Join us for a deep dive into John Steinbeck and Monterey with our 2025 exhibition “Steinbeck in Monterey” opening January 24, 2025 at the Monterey History and Art Association at Stanton Center. The city of Monterey was Steinbeck’s stomping ground through his childhood and into his thirties. Here, he had some of the foundational experiences […]

The exhibition features the 2025 Weston Collective Scholarship award-winning photographs by elementary, middle, high school and college students from Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties. The photographs, selected from winning portfolios, were created in local photography courses at the respective campuses during the 2024-2025 academic year. Since 2004, the Weston Scholarship has awarded 543 […]

Join the National Steinbeck Center for an Author Night with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, featuring her novel Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb on Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. The evening will include a reading by the author, a book signing for guests who purchase their copy, and light […]

Our fellow Heritage Park partner, the Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Museum, is holding a free to the public Open House from 10am-4pm on the first weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of every month. They are located next to the Salinas Amtrak station and host an interactive HO scale layout and diorama recreating Monterey County railroads […]

Our annual Steinbeck Street Fair is Saturday, September 27, 2025. 10am to 2pm on the 100 block of Main Street in Salinas! Join us as we celebrate Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez. This event is family friendly, FREE and open to the public! More information to come soon!