department of Social Welfare
Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom
PETER NORVIG, Director of Research Google Inc.
Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery
TEDxMonterey - Ramon Resa - Personal Empowerment & Resilience in the Face of Obstacle
RAMON RESA M.D., Speaker, Author, Pediatrician
Peter Ricchiuti: Finance Expert, University Professor, Humorous Speaker
PETER RICCHIUTI (Ri-Shooty), Professor of Finance, Freeman School of Business at Tulane University
Tina Seelig: "InGenius", Authors at Google
TINA SEELIG, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University
Harley Shaiken Quotes
HARLEY SHAIKEN, Professor, Language and Literacy, Society and Culture, University of California , Berkeley, Graduate School of Education
Kathryn Stockett on Novel's Success
KATHRYN STOCKETT, Novelist
Captain Sully Talks About Landing on the Hudson River
CHESLEY B. “SULLY” SULLENBERGER, III, CAPTAIN, US AIRWAYS (Retired)
Aviation safety expert and accident investigator, CBS News Aviation and Safety Expert, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc.
Dr. Brian Swimme: Journey of the Universe
BRIAN THOMAS SWIMME, PhD, Director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies
100 Story Project - Taelen Thomas as Jack London
TAELEN THOMAS, Entertainer, Orator, Actor, Poet and Teacher
Damian Woetzel and Yo-Yo Ma - US China Forum on the Arts and Culture
DAMIAN WOETZEL, Director of the Aspen Institute Arts Program and Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence Program
ADDENDUM:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
TICKETS
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phone: (831) 626-6243
e-mail: info@carmelauthors.com
ABSTRACT: Thirty authors and participants in the Sixth Annual Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival are featured with links to their respective websites and videos. An ADDENDUM provides links for SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, TICKETS and CONTACT INFORMATION.
Friday, September 28 - Sunday, September 30, 2012
ROBERT C. GREGG, Professor of Religious Studies and, by courtesy, Classics (Emeritus),
Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery
Harley Shaiken Quotes
ADDENDUM:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
TICKETS
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Phone: (831) 626-6243
e-mail: info@carmelauthors.com
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. Board of Trustees Hosts ANNUAL COMMUNITY MEETING
WHO: Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. Board of Trustees
Jim Price - Chair
Sally Reed - Vice Chair
David S. Parker - Treasurer
Deanna R. Adolph - Secretary
Mary Gifford
Kurt Grasing
Elece Leverone
Matt Little, Jr.
Robert L. Oppenheim
Nick Pasculli
Judith Profeta
Gerard Rose
WHAT: Annual Community Meeting, including the official presentation of the Sunset Presents 2011-2012 and as a chance to win a 3-Show Subscription to the 2011-2012 season. The meeting is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 10:00 A.M.
WHERE: Sunset Center Lobby
E/s San Carlos St @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Christine Sandin - Executive Director
831-620-2040
execdir@sunsetcenter.org
ADDENDUM:
State of California Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General
Registrant Information
Full Name: SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER
FEIN: 522404864
Type: Public Benefit
Corporate or Organization Number: 2554779
Registration Number: 123812
Record Type: Charity
Registration Type: Charity Registration
Issue Date: 6/30/2006
Renewal Due Date: 11/15/2011
Registration Status: Current
Date This Status: 11/13/2007
Date of Last Renewal: 4/26/2011
Address Information
Address Line 1: 9TH & SAN CORLOS Phone:
Address Line 2:
Address Line 3:
Address Line 4: CARMEL CA 93921
Annual Renewal Information
Fiscal Begin:
Fiscal End:
Total Assets: $0.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $0.00
RRF Received:
Returned Date:
990 Attached:
Status:
Fiscal Begin:
Fiscal End:
Total Assets: $0.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $0.00
RRF Received:
Returned Date:
990 Attached:
Status:
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-03
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-04
Total Assets: $223,646.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $105,901.00
RRF Received: 15-NOV-04
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-04
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-05
Total Assets: $511,251.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $1,686,314.00
RRF Received: 18-NOV-05
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-05
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-06
Total Assets: $612,644.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,148,008.00
RRF Received: 17-NOV-06
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-06
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-07
Total Assets: $659,186.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,434,621.00
RRF Received: 30-NOV-07
Returned Date:
990 Attached:
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-07
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-08
Total Assets: $634,402.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,076,737.00
RRF Received: 17-NOV-08
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-08
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-09
Total Assets: $830,698.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,105,008.00
RRF Received: 17-FEB-10
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-09
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-10
Total Assets: $796,687.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $1,931,154.00
RRF Received: 17-FEB-11
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Related Documents
Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax
2008
Signed by Peter Lesnik, dated 2/12/2010
PETER LESNIK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Reportable compensation from the organization
(W-2/ 1099-MISC) 149,126.
Estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations 10,000.
Jack Globenfelt, former executive director (replaced by Peter Lesnik in January 2008), earned $126,454, according to 2007 IRS forms.
Source: 'Nonprofit' doesn't mean 'no money'
By KELLY NIX
Published: October 16, 2009
Jim Price - Chair
Sally Reed - Vice Chair
David S. Parker - Treasurer
Deanna R. Adolph - Secretary
Mary Gifford
Kurt Grasing
Elece Leverone
Matt Little, Jr.
Robert L. Oppenheim
Nick Pasculli
Judith Profeta
Gerard Rose
WHAT: Annual Community Meeting, including the official presentation of the Sunset Presents 2011-2012 and as a chance to win a 3-Show Subscription to the 2011-2012 season. The meeting is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 10:00 A.M.
WHERE: Sunset Center Lobby
E/s San Carlos St @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Christine Sandin - Executive Director
831-620-2040
execdir@sunsetcenter.org
ADDENDUM:
State of California Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General
Registrant Information
Full Name: SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER
FEIN: 522404864
Type: Public Benefit
Corporate or Organization Number: 2554779
Registration Number: 123812
Record Type: Charity
Registration Type: Charity Registration
Issue Date: 6/30/2006
Renewal Due Date: 11/15/2011
Registration Status: Current
Date This Status: 11/13/2007
Date of Last Renewal: 4/26/2011
Address Information
Address Line 1: 9TH & SAN CORLOS Phone:
Address Line 2:
Address Line 3:
Address Line 4: CARMEL CA 93921
Annual Renewal Information
Fiscal Begin:
Fiscal End:
Total Assets: $0.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $0.00
RRF Received:
Returned Date:
990 Attached:
Status:
Fiscal Begin:
Fiscal End:
Total Assets: $0.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $0.00
RRF Received:
Returned Date:
990 Attached:
Status:
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-03
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-04
Total Assets: $223,646.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $105,901.00
RRF Received: 15-NOV-04
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-04
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-05
Total Assets: $511,251.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $1,686,314.00
RRF Received: 18-NOV-05
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-05
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-06
Total Assets: $612,644.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,148,008.00
RRF Received: 17-NOV-06
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-06
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-07
Total Assets: $659,186.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,434,621.00
RRF Received: 30-NOV-07
Returned Date:
990 Attached:
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-07
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-08
Total Assets: $634,402.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,076,737.00
RRF Received: 17-NOV-08
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-08
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-09
Total Assets: $830,698.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $2,105,008.00
RRF Received: 17-FEB-10
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Fiscal Begin: 01-JUL-09
Fiscal End: 30-JUN-10
Total Assets: $796,687.00
Gross Annual Revenue: $1,931,154.00
RRF Received: 17-FEB-11
Returned Date:
990 Attached: Y
Status: Accepted
Related Documents
Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax
2008
Signed by Peter Lesnik, dated 2/12/2010
PETER LESNIK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Reportable compensation from the organization
(W-2/ 1099-MISC) 149,126.
Estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations 10,000.
Jack Globenfelt, former executive director (replaced by Peter Lesnik in January 2008), earned $126,454, according to 2007 IRS forms.
Source: 'Nonprofit' doesn't mean 'no money'
By KELLY NIX
Published: October 16, 2009
Saturday, March 19, 2011
COMMENTARY: Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. and the Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove, Inc. Should Open their Board Meetings to the Public
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) and the Monterey Foundation of Pacific Grove, Inc. (MFPG) can best fulfill their obligations to the public trust and be accountable to the communities they each serve by having their monthly board meetings open to the public. Opening all board meetings to the public, not merely one annual meeting in the case of SCC or semi-annual Community Days in the case of MFPG, would communicate to the public that Board Members understand their obligation to conduct activities with transparency, integrity and accountability. Moreover, in the context of both nonprofit public benefit corporations under agreement to receive approximately $6.5 million of taxpayer monies during the Term of the Agreement between the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea and SCC (2004 – 2012) and approximately $2.25 million of taxpayer monies during the initial Term of the Agreement between the City of Pacific Grove and MFPG (2009 – 2024), members of the public should have the opportunity to observe decision-making processes in order to gain an understanding of the rationale for plans and decisions.
Importantly, SCC and the MFPG should honor the spirit of California’s sunshine law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, by taking the advice of David Hosley, Ph.D., an advocate of open board meetings for nonprofit organizations. Writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University, Hosley advocates placing the commitment to have open meetings in the organization’s by-laws, developing policies about public comment, communicating meeting dates and times on a regular basis through a newsletter, e-letter, website and posting a summary of action items and significant reports on the organization’s website.
In sum, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) and the Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove, Inc. (MFPG) opening their board meetings to the public for the purpose of giving interested members of the public the opportunity to observe decision-making processes and gain an understanding of the rationale for decisions would encourage public participation and support and ultimately go a long way towards ensuring the long-term success of SCC’s management of Sunset Center and the MFPG’s management of the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
Related Link: Pacific Grove museum board member resigns
Frustrated over procedures
By KEVIN HOWE Herald Staff Writer, 03/15/2011
Importantly, SCC and the MFPG should honor the spirit of California’s sunshine law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, by taking the advice of David Hosley, Ph.D., an advocate of open board meetings for nonprofit organizations. Writing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University, Hosley advocates placing the commitment to have open meetings in the organization’s by-laws, developing policies about public comment, communicating meeting dates and times on a regular basis through a newsletter, e-letter, website and posting a summary of action items and significant reports on the organization’s website.
