River City Marketplace (RCMP) has launched a new event series, Uptown Market on the Boulevard, taking place on Del Paso Boulevard every Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.
“Our most frequent request from vendors and visitors alike has been a consistent market in a more permanent indoor location,” says Ana Manzano Fairbairn, co-director of RCMP, now in its fifth year of presenting an eclectic mix of local goods and talent at events all over the city.
An actor’s big break can come at any age. Just ask longtime Pocket resident Annie Joe who recently made her acting debut at age 96 in a locally produced film called “Honest Abe: The Backstory.” She plays Grandma Zhou, owner of a Chinese apothecary in the Delta town of Locke.
In the beginning, Northern California residents didn’t travel far to visit the State Fair. Like an itinerant carnival, the State Fair came to the people.
The year was 1854, and state political leaders decided California deserved an annual celebration to showcase the agricultural, industrial and cultural wonders of the West. California held a magical allure as home to the Gold Rush. To capitalize on that fame, the state Legislature authorized the new State Agricultural Society to organize the State Fair.
As with a rock-star’s farewell concert, finality can be negotiable.
After staging a milestone “final” event that lured a record 2,000 competitors last year, the world’s oldest triathlon did not quite end after all.
Now steered by a Sacramento businessman, the contest that the late Eppie Johnston began in 1974 has new branding. From the starting gun July 20, and for future summers, it will be known as the Great American Triathlon.
A hearty congratulations to our own Norris Burkes, author of Inside’s “Spirit Matters” and the self-syndicated column “Spirituality in Everyday Life,” which appears in 35 papers nationwide. The retired military chaplain is the recipient of the 2019 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award sponsored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
In his columns, Burkes has written extensively about the humanitarian project Chispa, which sponsors children’s libraries in Honduras and equips them with quality books in Spanish.
A hearty congratulations to our own Norris Burkes, author of Inside’s “Spirit Matters” and the self-syndicated column “Spirituality in Everyday Life,” which appears in 35 papers nationwide. The retired military chaplain is the recipient of the 2019 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award sponsored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.In his columns, Burkes has written extensively about the humanitarian project Chispa, which sponsors children’s libraries in Honduras and equips them with quality books in Spanish.