Yee Haw! Enjoy a fun evening of Western Round Up entertainment and dining at the popular Ritchie Barn near Ivanhoe on Saturday, August 26. The evening will get underway with a full barbeque tri-tip steak dinner including special A&W Root Beer floats for dessert. Throughout the evening, One Nation will perform country music songs in the […]
Visalia Animal Services is celebrating Clear the Shelters with a week-long event of adopting out spayed and neutered dogs, for free. Clear the Shelters is a now larger than nationwide day, presented by VIP Pet Care, PetCo and NBC Universal. Now extending outside of the US, NBC and Telemundo owned stations are team up with […]
From September 11- 21 businesses within or close to Porterville will again participate in corporate games organized by the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation. This business-to-business team competition is said to be the ultimate team-building experience. Games include: cornhole, volleyball, spelling bee, archery, home run derby, bowling, footgolf, basketball challenge and an Obstacle Course. […]
Summer Jubilee, a fundraiser for Tulare Hospital Foundation is Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Zumwalt Park in the heart of downtown Tulare. The volunteer planning committee; co-chaired by Trish Hitlin and Marmie Fidler, are creating a one of a kind celebration. The 25th Silver Anniversary of the event is our last party of the summer […]
A lifelong artist, Jeanette Brewer’s work features snapshots of life, as well as multi-piece journeys. Her acrylics are currently being featured in her one-woman show, Moments in Time, at the Porterville Art Association Gallery, with an artist’s reception on Friday, August 4. The exhibit will run through September 8. Brewer grew up in Porterville and […]
The 12th Annual Shakespeare in the Plaza summer play is The Tempest, presented by the Lindsay Community Theater. Show dates are August 10, 12, 17, and 19 at the Sweet Brier Plaza stage in Downtown Lindsay. Shows start at Dusk (about 8pm) and admission is free. The play centers around the magician, Prospero (Chris Shepard), […]
On July 27, the Tachi-Yokut tribe celebrated a ground-breaking ceremony for a new entertainment complex at the Tachi Hotel and Casino in Lemoore. The complex is slated to open September 2018. The complex will be an all-encompassing 88,350 square feet of fun featuring an 8-screen movie theater, a 30-lane bowling alley, an arcade equipped with […]
In the San Joaquin Valley, kids grow up showing livestock. Some adults continue on exhibiting cattle, dairy cows and horses. But, showing cats? Is that a thing? Yes, and The International Cat Association (TICA) Southwest Regional Awards Show will take place August 5-6 at the Wyndham Hotel in Visalia. The show will be open to […]
When astronaut Don Thomas misses the crystal-clear, starry sky he saw in space, he comes to Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks to remember how it looks. A mission specialist, Thomas spent 44 days circling the Earth as part of the crew for four different Space Shuttle missions. Thomas orbited the planet nearly 700 times, traveling more […]
By her own admission, Dolly Levi is a meddler. The principal character in the classic musical “Hello, Dolly!” is a schemer, a matchmaker, an entrepreneur and a woman who loves life. This month, the Theatre Company is preparing to perform “Hello, Dolly!” – its 20th summer production since the founding of the program. “The timing […]