In sum, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) and the Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove, Inc. (MFPG) opening their board meetings to the public for the purpose of giving interested members of the public the opportunity to observe decision-making processes and gain an understanding of the rationale for decisions would encourage public participation and support and ultimately go a long way towards ensuring the long-term success of SCC’s management of Sunset Center and the MFPG’s management of the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
Related Link: Pacific Grove museum board member resigns
Frustrated over procedures
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Carmel Public Library Foundation Arts & Literary Series Presents Author John Avlon Presentation & Book Signing
WHO: John Avlon, Senior Political Columnist, The Daily Beast & Author of “Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America” and “Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics”
WHAT: Author John Avlon Presentation & Book Signing
WHEN: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 @ 7:00 P.M.
WHERE: Carpenter Hall, Sunset
W/s Mission St. @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carmel Public Library Foundation: (831) 624-2811
NOTES: $10.00 suggested contribution.
Proceeds from tickets and book sales benefit Harrison Memorial Library.
ADDENDUM:
C-SPAN VIDEO
WINGNUTS: HOW THE LUNATIC FRINGE IS HIJACKING AMERICA
March 15, 2010
Duration: 00:54:00
John Avlon: "How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America"
March 11, 2010
Duration: 00:10:00
WHAT: Author John Avlon Presentation & Book Signing
WHEN: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 @ 7:00 P.M.
WHERE: Carpenter Hall, Sunset
W/s Mission St. @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carmel Public Library Foundation: (831) 624-2811
NOTES: $10.00 suggested contribution.
Proceeds from tickets and book sales benefit Harrison Memorial Library.
ADDENDUM:
C-SPAN VIDEO
WINGNUTS: HOW THE LUNATIC FRINGE IS HIJACKING AMERICA
March 15, 2010
Duration: 00:54:00
John Avlon: "How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America"
March 11, 2010
Duration: 00:10:00
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
AGREEMENT Between CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, A Municipal Corporation And SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC.
ABSTRACT: The AGREEMENT Between CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, A Municipal Corporation And SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC. A California Not-For-Profit Corporation, June 8, 2004, is uploaded. This Agreement is in effect presently; SCC Board of Trustees notified the Mayor and Council members in December 2009 that SCC was exercising its option under the Agreement for a second contract renewal of three years beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2013. The current three-year Agreement renewal is the final extension provided in the Agreement. The Agreement does not have a three-year budget commitment like the original Agreement; the FY 2010/2011 City subsidy is $650,000 and FY 2011/12 City subsidy and FY 2012/13 City subsidy will be determined during the City’s budget process, according to Assistant Director Barbara Davison.
City _ SCC Agreement
AGREEMENT Between CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, A Municipal Corporation And SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC. June 8, 2004
City _ SCC Agreement
AGREEMENT Between CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, A Municipal Corporation And SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC. June 8, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2010
SUNSET CENTER PRESS RELEASE (December 8, 2010) & Peter’s Point of View: A Word from our Executive Director, SUNSET CENTER NEWS (December 7, 2010)
ABSTRACT: The SUNSET CENTER PRESS RELEASE (December 8, 2010) entitled “SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING” and Peter’s Point of View: A Word from our Executive Director, SUNSET CENTER NEWS (December 7, 2010), are reproduced. According to the PRESS RELEASE, “a modified management strategy for operating the facility has emerged and will take effect January 1, 2011. Current Executive Director, Peter Lesnik, will shift his role to that of an advisor to a newly appointed Managing Director (TBD) who will assume an overall administrative role while Lesnik consults on theater programming and operations.” A QUESTION is posed regarding the management of the Sunset Center, past and present.
SUNSET CENTER PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: December 8, 2010
Media Contact: Christine Sandin, (831) 620-2077
SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA – Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. the non-profit organization contracted by the City of Carmel to manage Sunset Center, announces plans to restructure overall facility operations. With the tightening economy, the Board and venue staff have been busy exploring new business models and examining strategies for optimizing usage of the overall facility, including the north wing of the building that houses the administrative offices, the Marjorie Evans Gallery and a variety of meeting and conference space.
While Sunset Center Theater continues to be a sustainable operation in its own right, additional opportunities exist to develop the usage and revenues of the facility beyond the performances, and pursuing these newer ventures is a priority for the Sunset Center Board of Trustees. Concurrently, a modified management strategy for operating the facility has emerged and will take effect January 1, 2011. Current Executive Director, Peter Lesnik, will shift his role to that of an advisor to a newly appointed Managing Director (TBD) who will assume an overall administrative role while Lesnik consults on theater programming and operations.
Lesnik states, “This is an opportune time for me since I am ready to end my career as an Executive Director of performing arts centers. It has been 27 fulfilling years of building, guiding, creating and nurturing, but now is the time for me to select projects, work with people I share values and vision with, and focus on making art a greater part of day-to-day life for as many people as possible. I will continue to work with Sunset Center and help program the artist series and Classroom Connections, as well as assist with marketing and development. I have enjoyed working with the board, staff and community to bring the Sunset Center to new levels of professionalism while knitting it more into the daily life of Carmel and the region. I look forward to continuing in my new role.”
Jim Price, SCC Board Chair, said on behalf of the trustees that Lesnik’s leadership in arranging a diverse and popular series under the Sunset Presents banner is a significant contribution to Sunset Center’s program calendar, which has great benefit for the community. He engaged a large number of shows and worked to deepen the audience experience by adding special pre- and post-show events. The board intends to continue these events as well as to bring new performances to Carmel. The board congratulates Lesnik for his achievements and looks forward to his new consultant role.
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SUNSET CENTER NEWS
December 7, 2010
Peter’s Point of View
A Word from our Executive Director
Change is in the air at Sunset Center. With the tightening economy, we have been busy exploring new business models and examining strategies for optimizing usage of our overall facility. As such, the Sunset Center Board of Trustees and I have agreed that there is a concurrent need for a modified management strategy at SCC.
As of January 1, I will shift my role at Sunset Center to that of an advisor to a newly appointed Managing Director who will assume an overall administrative role. This is an opportune time for me since I am ready to end my career as an Executive Director of performing arts centers. It has been 27 fulfilling years of building, guiding, creating and nurturing, but now is the time for me to select projects, work with people I share values and vision with, and focus on making art a greater part of day to day life for as many people as possible. I intend to do this by working with artists on new projects, working with organizations who are trying to increase their cultural participation and by working with professionals to improve their effectiveness. This will involve producing new shows, collaborating with diverse artists and organizations, and working side by side with organizational leaders and their boards/administrations at expanding the scope and impact of their programs.
I will continue to work with Sunset Center and help program the artist series and Classroom Connections as well as assist with marketing and development. I will base myself on the Monterey Peninsula, though I will be spending more time in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. I have enjoyed working with the board, staff and community to bring the Sunset Center to new levels of professionalism while knitting it more into the daily life of Carmel and the region. Thank you for your support.
Best,
Peter
QUESTION: Why should Carmel-by-the-Sea taxpayers continue to subsidize a non-profit to manage the city-owned Sunset Center when SCC’s “organizational restructuring” involves a management structure not substantively different from that of a City Community and Cultural Department with a Community and Cultural Director, as has been the management history of the Sunset Center prior to SCC’s management takeover in 2004?
SUNSET CENTER PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: December 8, 2010
Media Contact: Christine Sandin, (831) 620-2077
SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA – Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. the non-profit organization contracted by the City of Carmel to manage Sunset Center, announces plans to restructure overall facility operations. With the tightening economy, the Board and venue staff have been busy exploring new business models and examining strategies for optimizing usage of the overall facility, including the north wing of the building that houses the administrative offices, the Marjorie Evans Gallery and a variety of meeting and conference space.
While Sunset Center Theater continues to be a sustainable operation in its own right, additional opportunities exist to develop the usage and revenues of the facility beyond the performances, and pursuing these newer ventures is a priority for the Sunset Center Board of Trustees. Concurrently, a modified management strategy for operating the facility has emerged and will take effect January 1, 2011. Current Executive Director, Peter Lesnik, will shift his role to that of an advisor to a newly appointed Managing Director (TBD) who will assume an overall administrative role while Lesnik consults on theater programming and operations.
Lesnik states, “This is an opportune time for me since I am ready to end my career as an Executive Director of performing arts centers. It has been 27 fulfilling years of building, guiding, creating and nurturing, but now is the time for me to select projects, work with people I share values and vision with, and focus on making art a greater part of day-to-day life for as many people as possible. I will continue to work with Sunset Center and help program the artist series and Classroom Connections, as well as assist with marketing and development. I have enjoyed working with the board, staff and community to bring the Sunset Center to new levels of professionalism while knitting it more into the daily life of Carmel and the region. I look forward to continuing in my new role.”
Jim Price, SCC Board Chair, said on behalf of the trustees that Lesnik’s leadership in arranging a diverse and popular series under the Sunset Presents banner is a significant contribution to Sunset Center’s program calendar, which has great benefit for the community. He engaged a large number of shows and worked to deepen the audience experience by adding special pre- and post-show events. The board intends to continue these events as well as to bring new performances to Carmel. The board congratulates Lesnik for his achievements and looks forward to his new consultant role.
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SUNSET CENTER NEWS
December 7, 2010
Peter’s Point of View
A Word from our Executive Director
Change is in the air at Sunset Center. With the tightening economy, we have been busy exploring new business models and examining strategies for optimizing usage of our overall facility. As such, the Sunset Center Board of Trustees and I have agreed that there is a concurrent need for a modified management strategy at SCC.
As of January 1, I will shift my role at Sunset Center to that of an advisor to a newly appointed Managing Director who will assume an overall administrative role. This is an opportune time for me since I am ready to end my career as an Executive Director of performing arts centers. It has been 27 fulfilling years of building, guiding, creating and nurturing, but now is the time for me to select projects, work with people I share values and vision with, and focus on making art a greater part of day to day life for as many people as possible. I intend to do this by working with artists on new projects, working with organizations who are trying to increase their cultural participation and by working with professionals to improve their effectiveness. This will involve producing new shows, collaborating with diverse artists and organizations, and working side by side with organizational leaders and their boards/administrations at expanding the scope and impact of their programs.
I will continue to work with Sunset Center and help program the artist series and Classroom Connections as well as assist with marketing and development. I will base myself on the Monterey Peninsula, though I will be spending more time in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. I have enjoyed working with the board, staff and community to bring the Sunset Center to new levels of professionalism while knitting it more into the daily life of Carmel and the region. Thank you for your support.
