New virtual event: ‘Passion for Shakespeare’
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 learned a lot over the past year by filming the “Ricardo/Richard” episodes and recording The Tempest as a radio play.
The first virtual event of 2021 will be “Passion for Shakespeare” — a…
MLK Jr. image takes shape on new mural
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…
Reflection: Two And A Half Years Of Living In Merced
By NILS SKUDRA
Special To The Times
More than 10 years ago, after graduating from high school in the Bay Area, I moved to Merced to begin my…
Merced’s MLK Celebration this year will go ‘virtual’
Every year, Merced is known for hosting one of the largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations, complete with a march downtown, cultural performances and speeches. Hundreds of residents always attend.
This year, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health restrictions will not allow for such an event.
“It is with regret…
UC Merced grad student deals town a great deck of cards
Anais Guillem is one of those UC Merced grad students you don’t ever want to see leave town.
“During my time here, I have always looked for ways…
Upcoming Virtual ‘Afrofuturism’ Day Camp designed for Sci-Fi fans, young adults
'Tell your story in your voice. Develop you story. Share your story.
Make your story understandable to other people.'
Dr. Glen Parris,
author of Dragon's Heir.
Book Tavern — an independent bookstore in Augusta, Georgia — and the Merced Multicultural Arts Center in Merced, will be presenting a Virtual Sci-Fi Afrofuturism Day…
Local seamstress fashions stylish face masks for hospital…
To Beverly Thomas, a local resident in her 60s, giving is a way of life.
She is sewing face masks to give to others, and she recently…
Merced church lets God’s love shine through tough times
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was submitted for publication just prior to Governor Newsom announcement this week of the closure of "worship…
Merced celebrates Juneteenth holiday
Residents from across Merced gathered together in front of the Merced County Courthouse Museum for a Juneteenth celebration last Friday, June 19.
The special day of celebration marks the announcement that tens of thousands of African-Americans in Texas had been emancipated, closing the door on one of the last chapters of slavery in…