Posted inEducation Parents, teachers call for school trustee’s resignation after Playhouse Merced meeting by Alma Villegas September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
Posted inArts Playhouse Merced’s programs on hold after bulk of paid staff quit by Elizabeth Wilson September 23, 2025September 25, 2025
Posted inFeatured Shows pulled from Playhouse Merced following board infighting and explosive meeting by Alma Villegas and Elizabeth Wilson September 17, 2025September 18, 2025
Posted inArts Valley youth are singing new life into timeless mariachi classics. Here’s how by Esther Quintanilla July 17, 2025July 17, 2025
Posted inArts Merced Poet Laureate inauguration celebration set for Saturday by Merced Focus Staff May 26, 2025May 26, 2025
Posted inArts Play celebrating the life of civil rights icon and actor Paul Robeson coming to Merced by Victor A. Patton May 24, 2025June 5, 2025
Posted inMerced Merced makes it official and appoints Joyce Dale as the city’s first poet laureate by Alma Villegas May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
Posted inMerced After downtown Merced’s J&R Tacos closed, this former restaurateur found healing through art by Christian De Jesus Betancourt April 6, 2025April 7, 2025
Posted inArts UC Merced’s 2025 ‘Todo Cambia’ Human Rights Film Festival kicks off by Merced Focus Staff February 28, 2025March 1, 2025
Posted inFeatured Merced through the eyes of an early 20th Century Black poet by Sarah Lim February 14, 2025February 17, 2025
