By Eduardo Stanley Rock and Roll, the young music that prevailed overwhelmingly since the 1950s, emerged in English. In countries where another language is spoken, it is common for local bands to [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Madera Group Seeks People Willing to Highlight Their Culture or Faith
By Lourdes Herrera The Madera Coalition for Community Justice, a community-based organization, has been sponsoring an Interfaith/Intercultural Day for the past 20 years. Each year, it has gotten [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – December 2018
What Is Christmas? By Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz Christmas is the time of year to be with those you love; for sights and smells, for jingle bells; the shining star above; for ice and snow, for [...] Continue Reading
Transgender Day of Remembrance
By Peter Maiden About 50 people gathered on the corner of Blackstone and Nees avenues for a Transgender Day of Remembrance rally and protest on Nov. 20. Trans-E-Motion organized the sunset gathering [...] Continue Reading
Women’s Services for the Next Century
By Kayla Moon The third annual Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno (WAMFF) is stirring up a lot of attention and excitement. The event will feature a night of educators, entertainers, speakers, [...] Continue Reading
For My Father Leonard Adame By Maria M. Adame Time has slipped through like film through a projector; the clock’s hand bangs every mocking minute. I still see your last moments. Your eyes squeezed [...] Continue Reading
Transgender Day of Remembrance
By Zoyer Zyndel You are invited to attend the 2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Nov. 16. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the event begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. The TDOR will be hosted [...] Continue Reading
Where is the Freedom in this Land?
By Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz Why was this country formed, this country called United States? Did not the founders seek their freedom and their independence from a king who ruled its people with an [...] Continue Reading
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
By Michael D. Evans In the long tradition of free music at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival has become an annual institution and a must-attend pilgrimage for [...] Continue Reading
Community Activism Delivers
By Vic Bedoian Will Arvin’s new oil ordinance translate into environmental justice gains in other hard-hit San Joaquin Valley towns? Juan Flores, a Delano-based community organizer with the Center on [...] Continue Reading
Music and Progressive Politics to Share the Stage at Fulton 55
By Mike Rhodes This month, you are invited to combine your passion for great local music and progressive politics by going to Fulton 55 as we raise money for the Mike Rhodes Social Justice Scholarship [...] Continue Reading