ModestoView

stage & art

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

ArtView – August 2014

Jim Christiansen

Art View By Jim Christiansen This past month we got to have two good local shows open with artist receptions ...

PoetryView – Let the Games Begin

Sam Pierstorff

Let The Games Begin by Sam Pierstorff MJC Professor of English, Ninja Poet Warrior and ModestoView Poet Laureate This is ...

ArchitectureView – Park(ing) Day

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Reclaiming Urban Space I moved back to Modesto in December 2001 after decades living away in ...

PerformingView – August 2014

Kaye Osborn

PerformingView by Kaye Osborn I am hopeful many of you were able to attend a few live performances this summer! ...

Interview – Learn to Play Ulices Chavez

Chris Murphy

InterView By Chris Murphy School is not just reading, writing and arithmetic. School is about learning and becoming an exceptional ...

Dead Man’s Cell Phone

Chris Murphy

An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet cafe. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And ...

Migrant Mother at the Prospect

Ken White

  Migrant Mother at the Prospect By Ken White “There are moments when time stands still and all you do ...

ArtView – July 2014

Jim Christiansen

Art View By Jim Christiansen Roger Hanner sent me a note on my facebook page, to let me know we ...

PerformingView – July 14

Kaye Osborn

A Time to Perform in July By Kaye Osborn So, dear readers, were you able to attend a local drama, ...

ArchitectureView – Building Restoration

Bob Barzan

ArchitectureView By Bob Barzan Owner Vandalism and Building Restoration I’d like to think that the days of covering the façade ...

PoetryView – The Pull

Sam Pierstorff

The Pull By Sam Pierstorff – MJC English Professor, Ninja Poet and the Official Poet Laureate of ModestoView I spent ...

CSC Presents Shakespseare’s “The Tempest”

Chris Murphy

Center Stage Conservatory (CSYSC) Center Stage Youth Summer Conservatory presents, The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare. July 18-27, Fridays and ...

PoetryView- Can You Dig It?

Sam Pierstorff

Can You Dig it? A Tribute Poem for American Graffiti —by Sam Pierstorff, Modesto View, Poet Laureate If you unearth ...

ZenView – Imagination

Mary Layton

Imagination By Mary Layton Recently a friend told me a beautifulstory. At a hospital two sick men are sharing a ...

PerformingView

Kaye Osborn

Performing View Time to Perform – June By Kaye Osborn I am writing this on May 15, Bike to Work ...