By Community Alliance Staff The Rogue Festival, Fresno’s completely uncensored performing arts festival, will return March 4–12. This year’s 20th anniversary festival will present more than 100 [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Crafts
A Mural with Wings of Change
On Feb. 18, a mural was unveiled on the grounds of Stone Soup, a nonprofit organization near Fresno State that is dedicated to serving mainly refugees. Local artist Hana Luna Her, who is in her [...] Continue Reading
Un Mural Con Alas de Cambio
El sábado 18 de febrero, se develó un mural en el estacionamiento de Stone Soup, una organización no lucrativa dedicada a servir principalmente a refugiados del área de Fresno. La jóven artista [...] Continue Reading
Cuban Music and the Cultural War
By Peter Maiden During the Cold War, culture was weaponized. The Bolshoi Ballet built legitimacy for the Soviet Union. The CIA countered by covertly running supposedly independent magazines and [...] Continue Reading
Organizaciones Se Oponen al Acta de Modernización de la Fuerza Laboral
Varias organizaciones de base que trabajan con jornaleros agrícolas se reunieron el pasado día 20 de mayo de manera virtual con personal de la oficina del senador de California Alex Padilla. El [...] Continue Reading
New Murals in Fresno Portray Deported Veterans
By Peter Maiden A mural prepared by the Leave No One Behind Mural Coalition was unveiled March 28 in Homerun Alley, behind the 3 Hermanos Company store that has its storefront at 927 Fulton [...] Continue Reading
New Murals in Fresno Portray Deported Veterans
A mural prepared by the Leave No One Behind Mural Coalition was unveiled March 28 in Homerun Alley, behind the 3 Hermanos Company store that has its storefront at 927 Fulton Street. The mural [...] Continue Reading
Meet Aria Luna, a 10-Year-Old Painter and Activist
By Eduardo StanleyPhotos courtesy of Aria Luna When you look at Aria Luna’s painting, you know it’s not kid stuff. It’s paintwork. And then you learn she is a kid. So you take again a look at her [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Zoyer Zyndel
The Community Alliance staff (Editor’s note: Local LGBTQ community leader Zoyer Zynder, 33, passed away on Dec. 26. Circumstances of his death were not made available to the public and were [...] Continue Reading
Protest for Breonna Taylor in Fresno
By Peter Maiden Alluvial Avenue in front of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno was the site of protests every Friday in June in honor of George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by [...] Continue Reading
A Mural of Vanessa Guillen is Unveiled, with a Vigil
By Peter Maiden Around 75 people attended a vigil in Fresno on July 18 in honor of Vanessa Guillen. The vigil was held at 717 N. Fresno Street, where a mural featuring her likeness had just been [...] Continue Reading
I Am a Book
A Free Verse Poem by Richard Iyall I am peace. I am love. I am the light from high above. I am the light that shines within. I am the spark that makes you grin. I am a book upon on a [...] Continue Reading