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Ian Hill
Video: The faces of the McKee Student Art Exhibition
Today’s myRecord includes a photo of Hannah Mulbarger, a second-grader at St. Anne’s School in Lodi, who is among the young local artists to have her work featured in The Robert T. McKee Student Art Contest and Exhibition at the Haggin Museum. Each of the young artists brought different influences and inspirations to the work [...]
Concerts and nightlife around the 209, March 4-7
About 4,000 students attend classes at University of the Pacific in Stockton. Together, they’re a sleeping giant in the city’s entertainment scene. If a good promoter could wake them up and get them off campus more to attend and spend money at local shows and events, they could provide a huge economic boost to the [...]
Photos, Video: French Cassettes
UPDATE 1:48 p.m.: Check out more photos at the bottom of this post.
Tony Sauro’s column today looks at French Cassettes, one of the area’s most inventive and engaging rock bands. (Click here for more about the band’s show Saturday at the Plea for Peace Center in Stockton; photo at right shows French Cassettes frontman Scott [...]
What it would take to bring Pavement to Stockton
Pavement, the most influential indie band to emerge from Stockton, won’t be stopping here on its reunion tour at least until after September, if at all.
Additional U.S. dates for the tour were announced Monday in a post on Matador’s Web site, and Stockton is not on the itinerary. The newly-announced concerts are in September and [...]
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Opportunities for Stockton-area musicians and artists
Looking to promote your music, get your video noticed or obtain funding for that public art project you’ve been planning for years? Here are some opportunities for Stockton-area artists and musicians that you may want to check out.
• Members of the Stockton Arts Commission will be available Wednesday and Saturday to answer questions about the [...]
More photos from Stockton Skate Park
Stockton skateboarder Terry Silasack, above, is either extremely brave or extremely crazy. A grandmother from Tracy who called me this morning after seeing Silasack’s photo in The Record probably believes the latter. She asked why he wasn’t wearing a helmet when he was launching himself three or four feet in the air off the ramp [...]
Concerts and nightlife around the 209, Feb. 25-28
Welcome to an all-Modesto edition of our weekly look at nightlife and concerts around the 209. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of fun to be had this weekend in Stockton as well – check out the listings at the bottom of this blog post for information. But from this blogger’s perspective, the weekend’s [...]
Around Stockton on a Friday night: Photos and video
My original plan for last Friday night was a bit ambitious.
I was going to stop by the Hudson Criminal CD release show at the Plea for Peace Center in Stockton at about 8 p.m. before heading to Modesto to catch the Off the Air concert at Deva. From there I wanted to go to Hero’s [...]
30 reasons not to be miserable in the 209; Concerts and nightlife, Feb. 18-23
I’ve got 30 local parties and concerts listed on my calendar for the next week, so there’s no need for you to stay home, shut the shades and buy into Forbes’ hype about Stockton and Modesto being among America’s most miserable cities.
Two of the busiest venues will be Copper Rhino and Clayton’s in Modesto. Tonight [...]
Video: French Cassettes, Genius and the Thieves, Filbert and more