Fresno Flyer Vol 4 No 10 by Fresno Flyer

EDITOR’S NOTE I’ll be the first to say that we’re not a newspaper. We’re not. We’re a magazine, an editorial publication with opinion pieces and articles discussing an array of topics related to the Central Valley. And if you ever catch us referring to the Flyer as a “paper,” it means we’re merely referencing the physical material the words are printed on, nothing more. We do have deep aspirations to include in-depth journalism on our pages one day, but we’re not there yet. The reason I bring it up is that I find that people have a hard time telling the difference between news and anything that isn’t. It means that we’re losing touch with our ability to critically think and evaluate what’s in front of us as a society. Let’s face it, how many times have you reacted to a headline before reading or watching the entire story? Or didn’t double-check the site that headline was coming from? Here’s the harder question: How often do you look at news outside of social media? Because that’s the real kicker, many of us don’t go out of our way to get information from a variety of sources, making things worse. When we agree with a point of view, we’re less likely to question or criticize its legitimacy. We don’t wonder if it’s 100% accurate or if there’s some ulterior motive. Call it human nature, but if it sides with our beliefs, we absorb it as truth. And that’s exactly how social media works – it is designed to feed us more and more of what we like so

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that we stay on the platform longer and longer. And yes, that includes news. So, your newsfeed could look entirely different from mine, with a constant barrage of opposing viewpoints from not so credible sources that would ultimately put us at odds. And passionately, I might add. It’s become the basis for so many arguments that almost never find common ground. The root cause of a deep divide between our neighbors and us. You ever heard the saying, “there are three sides to every story, your side, my side, and the truth”? It’s probably the best advice I’ve ever been given about analyzing and digesting information that’s been given to me. It’s amazingly easy to do with media outlets I don’t agree with, but it’s an uphill battle to practice with those that I do. However, I make it a point to work through it by asking myself a couple of fundamental questions. What could they have left out? Who created the story, and what is the purpose? What values does it depict, and how would different people interpret this? Processing information through a critical lens ensures that the conclusions we draw are our own. It makes us aware of any motive for division and helps give us an openness that allows for common ground. It gives us a better chance at unity – something I’m sure we all feel we could use more of these days.

The Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade 30th anniversary celebration is on hold, for now. By Lisa Talley | lisa@fresnoflyer.com

t’s a gut punch,” reflects Jefferey Robinson, Co-Chair, and CEO of Fresno Rainbow Pride’s parent organization, Community Link. The COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably changed 2020, and with it, the cancellation of all the large events and celebrations slated for the entire year, including Fresno’s Pride parade. While recognizing and respecting the need to ensure the public’s safety, Robinson explains that it still doesn’t make losing the beloved event any less painful for the community. “[Pride is] almost like a rite of passage. It’s a place where we can be rejuvenated … [when] we feel oppressed or under the microscope or judged, we don’t have the ability to always be as out as we want to be. For many people, they need this event, and others like it to refresh their souls and gather new strength to carry on and move forward.” Fresno’s Pride parade and celebration have, for what would have been 30 years, this year, also served as the kickoff event for ‘Pride season.’ While June is officially dubbed ‘Pride Month’ (in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots that sparked the gay liberation movement), parades and celebrations continue well into the fall— ending in November with Palm Springs’ marking of the occasion. In fact, many California cities don’t overlap dates, making it easy for people to attend multiple events across the state without conflict. Fresno Pride creates a springboard into the exciting months ahead for many in the community

who then travel to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, or San Diego, for example. But with a pandemic in full swing and an unpredictable timeline for a resolution, losing the Fresno Pride celebration means a halt to the entire season that was to follow. A hard-hitting reality for the LGBTQ community. Acknowledging this, many organizations have found a way to continue honoring Pride, Fresno among them. “We are on pause, and during that pause or intermission, we’re going to have the ‘Quarantine Edition’ as a placeholder, something for us to connect and celebrate with our community, allies, and friends about Pride in general,” Robinson shares. Fr e s n o Rainbow Pride’s original theme was ’30 years of Pride,’ a direct reference to their 30 years of work within the community and ongoing organizing of the event. While this ‘Quarantine Edition’ is a modification of the celebration, it won’t carry over the initial theme. The organization also determined that the parade would not be rescheduled into the fall when it is likely that large gatherings and events would see an authorization to start up again from health officials. According to Robinson, the decision is rooted purely in logistics and an appreciation for the other organizers who typically host | FRESNOFLYER.COM |

their events in the later months. Attempting to reschedule a massive celebration such as Fresno’s Rainbow Pride Parade outside of their usual time-frame would not only likely interfere on an already cramped calendar, but would also create competition for resources that would limit everyone’s ability to acquire what they need. Something the organization sees as ‘stepping on the toes’ of many of their neighbors. “We are going to have the 30th annual Pride parade when it is appropriate when it is safe to do so. And if that means it happens in 2021, that’s when the actual 30th parade will happen,” Robinson explains. In the meantime, Fresno Rainbow Pride has come up with multiple virtual events to help ease the sense of loss felt by the community in the canceled parade. On Saturday, June 6, the organization will host its ‘Quarantine Edition,’ live-streamed to their social media accounts. The stream includes a schedule of live performances from Drag Queens and Kings, musical sets put together by local DJs, pre-recorded videos of community members expressing what Pride means to them, and sponsors sharing their work on behalf of the community. Leaders, Grand Mar-

shals, and local politicians will also say a few words. These and archival footage from past parades will grace the stream in a montage of Pride celebration. Shortly after, within a couple of weeks, Fresno Rainbow Pride will host ‘Pride at Home.’ The theme is virtual and encourages people to put together their best Pride outfits and strut their stuff at home. Again, the submissions will stream on the organization’s social media platforms. “Many people spend a lot of time putting together their Pride outfit. Even if you’re a casual guy or gal, you’ve got it kind of planned out with a Pride shirt, beads, a hat, a bow, or something you’ve bought [specifically] for coming out to the Pride parade,” elaborates Robinson. To culminate the month-long celebration, the organization plans to put together a car parade of sorts. Like the drive-by congratulations of birthdays and graduations seen throughout the pandemic – a way to unite in the festivities while honoring the social distancing guidelines – Fresno Rainbow Pride will create a similar moment for the occasion. Participants are encouraged to decorate their cars as wildly and, as Robinson says, “as fabulously,” as possible. The organization will film the event for release on their social media accounts. Details on when and where it all takes place are to be determined. Interested parties can follow Fresno Rainbow Pride online for updates as

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FIVE TINY EFFORTS By Nadine Pourier Blumenshine npbwellnesscoach@gmail.com

K, so the shelter-in-place guidelines are changing. You’ve likely tried to step up your exercise/eating/health game during this past couple of months or let that all slide as you did your best to make it through these times. Or... maybe both situations have popped up during your quarantine time. Regardless of what you’ve done, you might be looking for something simple that helps your body and mind feel like you’re taking care of yourself as you head into a ‘normal’ life. Here are five simple habits you can put into place that are easy to repeat and don’t require a lot of effort. They’re tiny, health-centered, and manageable. The one I started with several years ago when I began to focus on getting healthier was short morning walks. Over time, those walks have become a routine that I use nearly every morning. Start with one or two that you think you can fit into your life. Recruit loved ones to join you.

l Move for at least 10 minutes every day. Choose something you like to do and is simple for you to accomplish. You’ll have greater success if you like it, and it’s simple. A bonus to aiming for only a few minutes is that it will go by so quickly you’ll decide you want to do more!

things progress. For those looking to fill their season with even more Pride, Robinson also hosts a monthly radio show. ‘It’s a Queer Thang’ airs every third Friday from 5 pm - 6 pm on 88.1FM (also available to live stream on www.KFCF.org). This month’s show is dedicated to Pride and will not only cover the work Fresno Rainbow Pride has been doing in Fresno but others around the globe. A notable mention is the Global Pride virtual event taking place on Saturday, June 27. “Pride organisations from across the world will celebrate Global Pride 2020. With musical and artistic performances, speeches from activists and campaigners, and addresses by public figures, we will stream 24 hours of content that reflects and celebrates the beautiful diversity of LGBTI+ people everywhere.” (Quoted from their website, www.GlobalPride2020.org) The June episode of ‘It’s a Queer Thang,’ unlike the Fresno Rainbow Pride virtual events, is only available live when it airs. Due to copyright licenses for the music played during the show, the episode will not see a repeat broadcast. Listeners will have to tune-in at the exact time to catch the show or risk missing the experience altogether. However, the radio show does run all year round and continues to discuss a variety of topics related to the LGBTQ community. Recent episodes have mainly geared towards the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussions include organizations that have shifted their service delivery, highlights of virtual support groups, and how people can stay connected during this time. But the general conversation remains around a constant theme. “We like to say, it’s always good queer talk, music, news, and events,” shares Robinson. Fresno Rainbow Pride also has projects in the works that continue throughout the year, beyond the annual Pride celebration, such as the Oral History project under the larger Qistory umbrella. ‘Qistory’ (queer history) seeks to document, record, store, and preserve the LGBTQ history in Fresno and the Central Valley. The Oral History project revolves around recording individual testimonies on personal experiences in the community. Stories such as

Jeffery Robinson and his husband Juan Bustamante with Renee Potik and her wife Kay Taus

those from the elderly about their lives as a queer person in the Central Valley throughout the decades. Just before the stay-at-home orders swept through the state, Fresno Rainbow Pride partnered with StoryCorps, a non-profit organization whose mission is “to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world,” to record numerous testimonies. Residents may remember a stylish airstream trailer parked outside of CMAC’s building in downtown Fresno earlier this year – that was StoryCorps’ traveling recording studio. Robinson and other organizers worked with the non-profit to coordinate and record several stories from members of the LGBTQ community, growing the Oral History library. “StoryCorps said they had not [seen] that large of a response in their travels and were really impressed at the turnout. We pushed hard to the community [that they] needed to take part in this,” Robinson furthers. Those recordings will live in not only the Qistory archives, but also the Library of Congress, where StoryCorps collections will become a permanent part of American history. Stories are also available on their website, www.StoryCorps.org.

l Always have a filled water bottle handy, and keep it with you throughout the day. l Drinking water rather than sweetened beverages have so many benefits for your body. If you always have the water bottle with you, it will be easier to avoid the other drinks.

