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July / August • 2013

New Program $10,000 Reasons Valley Public Here & Now Opportunity Monday thru Thursday Radio Report Featured on Morning Edition Drawing from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. Tickets on Sale now! To all of our members, volunteers and others who support us generously throughout the year. Our Spring Membership Campaign raised more than $143,000 for the station and got us very close to our fundraising goal. There’s still time to help out, and your membership support is always needed to help Thank us continue to bring you the best in Public Radio.

Special thanks to our Special thanks to our Lou Sabandal On-Air volunteersYou! Phone Volunteers Dorothy Sedley Sally Selby Jim Ashford Dan Awbrey Judith Swick Bee Barmann Deanna Bailey Gayle Takakjian-Gilbert Bob Boro David Balentine Robert Torres Sean Boyd Bernard Barmann Jim Varley Ren Carter Diane Buckalew Marilyn Zitterkopf Lorraine Christiansen Kathi Carrle Lori Clune Nené Casares And a very special thanks Rod Coburn Ani Chamichian to those members and Vernon Crowder Virginia Coningsby businesses who provided Celeste De Monte Marni Cotter Challenge Grants: Vince DiCiccio Carol DeLaMater Jackie Doumanian James Doe Anonymous Larry Ferguson Kelly Dominguez Sharon Hanley Sharon Hanley Carrie Epperly Bonner Family Foundation Karana Hattersley-Drayton Denise Fletcher Childrens Hospital Central California Chris Hays Marty Frantz Bertha & John Garabedian Foundation Barbara Heintzelman Ninna Garver Bee & Bernard Barmann Brad Huff Steve Guinn Karahadian Dental/Fresno Sleep & Dave Koehler Linda Hammer-Brown Snoring Center Judith Kuipers Neal Howard Pathology Associates Doug Loorz Gerry Hughes John & Mary Ann Putman Kate McKnight Roxie Jizmejian Vincent & Niki Correll Ed Palacios Carmen Linares Dr. Michael Clark David Parker Margrette Long Campos Custom Construction Dewey Slater Kathy Long-Pence Fresno Equipment Company Pat Smith Perry Mamigonian Ashwood Development Jim Swanson Ruth Medlin Scott & Theresa Mitchell Mark Thomas Sally Miller Jim and Piti Witherow Kiah Tiftick Deborah Osborne Chris Hays & David Slater Dave Tyckoson Gerald Palladino Dr. Donald Foster Howard Watkins Connie Parker Dr. Musti Haseeb Franz Weinschenk Charlotte Pavelko Ed Palacios and Dr. Jay Center Kathryn York Eric & Yvonne Pennestri Bob & Pam Jones Deb Prewit Judy Kuipers Rob Raucci Marni Cotter Louise Richardson Brian Beason Susan Rogers

