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The Bee’s “Don’t Miss It” entertainment guide
MOVIES: “God’s Not Dead 2” opens.
TV: “The Ranch” launches on Netflix.
COMEDY: Comedy Hop featuring Thai River at Frank’s Place.
EVENT: West Coast Mennonite Relief Sale and Auction at
Fresno Pacific University. Through April 2.
THEATER:
A Visalia Players opens “The Outgoing Tide” at
the Ice House Theatre. Through April 17.
A Oakhurst’s Golden Chain Theatre opens “Shake.” Through April 17.
TV: “Powerpuff Girls”
(below) are back on
Cartoon Network.
CONCERT: “Rain: A
Tribute to the Beatles”
(right) stops at the
Saroyan Theatre.
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SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
TV: Ron Moore’s
“Outlander” returns
on Starz.
EVENTS:
A Tower Classic Car
Show.
A Breakfast with the
Animals at Fresno
Chaffee Zoo.
A Fresno State First
Nations Powwow at
O’Neill Park.
A Step It Up Block
Party: A Call for Peace
at Fresno Water
Tower.
A Fifty Shades of Men
at Tower Theatre.
CONCERT: Tulare
County Symphony
presents Desperate
Housewives at Visalia
Fox Theatre.
SHOPPING: The Fresno High Flea, Reedley Rummage
Roundup and block sales near Fresno High start.
TV: NCAA Men’s basketball Final Four starts
CONCERTS:
A Ska legends English Beat plays Strummer’s.
A Van Cliburn piano winner Jon Nakamatsu (left) returns
to Fresno State’s Keyboard Concerts series.
COMEDY: Marlon Wayans at Visalia Fox Theatre.
EVENTS:
A Big Hat Days in Old Town Clovis. Through April 3.
A Insane Inflatable 5K at The Big Fresno Fairgrounds.
A California Classic Weekend. Through April 3.
A PBR Blue Def Tour at Save Mart Center.
DVD: You can own “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
CONCERTS:
A Carrie Underwood (left) plays the
Save Mart Center.
A Tyler the Creator comes to the
Rainbow Ballroom.
VIDEO GAMES: Time-traveling
Xbox One exclusive “Quantum
Break” releases.
BOOKS: New releases include
“The Arm: Inside the BillionDollar Mystery of the Most
Valuable Commodity in
Sports” by Jeff Passan.
TV:
A Starz gives you “The Girlfriend Experience.”
A Second season of “Fear the Walking Dead”
begins on AMC.
CONCERT: Chamber group Moment Musical offers
a “Sunday Serenade” at Westminster Presbyterian
Church.
EVENT: Festival de los Niños at Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
MOVIE: “Dead Man Walking” screens at Tower Theatre.
CONCERTS:
A Paul McCartney
(right) takes the
Save Mart Center
stage.
A Unknown
Mortal
Orchestra at
The Cellar Door.
MOVIES: Live action version of
“The Jungle Book” (above) released.
CONCERT: Metal band The Devil You
Know plays Fulton 55.
EVENTS:
A Vintage Days at Fresno State.
Through April 17.
A Fresno Grizzlies opening day at
Chukchansi Park.
A California Antique Farm Equipment
Show at International Agri-Center.
Through April 17.
A Mixed Martial Arts: Action in a
Cage at Tower Theatre.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
TV: “Mike &
Molly” returns
to CBS lineup.
CONCERTS:
A The women’s group Soli Deo Gloria performs its spring concert
“Poets’ Corner” at University Presbyterian Church.
A Oakhurst Ragtime Festival at Oakhurst Community Center.
Through May 1.
MOVIES: Video game “Ratchet & Clank” (right) hits big screen.
COMEDY: Comedy Hop featuring Dean Delray at Frank’s Place.
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CONCERTS:
A Ukulele
star Jake
Shimabukuro
(left) plays the
Tower Theatre.
A The dapper
rapper G-Eazy plays
Selland Arena.
SUNDAY
THURSDAY
THEATER:
A Good Company Players opens “An Ideal
Husband” at 2nd Space Theatre. Through June 12.
A Volbeat headlines the Blaze Fest at
Rotary Amphitheater.
MOVIES: Classic Film Screening presents “The
Great Outdoors” at Warnors Theatre.
EVENT: 102nd Clovis Rodeo (left) at Clovis Rodeo
Grounds. Through April 24.
COMEDY: Jerry Seinfeld
(below) performs at the
Saroyan Theatre.
EVENT: Grass Valley
photographer Charles Farmer
at Spectrum Art Gallery is a
highlight of downtown/Tower
ArtHop.
FOOD & DRINK:
Downtown
Visalia Wine
Walk.
CONCERT:
Trey Tosh at
Tower
District
Records.
SATURDAY
WEDNESDAY
CONCERTS:
A “Arriva El Norte!” brings Norteño
legends to Valdez Hall.
A Literate Voices presents “Bollywood
Glitz” at Shaghoian Hall.
COMEDY: Comedy Hop featuring Ry
Doon at Frank’s Place.
