Author Archive: Middagh Goodwin
Middagh Goodwin LIVES Music. He has been booking and promoting Music, Art and Comedy for years in the Central Valley. He ran the award winning Plea for Peace Center in Stockton for 5 Years and has booked bands from A-Z. Middagh is beginning 2016 with a new position at the Gallo Center for the Arts and celebrating Beat Happy! Music's 30th Anniversary. Read the MAMAView every month and a the Needle Drop 52 Records 52 Weeks.
MAMView: Radio is a Soul Salvation
MAMAView: Radio is a Sound SalvationBy Middagh Goodwin”When I got the music I got a place to go.”It used to be driving around listening to the radio was a right of passages for teenager all over America. It was how the rest of us passed the time while stuck in traffic or as we just cruised around on a Saturday night.
Big Band Christmas
Big Band Christmas!Modesto Junior College Foundation in collaboration with the Modesto Junior College Arts Division presents Ernie Bucio’s Little Big Band for a Very Merry Big Band Christmas on Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m.
Mobile Laundry Shuttle
Modesto, California: Building on the success of our two mobile Shower Shuttles “Grace” and “Mercy”, Modesto City Leaders, supporters and the local community will perform the ribbon cutting to launch “Faith” – the area’s only mobile Laundry Shuttle – on Friday, December 6, 2019 from 11am to 1pm
International Olive Oil Company to Establish Presence in Stanislaus County
Modesto to Become West Coast Base for International Olive Oil CompanyModesto, CA–Sovena, one of the largest olive oil companies in the world and the USA, just announced its decision to build its second United States plant in Modesto. The family-owned company specializes in olive oils,
Music Therapy with David Victor
Patients, visitors and employees at Doctors Medical Center had a special visitor yesterday. David Victor, former guitarist from the band Boston, provided music therapy at the facility.
MAMAView: Shop Small Buy Local
Shop Small Saturday is November 30th, and I encourage everyone to continue the trend and Buy Local Art and Music for all your Holiday Gifts. Your purchases will help to keep our arts community vibrant and healthy.
Valley Hackathon
OCTOBER 26th HACKATHON SOFTWARE SHOWDOWN HIGHLIGHTS AREA’S FAST-GROWING TECH COMMUNITY Competition’s Unique Format Allows Programmers to Showcase Previously Built Software Projects to Compete for the $500 Grand Prize
MAMAView: Modesto Area Music Wins
The State Theatre was the sight for the 20th Anniversary of the Modesto Area Music Awards and with a record number of votes coming in we were set for a celebration of a lifetime.
Halloween and Harvest Fun
Halloween and Harvest Fun9/27 10/27(Fri-Sun) Boomers Halloween Horror9/27-10/31 Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze RAM Farms Turlock9/28-10-31 Pumpkin Maze DellOsso Family Farms 9/28/10/31 Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze at Dutch Hollow Farms10/04-10/3(Fri-Sat) Haunted Jail at Amador Courthouse, Jackson10/04-11/02(Fri-Sun) Ranch of Horrors Stanislaus County Fair10/04-11/02(Fri-Sun) Snellings Beyond the Gates at Merced County Fair10/04 Oktoberfest at Centre Plaza Parking […]
MAMView: Two Decades with Ears to the Future
MAMAView: Two Decades with Ears to the FutureBy Middagh Goodwin I have said it before and I will say it again, who would have imagined that when Murphy and Ricci decided to host a local music award show that it would still be going strong twenty years later? The landscape of local music has waxed […]
Save Mart opens Flagship Store
The Save Mart Companies opens flagship Save Mart store in the heart of its hometown, Modesto Modesto, Calif.—The Save Mart Companies (TSMC) celebrated the opening of its 54,000 square foot, prototype Save Mart store today,
Featured Friday: Hope It Holds
Featured Friday is our way of getting to know our neighbors, those who have a story to tell but maybe not a featured spread. The artists, musicians, teachers, business owners and creators all around us. This week we asked a few questions of Octobers Cover Creatures, the Victorines.
Featured Friday: Lisa Ballew
Featured Friday is our way of letting you get to know members of our community, from Teachers, to business owners, musicians and more. This week we got to know local singer songwriter Lisa Ballew.
Morbid Obsession: Victorian Funeral Customs Tour at McHenry Mansion
The McHenry Mansion Foundation announces a one of a kind tour of Victorian Funeral Customs just in time for Halloween. Open to the public, the event is scheduled at the McHenry Mansion at 906 15th St., Modesto on Mon., Tues., Wed., Oct. 28, 29, 30, 2019. Tickets are $7 on-line, at the Visitors Center or at […]
MAMAView: Celebrating 20
MAMAViewBy Middagh Goodwin October 15th the Modesto Area Music Awards will be celebrating two decades of music and live entertainment in the 209. Over the years thousands of acts, venues, events have been nominated and you the fans have chosen the winners with your votes. This year on top of a new batch of mamanees […]