2 A Note from the MANAGER

July / August • 2013 Volume 35, Number 4 EASING INTO SUMMER KVPR-FM 89.3 KPRX-FM 89.1 As I write this, the temperatures remain mild and oh so pleasant. I feel like I am on the coast with the breezes and beautiful skies. However, I FM89 offices and studios are located at am sure this will change soon, and it will feel like the San Joaquin Valley 3437 W. Shaw Ave., #101, Fresno, CA 93711-3224. Business phone: (559) 275-0764 again! Toll free phone: (800) 275-0764 Several of you have asked about the Bakersfield back-up generator. I Request phone: (559) 247-2855 www.kvpr.org wish I could say, the project has been completed, but it has not. The Subscription rate: $40 for seniors and students, project is underway and equipment has been ordered. Harsh weather $60 for sustaining members. kept us from moving forward last year, so it was necessary to wait until the weather was mild once again. Then there were complications with the concrete and because the location is remote, and a Audiophile Magazine is published bi-monthly by much larger generator was needed to power both the AC unit and the transmitter, the costs were White Ash Broadcasting, Inc., dba Valley Public Radio. Printed by Dumont Printing. all much more than initially anticipated. As a result, what we thought would cost in the range of $25-30,000 has now exceeded $50,000 and not all of the invoices are known. Our goal is to provide a BOARD OF DIRECTORS — Farshid Assemi • Bernard C. Barmann • more reliable signal to South Valley listeners and we know this back-up generator is the best way to Jerry Behrens • Cynthia R. Bruno, Treasurer • keep the station on the air during the hot temperatures and frequent summer outages. Gifts for this Diane Buckalew • Paul Chen • project are welcome! When the project is complete, which I hope is at the time you are reading this, Jackie Doumanian • John Gilbert • Judith L. Kuipers, PhD • I will send out a celebratory message. In the interim, I thank everyone for your extreme patience and Malcolm J. McDonald, MD generosity. Ed Palacios, Chairperson • David Parker, Secretary • Special thanks to the news team, headed up by Joe Moore, Executive Producer, Rebecca Pleavin Debrah Prewit, Vice Chairperson • award winning reporter, Ezra Romero, Producer/Reporter. Ezra is a recent graduate of Fresno State and Mariam Stepanian, President • his efforts here at Public Radio have moved Valley Edition to another milestone. Rebecca’s report on DIRECTOR EMERITI — Valley Fever was given national attention, when heard on Morning Edition, a short time ago. Recently, Rick Ataide • Marian Mosley • Susan Early • she received recognition from Healthy Communities Access Partners for her reporting at Vida en Dr. Troy Smith • Valle and at Valley Public Radio. Juanita Stevenson, former host for Valley Edition, has accepted a COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL — full- time position with EDC in Fresno as their Locations Coordinator. We wish Juanita the best as she Lynne Ashbeck • Todd Baxter • Hagop Bedoyan • Edgar Blunt • Tony Cantu • Dr. Jay Center • another community interest. Do not be surprised if you hear her reports, as she is determined to stay Lorraine Christiansen • Celeste DeMonte • connected via occasional local reports. I commend Joe Moore, for taking such thoughtful steps as we Dr. Bobby Eghbalieh • Jean Fennacy • gradually