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And Fresno Rainbow Pride is still looking for contributions from the public. Currently, concerning safe practices during the pandemic, recordings of personal testimony are on pause. However, Qistory also seeks to preserve items that speak to the culture of the LGBTQ community. Things such as business cards from a gay business, ashtrays, matchbooks, or shot glasses bearing a gay bar or club’s logo on it, political buttons, fliers, posters, ads, love letters between couples in a long-lasting relationship – “literally anything” as Robinson says. The organization wishes to add these materials to its archives for future display. Anyone unsure that an item qualifies or has questions about how to submit an object, email clinkinc@aol.com for more information. While the traditional celebration of Pride may not be available this year, organizations across cities, states, and even the world are finding ways to continue honoring it – both during the season and all year long. Pride may be in an intermission, but it is certainly not forgotten. Follow Fresno Rainbow Pride on social media for more information and to stay updated on everything they’re working on: @pride_fresno on Twitter, @fresno_ rainbow_pride on Instagram, and Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival on Facebook.

Answers to last issue’s puzzles

Fun Facts

In Celebration of Pride Month

6. For the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in 1994, Gilbert Baker was commissioned to make the world’s largest rainbow flag. The flag used the six-stripe design that’s popular today, and measured thirty feet wide. The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed it as the largest flag in the world, but it has since lost the title. Baker made another giant rainbow flag in 2003 that stretched a mile and a quarter across Key West, Florida.

1. The “Mother of Pride” was a bisexual woman. Brenda Howard, a bisexual woman and lifelong militant activist, was known as the “Mother of Pride” for her work in organizing the Christopher Street Liberation Day March. Howard was also credited with laying the foundation for the week-long celebrations of Pride leading up the modern day Pride parades. She also co-founded the New York Bi7. Harvey Milk was an American sexual Network in 1988. politician who became the first 2. Europe has a Pan-European openly gay person to be elected to International Pride Event, called, public office in California. The critically-acclaimed 2008 film Milk, appropriately, Europride. starring Sean Penn, was based on 3. Amsterdam is the only city his life. whose Pride celebration literally floats on a river. The parade in- 8. Pride parades weren’t always volves 100 decorated boats that called Pride parades. When earsail through the city on the Prin- ly Pride events started, they were more militant, and were more often sengracht River. referred to as marches. “Gay Liber4. The oldest still-existing LGBT ation” or “Gay Freedom” were more organisation in the world is Neth- common names for those marches. erland’s Center for Culture and As militancy slowly decreased in Leisure (COC). Founded in 1946, the 1980s and 1990s, events moved it adopted a vague name to mask toward a parade-structure and the “Pride” language. its taboo purpose.

The brave activism displayed in the incident is considered the start of the gay liberation movement.

10. While the first U.S. Pride event can be traced back to 1970, the first Dyke March didn’t happen for 23 more years. Dyke Marches, which usually happen on the eve of Pride parades, were first organized by the radical activist group, The Lesbian Avengers. 11. The Pentagon has an LGBT Pride event. The Pentagon’s first Pride event was held in 2012. Gay members of the military talked about the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” and the importance of being able to discuss their families and loved ones with fellow servicemen and women.

12. Records of same-sex relationships have been found in nearly every culture throughout history with varying degrees of acceptance. 5. The longest pride celebration 9. June was chosen to be the lasts three to four weeks in Sydney, LGBT Pride Month to commem- 13. The number of gays and Australia each February, ending orate the Stonewall riots, which lesbians in the U.S. is estimated took place in New York in June with Mardi Gras. 1969, when gay bars were illegal. to be approximately 8.8 million. | FRESNOFLYER.COM |

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OPINION

PART I By I. smiley G. Calderón | smileygcalderon@gmail.com

ou can’t go anywhere nowadays without seeing a multitude of half-covered concerned faces with their big sweaty brows and squinty little eyes moving to and fro. It’s today’s mask culture, and some say it’s here to stay for good. Aargh. Really? Yes, really. And it’s all because of that horrible ubiquitously pernicious novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. This disease has already swiftly killed over 100,000 Americans these past few months. Ordinary daily life, with all of its mundane activities and simple public pleasantries, has become very complicated very quickly. Now when you’re out in public and hear the guy right behind you cough or sneeze, your fight or flight adrenaline response kicks in. You wonder if he’s spewing coronavirus or not. And immediately, before you even turn around - you’re hoping he’s wearing a mask. Why? Because despite how stupid that mask makes you feel or look, deep down inside, you know that it is the only effective protective measure against this horrific respiratory contagion when you’re out in public around others. It is. And that’s because we know this coronavirus is actively spread as an aerosol in the air as microscopic droplets that come out of an infected person when coughing, sneezing, huffing, and puffing - or even just talking. And that’s a fact. And here’s another disturbing fact: this virus is highly infectious - super contagious - much more contagious than the flu. It spreads like a damn wildfire on a hot scorching summer’s day. But the real tricky deadly part is that some infected people don’t even know they are infected

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and contagious until they infect others who show symptoms. And by then, it’s already too late. We have no known effective cure for COVID-19; we don’t have a vaccine yet either. If you’re one of the unlucky ones who develop COVID-19 symptoms, your nightmare ensues. Experts from the WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommend the public use of masks and face coverings in a risk-based approach to contain and prevent coronavirus spreading. Cities, counties, and even some states across the U.S. have made wearing masks in public mandatory (although many have rescinded such orders due to public and political pressure) because it is proven to hinder the spread of COVID-19. And where laws fail to enforce and protect public health and the safety of its citizens, responsible private companies like Costco Wholesale have made wearing masks obligatory whether you like it or not. But some people just aren’t having it. They’d rather die than wear a mask. Literally. That same ‘patriot’ who vows he would do ‘anything’ to protect his country is also the first guy you’ll see refusing to wear a mask. Because ‘it’s a free country’ or because it ‘infringes upon his rights,’ or some other bogus excuse. It’s not about his freedoms or rights - It’s about everyone else’s right to stay healthy and alive.

In a video shared on social media, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, tells viewers that “wearing a cloth-based covering while in public is an important practice to slow the spread of the coronavirus.” He says it simply: “Me wearing a cloth-based covering protects you, and you wearing a clothbased covering protects me.” America’s top immunologist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a prominent member of the White House Coronavirus Taskforce and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), also emphasized the importance of wearing face masks in a live TV interview: “I wear it for the reason that I believe it is effective…I do it when I’m in public for the reasons: A) I want to protect myself and protect others, and also because [B] I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that’s the kind of thing you should be doing.” So, if you care about your neighbor and your country, wear a mask. If you care about your family and yourself, wear a mask. It’s as simple as that. At this point, if you don’t wear one while you’re out in public, you just don’t care. And stop with all of the stupid excuses about personal freedoms, too - your personal freedoms end when they endanger others. With this novel coronavirus, you can be infected and contagious at any time without even knowing it. That makes everyone a potential threat - including you - despite how healthy you promise you are.

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Dr. Fauci made it crystal clear in his interview about wearing masks in public: “It’s sort of respect for another person and have that other person respect you. You wear a mask, and they wear a mask you protect each other.” Simple neighborly respect. Why is that so hard for Americans? Mask-it or casket is what I always say. But, anti-maskers have a million excuses. It’s unhealthy, they say. Well, so is getting infected by a voracious novel coronavirus. They think this whole pandemic is just hype - and they’re not buying it. After all, here in Fresno County, we’ve ‘only’ had some 35 documented COVID-19 deaths out of a population of 1 million. That’s a mortality rate of a mere 0.0035%, right? So, why is everyone taking this ‘virus hoax’ so seriously? Pastor Mark Wallace, who spent a month hospitalized with coronavirus at Fresno’s Kaiser Permanente, had this to say to these naysayers when finally leaving the hospital in a wheelchair: “Everyone has to just take a deep breath and realize that …it’s not the government taking our freedom…if they see this side of it, what I went through. They’re just trying to protect as many thousands of people as they can from having to go through the same thing - I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my very worst enemy in the world.” Tammy Wallace, his wife, who contracted coronavirus but only experienced a fever and then fully recovered without any hospitalization, couldn’t agree more: “When it touches someone in your family like the way it touches ours, you can’t wear a mask long enough…”

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PRIDE INSIDE: THE SOURCE By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com

n the roughly four and half years since forming, The Source has provided spaces and resources for the LGBT+ community in Kings and Tulare counties from their Visalia location. Their mission has been to encourage learning and growth, provide a place of belonging, and support the community through education, information, referrals, counseling, and any assistance they can offer. Through advocacy, partnerships, and fundraising, they seek to unite and advance the LGBT+ community. Nick Vargas is the Director of Development and Strategy for The Source. He took some time to talk with Fresno Flyer about himself, his organization, and how the current events have impacted Pride. DF: What inspires you and gives you hope for the equality movement here in the valley? NV: What motivates/inspires me: The fact that we have an LGBT+ Center on Main Street in Visalia is a big deal to me. When I was in high school, that would have been impossible. Not only do we have a center, but it’s also been relatively well-received by the community. When we opened, we weren’t sure what the reception would be. Many of the folks involved with LGBTQ issues and organizations before The Source had lived through Prop 8 and warned us it might not be easy. And it hasn’t been easy, but we’ve become a respected part of the local nonprofit community and been able to affect systems change in Tulare/Kings Counties. Our Pride Visalia event has drawn about 3,000 attendees for the last two years, including many straight allies. I’m thrilled that our events do very well. Drag Queen Bingo, Visalia Over the Edge, and others have been sold out and become popular. This is in part to the uniqueness of the events, and that our community really sees the need for what we do. And our events are FUN. There’s still a lot of room to grow. HIV primary care is nonexistent in our area, PrEP access is scarce, and the same can be said for Trans healthcare and HRT. Also, we still have a lot of room for progress on inclusivity and equality in general. We hear from people who still struggle to come out and are sometimes rejected by family or friends when they do. Social media comments and letters to the editor in opposition to the LGBTQ community are still common. DF: The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear months ago that Pride as many of us know it wasn’t going to be happening this month. Can you talk a little bit about what Pride Inside is and how the community is adjusting to still

honor Pride and celebrate in the time of social distancing? Pride Inside was our idea to have a community event on the day we had initially scheduled Pride Visalia, May 23, 2020. It included many of the aspects of an in-person Pride such as entertainment, education, and drag shows. We even had three celebrity appearances by Gus Kenworthy, Latrice Royal, and Lance Bass, who wished The Source and our community “Happy Pride.” People loved it. It’s still on social media for people to view.

test organizers. Individually, I know we are all donating to organizations on the frontlines of this movement and supporting in more direct ways. Pride month should be a potent reminder to the LGBTQ community that resistance is powerful. We need to stand with our Black siblings and do our part to dismantle systems of oppression.

