By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com The history of psychedelic use is long, storied, and deeply rooted in both medicine and spirituality. In ancient tribal societies, shamans, oracles, medicine men, and soothsayers regularly imbibed psychedelics such…
Rogue Returns March 1-9, 2024
with 45 performing groups, 9 venues, and 6 days of theater, music, dance, improv, comedy, storytelling, performance art, magic and more The Rogue Festival has shaken off the post-pandemic blues and coming back bigger March 1-9,…
Saving “Voices”
More than 130 indigenous languages are considered “endangered” in the United States. For many of these, only a handful of fluent speakers remain. By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com Marie Wilcox didn’t set out to save the…
Celebrating a “Resonant” Life
By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com Dia De Los Muertos is a two-day holiday celebrated throughout the Americas, beginning at midnight on November 1st. Representing a joyous reunion between the living and the dead, the event…
“Ghost in the System:” Clovis Unified’s Quiet Assault…
By Ramie Thomas | info@fresnoflyer.com In a crowded room on a Wednesday evening, dozens of people gathered for a local school board meeting. The atmosphere is tense, but it is not the number of people…
Dave Eats: Hammy’s Smash Burgers
4388 W. Shaw, Fresno IG: @hammyssmashburgers By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com Fresno’s relationship with the smash burger seems to be in the “it’s complicated” category. We love good burgers around here, as evidenced by the…