The 10th annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival – Central California’s largest student film competition – is scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at the Fox Theatre in downtown Visalia. This year, the festival received 192 films, representing the work of over 380 students. The high school films receiving a “Premiere Cut” designation will be screened at the theater beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning. A screening schedule will available at www.SlickRockFestival.org on Thursday, May 16. At 5:30 p.m., students who played a central role in producing "Premiere Cut" films (along with their advisors) are eligible to participate in the Limo/Red Carpet Walk. The awards ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Tulare County Office of Education’s Theatre Company will present its spring performance recital entitled "Britain on Broadway" April 25-27. The production will feature selections for classic musicals set in England, including Mary Poppins, Jekyll & Hyde, Oliver!, Sweeney Todd, Monty Python’s Spamalot, My Fair Lady and The Secret Garden.

Theatre Company vocal coach and production director Charlotte Garcia reports that she scripted the selections from the beloved British musicals, “so that the many different characters’ stories intertwine or connect to one another by location, subject matter or a common character.”

The second annual Three Rivers Music Festival will feature over a dozen music artists from the Valley and beyond to benefit the 501 (c) (3) Emergency Aid Alliance. The festival will be held at the Lion’s Roping Arena in Three Rivers, California, on May 4 from 11 am to 10 pm.

All proceeds from Americana music festival will go toward supporting local residents suffering from extreme hardship due to health, age, and emergencies.

“It’s the parent who quits working to care for a terminally ill child, the neighbor who cannot afford propane to heat his home,” EAA director Janene Lasswell said. “None of them asked for their situation. Really, none of them asked for help. But that’s what we’re here to do.”