stage & art
Artistic talent and theatrical productions around the Modesto, California area.

Open Studio and Closing Doors
Open Studio and Closing Doors By Jim Christiansen Time for Stanislaus Artist Open Studio weekend. April 13 and 14, 49 ...

The Latinx Comic Arts Festival Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary
The Latinx Comic Arts Festival Celebrates Its 5th AnniversaryBy Dr. Theresa Rojas and Barbra DillonCelebrating its 5th anniversary, The Latinx Comic Arts Festival (LCAF) ...

Libations and Poe: The 1840’s in 2024
Libations and Poe: The 1840’s in 2024by Brandilyn and Christopher Mitchell Edgar Allen Poe, born January 19, 1809, and died ...

The Flowers Art Show
Go Modesto: The Flowers Art ShowArt and Music have always gone hand in hand, and on Friday, March 15th, at 6 pm, The ...
March Into the Arts
March Into the ArtsBy Jim Christiansen March is here already, and we have survived Godzilla vs Modesto in February at ...

Performing View – It’s It Doozy!
PerformingView By Chris Murphy March is going to be a doozy! There are new events and performance popping up everywhere ...

Legally Blonde at MJC
Legally Blonde is opening soon at Modesto Junior College! A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally ...

Art Is In The Air
Art View, Art is in the Air By Jim ChristiansenFebruary is the month when you might find Valentine’s Art gifts ...

A Study In Starlets
Unplugged View: A Study In StarletsBy Aaron Rowan “My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the ...

New Year New View
Art View: New Year New ViewBy Jim Christiansen Happy New Year. We go into 2024 with new resolutions, new activities, ...

PoetryView – Haiku Capitol of the World
By Sam Pierstorff Can Modesto become the Haiku Capital of the World? Every other month at LoFi Diner, Burn & ...

KidsView: Happy Artists Create Art Studio
Happy Artists CreateBy Brandilyn Mitchell “Every child is an artist until he’s told he’s not an artist.” – John Lennon ...

Art Makes a Great Gift
ArtView Art Makes Great GiftsBy Jim Christiansen December, our last 31 days of 2023, includes holiday shopping days and end-of-the-year closeouts. If ...

MAMAView: Rockin Holidays
MAMAView: Rockin’ Holiday and Seasonal CheerBy Middagh GoodwinI hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you went shopping for gifts ...

MJC presents A Streetcar Named Desire
Modesto Junior College will present Tennessee Williams’ dazzling masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dec 1-Dec 10th in the Little Theatre on Modesto Junior ...