SThe Bee`s “Don`t Miss It” entertainment guide

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The Bee’s “Don’t Miss It” entertainment guide
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SUNDAY
SPORTS: Fresno State kicks off its home
football season against Weber State.
CONCERTS:
l Tribute band The Double Doors plays at
ApCal Winery in Madera.
l Female Led Zeppelin tribute band Lady
Zep rocks Starline.
EVENT: Christian comedian Ron McGehee performs
at “Night of 1,000 Laughs” at New Covenant
Community Church.
MOVIE: Make a date to see “Bachelorette.”
THEATER: StageWorks Fresno opens Sondheim’s
“A Little Night Music” at the Severance Theatre.
(Through Sept. 23)
ART: Jonathan Brilliant, artist-in-residence for the
Center for Creativity and the Arts, begins an installation
at the Henry Madden Library. (Through Sept. 20)
CONCERT: Rockers Styx play at Madera District Fair.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
CONCERT: Virtuoso
guitarist Buckethead
plays the Tower
Theatre.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
EVENTS:
l Veterans will be honored at the
Clovis Veterans Memorial District
facility.
l Yiddish Festival begins at Temple
Beth Israel.
l Margarita Fiesta Night dinner/dance
at St. John’s Cathedral social hall.
l A Taste of River Park event features
food and wine tasting.
l Fresno Pet Expo at Fresno
Fairgrounds. (Through Sept. 9)
l Return to the Fabulous ’50s at
California Armenian Home.
l A Taste of the Harvest at Garden of
the Sun.
CONCERTS:
l Tulare Country Fairgrounds host
Electric Fairy Tale dance party.
l Country singer Rodney Atkins plays
at Madera fair.
l “The Voice” contestant
Karla Davis plays at ApCal
Winery in Madera.
TV:
The new
Katie Couric
talk show
launches.
CONCERTS
l Folk artist Laurie Lewis
plays Wolk Garden.
l Latin star Lupillo Rivera
closes the Madera fair.
SUNDAY
DVD: Make a date with “The Five-Year
Engagement.”
MUSIC: September is big for album
releases and it starts with Matchbox
Twenty, Cat Power, Melissa Etheridge,
Two Door Cinema Club and T.I.
BOOK: Mitch Albom’s “The Time
Keeper” is available.
TV: A&E launches “Coma”
(above) miniseries.
CONCERTS:
l The free, all-ages Labor Daze
music/tattoo festival features punk
bands F----- Up and Ceremony inside
the Visalia Convention Center.
l It’s a hoedown at Fulton 55 with
Rehab, Moonshine Bandits, Whisky
Row and E. Rose.
EVENTS:
l Craft Beer & Wine Music Festival at Park Place shopping center.
l The Madera District Fair begins (through Sept. 9).
ART: A lively ArtHop includes shows by Julia Bradshaw at Corridor 2122, Nancy
Youdelman at Gallery 25 and the group show “Transparency” at the Chris
Sorensen Studio.
CONCERTS:
l This year’s Fresno Urban Sound Experience music festival (or, FUSE Fest)
features 40 bands in 10 venues. (Through Sept. 8)
l Punk band Defeater will pack in the kids at Chinatown Youth Center.
l Jazz Hop jives in the Tower District and downtown Fresno.
l Tower of Power performs at the Madera fair.
MONDAY
DVD: Andy Garcia’s “For Greater
Glory” is available.
TV: NBC shows us “The New Normal.”
MUSIC: Dave Matthews Band, The XX,
Bob Dylan, The Avett Brothers, ZZ Top,
Kix Brooks and A$AP Rocky put out
new albums.
BOOK: “No Easy Day: The Firsthand
Account of the Mission That Killed
Osama Bin Laden” by Mark Owen and
Kevin Maurer is released.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
TV: New “X-Factor” judges Demi
Lovato and Britney Spears (above)
get their first chance to rate talent.
CONCERT: Nineties alt-rockers
Camper Van Beethoven visit Fulton 55.
TV:
l You say you want a “Revolution”
(below). NBC has it.
l Fox turns to “Mob Doctor” to cure
ratings blues.
CONCERT: Hold the line! Toto
performs at Table Mountain Casino.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
EVENT: Jamie Lee Curtis speaks at
the Central California Women’s
Conference.
CONCERT: The Fresno Community
Chorus snags vocal ensemble
Chanticleer for a performance at
Shaghoian Hall.
MUSIC: New in music stores, albums
from Pink, The Killers, Dwight Yoakam,
Wiz Khalifa, Grizzly Bear, Carly Rae
Jepsen, Big & Rich and Ben Folds
Five.
