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Bars & Clubs
BEST COCKTAIL BAR The Vault Martini Bar & Grill The Vault has all the right ingredients for a classic cocktail bar. The Redlands joint perfectly balances a hipster-energy with a relaxed...
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Shopping & Services
Shop Til You Drop BEST FLORIST Ferguson’s Flower Gallery Flowers typically imply “I Love You,” “Thank You” or “I Promise I’ll Remember Next Year,” but Ferguson’s is an elite florist that shows how much...
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BEST OF IE 2013
It’s time to get weird, IE. Take a note from us and let your “freak flag” fly. Miley’s doing it, Gaga always does it, Cee Lo don’t mind; Russell Brand is in—and you’re next. The IE is chock-full of...
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The Good Fight
Indie rock girls of Warpaint are killing it It’s hard to believe that nine years ago, on Valentine’s Day, four young ladies, Emily Kokal, Theresa Wayman, Jenny Lee Lindberg and Shannon Marie Sossamon...
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Lean and Mean
Lisa Lampanelli on “Skinny Bitch” and her funny life After toiling in obscurity on the stand-up circuit for a while, Lisa Lampanelli got her big break as a complete unknown (and the only female on the...
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Apparition Experts
IE’s paranormal investigation team takes on Downtown Riverside What would you do if there was a perverted spirit in your bathroom who stole your money and shared a preference of you wearing silky...
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The Terrifying Tour
The Horror that Happened in the Inland Empire While Halloween occurs only once a year, horror films are something we can celebrate every season . . . as long as we don’t die before the arrival of that...
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LIFE in Color
Healthy, messy, colorful fun invigorates the IE It’s just before 9 a.m. The sun is shining, the morning breeze is refreshing, and thousands of people huddle up as they wait for an experience which has...
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The Sound and the Fury
The Inland Empire’s Fury Takes Ontario by Storm Move over Quakes and 66ers! Another lean and mean minor league wrecking machine has come to town, and they’re playing weekly games at Ontario’s Citizens...
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Giving Thanks
Sharing the Values of the IE’s Native American Tribes Before the arrival of Europeans to North America, Native Americans lived in harmony with nature, graciously taking only what they needed from the...
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Mini Libraries take the IE by Storm
It’s the Little Things that Count Little Free Libraries (LFL), also referred to as book exchanges, book trading posts and Noox (National bOOk eXchanges), have spent the last four years emerging from...
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Holiday Gift Guide
Give your family and friends a reason to love you even more! The world is divided into two types of people: There are those that love to shop, and those that truly believe the mall will be their...
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Reimagining the Desert
Lucid Stead Imagine for a moment, a serene destination encased in and exuding light from every surface; a house that blends into the landscape seamlessly. The visuals of the house transform with the...
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Holiday Movie Madness
An insightful look at what there is to do after all the presents are opened Two brothers fighting to stay afloat amid hard times in a rusted-out, nearly abandoned Northeastern steel-mill town; a...
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PARTY DOWN
Ring in the New Year Right The best part about the holidays tend to be spending time away from work and with people you care about. It’s a pretty stressful season. With all the responsibilities, buying...
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Moto Mavens Transform Riverside
Lanakila MacNaughton is helping to redefine women in motorcycle culture Pink glittered helmets line the entrance to the “Women Who Ride” exhibit at the Riverside Art Museum. It is a traveling exhibit...
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Kids in Cages
The strange trend of children’s MMA in the IE Pankration was an ancient Greek sport that combined boxing and wrestling into a varied fighting event that was a part of the Olympic Games and taken quite...
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Blazing Its Way to Greatness
Southern indie genius Of Montreal rocks Riverside One of the greatest differences between the indie and pop worlds is the amount of room artists are allowed to explore. In the pop mainstream, once an...
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Winter Fashion Guide
We’ve got the season’s hottest new looks laid out Here in the IE, winter is a weird time of the year, with cool winds and strong sunlight. It rarely ever gets so cold it snows unless you head to the...
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Wildly Diverse
A good Pink Martini is made better with a Storm “Pink Martini is a rollicking, around-the-world musical adventure,” says founder, bandleader and pianist for the band, Thomas Lauderdale. “If the United...
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