Galen Kusic, Editor Nine Benicia Middle School students were accepted to the 2019 North Bay Honor Band. Following a two-day rehearsal, the concert took place at Pioneer High School in Woodland, Calif. On Jan. 20. “It’ll be nice to let the town know what a great music program we have. There are many talented students in […]
New Bay-Delta magazine, ‘SOUNDINGS’ launches
Galen Kusic Editor Photojournalist Rich Turner recently announced the launch of the regional publication Soundings, where he serves as publisher/editor and features a multitude of journalism platforms focused on Bay-Delta art, culture and the environment. Featuring artists, photographers, first-person narratives, historical and scientific essays, long-form journalism and fiction, the magazine revolves around the fascinating […]
Arts Benicia finds creative uses for paper in new exhibit
In the digital age, paper is an entity often overlooked. Not by Thomas Wojak though. The associate professor at the California College of the Arts in Oakland and member of Arts Benicia is the curator of the gallery’s new exhibition “Paper Cuts 2016,” featuring paper-based works by Master of Fine Arts graduates from nine Bay […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Cuddly Weather”
Night closes in. Doves have fed among the rocks. Water glistens in the distance. Tiny whitecaps rise and fall. Shadows stretch from shore to shore. Life ritually settles. A quiet time drops slowly. Calmness enfolds us all. A tugboat muscles its way, Pushing water aside in its journey. Long rays of light, Signal end of […]
Benicia Old Town Theatre Group’s ‘Game’ promises surprise, entertainment
The Benicia Old Town Theatre Group (BOTTG) will open Ken Ludwig’s farcical holiday drama, “The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays” on Friday, Oct. 21 at the historic BDES Hall in downtown Benicia. Director Clinton Vidal expects a good turnout for the highly entertaining production. “It’s unique, at least among the six to seven […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Want
Some of these and some of those, one more and then another Gotta have it! I can’t wait; just give it to me brother It starts when we are young with cookies, dolls and model planes Albums, clothes and baseball bats, computers, Lionel trains A chocolate swirl, a boy, a girl a laptop or PC […]
Giddy up for Arts Benicia’s Wild West-themed auction, Sept. 24
Dust off your cowboy boots and Victorian top hats. This attire will serve you well at Arts Benicia’s 24th annual Art Auction and Gala with the theme “Wild Wild West: Silver Screen to Steampunk.” The art auction is an important fundraiser for Arts Benicia, as it provides support for all of the organization’s programs. “This […]
Scene on the Strait returns to Martinez for 20th year, Benicia artists will take part
Art festival aims to raise money to restore butterfly habitat This Saturday, Martinez’s Scene of the Strait art festival will hit an important milestone: 20 years of helping kids help the environment. The festival began in 1995 as a fundraiser for the Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC) in Crockett, which employs underserved teenagers […]
Assemblage artist to be featured at Gallerie Renee Marie in August
By Vicki Byrum Dennis Special to the Herald Nicky Ruxton calls herself a “thing maker, an improvisational collagist, an assembler of disparate objects.” She is the definition of a creative reuse artist. “Give me your rusted, broken, and unwanted things” she said, “and I will transform them into something extraordinary.” Ruxton’s discerning eye for […]
Library exhibit encourages viewers to go off the grid
Whether it is sending text messages, browsing social media or catching Pokemon, it is no secret that people these days are glued to their phones and their laptops, rather than spending that same time interacting with others. What if those same users were to refrain from using technology for a period of time and […]