FOOD & DRINK: Beers & Brats at
Willow Gardens Nursery.
EVENTS:
A Super Saturday Car Show at Castle
Air Museum in Atwater.
A Spring Fest at Fig Garden Village.
A 25th annual Walk A Dog A Thon at
Plaza Park, benefits Valley Oak S.P.C.A.
A Kingsburg car show in
downtown Kingsburg.
CONCERT: Mike Amaral’s Beach Boys tribute,
California Beach Boys, come to the Tower Theatre.
FOOD & DRINK: Fresno County Wine Journey runs
all weekend.
EVENTS:
A Catch a reading at LitHop, a day-long literary
festival, in the Tower District.
A Smack in da Middle V bike polo tournament
returns to Fresno’s Cary Park.
A UFC 197: Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones 2, live on
pay-per-view.
A Yoshi Now! Spring Flea market.
A Earth Day Fresno at Radio Park.
A Tulare County Renaissance Faire at Plaza Park.
THEATER: Selma Arts Center opens “Shrek: The
Musical.” Through May 7.
WEDNESDAY
TV: NCAA Women’s basketball Final Four begins.
EVENT: Back in Fresno: Kev at Warnors Theatre.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
EVENT:
Monster Jam
(above) roars its
way into the Save Mart
Center for three shows. Also April 9.
MOVIES:
A “Hardcore Henry” offers first-person
view of action.
A Fresno Filmworks screens “Mountains
May Depart.”
THEATER:
A Fresno Pacific University opens the
musical “Little Women” at Fresno
Memorial Auditorium. Through April 10.
A Porterville’s Barn Theater opens
“Psycho Night at the Paradise Lounge.”
Through April 24.
A Playhouse Merced opens the melodrama
“Deadwood Dick.” Through April 17.
COMEDY: Comedy Hop featuring Sam
Tripoli at Frank’s Place.
DVD: Take a trip into “The Forest.”
VIDEO GAMES: Maddeningly difficult “Dark Souls III” releases for consoles and PC.
THEATER: A national tour of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
stops at the Saroyan Theatre. Through April 13.
EVENT: PostSecret at Fresno State.
BOOKS: New releases include “Hamilton: The Revolution” by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
FOOD & DRINK:
Sip-and-paint place
Pinot’s Palette opens in
north Fresno.
THEATER: Theatre
Ventoux opens “Romeo
and Juliet” and “Hamlet”
in repertory at the Fresno
Soap Co. Through
April 23.
MOVIES: Classic Flicks
at the Fox presents
“Amadeus” at Visalia
Fox Theatre.
CONCERT: Mexican singer Pepe Aguilar (above)
comes to the Save Mart Center.
MOVIES: “Transcend” screening at Tower Theatre.
EVENT: Old Town Clovis Car Show.
TV: Season finale of
“Supergirl.”
MOVIES: The battle continues in “The
Huntsman: Winter’s War.” (below)
CONCERTS:
A “American Idol” finalist Casey
Abrams comes to Fulton 55.
A Y&T plays Tower Theatre.
VIDEO GAMES: “Star Fox Zero” drops
for the Wii U.
THEATER:
EVENT: San
A College of the Sequoias in Visalia
Joaquin Valley
offers a musical adaptation of “Animal
Town Hall features
Farm.” Through April 30.
Admiral James
A The Iron Triangle Theatre
Stavridis (right) at
Company’s “Freedom Change” plays
Saroyan Theatre.
at the Fresno Art
Museum.
CONCERTS:
COMEDY: Comedy
A Fresno Philharmonic’s “Alexander
Hop featuring Jr De
Nevsky” includes Prokofiev’s great work
Guzman at Frank’s
at Saroyan Theatre.
Place.
A Central Valley Blues Society celebrates
EVENT: Party for
14 years with show at Fulton 55.
the Planet at Fresno
A Fresno Community Concert Band
Chaffee Zoo.
presents “Banding Together” at
Shaghoian Hall.
EVENT: Color Me Rad 5K at
Woodward Park.
DVD: Oscar-winning “The
Revenant” in stores.
TV: “Containment” breaks out
on CW.
EVENT: Respite by the River
with author Daniel Chacon at
the River Center.
DVD:
Take a ride
with “Ride
Along 2.”
CONCERT: Guitarist
Joe Bonamassa plays
the Saroyan Theatre.
FOOD &
DRINK:
Farm-to-Fork
cooking class
in Madera.
CONCERTS:
A Kill the lights with Luke
Bryan (right) at the
Save Mart Center.
A Outlaw country with Whitney
Morgan at Strummer’s.
FOOD & DRINK:
A Old Town Clovis Spring Wine Walk.
A Visalia Craft Beer Fest at Mooney Grove Park.
A Madera Beer Fest at Madera Fairgrounds.
EVENTS:
A Spring Twilight Tour at Project Survival Cat Haven.
A Water-Wise plant give and take at Fresno State
greenhouses.
A Flapjacks for Fido and Felines at Applebee’s, a
benefit for Central California S.P.C.A.