By Leonard Adame “Them that’s got shall get, them that’s not shall lose.”—Billie Holiday I wanted to take Mickey Mantle’s place in Yankee Stadium. I knew I too could run to first in three seconds or [...] Continue Reading
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So Tell Me Something New: What about Systems Thinking?
By Jean Kennedy As I reflected on our African-American month of celebrations, it was a little different this year. Along with spending it in the South, my radio shows helped to promote the viewing of [...] Continue Reading
Setting the Course for Tomorrow
By Ruth Gadebusch On April 9, women will have caught up with the pay that men made by Dec. 31. Despite all the efforts through the years to equalize pay for equal work women still lag behind, [...] Continue Reading
When the Personal Becomes Political
By Kaylia Metcalfe I attended a writers’ conference recently where I listened to a panel discussion about the “The Politics of the Writer” that centered on the idea of separating the artist from the [...] Continue Reading
See The Bus in Fresno
By Kaylia Metcalfe The New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) and Gay Central Valley are proud to present the West Coast Tour of The Bus by James Lantz. The show will be performed at the Unitarian [...] Continue Reading
Hindemith, Verdi and Edward Albee
By Alfonso C. Hernandez The Winter Concert Series in Three Rivers in February presented the Calidore Quartet formed by four young musicians from the best of the Colburn School of Music: Estelle Choi, [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Joins Eve Ensler’s Call to “Strike, Dance, Rise!”
By Georgia Williams Jemmy Bluestein began spreading the word about One Billion Rising (OBR) when he heard Eve Ensler, noted author of The Vagina Monologues, speak on KFCF radio about a year ago. [...] Continue Reading
Why Voting Patterns in Fresno Matter: From the Editor – March 2013
If you have ever told someone that Fresno is a conservative community, take a look at the maps below. The large map illustrates how we voted last November on Prop 32, the initiative promoted by big [...] Continue Reading
No Drones!
By Mike Bridges An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Its flight is either controlled autonomously by computers within the [...] Continue Reading
The Return of the Rogue
By Richard Stone Spring is in the air, and Fresno has a Rogue-ish look in its eye. Yes, another Rogue Festival is upon us, that wonderful panoply of performance that jes’ keeps growing—and is getting [...] Continue Reading
¡Que Vivan Los San Patricios! St. Patrick’s Day Concert
Click to hear the promo Saint Patrick’s Day Concert and Dance ¡Que Vivan Los San Patricios! Sunday, March 17 • 3 p.m. Fresno City College Old Administration Auditorium Tickets: Concert and Dance $20, [...] Continue Reading
Murder Park: It’s a Real Place
By Simone Whalen-Rhodes The sun blinds me as I jump on the 180 West heading to Murder Park’s evening practice. The freeway slowly melts away into Whites Bridge Road, passing orchards and small plots [...] Continue Reading