Best,
Peter
QUESTION: Why should Carmel-by-the-Sea taxpayers continue to subsidize a non-profit to manage the city-owned Sunset Center when SCC’s “organizational restructuring” involves a management structure not substantively different from that of a City Community and Cultural Department with a Community and Cultural Director, as has been the management history of the Sunset Center prior to SCC’s management takeover in 2004?
Saturday, July 24, 2010
‘MINUTES’ for Three Noteworthy 13 July 2010 City Council Agenda Items
“MINUTES”
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Archived video streaming
City Hall
East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues
VII. Consent Calendar
These matters include routine financial and administrative actions, which are usually approved by a single majority vote. Individual items may be removed from Consent by a member of the Council or the public for discussion and action.
F. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing Gerard Rose to represent the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea on the Carmel Regional Fire Ambulance (CRFA) Board of Directors.
Mayor McCloud opened and closed the meeting to public comment.
Council Member TALMAGE moved to approve the Consent Agenda Items A-D and F-G, seconded by Council Member SHARP and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT, HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
X. Resolutions
A. Consideration of a Resolution supporting the proposed Monterey Regional Water Supply Program.
Mayor McCloud addressed the opening brief of July 2, 2010 on water project subject, three settling parties, namely California American Water, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency and Marina Coast Water District agreement (Water Project Agreement), policy overview by six cities, and closing brief of July 16, advocating “local oversight,” although not yet defined, according to City Attorney Don Freeman.
Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment.
Roberta Miller, James Emery and Carrie Theis addressed Council.
Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment.
City Attorney Don Freeman recommended the City advocate for the cities being a “formal fourth party,” not merely an advisory role.
Council Member TALMAGE moved to adopt a Resolution supporting the proposed Monterey Regional Water Supply Program, as amended to include the six Monterey Peninsula cities participate in its governance, seconded by Council Member BURNETT, and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT; HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
UPDATE: “Under the new governance proposal, two Peninsula mayors would share one slot in the role of "municipal adviser" on the four-member committee, though they would not have equal powers as the other members representing the partners.”
“That's because an attempt by the Peninsula mayors to secure the right to call for arbitration to resolve disputes on the committee was unsuccessful, Della Sala said. The partners successfully argued that retaining that power to themselves was essential to protecting their ability to secure favorable financing for the project, according to a staff report.”
(Source: Monterey Peninsula mayors seek expanded water role, Peninsula mayors seek seat on desalination committee, JIM JOHNSON Herald Salinas Bureau, 07/24/2010)
XI. Orders of Council
A. Receive report from Bartle Wells Associates regarding the refunding of the 2001 Sunset Center Lease Certificates.
Bartle Wells Associates principal Tom Gaffney presented his report.
City Council Member Ken Talmage reviewed issues to decide by the City Council.
City Council Member Jason Burnett reviewed policy questions involving savings now or annually over 29 years.
Mayor McCloud opened and closed the meeting to public comment.
Bartle Wells Associates principal Tom Gaffney answered questions of City Council Members.
Council Member BURNETT moved to refinance the 2001 $7.5 million Sunset Center bonds due to low interest rates, take savings annually over 29 years and reduce the bond reserve fund from $550,000 to $400,000, seconded by Council Member TALMAGE, and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT; HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Archived video streaming
City Hall
East side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and Seventh Avenues
VII. Consent Calendar
These matters include routine financial and administrative actions, which are usually approved by a single majority vote. Individual items may be removed from Consent by a member of the Council or the public for discussion and action.
F. Consideration of a Resolution authorizing Gerard Rose to represent the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea on the Carmel Regional Fire Ambulance (CRFA) Board of Directors.
Mayor McCloud opened and closed the meeting to public comment.
Council Member TALMAGE moved to approve the Consent Agenda Items A-D and F-G, seconded by Council Member SHARP and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT, HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
X. Resolutions
A. Consideration of a Resolution supporting the proposed Monterey Regional Water Supply Program.
Mayor McCloud addressed the opening brief of July 2, 2010 on water project subject, three settling parties, namely California American Water, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency and Marina Coast Water District agreement (Water Project Agreement), policy overview by six cities, and closing brief of July 16, advocating “local oversight,” although not yet defined, according to City Attorney Don Freeman.
Mayor McCloud opened the meeting to public comment.
Roberta Miller, James Emery and Carrie Theis addressed Council.
Mayor McCloud closed the meeting to public comment.
City Attorney Don Freeman recommended the City advocate for the cities being a “formal fourth party,” not merely an advisory role.
Council Member TALMAGE moved to adopt a Resolution supporting the proposed Monterey Regional Water Supply Program, as amended to include the six Monterey Peninsula cities participate in its governance, seconded by Council Member BURNETT, and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT; HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
UPDATE: “Under the new governance proposal, two Peninsula mayors would share one slot in the role of "municipal adviser" on the four-member committee, though they would not have equal powers as the other members representing the partners.”
“That's because an attempt by the Peninsula mayors to secure the right to call for arbitration to resolve disputes on the committee was unsuccessful, Della Sala said. The partners successfully argued that retaining that power to themselves was essential to protecting their ability to secure favorable financing for the project, according to a staff report.”
(Source: Monterey Peninsula mayors seek expanded water role, Peninsula mayors seek seat on desalination committee, JIM JOHNSON Herald Salinas Bureau, 07/24/2010)
XI. Orders of Council
A. Receive report from Bartle Wells Associates regarding the refunding of the 2001 Sunset Center Lease Certificates.
Bartle Wells Associates principal Tom Gaffney presented his report.
City Council Member Ken Talmage reviewed issues to decide by the City Council.
City Council Member Jason Burnett reviewed policy questions involving savings now or annually over 29 years.
Mayor McCloud opened and closed the meeting to public comment.
Bartle Wells Associates principal Tom Gaffney answered questions of City Council Members.
Council Member BURNETT moved to refinance the 2001 $7.5 million Sunset Center bonds due to low interest rates, take savings annually over 29 years and reduce the bond reserve fund from $550,000 to $400,000, seconded by Council Member TALMAGE, and carried by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BURNETT; HAZDOVAC; SHARP; TALMAGE & McCLOUD
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
HIGHLIGHTS: Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. Annual Community Meeting – June 26, 2010
• Current Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. Board of Trustees:
Jim Price - Chair
David S. Parker - Treasurer
Deanna R. Adolph - Secretary
Robert L. Oppenheim
Judith Profeta
Ron Wormser
Kurt Grasing
Mara Kerr
Sally Reed
Gerard Rose
NOTE: Absent Board of Trustee Members included, but not limited to, Treasurer David Parker, Secretary Deanna Adolph and former City Council Member Gerard Rose. Absent City Officials included, but not limited to, Mayor Sue McCloud and Jason Burnett; City Council Member Ken Talmage was present.
• For Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010 and extending to June 30, 2011, the City subsidy to Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) is $650,000 ($30,000 less than FY 2009/2010 City subsidy and SCC request of $680,000). The next three-years Contract between the City and SCC begins July 1, 2010. By July 1, Finance Manager Agha Bilal will have recommended to the SCC Board of Trustees a reduction in City subsidy of $30,000/year (or approximately 5%). The Board of Trustees is then expected to request of the City subsidies of $620,000 for Year 2 of the contract (FY 2011/2012) and $590,000 for Year 3 (FY 2012/2013). Previously City Administrator Rich Guillen has proposed a reduction in City subsidy of 15%/year without justification, however.
• Total Net Assets for the FY ending June 30, 2010 are expected to increase by $60,153 (including Facility Restoration Funds) for total net assets of $739,430.
• For FY 2009/2010, projected Total operating income is $1,186,322 and projected Total expenses $1,866,169, with a City subsidy of $680,000. SCC Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Price made a commitment to increase total operating income over the next years.
• Regarding Sunset Center facility use, there were approximately 55,570 patrons/users of Sunset Center in FY 2009/2010. Approximately 1/3 of users patronize the theater and 2/3 of users are non-theater users, i.e., rooms.
• The FACILITY UTILIZATION REPORT presented Rental Paid Use vs. Free Use (Community and City) and Total Use figures for spaces in the Sunset Center, as follows:
Babcock, Bingham & Chapman Rooms:
Rental Paid Use: 362
Free Use: 121
Total Use: 483
Green Room & Rehearsal Studio:
Rental Paid Use: 131
Free Use: 63
Total Use: 194
Theater:
Rental Paid Use: 126
Free Use: 20
Total Use: 146
Carpenter Hall:
Rental Paid Use: 124
Free Use: 3
Total Use: 127
TOTALS:
Rental Paid Use: 786
Free Use: 231
Total Use: 1,017
Note: Rentals are ½ day or 1 day.
• Executive Director Peter Lesnik touted CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS PROGRAM, Sunset Center’s Commitment to Arts in Education. A Classroom Connections Brochure presented “Why Classroom Connections?” “Facts” and “How it works.”
“Classroom Connections is a program that gives children an intimate, hand-on experience of the connection between process and product. Seeing a finished product-a play or a painting-can be fun and rewarding. Our goal is to empower children by breaking down the process of creating an artistic product step-by-step with the artists themselves."
“Our message is that success is not mysterious or unattainable. On the contrary, everyone can achieve their goals by developing the skills and determination to succeed; in baseball, business or ballet."
“Sunset Center believes in the potential of children; our goal is to help them believe in themselves.”
Facts:
• “In the first two years of the program we worked with over 2,200 children from Carmel to Salinas. We are doubling that number in the 2010-2011 school year.”
• “Our artists are as diverse as our students. We program modern dance, jazz, magic and much more. Our students range from kindergarten to high school and special needs to at-risk, throughout Monterey County.”
• “All of these opportunities are offered at no cost to the schools.”
How it works:
Visit 1: Preparing the Students
Visit 2: Artists Visit the Classroom
Visit 3: Students and Teachers see a performance at Sunset Center
Visit 4: Follow-up Lesson
For more information:
Peter Lesnik - Executive Director
Phone: (831) 620-2040
Fax: (831) 624-0147
Email: execdir@sunsetcenter.org
• Sunset Community and Cultural and Sunset Cultural Center, Inc.
