Levitt AMP Merced will present a Black History Month Concert (Virtual) on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. This special event featuring the Willie Rankins’ Starlight Band will be live-streamed by the Merced County Office of Education’s METV from the historic Merced Theatre. Find more info on how to see this event online at:…

Modesto Junior College’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration will be presented virtually on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. Judge Ruben Villalobos…

In this new year of 2021 the local Shakespeare Festival will be celebrating its 20th season. This season will look different, but local thespians have…

A mural honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and the powerful message of peaceful protest they shared is currently in the works on the Merced Food Center building at 1150 MLK Jr. Way. Meanwhile, a pizza fundraiser was held last Friday to raise funds for future murals throughout the city of Merced. The efforts…

James Lamont Walker has always been connected to the world of music, so it was only a matter of time until he would find himself building an…

Since she was a small child, Tanisha McClain has been drawn to cooking for both herself and others. Starting at the age of 5, McClain's…

In this new year of 2021, the local Shakespeare Festival will be celebrating its 20th season! Artistic Director and Founder Heike Hambley directed the first Shakespeare comedy for the young theater company, “Much Ado About Nothing,” in August of 2002! The staging happened outdoors in Applegate Park, at the MOAT (Merced Open Air Theater),…

Ruben Sanchez has been an artist for his entire working life. And it shows.  From working in the fields to becoming a produce vendor, the depiction…

Chris Velazquez, an independent Merced filmmaker and founder of the Violette Film Festival in town, entered a short film in SwedeFest 2020 that was…