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Modesto is the official center of California. The best dining, the best shows and the best in living are all here. In the great city of 206,000 people, you will find incredible independent restaurants, things to do for families , national caliber performers like Tony Bennett, Modesto resident Carol Channing, Dwight Yoakam, Hootie and the Blowfish, Veritcal Horizon, Avril Lavigne and many more. Modesto is the home to Graffiti Summer in June, X-Fest in July, Modesto Art and Wine in August, Picnic at the Pops in September, and the annual MAMA Music Awards in October. We have some great art galleries, museums, and points of interest. There are new things to see and lots of music at the Gallo Center, State Theater and the Fat Cat Nightclub. Lots of our local restaurants and bars have live music. Take your kids to events at the Great Valley Museum and at the Modesto Museum and learn about our city. Check out our huge gallery of pictures from events over the years. Take a look.
Most of all, have fun in Modesto and if you have an event that you want us to post, just email us here at info@modestoview.com. Check out our event listings below, then get going and go do something. Got an event? Let us know and we will get it live. Email us your events at events@modestoview.com or post your own right now.
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Black & White Artist Premier
Premiere and Party for the year’s top Oscar contender! The State Theatre is returning to the days when one of our town’s most anticipated events was the opening of a new film. The Artist, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, offered the perfect excuse to roll out the red carpet so, we’re inviting you to not [...]
FitView-You Can’t Touch This
Fit View By Efren Martinez Can’t Touch This When you meet Barbara Miller for the first time, you meet what we all see up front, which is a polite and soft-spoken person on the outside. But when you run with her, you get a feeling of amazement and MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Touch This”. Barbara’s [...]
Greetings & Happy Valentines
Greetings & HappyValentine’s Month ! ModestoView Loves Modesto. Read the magazine: http://http://www.modestoview.com/the-magazine/ This is a really fun time of the year and is especially good as we start our second year of ModestoView Magazine Version 2.0. This has been a very exciting year and I am really proud of the group of people that come [...]
NoFrills, All-Fun, Rocket Pop
BarView By Kate Serpa I consider my dear friend Samantha to be a champion drinker. I don’t flatter myself when I say that I can hold my own better than most, but I’d have to have a sick death-wish to ever put myself up against Samantha in a shot contest. She would shut me down [...]
Kids Shows at Gallo Center
THE STINKY CHEESE MAN & OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES Poor Jack. He’s got to use his wits to save himself from the terrible Giant, but a host of familiar fairytale characters keep messing up his plans-and then there’s that annoying Stinky Cheese Man. In this children’s favorite, characters slide in and out of fairy tales. [...]
Fit View-Good, Bad & the Ugly
2 race pics coming Fit View By Efren Martinez The Good The Bad & The Ugly Happy New Year everyone, 2011 was a great fitness year for Modesto with opportunities for fitness, fun and healthy living. Here is the run down of some of our fantastic local races I was able to participate in 2011. [...]
Gong Hey Fat Choy!
Chef View by Dana Johnson, Food and Dining Expert Gong Hey Fat Choy! January 23, 2012 is Chinese New Year! So what better way to celebrate than dining on Chinese Food in an amazing Chinese Restaurant? Dynasty Restaurant has a signature menu and is the place to get your Dim Sum on! Gong Hey Fat [...]
Famous View-Music is my Drug
FamousView by Ruben Porras – ModestoFamous My editor has to be really hating me this morning. This piece was due last night but I had to pump a little local life into my head to get the job done right. I had to get out and experience killer local eats, heartbreaking live tunes and amazing [...]
Performing View-Merry New Year!
Performing View By Kaye Osborn Merry New Year! It’s time to welcome in 2012 with a theatrical performance. I hope you were able to catch Prospect Theater’s musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris! It was simply mesmerizing! The staging, the performers, the musicians and the songs were captivating. Sure do miss having [...]
New Year’s Spirit!
All Ages Pages By Abbey Murphy The holidays are over and all the magical feelings may be left behind with December, but now it’s time to bring in the New Year! Rumors are that this year, 2012, may be the last, so the youth in Modesto need to make it count! Okay, so as a [...]
Fit View – Grinch KO’ed at Christmas
Last year I happened to be in the right place at the right time to catch this exclusive shot of a certain green fuzzy guy trying to steal Christmas from my friend Jackson Carota. As you can see, things didn’t work out quite like The Grinch had planned. Rumor has it that he’ll be up to his [...]
Interview: Lucy Conkey Of McHenry Mansion
InterView – Home for the Holidays. We all like to feel at home for the Holidays. There are places that just feel like home no matter where you grew up. There is one place in Modesto that is “Modesto’s Home” located at 15th and I Street. The 128 year old McHenry Mansion stands proud [...]
All Ages Pages – December
By Abbey Murphy December feels like the home stretch. It is crazy busy and we just had Winter Formal. In school there are so many tests and papers due but the holidays make it feel different. I watch my favorite movies like Christmas Vacation and Family Stone and my sister is home from Berkeley and [...]
All Ages – Do Something Good
All Ages Pages By Abbey Murphy Do something good This time if year is so very crazy. We are in the last few weeks of water polo and the homework is piling up. There is still time to do fun things. One of the most fun things to do is go toyour high-school [...]
PerformingView-November
Performing View By Kaye Osborn November is full of dramatic offerings for children and adults. The days are getting shorter, the nights are longer so it is a perfect time of year to go out to the theater and see some really innovative presentations staged and performed by our friends here in town. Check [...]
