The Carnegie Arts Center has announced the start of the Turlock West Side Story Mural Project. The project — funding by a recent grant from the Heartland Creative Corps — will produce two murals created for the city’s West Side neighborhood. The murals will be designed and executed under the direction of local mural artist and…

Aboriginal culture came to Merced on Friday evening at the Multicultural Arts Center. A group of four performers from Australia called Gunnay Bu…

Mercedians were treated to the opening ‘plactica’ (Spanish for discussion) for the Caminos exhibit at the Multicultural Arts Center in Downtown…

Bella Luna is normally closed on Sunday — the one day of the week when the popular Italian restaurant on Main Street is not bustling with hungry customers, fast-moving servers, and a highly focused kitchen crew. But last Sunday, Aug. 27, was different. It was even busier than usual. There were people all over the place, inside and…

The Outside Lands festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco came to an exciting close on Sunday with unforgettable performances by Odesza, The…

Members and supporters of Merced County Arts Council (MCAC) gathered at the Multicultural Arts Center (MAC) recently to review what’s been done…

Following a talk by author Mark Arax at the Multicultural Arts Center, the local organization, Friends of the Library, hosted a fundraising dinner at the banquet room in the El Capitan Hotel. Friends of the Library is a community non-profit which protects and promotes libraries throughout Merced County. The fundraiser gave supporters…

Very few artists across history have done such an incredible job capturing the essence of California as renowned author Mark Arax has in his…

Karen McComb, an Arbor Gallery artist, painted the spectacular mural under Highway 99 at V Street. Governor Newsom’s Clean California…