“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 […]
Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed are a relatively new trilogy written by author E.L. James. These novels have risen to the tops of best-seller lists, have lined supermarket bookshelves and are a series that many have read and many will not admit to having read. The books are supposed […]
The Buck Rock Foundation will be hosting its annual open house and barbeque Sunday, September 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Buck Rock Lookout in the Sequoia National Forest. The event, held annually the first Sunday in September since 2000, is free to the public and will feature the annual Blessing of […]
When the League of Christian Actors presents “Les Miserables” in Visalia this month, the internationally acclaimed musical set in pre-revolutionary Paris will be performed by a cast of more than 150, backed by a full orchestra and surrounded by epic sets. International opera star Edna Garabedian, artistic director of the California Opera Association, is stage […]