MADERA COUNTY – A community Hometown Christmas Drive Thru is under preparation for Madera County families. Gates open, Dec. 10th, 11th and 12th  from 5:00-9:00PM nightly Local lights, sights and treats including the Madera Christmas Light Parade “reimagined” under the organization of Madera Evening Lions Club, a Nativity scene provided by Madera Ministerial Association and local treats from tamales to ...

MARIPOSA – The Mariposa Museum & History Center will be having their annual Holiday Extravaganza beginning Sunday November 29 and occurring every Sunday until December 20. Winter hours are 9am – 4pm daily with free admission. Come do your Christmas shopping, with lots of great gift ideas. Choose from a nice selection of books and gorgeous jewelry, many made by ...

OAKHURST – Sunrise Rotary is having an ONLINE AUCTION that will run through Dec. 12, 2020 with a total of $12,000 in products.  The opening bids have been made very competitive and we hope you will have a lot of fun helping us earn funds for our mountain community. Click here for the website and start bidding:  one.bidpal.net/sunriserotarycommunitypartners Members of ...

FRESNO — Dressed up in black, with a bowtie, burgundy jacket and matching burgundy Pumas, author and Fresno State alumnus Anthony Cody waited with anticipation in the virtual green room for the 71st National Book Awards to be announced. From a beat-up laptop inside his Fresno home — nearly 3,000 miles away from the famed New York Public Library, where ...

FRESNO — In light of the recent developments with COVID-19 cases and in accordance with the State of California and Fresno County health mandates, the Fresno Art Museum is again closed to the public. FAM hopes that Fresno County will return to the Red Tier soon and they will be able to reopen on Dec. 10, 2020. In the spirit ...

Join artist Logan Patterson for a Dia de Los Muertos (or Day of the Dead) paint night at San Joaquin Winery in Madera on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 6 – 8 p.m. $35 per person – includes art supplies. The winery’s address is 21821 Ave. 16, Madera, CA 93637. It’s a fun, safe, socially-distance evening of art. For more information, ...

By Sal Maccarone Artists have been rendering their surroundings ever since they began to walk the earth. For instance, primitive cave paintings and pre-historic petroglyphs bear witness to the way things were. Landscape paintings are the only record that we have about where, and how these ancient groups lived. Bodies of water, forests, mountains, valleys, animals and people are just ...

MADERA — A bit of “Fair Time” competition can be had at the Oct. 30 & 31 Madera Fair Drive Thru Treats socially safe event. Folks of all ages can enter a carved or decorated pumpkin to be set aglow and displayed along the route. All exhibitors receive $5 in Fair Food Bucks to be used on either day of ...

OAKHURST – Oct. 22, 20202 – For current and upcoming local events, please visit our website here:  Visit Yosemite Madera County 10.22.20 Daily Conditions Report    CALIFORNIA ROAD CONDITIONS 10.22.20    Weather Report10.22.20 Trail Crew Blasting Today Trail Crew’s are planning to blast along Aspen Valley Road on Thursday, October 22.  This area will have intermittent closures throughout the day. ...

MARIPOSA — The California Arts Council announced on Oct. 14 the Mariposa County Arts Council as one of six recipients of their pilot Innovations + Intersections grant program. This state grant supports arts-based strategies for community needs in wellness and technology sectors. Aimed at providing groundbreaking approaches to address society’s most pressing issues and opportunities, the Innovations + Intersections grant ...