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Traditionally, the Reel Pride Film Festival draws thousands to Fresno’s Tower District for one of the nation’s biggest celebrations of LGBTQ cinema. But in response to COVID-19 restrictions, organizers have turned this year’s festival, which takes place this weekend, into an online event. To learn more about what audiences can …

And now for the Weekend, it’s time for Fresno’s Annual Swede Fest where amateurs and sometimes expert filmmakers take scenes from their favorite movies and remake them with friends and family using lots of household props. We hear from one of the founders, Roque Rodriquez. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/201912/swedefest.jpg

Hips will shake, drums will beat and grass skirts will sway this weekend in Merced at an annual celebration that draws crowds from out of the area. The 38th annual … Click to Continue »

It might be the most famous boxcar in Kern County, if not the entire state of California. The childhood home of the late country music star Merle Haggard is no longer in Oildale, where it sat for decades – it’s now at the Kern Pioneer Village near the end of …

Merced resident Thomas Adame Jr. had his first drink when he was in his early teens and by age 19, he says, he was an alcoholic. By age 21, Adame … Click to Continue »

Substance abuse and related issues will be the focus of an event Saturday at the Merced County Courthouse Park, where more than two dozen local providers will be on hand … Click to Continue »

The bands play over two days at the Mariposa Fairgrounds Camping is allowed overnight Friday, July 8 There’s also a songwriters workshop early Saturday, July 9 … Click to Continue »

Thousands took advantage of the great weather this weekend for the very first Grizzly Music and Arts Festival. The event at Chukchansi Park featured two stages, food trucks and more than a dozen musical acts. Many were there to see the headliner, local rapper Fashawn. Some say the event is …