build a local news presence for the San Joaquin Valley. It takes time and resources and we Dr. Anna Hamre • Craig Houghton • are extremely grateful to our major partners, the James Irvine Foundation and California Health Care Linda Lester • Francie Levy • Nikiko Masumoto • Ruth Medlin • Victor Moheno • Connie Parker • Foundation. Ultimately, our foundation partners want to see the local community support the project, Rev. Luis Rodriguez • Dr. Daniel Swartz • so your membership and partnership matter! Thank you. Gayle Takakjian-Gilbert • Chuck Van Fleet • Renee von Hagel • Jane Willson • I know many of you understand the ending of Talk of the Nation was an NPR decision and not a local Tina Wyneken • Kurt Zumwalt • station decision. I mention this again, because of the many comments I hear. I invite you to tune in to KERN ADVISORY COUNCIL — Here and Now, which has a new format and new hosts. This is a proven format, faster paced, and has Sue Deininger • Greg Gallion • Susan Hersberger • appeal to public radio audiences. Give it time and ask yourself, “what do I learn from this program and Carla Musser • Dr. Larry E. Reider • how does this impact my life?” I will be eager to hear your comments. Thomas P. Seville • VOLUNTEERS — One lucky winner, will be awarded a $10,000 gift, from the Valley Public Radio Opportunity Drawing. Development: Juanita Barnett • Stay tuned for more information on second and third prizes, as well as how to enter the drawing. All Kelly Dominguez • Ninna Garver • proceeds from this drawing benefit programs you hear on Valley Public Radio, however please know Joan Hack • Gerry and Gray Hughes • this is not a tax deductible or membership contribution. We appreciate your participation and look Rosella Isaak • Carmen Linares • Inger Lindhe • Kathryn York • forward to announcing the winners. STAFF — Best wishes to Kristen Furtado, our Business Intern, from Fresno State. Kristen’s tenure with the station Carolyn Carter, Corporate Marketing Representative • included three years of helping in the Business Development and most recently, helped orchestrate John English, Membership Manager • the silent auction at the Wine Tasting. Her degree in Mass Communications takes her to the Bay Area Joe Garcia, Development Director • Gwen Hackett, Intern • to work with a technology company involved in online marketing. We wish her the best. Joe Moore, Director of Program Content • Stay connected and travel with Valley Public Radio. We guarantee you will not only learn about your Rebecca Plevin, Reporter • Kristina Richardson, Assistant to the GM • community, but the world around you. Ezra Romero, Reporter/Producer • Shirin Sohrabi, Business Manager • Mariam Stepanian, President & General Manager • Don Weaver, Operations/Production Manager • Kristina Herrick, Music Manager • Mariam Stepanian Franz Weinschenk, Program Host • President & General Manager Announcers : Marv Allen • Vince DiCiccio • George Mason • Leigh Murray • Jason Scott • Mark Thomas • Engineers: Scott Dean • Steve Mull • On the Cover: “Sunflower,” digital woodcut by Chris Hays Chris is a third generation Fresnan who graduated from Fresno State with a degree in Interior Design. She is the current artistic director of The Door Art Gallery and has recently decided to try working with other mediums after many years of painting in watercolors. Her new works include digital woodcuts.

