Past Stories
Family Drama
Photos courtesy of Chino Community
Chino Community Theatre’s Little Women delivers an intimate portray of Alcott’s touching story
It may not star Santa or Scrooge, but the holiday production by Chino Community Theatre feat...
Nick of Time
The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus tells the true tale behind the ho-ho-ho
Naughty or nice?
Yep, you’ve been both this year. You’ve been nice because it’s the right thing to do, it gives you a warm-fuzzy, and you…
Busy Bodies
Photo by Morgan Tuff
A Disability History chronicles the history of “deviants” and “undesirables”—before the ADA
“Can’t” is a word you can’t say.
No, you’ve been raised knowing that anything’s possible. E...
Bird on a Wire
To Kill a Mockingbird delves into the still-relevant issues of black and white
The story was published in 1960, it’s set in the 1930s, but for Terre Gunkel, To Kill a Mockingbird screams “today.”
Gunkel is the director of...
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane . . . It’s a Taco?
A local team competes at Red Bull’s Flugtag this weekend
Not many people can honestly say they’ve had a ride in a giant taco. Even fewer people can say that they’ve constructed a giant taco that flies.
Scott Covey and...
Life After Death
One doctor’s medical calamity leads him to the Great Beyond in Proof of Heaven
Nobody packs a suitcase like you do.
A weekend away? No problem. Cram everything you need in a tote and go.
A two-week cruise? Again, no…
A Legend is Corn
Kentucky’s marijuana underworld ends up going bust in The Cornbread Mafia
Nobody likes a snitch.
Nobody wants to hear the words “I’m telling!” because it ruins a good time. It halts the fun. It quashes camaraderie. Oka...
Come One, Come All . . .
Cirque Du Soleil puts on another great show in the IE
These performers fly through the air with the greatest of ease—and they’re now at Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank Arena as part of Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion, one o...
Costume Change
Photo by White Strobe Photography
Beatrice Casagran is putting on a new hat—and a new theater company
It’s been said, in advocacy of diversity in the workplace, that one can’t be what one can’t see. A similar idea can ...
Beautiful Bummer
“When I’m Sixty-Four” wields a double-edged walker
When Paul McCartney wrote his legendary, rooty-tooty tune, “When I’m Sixty-Four,” he was a mere 16 years old. McCartney was a prodigy, of course, a born music-maker...
House of Art
By Douglas McCulloh
David Leapman’s Contemporary Artist Space exhibits its second show
From the street, David Leapman’s house looks like many of the other off-white stucco structures on the modest-yet-well-groomed block in...
Mama Mia!
Jessica Valenti’s Why Have Kids? Questions the pros and cons of having ankle biters
Your former classmate leads such an interesting life.
She told you this summer about the trips she took recently: Aruba, Paris, Johannesburg,...
Trick or Treatment?
Unaccountable advises ripping the veil of secrecy from the world of healthcare
You’re trying hard not to be scared.
You really weren’t surprised when the doctor said you needed an operation. It was kind of expected but let...
Broadening a Vision
“African American Visions” offers additional cultural perspective
One of the most interesting things to view when surveying imagery of groups traditionally underrepresented in our culture are things we’ve never seen bef...
On the Horizon
The new incarnation of Forza Horizon opens up the road to pure fun
Every holiday season offers up a slew of anticipated games to desire but games aren’t cheap—a challenge to getting the five-plus titles that I so desperatel...
Life As We Know It?
John Martin Fisch (photo by Peter Phun)
UCR’s The Immortality Project plans on spending three years tackling the ultimate mystery
Can we live forever? Is there life after death? Is there really a way to know? There’s no do...
The Brave One
Shirley Sherrod’s The Courage to Hope reveals the truth behind a racism-spurred firestorm
Some days, you get a little bit of exercise.
You hear a good story, and you pounce on it. You spin it to make it funny, bend…
The Heartbreak Kids
Transitions of the Heart reveals the joy and pain behind a child’s sexual identity
Your child constantly surprises you.
Where did she learn that little habit she has? How did he figure out something you never showed him? What...
Master of His Own Domain
Idyllwild native Casey Abrams goes with what his gut tells him
“I tried to contact him once, and he didn’t respond, so I was kind of pissed,” laughs American Idol finalist Casey Abrams, whose preferred domain name was alr...
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…
Ace of Diamonds
For Jered Weaver there’s no price tag on happiness
If things had gone a little differently last August, Los Angeles Angels ace pitcher Jered Weaver would be gearing up for an incredibly lucrative free agency come fall. His 15...
Let’s Be Frank
Frank Langella’s memoirs include just enough gossip and tell-all tales
Admit it. You’re kind of klutzy sometimes.
And clumsy. That’s you, as pillows are tossed, furniture bumped, frames go askew, nerves are shattered and ...
Hey Mikey, We Like You!
Photo by Amy Bystedt
“Comedy in the Art Colony” tickles our collective funny bone
When Mikey McKernan graduated from high school, he told his parents he was going into comedy. “But you’re not funny,” they respond...
Want to Ask A Mexican?
Dear Readers:
Have we got a treat for you. If you’re a fan of Ask A Mexican this is one event you won’t want to miss. Gustavo Arellano, author of the Ask A Mexican column and editor at OC Weekly…
Something to Chew On
Tyler Cowen
An Economist Gets Lunch spells out the manifesto for a new food revolution
The fridge was empty the other day.
No milk, no OJ, no breakfast fixin‘s. You were out of bread, cereal, snacky stuff and lunchmeat. Ther...
In the Trenches
The Absolutist’s exquisite prose details wartime tragedy . . . and love
For some reason, you just can’t seem to let it go.
It happened so many years before. You were a child then, really: old enough to know better,…
The Laugh at the End of the Tunnel
Rapackiego Jozefa's Piramida Zwycistwa Victory Pyramis
RAM’s “The Art of Humor” chronicles historical snarks and snipes that got us through the rough times
When the Roberts Court handed down its 5-4 ruling on healthc...
Support Our Whale Warriors
You may know the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society through Animal Planet’s TV show Whale Wars, which follows the organization’s aggressive ongoing campaign to put an end to Japanese whaling in the southern ocean, and has br...
