Past Stories
Wise Up
Ceramist Patti Warashina takes satire and sensibility to a higher level
On the top of my stove is Pennsylvania Dutch trivet with the image of an old man and little boy on it, with the bearded elder saying: “Ve get…
The Artists’ Artist
Karl Benjamin lives on at the Pomona Arts Colony
On the west-facing exterior wall of a two-story building at the corner of Gordon and Second in the Pomona Arts Colony, a new mural, featuring the imposing gaze of a man…
The Not So Denny’s Cracker Barrel of the Inland Empire
An old fashioned, Dust Bowl-era greasy spoon to challenge the establishment
Traveling along the 15 from BFE to the great Inland Empire beyond, one can find a treasure trove of greasy spoons wanting to indulge the errant travele...
Old Guys Rule!
Stallone’s The Expendables 2 is a dream come true for die-hard fans of ’80s action films
Anyone who enjoyed action films in the 1980s—perhaps the last great era of truly macho American heroes—often fantasized about what...
Final Word
Republican candidate Mitt Romney has finally announced his pick for vice president: Crossing fingers in breathless anticipation that it’s me . . . Nope, it’s Paul Ryan!
As a country, we scratched our heads and asked, “Rya...
Molly Vamp
MEMBERS:
Molly Vamp (guitar, lead vocals); Angie aka Willow (drums).
CITY OF ORIGIN:
Pomona.
KINDRED SPIRITS:
Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Kiss, Dio, Helloween, Runningwild, Dokken, Ozzy Osbourne/Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, M...
It’s Where the Heart Is
Heartless Bastards’ Erika Wennerstrom finds her way back home
Arrow, the latest album from roots rockers Heartless Bastards, starts off with a punch to the gut so beautiful, it’s completely welcome. Opener “Marathon” is...
¡Ask A Mexican!
Dear Readers: The Mexican is currently smuggling mescal out of Oaxaca and into hipster bars nationwide, and thus gives you two oldies-but-goodies. But I do want to give a shout-out to Olympic silver medalist Leo Manzano, a form...
Seeing Red
Corona’s red light cameras are issuing more tickets than ever before
It’s no secret that many municipalities throughout the Inland Empire have given a green light to red light cameras.
But now, with communities such as More...
The Rundown
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes just north of Yorba Linda but is felt throughout the Inland Empire, just like Tuesday night’s 4.4-magnitude quake, centered in the same place. Since these quakes—among ...
Antichrist
Fri, Aug. 24-Sat Aug. 25
We should probably clarify that this isn’t the showing of some pro-Satanist movie, but that would arguably make more sense. Director Lars Von Trier is known for making films that are so far from the&h...
3rd Annual Inland Empire Ho’olaule’a
Sat, Aug. 18 & Sun, Aug. 19
For those of us who can’t afford a luxurious vacation on the shores of the Pacific Islands enjoying the scenery, food and surf, all the luxuries of Hawaii will be relocating to the…
The 7 Day Stretch
Thurs/8/16
“PLEASE BE SEATED”
I hope you’re not taking your chair for granted. The very one you’re sitting on right now has history. It’s the descendant of older chairs (you know, back when they were m...
Day of the Shred
Slayer's Kerry King
You can always tell people the devil made you do it. And by “it,” we mean meeting Slayer axe-man Kerry King—an IE resident, to boot—during his scheduled appearance today at Guitar Center in San ...
