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Fresno Art Museum Sculpture Park. The museum traces its history back to the Fresno Art League, a group of local artists that was founded in 1948 and that gathered sufficient community support to incorporate as the Fresno Art Center in 1949. [3] The group established a permanent space to occupy in 1956.
In 1978, a group of Fresno civic leaders began to explore the possibility of creating a regional museum for the San Joaquin Valley. From 1981 to 1985, these members of the community raised more than $5.5 million to open the Met in the historic downtown Fresno Bee building. [2] The Museum opened its doors to the community on April 8, 1984.
The Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Fresno, California. The four-building complex was originally made up of three main venues when completed in 1966, and underwent several expansions with the latest additions in 1981 and 1999.
The first Fresno intentional train wreck was in 1919 and was attended by 35,000 people. [7] [8] In 1919, both the Fresno District Fair organization and the California Raisin Association (the organizer of a popular annual spring festival) were disbanded as the result of a lawsuit and both groups were taken over by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. [9]
Back in 2019, the company’s vice president of franchise development told The Bee that a location was “absolutely” coming to Fresno. He even mentioned a timeline of nine to 15 months. He even ...
The gatherings, first popularized in 2011, allow people to discuss death with no agenda, objectives or themes.
The Central Valley won’t get to experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, but Fresno area residents will witness 50.9% coverage, and there’s at least one free event in Fresno for ...
The Central California Women’s Conference (CCWC) is an annual one-day conference serving women of all generations, ethnicities and backgrounds in Fresno, California.. The conference serves as a forum for women of all generations and backgrounds to share practical ideas on how to succeed in their careers while juggling the demands of life.