Mission and Vision Statements
Sunset Community and Cultural Center (Sunset Center):
The Sunset Community and Cultural Center is a multi-purpose venue for events and activities that serve the residents of Carmel-by-the-Sea, visitors to Carmel and the people of the Monterey Bay region. It is a gathering place for cultural enrichment through the performing and visual arts and educational programs, and the Center provides space for organization meetings, City functions and offices for community organizations.
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC):
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc., is a non-profit corporation that manages the Sunset Center under contract to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea so that Sunset Center will serve as an economic and cultural stimulant for the community and the people of Carmel and its environs. It is responsible for operating and maintaining the facility to assure the most efficient and economical management of the facility consistent with the needs of the community, attracting cultural event sponsors to make use of the Center, offering a variety of performing arts under its own name, providing space for community use and acting to fulfill the Sunset Cultural and Community Center Mission.
The vision for the future of the Sunset Center includes:
• Providing a home to an expanding number of performing arts and cultural events based on the changing demographics of the region
• Expanding the cultural impact of the Sunset Center regionally
• Offering a premiere location for events and optimizing the use of the facility for cultural and other events
• Focusing on education as a significant aspect of the Sunset Center’s programs. Increasing support to assure financial, administrative and artistic sustainability.
• About thirty individuals attended the Annual Community Meeting in the lobby of the Sunset Center; the duration of the meeting was approximately 90 minutes.
Jim Price - Chair
David S. Parker - Treasurer
Deanna R. Adolph - Secretary
Robert L. Oppenheim
Judith Profeta
Ron Wormser
Kurt Grasing
Mara Kerr
Sally Reed
Gerard Rose
NOTE: Absent Board of Trustee Members included, but not limited to, Treasurer David Parker, Secretary Deanna Adolph and former City Council Member Gerard Rose. Absent City Officials included, but not limited to, Mayor Sue McCloud and Jason Burnett; City Council Member Ken Talmage was present.
• For Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2010 and extending to June 30, 2011, the City subsidy to Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) is $650,000 ($30,000 less than FY 2009/2010 City subsidy and SCC request of $680,000). The next three-years Contract between the City and SCC begins July 1, 2010. By July 1, Finance Manager Agha Bilal will have recommended to the SCC Board of Trustees a reduction in City subsidy of $30,000/year (or approximately 5%). The Board of Trustees is then expected to request of the City subsidies of $620,000 for Year 2 of the contract (FY 2011/2012) and $590,000 for Year 3 (FY 2012/2013). Previously City Administrator Rich Guillen has proposed a reduction in City subsidy of 15%/year without justification, however.
• Total Net Assets for the FY ending June 30, 2010 are expected to increase by $60,153 (including Facility Restoration Funds) for total net assets of $739,430.
• For FY 2009/2010, projected Total operating income is $1,186,322 and projected Total expenses $1,866,169, with a City subsidy of $680,000. SCC Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Price made a commitment to increase total operating income over the next years.
• Regarding Sunset Center facility use, there were approximately 55,570 patrons/users of Sunset Center in FY 2009/2010. Approximately 1/3 of users patronize the theater and 2/3 of users are non-theater users, i.e., rooms.
• The FACILITY UTILIZATION REPORT presented Rental Paid Use vs. Free Use (Community and City) and Total Use figures for spaces in the Sunset Center, as follows:
Babcock, Bingham & Chapman Rooms:
Rental Paid Use: 362
Free Use: 121
Total Use: 483
Green Room & Rehearsal Studio:
Rental Paid Use: 131
Free Use: 63
Total Use: 194
Theater:
Rental Paid Use: 126
Free Use: 20
Total Use: 146
Carpenter Hall:
Rental Paid Use: 124
Free Use: 3
Total Use: 127
TOTALS:
Rental Paid Use: 786
Free Use: 231
Total Use: 1,017
Note: Rentals are ½ day or 1 day.
• Executive Director Peter Lesnik touted CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS PROGRAM, Sunset Center’s Commitment to Arts in Education. A Classroom Connections Brochure presented “Why Classroom Connections?” “Facts” and “How it works.”
“Classroom Connections is a program that gives children an intimate, hand-on experience of the connection between process and product. Seeing a finished product-a play or a painting-can be fun and rewarding. Our goal is to empower children by breaking down the process of creating an artistic product step-by-step with the artists themselves."
“Our message is that success is not mysterious or unattainable. On the contrary, everyone can achieve their goals by developing the skills and determination to succeed; in baseball, business or ballet."
“Sunset Center believes in the potential of children; our goal is to help them believe in themselves.”
Facts:
• “In the first two years of the program we worked with over 2,200 children from Carmel to Salinas. We are doubling that number in the 2010-2011 school year.”
• “Our artists are as diverse as our students. We program modern dance, jazz, magic and much more. Our students range from kindergarten to high school and special needs to at-risk, throughout Monterey County.”
• “All of these opportunities are offered at no cost to the schools.”
How it works:
Visit 1: Preparing the Students
Visit 2: Artists Visit the Classroom
Visit 3: Students and Teachers see a performance at Sunset Center
Visit 4: Follow-up Lesson
For more information:
Peter Lesnik - Executive Director
Phone: (831) 620-2040
Fax: (831) 624-0147
Email: execdir@sunsetcenter.org
• Sunset Community and Cultural and Sunset Cultural Center, Inc.
Mission and Vision Statements
Sunset Community and Cultural Center (Sunset Center):
The Sunset Community and Cultural Center is a multi-purpose venue for events and activities that serve the residents of Carmel-by-the-Sea, visitors to Carmel and the people of the Monterey Bay region. It is a gathering place for cultural enrichment through the performing and visual arts and educational programs, and the Center provides space for organization meetings, City functions and offices for community organizations.
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC):
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc., is a non-profit corporation that manages the Sunset Center under contract to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea so that Sunset Center will serve as an economic and cultural stimulant for the community and the people of Carmel and its environs. It is responsible for operating and maintaining the facility to assure the most efficient and economical management of the facility consistent with the needs of the community, attracting cultural event sponsors to make use of the Center, offering a variety of performing arts under its own name, providing space for community use and acting to fulfill the Sunset Cultural and Community Center Mission.
The vision for the future of the Sunset Center includes:
• Providing a home to an expanding number of performing arts and cultural events based on the changing demographics of the region
• Expanding the cultural impact of the Sunset Center regionally
• Offering a premiere location for events and optimizing the use of the facility for cultural and other events
• Focusing on education as a significant aspect of the Sunset Center’s programs. Increasing support to assure financial, administrative and artistic sustainability.
• About thirty individuals attended the Annual Community Meeting in the lobby of the Sunset Center; the duration of the meeting was approximately 90 minutes.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
SIGNIFICANT, UNACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 2000-2010
ABSTRACT: In endorsements of Mayor Sue McCloud for a sixth term, various advocates cite accomplishments between 2000 and 2010. However, most of these “accomplishments” were either begun prior to McCloud’s mayoral election (Sunset Center Renovation), delayed realization due to city actions (Fourth Street Riparian Habitat Project), legally mandated requirements (Local Coastal Program (LCP), updated General Plan elements) and common standard procedures and practices of all cities (televised Council meetings, boxes at the Post Office with commission and board agendas, City website, State of the City reports). Arguably then, many other and more significance projects should have been realized between 2000 and 2010. A LIST OF SIGNIFICANT, UNACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 2000-2010 is presented.
A LIST OF SIGNIFICANT, UNACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 2000-2010:
• Public Safety Issue: Carmel Fire Department Fire Protection Services
In the context of the 2007 Citygate Associates Fire Department Consolidation Feasibility Analysis for the Cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, Final Report, the City has delayed meaningful discussion of options and implementation of a long-term solution with regard to this critical public safety issue.
• Community Planning & Building Director Position
While the City expended taxpayer monies to consultant Ralph Andersen & Associates to aid in the recruitment of a Community Planning & Building Director, that critical position remains vacant with no indication that the City is actively engaged in trying to hire a Community Planning & Building Director.
• Infrastructure of Streets, Roads & Avenues
While Nichols Consulting Engineers recommended the City expend $660,000 annually to maintain Carmel’s streets at their then current state, the City has failed to budget the minimum recommended amount from the General Fund. In fact, the City expended $516,000 on street projects in FY 2008/2009, but most of that allocation was from external and grant sources. Moreover, the Carpenter Street segment between 2nd Av. and Ocean Av., a gateway street to the city, should have been repaved or reconstructed long ago.
• Publicly Inaccessible or Unkempt Public Assets
The City has not maintained, upgraded or implemented ADA improvements to The Scout House (Mission St & 8th Av., N.E. Corner); the Public Works building (E/s Junipero Av. between 4th Av. & 5th Av.) is inaccessible to the public; Flanders Mansion parkland/property is inaccessible to the public; and Rio Park and Mission Trail Nature Preserve are not maintained as viable city parks.
• Beach Maintenance and Shoreline Protection
Implementation of policies set forth in the Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element with regard to maintenance and repairs of Carmel’s seawalls (constructed in 1958, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984 and 2001), retaining walls and engineered rock revetments to protect the City’s shorelines bluffs, public amenities along the bluff top, including the Beach Bluff Pathway, private property, et cetera. As stated in the LUP, If left unmanaged, the bluffs surrounding Carmel Bay would progressively erode from the impact of winter storm waves, surface drainage and other steady and episodic erosion processes. This natural process would eventually erode the bluffs up to the City’s beach access stairways and the Beach Bluff Pathway. Eventually, Scenic Road and the adjacent homes would be threatened as well.
(Source: General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element)
• Permanent Restrooms at Carmel Beach along Scenic Road
The construction phase for a permanent restroom needs to be completed expeditiously. In fact, arguably another permanent restroom between Del Mar Av. and Santa Lucia Av. should be considered. The City should not expend taxpayer monies for tourist promotion and marketing and then not adequately provide for tourists and visitors.
