By Andrew Veihmeyer In a digital world where exposing sensitive details is often commonplace and instant, what happens when decades worth of data is revealed in one of the largest breaches of [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Crafts
Interview with Avigdar Adams
By Richard Stone Avigdar (pronounced Avadar) Adams is a multifaceted artist whose talents as painter, photographer and performer are much appreciated by those who know his work. As a photographer, [...] Continue Reading
Augsburg, Germany; Fresno, Visalia and Three Rivers
By Alfonso C. Hernandez The Sierra Vocal Arts Ensemble (SVAE) of Porterville, under the direction of Fred Knutson, performed its best European tour concert at the Church of Saint Georges in Augsburg, [...] Continue Reading
Futurism, Shakespeare, Sierra Vocal and B.H.
By Alfonso C. Hernandez Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in his “Manifesto of Futurism” (1909) published in Paris’ Le Figaro on Feb. 20 wrote the major principles of futurism among which were the loathing [...] Continue Reading
Shakespeare, Handel, Goethe and Mahler
By Alfonso C. Hernandez In the current world of music and theater, directors, producers, set designers, costumiers and choreographers appear to think that presenting a work of art as originally [...] Continue Reading
Unitarian Universalist Church Presents ‘Janka’
By Lorenzo Bassman On June 15 at 8 p.m., the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno presents Janka, a play about one woman’s will to survive the Holocaust. Janka is the compelling and redemptive [...] Continue Reading
Summer Jazz Series
By Community Alliance Staff The 1st Annual Fresno Summer Jazz Series, featuring some of the biggest names in jazz, will take place on Friday, June 14. The venue for this event will be the Woodward [...] Continue Reading
Love, Wagner, De Sade and Norman
By Alfonso Hernandez Marie Henri Beyle/Stendhal (1783–1825) in his work De l’Amour (On Love) presents four kinds of love: passionate, amour-passion (love-passion), self-evident or well-mannered and [...] Continue Reading
Swede Fest Returns to Tower Theatre
The Central Valley’s fastest-growing amateur film festival will return to Fresno’s historic Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave) on May 19 at 6 p.m. Swede Fest--the only film festival dedicated to sweded [...] Continue Reading
Going Underground with Sci-Fi Caper
By Simone Whalen-Rhodes “Let’s go to the basement!” I declared over the loud band that is already playing at C.A.F.E. Infoshop as I approach Emelia Sci-Fi Caper’s bassist and front lady, Sam, who [...] Continue Reading
Music, Art and Dance: This Fresno Venue Is Cool
By Simone Whalen-Rhodes As I walk into Jasmine La Caris and her husband Omar Nare’s studio, I immediately know this place is cool. It’s a reminder of downtown lofts, with age and character imprinted [...] Continue Reading