Gretchen Zimmermann

Gretchen Zimmermann

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Gretchen Zimmermann founded the Vallejo Arts & Entertainment website, joined the Vallejo Sun to cover event listings and arts and culture, and has since expanded into investigative reporting.

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  Aug 16, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – Indigenous people’s exhibit, ‘Hamlet' closing

Plus a wide variety of live music at local venues and Thursday's August Summer Nights...

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  Aug 09, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – August Summer Nights and Art Walk enliven downtown

Plus live music from country, blues to jazz to the traditional rhythms of Guinea, Brazil and the Caribbean....

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  Aug 02, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – Visit ‘Treetopia’ and enjoy a Grateful Day on the Waterfront

Plus, Bay Area Comics features Jimmy Earll headlining the monthly show at the Empress Lounge on Thursday....

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  Jul 31, 2023

Vallejo Main Street reboots August Summer Nights event

Live music, artisan vendors, kid zone, food trucks, at a vibrant downtown evening event....

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  Jul 26, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events — New art gallery, Hamlet in the park, National Night Out

Plus the Vallejo Zen Center’s annual ‘Jazz in the Garden’ fundraiser features talented local performers in a beautiful setting....

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  Jul 20, 2023

‘Carquinez Quad Squad’ begins roller derby boot camp Sunday at Solano Fairgrounds

Fun, empowering womens’ contact sport in a friendly, inclusive league....

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  Jul 19, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Curious Creatures art show, On Golden Pond and Christmas in July

Plus, the USS Saginaw parade float will be christened at the Vallejo Museum....

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  Jul 12, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events — The circus comes to Vallejo

Some somber events are happening this week, as well as levity....

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  Jul 06, 2023

Local historian Dorothy Lazard to visit Vallejo’s Alibi Bookshop Saturday

Popular Oakland historian and librarian has a new memoir: “What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World.”...

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  Jul 05, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – Blues legend to perform, roller derby tournament

Longtime Oakland History Center librarian Dorothy Lazard will give an author talk about her new memoir, “What You Don’t Know Will Create a Whole New World,” at Alibi Bookshop on Saturday....

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  Jun 30, 2023

New Vallejo youth center vandalized with racial slur

The glass doors and surrounding facade were coated with thick beige and red paint. Old tires, a mattress and other garbage were piled in front of the door....

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  Jun 28, 2023

Upcoming Vallejo Events – Activities for the long July 4 weekend

Vallejo will begin Independence Day celebrations with a parade on Tuesday....

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