Sunday, August 29, 2021

Cen Cal BMX, Crew One Eighty Take Over Visalia Rideout

 





















Meet up -  Mooney Grove Park,Visalia,CA

When 9/11/21 10:00 a.m.

This is a 25-mile ride on 80% bike trails across the city of Visalia. If you are looking for something to do in Visalia, this may be it for you.

Friday, August 27, 2021

Comedian Felipe Esparza Coming to Visalia Fox Theatre

 


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 AT 8 PM PDT – 10:30 PM PDT

Tickets - whatsupf.ooo/091721

Location - Visalia Fox Theatre

Felipe Esparza began performing stand-up in 1994. He won Last Comic Standing in 2010. Esparza has hosted a weekly podcast called What's Up Fool? since 2014.

https://felipesworld.com/

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Tulare-Visalia Toy-Anime-Comic Con

 

Tulare-Visalia Toy-Anime-Comic Con

























515 N I St, Tulare, CA
Sunday, September 12, 2021
11am-4pm

 Kids 10 and under are free.

The Cosplay Contest is promptly at 2:30pm! Go to admission table for the sign up sheet! All ages welcome to compete.



Go to www.OhanaComicCon.com for more information.
Tickets are $8 and available at the door.

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Spirit Halloween Store has Arrived in Visalia



Spirit Halloween Store has Arrived in Visalia

Visalia USD School Board Meeting - August 24, 2021




Visalia USD School Board Meeting - August 24, 2021

Visalia Marketplace End of Summer Craft Show

 

Looking for something to do in Visalia? Looking for a fun event in Visalia?

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH 9:00AM TO 3:00PM

3231 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia, CA

70,000 arts, crafts, custom framing, floral, home décor, jewelry making, scrapbooking, fabrics, party supplies and seasonal products.

Free Admission and Free Parking




Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Visalia Cars & Coffee

 Visalia Cars & Coffee


Free car show in Visalia every Saturday morning, weather permitting, 

8 a.m. - 10am 

Located on the west side of the parking lot at Mary's Vineyard, the corner of Noble and Ben Maddox in Visalia.

Hosted by Pharoahs Car Club Of Visalia, CA




Monday, August 23, 2021

Art in Practice

 

Art in Practice: The Intersection of Poetry and Visual Art

With Jeffrey Gibson and Layli Long Soldier

RSVP: This event is virtual only. RSVP for Zoom details.
Aug 24 2021 at 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Art in Practice: The Intersection of Poetry and Visual Art investigates and highlights the influence and collaboration of poets and artists and the intersections between their chosen mediums.

Jeffrey Gibson’s practice merges aspects of Native American visual culture with allusions to contemporary geometric abstraction. The artist references the colors and patterns of nineteenth century painted rawhide containers, commonly called parfleche, which are associated with particular Native communities in the Plateau, Plains, and Great Basin regions. His painting, Migration, is currently on view at Bemis in . By intermingling these designs with a style linked to celebrated, non-Native artists such as Frank Stella and Joseph Albers, Migration contests an American art history that very often overlooks Native American art. The title of this work recalls historically nomadic cultures of Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains, as well as the forced dispossession of Native Americans by the federal government across the country during the nineteenth and twentieth century. Formally, Migration also suggests kineticism, a prolific theme in Gibson’s work. As a Native American and a gay man, the artist found acceptance at powwows and in queer club culture. Migration seems to vibrate with the energy and color of these environments, asserting that movement, so often a mechanism of division, can also be a tool of connection that fosters understanding.

Layli Long Soldier’s first volume of poetry, “Whereas”, published in 2017, explores the systemic violence against and cultural erasure of native tribes in the United States through a thoughtful investigation of language. “Whereas” responds to the cautiously phrased and quietly passed 2009 U.S. Congressional Apology to Native Peoples for the history of genocidal policies and actions the United States Federal government has enacted against them. In writing these poems, Long Soldier studied similar apologies from governments across the world to indigenous peoples and considered the nature of authentic apology. Layli Long Soldier’s poems have appeared in POETRY Magazine, The New York Times, The American Poet, The American Reader, The Kenyon Review Online, BOMB and elsewhere. She is the recipient of an NACF National Artist Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award. She has also received the 2018 PEN/Jean Stein Award, the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award and a 2021 Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. She is the author of Chromosomory (Q Avenue Press, 2010) and WHEREAS (Graywolf Press, 2017). She holds a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Bard College. Long Soldier is a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Art in Practice: The Intersection of Poetry and Visual Art is a three-part series. Join us on , Executive Director of the Expository Writing Program and the Assistant Vice Dean for General Education at NYU, and on , Executive Director of the California African American Museum.

Image: Jeffrey Gibson; Migration, 2016; Installation view of All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy, 2021, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE; Photo: Colin Conces.

Support for Art in Practice: The Intersection of Poetry and Visual Art is provided, in part, by Art Bridges and by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Free Entrance to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

 Free Entrance to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks


Make plans to enjoy the free park entrance to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks on these dates in 2021:

August 25, 2021 - National Park Service Birthday

September 25, 2021 - National Public Lands Day

November 11, 2021- Veteran's Day

The entrance fee waiver for fee-free days does not cover amenity or user fees for activities such as camping, boat launches, transportation, or special tours.





Zach Williams coming to Visalia First

ZACH WILLIAMS' THE RESCUE STORY TOUR


Nov 12, 2021 - 7:00 pm
Visalia First 3737 S Akers St. Visalia, CA

This Fall come experience songs from Zach Williams’ latest album, Rescue Story, as well as some of your favorites like “Chain Breaker”, “Fear Is A Liar”, and “Old Church Choir.” He can’t wait to join you for an inspirational night of music and stories, and he hopes that this tour will help you to have a real encounter with the God who loves you and cares deeply for you.