July / August | 2013 3 Valley Public Radio PROGRAMS

Music HERE AND NOW News and features from NPR and WBUR in Boston. Mondays For a listing of our music selections, visit KVPR.org or contact the station. through Thursdays 11am to 1pm. LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A fast-paced half-hour of smart, witty, and serious talk that CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The weekly broadcasts offer a unique takes on the week’s front-page issues. Now at a new time, Saturdays at format that includes dynamic and innovative content to illustrate 6pm. the fascinating stories found inside the music, with insight from the performers themselves. Broadcasts are Tuesdays at 8pm. MORNING EDITION National and international news from NPR. Weekdays from 3am to 9am. CLASSICS ALL NIGHT with Peter Van De Graaff The classics come alive after dark with host Peter Van De Graaff. You’ll hear sweet and soothing VALLEY EDITION Host Juanita Stevenson covers the issues that matter to Valley selections perfectly suited for late night and early morning listening, residents each week with a mix of in-depth reports, studio discussions and many of your classical favorites. Late nights & early mornings: and calls from listeners. Valley Edition airs live on Tuesdays at 9am, and is weekdays until 3am; weekends until 5am. repeated Tuesdays at 7pm. CLEARLY CLASSICAL Your weekday classical companion with a mix of musical SCI FRI NPR’s Science Friday with Ira Flatow. Talk about science and the selections from the FM89 library. You’ll hear familiar favorites and rare environment. Fridays 11am to 1pm. gems. Monday thru Friday 9am-11am (except Tuesday 10am-11am) WEEKEND EDITION The Saturday and Sunday edition of NPR’s most popular news and 1pm-4pm. program. Weekend mornings from 5am to 9am. CONCIERTO Classical music by Spanish and Latin American composers and performers, presented in English and Spanish. Hosted by Frank Talk & Entertainment Dominguez. Saturdays at 8pm. America’s Test Kitchen Radio Host Christopher Kimball explores the wide world IN THE MODE Music from the medieval and Renaissance eras, hosted by Kristina of food, with interviews, listener calls, kitchen tips and techniques that Herrick. Sundays at 12:06pm. illuminate the truth about real home cooking. Saturdays at 4pm. THE INTERSECTION: Where Jazz meets the Classics FM89’s Vince DiCiccio hosts this CAR TALK Click and Clack handle listeners’ calls with spirited comments and unique blend of music that connects the worlds of jazz and classical sound advice. Saturdays at 10am. music. New programs on Saturday evenings at 10pm; repeats on THE MOTH True stories told live, from professional and amateur storytellers Fridays at 8pm. based in New York. Fridays and Sundays at 7pm. JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER Hosted by Wynton Marsalis, the program features PHILOSOPHY TALK On this program hosts John Perry and Ken Taylor, “question recent concerts from Lincoln Center and around the world. This weekly everything except your intelligence.” This fun and thought provoking program airs Saturdays at 7pm. program explores philosophy and how it shapes our lives. Thursday NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Recorded performances of the New York nights at 7pm. Philharmonic hosted by Alec Baldwin. Mondays at 8pm. Radiolab Radiolab believes your ears are a portal to another world, where THE OASIS A mix of mainstream jazz, Latin & Brazilian jazz and more. Hosted sound illuminates ideas and the boundaries blur between science, live from the FM89 studios by Vince DiCiccio on Sundays from 9pm to philosophy and human experience. Saturdays at noon. midnight. TED RADIO HOUR Innovative ideas from the world’s top thinkers. Sundays at 4pm. SUNDAY BAROQUE This program celebrates the current wealth of recorded TRAVEL WITH RICK STEVES This is a weekly one-hour conversation about travel, Baroque music. Suzanne Bona hosts every Sunday from 9am to Noon. cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK Host Fiona Ritchie’s weekly program has become a extra sparkle. Saturdays at 9am. gathering place on the radio for those that love music with Celtic roots. THE THOMAS JEFFERSON HOUR Renowned Humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, Sundays at 8pm. as Thomas Jefferson, explores the mind and achievements of the great WEEKEND CLASSICS Musical selections from FM89. President. Mondays at 7pm. VALLEY WRITERS READ Hosted by Franz Weinschenk, authors from our own News & Information communities read their literary fiction. Wednesdays at 7pm. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED News magazine from NPR. Weekdays 4pm to 7pm. WAIT WAIT…DON’T TELL ME! NPR Newsman Carl Kasell is the official judge, (ends at 6:30 on Fridays) Weekends 5pm to 6pm. scorekeeper and voice extraordinaire of this fun-filled hour of mind- THE CALIFORNIA REPORT This statewide newscast is heard weekday mornings at stretching play. Hosted by Peter Sagal. Saturdays at 11am. 6:50am and 7:50am. The California Report Magazine, a half-hour news magazine program, is heard Fridays at 6:30pm, with a rebroadcast Features Saturdays at 6:30pm. PULSE OF THE PLANET Weekdays at 5:37am, 8:20am, 12:59pm. FRESH AIR WEEKEND Hosted by Peabody Award-winning Terry Gross. Sundays A MOMENT IN TIME Weekdays at 5:33am and 7:35am. at 6pm. STAR DATE Weekdays at 5:58am, 6:58am and 9:58pm. THE MORAL IS Sundays 3:55pm, Wednesdays 7:55pm.

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M42906_7.5x4.375_DNYP_AudiophileMagazine0701_2013_P.indd 1 July / August6/3/13 | 2013 11:59 AM 5 “Summer Scoop” Examines the Valley’s Ice Cream Culture Special summertime series from Valley Public Radio

What can ice cream teach us about life in the San Joaquin Valley? That’s the question behind a new series of special reports airing this summer on Valley Public Radio called Summer Scoop. It turns out that ice cream is a lot more than just a sweet summertime treat – it’s a window into the valley’s culture, communities, economy and diversity.

Valley Public Radio Summer Scoop

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6 This summer our reporters Rebecca Plevin and Ezra Romero will bring you interesting stories about our ice cream traditions and nostalgia. You can hear the reports on Valley Edition and see photos, video and other interactive elements on KVPR.org.

