Betty Luceigh had a long career as a scientist, always using scientific proven theories. After a few years as a researcher, she taught organic chemistry at UCLA. Then at age 39, she had what she calls an extraordinary vision of the Light of Beauty, which marked a dramatic shift in her spiritual awareness. She has […]
The Lindsay Community Theater presents the 2018 Hot Dog Melodrama Theater. The play is entitled Superheroes Unite and is a spoof of all the superhero movies and television shows that are so popular right now. Show dates are January 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 7:30pm and January 20 at 2pm. Prices are $10 for […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The new procedures, which were announced last year, and are being implemented at airports across the country, require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes. […]
At its first meeting of the new year, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors renewed the Arts Consortium’s designation as the county’s official arts council through 2018. The organization originally received this designation in October 2010, and it has been renewed as needed ever since. The Arts Consortium was created as a result of the […]
Matt Gehrett sees the issue of families and personal technology as an educator and a parent—how the same mobile devices that open us to a universe of knowledge isolate us from the people and the world around us. Having been there himself, Gehrett, Ed.D., director of the M.A. in educational technology program at Fresno Pacific […]
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors started the business of the new year with the election of a chairman and vice chairman for 2018. Steven Worthley was elected chairman, and Kuyler Crocker was elected vice chairman. Both were elected unanimously, 5-0, a voting trend that continued through the meeting. Worthley, who has previously served as […]
“The Planets” is composer Gustav Holst’s most famous piece, with each movement named after a planet of the solar system. The Sequoia Symphony will kick off its spring season by performing the piece on Saturday, January20 at the Visalia Fox Theatre. Parts of the piece have been used in many film and advertising soundtracks. Music […]
Celebrate Visalia Annual Chinese New Year Fair 2018, Year of the Dog! Sponsored by Center for Integrated Medicine and the Asian Cultural Society on Saturday, February 17, 12:00 – 4pm at 816 W. Oak Avenue in Visalia. Bring your friends and family to this educational and cultural–and free–program. Activities at this year’s program include the […]
Boys of Broadway, a revue of the songs of leading men through the years, opened Friday, January 12, at the Ice House Theatre in Visalia. The Visalia Players first show of 2018 is light-hearted entertainment at its best, written and directed by Leeni Mitchell. Mitchell’s ability to produce musical hits is well known to Ice […]
Relevant given the current political environment is You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide for Making Change Happen by Eric P. Liu—founder of Citizen’s University and former Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. Liu characterizes his book “an argument about how power works in civic life and a guide for exercising […]