DF: The killing of George Floyd has sparked national outrage. And with protests igniting as we enter June and Pride month, it’s impossible not to remember the Stonewall riots and their impact on the gay rights movement. Do that history and your own personal experiences affect your perspective on the protests? NV: I’m outraged at his killing and the murders of other Black people. We can’t compare the systemic oppression and racist history that Black people have had to endure with Stonewall. They aren’t the same. However, we do understand what it means to push back and stand up to a culture and system that tells us that we are less than and that our lives don’t matter. We recognize the intersectionality of our mission with Black Lives Matter. Our trans people of color are murdered on a regular basis. Words can’t describe how I feel. As an organization, we are meeting the moment by using our social media to bring awareness, our networks to spread information, and our youth to deliver water, snacks, and other supplies to pro-

NV: It depends on the person. There are a lot of ways to be an ally. Here are some of my ideas on how allies can support: 1. Donate to LGBT+ causes and centers. Pick a cause on Facebook and donate your birthday to it. It’s a great way to raise funds and visibility. 2. When you see, read, or hear incentive or derogatory comments, speak up. 3. Bring LGBTQ people to the table in your organizations, your businesses, and your network. 4. Attend LGBTQ events.

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DF: For those in the hetero community who want to be allies and support the LGBTQ movement in the fight for equality and acceptance?

DF: Where and how would you like to see The Source continue to grow in the future? NV: I’d like to see us expand from our current location in the basement of Montgomery Square; for us to have a building and a bigger space for groups. I’d like us to continue to build out our HIV, Trans, Youth, and mental health programs. We have only part-time people but need full-time work on those programs. When there are health care crises and economic downturns like we see with COVID-19,

our LGBTQ community is disproportionally affected by a lack of access to health care and other resources. The Source has been able to distribute $40,000 in direct aid to our folks who needed help with food, utilities, rent, hygiene items, mental health, and other basics because of COVID-19. I’d like to see The Source continue to be supported by foundations and the community so that we can continue to provide meaningful aid at the moment. I want the community to know that we still need strong LGBTQ centers. When our folks feel safe and included in their communities, they build lives that benefit those communities. DF: Can you give a personal message for anyone who may need the services provided by The Source who might not even be aware of your organization? NV: I’d invite them to reach out to us directly on social media, email, phone, text, or any way they are comfortable. You don’t have to be out to come in. People can help the most right now by texting “Pride Inside” to 44-321, watching “Our Story” and donating. If they can’t right now, I totally understand. Please share the information and the video “Our Story” with others. Lastly, I’m happy to say that we have rescheduled Pride Visalia for October 10, 2020, from 11 am to 4 pm at the Old Lumberyard in Downtown Visalia. It might look a little different this year, depending on what the guidelines for safety include. Still, we feel it’s important to have it if we are at all able to. Please plan to attend, be a vendor, sponsor, or maybe even a volunteer. This month is Give Out Day. All month LGBTQ organizations are competing for donations and leaderboard prizes. The organization with the most $10 contributions will win $10,000. We’ve won the last two years in a row. Because of COVID-19 canceling our fundraisers and the sharp decrease in donations, we need your support to keep going. If we win the leaderboard prize, we will use half of it for our COVID-19 Relief Fund, and the other half to sustain our primary operations. Plus, we have a donor who is matching the first 1,000 $10 donations, so your donation will have a double impact, and a triple impact if we win the leaderboard prize. For more information, you can visit www.giveoutday. org/thesourcelgbt. If you would like to donate time, money, supplies, or other resources to The Source, and to get more information on how you can help make a difference for the LGBTQ community in your area, please visit www.thesourcelgbt.org. | FRESNO FLYER |

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The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit By Will Freeney | memo247365@gmail.com

resno’s inaugural poet laureate and Fresno City College English professor, Lee Herrick, and Leah Silvieus, his co-editor, have wrought a thing of wonder. The wonder is in the reading – wonder both in the sense of magic and in the spirit of awed contemplation. That is as it should be, for this collection of poems from a wide array of Asian American poets is, as the subtitle indicates, a consideration of the confluence, the intersection, of body and spirit, world and beyond. The insights are as varied as the authors and their voices, but they have been gathered in thematically imagined sections. The opening section (“When the Sky Unhinges, How Will We Survive: Poetry as Spiritual Witness”) seems uncannily apropos to this time of publication (coronavirus et al.), although the book project took years to come to fruition. Li-Young Lee’s poem, “The City in Which I Love You,” opens the section, with a statement that could be a description of our pandemic plight: “But in the city / in which I love you / no one comes, no one / meets me in the brick clefts, / in the wedged dark.” Ocean Vuong’s poem, “Notebook Fragments,” carries forward the contemplation of problematized life with a series of etymological considerations, personal historical realities, and epiphanies sublimated in “Yikes.” There is prayer there, though, and it is “Dear God if you are a season, let it be the one I passed through to get here.” The first line of Eugenia Leigh’s “Selah” provides the title for this section (“When the sky unhinges, how will we survive?”) and carries forward the contemplation of spirit in these times, declaring that “to worship is to survive is to be / wholly human, wholly / gripping the other hand.” The second poem in this section by Li-Young Lee (“Arise, Go Down”) inspires the book’s title (“I didn’t make the world I leave you with”). What is the nature of this world? It is “only this world, in which there is always / a family waiting in terror.” There is a strong temptation to include an excerpt from every poem/poet – in this section and throughout the book – for each of their unique expressions of their reality, sometimes expressed literally, sometimes metaphorically, always

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evocatively. Take, as the final example from this section, the words of Fresno’s own Brynn Saito (poet and MFA Creative Writing faculty member at Fresno State): “Slow-moving creatures with full bones and focus/lunge through the understory – / what do they know about flower-walking, flight moons.” (“Reincarnation”) Brynn also leads off the second section (“Waiting to Get Clear on her God-Thinking, She Went Out Into That Meadow Again: Locating the Divine in the Natural World”) with “How to Prepare the Mind for Lightning,” which finds a more whimsical voice for a no-less-serious contemplation, beginning with “In the recesses of the woman’s mind, / there is a warehouse. The warehouse / is covered in wisteria. The wisteria wonders / what it is doing in the mind of the woman. The woman wonders too” and ending with “When she bleeds the wisteria, the warehouse / in her mind is free and empty and the source / of all emptiness. It is free to house the night sky. It is free to hold nothing / but the boundless, empty, unimaginable dark.” This contemplation of nature takes on a slightly more serious tone and direct conceit when Li-Young Lee’s speaker in “Have You Prayed” finds himself “reminding myself / a flower is one station between / earth’s wish and earth’s rapture.”

The third section, “Who Will Pray for Me When You Are Gone?: Relationships with Cultural History and Ancestors”, is – like each of its predecessors – fairly thematically self-explanatory in its title. Patriarchal misogyny – no unique phenomenon to Asian cultures – is addressed by several poems in this section. From the opening “How to Eat Your Love” by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, which concludes “You discard the extraneous girl / hide and scoop up the boy” to “Televangelism” by K-Ming Chang, which clarifies that “[w] hat a daughter costs / a mother must pay / out of body: she reaches / into her blood / like a wallet ... one man’s daughter / is another god’s revenge.” T h e fourth section, “We Were Brown and Immigrant: Spiritual Practice as a Form of Political R e s i s t a n c e ,” deals extensively in elegies and dirges – an unfortunate and seemingly ceaseless necessity in these times, but definitely a fulfillment of that subtitle. That spirit is captured (at least in one of its manifestations) in the final stanzas of Shin Yu Pai’s “Burning Monk”: “arhat folded in / the stillness / of full lotus / his body withering / his crown blackening / his flesh charring / his corpse collapsing / his heart refusing to burn / his heart refusing to burn / his heart refusing to burn.” The penultimate section, “Dearest

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Father, Forgive Me For I Have Seen: On Doubt and Questions of Faith,” opens with the power of Ocean Vuong’s “Prayer for the Newly Damned,” which posits the eviscerating question, “what becomes of the shepherd / when the sheep are cannibals?” That is followed up with Matthew Olzmann’s “Nate Brown is Looking for a Moose,” a poem with a far more whimsical voice but no less serious a contemplation: “When I was a teenager, several of my friends / suddenly found God. / I tried but found only found pocket lint and angst ... What we’re looking for are miracles.” In the final section, “I Will Unlock the Latch of These Lips and Praise: Poems About Prayer and Ritual,” various poets’ perspectives on the practice(s) of spirituality are presented. From Oliver de la Paz’ sardonic condemnation of the Holy Roman Catholic church in “Dear Empire” (“Blessed be those who are smote by the light of its countenance. Blessed be them. As God speaks, the terrible imposition of his glare shuts the eyes of the believers settled in the pews”) to the direct simplicity of Rachelle Cruz’ opening line (“God loves you on your knees.”) to “How to Pray.” There are also less condemnatory, more hopeful expressions of faith, like Mia Ayumi Malhotra’s “Psalm” which lends its opening lines to the title of the section: “I will unlatch the lock / of these lips and praise, / press them to the crack / of light as it widens / in the jamb.” This limited selection of excerpts does not suffice, but it does offer an introduction to the broad expanse of Asian American poetry dealing with – as the collection’s title states – spirituality and faith. These are honest and evocative poems by admirable poets. That honesty requires that they not always be upbeat or easy. But they are necessary and appreciated. As Lee and Leah wrote in the book’s introduction, “It is always the right time for faith and the spirit. It is always the right time for poetry ... Poetry endures. Our faiths and spirits endure too. [We hope] that you receive these poems as artifacts to be explored, contemplated, and savored as gifts.” Make it so. The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit, Orison Books 2020. orisonbooks.com

