They are the people who answer your phone calls, who help you find books and who keep the theater lights on. While city of Lodi employees spend their days keeping things running, many spend their nights and weekends behind cameras and easels. Now, 10 city employees are showing their artistic side at a group show for January’s First Friday Art Hop.
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