Merced College Art Gallery will present an exhibition of printmaking Merced artist Pedro Uribe Godoy, titled “Connecting to the Past.” This exhibition will open Jan. 13 and continue to Feb. 6, 2020. The public is invited to a reception with the artist. This event will be held Jan. 22, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The event is free to the public.…

Based on the success of the radio show format of “It’s A Wonderful Life” performed last year, Playhouse Merced decided to do another live radio play, this…

The Times spoke with Colton Dennis, Executive Director of the Merced Multicultural Arts Center (“the MAC”), to see what he hopes to bring in 2020. Dennis…

From Jan. 10 through Jan. 19, Playhouse Merced will present Jaclyn Backhaus’ “Men On Boats,” a dramatization of the exploration of the upper portion of the Colorado River by John Wesley Powell and his crew in 1869. By way of an all-female cast, the production will offer a new perspective on an era when women were not allowed the same…

The quarterly downtown Merced Art Hop unfortunately is ending at the height of its popularity. The next event — a winter edition that would have been held…

By ELIZABETH ARAKELIAN UC Merced External Relations A collaboration among the City of Merced, community members and the University of…

Editor’s Note: This story updates a previous version published in the print version of the Merced County Times that incorrectly identified what the donation and matching city funds were going to be used for. While artist Monika Modest is working on a mosaic art project for the Merced Open Air Theater, the new funding is going toward…

Made By Hand Gift Market, consisting of 18 vendors, attracted a crowd of holiday shoppers to the Merced Multicultural Arts Center at 645 W. Main…

New Beginnings — the local nonprofit animal rescue group — will be holding its annual Christmas Home Fantasy this Sunday, Dec. 8, from noon to 4…