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April is Civic Pride Month
Greetings ModestoFans! ModestoView is declaring April 2012 as Modesto civic pride month! We hear all the time about the national news that makes us look bad, but in reality, we have so much to be proud of and so much to celebrate. A strong commitment to history makes a city strong. An awareness about what [...]
Happy Hour Kickball Coming
Happy Hour Kickball By Darin Wissner Remember those days on the school playground when you had a chance to kick the giant red rubber ball? Those days are back with Happy Hour Kickball! Even if you were the last kid picked, this game is for you! Here is your chance to show you can compete [...]
Railtown Opening Mar 31
With Train Rides Behind the Historic Sierra No. 3 All Weekend, Railtown 1897 Steam Train Operating Season Opens on Saturday, March 31 Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne County Residents Visit & Ride FREE All Opening Weekend! JAMESTOWN, Calif. – Beginning the weekend of Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (SHP) [...]
McHenry Mansion Tours are Open
Big Mansion News!!! The McHenry Mansion, at 15th and I Streets in Modesto, is again giving tours every afternoon but Saturday 12:30 – 4PM, last tour at 3:30pm. Go to the visitor center and a docent will walk you over to see the repairs being made and tell you about the first years of the [...]
Can you handle a Five Finger Death Punch?
Metal fans rejoice! Five Finger Death Punch is bringing their insanity-fueled sideshow to Modesto Center Plaza on March 27. The band is currently on a 13 city run that will take them everywhere from Sin City to Canada. I had a chance to speak to lead guitarist, Jason Hook for a few minutes on the [...]
VALLEY’S GOT TALENT 2012 APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
THIRD ANNUAL VALLEY’S GOT TALENT EVENT RETURNS TO GALLO CENTER AUGUST 24 & 25 CONTESTANT APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY 4 MODESTO, CA—(March 19, 2012)——Valley’s Got Talent, the popular community talent contest that debuted in 2010 as a fundraiser for the non-profit Gallo Center for the Arts, is now accepting contestant applications for the third annual [...]
Camp Jack Hazard Registration Open Now
Outdoor Adventure Registration Discounts! It wasn’t long ago that Brett Dennen was here doing a great performance to benefit Camp Jack Hazard. Now it is time to register for this year’s season. Located in the beautiful Stanislaus National Forest, Camp Jack Hazard is open for registration for sessions for children ages 6 to 17 starting [...]
A Long Story Short
A Long Story Short By: Modesto Famous Who is responsible for the fiasco that is Jersey Shore? Don’t blame comedian, Colin Quinn. Read about this and gain some insight into being easily offended, educated and inspired by the likes of Richard Pryor and George Carlin in Ruben Porras’ interview with Quinn at modestoview.com. Colin Quinn’s [...]
Motels & Stangebrew at the State
The State Theatre was alive in all of the MTV spender Friday night March 9. Martha Davis and the Motels returned to Modesto. It was her first show back in Modesto since 1982 at the Vintage in downtown Modesto on 11th St next to the old Covell Hotel. 10th St Place now stands in that [...]
Modesto Chamber 100 Year Gala
March 10, 2012 The Gallo Center was the place to be on Saturday night to celebrate the 100 Years of Service of the Modesto Chamber of Commerce at the Gallo Center for the arts. It was a great night to look back and remember some of the firsts that happened here in Modesto and celebrate [...]
Salvador Santana – Fat Cat Mar 9
Friday, March 9, 2012 8:00pm With Latin Essence plus Special Guest Blanca Fat Cat, Modesto – Tickets: $10 Salvador Santana, the 28 year old keyboardist, vocalist, composer and songwriter is set to re-visit his roots when he plays a number of venues with his new band comprised of members Alex Nester (vocals & keyboards,) Jared [...]
A Random Adventure
The 2011 MAMA winning production team known as Random Nights is striving to bring a new feel to the night life in Modesto by creating events that might normally be associated with bigger cities. To do that, they travel the world to study the hottest party spots that they can find. A recent trip to [...]
Shiners Take the Nation!
The Moonshine Bandits are in high gear and the momentum that is taking place is not unlike the force of the trains and trucks that they mention in their music. I started writing this article at the end of December and planned to publish it over a month ago. That plan was thwarted by an [...]
UrbanView-Networking
UrbanView – Networking & Music Bring the Area Together. By T.L Networking & music brings the area together. For the first time in our history the Valley is showing clear signs of growth in the number of artist, promoters, DJ’s, and venues among us. According to my research, the number of legitimate, active, collective local [...]
Acoustic View
AcousticView Back to Basics By: Matty Comer I keep thinking back to my childhood for inspiration. Originally, I am from a small rural West Georgia country town. I have very fond memories of many 4th of July festivities and various bluegrass festivals that my father would take me to through the Bible Belt. At a [...]
