By Chanel Ruiz-Mendez and Sarah Sharpe On Dec. 5, Fresno Metro Ministry will celebrate 43 years of advocacy to create a more “respectful, compassionate and inclusive community” at its Anniversary [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Gay Agenda: Holiday Edition!
By Kaylia Metcalfe Happy December! Usually around this time you start seeing the recap lists: “Best Fashion Moments of 2013!,” “Worst Moments of 2013: Politician Edition!,” “Hottest Videos of 2013,” [...] Continue Reading
Straight No Chaser
By Kaylia Metcalfe Straight No Chaser (SNC) is the 10-member a cappella group that has been making headlines and changing the way mainstream pop culture views a cappella music. Since forming as [...] Continue Reading
Public Defense in Peril
By Vic Bedoian In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been [...] Continue Reading
Mark Arax to Be Presented Free Speech Award
By Rych Withers The Fresno Free College Foundation will be having its annual banquet on Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Wedgewood Banquet Hall (4584 W. Jacquelyn Ave.). The Foundation owns and operates [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2013
Save the Fulton Mall I keep hearing as an excuse for tearing up the mall “Fresno is a car culture.” Well maybe we need to start weaning off this particular culture and grow up, like other cities in [...] Continue Reading
And Love Is Our Doctrine
By Glenda Roberts At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, love is our doctrine and service is our prayer. We are called to live out our principles. We believe that social justice is love [...] Continue Reading
Jello Biafra to Perform at Strummer’s
By Maddie Shannon Jello Biafra, former lead singer of the hit punk rock band the Dead Kennedys, is performing at Strummer’s in Fresno’s Tower District on Nov. 1. Biafra’s new band, Jello Biafra [...] Continue Reading
Latin American Film Festival
By Dr. Annabella España-Nájera The Fresno State Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies (CLAS) is happy to announce the inaugural Latin American Film Festival, which brings to the Central [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – November 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, November 14, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK November 5, first [...] Continue Reading
Remembering and Celebrating
By Kaylia Metcalfe This month marks the 16th year where groups from all over the world will gather together on Nov. 20 and participate in TDoR events. TDoR, or Transgender Day of Remembrance, is a [...] Continue Reading
Nostalgia, Tragicomedy and Terry E.
By Alfonso C. Hernandez “Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?” says Shakespeare in his Sonnet 8 alluding to a sense of nostalgia while hearing music that heightens the sense of memory in the [...] Continue Reading