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ModestoBand is Coming
Tweet Go Modesto MoBand season is here! Blankets ready? It is not to soon to start planning your summer around those important Thursday nights in Graceada Park with 3000 of your closest friends. Music starts at 8:00 pm 2013 Theme “PARTY IN THE PARK” June 6th – “Graffiti Nites” June 13th – “The Big Show” [...]
Go Modesto – Music in the Plaza Fridays
TweetGo Downtown Modesto The evenings are amazing this time of year. The downtown patios at our local restaurants are the place to be. One of the highlights is the 10th St Plaza Music Series. Every Friday night, from 7 -9 pm there will be live music in the plaza. You can hang out at Fuzio, [...]
Go Modesto Relay For Life- May 18
Tweet May 18 – Johansen Stadium Sat am through Sun AM Support Family and Friends The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that helps our community celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. Your reasons for getting involved in [...]
Lemonade Day May 18
Tweet Go Modesto!! It’s Lemonade Day Be on the lookout for Lemonade stands all over Modesto on May 18. It is not just a glass of lemonade, but it is a way to teach entrepreneurship and raise money for many important cause, each important to the groups that are making and creating these stands. These [...]
MJC Opens Science Center – May 21
Tweet MJC Opens Science Community Center (Modesto, CA) – Modesto Junior College and Yosemite Community College District will hold a Ribbon Cutting Celebration for the new Science Community Center on Tuesday, May 21 at 10 a.m. on the West Campus at 2201 Blue Gum Avenue in Modesto. The public will have the opportunity to tour [...]
BikeView -Bike Week Fun
TweetBike Week in Modesto By Chris Murphy Amgen What? It is always fun when a big sporting event comes through town and don’t worry, it will be back here again someday. The Alpe D’Huez is not in the Tour de France every year. But here in Modesto we have plenty of cycling fun in May [...]
Modesto View Race&Ride Weekend Safety tips
Tweet Race Weekends Fitness Tips Big weekend ahead in fitness Modesto View Fitness Athletes and no matter if your Riding for MOM or running The Rina’s 1Ž2 Marathon, conditions have changed out there since April 1st and its always best to be prepared. Just recently on my group ride I experience some dangers that caught [...]
Leadercast is May 10
TweetGo Modesto May 10- Come and join Leader Cast, the biggest leadership event right here in the Central Valley hosted by the MainStreetChamber, Tri-County Chapter & Local Media Pros. You’ll hear from a lineup of world renowned leaders like Jack Welch, Andy Stanley, John C. Maxwell, Dr. Henry Cloud, Condoleeza Rice, and other famous top-notched [...]
The Birth of Rock and Roll
Tweet The BigView – Monthly Feature Rock and Roll is Born in Modesto. History of Rock and Roll Roots First in a Musical Series. By Chris Murphy The trail of the history of Rock and Roll and the music and the people that inspired Rock and Roll leads directly to Modesto’s doorstep. Yes my friends, [...]
Music in the Plaza
TweetGo Downtown Modesto The evenings are amazing this time of year. The downtown patios at our local restaurants are the place to be. One of the highlights is the 10th St Plaza Music Series. Every Friday night, from 7 -9 pm there will be live music in the plaza. You can hang out at Fuzio, [...]
Papa Doo Run Run for Leadership!
TweetFriday May 10 Lemonade Night is back by popular demand! Please join UCP Stanislaus, Leadership Modesto Class of 2012 and Lemonade Day for a night of fun and great music for a great cause. United Cerebral Palsy of Stanislaus County at the fabulous State Theatre. The world famous Papa Doo Run Run has been performing [...]
Modesto Library – Senior Awareness Day
TweetSenior Awareness Day at the Modesto Library Seniors can learn about resources available to them at Senior Awareness Day at the Modesto Library on Thursday, May 9 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Representatives from many organizations including CalFresh, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP), and Catholic Charities will be available to answer questions [...]
On The Cover
Tweet On the Cover Michael J Mangano is amazing! He has created some of our most amazing cover images. We have a gallery of our covers on our facebook page if you would like to check them out. This month, MJ visions what our historic 10th St could look like if we were truly known [...]
May Modesto Greetings
TweetGreetings Modesto Fans: This is a very special issue for me. One reason is a tale of musical discovery that makes me more excited to live in Modesto than ever. The other is a coming of age story of sorts, signaling the completion of a goal I set when I moved back to Modesto in [...]
AuthorView-Birth Order
Tweet Author View By: Ken White “Birth Order” Dedicated to my sibs Gary and I rode our bikes home after school. I stopped at his house, like I did every day. Gary was unlocking the front door when we heard the phone ringing inside the house. Gary got the door open, rushed in, and grabbed [...]
