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If you were given a pencil and asked to draw a planet, any planet, my guess is your picture would consist of a circle bisected horizontally by curved lines. In other words, Saturn. With it’s rings and multiple moons, Saturn is iconic. A classic.
Clovis resident and hardrock musician Slate Wilder is on a mission: to bring back the high-energy, guitar-driven sound of 80s rock, right from the heart of the Central Valley. His new project, Vice After Midnight, debuts this September with the release of the single “Hot City Nights,” a track that channels the riffs, solos, and electrifying spirit of the classic rock era while adding Wilder’s own modern edge.
It’s been a while since we did a local actor profile, so it seemed like it was way overdue. This week we are chatting with someone who is not only a local actor, but who has been the voice of several Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast episodes, including the first chapter of my second Tower District Mystery, One of You! Cady Mejias was born in Fresno, and still lives there to this day and has graced the stage of several local theatre companies.
Brujoz, a grunge-inspired punk band, has been gaining a following in the tri-county area over the past several years. The band consists of Brandon, a singer and guitarist from Avenal; Darian, a drummer from Reedley; and Mikey, a Fresnan who plays bass. While Brandon does most of the songwriting, the band has begun collaborating on their material. Darian describes their sound as being heavily influenced by '80s and '90s punk and hardcore, as well as '90s grunge and early '00s garage rock.
The Kingsburg City Band was founded in 1887 and is one of the oldest community bands in the United States. The Band is still going strong, providing free music for your summer enjoyment every year. I recently chatted with Dale Engstrom, who has been the Kingsburg City Band Director for 48 years, to learn more.
“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?
What if William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in the 1990s? And some of the actors were drinking on the job? It would probably look like The Fools Collaborative Presents S’Will: The Emo Prince of Denmark.
After last year’s Marty’s Turn, I got a hankering to perform my own writing again. But I had learned a few things since Merely a Player, which served as my playwriting and solo show debut in 2020, also at the Rogue Festival: 1) I don’t have the bandwidth to learn and perform an entire, traditional solo play, and 2) I need a team. I need to be directed. I need someone to help me develop the script, and I need someone with an eye for design.
After last year’s Marty’s Turn, I got a hankering to perform my own writing again. But I had learned a few things since Merely a Player, which served as my playwriting and solo show debut in 2020, also at the Rogue Festival: 1) I don’t have the bandwidth to learn and perform an entire, traditional solo play, and 2) I need a team. I need to be directed. I need someone to help me develop the script, and I need someone with an eye for design.
