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Fresno California - Cultural and commercial attractions
Fresno California - Arte Américas
Arte Américas is a local Latino cultural center. Arte Américas was founded in 1987 by artists and teachers to "make the Central Valley a flourishing place for Latino arts." It presents exhibit of visual arts. [8]
Fresno California - Fresno Metropolitan Museum
The Met displays traveling exhibitions, shows from its own collection, lectures and other outreach programming. The museum also has a science center called the Reeves ASK Science Center that was developed in partnership with San Francisco's Exploratorium. The museum is currently closed for renovations, and is scheduled to reopen in Fall of 2006. The Met participates in Fresno's ArtHop program, and hosts outreach events and fundraisers on an annual basis, including First Friday Films, Christmas at the Met and a science-education based Bubble Festival. www.fresnomet.org
Fresno California - Tower District
Centered around the Historic Tower Theatre, this neighborhood is home to a restaurants, nightclubs, as well as many independent shops and bookstores. The Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts offers performances such as concerts as recitals. The theatre is also home to the annual Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival (the 6th oldest & one of the largest gay & lesbian film festivals in the country), as well as regular screenings of independent films put on by Fresno Filmworks. This neighborhood also has several theaters and hosts several parades annually. Nearby are several of Fresno's historic historic homes and buildings. Fresno City College, California's first community college, is also based here.
Fresno California - Fresno Art Museum
The museum is located in Radio Park, and puts up a rotating series of exhibits. It participates in the monthly Art Hop, and has a variety of film programs, including classic films, anime, and international selections.
Fresno California - Fresno Philharmonic
The city supports a small but respected philharmonic orchestra.
Fresno California - Arts Council’s monthly Art Hop
Fresno Arts Council holds a monthly Art Hop that features many artists in the Fresno area and is held every first Thursday of the month from 5 pm - 8 pm. One of the biggest art events takes place during the annual Rogue Performance Festivalin March.
Fresno California - Roeding Park
Roeding Park ([9]) is home to the Chaffee Zoo and two Rotary Parks, Playland and Storyland. Playland is an amusement park that recently passed its 50th anniversary with the restoration of old ride attractions and the opening of a few new ones. Storyland is geared toward younger children. The amusement park consists of talking environments from popular stories and fairytales, some inhabited by live animals. In the summer, young performers put on plays based on fairytales in the amphitheatre located inside Storyland.
Fresno California - Save Mart Center
The Save Mart Center is an indoor arena (cap:16,500) completed in 2003, on the campus of CSU Fresno (Fresno State). It has hosted a wide range of music acts, from The Rolling Stones to Andrea Bocelli, as well as a variety of other events. It is currently the home of the Fresno State Men's & Women's Basketball teams and the Fresno Falcons hockey team of the ECHL. The arena was recently ranked among the top 25 in the world for number of tickets sold.
Fresno California - Forestiere Underground Gardens
The Forestiere Underground Gardens ([10]) in northwest Fresno near Highway 99, are unusual manmade creations built by Baldasare Forestiere over a period of 40 years. For a fictionalized account of Forestiere and his lonely obsession, see the short story "The Underground Gardens" by T. Coraghessan Boyle, published in The New Yorker, (May 25, 1998).
Fresno California - Fresno Reel Pride
Fresno Reel Pride ([11]) is the sixth oldest -- and has grown to become one of the largest -- gay and lesbian film festivals in the US. Now located in the historic Tower Theatre, Reel Pride is a celebration of gay and lesbian cinema and is a premiere cultural event in central California.
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