Yes, I’m a grouch, but why can’t the Academy Awards get it right?
Our own grouchy movie critic offers his take on Timothee Chalomet, potential alien CEOs, a detestable 'Train Dreams' and more.
Theater review: A breakout performance from Abbygail Williams cements an elementary deduction: ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Elusive Ear’ is a theater treat
The Good Company Players production runs through Feb. 22 at the 2nd Space Theatre.
Top 20: From a breathtaking Coro Piccolo to a year of excellence at Selma Arts Center, it was a memorable 2025
The greater Fresno area offered some stirring artistic experiences in 2025.
Backstage spy: TMR’s intern gets to combine two of her loves, dancing and photography, in Selma’s colorful production of ‘Nutty Nutcracker’
Rachel Yepremian-Owens does double duty as both dancer and photographer in the holiday classic.
A salute to Yosemite: Fresno Philharmonic hosts world premiere of a piece dedicated to a special place. Plus: Michelle Cann plays Gershwin.
The concert will be performed 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at Shaghoian Concert Hall. Rei Hotoda conducts.
Analysis: Fresno’s Keyboard Concerts is nationally acclaimed. So how did it get such a low Measure P score?
TMR reporter Doug Hoagland says Keyboard Concerts series received no Measure P funding, at least in part, because of bias on the part of the community volunteers who scored its application.
How can Fresno’s arts grants program be improved? Applicants have lots of opinions.
Fresno Arts Council holds two listening sessions about Measure P against a backdrop of conflict among grant applicants.
ArtHop pick: All Fig Tree wanted for Christmas was a renovated gallery. It got its wish.
The longtime collective gets new walls that will make it easier to hang the art.
In CMAC’s 72-Hour Short Film Race, speed is of the essence for the creators of ‘The Glitch.’ Here’s their whirlwind story.
Green Room Films, a filmmaking group from Fresno City College, gets the title of their film on a Friday and delivers a completed short film on a Monday. Anahid Valencia follows their journey.
WATCH THE LATEST EPISODE OF ‘THE MUNRO REVIEW ON CMAC’
Highest ranking TMR Posts of 2025: Investigative reporting leads in both views and engagement
TMR's piece on theater salaries at College of the Sequoias was the best-read story of the year.
Fresno Art Museum exhibition reviews
Heather Parish visits the museum and contemplates exhibitions by Eliana Saucedo and Linda Lomahaftewa. Both run through Jan. 11.
SPONSORED CONTENT
10 reasons why ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda’ on Netflix is a great movie musical
The Netflix adaptation trims and twists the stage version in all the right ways to make 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical' a success.







