Culture & Arts
How do older technologies stack up against today’s electronic gadgetry? Find out in an interactive presentation, “How Did They Use That,” with San Bernardino County Museum Curator of History Michele Nielsen at the John Rains House on Friday, February 17 at 1:00 p.m. The presentation is free. “This is a great opportunity for visitors of all ages to explore technology over time,” said Nielsen. “Together we’ll look at historic objects from the museum’s study collections and see just how well they worked for the jobs they were meant to do—tasks that may or may not be part of today’s world....
An Artist Group of the Riverside Art Museum, PAAR will hold its Seventh Annual Nine-Day Paint Out, followed by a two-month exhibit at the Riverside Art Museum’s Permanent Collection Galleries, with a Gala Awards Reception on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The public is invited. (Private RAM member preview reception is from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) Artists with easel, canvas, and paint in tow will demonstrate their painting skills and compete for $5000 in awards and prizes. Painting locations are: “GEMS OF RIVERSIDE” Saturday, February 18 The Mission Inn on Mission Inn Avenue Sunday,...
Waddell & Reed’s “Honoring Our History” Traveling World War I Exhibition will roll into Riverside for its 34th stop on a national 75-city tour. The exhibit will be at March Field Air Museum on Saturday, February 4, 2012, 9 am to 4 pm. Admission to the World War I Exhibition is free. On Saturday, February 4, Californians can experience the sites and sounds of World War I – and honor World War I veterans and all veterans since. This World War I traveling exhibition will be located at March Field Air Museum, 22550 Van Buren Blvd. Riverside, Ca. Visitors will...
Riverside’s Asian Pacific Lunar New Years Festival encompasses all the Asian communities that make up Riverside and the Inland Empire. January 28, 2012 will be the second annual kick off of the Lunar new year for all the different countries represented. Started by local community leaders, this festival represents the history and celebrations of Riverside from it’s beginning with the railroads and citrus groves to the modern day educational relations with International Sister Cities around the world. Parade, Live Performances, Music, Children’s Village, Arts and Cultural Displays, Films, History, Fashion, Food, and Fireworks! Something for the whole family! Saturday, January...
“Bookmark” the Date! Friday, March 30. 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. THE RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM AND THE INLANDIA INSTITUTE INVITE YOU TO RAM FOR THE BOOK LAUNCH OF BOOKMARKED: TEEN ESSAYS ON LIFE AND LITERATURE FROM TOLKIEN TO TWILIGHT The book will be available for purchase during the evening, along with a chance to meet some of the essayists. All proceeds go to a scholarship fund for the Honors Literature students at John W. North High School. “Bookmarked is an eloquent and moving tribute to the liberating power of the written word. These young students have discovered in books new...
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — January 25, 2012 — Get ready for ‘Love in Riverside.’ The Riverside Downtown Partnership (RDP) in conjunction with the Culver Center of the Arts is creating a weeklong celebration of Valentine’s Day that gives everyone a unique way to say they care. Surprise your sweetheart by creating your own free romantic video Valentine at the Culver Center of the Arts located at 3834 Main St. in Downtown Riverside. Drop in to record a special message to your loved one any day between February 7th to 11th from Noon to 5 p.m. Are you a procrastinator? Don’t worry there will be a last chance on...
INLAND EMPIRE, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2012) – CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Inland Empire’s February luncheon will feature Candie Stalling, executive director of San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Services as keynote speaker. The event will address the personal safety of professionals in networking environments and will be held Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hilton San Bernardino, 285 East Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino. Stalling is a certified rape crisis counselor through the Office of Emergency Services, and a council member for California Coalition against sexual assault (CALCASA). She is also an appointed member of the...
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A few spaces are still available for a day trip to the Salton Sea led by San Bernardino County Museum Director Robert McKernan on Saturday, January 28, 2011. The registration deadline is Wednesday, January 25. The Salton Sea is the largest inland surface water body in California. The National Wildlife Refuge at the south end of the sea is a major stop on the Pacific Flyway. “The Salton Sea supports one of the most diverse bird populations in the United States, with more than 375 species,” said Robert McKernan. “It is one of the most impressive areas in the nation for observing wintering bird...
RIVERSIDE, CA- The Department of Theatre at the University of California, Riverside, is pleased to present IN THE BLOOD, a play by Suzan-Lori Parks. In the world of Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, single motherhood is everywhere, poverty is everywhere, exploitation by people in the system is everywhere, and help is nowhere. In the Blood is the playwright’s spin on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter in which the heroine Hester, persecuted for having a child out of wedlock, must make her way in an unfriendly world. Parks’ Hester, La Negrita, is a single mother entirely dependent on the kindness...
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