Why are people like John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Billy the Kid so powerful in our cultural imagination? All were violent criminals, but they achieved a notoriety and popularity not in spite of, but because of their crimes. Why do we sometimes venerate those whom, under different circumstances, we would abhor? This question was […]
The Lindsay Community Theater proudly presents a “Salute to the Kingston Trio” starring the County Line Trio on Sat. Dec. 3 at 7:30. This highly entertaining show provides a nostalgic trip down memory lane with the great hits of the Kingston Trio. The price is only $20. Tickets are available at lindsaycommunitytheater.com and can also […]
Since 1981, the Visalia Rescue Mission has provided various services and ministries to those encountering homelessness and substance abuse addiction. For 35 years, VRM has served hundreds of thousands of meals, provided shelter for men, women and children every night of the year, and graduated hundreds of men and women through the Life Change Academy […]
The Tulare County Symphony is excitedly getting ready to open its classical season on Saturday, October 15, performing music by American contemporary composers on the Visalia Fox Theatre stage surrounded by a brand new wrap-around orchestra shell designed to enhance the sound. The shell’s mahogany finish not only provides a highly professional look, but it […]
The Olate Dogs, winners from Season 7 of America’s Got Talent, will appear in Visalia at the Convention Center on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 2pm. The Olate Dogs Santa Paws Holiday Show, led by Richard Olate and his son Nicholas Olate is a high-energy, fast-paced canine theatrical act filled with amazing dog tricks, human […]
At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, 12 young people became the latest class of interns at the SCICON outdoor education program. Arriving at the school in August to begin working alongside SCICON teachers and naturalists, the American interns, most of whom are recent college graduates, came from the Central Valley and as far […]
Tickets are on sale for Kaweah Delta Breast Center’s 5th annual Pink Tea Party, whose “Alice in Wonderland” theme will transform the Visalia Convention Center on Sunday, Oct. 23, with national speaker, author and breast cancer survivor Dr. Sheri Phillips Prentiss. The event’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Sheri, a physician, national spokesperson for Susan […]
Many of us associate Edgar Allan Poe with works like “The Tell-Tale Heart” or “The Raven” (“Nevermore!”). Indeed, Poe was the nineteenth century American master of the mysterious and the macabre, perhaps our first great horror writer, and certainly one of the finest short story tellers in the American tradition. This week the COS Great […]
The Tulare County Symphony kicks off its 2016-17 season with the traditional Pops in the Park concert at Zumwalt Park in Tulare on Saturday, September 10. The orchestra will play Americana music and marches, movie music, a medley of Big Band music and a salute to the Armed Forces. Vocalist Charlotte Garcia da Rosa will […]
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is proud to announce that Raquel Garcia (Fresno Pacific University – Visalia Campus), Phil Cox (Tulare County Board of Supervisors) and Kim Batty (KB Concepts) have signed on as instructors for the Visalia YEA! class of 2016-2017. YEA! is an innovative program that transforms local middle and high school students […]