• Urbanized Forest, Parks and Open Spaces
Implementation of the policies set forth in the Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element with regard to Carmel’s forest, parks and open spaces, including the Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas, including Pescadero Canyon, Mission Trail Nature Preserve and Carmel Beach, are necessary. Moreover, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Forest Management Plan (2001) (FMP), providing specific direction and guidelines for the maintenance and enhancement of Carmel’s urbanized forest, should be more vigorously implemented. For example, the Total Number of Public Trees in Carmel’s Urbanized Forest declined 3.4% from 1981-1984 to 2005-2008, including a 32.0% decline in the Monterey Pine and the Number of Public and Private Trees in Carmel’s Urbanized Forest declined 5.6%, including a 20.4% decline in the Monterey Pine, one of Carmel’s signature trees. As stated in the LUP,: To many, the “urbanized” forest is the character-defining feature that makes Carmel-by the-Sea so unique. The forest, along with the beach and ocean, is the City’s largest and most visible natural resource. And Upper canopy trees impart a distinctive ambiance and identity to the City. More must be done to ensure a healthy, regenerating and diverse “urbanized” forest, as stated in the LUP: “Steps must be taken to minimize the threat to existing healthy Monterey pines and new seedlings to ensure continued diversity in species, age, and location.”
(Sources: General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element, General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Open Space and Conservation Element
• Forest Theatre Renovation
In the context of the City’s Forest Theater Facility Master Plan, 2001, the City Council failed to budget for and implement in phases the Forest Theatre Facility Master Plan. More recently, the City has failed to place on a public agenda William Camille’s final report on construction phasing and cost estimates of the Forest Theatre Schematic Design completed by R. F. McCann & Company Theatre Architects even though the City originally informed the public renovation construction would be completed by the Forest Theatre Centennial in 2010.
• Harrison Memorial Library Main Branch
Arguably, one of the most important community assets to Carmelites, library operating hours should be restored on Sundays. With the Library open 42 hours a week, Saturday hours of 1:00 P.M. -5:00 P.M. should, at a minimum, be instituted for Sundays.
• Sunset Center
In the context of the disproportionate amount of approximately $9.0 million of taxpayers monies expended for the Sunset Center, including payments for management of the Sunset Center to Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC), maintenance requirements and debt service, between 2004 and 2010, relative to other entertainment venues in the City, there should be a discussion about the future of the Sunset Center, Forest Theatre, Scout House and Youth Center, specifically given the fact that many more out-of-towners compared to Carmel-by-the-Sea residents purchase tickets, attend events and perform at the Sunset Center compared to the Forest Theatre, Scout House and Youth Center.
REFERENCE:
VOTE McCLOUD Ad, Re-Elect Mayor McCloud, PO Box M-1, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921 Dick Stewart, Treasurer, The Carmel Pine cone, March 19, 2010, 13A
OTHER SOURCE:
CITYWATCH, CARMEL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS March 2010
A LIST OF SIGNIFICANT, UNACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS BETWEEN 2000-2010:
• Public Safety Issue: Carmel Fire Department Fire Protection Services
In the context of the 2007 Citygate Associates Fire Department Consolidation Feasibility Analysis for the Cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, Final Report, the City has delayed meaningful discussion of options and implementation of a long-term solution with regard to this critical public safety issue.
• Community Planning & Building Director Position
While the City expended taxpayer monies to consultant Ralph Andersen & Associates to aid in the recruitment of a Community Planning & Building Director, that critical position remains vacant with no indication that the City is actively engaged in trying to hire a Community Planning & Building Director.
• Infrastructure of Streets, Roads & Avenues
While Nichols Consulting Engineers recommended the City expend $660,000 annually to maintain Carmel’s streets at their then current state, the City has failed to budget the minimum recommended amount from the General Fund. In fact, the City expended $516,000 on street projects in FY 2008/2009, but most of that allocation was from external and grant sources. Moreover, the Carpenter Street segment between 2nd Av. and Ocean Av., a gateway street to the city, should have been repaved or reconstructed long ago.
• Publicly Inaccessible or Unkempt Public Assets
The City has not maintained, upgraded or implemented ADA improvements to The Scout House (Mission St & 8th Av., N.E. Corner); the Public Works building (E/s Junipero Av. between 4th Av. & 5th Av.) is inaccessible to the public; Flanders Mansion parkland/property is inaccessible to the public; and Rio Park and Mission Trail Nature Preserve are not maintained as viable city parks.
• Beach Maintenance and Shoreline Protection
Implementation of policies set forth in the Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element with regard to maintenance and repairs of Carmel’s seawalls (constructed in 1958, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984 and 2001), retaining walls and engineered rock revetments to protect the City’s shorelines bluffs, public amenities along the bluff top, including the Beach Bluff Pathway, private property, et cetera. As stated in the LUP, If left unmanaged, the bluffs surrounding Carmel Bay would progressively erode from the impact of winter storm waves, surface drainage and other steady and episodic erosion processes. This natural process would eventually erode the bluffs up to the City’s beach access stairways and the Beach Bluff Pathway. Eventually, Scenic Road and the adjacent homes would be threatened as well.
(Source: General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element)
• Permanent Restrooms at Carmel Beach along Scenic Road
The construction phase for a permanent restroom needs to be completed expeditiously. In fact, arguably another permanent restroom between Del Mar Av. and Santa Lucia Av. should be considered. The City should not expend taxpayer monies for tourist promotion and marketing and then not adequately provide for tourists and visitors.
• Urbanized Forest, Parks and Open Spaces
Implementation of the policies set forth in the Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element with regard to Carmel’s forest, parks and open spaces, including the Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas, including Pescadero Canyon, Mission Trail Nature Preserve and Carmel Beach, are necessary. Moreover, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Forest Management Plan (2001) (FMP), providing specific direction and guidelines for the maintenance and enhancement of Carmel’s urbanized forest, should be more vigorously implemented. For example, the Total Number of Public Trees in Carmel’s Urbanized Forest declined 3.4% from 1981-1984 to 2005-2008, including a 32.0% decline in the Monterey Pine and the Number of Public and Private Trees in Carmel’s Urbanized Forest declined 5.6%, including a 20.4% decline in the Monterey Pine, one of Carmel’s signature trees. As stated in the LUP,: To many, the “urbanized” forest is the character-defining feature that makes Carmel-by the-Sea so unique. The forest, along with the beach and ocean, is the City’s largest and most visible natural resource. And Upper canopy trees impart a distinctive ambiance and identity to the City. More must be done to ensure a healthy, regenerating and diverse “urbanized” forest, as stated in the LUP: “Steps must be taken to minimize the threat to existing healthy Monterey pines and new seedlings to ensure continued diversity in species, age, and location.”
(Sources: General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Coastal Resource Management Element, General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan Open Space and Conservation Element
• Forest Theatre Renovation
In the context of the City’s Forest Theater Facility Master Plan, 2001, the City Council failed to budget for and implement in phases the Forest Theatre Facility Master Plan. More recently, the City has failed to place on a public agenda William Camille’s final report on construction phasing and cost estimates of the Forest Theatre Schematic Design completed by R. F. McCann & Company Theatre Architects even though the City originally informed the public renovation construction would be completed by the Forest Theatre Centennial in 2010.
• Harrison Memorial Library Main Branch
Arguably, one of the most important community assets to Carmelites, library operating hours should be restored on Sundays. With the Library open 42 hours a week, Saturday hours of 1:00 P.M. -5:00 P.M. should, at a minimum, be instituted for Sundays.
• Sunset Center
In the context of the disproportionate amount of approximately $9.0 million of taxpayers monies expended for the Sunset Center, including payments for management of the Sunset Center to Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC), maintenance requirements and debt service, between 2004 and 2010, relative to other entertainment venues in the City, there should be a discussion about the future of the Sunset Center, Forest Theatre, Scout House and Youth Center, specifically given the fact that many more out-of-towners compared to Carmel-by-the-Sea residents purchase tickets, attend events and perform at the Sunset Center compared to the Forest Theatre, Scout House and Youth Center.
REFERENCE:
VOTE McCLOUD Ad, Re-Elect Mayor McCloud, PO Box M-1, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921 Dick Stewart, Treasurer, The Carmel Pine cone, March 19, 2010, 13A
OTHER SOURCE:
CITYWATCH, CARMEL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS March 2010
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
CARMEL Art & Film Festival 2009
“The Carmel Art and Film Festival is designed as a celebration of art in all its forms: painting, sculpture, printmaking, music, photography and film will all be represented in our inaugural year. The mission of the festival is to put art in as many places as possible around Carmel, so that visitors will feel immersed in an artistic adventure.”
WHO: Artist & ARTWORKS magazine Publisher Tom Burns, Founder
WHAT:
ART SHOW Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11: The juried art show will select 50 artists to show their work in an outdoor art exhibition in Devendorf Park.
FILMS Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 9, 10 & 11: Selected from the 2009 edition, these films curated by John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival.
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Opening Night Reception, October 8; Exhibition, October 8 – 30: Fifty artists will be selected for a month long exhibition at the Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center.
MUSIC: The Carmel Art & Film Festival is proud to present Griffin House in concert.
DIRECTORS’ DINNER Friday, October 9: The art of fine wine and food, coupled with animated conversation with artists and filmmakers.
THE ART OF WINE Saturday, October 10
LECTURE SERIES Saturday and Sunday, October 10 – 11
FESTIVAL ARTIST PRINT Los Angeles reduction linocut printmaker Dave Lefner is creating the inaugural festival limited edition print.
NIGHT LIGHTS, a series of outdoor photography projection shows.
AFTER HOURS Exclusive and private, score a ticket to one of these parties.
WHERE: Sunset Theater and Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center, Devendorf Park and other venues throughout Carmel-by-the-Sea
WHEN: Thursday, October 8 – Sunday, October 11, 2009
WHY: Provide a venue for emerging artists, generate scholarships for art education, et cetera.
TICKETS:
Online
Or call the festival office @ (831) 620-1648 during business hours.
PATRON PACKAGE – $2,500 couple
PATRON PACKAGE – $1,500
VIP PACKAGE – $600
ESSENTIAL PACKAGE – $195
BRUNCH WITH ALAN SILVESTRI – $65
ART OF WINE GALLERY CRAWL – $35
STUDENT PASS – $35
DAYTIME MOVIE PASS – $50
UNLIMITED MOVIE PASS – $75
SINGLE NIGHT FEATURE – $25
FRIDAY NIGHT ALL ACCESS PASS – $350
THURSDAY OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION – $145
THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE & CONCERT ONLY – $40
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carmel Art & Film Festival
P.O. Box 5877
Carmel, CA 93921
info@carmelartandfilm.com
ph 831.620.1648
WHO: Artist & ARTWORKS magazine Publisher Tom Burns, Founder
WHAT:
ART SHOW Saturday & Sunday, October 10 & 11: The juried art show will select 50 artists to show their work in an outdoor art exhibition in Devendorf Park.
