What do you think of the new library addition at Fresno State? Read comments

Repetition. Time. Read comments

The emails and calls from movie fans start coming in December. They’re almost always structured the same way: Read comments

Chris Sorensen, the longtime metal artist whose cheery bald pate and gentle smile are among the most recognized physical attributes of anyone making art in Fresno today, can be like an addiction. Read comments

I call it theater sizzle. Those are the moments when an actor makes such a strong impression in a show that it's as if he or she took a branding iron to my brain. For me, such a moment came when Chris Carsten marched onto the stage last year in the Good Company Players production of "The Crucible" at the 2nd Space Theatre. Read comments

As I launch into my annual Top 20 cultural events for the year, keep in mind that while I try to attend as many theater, classical music, opera, dance and visual arts events as I can, I sometimes miss some choice options. (Note that I decided not to include California State University, Fresno, Professor Emeritus Philip Levine's selection as the nation's poet laureate in this 2011 list because it didn't really qualify as an event, but it's certainly significant.) You can discuss my picks, blast my omissions and add your own nominations on my blog at fresnobeehive.com. In alphabetical order: Read comments

The title character in the visually sumptuous and emotionally charged Broadway production of "War Horse" isn't a real horse, of course. It's a life-size puppet brought to life by three men -- one working the head and two hunched over as the torso, all of whom can clearly be seen. Read comments

Familiarity breeds contempt. Or so the saying goes. Read comments

In the annals of the arts in Fresno, it’s hard to imagine a more rotten couple of weeks. Read comments

This and that from the culture beat: Read comments