Arts & Entertainment

Local Artist Christopher Cayco At Ani-Me Con

by Lorie Lewis Ham


It’s almost time for Ani-Me Con in Fresno again and I can hardly wait! It is a fun weekend of cosplayers, voice actors, special guests, music, food trucks, and a ton of booths filled with art, anime merchandise, and more! This year’s Con will be taking place at the Fresno Fairgrounds on March 15 and 16. Each year we interview one of the local artists with a booth at the current year’s Ani-Me Con and this year it is Fresno artist Christopher Cayco. Also, we have been covering the Rogue Festival this past week and Christopher designed one of the past Muse's.

Rogue Festival Reviews: The Barn Identity & 90 Lies an Hour

by Terrance McArthur
& Lorie Lewis Ham


“How many times have I told this story?” Erika MacDonald asks this question repeatedly in her Rogue Festival show The Barn Identity. Each time she tells it, another tiny piece of the story falls into place. Is it about swirling leaves? Barns falling down? Going to a movie? An old woman in a bed? Losing identity? Architecture? Poetry?

Rogue Festival Reviews: Confessions of a French Interpreter/The Ins and Outs—Sides of Teaching/Brian’s Beard Improv/Prescription Blues

by Terrance McArthur
& Chelsea Jones


Do you speak French? if you do, you will enjoy Confessions of a French Interpreter, because Natacha Ruck is French. If you do not speak French, you will enjoy Confessions of a French Interpreter, because Natacha Ruck is a French interpreter. She travels far and wide, translating questions from reporters to French filmmakers, and translating answers.

Rogue Festival Reviews: Magic of Eric/Circumscribed/Married by Magic/ None of Your Business

by Terrance McArtrhur
& Mallory Moad


2025’s Fresno Rogue Performance Festival is a Magician’s Wonderland. No less than four magic acts entertain the masses this year. Magic of Eric led off my tour of tricksters. A good old-fashioned performer with a pack of new tricks, Eric Hiett ties knots that transform ropes into rings that link and change shape at his command.

Rogue Festival Reviews: Breakneck Twelfth Night/Emil Amok: 69/Bongo Fury and the Calypso Cowboy

by Mallory Moad



Tim is a solo performer but he is never completely alone onstage as he transforms, over a very short period of time, into a multitude of characters without the use of props or obvious costumes. It’s just vocal inflection, movement and attitude that provide the individuality. The twist is, he doesn’t rely on cartoonish caricatures to get the point across.

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