FILMS Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 9, 10 & 11: Selected from the 2009 edition, these films curated by John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival.
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Opening Night Reception, October 8; Exhibition, October 8 – 30: Fifty artists will be selected for a month long exhibition at the Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center.
MUSIC: The Carmel Art & Film Festival is proud to present Griffin House in concert.
DIRECTORS’ DINNER Friday, October 9: The art of fine wine and food, coupled with animated conversation with artists and filmmakers.
THE ART OF WINE Saturday, October 10
LECTURE SERIES Saturday and Sunday, October 10 – 11
FESTIVAL ARTIST PRINT Los Angeles reduction linocut printmaker Dave Lefner is creating the inaugural festival limited edition print.
NIGHT LIGHTS, a series of outdoor photography projection shows.
AFTER HOURS Exclusive and private, score a ticket to one of these parties.
WHERE: Sunset Theater and Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Center, Devendorf Park and other venues throughout Carmel-by-the-Sea
WHEN: Thursday, October 8 – Sunday, October 11, 2009
WHY: Provide a venue for emerging artists, generate scholarships for art education, et cetera.
TICKETS:
Online
Or call the festival office @ (831) 620-1648 during business hours.
PATRON PACKAGE – $2,500 couple
PATRON PACKAGE – $1,500
VIP PACKAGE – $600
ESSENTIAL PACKAGE – $195
BRUNCH WITH ALAN SILVESTRI – $65
ART OF WINE GALLERY CRAWL – $35
STUDENT PASS – $35
DAYTIME MOVIE PASS – $50
UNLIMITED MOVIE PASS – $75
SINGLE NIGHT FEATURE – $25
FRIDAY NIGHT ALL ACCESS PASS – $350
THURSDAY OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION – $145
THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE & CONCERT ONLY – $40
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carmel Art & Film Festival
P.O. Box 5877
Carmel, CA 93921
info@carmelartandfilm.com
ph 831.620.1648
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Third Annual Carmel’s Authors & Ideas Conference
WHO: Carmel residents Jim and Cindy McGillen, Founders
WHAT: The Third Annual Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival; featuring twnety-nine award winning authors
AUTHORS (listed alphabetically, links to websites):
TRIP ADLER, CEO and co-founder of Scribd, “the largest social publishing company in the world, the website where tens of millions of people each month publish and discover original writings and documents."
REZA ASLAN, Assistant Professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and senior fellow at the Orfalea Center on Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara and contributor to the Daily Beast.
CARA BLACK, author of mystery novels set in Paris featuring detective Aimée Leduc.
LOUANN BRIZENDINE, M.D., Founder and Director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic, specializes in the relationship dynamics that result from the neurobiology of male and female brains.
STUART L. BROWN, M.D., Founder of The National Institute for Play, a 501c(3) non-profit public benefit corporation committed "to bringing the unrealized knowledge, practices and benefits of play into public life."
FRANCES DINKELSPIEL, a fifth-generation Californian who grew up in San Francisco, author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, published by St. Martins Press in November 2008.
RODES FISHBURNE, "a lifelong angler, he worked for five seasons as a fly-fishing guide in Alaska," author of the best-selling novel Going to See the Elephant.
DON GEORGE, a pioneering and award-winning travel journalist; the Adventure Collection’s Web Editor in Chief and the creator and host of Don’s Place, a multi-faceted web site that focuses on the world of adventure travel.
ELIZABETH GILBERT, Author of Pilgrims, a collection of short stories; Stern Men, novel about lobster fishing territory wars off the coast of Maine; The Last American Man, biography of Eustace Conway, an eclectic modern day woodsman and Eat, Pray, Love, about the year she spent traveling the world alone after a difficult divorce.
CARL HIAASEN, "America's finest satirical novelist...the blazing conscience of the Sunshine State."
NEAL HOTELLING, an "authority on the history of world-famous Pebble Beach."
TOM JOHNSON, Director of the Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School; the program coordinates anthropological research activities on the human terrain of Central and South Asia, he teaches courses on Afghanistan, Central Asian crises, politics, terrorism, and security.
DAVID KENNEDY, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University; Research includes integration of economic and cultural analysis with social and political history.
MICHAEL KRASNY KQED Radio's Michael Krasny is one of the country's leading interviewers of literary luminaries, author of Off Mike A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life.
RICHARD LEDERER, "a fly-by-the-roof-of-the-mouth user- friendly English teacher, Wizard of Idiom, Attila the Pun, and Conan the Grammarian," author of A Treasury for Dog Lovers and A Treasury for Cat Lovers.
FREDERIC LUSKIN, Ph.D., Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on a variety of populations.
SHANA MAHAFFEY, author of Sounds Like Crazy, a "darkly comic and ultimately healing story about Holly Miller, an Emmy Award winning cartoon voiceover performer who has actual voices in her head, multiple personalities who make her career a huge success, and shield her from a terrible secret in her past."
BILL MILLIKEN, "a tireless advocate for disenfranchised youth and one of the foremost pioneers in the movement to connect schools with community resources to help troubled students graduate and succeed in life," author of The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic!
GREG MORTENSON Co-founder (with Dr. Jean Hoerni) and Executive Director of nonprofit Central Asia Institute, promotes community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Founder of Pennies For Peace and co-author of the #1 New York Times best-seller, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School At A Time.
P. J. O’ROURKE, "America’s premier political satirist." Best-selling author of 12 books, including Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance, Eat the Rich, The CEO of the Sofa, Holidays in Hell, Peace Kills and On the Wealth of Nations. Of his 2009 release, Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed To Be -- With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn.
FRANK PORTMAN, author of the best-selling young adult novel King Dork.
CARLOS PRIETO, "...a true champion of the cello. A creative artist, scholar and storyteller, Carlos has been a prolific contributor to the flow of music throughout the western hemisphere, premiering compositions of some of the greatest contemporary composers and helping to nurture and develop an entire generation of Latin America's most talented musicians." Prieto has written six books: "Russian Letters", "Around the World with the Cello", "From the USSR to Russia", "The Adventures of a Cello" – translated into English, Russian and Portuguese, "Paths and Images of Music" and "5000 Years of Words."
DAVID ROCHE, Motivational keynote speaker and humorist, Roche has "transformed the challenges and gifts of living with a facial disfigurement into a compelling message that uplifts and delights audiences around the world.”
KEMBLE SCOTT, bestselling author of the novels The Sower and SoMa and editor the weekly literary newsletter THE LIT GUIDE.
SHELBY STEELE Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Steele specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action.
Steele received the National Book Critic's Circle Award in 1990 in the general nonfiction category for his book The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America. Other books by Steele include A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win (Free Press, 2007), White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (HarperCollins 2006) and A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America.
LOUISE STEINMAN, a writer and literary curator. “Her work frequently deals with memory, history and reconciliation;” books include The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War, chronicles "her quest to return a war 'souvenir' to its owner and-- in the process-- illuminates how war changed one generation and shaped another and The Knowing Body: The Artist As Storyteller in Contemporary Performance, based on two decades of Louise’s experience as a performer/director with So&So&So&So interdisciplinary theater troupe, and as a dance/theater critic..."
DAVID L. ULIN, a writer based in Los Angeles, “Ulin presents both a personal and a cultural account of earthquakes and attempts to predict them ranging from the superstitious to the scientific. Among his topics are three April earthquakes, the history of seismology, and before and after science;” books include Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith and Another City: Writing from Los Angeles.
ABRAHAM VERGHESE, Board-certified in internal medicine and in pulmonary and infectious diseases, Verghese is known for his acclaimed non-fiction work, including My Own Country, which was based on his experiences as a physician treating persons with HIV in Johnson City, Tennessee, The Tennis Partner and Cutting for Stone.
RICK WARTZMAN, director of Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker Institute, "established in May 2006 with the mission of taking Peter Drucker’s ideas and ideals to new audiences by new means."
WHEN: Friday, September 25 – Sunday, 27, 2009
WHERE: Sunset Center Theater
E/s San Carlos St @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
TICKETS: EVENT TICKET $550.00 each (includes facility handling charge); Includes one seat for all Festival general sessions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please call 831-626-6243 or email info@carmelauthors.com
WHAT: The Third Annual Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival; featuring twnety-nine award winning authors
AUTHORS (listed alphabetically, links to websites):
TRIP ADLER, CEO and co-founder of Scribd, “the largest social publishing company in the world, the website where tens of millions of people each month publish and discover original writings and documents."
REZA ASLAN, Assistant Professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and senior fellow at the Orfalea Center on Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara and contributor to the Daily Beast.
CARA BLACK, author of mystery novels set in Paris featuring detective Aimée Leduc.
LOUANN BRIZENDINE, M.D., Founder and Director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic, specializes in the relationship dynamics that result from the neurobiology of male and female brains.
STUART L. BROWN, M.D., Founder of The National Institute for Play, a 501c(3) non-profit public benefit corporation committed "to bringing the unrealized knowledge, practices and benefits of play into public life."
FRANCES DINKELSPIEL, a fifth-generation Californian who grew up in San Francisco, author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, published by St. Martins Press in November 2008.
RODES FISHBURNE, "a lifelong angler, he worked for five seasons as a fly-fishing guide in Alaska," author of the best-selling novel Going to See the Elephant.
DON GEORGE, a pioneering and award-winning travel journalist; the Adventure Collection’s Web Editor in Chief and the creator and host of Don’s Place, a multi-faceted web site that focuses on the world of adventure travel.
ELIZABETH GILBERT, Author of Pilgrims, a collection of short stories; Stern Men, novel about lobster fishing territory wars off the coast of Maine; The Last American Man, biography of Eustace Conway, an eclectic modern day woodsman and Eat, Pray, Love, about the year she spent traveling the world alone after a difficult divorce.
CARL HIAASEN, "America's finest satirical novelist...the blazing conscience of the Sunshine State."
NEAL HOTELLING, an "authority on the history of world-famous Pebble Beach."
TOM JOHNSON, Director of the Program for Culture & Conflict Studies. Naval Postgraduate School; the program coordinates anthropological research activities on the human terrain of Central and South Asia, he teaches courses on Afghanistan, Central Asian crises, politics, terrorism, and security.
