Events for March 7, 2019

Stories and songs about life with the most inspiring and wonderful person I’ve ever known. Billie Murphy, my Grandmother, took me in one summer in 1957 and I lived with her at a fire lookout called Keller Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains. I am enlisting long time musical friends to help me tell these stories. Truly wonderful players and

All our lives, the songs we hear and sing become a part of who we are. Veteran local performer Amelia Ryan shares stories and songs dear to her heart — from Irish trad to American songbook, opera, and musical theater. With special guests! BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

Rich Fisher dives deep to bring tales of another era. A mix of sharp, satiric jabs with equal measures of compassion and disgust. Relishing the drug-fueled glory days with a comic nod to hedonistic greed. Rich serves up the straight dope. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

Magician Cody Clark combines his magic effects with comedy and storytelling to share what it’s like to be autistic. From his initial diagnosis as a 15 month old baby to his graduation from the University of Louisville, Cody’s magic effects will take you through how he saw key life moments differently because of his autism. By the end of his

An innocent suggestion of watching “Star Trek: The Next Generation” for the first time quickly turned into obsessively delving into the entire Star Trek universe. Every series. Every season. Every film. Then came the Las Vegas convention. These are the voyages of Polly Esther, her ongoing mission to explore this strange new world and how this universe has helped her

Tales of the jungle? Spirits living in trees? I hung on every word as these stories were told growing up. You might never look at a tree the same way again after this ‘enhanced storytelling’ show. This show has been performed successfully on several occasions before. This might very well be the last time I perform it. As such, I

In the far future, a graduate student uncovers the classified records of a vanished scientist/poet sent to explore alternate Earths, documenting his findings in strange stories and in original songs.​ Over the course of the show, you will hear about many fantastical places, from sunken cities under monstrous seas, to ​cyber-punk rock clubs in foggy super-cities, all the while learning

The challenge: veteran Rogue/Fresno musicians Blake Jones and Tom Magill write 5 new songs. The bonus: they perform 5 songs from their musical circle of friends. All in one of Fresno’s newest places to enjoy music: Tower District Records (across from Fresno High). Free

The Presented explores what it means to be a chosen artist in the world today. In his signature comedic style, Davis examines the issues facing many theater artists today in a fun and hilarious 45-minute show that will make you never want to pursue a career in the arts ever again. Chris Davis is a performer based in Philadelphia, PA.

Inspired by Jean-Luc Godard, clown Rodeo Debbie conducts an aesthetic investigation, where symposium meets jam session, and the audience contributes vital material. Mr. Godard knows a lot, but you are your own expert on art! BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

The Murray Girls blend their voices in Blood Harmony, singing cheerfully macabre murder ballads, traditional tunes, Celtic songs and blues: wistful stories set to heartbreakingly beautiful melodies. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

Lark plays traditional tunes and songs from Europe and North America using fiddles, flute, uilleann pipes, banjo, and mandolins. An outgrowth of Fresno’s own traditional music scene, the members of Lark have played folk music locally for decades. Listen to haunted airs and groovy Celtic tunes with a soulful touch of modern. BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

What if you knew THEN what you know NOW? Using theatrical storytelling, The Do-Over reveals the private memories of real people’s answers to, “What would YOU do with a Do-Over?” Director: Paula Balekian Company: Britt Monahan, Jonathan Hogan, and Justin Kamimoto BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap

American democracy is broken, and only one man can fix it … Jaguar Bennett. He’s loud. He’s obnoxious. He’s a white man who wears a suit. Of course he’s qualified. Written and performed by Fresno’s most dangerous comedian, “Jaguar Saves America” is a delirious journey through the belly of American politics that slaughters sacred cows and grinds their holy flesh

Poet Mariah Bosch and Composer EJ Hinojosa bring music together with spoken word. Bosch, a mentee of Juan Felipe Herrera, explores ideas of past, present, and future in her recent poem titled “Triptych”. Hinojosa synthesizes musical styles like Jazz, Rock and Baroque to create moods derived from the themes found in the poem. The music serves as an arena for

A sordid tale of booze, sex and hymns! Featuring live music and screamingly funny stories, “Confessions of a Church Organist” reveals what really goes on behind the scenes at church — and it’s not all candles and prayers. This is the hilarious true story of how a boy raised atheist became a church organist and plunged into a lurid world

Artificial Intelligence is on the way, and it will be powerful. What happens to us when it arrives? How will it perceive humanity? Can it learn … to love? After getting hit on by a chatbot, one horny science fiction nerd is on a quest to make it with a new AI overlord. Cash or credit taken at the venue.