Category Archives: Art

Coverage of the arts in in the Stockton, California area.

Ernie Mancuso finds a lightsaber

B-roll from my video of Mancuso painting a mural in Michael Klooster’s recording studio; the lightsaber toy belonged to Klooster’s son.
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What Megan Fox, Josh Brolin and Stockton have in common

The world’s sexiest woman (above right), the Oscar-nominated actor (above left) and the Port City all have ties to the DC Comics character Jonah Hex. Brolin portrays Hex in the big-budget summer movie that’s named after the character. Fox also is in the film, which opens today and is reviewed in the LENS section of [...]
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Video: More about the Stockton arts endowment

Stockton artists gathered at Empresso coffeehouse in the Miracle Mile Saturday to celebrate City Council’s decision not to use $1.1 million from the city arts endowment to help close its budget deficit. Interest from the endowment is used to fund grants for art projects. By 1 p.m. about 15 visual and literary artists, musicians and others [...]
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Video: Stockton artists gathering at Empresso

Stockton artists have been invited to hang out at Empresso coffeehouse in the Miracle Mile until 6 p.m. today to celebrate City Council’s decision not to use $1.1 million in arts funding to help close the budget deficit. In this video Stockton Arts Commission Chairperson Paula Shiel talks about the gathering. Return to the Record’s [...]
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More about “VOICED: South Africa”

“VOICED: South Africa,” a documentary co-produced by University of the Pacific student Emily Sheldon and alumnus Graham Howes, will premiere at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Pacific’s Janet Leigh Theatre (formerly the Pacific Theatre.) It will be followed by a Q&A session with Sheldon and Howes. Click here to read today’s story about the documentary; you [...]
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Photos: Stockton All-City Poetry Slam semifinals

UPDATE 3/21/10: Alyssa Langworthy took first place in Friday night’s All-City Poetry Slam finals at the Plea for Peace Center in Stockton and opened for Lupe Fiasco Saturday at the Bob Hope Theatre. Jasmire Gibson took second, while Ahmad Sonley came in third. Look for full video of each of their performances at Thursday’s semifinals [...]
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Stockton All-City Poetry Slam finalists

Dejanique Armstrong, above, was among the 20 young local poets who competed last night in the semifinals of the Stockton All-City Poetry Slam competition at a packed Plea for Peace Center. Armstrong also was one of the 10 poets who advanced to tonight’s finals, set for 7:30 p.m. at the center, 630 E. Weber Ave. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Copper Rhino in Stockton, Brandon Tyler, Tracy cheerleading video and much more

In the news biz they call this a notebook dump; it’s several smaller items I’ve been planning to write about for awhile rolled into one post. I’m not a big fan of the term notebook dump, though. You can suggest a better title in a comment on this post. • Copper Rhino, one of Modesto’s biggest [...]
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