April is Autism Awareness Month!
Riverside joins Autism Speaks in educating and exemplifying community compassion April is Autism Awareness Month. It doesn’t matter if you are or aren’t personally affected by autism, this month we...
View ArticleYour Introduction to Coachella 2013
So you’re going to Coachella this year? Do you know where to park? What to bring? Or even what to expect? Did you know that there is art, recycling, workshops, yoga classes, farmers markets, dodge ball...
View ArticleThe Contemporary Archives of Outsider Art
Barkan’s collection of Chicano murals shed light on California public art One thing that people often try to claim about Los Angeles is that it lacks native art—most of the art in museums is...
View ArticleDream Girls
Hypnotic Summer Twins dominate Indie charts and So-Cal hearts Maybe it’s the hot desert air that gives The Summer Twins their warm, enveloping melodies. Perhaps it’s the expansive, minimally...
View ArticleA Dangerous Mind
Dating advice, why making a sitcom is so hard and goofy yearbook quotes—Aziz Ansari doesn’t hold back! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the median marrying age for...
View ArticleA Master of His Domain
Wes Agee talks backflips and more as he prepares for the upcoming competitions On this searing hot Thursday afternoon, with the Santa Ana winds whipping through the parched canyons and roadways of...
View Article2013 Travel Guide
Homebound A staycation can be a death sentence of Internet and TV for anyone without imagination, even more so in the sweltering Inland Empire. But, truth be told, there’s a lot to do around here. Here...
View ArticleJust Brew It!
The Taste of Brews festival celebrates craft beer culture . . . and the art of pour decisions Few things are more refreshing than an ice cold Budweiser in a frosted mug on a hot day. But, if that’s...
View Article“There is No Secret”
How Wanda Sykes found herself and became a better comedian “I’m pretty optimistic,” began comedian Wanda Sykes in her interview in which she spoke about her activism in the gay community, her upcoming...
View ArticleThink Ink!
The IE’s best skin canvassers deliver the goods for this year’s Ink-N-Iron Festival Unless you’re living with blinders on (in which case, I don’t ever want to carpool with you), you’ve most certainly...
View ArticleHomegrown
The best and the brightest musical acts to come up and out Although big festivals, like Mayhem and Paid Dues have featured a few upcoming Inland Empire artists, the future of the region’s music is...
View ArticleLiving Well
Dietary needs changing in the IE There are seeds of change sprouting up around the country, and even the world. People are no longer content to eat whatever is offered, whatever their neighbor is...
View ArticleSomething Old, Something New
Marriage of Retro style and Americana Roots pairs for a lifetime of happiness in the IE It doesn’t seem so long ago, that you could roll out to the Showcase Theater in Corona or The Glass House in...
View ArticleThink Rink!
As summer finally arrives here in the Inland Empire and triple digit temperatures become the norm at least until late September, finding places to hang out and cool down is a must. Thankfully, there is...
View ArticleGo Ahead—Spin the Bottle
Play, perform and practice at the most energetic festival of the summer Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) describes itself as “a celebration of art, sustainability, music, performance and life itself,” and...
View ArticleTaking Life by the Horns
Big time baller Tony Snell—MLK High’s class of ’09—is now running with the Bulls If you asked Martin Luther King High School graduate Tony Snell where he realistically envisioned himself in three short...
View ArticleBlack and Blue
Local woman is abused, beaten, shot and illegally detained . . . and the boys in blue don’t care Penny Trent’s desperate call for help as a long suffering victim of domestic violence was allegedly...
View ArticleFood Fanatic
Inland Empire’s Culinary Expert joins IE Weekly Get ready to meet the Inland Empire’s most well known and most energetic food critic. Allan Borgen has been in the business of food for over 25 years and...
View ArticleBattle of the Art Walks
The lowdown on the phenomenon, the fun and the best part—art The history of art walks in the Inland Empire is a varied, expansive and colorful tale. Depending on the city, you’ll find yourself...
View ArticleClasses for the Masses
Here’s all you need to get through one . . . more . . . year. As summer begins to wind its way down one of life’s many eventualities begins to draw closer for many residents of the Inland Empire, the...
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