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Watch the new Light Thieves video for "Crystal Maps"

  The crazy dudes (and girl) of Light Thieves just put out the first music video to their song "Crystal Maps", which is the first single off their forthcoming album Spirit Homes. The video fills a void that many may have wondered  I've always felt that the music was trippier than anything else the band was actively doing.  They...
  • May132013
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Tonight: Dead In 60 Years presents a showing of The Warriors

Fresno’s raunchy podcasters/former Internet show stars Dead In 60 Years are bringing back their weekly movie night with a showing of The Warriors.  For this new movie “season”, they are moving the movie night from a drive-in theatre vibe to the cozy seating at Fulton 55. This is a bit of an interactive movie night will extras for movie...
  • Mar052013
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Opening: "Baptized to the Bone"

The New Ensemble Theater Group has never been afraid to push the boundaries some. It's part of the mission to do forward-thinking thought-provoking plays. When it staged Hamlet in April, it turned the Danish prince into a woman (and a lesbian at that) and its latest, "Baptized to the Bone," is about a bisexual hustler who starts an...
  • Aug152012
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New Ensemble Theater Group puts new spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet

Heather Parish wasn’t looking to cast Hamlet as a woman’s role. She wasn’t looking to not do that either, people just auditioned and the actor who had the most experience, the one with the most interesting interpretation of the character happened to be a woman — Brooke Aiello. “We wanted to do a classic and do it in a way that is...
  • Apr042012
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Local theater group puts a twist on a classic with a woman playing Hamlet.

  The New Ensemble Theater Group will present “Hamlet”, William Shakespeare’s tragic tale of family revenge beginning April 13th at the Broken Leg Stage in Fresno’s Tower District. Featuring Fresno theater veteran Brooke Aiello in the title role, the production will feature an intimate, female-driven twist to the classic tale of...
  • Mar302012
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Rogue Festival 2012: Tommy Nugent occupies Fresno.

Tommy Nugent didn't think he'd be back in Fresno for this year's Rogue Festival (which kicks off March 1 in the Tower District, FYI). He's not a "new-show-every-year" kind of performer. But he found himself down at Occupy Wall Street (you know, so he could hold up funny signs) and an odd thing happened ... We won't tell you what exactly, but...
  • Feb222012
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