We’ll travel to the world’s largest ice cream factory, which is located here in the valley, and learn how and why Central California produces a large portion of the nation’s ice cream. We’ll visit storied ice cream parlors like Superior Dairy and Dewar’s and find out what’s made them successful for a combined 188 years.

Our series will look at the valley’s many diverse Fresno’s Chinatown to the rose water-infused ice cultures and their own unique approaches to ice cream of the local Persian community. cream. We’ll look at the history of the paleta, a Mexican fruit based ice cream treat which is gaining We’ll gain insights into life in small valley towns like in popularity. We’ll also explore other local ethnic Dinuba, where generations of students and parents ice cream treats from the mochi of Kogestu-Do in have gathered for dipped soft serve cones at the

July / August | 2013 7 8 same downtown Foster’s Freeze after big events, As part of our series, on June 6th, we hosted a from football games to graduation. “Paleta Party” tweetup at Fresno’s La Reina de Michoacan Paleteria Y Neveria. Over 30 people People also have very powerful memories and stories recorded their own ice cream related stories at the about ice cream. From going to Thrifty Drug for a event, shared their experiences with social media and cone with grandpa, to parties at Farrell’s, Summer enjoyed flavorful paletas ranging from mango and Scoop wants to hear your favorite ice cream memory, strawberry to avocado and tamarind. for possible inclusion on a future broadcast as we look at ice cream nostalgia. You can email us at talk@ You can hear our Summer Scoop features on Valley kvpr.org or share your comments online using social Edition throughout the summer, Tuesday mornings media sites like Twitter and Instagram by using the at 9:00 AM and Tuesday nights at 7:00 PM. You can hastag #scoop89. also hear the stories and see photos, videos and more online at http://KVPR.org/programs/summer-scoop/

July / August | 2013 9 Day Sponsors

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Make your dreams come true... Call 1-800-275-0764 to enter! 2013 Opportunity Drawing Tickets: $60 each Drawing held Monday, September 30, 2013 Grand Prize: $10,000 Cash The prizes are provided via the generous support of our friends in the community and our drawing sponsors. Memorial & Your $60 ticket price directly supports the programs you love. FM89’s Opportunity Drawing is one of the station’s most vital fundraisers In Honor of Bee Barmann Gifts of the year! If you’ve been thinking about supporting the station, By Mr. and Mrs. John Romanini and want a chance to win $10,000, call the station today!

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July / August | 2013 11 Here & Now Comes to Middays Valley Public Radio Because news doesn’t stop breaking after your morning drive

Beginning on July 1, Valley Public Radio will broadcast Here & Now Monday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. to meet growing audience demand for midday news and analysis. A live production from NPR and WBUR, Boston, in collaboration with public radio stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as Hosts Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson it’s happening, with timely, smart and in-depth news and Photo credit: Kalman Zabarsky for Boston University Photography conversation. Here & Now has a successful track record: it began at WBUR in 1997 and is carried today by over 180 stations Hobson, most recently host of Marketplace Morning nationwide. Here & Now will expand from one to two Report. Hobson has broad producing, reporting and hours on July 1 in collaboration with NPR. The expanded hosting experience at the station, program and network program will serve as a bridge in midday, between NPR’s level. Additionally, Meghna Chakrabarti, co-host of WBUR’s signature news magazines, Morning Edition and All Things Radio Boston, has been selected as the program’s primary Considered. This marks the first time NPR has collaborated back-up host. with a member station on a daily news program. To ensure that Here & Now reflects what’s happening in a Valley Public Radio joins over 100 stations nationwide diverse geographic range of communities, NPR and WBUR carrying the expanded Here & Now, presenting listeners have invited other public radio stations across the nation the opportunity to hear more NPR news from around to contribute to the show. Listeners can expect to hear the world and across the country every weekday. The these segments presented as feature reports, interviews or program’s daily lineup will include interviews with NPR straightforward collaboration when news is unfolding in a hosts, reporters, editors and bloggers as well as news from specific part of the country. stations across the nation. In the midday timeslot, Here Since the NPR collaboration with WBUR was announced, & Now will often function as public radio’s first source for numerous NPR journalists have already been on Here & breaking news coverage with NPR. Now, including Morning Edition Host Steve Inskeep, Senior Here & Now has been hosted by Robin Young for more Washington Editor Ron Elving, International Correspondent than a decade. A Peabody Award-winning journalist, she Peter Kenyon and White House Correspondent Scott has reported for NBC, CBS and ABC television, and was Horsley. Digital-first productions, like NPR Music and substitute host and correspondent for The Today Show. Monkey See, NPR’s pop culture blog, are being developed Starting July 1, Young will be joined by co-host Jeremy as regular weekly on-air segments for Here & Now.