...‘Masks’ cont’d from pg 6 At the beginning of June, Fresno County had 35 deaths. And, Fresno County has 1 million residents. COVID-19 doesn’t sound too bad when you think of it that way, eh, math major? 0.0035% mortality rate. But, the problem is that that’s the wrong way to look at it. Here’s a better way: take the total deaths (35) and divide it by the total number of documented, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Fresno County, which happens to be 1,743 (by the time you read this, this number is likely to have already gone up). So, then, the death rate is 2%, right? Still, that’s not too horrific, I suppose. But we are missing something here. Of the 1,743 total confirmed cases, we know that 542 fully recovered, a 31% recovery rate. But what about the other 1,166? These are the cases that are ‘still active’ with no confirmed outcomes yet (they haven’t recovered, and they haven’t died to date). In a worst-case scenario, all of these confirmed 1,166 succumb to COVID-19. That would be a total death count of 1,201 (assuming no more confirmed cases or additional deaths). This would put the death rate at 69% - the worst-case scenario. Now, of course, this is unlikely, thank God - and hopefully, all of the current 1,166 active cases recover soon. This would be our best-case scenario, 2%. But, just as it is unlikely for all 1,166 to die by COVID-19, it is also unlikely they will all recover - right? Looking at past European data, which are weeks ahead of us in terms of infection onset, we see in France a death rate between 15-20% (depending on the data source). And so let’s estimate that 20% of Fresno’s active 1,166 unfortunately die. That would be 234 more deceased, for a total of 269 dead. And that would then put the death rate at 15% (assuming no more confirmed cases or additional deaths) in Fresno County. So, forget about a 2% COVID-19 death rate - the exact number will be much higher when the dust settles, sadly. Now, do you see why it’s crucial for you to wear a face mask? At the beginning of June across the U.S., we’ve had 104,383 COVID-19 deaths. And, according to some sources, we have had about 600,000 recovered COVID-19 survivors. We have 1,790,191 in total cases. This means we have about 1,085,808 active, open cases with no outcomes yet. And if we estimate a 15% mortality (again, since we’ve seen this average death rate in other countries that had their onset of infection weeks ahead of us) of these inconclusive cases, that would be about 162,872 additional deaths (assuming no more confirmed cases or additional deaths) - a total of 267,255 deaths - again, about a 15% mortality rate - not the low 5.8% figure that anti-maskers like to point to (and they even say that that number

is artificially inflated! Well, tell that to those grieving who suddenly saw their seemingly healthy loved ones become deathly ill and die within just a few days or weeks!) Dr. Duc C. Vong, a passionate and popular medical educator who teaches COVID-19 science in a YouTube series, doesn’t sugarcoat it: “You have to know the outcomes to understand the death rate…The correct death rate - the actual death rate if you come down with COVID-19 - the actual death rate is between 18-24%.” Vong started his YouTube talks for his patients with multiple comorbidities, which would lead to adverse COVID-19 outcomes, aka death. In no time, Dr. Vong’s ‘classroom’ and his unique style has become a YouTube favorite. Forget about a ‘Fake Plandemic’ conspiracy - the numbers are serious. So, the first lesson in Masks for Dummies: make sure that whatever kind of mask you have, that it covers up 1) your nose and 2) your mouth, pressed against your face so that there are no air gaps around your cheeks. The idea is for every breath to come in and out of your mask - NOT through your nose sticking out above your mask or by your mouth scooping up air from the opening below your mask. Find a mask that feels comfortable, breathable, and that does these two things above. Anything is better than nothing. Let’s take bandanas as an example - if worn tightly, the nose and mouth are covered well, which is good. But, unless the bottom portion of the bandana is tied against your face or somehow tucked into your shirt, there will be a huge air gap below the chin. The gap means your bandana-mask won’t capture all of your inhaling and exhaling. Your breaths will come from below and from the sides instead of through your mask - which is supposed to act as your air filter against breathing coronavirus in and out. The trick might be first to put on any mediocre face mask that at least covers your mouth and your chin and then cover that with the bandana. Doing this will give you better coverage for both your nose and mouth. Thinking outside the box like this and using whatever you have to protect yourself, your family, and your community is critical during this pandemic. To slow the spread of COVID-19 - and to protect yourself - you need to wear a mask that fully covers your nostrils and mouth. It’s important because if you don’t wear it right - like an unclipped seatbelt, what’s the point of even wearing it at all? If your nose and mouth aren’t covered, you’re doing it wrong. Simple as that. Masks for Dummies can be a little hard, but with a bit of practice, you’ll get it - guaranteed. Tune in next month when I’ll talk about the best kinds of masks, what they’re made of and how you can make your own. Stay safe out there... | FRESNOFLYER.COM |

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OPINION

What the World Needs Now is

PRIDE, SWEET PRIDE By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com

y first real-life Pride celebration experience took place 12 years ago. It was 2008 and my ex and I planned a weekend trip to see the famous parade and celebration for ourselves. I have so many random, incredible memories from that weekend. I’m not sure what exactly I was expecting, but it exceeded all of it. The people, the energy, the colors, the freedom. What I felt the most the entire time was that everyone there was being exactly who they wanted to be. There were no labels at all. Sexuality, gender, race, age... the only thing that mattered was being there and being yourself. Freedom is such a powerful, beautiful, essential thing. That weekend, and what I took from it, has been on my mind often over the past few months. When the COVID-19 pandemic began escalating in February, it quickly became apparent that Pride was going to be very different this year. With the restrictions on social gatherings and closure of bars, clubs, and venues - what was Pride without the celebration? Without the parades, the dancing, the outfits, the people? I couldn›t imagine trying to capture the energy, the freedom, of an all-night, off the hook street disco in a Zoom meeting. And then George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin and two other Minneapolis police officers. At the same time, a 4th officer stood guard next to them, preventing anyone from interfering and doing nothing to stop the brutality. This tragedy came on the heels of both the video recorded stalking and killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the wrong address, no-knock warrant raid by Louisville police resulting in Breonna Taylor’s death. Taylor was shot eight times in her bed, and her boyfriend was arrested and charged for using a lawful firearm to defend themselves. An already weary country has had enough. Outraged citizens took to the streets to protest yet another killing of an

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unarmed black man by the police. Minneapolis PD met them in full riot gear. Without provocation, the police began throwing tear gas and flash-bang grenades into the crowd and opening fire with rubber bullets and pepper spray. The city erupted in chaos, violence, and destruction. In the following days, protests have sprung up all across the country and throughout the world. Most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, but riots and looting have been a problem

There is so much understandable anger, so much frustration, pain, and sadness. Many people are wondering how this can still be happening in our society, 60 years after the Civil Rights movement began. The protest movement is growing just as we enter June, and Pride begins. Images of the demonstrations are reminiscent of the 1960s Civil Rights protests, and a timely reminder of the June 28th, 1969 protests - the revolution Pride

in many places. Simultaneously, the police response in many cities has been brutally excessive and seems almost exclusively directed towards peaceful protests rather than those destroying property and breaking the law. The unfolding events have had a polarizing effect on the country, reflected nowhere more clearly than on social media.

continues to honor. The Stonewall Riots began with a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York›s Greenwich Village. The attack sparked a riot between the police, bar patrons, and residents. What followed was six days of protests and violent clashes with police. The demonstrations were the spark that ignited the gay rights movement, propelling it onto the national

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stage and marking a significant positive change in public opinion. They are also a solemn reminder that equality is rarely gained without a fight. Yet, when I think of Pride today, I think of how included and accepted, I have always felt as a hetero man. I think about the energy and the positivity and the freedom to be who you are. I admire those who fought and endured the hate and the discrimination and the progress they’ve made. I empathize with those who are still fighting just to have equality. Just as I honor and respect POC who have fought and are still struggling to end systemic racism 52 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. History shows us that the fight for equality in this country is both difficult and costly. It costs us our peace, it costs us our morality, and it costs lives. But Pride has always shown me that it’s a fight that the good guys are still winning. That every victory is a win for all of us, who believe we can be better, and that the party is so much more fun when everyone’s invited. When I think of Pride, I think of the LGBTQ movement at its absolute strongest. Because, to me, nothing tells your adversaries they failed like throwing a month-long party right in their faces and having the absolute time of your life. We need that right now. We need it badly. History has taught us that – unfortunately – things are probably going to get worse in the days and weeks ahead. It also, unfortunately, tells us that what little meaningful progress comes from all this will come at a terrible cost. But if we can still find our shine when the dust settles, and if we can emerge from this dark chapter and throw a huge, over the top party right in the faces of everyone who stands on the side of hate, ignorance, and living in the past. If we can come together stronger and more united against the forces of division, it’ll be worth it. And that’s the party I can’t wait to attend.

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CTA CONSULTING Substance/Addiction Tele-Counseling Services Enjoy the convinience of Cellphone, FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom Counseling. 8am-6pm (209)2526970 www.changetakesaction.com Wonderland Comics 1409 N Van Ness Ave. We have the largest selection of back issue comics; action figures. Unfortunately, we are shut down until the lockdown is lifted. If you have a specific item or book you are looking for, we can make arrangements to set an appointment. Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 559-268-3950 Al’s Café 1823 W Olive Ave Fresno, 93728 Open for take-out orders. 559-233-9226 Casa Corona 1724 W Bullard Ave Fresno, 93711 Call 559-2838605. Second location: 7044 N Cedar Ave Fresno, 93720 Call 559-323-7409. Pick-up orders available. Free Uber Eats delivery. CASA de TAMALES 609 E Olive Ave, Ste C Fresno, 93728 Take-out orders available. Call 559-541-4656 India’s Oven 3035 W. Ashlan Ave, Fresno, 93722. Open for takeout, curbside delivery as well as free delivery within 5 miles on orders $50+; delivery also available via DoorDash and Grubhub. 559-229-1313 Irene’s Café 747 E Olive Ave, Fresno, 93728. Pickup only, closes at 8 p.m. 559-237-9919

Rocket Dog Fresno and Clovis Locations. Fresno, 558-283-8096. Clovis, 559-321-8754. Curb side and DoorDash delivery.

