Category: Arts & Culture

A psychological musical produced by MSJC ■ Rusty Strait / Senior Reporter “Violet” opened off Broadway on March 11, 1997 and closed April 6, 1997. Some of the early critics … Read More

■ By Drew Wilson / Contributed A base guitar bumps a low melody while brushes dance on a snare and hipsters of all ages, some with Beatnik face-paint, mingle, sipping … Read More

■ By Anna Pechanec Ancheta / Contributed It’s been said that people fear performing in public more than anything except dying. To the students in MUSICA! Everyone’s Community Harmonious Orchestra … Read More

■ Anna Pechanec Ancheta / Contributed Jazz starts with our earliest memories of a heartbeat or pulse. Sunday night’s concert at Diamond Valley Arts Center with Hawkins’ Modern Jazz Seahawk … Read More

■ Matt McPherson / Columnist In 1975 Dianne Verdugo started volunteering her time at the Valle Vista Library and in 1980 became a member of Friends of the Valle Vista … Read More

■ By Halima Haider / Editorial Assistant The Hemet-San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce and Golden Village Palms RV Resort hosted the triumphant seventh annual Taste of the Valley and “Business … Read More

■ By Anne Pechanec Ancheta / Contributed MUSICA! kids, the kids who live where safety is at a premium, come to play music as beginners and as experienced players. They … Read More

■ By Susan Carrier / Contributed The band Desperado has a reputation for an amazing recreation of the classic sound of the Eagles. If you close your eyes, you would … Read More

■ Michele Ryneal / Contributed “What goes around comes around” is a phrase that aptly describes the Hemet Woman’s Club current Community Improvement Project (C.I.P.). The Woman’s Club will be … Read More

The female mastermind behind Ramona ■ By Halima Haider / Editorial Assistant Who is Helen Hunt Jackson? Ms. Jackson was a journalist, poet, novelist, and social activist who interwove all … Read More