GAMES:
“Borderlands 2,” hits consoles.
BOOK: Author Ken Follett’s
“Winter of the World” is released.
DVD: “Katy Perry: Part of Me”
(below) explodes like a firework
into stores.
ART: “Near and Far: Landscapes by
Japanese Artists” opens at Hanford’s
Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture.
(Through Dec. 22)
CONCERT: Baltimore synthpop band
Future Islands plays at Audie’s Olympic.
EVENT: 2012 TasteFresno Tri-Tip CookOff at Chukchansi Park.
MOVIES:
l It’s like you’re under the sea as
“Finding Nemo” is released in 3D.
l Fresno Filmworks screens “Take
This Waltz” at the Tower Theatre.
CONCERT: Rapper Roach Gigz stops
at Star Palace.
TV: And the winner
is ... ABC airs the
Emmy Awards.
CONCERTS:
l Pianist Jon
Nakamatsu opens the
Keyboard Concerts
season at the Fresno State
Concert Hall.
l Roots-reggae band The
Abyssinians play Audie’s
Olympic.
l 4th Annual Chamber
Music Concert at First
Congregational Church
of Fresno.
EVENTS:
l The live stage show version of
Disney’s “Phineas & Ferb” plays twice
at Saroyan Theatre.
l Cherry Avenue Auction Fall Fest Auto
Swap at Cherry Ave.
DVD: Suit up! “The Avengers” comes out.
TV: “The Mindy Project” begins on FOX.
CONCERT: Alt-rockers Local H heat up Fulton 55.
MUSIC: Mega album release day alert! Green
Day, Mumford & Sons, No Doubt and Lupe Fiasco
put out new material.
TV: One, two,
cha-cha-cha with
the new season of
“Dancing With the
Stars.”
MOVIE: Welcome to the “Hotel
Transylvania” (right). It’s such a lovely place.
TV: Final episodes of “Fringe” start on FOX.
ART: The Fresno Art Museum opens two
big fall exhibitions: Arline Fische’s “Garden
of Delight: Adornments” and Joel Pickford’s
“Soul Calling.” (Through Jan. 6)
COMEDY: “Queen of Mean” Lisa Lampanelli
performs at Saroyan Theatre.
EVENT: The Spanspek Music & Arts festival
highlights tunes and culture in Orosi.
Look for event details in 7 every Friday or online at planitfresno.com
SUNDAY
MONDAY
EVENT: Wake up early for the
annual ClovisFest in Old Town
Clovis. (Through Sept. 16)
MOVIE:
Fresno Filmworks
screens “The Gold
Rush” at the Tower
Theatre.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
EVENT: The 23rd Reel Pride gay
and lesbian film festival opens at the
Tower Theatre. (Through Sept. 23)
CONCERT: Country legend Merle
Haggard plays Visalia Fox Theatre.
THEATER: “Singin’ in the Rain” opens at Roger
Rocka’s Dinner Theater. (Through Nov. 11)
CONCERT: Beloved singer/songwriter David
Dondero plays Fulton 55.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
EVENT: California Wine
Month reception and wine
tasting at CRU Wine
Co. in Madera.
MOVIE: “End of Watch” in
theaters.
CONCERT: Canadian indie
rock band Royal Canoe
plays Fulton 55 with Fierce
Creatures.
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
CONCERT: Lance
Canales & The Flood
and Patrick Contreras
play a benefit concert
for West African
Vocational School.
TV: “Guys With
Kids” show up at NBC.
CONCERT: Roots
rock king Dave Alvin
returns to town,
playing
Fulton 55.
BOOK: J.K. Rowling’s much
anticipated new novel “The
Casual Vacancy” is out.
EVENTS:
l Visalia’s Taste the Arts festival
begins. (Through Oct. 1)
l Wine Walk at Fig Garden
Village benefiting Habitat for
Humanity.
SUNDAY
EVENT: Antiques & Collectibles Fair and
British Car Roundup in Old Town Clovis.
MUSIC: The Fresno
Philharmonic puts
the spotlight on a
hometown Grammy
winner, Kelley
O’Connor (above), to
open the season at
the Saroyan Theatre.
(Through Sept. 30)
DANCE: UC
Merced presents
the acclaimed Lula
Washington Dance
Theatre.
CONCERTS:
l Rockers Faster
Pussycat roll into
Starline.
l Experimental band
Sonnymoon and local
singer Sahab share
the stage at Fulton 55.