Subbies Subs & More 2 150 Minnewawa Ave ste D, Clovis, 93612. Take-out and delivery by Grub Hub available, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 6.30 p.m. 559-478-4627

Sam’s Italian Deli & Market 2415 N First St. Fresno, 93703. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. with take-out and delivery. 559-229-9346

Mah’s Teriyaki Express 605 Herndon Ave #400, Clovis, 93612. Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. - 8.30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Take-out only, calling ahead is highly recommended. 559-297-8831 The Craft House 760 Pollasky Ave Clovis, 93612. Please call for take out and curbside pick up 559-472-3398.

Teriyaki Don 6731 N Cedar Ave, Fresno, 93710. Takeout available, as well as delivery through DoorDash and Teriyaki Don app orders. 559-439-6759

Pool Tables R US Floor Model Sale - Call for appointment or info 14445 Shaw Ave. Suite 130 559-495-1041 BC’s Pizza & Beer 1315 Shaw Ave Clovis, 93612. Pick up and delivery only. 559-297-7800 Triangle Burger Dine In or Patio 240 W. Shaw Ave 559-297-7800 Tappan Bowl New Opening Take Out 50 W. Bullard Ave Suite 111 559-207-3738 Pure Water & Ice Cream 1835 Ashlan Ave #103A, Clovis, 93611 We offer water fill up, boba drinks, ice cream, springrolls, bahn mi sandwich, and papaya salad. Open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. pickup only. 559-346-1399 www.PureWaterIceTea.com

Toledo’s Mexican Restaurant 1125 Shaw Ave Clovis, 93612. Clovis location open for take-out and delivery. The Craft House 760 Pollasky Ave Clovis, 93612. Please call for take out and curbside pick up 559-472-3398. Toledo’s Mexican Restaurant 1125 Shaw Ave Clovis, 93612. Clovis location open for take-out and delivery. Jus Jo’s 701 W Shaw Ave Clovis, 93612. Takeout and curbside available. 559-322-1788 Los Rancheros Mexican Restaurant 2141 Shaw Ave Ste 101, Clovis, 93611. Take-out available; Monday - Sunday 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Call 559-326-0524 Luna Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria 349 Pollasky Ave, Clovis, 93612. Alley pick-up, open for drive through, call and let them know you have arrived. Pick-up in front as well. 559-299-4141 Michelangelo’s Pizzeria 619 Woodworth Ave, Clovis, 93612. Pick-up only Monday through Saturday from 4 - 9 p.m. You must call in to order, first. 559-322-1666

l When choosing snacks for at home or on the go, select only whole foods. This means nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits, eggs, yogurt, anything in its natural state, and hasn’t had any processing. Take a few minutes to put nuts or celery sticks or bell pepper wedges into a small resealable bag, so you have something easy to grab and go. l Stop buying foods that aren’t healthy choices. If you have foods that you can’t stop eating once you start(and we all do), don’t buy them anymore! What’s your temptation? Spicy tortilla chips, donuts, salty pretzels, ice cream? Whatever it is, do yourself a favor and take it off of your shopping list. l Get rid of phrases such as ‘not now,’ ‘I have too much to do,’ ‘I’m tired,’ ‘this is hard,’ and ‘I can’t’ when you’re focusing on a healthy habit. Give yourself the opposite message: ‘now is good,’ ‘I can take time for this,’ ‘this will give me energy,’ ‘I can handle this,’ ‘I can.’ Add in, ‘this is for me, and I’m worth it.’

Realize and acknowledge that you are creating healthy success for yourself through these tiny habits. Changes are happening even if you can’t always see or feel them. Don’t let your doubts about what you’re accomplishing get in the way of continuing with the habits. You gain success every single time you choose water instead of a frappuccino or walk for 10 minutes. Over time these simple actions will become your actual habits and won’t take a lot of effort to maintain. They’ll just become a part of your everyday life. --Nadine is a Wellness Coach for women who want to break long-standing eating and inactive habits. She guides you toward confidently building an achievable healthier lifestyle for yourself and your family. Nadine can be reached at npbwellnesscoach@gmail.com, and is on Instagram @npbwellnesscoach.

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THE STAY AT HOME EDITION Lamp, the Juice Sucker; and Ovitz’s Library by Jonas Wood. On top of that, you can also simply gaze upon the building’s remarkable Le Musee de Louvre, Paris. louvre.fr/en/ architecture. visites-en-ligne The Louvre, the world’s larg est art and antiques museum, was forced to Uffizi Gallery, Florence. artsandculture. close its doors as Paris went into lockdown. google.com/partner/uffizi-gallery This galWhile you can no longer waltz into its famous lery houses the art collection of the Medicis glass exterior, you can learn something of inside a 16th-century building. Online, there the phenomenal collection via a number of are four exhibitions that take viewers through virtual tours, charting everything from Egypvarious works, explaining their significance tian antiquities to the Galerie d’Apollon. and showing close-ups of important details within the paintings. See such works as Piero The British Museum, London. britishmusedi Cosimo’s Perseus Freeum.withgoogle.com The UK capital’s famed i n g Andrommuseum has hooked up with Google Arts & eda Culture, along with more than 2,000 other leading institutions, to offer an interactive tour. Wander through time and click on different artefacts to see them up close, read up on their history, and hear more information with an audio guide. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. artsandculture.google.com/ partner/rijksmuseum Stuffed with masterpieces from the Dutch Golden Age, the Rijksmuseum is one of Amsterdam’s most popular attractions. It’s closed until 1 June, but has just launched a new interactive experience, Rijksmuseum From Home, that allows you to virtually visit the home of Rembrandt’s The Nightwatch and Vermeer’s The Milkmaid. In a collaboration with Google, there’s also the chance like to explore 11 “exhibits”, where you’re able to never interact with various works from the museum, before. read about their history and see close-ups of the pieces. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natu ral History, Washington DC. https://naturalhisMusee d’Orsay, Paris. artsandculture.gootory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/ Move at your own gle.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris Housed pace through the 360-degree room-by-room in the fabulous former Orsay railway station, tour of every exhibit in the museum. the Musee d’Orsay displays art dating from 1848 to 1914. An online tour goes through The Getty Museum, Los Angeles. https:// the history of the building, first constructed artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-jfor the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Viewers paul-getty-museum?hl=en Los Angeles’s can also explore some of the most famous premiere gallery has two virtual tours, inpieces in the collection, including one of Van cluding “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” which is Gogh’s self-portraits, and take a virtual wana closer look at food in the Middle Ages and der through the galleries. Renaissance. Guggenheim, New York. artsandculture. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. google.com/streetview/solomon-r-guggenhttps://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssenheim-museum-interior-streetview New York multimedia Madrid’s must-see art museum City’s iconic gallery has a Google Street View has the works of some of the continent’s most tour where you can “amble” along its winding celebrated artists like Rembrandt and Dali corridor and view works up close, such as available online. Catherine Opie’s daring Self Portrait/Pervert triptych; Ivan Navarro’s installation Homeless

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Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. https:// artsandculture.google.com/partner/georgia-o-keeffe-museum?hl=en Six virtual exhibits are available online from this museum named for the “Mother of American modernism.” National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City. https://artsandculture.google.com/ asset/the-national-museum-of-anthropology-mexico-city-ziko-van-dijk-wikimedia-commons/bAGSHRdlzSRcdQ?hl=en Dive into the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico with 23 exhibit rooms full of Mayan artifacts. NASA. Both Virginia’s Langley Research Center - https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/ - and Ohio’s Glenn Research Center - https:// www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours - offer online tours for free. Also, you can try some “augmented reality experiences” via The Space Center Houston’s app. https://spacecenter.org/app/ National Women’s History Museum, Virginia. https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/ online-exhibits Have a late International Women’s Day celebration with online exhibits and oral histories from the Virginia museum. Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://artsandculture.google.com/ streetview/metropolitan-museum-of-art Though the Met Gala was cancelled this year, you can still have a peak at the The Costume Institute Conversation Lab, which is one of the institution’s 26 online exhibits. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. https:// ar tsandculture.google.com/exhibit/civil-rights-photography/9wISPkiyouv-Lw?hl=en This museum’s popular online exhibits include “Civil Rights Photography” — photos that capture moments of social protest like the Freedom Rides and Rosa Park’s arrest. Detroit Institute of Arts. https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/detroit-institute-of-arts?hl=en Mexican art icon Frida Kahlo is the focal point of two of the four available online exhibits. National Museum of the United States Air Force. https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ Visit/Virtual-Tour/ You can’t take a ride in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential airplane, but you can check it out, in addition to other military weapons and aircraft, online in the Air Force’s official museum.

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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/ sophie-taeuber-arp/swKioHNhYqZoLw?hl=en New York’s MoMA has it’s extensive collection available online. The National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, UK. https://www.tnmoc.org/news-releases/2017/6/6/3d-virtual-tour-now-online?rq=virtual The National Museum of Computing contains the world’s largest collection of working historic computers. The museum features a fantastic, intuitive, virtual 3D tour. You can zoom in on each exhibit’s details, and find out more about every aspect of computing history, such as the world’s oldest working digital computer.

Ivy League Classes Free Online Ivy League College Courses. https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ ivy-league-moocs Class Central offers free, online instruction courses from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale. Many of the classes are self-paced, and they offer personalized course recommendation and course/subject tracking with reminders.

