In their distinctive ways, these books are helpers, and reading them is time well spent.
Passover is an eight day festival celebrating the biblical story of Exodus—the freedom of the ancient Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Observed annually in either March or April, this year Passover begins on the evening of Monday, April 22nd. Leading up to Passover, families clean their homes and get rid of foods that are chametz, or leavened. On the first and second nights of the holiday, families host a special seder dinner where they read from a Haggadah, the […]
For The Madera TribuneStudents from 18 Madera Unified elementary schools gather at the Matilda Torres theater to hear the results from the third annual Battle of the Books competition.Eighteen Madera Unified Elementary schools participated in the third annual district-wide literacy competition, the Battle of the Books. The event was held at Matilda Torres High School in late March. Approximately 140 third-sixth grade students representing 18 elementary schools competed. This competition was...
Travel experts crunched the numbers from past flights, identifying trends and patterns. Read on for some tips on when to fly this year!
More than 6 million immigrants have been arrested after illegally crossing the southern border since President Joe Biden entered the White House, almost triple the number who did so under the previous administration, and we still have nine months to go. Biden has released more than half of those immigrants into the country to go […]
Arts and life staff writers recommended books that match the warm and colorful spring vibes blossoming around campus.
The question of whether fascism threatens American democracy became a liberal preoccupation from the moment Donald Trump announced his run for the White House.
From James Baldwin to Sarah Waters, writers have been telling rich, nuanced LGBTQ+ tales for decades – here are some good titles to tryCinema listings seem to be stacked with films about queer relationships at the moment. From the eerie yet tender romance in All of Us Strangers to the electric sapphic fling in the forthcoming Love Lies Bleeding, these new offerings feel refreshingly nuanced, placing LGBTQ+ characters centre stage without pandering to reductive narratives or heteronormative...
A combination of unlicensed therapists and the rise of therapy culture has led to the wild west of Betterhelp, writes Lucy Kenningham
Another person with local history has become a published author. Roberto Perezdiaz has produced an anthology of his short stories, “Subsonic Flight to Tequila Therapy and Other Tales from Aztlan” (2022, 232 pages in paperback format). Perezdiaz was a court interpreter in Madera (the subject of the fourth short story) and was married to the late Gloria Osuna, the artist who created the Aztec-inspired Coyolxauhqui Madre Cosmica exhibit, which Rochelle Noblett brought to our gallery from an art...
Equal Employment Opportunity training goes from online to in-person, offering a more personal experience for installation employees.
Funny StoryDaphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s...