Archive for Entertainment

PINC Announces Catholic Charities as 2013 Beneficiary

Mar 27, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO - Philanthropy Inspired by the Needs of our Community (PINC), a unique Fresno nonprofit founded in 2008 to benefit other local nonprofits in the community, has announced the beneficiary for its 5th annual fundraising event to be held on June 15, 2013. The beneficiary for the event, titled “PINC-A-Palooza,” will be Catholic Charities – Diocese [...]

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Bass Lake Resorts Opening for Spring

Mar 26, 2013 No Comments

BASS LAKE - There are some truly infallible signs of spring: wildflowers blooming, the return of some migratory birds, and The Forks Resort and Miller’s Landing opening for the season on Bass Lake. Located about 20 minutes from the southern gate to Yosemite National Park, Bass Lake is a popular destination for visitors looking for a [...]

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Selland Arena Ranked No. 4 on Venue List

Mar 13, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Venues Today Inc. has ranked Fresno’s Selland Arena number four on the Top 5 List of best arenas with live entertainment based on box office sales and attendance figures during the 2012 calendar year.  The rankings were for venues with 5,001-10,000 capacity. Rounding out the list are Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles #1; [...]

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40 Under 40: Nicole Emmert-Hamaker – Pinch My Salt

Feb 25, 2013 No Comments

Nicole Emmert-Hamaker is the owner/founder of the very popular Pinch My Salt blog. She is a 2002 graduate from the University of Oregon who over the last few years came to realize that creating a meal in her own kitchen is not only healthier and more economical than eating out, but a lot more fun. [...]

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Madera County Arts Council Celebrates 30 Years

Feb 25, 2013 No Comments

MADERA – The Madera Arts Council will commemorate 30 years of promoting art and artists in Madera County with a community celebration March 23. The event will take place at the Hatfield Hall at the Madera District Fair Grounds from 6 to 9 p.m. “Thirty years ago Nancy Clute, local artist and educator, gathered a [...]

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Fresno State Sweeps Regional Theatre Festival

Feb 22, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Competing against actors from 55 colleges and universities, Fresno State Theatre Arts majors walked away with every major acting award at the 2013 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region 8 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. The Fresno State sweep marked the first time a single university has won all the acting [...]

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40 Under 40: Jarrod Lyman – Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau

Feb 14, 2013 No Comments

Jarrod Lyman studied broadcast journalism at Northern Arizona University, and left after a couple of years to report the news at a network of radio stations in his hometown of Lake Havasu City in Arizona.  Several years later he got into his first tourism promotions and destination marketing organization, the Lake Havasu Convention and Visitors [...]

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Woodcarver’s Rendezvous Set to Return to Oakhurst

Feb 14, 2013 No Comments

 OAKHURST - The California Carver’s Guild, along with the Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau and Oakhurst Area Chamber of Commerce have announced the 6th Annual Oakhurst Woodcarver’s Rendezvous will take place April 14 through 21. The event will once again be held at the Oakhurst Community center. “This special week of carving is guaranteed to be fun [...]

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Fresno Monsters Raise $10,000 for Children’s Hospital Central California

Feb 13, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO - On January 25 & 26 the Fresno Monsters Hockey Team held a Children’s Hospital Jersey Auction Weekend at Selland Arena.  The Monsters live auctioned the North American Hockey League team’s game-worn specialty jerseys featuring the Children’s Hospital logo and George the Giraffe throughout the games that weekend.  The Monsters have announced the team collected $10,000 for [...]

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Local Youth in Major League Baseball Contest

Feb 13, 2013 No Comments

CLOVIS – Jared Eben of Clovis is currently one of 52 baseball fans competing for a spot in the 2013 MLB Fan Cave. All of the applicants submitted videos of themselves in a contest where the top 30 participants earn a trip to the MLB Fan Cave and earn the distinction of being a “Cave [...]

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40 Under 40: Christina Musson – KMJ Radio

Feb 11, 2013 No Comments

Christina Musson is a native of Fresno, and graduated from Edison Computech School in 1999.  She then went to college at New York State University and its Tisch School of the Arts, studying musical theater.  A severe case of stage fright led her to pursue another career, this time in journalism. Her first job after [...]

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Fresno Fair Wins Big at WFA Event

Feb 07, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – The Big Fresno Fair was recently honored at the Western Fairs Association’s 90th Convention & Trade Show, in which roughly 125 fairs from throughout the Western United States attend to gather new ideas, attend seminars and participate in the annual Achievement Awards. The Achievement Awards recognize the very best efforts that a fair [...]

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40 Under 40: Alysia Sofios – KMPH FOX 26

Feb 06, 2013 No Comments

Alysia Sofios is an award-winning journalist who is known in the Fresno area for her exclusive stories about the Marcus Wesson murders.  She was the first reporter to hear about the story from police and the only reporter to obtain interviews with most of Wesson’s family. Sofios majored in journalism at Michigan State University, and [...]

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Buffett Performance Saturday will Benefit Local Arts Education

Feb 01, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Emmy Award-winning composer, philanthropist and New York Times best-selling author Peter Buffett took time Friday to visit students and faculty in arts programs at local schools and prepare for his “A Concert & Conversation” performance at Fresno City College Saturday evening. The benefit performance is expected to raise between $150,000 – $200,000 for [...]

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Buffett to Visit Fresno Schools

Jan 31, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Peter Buffett, Emmy Award-winning composer, philanthropist, and New York Times best-selling author will be visiting local schools tomorrow to visit with students and faculty to promote arts education.  He will be performing a benefit concert in the Old Administration Building Auditorium at Fresno City College this Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Buffett is the [...]

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40 Under 40: Byron Watkins – Windsong Productions/I Bike Fresno

Jan 31, 2013 No Comments

Byron Watkins is the creative director and a partner at Windsong Productions.  In the company’s first year of inception, Watkins has led Windsong Productions to numerous awards locally, regionally and nationally.  He oversees all creative, directing, writing, conception, producing, editing and whatever needs to be completed to make a production happen.  Watkins is in the [...]

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Billboard Reimagines Brand with Relaunch

Jan 29, 2013 No Comments

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Billboard announced today it has relaunched its iconic magazine and digital properties with bold new designs, exclusive content, dynamic charts and multi-screen synchronization to solidify its spot as the most important destination in music media. With unparalleled authority and access to music’s biggest names, Billboard will continue to lead and [...]

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Vicente Fernandez Concert Rescheduled

Jan 24, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Vicente Fernandez, beloved singer known throughout the world as “El Rey de la Cancio” or “The King of Ranchera Music” has rescheduled his previously canceled worldwide tour.  Accompanied by his son, Vicente Fernandez Jr., the legendary singer will bid farewell to his loyal fans in the Central Valley on Friday, April 12 at [...]

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40 Under 40: Reggie Ellis – The Foothills Sun-Gazette

Jan 18, 2013 No Comments

Reggie Ellis has been a journalist in California for over 17 years, and is the current publisher and managing editor of the Foothills Sun-Gazette.  He also oversaw the launch of the Central Valley’s first full pay-wall newspaper website, fsgnews.com, and is the founder of Central Valley Medical Magazine. Ellis was raised in Hanford, and attended [...]

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Area Visitors Bureaus Team Up for Cooperative Marketing Campaign

Jan 10, 2013 No Comments

FRESNO – Several tourism entities and representatives from three National Parks unveiled a new cooperative promotion highlighting Kings, Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks during a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Fresno/Yosemite International Airport. The program, called Majestic Mountain Loop, will help visitors looking to experience some of California’s most popular attractions, was created by [...]

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