OAKHURST – The Mountain Christian Center will play host to a free Community Band Concert on Sunday, Apr. 6 at 3 p.m. This special “Super Heroes” Spring Concert features themes from your favorite bigger-than-life heroes, including music from the Avengers, Superman, the Incredibles and Spiderman, as well as other music from Scherzo, Irish Tune from County Derry and many others. ...

NORTH FORK – The North Fork Studio has been renovated, and it’s time to celebrate! On Friday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m., the community is invited to come see the transformation of one of North Fork’s favorite meeting spaces. The Studio was envisioned in 2002 when local musician/teacher John Kilburn enlisted a group of friends with a mission ...

Written by Susan Moore and Barbara Ulman The beautiful and inspirational Sierra foothills are the perfect environment for artists of all kinds. Our community takes pride in a rich abundance of gallery art, theater, writers’ groups, and musical performances.

OAKHURST – The 7th annual Woodcarvers Rendezvous is set for Sunday, Apr. 6 to Sunday, Apr. 13, at the Community Center in Oakhurst. The event is a woodcarver’s dream, and an important yearly destination attraction for the area. Woodcarvers Rendezvous brings visitors from all over, inviting them up to the foothills for shopping, dining, touring and fun. “This special week ...

OAKHURST – The opera Carmen debuted in 1875 to a Paris audience reputed to have been both alarmed and aghast. French composer Georges Bizet’s startling opera went on to become an international hit, and now, the entire fiasco is the topic of the 19th annual opera series taking place at Evergreen Conference Center Oakhurst (ECCO). ECCO’s “Carmen and the Consequences” ...

OAKHURST – The 6th annual “Nite on the Town” fundraiser and performance extravaganza benefiting Yosemite High School (YHS) “Badger” Music Department is set for Saturday night, Mar. 1. Billed as an evening of “talent, dessert and great fun,” the gala event takes place from 7 – 9 p.m. in the YHS gymnasium. “Nite on the Town is a gathering of ...

Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau & the historic Golden Chain Theatre in Oakhurst present a special Premiere showing of the Ken Burns’ documentary, Yosemite – A Gathering of Spirit, on President’s Day Weekend, Sunday, Feb. 16 from 4 to 7 p.m.

BASS LAKE – If you’re looking for a lovely last-minute plan for Valentine’s Day evening, look no further than the Bass Lake Event Center on Friday, Feb. 14. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a 7:30 p.m. solo concert performance by vocalist and musician, Alison Sharino. The show runs until 10 p.m.

OAKHURST – Local filmmakers are presenting a movie aptly titled “Romance,” the day after Valentine’s Day, on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Met Cinema. The show starts at 9 p.m. “It’s a romantic comedy that was filmed in the Fresno area,” says Video Man Productions producer Darrell Mapson, who co-directed the film.

Gallery Yosemite has created an online survey as we explore ways to help our local artists looking to expand their horizons. Often a way to refresh your vision is to choose a workshop where you can share the experience with like-minded spontaneity-loving artists. A workshop facilitates seeing things with the “eyes of others,” and we want to learn what kinds ...