DAVID KENNEDY, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, Stanford University; Research includes integration of economic and cultural analysis with social and political history.
MICHAEL KRASNY KQED Radio's Michael Krasny is one of the country's leading interviewers of literary luminaries, author of Off Mike A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life.
RICHARD LEDERER, "a fly-by-the-roof-of-the-mouth user- friendly English teacher, Wizard of Idiom, Attila the Pun, and Conan the Grammarian," author of A Treasury for Dog Lovers and A Treasury for Cat Lovers.
FREDERIC LUSKIN, Ph.D., Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on a variety of populations.
SHANA MAHAFFEY, author of Sounds Like Crazy, a "darkly comic and ultimately healing story about Holly Miller, an Emmy Award winning cartoon voiceover performer who has actual voices in her head, multiple personalities who make her career a huge success, and shield her from a terrible secret in her past."
BILL MILLIKEN, "a tireless advocate for disenfranchised youth and one of the foremost pioneers in the movement to connect schools with community resources to help troubled students graduate and succeed in life," author of The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic!
GREG MORTENSON Co-founder (with Dr. Jean Hoerni) and Executive Director of nonprofit Central Asia Institute, promotes community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Founder of Pennies For Peace and co-author of the #1 New York Times best-seller, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School At A Time.
P. J. O’ROURKE, "America’s premier political satirist." Best-selling author of 12 books, including Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance, Eat the Rich, The CEO of the Sofa, Holidays in Hell, Peace Kills and On the Wealth of Nations. Of his 2009 release, Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending, Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed To Be -- With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn.
FRANK PORTMAN, author of the best-selling young adult novel King Dork.
CARLOS PRIETO, "...a true champion of the cello. A creative artist, scholar and storyteller, Carlos has been a prolific contributor to the flow of music throughout the western hemisphere, premiering compositions of some of the greatest contemporary composers and helping to nurture and develop an entire generation of Latin America's most talented musicians." Prieto has written six books: "Russian Letters", "Around the World with the Cello", "From the USSR to Russia", "The Adventures of a Cello" – translated into English, Russian and Portuguese, "Paths and Images of Music" and "5000 Years of Words."
DAVID ROCHE, Motivational keynote speaker and humorist, Roche has "transformed the challenges and gifts of living with a facial disfigurement into a compelling message that uplifts and delights audiences around the world.”
KEMBLE SCOTT, bestselling author of the novels The Sower and SoMa and editor the weekly literary newsletter THE LIT GUIDE.
SHELBY STEELE Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Steele specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action.
Steele received the National Book Critic's Circle Award in 1990 in the general nonfiction category for his book The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America. Other books by Steele include A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win (Free Press, 2007), White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era (HarperCollins 2006) and A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America.
LOUISE STEINMAN, a writer and literary curator. “Her work frequently deals with memory, history and reconciliation;” books include The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War, chronicles "her quest to return a war 'souvenir' to its owner and-- in the process-- illuminates how war changed one generation and shaped another and The Knowing Body: The Artist As Storyteller in Contemporary Performance, based on two decades of Louise’s experience as a performer/director with So&So&So&So interdisciplinary theater troupe, and as a dance/theater critic..."
DAVID L. ULIN, a writer based in Los Angeles, “Ulin presents both a personal and a cultural account of earthquakes and attempts to predict them ranging from the superstitious to the scientific. Among his topics are three April earthquakes, the history of seismology, and before and after science;” books include Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith and Another City: Writing from Los Angeles.
ABRAHAM VERGHESE, Board-certified in internal medicine and in pulmonary and infectious diseases, Verghese is known for his acclaimed non-fiction work, including My Own Country, which was based on his experiences as a physician treating persons with HIV in Johnson City, Tennessee, The Tennis Partner and Cutting for Stone.
RICK WARTZMAN, director of Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker Institute, "established in May 2006 with the mission of taking Peter Drucker’s ideas and ideals to new audiences by new means."
WHEN: Friday, September 25 – Sunday, 27, 2009
WHERE: Sunset Center Theater
E/s San Carlos St @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
TICKETS: EVENT TICKET $550.00 each (includes facility handling charge); Includes one seat for all Festival general sessions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please call 831-626-6243 or email info@carmelauthors.com
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Annual Community Meeting of the Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC)
ABSTRACT: Interesting statistics and facts from the Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) Annual Community Meeting, Summary of Operations (July 2008 – June 2009) Table and Facility Utilization Report are presented. About 35 people attended the Meeting this morning in the Sunset Center Lobby, including Executive Director Peter Lesnik, SCC Chairman Jim Price, three Board of Trustee Members, Staff Members, the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea and other interested individuals.
• SCC has accrued a reserve or “surplus” of $274,000 since its inception in 2004. Over the same time period, the City subsidy to SCC has been approximately $3.8 million.
• For FY 2008/09, the 4th Quarter ended with $81,658 (Worse) than YTD Budget; the 1st Quarter was the first quarter to post a (Worse) than Budget result, namely $22,526 (Worse), followed by the 2nd Quarter YTD $33,000 (Worse), 3rd Quarter YTD $71,000 (Worse) and 4th Quarter YTD $81,658 (Worse).
• Of the three income sources, namely Rental income, Performance revenue (tickets) and Fees and other income, Performance revenue and Fees and other income were (Worse) than YTD Budget by ($91,494) and ($131,371), respectively. Note: Performance revenue was less than anticipated largely due to the cancellation of two shows, according to Executive Director Peter Lesnik.
• Total Actual YTD Operating Income: $910,881
Total Actual YTD Expenses $1,705,539
City’s Enabling Grant $713,000
$81,658 Deficit FY 2008/09.
• The average audience size for the Sunset Theater was approximately 500 people/performance.
• A total of 76,000 people attended the Sunset Theater and 42,115 people used non-theater venues, namely Babcock, Bingham, Carpenter Hall, Chapman, MEG, Green Room, Lobby, Plaza, Rehearsal Room, Studio 105 (old gym) and Terrace, a grand total of 118,115 people attended the Sunset Center.
• All Sunset Center venues had YTD Totals of 1076 (FY 2007/08) and 1486 (FY 2008/09); the Theater had YTD Totals of 150 (FY 2007/08) and 152 (FY 2008/09).
• Studio 105 has been repainted, et cetera. It was identified as an underutilized venue. Potential uses for Studio 105 are conferences and/or a Bistro, according to Chairman Jim Price.
• Of the 132 Total Awards and $23,393,000 Total Awards Amount awarded in 2008 for the Arts by The James Irvine Foundation, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. was awarded $300,000 over three years for the purpose of improving “organizational financial stability, management, governance and growth capacity.”
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc.
www.sunsetcenter.org
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Program Area: Arts
Awarded: October 2008
Region Served: Central Coast Region
Grant Amount: $300,000
Grant Term: 36 months
To improve organizational financial stability, management, governance and growth capacity, as part of the Arts Regional Initiative.
• SCC has accrued a reserve or “surplus” of $274,000 since its inception in 2004. Over the same time period, the City subsidy to SCC has been approximately $3.8 million.
• For FY 2008/09, the 4th Quarter ended with $81,658 (Worse) than YTD Budget; the 1st Quarter was the first quarter to post a (Worse) than Budget result, namely $22,526 (Worse), followed by the 2nd Quarter YTD $33,000 (Worse), 3rd Quarter YTD $71,000 (Worse) and 4th Quarter YTD $81,658 (Worse).
• Of the three income sources, namely Rental income, Performance revenue (tickets) and Fees and other income, Performance revenue and Fees and other income were (Worse) than YTD Budget by ($91,494) and ($131,371), respectively. Note: Performance revenue was less than anticipated largely due to the cancellation of two shows, according to Executive Director Peter Lesnik.
• Total Actual YTD Operating Income: $910,881
Total Actual YTD Expenses $1,705,539
City’s Enabling Grant $713,000
$81,658 Deficit FY 2008/09.
• The average audience size for the Sunset Theater was approximately 500 people/performance.
• A total of 76,000 people attended the Sunset Theater and 42,115 people used non-theater venues, namely Babcock, Bingham, Carpenter Hall, Chapman, MEG, Green Room, Lobby, Plaza, Rehearsal Room, Studio 105 (old gym) and Terrace, a grand total of 118,115 people attended the Sunset Center.
• All Sunset Center venues had YTD Totals of 1076 (FY 2007/08) and 1486 (FY 2008/09); the Theater had YTD Totals of 150 (FY 2007/08) and 152 (FY 2008/09).
• Studio 105 has been repainted, et cetera. It was identified as an underutilized venue. Potential uses for Studio 105 are conferences and/or a Bistro, according to Chairman Jim Price.
• Of the 132 Total Awards and $23,393,000 Total Awards Amount awarded in 2008 for the Arts by The James Irvine Foundation, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. was awarded $300,000 over three years for the purpose of improving “organizational financial stability, management, governance and growth capacity.”
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc.
www.sunsetcenter.org
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Program Area: Arts
Awarded: October 2008
Region Served: Central Coast Region
Grant Amount: $300,000
Grant Term: 36 months
To improve organizational financial stability, management, governance and growth capacity, as part of the Arts Regional Initiative.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) ANNUAL COMMUNITY MEETING
WHO: The Board of Trustees of Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC), Chaired by Chairman Jim Price
WHAT: 2009 Annual Community Meeting
Presentation of Financial and Facility Use Information
Solicit Feedback from the Public about Programs and Operations
Questions & Answer Session
WHEN: Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 10:00 A.M.
