Downtown Merced

Playhouse Merced sends off its 28th season appropriately with the fourth-wall destroying bang by bringing the beloved Broadway musical “Pippin” to town under the direction of GB Blackmon III and musical arrangement of Zakarias Dimpel-Alvarez. The show opened last weekend to enthusiastic crowds, and will continue to…

Arbor Gallery welcomes Denice Loria Woyski, a photographer, as the organization’s newest artist member. A native Californian, born and raised…

McNamara Sports, a name synonymous with family-owned local business, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To memorialize this…

After facing flooding from winter storms and a questionable future due to a damaged space, the downtown business Cloud 9 has finally re-opened their doors with a brand-new location. Cloud 9 is a little Main Street shop with quite a following of locals who enjoying shopping for vintage fashion, art, healing stones, essential oils,…

If you would like to see, support, and engage with the local arts scene, as well as the spirit of Merced, you should take a trip downtown to the…

Emily Rowan, a graduating senior at Golden Valley High School, will be giving a piano performance to benefit the Merced Symphony. The event will take…

Families, educators and education leaders gathered last night at the Virginia Smith Honor Scholars Award Dinner, held at the MCOE Downtown Center, to celebrate the achievements of more than 100 scholarship recipients and 18 honor scholars. Students from El Capitan, Merced and Golden Valley high school were recognized for meeting…

Playhouse Merced has revealed the shows of its upcoming 29th Season titled “Into the Unknown.” The big reveal was made during the annual Season…

The Merced Theatre Foundation will present the “Perondis Stunt Dog Experience” at the Merced Theatre on May 20, starting at 6 p.m. The Perondis…

In an effort to provide a nice break amidst the stress of finals season and exhaustion of moving out of dorms, the UC Merced ASUCM Campus Activities Board (CAB) brought out world-renowned comedian and actress Ali Wong to headline their annual event “Cabsterical,” with a surprise opening set from Shane Wang. This all took place on…