Spotlight Visalia features local turned Hollywood artist Stan Taylor on April 26 @TheSunGazette VISALIA – For nearly 90 years, Visalians have taken to their local Fox Theatre stage. While it has seen major acts from around the world, the Visalia Fox continues to serve as a venue for local performers to get their footing or […]

Gourd artists Toni Best, Diana Pearcy, and Sam McKinney will exhibit works at Courthouse Gallery of the Arts @TheSunGazette EXETER – Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the artwork on display at the Exeter art gallery is undeniably “gourdgeous.”  “Absolutely Gourdgeous!” featuring gourd artists Toni Best, Diana Pearcy, and Sam McKinney, […]

Shirley A. Blair taps into her own family history to take on social justice and race in America By Nancy Vigran Reporter for the Sun-Gazette THREE RIVERS – For more than half-a-century, Shirley A. Blair Keller has been trying to respond to her grandfather’s question. When she was a child, her grandfather asked his daughter, […]

Join Sequoia Riverlands Trust and PBS “Nature” for a day of learning how people of any age can become citizen scientists. Sequoia Riverlands Trust is one of 10 locations across the country that have been chosen by PBS to participate in this exciting opportunity. Free and open to the public at Kaweah Oaks Preserve from 10 a.m. […]

@TheSunGazette VISALIA – A birdsong heard through the rustling on a blustery day. A pine tree standing alone along a barren landscape. A single guitar against a symphony of instruments. The glory of nature will be depicted by an adventurous guitarist featured in two pieces inspired by spring at this weekend’s Sequoia Symphony concert.  The […]

Easter egg hunts planned around Visalia and Exeter in upcoming weeks @TheSunGazette TULARE COUNTY – Kids with colorful baskets in hand will be grabbing up equally colorful eggs filled with toys, candy, and prizes all over Tulare County in coming days. Below is a listing of Easter egg hunts in surrounding communities: Visalia PAL holds […]

By Peyton Ellas UCCE Master Gardener April is a great month for working in and enjoying the garden. The statewide California Native Plant Week is April 15 to 21, and International Earth Day is April 21. Danger of frost is past, but the weather and soil are still relatively cool, with a continued opportunity for […]

Documentary on life of the father of wilderness conservation and patron saint of environmental activism will be shown Sunday, April 14 at COS @TheSunGazette VISALIA – What would Tulare County be like without Sequoia National Park? It’s a sad and terrible thought that thanks to John Muir we’ll never have to experience. Muir’s writings of […]

Play made popular by 1989 film will show April 11, 13 and 14 @TheSunGazette LINDSAY – Different walks of life, the opposite sex, shyness, and sickness, are just a few things that can drive women away from one another, but none of them is as powerful as the friendship that keeps them close.  That’s the […]

Tulare County Library to hold annual book festival at Visalia Branch Library Saturday, April 13 @TheSunGazette VISALIA – Celebrate the second annual Tulare County Library Book Festival at the Visalia Branch Library at 200 West Oak Ave. in Visalia from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 13. The Tulare County Library Foundation, along […]