WHERE:
Sunset Center Lobby
E/s San Carlos St. @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
NOTE: Refreshments served courtesy of Cypress Inn, Carmel
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Barbara Davison - Office Manager
831-620-2052
Peter Lesnik - Executive Director
831-620-2040
execdir@sunsetcenter.org
SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC
Highlights of Summary of Operations
YTD – 06/30/2009 (July 2008 – June 2009)
Income:
Total operating income:
Actual YTD: $910,881
Budget YTD:$1,123,353
Better (Worse) than Budget: ($212,472)
Expenses:
Total expenses:
Actual YTD: $1,705,539
Budget YTD: $1,836,353
Better (Worse) than Budget: $130,814
Increase (decrease) from operations:
Actual YTD: ($794,658)
Budget YTD: ($713,000)
Better (Worse) than Budget: ($81,658)
Support from City of Carmel-by-the-Sea:
Enabling grant $713,000
Increase (decrease) in net assets:
Actual YTD: ($81,658)
Budget YTD: $0
Better (Worse) than Budget:($81,658)
Enabling Grant as a % of non-performance expenses:
Actual YTD: 54%
Budget YTD: 51%
Better (Worse) than Budget: -5%
Theater Utilization:
Performance days:
Historic Presenting Partners, Sunset Center Presents, Other events
Totals:
Actual YTD: 98
Budget YTD: 100
Better (Worse) than Budget: (2)
Community events:
Totals:
Actual YTD: 23
Budget YTD: 23
Better (Worse) than Budget: 0
Total Days of Theater Use:
Actual YTD: 146
Budget YTD: 143
Better (Worse) than Budget: 3
For comparison: Total Theater Events:
Actual YTD: 152
Budget YTD: 151
Better (Worse) than Budget: 1
WHAT: 2009 Annual Community Meeting
Presentation of Financial and Facility Use Information
Solicit Feedback from the Public about Programs and Operations
Questions & Answer Session
WHEN: Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 10:00 A.M.
WHERE:
Sunset Center Lobby
E/s San Carlos St. @ 9th Av.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
NOTE: Refreshments served courtesy of Cypress Inn, Carmel
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Barbara Davison - Office Manager
831-620-2052
Peter Lesnik - Executive Director
831-620-2040
execdir@sunsetcenter.org
SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER, INC
Highlights of Summary of Operations
YTD – 06/30/2009 (July 2008 – June 2009)
Income:
Total operating income:
Actual YTD: $910,881
Budget YTD:$1,123,353
Better (Worse) than Budget: ($212,472)
Expenses:
Total expenses:
Actual YTD: $1,705,539
Budget YTD: $1,836,353
Better (Worse) than Budget: $130,814
Increase (decrease) from operations:
Actual YTD: ($794,658)
Budget YTD: ($713,000)
Better (Worse) than Budget: ($81,658)
Support from City of Carmel-by-the-Sea:
Enabling grant $713,000
Increase (decrease) in net assets:
Actual YTD: ($81,658)
Budget YTD: $0
Better (Worse) than Budget:($81,658)
Enabling Grant as a % of non-performance expenses:
Actual YTD: 54%
Budget YTD: 51%
Better (Worse) than Budget: -5%
Theater Utilization:
Performance days:
Historic Presenting Partners, Sunset Center Presents, Other events
Totals:
Actual YTD: 98
Budget YTD: 100
Better (Worse) than Budget: (2)
Community events:
Totals:
Actual YTD: 23
Budget YTD: 23
Better (Worse) than Budget: 0
Total Days of Theater Use:
Actual YTD: 146
Budget YTD: 143
Better (Worse) than Budget: 3
For comparison: Total Theater Events:
Actual YTD: 152
Budget YTD: 151
Better (Worse) than Budget: 1
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sunset Center’s SEASON LAUNCH & COMMUNITY MEETING
ABSTRACT: A SYNOPSIS of yesterday’s Sunset Center’s Season Launch & Annual Community Meeting by Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) is presented. SUNSET CENTER 2008-2009 SEASON PERFORMANCES information is presented; specifically the eighteen acts (three acts in six categories) and their respective performance dates. Informational COMMENTS are presented.
SYNOPSIS: Yesterday, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) hosted Sunset’s Center’s Season Launch & Annual Community Meeting. After hor oeuvres in the lobby, Executive Director Peter Lesnik enthusiastically addressed the attendees about new happenings at Sunset Center. As attendees then entered the Theater, SUNSET CENTER 2008-2009 SEASON PERFORMANCES booklets were given to the attendees. Once seated in the Theater, Executive Director Peter Lesnik gave a visual presentation of Sunset Center’s upcoming Season beginning in September 2008. The new season’s eighteen acts in six categories of three acts per category were presented. The six categories and the acts in each category are, as follows:
BROADWAY
An Intimate Evening with Bebe Neuwirth: Friday, October 3, 2008
Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano: Sunday, November 30, 2008
Footloose: Friday, January 30, 2009
DANCE
Best of MOMIX: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Tango First Century: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Ballet Preljocaj les 4 Saisons: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
INTERNATIONAL
Soweto Gospel Choir: Thursday, October 9, 2008
YouTube
U Theatre’s Sound of the Ocean: Saturday, November 8, 2008
Danu: Thursday, March 12, 2009
LEGENDS
Best of Doo Wop: Friday, January 23, 2009
Nat King Cole Long Live the King: Saturday, March 28, 2009
Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular: Friday, April 17, 2009
FAMILY
It’s Magic: Saturday, September 20, 2008
GrooveLily’s Striking 12: Sunday, December 14, 2008
Cirque le Masque: Sunday, April 26, 2009
YouTube
CHILDREN
Jungle Jack Hanna: Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Kid’s Life!: Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Tweaksters! Fabulous Feats of Physical Fun: Sunday, May 17, 2009
NOTE: Click on hyperlinks for information about acts.
COMMENTS:
• Executive Director Peter Lesnik’s theme was “visual and programming” changes; a new look for lobby, updating website, et cetera.
• Executive Director Lesnik spoke of lower ticket prices as a way of attracting a broader audience, beyond the confines of Carmel. The Season Order Form 2008-2009 includes "Two Ways to Save - Series Packages or Creat-Your-Own Series!" with Single Tickets, 3-5 shows @ 10% off per ticket, 6-18 Shows @ 15% off per ticket. Series Packages range from $44.00 to $132.00 for Level I and Level II and Single Tickets range from $15.00 to $55.00.
• Executive Director Peter Lesnik introduced a new program, Arts & Education Program, to begin late autumn 2008.
• After Executive Director Peter Lesnik’s presentation of the new season, the five SCC Board of Trustee members conducted Q & A. Chair Jim Price, Secretary Deanna R. Adolph and Treasurer David S. Parker were present, along with two new Trustees since May 2008 who replaced Michael L. McMahan, Vice Chair, and Steven Hillyard. Their comments included an aim to “build capacity” and make Sunset Center more of a regional center. The Treasurer presented SCC’s finances, including the expectation that Budget 2009 Revenue of $1,123,353 would be lower than Actual/Projected 2008 Revenue of $1,142,711, while Budget 2009 Expenditures of $1,836,353 would be lower than Actual/Projected 2008 Expenditures of $1,883,833. Performance Revenue was Actual/Projected 2008 of $601,387 and $474,500 for Budget 2009. For 2009, SCC expects a net zero with the City’s subsidy of $713,000, down from $750,000 in FY 2007/08. Additionally, revenue from grants is anticipated to increase from $10,000 in 2008 to $151,046 in 2009; an anticipated grant would amount to $275,000 over three years. Note: It was noted that the City is lending SCC the City’s grant writer.
SYNOPSIS: Yesterday, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) hosted Sunset’s Center’s Season Launch & Annual Community Meeting. After hor oeuvres in the lobby, Executive Director Peter Lesnik enthusiastically addressed the attendees about new happenings at Sunset Center. As attendees then entered the Theater, SUNSET CENTER 2008-2009 SEASON PERFORMANCES booklets were given to the attendees. Once seated in the Theater, Executive Director Peter Lesnik gave a visual presentation of Sunset Center’s upcoming Season beginning in September 2008. The new season’s eighteen acts in six categories of three acts per category were presented. The six categories and the acts in each category are, as follows:
BROADWAY
An Intimate Evening with Bebe Neuwirth: Friday, October 3, 2008
Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano: Sunday, November 30, 2008
Footloose: Friday, January 30, 2009
DANCE
Best of MOMIX: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Tango First Century: Saturday, February 28, 2009
Ballet Preljocaj les 4 Saisons: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
INTERNATIONAL
Soweto Gospel Choir: Thursday, October 9, 2008
YouTube
U Theatre’s Sound of the Ocean: Saturday, November 8, 2008
Danu: Thursday, March 12, 2009
LEGENDS
Best of Doo Wop: Friday, January 23, 2009
Nat King Cole Long Live the King: Saturday, March 28, 2009
Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular: Friday, April 17, 2009
FAMILY
It’s Magic: Saturday, September 20, 2008
GrooveLily’s Striking 12: Sunday, December 14, 2008
Cirque le Masque: Sunday, April 26, 2009
YouTube
CHILDREN
Jungle Jack Hanna: Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Kid’s Life!: Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Tweaksters! Fabulous Feats of Physical Fun: Sunday, May 17, 2009
NOTE: Click on hyperlinks for information about acts.
COMMENTS:
• Executive Director Peter Lesnik’s theme was “visual and programming” changes; a new look for lobby, updating website, et cetera.
• Executive Director Lesnik spoke of lower ticket prices as a way of attracting a broader audience, beyond the confines of Carmel. The Season Order Form 2008-2009 includes "Two Ways to Save - Series Packages or Creat-Your-Own Series!" with Single Tickets, 3-5 shows @ 10% off per ticket, 6-18 Shows @ 15% off per ticket. Series Packages range from $44.00 to $132.00 for Level I and Level II and Single Tickets range from $15.00 to $55.00.
• Executive Director Peter Lesnik introduced a new program, Arts & Education Program, to begin late autumn 2008.
• After Executive Director Peter Lesnik’s presentation of the new season, the five SCC Board of Trustee members conducted Q & A. Chair Jim Price, Secretary Deanna R. Adolph and Treasurer David S. Parker were present, along with two new Trustees since May 2008 who replaced Michael L. McMahan, Vice Chair, and Steven Hillyard. Their comments included an aim to “build capacity” and make Sunset Center more of a regional center. The Treasurer presented SCC’s finances, including the expectation that Budget 2009 Revenue of $1,123,353 would be lower than Actual/Projected 2008 Revenue of $1,142,711, while Budget 2009 Expenditures of $1,836,353 would be lower than Actual/Projected 2008 Expenditures of $1,883,833. Performance Revenue was Actual/Projected 2008 of $601,387 and $474,500 for Budget 2009. For 2009, SCC expects a net zero with the City’s subsidy of $713,000, down from $750,000 in FY 2007/08. Additionally, revenue from grants is anticipated to increase from $10,000 in 2008 to $151,046 in 2009; an anticipated grant would amount to $275,000 over three years. Note: It was noted that the City is lending SCC the City’s grant writer.
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