12 Robin Young Host Robin Young is the award-winning host of Here & Now, produced by WBUR in Boston. Under her leadership, Here & Now has established itself as public radio’s indispensable midday news magazine: hard-hitting, up- to-the-moment and always culturally relevant. A Peabody Award winning documentary filmmaker, Robin has been a correspondent for ABC, NBC, CBS and the Discovery Channel. She is a former guest host of The Today Show on NBC, and one of the first hosts on Boston’s ground-breaking television show,Evening Magazine. Robin has received five Emmy Awards for her television work, as well as two CableACE Awards, the Religious Public Relations Council’s Wilbur Award, the National Conference of Christians and Jews Gold Award, and numerous regional Edward R. Murrow awards. A native of Long Island, Robin holds a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College. She has lived and worked in Manhattan, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, but considers Boston her hub. Follow Robin on Twitter, @hereandnowrobin

Jeremy Hobson Co-Host Jeremy Hobson joins Robin Young in July 2013 as co-host of Here & Now, public radio’s indispensable midday news magazine, produced by NPR and WBUR. Jeremy is currently the host of American Public Media’s (APM) Marketplace Morning Report, an eight-minute daily business news program with an audience of more than six million. He started at Marketplace in 2007 as a reporter based in Washington, D.C. and covered Wall Street and its impact on ordinary Americans during the 2008 financial collapse. Prior to his time at APM, Jeremy worked as a reporter and producer at NPR on shows ranging from All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! He has also worked as a host and reporter for public radio stations including WBUR (Boston), WILL (Urbana), WCAI (Cape Cod) and WRNI (Providence). Jeremy’s radio career began at age nine when he started contributing to a program called Treehouse Radio. He’s a graduate of Boston University and the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. Follow Jeremy on Twitter, @jeremyhobson and @hereandnow

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14 Valley Public Radio Report Featured on Morning Edition

Story on impact of valley fever by FM89’s Rebecca Plevin gets national attention.

For residents of Central California, the airborne fungal disease known as valley fever has been a fact of life for decades. But even as the number of cases of the disease spiked in recent years, attention from policy makers has lagged far behind many other diseases which kill or sicken far fewer people.

But earlier this May, the disease got a major dose of national exposure, thanks in part to a major feature on NPR’s Morning Edition. Hosts David Greene and Steve Inskeep introduced the report from KVPR’s own Rebecca Plevin during the program’s weekly Monday morning “Your Health” segment. Plevin talked with the physicians and researchers who are battling the disease, and profiled two Central California residents who are fighting the fungus, eight year-old Emily Gorospe of Delano and Paso Robles winemaker Todd (Schaefer) Scully.

The piece was produced by Valley Public Radio in association with the USC Annenberg-based Reporting On Health Collaborative. After airing nationally, the piece spawned thousands of online comments on NPR.org and social media. It also inspired a number of other media organizations to do similar stories, including a feature on the CBS Evening News, the Voice of America and the Daily Mail (UK).

“This is a great example of the impact that quality journalism can have,” says Director of Program Content Joe Moore. “This is a story which we first aired on Valley Edition last November, and now it’s gone national, airing on around 700 public radio stations. Rebecca did a great job, both in developing this story and her sources, and in telling this complex story to a national audience.”

