Community members have the opportunity to appear in a small or large way inMerced Shakespearefest’s upcoming work, “Don Quixote de la Merced”, by auditioning on March 13 or 15. Because of the success of the bilingual film of Shakespeare’s “Richard II” created last year, Merced Shakespearefest has started working on an eight-part bilingual screen…

Theatre lovers have less than a month to wait until they find out what Playhouse Merced, located at 452 W. Main Street in Merced, has in store for its…

Merced Shakespearefest will hold auditions for its new webseries in mid-March. Following up on the success of last year’s bilingual “Ricardo II” webseries…

The Merced Symphony Association will host the Merced Symphony’s annual Pops Concert on March 5, at 7 p.m., by way of a live broadcast from the Merced Theatre. The Pops concert will feature Max Richter’s “Recomposed” version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – an intense and dramatic score used throughout film and television, most recently in the hit…

This year UC Merced is bringing the Children’s Opera to students and families across the Central Valley. Through a virtual format, children ages 3 and…

Levitt AMP Merced will present a Black History Month Concert (Virtual) on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. This special event featuring the Willie…

We’re free! My wife and I both have received two doses of COVID-19, thanks to local volunteer, Dr. Tiwa. We can toss the masks, pop in the car, and go crazy, right? No. Wrong. Nothing much has really changed. We are still in the purple tier. When people are fully vaccinated (a week or two after the second dose), but most others aren’t…

The Merced County Fair is welcoming its newest board member, Mark N. Pazin, to the 35st District Agricultural Association Board of Directors. This…

Despite the ongoing pandemic, residents were able to drift into a world of classical music and forget some of their worries last Friday night as…

Residents are enjoying the offerings of the newly renovated Mainzer Theater following the official opening last Wednesday. With strong support from the Greater Merced County Chamber of Commerce, the Mainzer’s ribbon cutting was held virtually in lieu of a traditional in-person event due to an abundance of caution and COVID-19…