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Are you tired of listening to the Man and looking for a kick-ass way to enjoy some free time? Then get ready to rock with Encore Theater’s production of School of Rock - The Musical, running September 27th through October 12. And you’d better get your tickets fast because this show is hot and selling out quickly!
Here is your weekly reminder that there are also new articles up on our other website KRL News & Reviews! Every week there will be book reviews and giveaways, plus sometimes pet articles, theatre articles, and more! And listen to our new podcast!
Want to know about small-town life in the early 1900s? Want to contemplate love, marriage, life, and loss? Want to care about characters in a classic drama played by wonderful actors? Get yourself down to the Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre to see Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-winning Our Town, playing through October 6.
Kings Players will present Outward Bound a drama by British actor/playwright Sutton Vane, as their next production, opening for three weekends on August 23, 2024 at the Temple Theater, 514 Visalia Street in Hanford. “It’s a very unusual play, sort of a supernatural mystery,” says director Hugh Munro Neely, “very thoughtful but also very funny much of the time. It gets its humor from its quirky characters.”
If you are in the mood to start your Halloween season early, or you enjoy horror and all of its tropes year-round, you won’t want to miss Evil Dead the Musical on stage at the Selma Arts Center through September 7.
In the heart of California’s Central Valley is a vibrant arts scene that hums alongside the hustle and bustle of everyday life. In Visalia, CA, Green Rose Productions emerges as a beacon of creativity and inclusion. Founded on the principles of artistic freedom and community empowerment, this unique organization offers a platform for artists with disabilities to not only express themselves but also to connect with the broader world.
I sat my father down recently to get the scoop on his upcoming free show slash record release show party.
My dad is Blake Jones, that one local musician who won’t quit, leader of Blake Jones & The Trike Shop, thereminist extraordinaire, Beatles fanatic, chocolate enjoyer, and all-round good guy.
Here is your weekly reminder that there are also new articles up on our other website KRL News & Reviews! Every week there will be book reviews and giveaways, plus sometimes pet articles, theatre articles, and more! And listen to our new podcast!
We don’t review a lot of non-fiction here at KRL, but when author Teresa Peschel reached out to me about her new book Agatha Christie, She Watched, it not only sounded like a lot of fun, but also something that KRL’s readers would be interested in, so here we are! I had the pleasure of also interviewing Teresa about the book and I don’t want to give too much away from the interview, so this will be a bit of a different review.
In 1922, in Hanford, the Chinese School was dedicated. This school built by the Chinese community for its own was the first of its kind in America. Placed in the cornerstone of the school was a time capsule that contained:
