Grab your peg legs and eye patches and get ready to set sail for Pirate School at the Merced Theatre on Friday, Nov. 22. “Pirate School: Sea Dreams” is a madcap, swashbuckling solo show created and performed by veteran New York actor David Engel. Set to an original cartoon-inspired musical score, complete with sound effects, Pirate Professor…

What started as a windy day of plein air painting has now resulted in the Arbor Gallery’s first art show at the Merced County Courthouse Museum.…

Local artist Tanisha McClain — also known as “Peachy Queen” — is a versatile talent with a wide variety of interests and skills. You can find her…

By SARAH LIM What do Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams have in common? They are both well-known Yosemite photographers, and each photographed Merced at least once. While Adams' portrait of a drifter in front of the Palace Rooms on 16th Street provides a glimpse of optimism amid the Great Depression, Watkins' image of El…

Every other year, quilters from far and wide gather for the “Quilts on Forist Lane” show by the Gateway Quilters’ Guild in Merced. This year the…

This is not much ado about nothing. It’s not funny. It actually hurts. The local arts community suffered a couple major setbacks last week when both…

McNamara Park is getting some much needed and much appreciated attention and care thanks to regional Heartland Arts Grant funding that has come into the community to assist local artists and local beautification efforts. Local artists, Joel Aguilar (aka Gamut), Earvin Mendoza, and Patricia Pratt (of Kreepy Kawaii studio) have been…

The Arbor Gallery in downtown Merced is holding a “Meet & Greet the Artist” on Sunday, June 2, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., to give the community an…

Thousands of dancers, visitors and local residents descended on Golden Valley High School last weekend to celebrate the 43rd annual Kiki Raina…