Self-Improvement Live guitar lessons with Benjamin Napoles. https://www.facebook.com/benjamin.napoles Benjamin is offering ONLINE GUITAR LESSONS!! Please Share. You can take advantage of being home and learn how to jam! We will learn songs for you to sing and/or play with friends. You will learn chords/ scales/ theory and have fun improvising over your favorite songs! Lets make the best out of this time. FIRST LESSON FREE!!! 20$ a half a hour first lesson free. Available w/ ZOOM, Skype, Messenger, and FaceTime. The Kitchn’s Cooking School. www.thekitchn.com/collection/cooking-school-373 The Kitchn’s Cooking School is a 20-day, 20-lesson program where students tackle an essential cooking topic each day. You’ll even have homework! Free to join at their website. Delia Online Cookery School. www.deliaonline.com/how-to-cook Delia Online features a host of cooking technique articles of varying levels of difficulty. Each lesson has step-bystep instructions with photos. Free Online Drawing Lessons from Kline Creative. http://www.klinecreative.com/free-

EVENTS online-art-lessons.htm The free online drawing lessons at Kline Creative website are designed for beginners of any age, from young children to adults. The site offers instructional videos on a range of drawing subjects. The videos are designed to give the beginner core skills to enhance any art medium you choose to use. How to Draw Cartoons! https://how-todraw-cartoons-online.com/ If drawing cartoons is your thing, this site offers plenty of free instruction on the topic. The site covers categories like ‘80s style cartoons, video game characters like Pacman, and Mr. Spock and Darth Vader.

Live Concert Streams Travis Brooks Quarantine Concerts. https:// www.facebook.com/travis.brooks Travis is a local artist who performs weekly livestream concerts that are available on his facebook page. He continues to create fresh new content for his fans and supporters every week. Miley Cyrus: Bright Minded. https://www.instagram.com/mileycyrus/?hl=en While it’s not quite a concert, Cyrus has been livestreaming with a slew of guests at 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday on her Instagram. Come for the revelation that her and Demi Lovato probably hooked up during their Disney days, stay for the Cyrus family reunion. Her show’s guests so far have included everyone from Reese Witherspoon to Hilary Duff to a Hannah Montana reunion with Emily Osment. Metallica. https://www.youtube.com/user/ MetallicaTV/videos Rock Gods Metallica have launched a new concert series, #MetallicaMondays, which will see the band stream a complete Metallica live show on the group’s YouTube channel and on Facebook every week. They start at 8pm (EDT) every Friday. Neil Young. https://neilyoungarchives.com/ news/4/article?id=Subscriber-Fireside-Sessions-to-stream-from-NYA Neil Young is keeping it in the family with his Fireside Sessions - his wife will be filming while he gives a live concert from his living room, presumably by the fire. It looks like his dogs could feature heavily, too. Young is promising a “down-home production, a few songs, a little time together”, which sounds good to us. Find out more via the Neil Young website, see link below. Yo-Yo Ma’s “Songs of Comfort”, Instagram. On a semi-regular basis, Yo-Yo Ma will perform live on Instagram. “In these days of anxiety, I wanted to find a way to continue to share some of the music that gives me comfort,” he says. The Record Club. Record Store Day UK, Official Charts and National Album Day have come together to launch The Record Club, a bi-monthly Facebook Live virtual club, taking place on every other Wednesday at 6.30pm (BST). Hosted by Jess Iszatt (BBC Music Introducing/BBC Radio London) and live streamed

simultaneously across the Record Store Day UK, Official Charts and National Album Day Facebook feeds, the idea is to order each Record Club album ahead of the broadcast, listen to the album in full, and then come to the live feed armed with questions. Royal Albert Home. The Royal Albert Hall – yes, THE Royal Albert Hall – is hosting a series of Royal Albert Home performances over the coming days and weeks, which will see “artists sharing their work from their homes to yours”. The free streaming programme already includes Rufus Wainwright, Peter Gregson, Brassed Off and many more. You can also donate to the Hall to show your support. We have Imogen Heap, Kaiser Chiefs and Tim Burgess to look forward to. Radiohead. Yes, Radiohead. The band will be posting weekly classic concert videos to their YouTube channel on Thursdays at 10pm BST (5pm ET). And you can watch them back at your leisure. Josh Groban. Josh Groban will relive his hits in an intimate career-spanning livestream concert, starting at 4 p.m. ET on June 27th. Tickets for the virtual event will first go on sale June 1 at 4 p.m. ET exclusively for the Friends Of Josh Groban, while the general on-sale begins June 3 at 4 p.m. ET on JoshGroban.com. Ticketholders will receive an access code to the live stream that’s good for 48 hours at the start of the concert. They can also purchase limited VIP bundles with special merch, including an official event tee with $5 of each sale benefiting Josh’s Find Your Light Foundation. Pearl Jam, Ben Gibbard, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Macklemore, Dave Matthews and more Seattle musicians are participating in the All in WA streaming concert to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts across Washington state. The concert, which will air on the local NBC affiliates on June 10th, can be streamed on Amazon’s Twitch channel, and will be available on Amazon Prime after it airs. MTV Unplugged at home. The first installment of this new MTV Youtube series starts that will take place every Friday started with Wiclef Jean. Link: MTV Youtube Songkick Live Stream Concerts. Songkick, the concert connection site, hosts live stream concerts and in-home performances from national and local artists all over the world. New events are added daily.

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through tropical waters to the icy tundra in this floor-by-floor tour of the famous, Baltimore-based aquarium. Seaworld Orlando. https://www. visitorlando.com/en/things-to-do/ virtual-tours/seaworld-orlando The virtual tour of Seaworld includes a tour of Discovery Cove and the option to”ride” the steel roller coaster Mako. Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. https://www.facebook. com/riverbankszoo/ Riverbanks Zoo, in Columbia, SC, is streaming Z-Learning live on their Facebook page every weekday at 10 a.m. Meet and learn about animals! The videos will also be on Riverbanks’ website by 2 p.m. each day.

Wildlife Camera Streams

Zoo Tours The Cincinnati Zoo. https://www.facebook. com/cincinnatizoo/ The Cincinatti Zoo hosts a daily home safari at 3pm on its Facebook page. Atlanta Zoo. https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/ The Georgia zoo keeps a “Panda Cam” livestream on its website. Georgia Aquarium. https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/ Sea-dwellers like African penguins and Beluga Whales are the stars of this aquarium’s live cam. The Houston Zoo. https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/ There are plenty of different animals you can check in on with this zoo’s live cam, but we highly recommend watching the playful elephants. The Shedd Aquarium. https://www.facebook.com/sheddaquarium/ This Chicago aquarium shares some pretty adorable behind-the-scenes footage of their residents on Facebook. The San Diego Zoo. https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/videos With what may be the most live cam options, this zoo lets you switch between koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one sitting. Monterey Bay Aquarium. https://www. montereybayaquarium.org/animals/livecams It can be Shark Week every week thanks to live online footage of Monterey Bay’s Habitat exhibit. National Aquarium. https://aqua.org/media/virtualtours/baltimore/index.html Walk

Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma. https://www.newspin.com/ tour/?site=42&scenename=815&mod=article_inline Escape the confines of your home and take a virtual field trip through Oklahoma’s vast wilderness by clicking through several 360-degree views of the Conservancy’s various preserves. You can also click on features of the landscapes to learn more about the unique prairie ecosystem. Virtual Dives. https://sanctuaries.noaa. gov/vr/?mod=article_inline You won’t need scuba gear to feel like you’re underwater with these stunning high-res 360-degree views of national marine sanctuaries like the Florida Keys, Monterey Bay and the Olympic Coast. You can even pair your device with a virtual reality headset for the ultimate immersive experience. International Wolf Center. http://www.wolf. org/wolves/experience/webcam.asp Highly recommended: the wolf den cam. This morning, it showed a gorgeous white wolf and two others moving around the den. As the site explains, the den is the primary resting spot for wolves during the winter months, where they lie on beds of straw for added warmth. During the summer, they’re more likely to be inside, escaping the heat. Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco. http://www.calacademy.org/webcams/ farallones/ This live streaming web cam lets you observe a slice of the coast in Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, home to 13 species of seabirds, five species of seals and sea lions, and land birds. Great white sharks and gray, blue, and humpback whales inhabit the surrounding waters. Africam.com. http://www.africam.com/ wildlife/ Africam.com offers several options to choose from (look to the column on the left of the homepage): Cams in South Africa, Tanzania, Egypt, and North America. Under ‘Streaming Cams,’ clicking ‘Flamingos’ | FRESNO FLYER |

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EVENTS takes you to Kamfers Dam, where hundreds of the birds are milling about. Wildlife Focus: Brazil & Ecuador. http://www.wildlifefocus.org/webcam/brazil-cam.shtml (Southern Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil) http:// wildlifefocus.org/webcam/ (Buenaventura Reserve, Ecuador) Wildlife Focus has two high-quality, live-streaming webcams. One at the Southern Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil’s Parana State, and the site says you might espy the Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Black Jacobin, Blue-winged Parrotlet and the Plain Parakeet. The second web cam is located in the remote tropical forest of Fundación Jocotoco’s Buenaventura Reserve, Ecuador. National Wildlife Federation’s Bald Eagle Cam. http://www.nwf.org/eaglecam/webcam.cfm This camera gets you right up near the nest, about 30 feet off the ground. Polar Bears in Wapusk National Park, Canada. http://explore.org/live-cams/player/polar-bear-cape-churchill-cam-2 Channel Islands National Park Live Ocean Webcam. https://thedyrt.com/magazine/local/camp-californias-channel-islands-national-park/ Home to one of the richest marine environments in the world, Channel Islands National Park offers an underwater glimpse of marine life as it is rarely seen. The cam records life in a “majestic, amber-colored kelp forest” where nearly 1,000 marine species live or regularly pass through. The park’s live wildlife cam is located in the ocean landing cove on Anacapa Island, off the coast of California between Ventura and Los Angeles. When tuning in, prepare to be mesmerized as colorful fish dart back and forth across the camera lens as the kelp sways peacefully with the push and pull of the ocean currents. Manatee Webcams, Blue Spring State Park, Florida. https://thedyrt.com/camping/florida/blue-spring-state-park Florida manatees live in slow moving, shallow water such as bays and rivers. These large marine mammals are a treat to spot in their natural environment, but they can be elusive. If you don’t have the opportunity to search for the creatures in the wild, try the manatee webcams at Blue Spring State Park instead. While the underwater and above-water webcams are no longer live, tune in to see highlights from the most current manatee season, including special shots of a manatee with her calf and one of an adorable manatee named Alice inspecting the camera. Audobon Osprey Nest Cam, Hog Island, ME. https://explore.org/livecams/ospreys/osprey-nest Getting up close and personal with a bird of prey’s nest has never been easier. This live wildlife cam captures the nest area of two western ospreys—Rachel and Steve— perched 30 feet above the Audubon Society’s

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Hog I s l a n d sanctuary off the coast of Maine. While the couple separates for the winter, thousands tune in for their reunification every spring. This live wildlife cam shows an intimate look at these raptor-like birds as they fish, soar, and hatch eggs annually.

