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5 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND, May 23-25
Pick and gather festival
The 2025 Pick & Gather Festival will be held May 24-26 at Riverdance Farms in Livingston.

Pick & Gather Festival: The 2025 Pick & Gather Festival will be held May 24-26 at Riverdance Farms in Livingston. The event celebrates the you-pick season with organically grown blueberries, cherries and more, along with live music, art, camping and artisans along the Merced River. For more information, visit riverdancefarms.com.

Saturday Studio: Families and individuals can drop in at the Carnegie Arts Center anytime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 24 to get creative. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $5 per maker; $3 for CAC members. The Carnegie is located at 250 N. Broadway, Turlock. For more information, visit carnegieartsturlock.org.

Memorial Classic: The Shadow Chase Running Club will host the annual Memorial Classic 5K and 1-mile fun run/walk on May 24 at East La Loma Park, 2001 Edgebrook Dr. in Modesto. Race day registration begins at 7 a.m. Both 5K and one Mile courses are scenic, shady loops and walker friendly. For more information, visit: https://shadowchase.org/races/memorial-classic/

Comedy to the Rescue: Former animal cruelty investigator turned comedian Clay Foley tours the country raising funds for local pet charities one laugh at a time. Foley will be at The State Theatre in downtown Modesto for a show at 7 p.m. May 24. For tickets, visit: thestate.org.

Modesto Skates: The Modesto Skates group will once again host a public skate night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. May 25 at Johansen High School’s tennis courts, 641 Norseman Dr. in Modesto.

Turlock’s historian
Scott Atherton
Scott Atherton gives a free public lecture at the Carnegie Arts Center about the community and culture of Turlock during the 1930s (KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal).
It’s the end of an era for the Turlock Journal. For the past 26 years, Scott Atherton has volunteered his time and expertise in curating the Journal’s “This Week in History” page that runs every Saturday.
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