The Sixth Annual Visalia Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament to benefit Leadership Visalia will be held at Valley Oaks Golf Course on Friday, March 21. Leadership Visalia is the chamber’s business leadership development course, designed to benefit participants as well as the community. Leadership Visalia was started in 1986. The four-person scramble begins with a […]
When Lost In The Trees – who will perform at the Cellar Door in downtown Visalia on Friday, March 21 – set out to record Past Life, their third album for ANTI-, they knew they needed a break with the past. Frontman Ari Picker looked to move beyond the themes of loss that fueled two […]
Don Tillman is an exacting and highly intelligent genetics professor who decides that he would like to find a wife. The main deterrent in his quest also happens to be his greatest charm: Don is awkward, uncomfortable with social conventions, and unable to navigate many interactions with finesse. Right off the bat, the reader falls […]
Pals of the Grove (POG) will host a rummage sale at 700 S. Bridge in Visalia on March 8, from 8am to dusk. Rummage sale items are needed, as well as volunteers to assist the day of the event. Sissy’s BBQ and More will be on site, from 10am to 6pm, preparing and selling various […]
The Porterville College Foundation will induct Dennis Stowe and Jennie Hatch into the PC Athletic Alumni Hall of Fame at the fourth annual Porterville College Foundation Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on March 8 at the River Island Country Club. The event’s featured speaker will be former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Lupe Sanchez. This year’s “Distinguished […]
The Calidore String Quartet will premier a new composition by popular Tulare County composer Ken Elias when it performs for Music at the Main in Visalia on March 9. The piece, “Possibility of Grace,” was created to accompany a poem of the same name written by Bill Haxton, also of Tulare County. Since coming together […]
The Jon Ginsburg Gallery at the Creative Center will present an exhibition of work by its artist of the month, Anees Akhund, whose unique style was inspired by the works of Picasso, Pollack and Monet. Despite his busy life – which includes a career in financial services, community involvement with several organizations and maintaining a […]
“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” This famous quote by folklorist and writer Zora Neale Hurston gives us a glimpse into the period in time that inspired her works. The Harlem Renaissance […]
With a record-tying five Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a long list of other accolades to her name, Audra McDonald is among today’s most highly regarded performers, and she’s coming to Visalia’s L.J. Williams Theater. Her February 28th concert is a benefit for Hands in the Community – a non-profit organization based in Visalia […]
Classic country legends Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers, and special guest Joe Diffie, will perform their hits on Friday, February 28 at Eagle Mountain Casino. Over 50 years ago, Larry, Steve and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and from there went on to a four-decade career that has […]