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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  Apr 03, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Vallejo galleries bloom with three new shows this weekend

The Vallejo Sister Cities Association Japanese tea ceremony and Navigation Center groundbreaking ceremony are happening this week....

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  Mar 28, 2024

Terrance Davis resigns as Vallejo assistant city manager to head Berkeley public works

Davis’s resignation comes at a time of significant upheaval in the Vallejo city government....

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  Mar 27, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Easter hops into Vallejo, trivia night

The Vallejo Museum's trivia night fundraiser is this Saturday....

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  Mar 21, 2024

Fiestas Primavera cultural festival comes to Benicia

The festival will carry a message of inclusion and tolerance to counter the dangerous “La Migra” game played by Benicia High School Students....

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  Mar 20, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Lemon Festival returns

Plus, the first Fiestas Primavera comes to Benicia City Park...

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  Mar 15, 2024

Protesters disrupt California Forever’s second Vallejo Art Walk event

Two musicians left after they learned the “Women’s History Month Artist Showcase” they’d been invited to perform at was a controversial California Forever-sponsored event....

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  Mar 13, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Empress Theatre holds free screening of California prison documentary

Tree plantings events on Mare Island this weekend...

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  Mar 06, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Hip Hop Empowerment and SOL, the Musical

San Francisco rapper Black C of RBL Posse to perform at the Hip Hop Empowerment launch party Saturday....

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  Mar 04, 2024

California Forever gets mixed reception at Vallejo’s Second Friday Art Walk

California Forever’s involvement in Art Walk is being received by the community with a mixture of surprise, joy, confusion and protest....

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  Feb 28, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Kawaii cuteness comes to Solano County Fairgrounds

Vallejo Festival Orchestra to perform “The Glory and Grandeur of Beethoven” at the Empress Theatre on Saturday...

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  Feb 21, 2024

Upcoming Vallejo Events — Black History Month closes with a bevy of activities

Plus, Mamet’s “A Life in the Theatre” opens on Friday at Bay Area Stage...

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  Feb 21, 2024

New Vallejo Museum resident historian to co-host Black History event Friday

Author Sharon McGriff-Payne will be joined by former museum board president Liat Meitzenheimer in "Black History, Vallejo History, Our History: A Conversation."...

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