On Sept. 5, a protest called “ReHop” (@rehopfresno on Instagram) took place on Kern and Fulton streets in Fresno. The event was carried out by artists unhappy with the City’s recent decision regarding [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Crafts
Fresno Arts Calendar
This is a .pdf of the September 2024 Arts & Culture calendar. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over the content [...] Continue Reading
El Arte Cautivador y Rebosante de Chris Solís
Christopher Solís es un artista con sede en Fresno. Eso parece una frase aburrida, pero fue todo lo que el artista esquivo me dio cuando le pedí más información sobre sí mismo. Solís no me parece el [...] Continue Reading
Cambios en Torno al ArtHop de Fresno
El ArtHop de Fresno, un evento recurrente en el centro de la ciudad que alberga una vibrante mezcla de vendedores al aire libre y exhibiciones en galerías de arte, enfrenta una agitación [...] Continue Reading
The One and Only Rogue
You might know a thing or two about typical fringe festivals, but do you know Rogue? To those who don’t know, there are fringe festivals worldwide, but there is only one Rogue Festival—an [...] Continue Reading
Barbed Wire Baseball
It is a date that will live in infamy—Feb. 19, 1942. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It disrupted the lives of more than 120,000 Japanese [...] Continue Reading
A Musical Homecoming
It was a homecoming for musician Javier Navarrette. He led a master class and played a concert at Fresno State on Oct. 30. He is a graduate of Roosevelt School of the Arts, class of 1990. Steve [...] Continue Reading
A Musical Homecoming
It was a homecoming for musician Javier Navarrette. He led a master class and played a concert at Fresno State on Oct. 30. He is a graduate of Roosevelt School of the Arts, class of 1990. Steve [...] Continue Reading
Winter Bonsai Silhouette Exhibition
By Homer Gee Greene Jr. The Golden State Bonsai Federation’s Clark Bonsai Collection in the Shinzen Japanese Garden has rotated to its Winter Bonsai Exhibition. The collection is rotated quarterly [...] Continue Reading
For the Love of Books
(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
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