Singer Lacy C. Dalton, comic Mike Pace among performers at Black Oak Casino

TUOLUMNE - Stand-up comedian Mike Pace will lead off the November entertainment lineup at Black Oak Casino.

MJC offers documentary film ‘If a Tree Falls’

MODESTO - The Modesto Junior College Civic Engagement Project Fall Film & Lecture Series will offer a free showing of the film 'If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front' on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in Forum 110 on East Campus.

Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley to host first Great Valley BookFest

A red-letter day is coming on Saturday, Oct, 27, at the Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley in Manteca.

German choir part of concert Saturday staged by Swiss Echoes

RIPON – The San Joaquin Valley Swiss Echoes, dressed in their traditional Swiss attire, will present their Fall Concert and Dance Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Swiss Club hall in Ripon located on the corner of East Main Street and Manley Road.

Beethoven helps usher in Classics season

STOCKTON - A full program of Beethoven is in store when the Stockton Symphony begins its Classics season on Thursday, Nov. 15.

Half Moon Bay rolling out its 42nd Art & Pumpkin Festival this weekend

HALF MOON BAY–– The 42nd Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival is expected to draw hordes of visitors to the "World Pumpkin Capital" for a fun-filled festival on historic Main Street this Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Brubeck opens Stockton Symphony season

STOCKTON - Chris Brubeck opens the Stockton Symphony's Classics season with a Mini-Brubeck Festival on Thursday, Oct. 11, and Saturday, Oct. 13.

Domestic Violence Walk-A-Thon Saturday

TRACY – Starbucks Coffee Company and the Women's Center – Youth & Family Services are teaming up to host the 10th Annual "Break the Silence on Domestic Violence" Walk-A-Thon in Tracy on Saturday, Oct. 13.

New Sierra Rep play captures the hard angles of love, war & life transitions

New Sierra Rep play captures the hard angles of love, war & life transitions

Pavao performing at Modesto Sound benefit concert taking place on Oct. 20

MODESTO - Sierra High graduate and "The Voice" finalist Lindsey Pavao is performing on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at a Modesto Sound teen recording and creative arts studio concert fundraiser at the home of one of Modesto Sound's board members.

Old-fashioned Harvest Festifall set for Oct. 13-14 in Columbia

COLUMBIA - The 28th annual Harvest Festifall will be held in Columbia State Historic Park on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13-14.

Chris Brubeck & Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet open Stockton Symphony Classics

STOCKTON - Members of University of the Pacific's 2012-13 Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet will perform the world premiere of Chris Brubeck's Adventure for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra with the Stockton Symphony when it begins its Classics season on Thursday, Oct. 11.

DeKok relives being told several times he was dying from cancer

RIPON - A soft-spoken man of faith – retired National Guardsman Bill DeKok – told Rotarians Wednesday noon how he had survived a death sentence from pancreatic cancer.

Fiddle, chili competition set Oct. 7 at Columbia State Park

COLUMBIA - The Columbia Chamber of Commerce is staging the 30th annual Fiddle & Bango contest plus chili cook-off on Saturday Oct. 6.

Stockton Chorale conducting November concerts on “Saints, Queens and Mothers”

STOCKTON - The Stockton Chorale will bring a celebration of music by and about women who are Saints, Queens and Mothers on Nov. 2 and 4.

Bill & Lucille Harris gain Hall of Fame nod

Bill and Lucille Harris - champions in the tort reform movement, astute business people, and supporters of education - are being inducted into the Manteca Hall of Fame. Other members of the Class of 2013 are Jack Miller, athletics; Mike Henry, education; George Abdullah, Government; Greg Leland, education; Karl Konrad Wolf, health care; Randy Ernest Albertsen, athletics; and David Bricker, community service. Bill (who has passed away) and Lucille Harris were nominated for induction in ...

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