BANGDEEK!: Pepe Aguilar, Peace on Earth and Devil You know
So, it might not be Paul freakin’ McCartney, but there is no shortage of concert choice this week for those looking. I’ve collected them here in another installment of my BANDGEEEEK! roundup. TONIGHT:...
View ArticleMy review of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’
Here’s my review of the national tour of “Joseph,” which played its final performance Wednesday night. One reader writes to say he likes Grumpy Donald. It’s because I wrote this: (As for the coat of...
View ArticleTwo new coffee startups sniffing around Fresno
Two new coffee startup companies are getting their footing in Fresno. Though they’re certainly in their infancy – neither one is open yet – you might be seeing them around Fresno soon. Both are holding...
View ArticleWin tickets to Kuchar’s final Fresno Philharmonic Masterworks concert
You don’t want to miss this special Fresno Philharmonic concert. Maestro Theodore Kuchar, who has conducted the orchestra for 15 years, on Sunday will lead a Masterworks concert for the last time in...
View ArticleThree things we learned from Volbeat guitarist Robert Caggiano
It’s early April and Volbeat is a week out from kicking off its North American tour. It will be the Danish metal band’s first time on stage since August, so the band is dusting off the cobwebs some...
View ArticleFresno’s first LitHop kicks off
Congrats to Lee Herrick and all the folks who have worked so hard to create the first LitHop for Fresno. From my Sunday column: LitHop 2016, a free daylong literary festival, is the creation of Lee...
View ArticleIn local architecture awards, congrats to photography winners
I spent a lot of words in Sunday’s paper toasting the 2016 American Institute of Architects design awards winners for the San Joaquin chapter — at which I had the privilege of being a juror — but one...
View ArticleBandgeek!: Luke Bryan, Jackson Brown and the White Wizard of Hip Hop
Now that we know Trump won’t be swinging through town, some time has freed up to do other stuff, like take in one of the dozens of concerts happening through the week. Here they are in another...
View ArticleJust 3 more days to see Frida show at Fresno Art Museum
The Fresno Art Museum’s blockbuster show “Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray” closes in just three days. The exhibition, which showcases more than 50 photographs taken of Kahlo by Muray,...
View ArticleWin tickets to Fresno Grand Opera’s ‘Dead Man Walking’
If you think opera is all about interminable 19th century arias, think again: There’s a whole world of exciting contemporary storylines and music to enjoy. Fresno Grand Opera is making that clear by...
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