It is the nature of baseball – players, coaches, managers and even broadcasters move from one team to another, trying to better themselves in the ranks. Such is the case with Visalia Rawhide Director of Broadcaster & Media Relations Donny Baarns, who left the end of March to take a position with Kansas City Royals […]
A diverse group of South Valley activists and leaders wants to bring the voices of all Tulare County residents to the airwaves, but they’re facing a tight deadline and need to raise cash quickly. “We want to see a growing circle of local people from all walks of life and all political persuasions and all […]
Foreign exchange students from former USSR countries will dance and sing in their cultural costumes and present storyboards about their countries during Downtown Visalia’s First Friday art walk from 5-8pm on April 1. They will perform at the Center for Spiritual Awareness, 117 S. Locust (one block south of Main). The Center will also feature […]
Many may not have realized that there are a number of gaps in Tulare County’s regional media landscape. There has been no public access television outlet or community radio station located inside Tulare County. Fortunately, a non-profit corporation, South Valley Community Media (SVCM), has been newly formed to fill that void. SVCM is nearly able […]
The Tulare County Library and the University of California Tulare/Kings Master Gardeners will welcome spring at the Visalia Garden Festival on March 19, from 9am to 1pm on the south lawn of the Visalia Branch Library at 200 W. Oak Avenue. March 18 will be a “Preview Day” from 12 noon to 2pm, featuring the […]
At its March 7 Visalia City Council meeting, members voted 5-0 in favor of a project to beautify the city. The project was the brain child of Elaine Martell, executive director of Downtown Visalians, and Mary Jo Eastes, of Arts Visalia, who had both seen, while traveling out of state, large electrical boxes turned into […]
The public is invited to see the exhibition of book art by artists Kim Elia, Diane Gomez, Justine Light, Mona Selph and Martha Widmann. Art of the Book runs through March 31 in the Porterville College Art Gallery. This show is of artists’ approaches to making books, which are handmade, one of a kind pieces […]
Francesca dePasquale is one of those rare musicians for whom the term ‘artist’ really means something. There is something poetic in her gift of expression with bow and string that brings you to an elevated place in yourself, a place that is strangely thrilling yet tranquil, a place where you want to linger, to surrender […]
The cost of raising children continues to go up, yet many Central Valley families have not seen a similar increase in their income. Any mom can tell you one of their biggest expenses is buying clothes for their kids, who often outgrow shoes every four months and clothes every year. But help is on the […]
College of the Sequoias Theatre Arts students recently brought home top honors from the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. From February 9-16 of this year, 32 COS Theatre Arts students attended the 48th Annual Regional Festival in Honolulu, where they enjoyed a variety of activities, including workshops, symposia and regional-level award programs, hosted by the […]