Friday, September 16, 2011

Isabel Bayrakdarian performs with the Fresno Philharmonic September 24-25, 2011. For concert information click here.

http://fresnophil.org/artists/Bayrakdarian.htm


Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano

Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Plácido Domingo. Since then she has performed in many of the world's major opera houses and concert halls. She is admired as much for her stunning stage presence as for her exceptional musicality, and she has followed a career path completely her own.

In the 2010-2011 season Ms. Bayrakdarian makes her Tanglewood debut in Poulenc's Gloria with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman and sings selections of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Aspen Music Festival with Marin Alsop. She returns to the Canadian Opera Company as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, and will reprise her interpretation of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen for her debut with the New York Phiharmonic under the direction of its music director Alan Gilbert. Important concert appearances include Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Peter Oundjian, an arias program with the Seattle Symphony and Nicholas McGegan, Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and John Axelrod, and the premiere of a new work by Serouj Kradian with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Anne Manson. She also appears in recital with her husband, pianist Serouj Kradjian, at London's Wigmore Hall and Ars Nova in Ottawa, Ontario.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

What happenin' at Unique Orthodontics

September 2011

Mexican Independence Day on Fulton Mall
September 17 and 18
11a
Come enjoy some of the best authentic Mexican cooking you can find anywhere in the Valley, watch Folklorico dancing, and enjoy a cold drink, and stroll the mall enjoying a variety of vendors all while you listen to the cool beats of various traditional, contemporary & pop Mexican music on two stages throughout the Fulton Mall. This year's event promises to be bigger and better than ever before so don't miss out. For more information, contact PBID Partners of Downtown Fresno at 490-9966 or www.downtownfresno.org.

Tour De Fresno (Bike Race)
Sept 17
6:30a
Fresno County Board of Supervisors proclaimed September 2011 as “Tour de Fresno County Celebration Month” in Fresno County and recognizes the organizers and volunteers of Tour de Fresno for their hard work and dedication promoting tourism and health lifestyle in Fresno County, and calls upon all Fresno County residents to ride their bikes and encourages them to support this annual event. We are proving a Waterpik door prize and on hand for the start.










October 2011

Garfield Elementary School Garfiled Goes To The Circus
Vendor Alley
October 14
3:30p
19th annual silent auction and carnival. The greatest show on earth comes to Clovis and Unique Orthodontics will be in the house with information on the practice and meeting and greeting future patients. The prize wheel will be spinning and we will be joining in on all the family fun with Garfield and the gang in Clovis at Garfield Elementary.

Halloween on Pollasky
Quest Church of Clovis
October 30
4p
One of the most popular events in Clovis returns and Unique Orthodontics will scare the braces off of you this year. We’ll be lining Pollasky with our Spooky Smile Squad between 3rd and 5th again this year. Lot’s of free candy and goodies from Unique Orthodotnics to help Quest Church of Clovis celebrate Halloween 2011.







Unique Ortho will be there on Saturday and Sunday


Thursday is Mexico’s 200th anniversary of their independence from Spain, but the party started early in Fresno.

To mark the occasion, the Mexican Consulate in Fresno invited dozens of Valley residents to celebrate at the University House on Van Ness Boulevard in Fresno.

In the mist of all the political and economic hardship in Mexico, from the war against drug cartels to immigration reform, Tuesday night was a night to set all that aside and just have a good time.

Reyna Torres, the consul of Mexico in Fresno said, "I think for all Mexicans, it's a once on a life time occasion, so we are taking advantage of the fact that we are here and can celebrate with friends and family."

The Mexican Consulate of Fresno says in the midst of a recession and a bloody war against drug cartels, Thursday's global celebration will lift the spirits of the Mexican people.

Mexican Independence Day is Thursday, September 16th and the celebration continues in downtown Fresno at the Fulton Mall through Sunday.

El Grito
Wednesday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Farmers Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Live Entertainment 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Mexican Independence Day
Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Live Entertainment 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Fiestas Patrias
Friday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Farmers Market 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Live Entertainment 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Live Entertainment All Day