True love, passion, loyalty and devotion and their opposites — hatred, jealousy, deception, and betrayal — were forcefully portrayed on the stage of Playhouse Merced last weekend when a talented cast performed William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, “Othello”, a work believed to have been written in 1603. The intriguing and chilling production…

This summer, Merced artist and activist Eli Sachse presents “Identity,” a group art show that brings together primarily transgender and non-binary…

Art prepared for sale by auction graced the stage of the MAC (Multicultural Art Center) last Thursday, May 2 at the “21 Guitars” benefit auction. Monies…

The Carnegie Arts Center presents The Fine Art of Pastels Talk. Award-winning pastel artist Ginny Burdick will be on hand to share her knowledge of this wonderful and challenging medium. Burdick is the owner of The Sense of Place, a fine art gallery in Fresno, where she represents artists from throughout Central California. This talk coincides…

Residents filled the Merced Multicultural Arts Center last Saturday evening as the 13th annual California Centered: Printmaking exhibit opened an artists…

UC Merced students and community members of all ages took a lesson and then practiced dancing the Lindy Hop at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center in…

By Roger J. Wyan Last fall, I was asked to teach an after-school photography class for middle school youth in the small town of Delhi. Having taught photography on the high school and college levels for many years, I wasn’t sure about teaching this age group. After all aren’t these 12-13 year-olds some weird form of human being caught…

Merced’s first-ever Arts and Culture Advisory Commission reached its first major milestone during a special meeting at City Hall. While news from the…

Merced artist Monika Modest this week completed the installation of a new 10-foot mosaic square on the sidewalk next to the Merced Theatre along MLK Way.…