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ClassPass. https://classpass.com/try/ live-workouts ClassPass, a subscription service that ordinarily enables users to visit a variety of boutique fitness studios, also hosts a library of virtual workouts. Right now, those 2,000+ audio and video workouts are free for everyone, no subscription required. Corepower Yoga. https:// www.corepoweryogaondemand.com/keep-up-yourpractice The yoga franchise — which has 18 studios in Colorado, most in the Denver area — is offering free access to a “special weekly collection” of online classes. “Please share this with friends, family and anyone who could use a little yoga in their life right now,” Corepower Yoga said on its website. Movement Climbing + Fitness. https:// w w w. fa c e b o o k . c o m / m ove m e n t d e n ver/?ref=br_rs All of Movement’s gyms and climbing walls may be closed, but head to the company’s Facebook page, where trainers from Movement locations around the city are posting live, free daily workouts recorded in their own homes.

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LEGOLAND Florida Resort. https://www. legoland.dk/en/accommodation/hotel-legoPlanet Fitness. https://www.planetfitness. land/virtual-tour/ The Great Lego Race and com/ One of the country’s largest gym chains Miniland USA are just two of the attractions is offering free home “work-ins” on Facebook you can check out in a virtual tour of the Live daily at 5 p.m. MDT. Previously streamed park. workouts are available on the Facebook page. Workouts are open to anyone, including those Go to Mars! https://accessmars.withgoogle. who aren’t Planet Fitness members, and typicom/?mod=article_inline Explore the surface cally last around half an hour. of Mars in the ultimate form of social distancing. While the team at Orangetheory. https://www.orangetheory. NASA is currently updating com/en-au/member-communication-regardthe site, you can still ing-coronavirus/ Two days after closing lotake a peek at 360cations nationwide last week, Orangetheory mode and get a began posting daily workouts on its website. feel for what the According to the website, Orangetheory will Curiosity rover share daily 30-minute workouts featuring top sees every day. coaches from around the world. You won’t need special equipment, but you might be Tour the Inasked to scrounge up some household obternational jects to use in your workout. Thursday’s video Space Station included five blocks including warm-up, some (ISS). https:// cardio and flexibility focusing on legs. www.nasa.gov/ mission_pages/ Camp Gladiator. https://www.facebook. station/main/ com/CampGladiator/ Camp Gladiator is a s u n i _ i s s _ t o u r. four-week outdoor group fitness program for html?mod=artiall levels led by certified personal trainers cle_inline Expedition with more than 4,000 locations nationwide. 33 Commander Suni This fee-based program has launched free Williams floats through the live at-home workouts on its Facebook page, International Space Station and three times a day on weekdays and once on gives those of us stuck on Earth a tour of Saturdays. Previous workouts are available the laboratories, observation deck, the crew’s on the Facebook page as well. You can also sleep quarters and more. It’s fascinating to download printable 30-minute workouts from see our planet down below from the observaits website. tion deck and to find out what life is really like on the station. | FEATURED | DINING | CALENDAR | MUSIC | CLASSIFIEDS |

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Virtual Farm Tour. https://www.farmfood360.ca/?mod=article_inline Explore 11 different Canadian farms and food processing facilities. Learn how to milk a cow, go behind the scenes at a sheep farm and meet some of the livestock guardian dogs, or visit an apple orchard. Draw with Ed Vere. http://www.edvere.com/ Every Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. (he’s posting from the UK) illustrator Ed Vere will share a new “how to draw” lesson via video on his website. So far he’s taught how to draw a lion, a monster and more. The videos remain available on his website after they’re shared, so don’t feel like you have to be up at 6 a.m. Lincoln Center Pop Up Classroom. https:// www.facebook.com/LincolnCenterNYC/ Every weekday morning at 10 a.m., Lincoln Center Pop-Up Classroom brings you a daily dose of creative art-making. A Lincoln Center Teaching Artist will lead families and kids in a workshop that uses simple materials found at home. Conducted on Facebook Live. Weekday Live Streams with Mr. Jon & Friends. https://www.facebook.com/ events/1074677622899381/ Mr. Jon & Friends is a group that writes and performs music just for kids! With schools are closed, they will be hosting weekday live streams and fun videos at 10:30 a.m. each day. These virtual events are all about fun, music, and laughter. Watch live, and then come back to re-watch alter as often as you’d like. You can find all the info on the Facebook event page.

Virtual Destinations Icehotel, Swedish Lapland. https://www. youtube.com/channel/UCx6-8cW9rHGNGhELh83fcCg Aurora photography company Lights over Lapland has created experiences for those suffering wanderlust to virtually travel to the Icehotel in Swedish Lapland. The 360-degree videos allow viewers to visit the local Arctic wilderness, meet local huskies and reindeer, go dogsledding and reindeer sledding and even join a Northern Lights hunt. J e r u s a l e m , Israel. samsungvr.com/view/ Wv_0tcndBOG Israel is promoting a whole series of virtual tours for armchair travellers, including one that takes you around Jerusalem’s most famous sights. Videos have a voiceover tour guide giving more information on the city’s holiest places, while 360-degree functionailty makes it feel more like you’re exploring.

EVENTS Cliffs of Moher, Ireland. cliffsofmoher.ie/ virtual-visit-tour Fancy watching the sun set over these picturesque peaks? You can take a virtual tour of the famous Irish geological landmark, which captures 360-degree views and even has virtual reality headset capability for a fully immersive experience. Central Park, New York. youvisit.com/tour/ centralpark NYC’s green centrepiece is available to tour online. Not only does it show you the sites, it also comes with a guide who talks you through significant events in Central Park’s history as you “travel” from the West 72nd entrance. Ibiza, Spain. facebook.com/ushuaiaibiza Ushuaïa Ibiza, an openair club on the hard-partying Balearic Island, has launched #StayAtHomeSessions – a restream of some of 2019’s best DJ sets from Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa Ibiza, to bring the party atmosphere to the homes of ravers around the world. The first session was launched on 21 March, featuring Solardo, Davide Squillace, Camelphat, Nic Fanciulli and Andrea Oliva. The streaming sessions allow users to invite friends to join them online. More virtual events are also in the works. Grand Canyon, Arizona. nps.gov/features/grca/001/archeology There are plenty of pictures of the famed canyon online, but get a little deeper with a VR archaeological tour. This allows armchair travellers to explore and learn more about the history behind the canyon’s formation by clicking on different geological features. Yosemite National Park, California. nps. gov/yose Experience this natural wonder in real time by clicking through to its webcams. The views include Yosemite Falls, the view of the Half Dome from the floor of Yosemite Valley, and vistas from the High Sierra captured at 8,000 feet.

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. nps.gov/romo One of the best things about being in the great outdoors is the way you experience it with all your senses. Rocky Mountain National Park has allowed virtual visitors to use their ears rather than their eyes, with an online “sound library” that features an array of birds and wildlife found in the park. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. nps. gov/grte Fancy climbing a mountain? You can try out an e-climb with

Grand Teton National Park, navigating your way to the 13,770-ft summit (minus the effort). Viewers can also discover the geology and history of the Grand Teton massif along the way, and learn more about the native plants and wildlife. The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. http:// www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/

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tour-virtuale.html The national lockdown in Italy has forced the country to a near-standstill, shuttering public events, soccer stadiums and even the Vatican. Now, visitors can tour the interior artworks of the chapel, including its renowned ceiling and The Last Judgment, by Renaissance painter Michelangelo. The Great Wall of China, China. https:// www.thechinaguide.com/destination/greatwall-of-china China’s most famous attraction offers virtual tours of some of the most visited sections of the wall, 3000 miles of which are walkable. With much of the country under quarantine measures, the virtual tour offers a reprieve from the crowds who normally come from all over the world to see the 2000-year-old marvel. Walt Disney World. https:// disneyparks.disney.go.com/ blog/2018/03/disney-parkslaunches-first-ever-360-degree-panoramas-on-googlestreet-view/ Set aside some time, because there’s plenty to see here. Virtual tours you can take include Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot, just to name a few. There are also unofficial YouTube videos that feel just like you’re on famous rides like the Frozen Ever After ride, It’s a Small World, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Machu Pichu, Andes Mountains, Peru. https://www.youvisit.com/tour/machupicchu A simply stunning UNESCO World Heritage site, Machu Picchu is a visual wonder that just has to be seen. You no longer need to fly all the way to Peru to see it in all its glory, however, as the virtual tour is comprehensive, immersive, and filled with fascinating insights. With 360-degree views of the ruins of Inca settlements and lush green landscapes, you can visit every popular vantage point and learn more about the history of the famous site thanks to a helpful voice narrator.

The Vatican, Rome. http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html Filled with spectacular architecture and historic monuments, The Vatican is within your virtual reach, with a host of museums providing online tours. Step into the Sistine Chapel and Raphael’s Rooms, which are adorned with simply sensational artwork. The tour is compatible with WebVR, so you can pop on a VR headset to get an even closer look at some of mankind’s most memorable creations. It’s truly breathtaking, even when viewed through a screen. Athens Acropolis, Greece. https://www. techradar.com/best/Athens%20Acropolis A must-visit destination for history buffs, the Athens Acropolis includes the world-famous Parthenon, and is a cultural hotspot for tourists. Choose between popular sites such as the Theatre of Dionysus and enjoy in-depth videos that provide a fascinating and educational insight into ancient Greece.

