The following poems were written by individuals incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, CA and Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, CA. Some of the authors are poetry and drama students [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Crafts
I Am Indigenous
Author’s Note: "Native Americans are considered to be the first Americans to live in and populate the United States. By the time the first explorers and settlers arrived from Europe, Native Americans [...] Continue Reading
Howard Watkins Photo of the Month
Muhammad Ali: Jan 17, 1942-June 3, 2016 From Democracy Now! “Thousands gathered in Louisville, KY Friday for the funeral of Muhammad Ali, one of the world’s most iconic figures of the 20th century. [...] Continue Reading
Where is The Freedom?
By Richard Iyall, Cowlitz Why was this country formed, this country called the United States of America? Did not the founders seek their freedom and independence from a king who ruled its people with [...] Continue Reading
Songs of Struggle & Hope
By Mike Rhodes Agustín Lira and Patricia Wells are world class musicians living in Fresno who are starting to get some of the recognition they deserve. Their new CD, being released this month through [...] Continue Reading
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
FROM THE WATKINS PHOTO ARCHIVES--25 YEARS AGO [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Behind Bars
The following poems are written by individuals incarcerated in Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California. Some of the authors are poetry and drama students from the Alliance for California [...] Continue Reading
The Glass Menagerie
By Cherylyn Smith Anyone who attends the current Good Company Players performance of “The Glass Menagerie” is in for a rare experience. Not only will the audience be mesmerized by a character evoking [...] Continue Reading
Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno in May
By Kathy Ayala A creative celebration for women and led by women is coming to the historic Tower Theater in May. The Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno (WAMFF) will take place Friday, May 6, [...] Continue Reading
Creating Change Through Humanism
By George B. Kauffman Roy Speckhardt, Creating Change Through Humanism, Humanist Press: Washington, DC, 2015; $18.99; ISBN 978-0- 931779-65-7 (paperback) A 2015 Pew Research Center report reported [...] Continue Reading
El Molcajete del Diablo
By Leonard Adame The sky is at its most ominous in the desert--it is the repository of snake-eyed glints, a place where molcajete stone is born distance doesn’t exist there nor does it in the [...] Continue Reading
“Hey, Hey, LBJ!” Anti-War Performance Comes to Rogue Festival
By Hannah Brandt In 1964, San Francisco native David Kleinberg dropped out of school to travel. He knew something was going on in Vietnam, but wasn’t too worried about being drafted. He thought it [...] Continue Reading