July / August | 2013 15 Community CALENDAR

Events/Exhibits Through 9/1 Fresno Art Museum: Emmy Lou Packard - Frida, Diego & Me 2233 N. First Street, Fresno ...... fresnoartmuseum.org 3 Thru 8/2 Arts Visalia: North American Print and Drawing Exhibition 214 E. Oak Avenue, Visalia ...... artsvisalia.org 4 4th Annual Freedom Fest Coarsegold Historic Village, 35300 Highway 41, Coarsegold ...... coarsegoldhistoricvillage.com 4-28 Spectrum Art Gallery: Gary Vann 608 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno ...... spectrumphotogallery.org 4-28 Gallery 25: Muralists 660 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno ...... gallery25.org 17 Woodward Park Library: An Evening with John Muir 944 E. Perrin Avenue, Fresno fresnolibrary.org

Theatre/Dance Through 13 Organic Fresno Eatery & Market: Dinner Theater – Let It Burn 903 Parkway Drive, Fresno ...... facebook.com/OrganicFresno Through 8/18 Good Company Players: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 2nd Space Theatre, 928 East Olive Avenue, Fresno ...... gcplayers.com 18 Thru 9/8 Good Company Players: Curtains Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theatre, 1226 N. Wishon Avenue, Fresno ...... rogerrockas.com 5-27 Stars: Monty Python’s Spamalot Stars Theatre Restaurant, 1931 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield bmtstars.com

Events/Exhibits 1 Woodward Park Library: Learn to Square Dance 944 E. Perrin Avenue, Fresno fresnolibrary.org 1-25 Spectrum Art Gallery: Efran Ruis-Ortega & Avigdar Adams 608 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno ...... spectrumphotogallery.org 1-18 Gallery 25: Small Works 2 660 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno ...... gallery25.org 7-30 Arts Visalia: Young at Art 2013 214 E. Oak Avenue, Visalia ...... artsvisalia.org 10 Girl Scouts of Central California South: S’Mores Festival Fresno Flats Historical Village & Park, Oakhurst girlscountsccs.org 23-25 53rd Annual Fresno Greek Fest St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 2219 N. Orchard, Fresno ...... fresnogreekfest.com

Music 30 Fresno Grand Opera: Il Volo in Concert William Saroyan Theatre, 700 M Street, Fresno fresnograndopera.org

Theatre/Dance 22 Thru 10/13 Good Company Players: The Importance of Being Earnest 2nd Space Theatre, 928 East Olive Avenue, Fresno ...... gcplayers.com 16 Thru 9/7 Stars: Damn Yankees Stars Theatre Restaurant, 1931 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield bmtstars.com

16 A Capitol Fourth Celebrates Independence Day  Thursday, July 4th at 7:00 P.M.                           

This July 4, America’s national Independence Day celebration broadcasts live from the West Lawn of the United States Capitol. Hosted by Emmy Award- winning TV personality Tom Bergeron and NPR’s Korva Coleman, the event features performances from some of America’s best known celebrities and musical artists.

This year’s concert stars music legend Barry Manilow, who is back by popular demand following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009. It also features performances by Candice Glover, the Season 12 winner of American Idol; country music artist Scotty McCreery; actor and singer Darren Criss; classical crossover star Jackie Evancho; Broadway and TV star Megan Hilty; and five-time Academy Award-winner John Williams conducting music from the Oscar-winning film Lincoln with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.

In celebration of America’s 236th birthday, the show is capped off with a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” complete with live cannon fire provided by The United States Army Presidential Salute Battery, an audience favorite and now an A Capitol Fourth tradition. Also participating in the event are The Choral Arts Society of Washington, along with The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, The U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, the U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Band, members of the Armed Forces carrying the state and territorial flags and the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C.

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