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YAMAHA MG06X Mixing Console $109 original box and power adapter. In great working and cosmetic shape. I will provide more information on this unit below for those who are interested. And if you are interested come on down to at The Fresno Hock Shoppe Mon-Fri 10am to 5:30pm and Saturdays from 10am to 2pm or call 559-2645856 THE FRESNO Hock Shoppe is having a sale on all our clarinets! 6 total ranging from $60 and up. Different brands but all great beginner woodwinds. All ready to play. Find a new hobby or add to your collection. Evette Schaeffer With Hard Case $110 Bundy Clarinet With Hard Case $60 Yamaha YCL-24 With Soft Case $130 Actley 175 Clarinet With Soft Case $80 Selmer Clarinet $80 Celclio Clarinet $70 If you would like to check out these clarinets and our wide selection of other items please visit The Fresno Hock Shoppe Monday through Friday 10am to 530pm or Saturdays 10am to 2pm. Located at 3235 E Belmont Fresno Ca 93702

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VASE CLEAR 3ft $40 I SELL dog houses text for pictures 559- to be ready for winter time. X-small 304-1831 -12x12x16-$10/$30 ROOM divider $75 with paint roof Smalltext for picture 559- 1 8 x 1 8 x 2 4 - $ 2 0 / $ 5 0 with paint roof Medi304-1831 um-24x24x32-$30/$70 KENMORE dryer have two different working $350 obo text size door with paint roof carpet Large559-304-1831 36x36x48-$100/$150 I WILL pick up your with paint and X-largestainless steel refrig- 42x42x60-$150/$200 erators. All washers with paint Hugeand dryers and stoves! 48x48x72-$200/$250 please be under 10 with paint and roof I years old or decent have 12 different colcondition for free re- ors. Questions please moval... no rats, etc. text 559-475-2803 please text me a picture if not sure.... all others ARE YOU SELLING that are considered something? List it here trash will need a small Call 559-472-7182 disposal fee (trash is trash.. all trash appli- 2017 CRAFTSMAN ances taken directly to riding mower $800 the dump this includes new starter, it runs rat and roach fill appli- good but sometimes it doesn’t start. Not ances) 559-394-3369 sure feels like battery doesn’t have enough juice to turn over FARM & sometimes 708-2064 GARDEN HONDA/Craftsman mower CCV 160. - low hours runs great- $125. Edger. Yardman Briggs and Stratton 158 $100. Both excellent running condition. Reasonable offers considered. 8000 pound 12 volt winch attached to old train station baggage cart - $100. Runs off 12 volt car battery. Very large road closed ahead sign $75. Please text only for appt. to see. Ken 559-593-1059

WASHER and dryer/ electric - $260 559- CHEAP COOPS 394-3369 ..light weight and earth friendly..made from KEGERATOR in untreat fence pickets great condition, used use/new ...smaller coop less than 6 months. /cages is $30 ..great Comes w tools to dis- for small birds/Quils / assemble and clean, chickens/chicks .l arge cleaning solution, and ones are $50 to $60 pump to clean system. .size 5x4x5 ..you will Includes a 5 lb CO2 need a pick up truck tank Keg not included, or I can drop them off I also have a new 20lb for $10 gas fee within CO2 tank, never used, 20 miles in Fresno call $120 if interested. It 643-7156 cost a few more dollars NICE CONDITION to fill the 20lbs than Squier strat. Priced to the 5 lb, so it will pay ARE YOU SELLING sell $75.00 w/padded for itself quickly. Txt something? List it here Call 559-472-7182 gig bag Ibanez Electric (559) 408- 8881 $60.00 559-246-4922 SUPPORT LOCAL SUPPORT LOCAL

LAWN EDGER, Briggs and Stratton engine $40 call 645-7642 ALOE VERA plants - $5 Aloe plants medium, large and extra large plants in 1 gal. pots. They are $5, $10, $15. $20 Landscaping Plants, tropical’s, shrubs, flowers, fruit, herbs and succulent plants (559) 307-9366 AVAILABLE are 10 units of heavy duty shelving, 24x36x84, boltless, 5 shelves in good condition. Photo is of a 48” shelving unit, 36” unit is identical except the width. Price is $100. for each unit. Call 559 259 9740. BRAND NEW Harbor Freight hydraulic push --pull ram set never used. $160 Call 559 360 2977. CRAFTSMAN 3000Watt Gasoline Portable inverter Generator $650 Brand new with receipt, never used in the box Firm price Selma only 903-2222

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COKE PICTURE approximately 4 BRASS FIRE EXTINGUISHER 1/2ft by 3ft $500 leave message or $400 obo leave message or text 559text 559-779-8999 779-8999

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JW CLEAN-UP SERVICES. Estate Sale Cleanups. Yard, Trash, Construction cleanup, rubbish, trees & demo, rentals, lots, apartments & foreclosures. We do it all Just Call! (559)307-4304 BIKES SEEBURG JUKEBOX Needs cleaning. Working, great speakers, Manual 21SP mountain bike for only $150.00 in 1952 $4000 obo leave message or text 559-779-8999 great condition with bell and tassels! Call Darryl anytime at 559444-3283

BUDWEISER SIGN Works, needs cleaning.5ft by 1 1/2ft $300 obo leave message or text 559-779-8999

2 FOLDING bicycles. Good condition. Great for RVing. $150 each. OBO. Call no text Chuck 299-3730.

UNIVEGA GRAN Premio vintage road bike $220 Vibrage Steel Road bike in great condtion. 700c wheels Inex Shifters Ready to ride. call or text 559-545-9050

HONDA EX-400 quad. Very good condition. Low hours. Well maintained with oil changes regularly. Has a crack on the right and side front plastics. Also has a set of sand paddles included for full VINTAGE Bian- price. Txt. 549-349chi Bike 1986-1987 1804. $299 Womens Red Frame. Has not been in stor- 03 SUZUKI ltz 400 age and not used for (559) 289-3859 many years. Needs new brakes and lines HONDA TRX250 they are frayed and $2500 Great condition tires. Frame is in great quad 250cc Very low condition. Comes with hours Still has the tire original owners manu- line from factory! Just al. Call 559-474-1895. serviced with fresh fluNo texts. $100 ids and spark plugs! This would be a great quad for the wife or kids! 5593668764 ATVS

2010 HONDA CIVIC LX, runs and drive like new,clean title and smoged, good tires, paint in good shape, 4 BOATS cylinders, clothes inteHUNTER 170 Sail- riors like new, power boat $4995 (559) 299- windows and doors lock, info call# 559 3422 451 7959 12 FOOT Valco aluminum boat with trail- 2 0 1 1 C H R Y S L E R er Asking $800 for the 200 runs great nothing boat only or $1000 wrong with it 154198 with trailer 559-658- miles cold a/c heater 149two text is best as works perfect good tires all around current I work registration and clean MARLIN Bayliner title in hand 559-722Ski Boat $8500 (Sel- 9405 ma) 708-6996 2016 NISSAN Maxi ma: Only 48,xxx miles Very clean interior RVS Asking only $10,500 97 AIRBUS Motor- Please call if you 1985 KAWASAKI 2008 Polaris Ranger home 32 foot $12,000 would like to come KTX 250 Tecate - 700 XP 4X4 Seats 6 OBO (559) 291-9864 have a look. 709- 6918 $10000 (Coarsegold) Low miles Second or (559) 298-4725 1997 CADILLAC owner, always adult 559-333-2629 owned Well main- 2004 WILDWOOD Deville excellent conHONDA ATC250ES tained Great for trail 5th wheel 30ft, 3 slide dition low miles clean restored. It’s in great rides and around the outs, excellent condi- leather interior no tears condition and rides yard Includes rear stor- tion. Asking $10,000 good paint no scratchlike new. Don’t ride age rack $6000 (559) OBO (559) 673-7185 es $4000 obo cash call or text 559-519-0365 it as much as I like to 287-0719 or (559) 975-9835 and would like to sell it. $3500 OBO. Text or FOOD Concession VOLKSWAGEN Jetcall 559.410.1622. MOTORCYCLES Trailer 16 Foot Equip- ta 2009 2.5L in perfect ment Included $18,00 conditions. It only has 2013 POLARIS Razor 2002 HARLEY Road OBO (559) 291-9864 67k miles, tires in good condition $4690 559900 Xp EPS - $12850 King Classic $8000 or (559) 298-4725 612-5828 559-631-7019 Great bike it has 21,084 miles please TRAVEL Trailer 2008 CORVETTE 2003 Bombardier Ds text 5594694060 26ft long $11800 (559) 1981 I’m asking 13,000 or 650 Atv $3800 Txt me 412-0629 best offer. Please only at 559-513-1201 2002 HARLEY Road King Classic $8000 HUNTERS Spe- serious Offers only. HONDA ATC250ES Great bike it has cial-1995 Salem Trav- (559) 906-4195 restored. It’s in great 21,084 miles please el Trailer, 17 ft Long, condition and rides text 5594694060 extra clean, everything like new. Don’t ride TRUCKS works, $4,800. 559it as much as I like to 2005 YAMAHA FZ-6 412-0629 and would like to sell $2800 2800 OBO, Text 1996 SILVERADO it. $3500 OBO. Text or Hunter at 559-645- z71 4wd $6300 (Ker2809 for details. call 559.410.1622. man) (559) 728-6262 CARS 2005 HONDA trx 450 Good condition Brand new wheels and tires SS brand Exhaust Upgrade 3500$ 5593668764 05 YAMAHA raptor350 runs good electric start clutch 6 gears light and brake lights works reverse on it tags up to date until 2021 pink slip in hand (559) 598-3800

2018 HONDA CRF125F $2800 (559) 994-1970

2007 FORD FUSION SE in excellent condition, runs pretty good, 4 cylinders, clean title, 2000 FATBOY Soft smog ready to go, good Tail LOW miles Per- tires, alloy wheels, fect condition $8700 paint in good shape, Serious buyers contact clothes interiors like Doug: 559-289-9174 new, AC cold. Call or text #(559)451-7959 2017 HONDA CB500F | $5400 obo 2014 KIA Optima | Low Mileage, Great $8800 (559) 999-2480 Condition $5400 (559) 978-2354

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Walker’s Tree Service Serving all your tree care needs We can do it all! Palm Trees, Tree Stumps, MistleToe, Remova, Trimming, Topping. Serving Fresno & Madera (559) 421-8555 Lic#93739750

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Fresno Flyer Vol 4 No 10

Articles inside

The number of gays and

While the first U.S. Pride

Records of same-sex

The Pentagon has an LGBT

June was chosen to be the

Harvey Milk was an American

For the 25th anniversary of the

Europe has a Pan-European

The oldest still-existing LGBT

Pride parades weren’t always

The “Mother of Pride” was a

The longest pride celebration

Amsterdam is the only city