With a city like Fresno, boasting a 49.7% Hispanic population according to U.S. Census data, it would be hard not to celebrate such a special day commemorating Mexico's victory in battle against the French. However, if you happen to find yourself grabbing for a Mexican treat this week, or drinking...
Hoover, McCardle Students Illustrate 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote
Students from Hoover High School and McCardle Elementary School exhibited their interpretations of the women's suffrage movement at ArtHop in downtown Fresno on Thursday night. The movement waged a nearly 100-year fight win the right to vote for women in the United States. Finally, on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th...
Local Artist Mac Mechem Offers His Take on 'Trumpocracy'
It's hard to imagine ArtHop goers having a neutral reaction Thursday evening to Mac Mechem's solo exhibit at Fig Tree Gallery in downtown Fresno. Mechem's subject is President Donald Trump, who doesn't engender neutrality. Neither does Mechem. Listen to this article: "I am a figurative painter who comments on the...
Good News: Beauty From the Ashes and One Lucky Rabbit
Artist Shane Grammer is based in Los Angeles, but he a native of Chico. After the deadly Camp Fire devastated the community of Paradise, he responded in a way that has grabbed national attention. Since January, Grammer has made trips to what is left of Paradise, leaving behind evocative pieces...
Newly Renovated Peerless Building Debuts With ArtHop Event
Fresno's innovators, makers, and engineers have a new hub with the opening of the recently renovated Peerless Building downtown at 1755 Broadway Street. The public can check it out Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. There will be a grand opening art show for the building, featuring over 40...