(Editor’s note: March 3 is World Book Day, an annual event organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing and copyrights. This date is [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Importance of Public Art in Small Towns
If you go to the corner of Sheridan and Valley View streets in Selma, right off Highway 99, you’ll find the local Boys and Girls Club decorated by a large orange butterfly and a pair of hands holding [...] Continue Reading
Rogue Festival Returns March 3–11
The Rogue Festival, Fresno’s most uncontrolled performing arts event, returns to the Tower District March 3–11 with more than 170 separate performances from 40 performing groups in eight venues, [...] Continue Reading
Por Amor a Los Libros
(Nota del editor: el 3 de marzo es el Día Mundial del Libro, un evento anual organizado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) para promover la [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Lee Herrick Named California’s Poet Laureate
Governor Gavin Newsom recently appointed Fresno poet Lee Herrick as California’s newest poet laureate. Herrick is the first Asian American to be so honored. He has been widely published in literary [...] Continue Reading
Oaxaqueños Organize Día de los Muertos in Madera
My most vivid moments as a child are of my entire village coming together. A village of approximately 20 families would gather to build, celebrate and mourn. In times of mourning, the community would [...] Continue Reading
Film Review: Mr. Malcolm’s List
Mr. Malcolm’s List is a love story in the genre of the Bridgerton series. I really liked the portrayal of a multiracial 19th century England without the stench of White supremacy, White racism and [...] Continue Reading
From a TV Show to Reality
Back in the late 1960s, The Prisoner was my favorite TV show by far. It was a quirky spy-type series, and in it a British agent was whisked away to a clandestine site known only as The Village. In [...] Continue Reading
Saving a Cultural Icon and a Neighborhood
After an excruciating period of bargaining, the Fresno City Council voted to purchase the Tower Theatre, which has been at the center of controversy and a culture-war conflict for more than a year. [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner
Richard’s Soliloquy (Blank Verse Poem) Sometimes I feel I just cannot go on. I want to stop and let my spirit be. The forces in this world want more and more. They make demands upon my [...] Continue Reading
Mural Unveiled at Jaswant Singh Khalra Park in Fresno
A Sikh man captures a mural being unveiled at Jaswant Singh Khalra Park in West Fresno on May 22. The cost of the mural was covered by the James Irvine Foundation as part of an award package for [...] Continue Reading
Fresno to Buy Tower Theatre for $6.5 Million
On April 21, the Fresno City Council voted 4-3 to buy the iconic Tower Theatre. Council Members Esmeralda Soria, Miguel Arias, Tyler Maxwell and Nelson Esparza voted “yes,” whereas Mike Karbassi, Luis [...] Continue Reading