16 Oct. 30, 1987 Breakaway MERCED Arbor Gallery The gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with displays of Valley artists. Currently on display, the winners of the Society of Western Artists show, including Donna Wright's best-of-show painting.
Co-sponsored by the Merced COunty Regional Arts Council. 529 W. Main St. Information: 384-0676. Courthouse Museum On display: "The Great Central Valley Project," with scenes of the Valley from the late 1800s through the present, compiled by Stephen Johnson and Robert Dawson, throughNovember; music of Merced County, Japanese porcelin exhibit, "Old Betsy," an 1874 fire engine used in Merced, surveying equipment in a tribute to the late Bill Bedesen, a sports exhibit as a tribute to Bill Joerg, Chinese temple and schools in Merced County.
At the Old Court-: house, 21st and streets, Wednesday through Sunday 1-4 p.m., closed Monday and Tuesday. Group tours available. Gift shop. Information: 385-7426. Wildlife museum The Yosemite Wildlife Museum is open from 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Annual tickets are $2.50 for adults, $1.75 for students and seniors and $1 for children 5 to 12. 2040 Yosemite Park Way. Information: 383-1052. ATWATER Castle Air Museum On display 32 vintage planes, all military issue from WWII to the present, located at Castle AFB. Visitors can walk around the grounds inspecting the planes, and tour an indoor exhibit.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Also a Clubs Donna Wright and her work "The Nuns," which won best of show award at a recent Society of Western Artists show, now on display at the Arbor Gallery. Photo by Jim Byous gift shop and restaurant.
No admission fee. Information: 726- 2266 or 723-2177 weekends. Bloss House The Atwater Historical Society holds an open house every third Sunday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m. of World War I-era home with the Train Room and gardens open to the public. Located at 1020 Cedar Ave.
Group tours available. Information: 358-6157. LOS BANOS Miliken Museum The Milliken Museum offers a number of displays focusing on Westside history. Open Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
and Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 905 Pacheco Blvd. Information: 826-4079. SANTA NELLA Chico Avila and Jim Fucillo, to 1:30.
No cover charge, 316. E. BelleMonday through Thursday, 9 to Fri- vue, Atwater. 358-7676. day and Saturday, Backtrack.
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. No cover charge. 188 College Green Dutra's Broadstreet, Friday and SatDrive, Merced; 384-0110. urday, 11:30 to 2.
No cover charge. 830 I Los Banos. 826-1939, Bud's Place: Stepping Out, Friday and Saturday, 8 to 1, music. Friday and Satuday, 4th and Lewis, Snelling; 563-9296. Tommy Lee, with country western music, 9 p.m.
to 1:30 a.m. 230 E. RobCastaways Secrets, daily, Tuesday ertson Chowchilla: 665-3754. through Saturday, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
$2 cover charge, Fri. and ($1 with free Franklin Tavern Music: 11 p.m. to 2 membership). 2020 E. Childs, Merced; a.m.
corner of Franklin and Hwy. 22. 384- 383-3577. 7383. Club Joaquin Top 40, Soul, dancing Key Largo Other Hands, with dance from 9 p.m.
to 2 a.m. Saturday. 383-9422, music, Thursdays through Sundays, 8 950 Motel Merced. p.m. to 2 a.m.
No cover Friday and Saturday. 433 18th, Merced; 722-1977. Double Tavern Friday and Saturday night, Detour, country and western 9 La Nite's Fridays and Saturdays DJ The Calendar Visitors center The Romero' Visitors Center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day on Highway 152, 15 miles west of Los Banos, adjacent to the San Luis Dam.
The center offers informational displays on the State Water Project, the California Aquaduct and the Central Velley Water Project. Movies, slide shows and telescopes are available. Group tours available. Information: 826-0718, ext. 253.
MARIPOSA History Center -The Mariposa History Center Museum on Highway 140 is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends only through April 1. Admission is free. Group tours available.
Information: 966-2924. Gem exhibit The California State Mining and Mineral Exhibit is on display from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily behind the Yosemite Way Station Best Western Motel, with gold specimens, gems, minerals and exotic crystals. Adults $2, seniors and students $1, children under 12 free.
Gift shop. Information: 742-7625. Sierra Artist's The Sierra Artist's Art Gallery, Highway 140 at 6th Street, with works by local artists in all media. Open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Information: 966-2284. YOSEMITE Visitors Center A variety of artists, including local ones, have their work on display at the Yosemite Valley Visitors Center, along with displays on the park. Information: 372-4454. with Top 40s 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
No cover charge. 1031 W. Bellevue Road, Atwater; 358-9090, Michael's West Friday and Saturday DJ with Top 40 and CW; from 9:30 to 1:30. No cover. 575 W.
Bellevue, Atwater Shopping Center; 357-1990. Mission Lounge Blaze, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. to 1:30, $2 cover charge. Holiday Inn, 13070 S. Hwy.
33, Santa Nella; 826-4444. Pea Soup Anderson's Friday and Saturday, Aziz, contemporary. No cover, Windmill Lounge, Highway 33 and Interstate 5, Santa Nella; 826-1685. Sweetriver Saloon Friday night: comedy night with Christopher Titus, Steve Carey, Bob Wieder; Nov. 6, Tom Kenny, Paul Kozlowski, Dan Wedeking.
FRESNO Metropolitan Museum Posters of the "belle epoque" by Toulouse-Lautrec and his contempo-1 raries, through Nov. 29, along with a variety of art works, historical displays and exhibits. Admission $2, seniors and students $1, children 3 to 12, 75 cents. Located at 1515 Van Ness Ave. Open Wednesdays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Information: 441- 1444. Fresno Art Center An exhibition of Rodin and His Contemporaries, including such famous pieces as "'The Kiss" and "The Age of Bronze." Also on exhibit are statues, watercolors, oils, and other art works. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours available.
Admission $2, seniors and students, $1, 16 and under free. Saturday and Sunday free. 2233 N. First St. Information: 485-4810.
Allard's Gallery Paintings and etchings on display. It's open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from. 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Meux Home Photographs, artifacts and folklore by Germans. from Russia or "the Rooshians of West Fresno," through Nov. 1, along with a variety of historical displays and exhibits. Located at Tulare and streets, admission is $2 for adults and 75 cents for children 17 and under.
Open Friday- Sundays, noon to 4. p.m. STOCKTON Haggin Museum Artworks, historical displays, Indian artifacts, vehicle collections and exhibits. At the museum at 1201 N. Pershing Ave.
Tuesdays through Sundays 1:30 to 5 p.m.: Information: 462-4116. Shows start at 10 p.m. and cost. $5. Sunday nights: The Sweetriver Jazz Band.
No cover. Merced mall, Merced; 383-5542. Sir James Tuesday thru Thursday, The Islanders; Fridays and Saturdays, Rydin High, (The Islanders, Nov. 6 and 7) 9 to 1:30. No cover charge.
1111 Motel Merced: 723-5551. Studio Lounge Tony Tacheira Band, Fridays and Saturdays, 9 to 1:30 a.m. No cover. 1513 Broadway, Atwater, 358-5600. Wine Cellar Thursdays and Fridays: to be announced.
No cover. 350 W. Main, Merced; 723-3796. Yosemite Friday and Saturday: Wildfire, 9 to 1:30. No cover charge.
2217 Yosemite Parkway, Merced; 383-7927..
