Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward will host the 3rd Annual Justice Run 5K race/1 mile walk at Mooney Grove Park on Saturday, October 12, as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Proceeds will benefit Family Services of Tulare County and the Central California Family Crisis Center, which provide shelter and other services to victims […]
“Prison is quite literally a ghetto in the most classic sense of the word, a place where the U.S. government now puts not only the dangerous but the inconvenient—people who are mentally ill, people who are addicts, people who are poor and uneducated and unskilled.” Thus Piper Kerman, author of her memoir, Orange is the […]
The Orosi Memorial Hall will again be transformed into a smorgasbord of sights and sounds for the Spanspek Music and Arts Festival on Friday, October 4. The eighth annual homegrown festival is unlike any other event in Tulare County, and it brings locally produced music and art to the Cutler-Orosi community. The Spanspek fest features […]
“Taking Art to the Streets” is a major new exhibition and series of community events organized by Arts Visalia Visual Art Center as a part of the 2013 Taste the Arts Festival. The exhibition will feature works of urban art, block printing and screen printing by the artists of the Urbanist Collective, as well as […]
The Cowboy Cultural Committee will present the Visalia Roundup, the 23rd Annual Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering, featuring cowboy poetry and music by Nancy Lee, Gary Robertson and The Saddle Cats. The Cowboy Cultural Committee was the brainchild of Lani Hernandez of Visalia and each year, the event seems to grow a bit larger. From […]
Production Company Blare Media will hold a casting call on Friday, October 4, seeking actors and extras to play roles in a baseball-themed film set to begin production on Sunday, October 13, at Visalia Rawhide Baseball Stadium. Officials say the film, titled “FAN27,” will shoot for two days in Visalia and one day in the […]
Every August, Arts Visalia presents “Young at Art,” an exhibition of artworks by students who participated in the summer arts classes at Arts Visalia. Each year, these programs have grown, with more young people taking classes. This summer’s program was no exception and, in fact, was our largest summer program yet. Arts Visalia’s galleries are […]
Tennessee Williams’ classic drama “The Glass Menagerie” will open at the Ice House Theater in Visalia on August 16. Williams’ original version of the play was titled “The Gentleman Caller.” In 1944, discouraged by his lack of success, Williams reworked “The Gentleman Caller,” personalizing it into “The Glass Menagerie.” The character of Amanda was patterned […]
The Tulare County Office of Education’s CHOICES Prevention Program will welcome Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and star Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown to the Visalia Fox Theatre on Friday, August 16. Brown will speak at an event scheduled from 9 a.m. until noon, delivering a special message for Central Valley adults helping […]
The Visalia Fox Theatre will present “An Evening with Chris Botti and His Band,” featuring jazz, pop and classical music, at 7:30 p.m. on August 21. The Grammy Award-winning trumpeter will bring with him R&B, soul and jazz singer Sy Smith and renowned violinist Serena McKinney. “I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Chris Botti perform […]