Past Stories
2013 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 are five typical stayca...
A 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 Southern California, Wes Agee ...
A 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 American men recen...
Dream 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 light-polluted night sky that th...
The 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 transplanted from the East Coast...
Your 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 tournaments and delicio...
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 have to opportunity to sh...
Imagined Possibilities Spring to Life
Finding More than Just Translation at First Street Gallery in Claremont
Nearly a century ago, on the downtown streets of Omaha, a pair of kindred radios was delivered by night to the most esteemed department store in town. Cons...
Engine Block Party
The Hot Rod Homecoming comes turbocharged with 65 years of hopped-up history
Automotive customization comes in myriad forms these days, from sleek ‘n’ low hot-hatch Hondas, Acuras and Toyotas replete with turbochargers and ...
Spirited Spirits
Our Guide to the Best Bars in the IE
It’s always so difficult to decide where to go when you want to go out. So many choices! IE is steppin’ up its game, and trying to compete with OC and…
From Darkness into Light
Flogging Molly on Politics, their Amazing Success and their Green 17 Tour
Detroit got under Dave King’s skin. The Flogging Molly frontman’s adopted hometown looked like a natural disaster roared through its forsaken streets...
Hot Stuff
UCR’s Heat Music Festival marks its seventh year staying true to students’ tastes and delivering the hip-hop and EDM goods
How much anticipation is there for the 2013 Heat Music Festival at UC Riverside? When rapper Tyga le...
“Pardon Me While I Grab My Boobs”
Kevin Smith on carpetbagging, landing planes and his last slot
Kevin Smith is about to hang up the director’s chair, but his days of bitch-slapping celebrities have just hit their prime. Smith is the writer-director behin...
Blues Blood
Rising rock act Rival Sons—featuring Fontana’s own Jay Buchanan—is going places
Remember the name Rival Sons because this is one of the hottest bands out there right now. At least according to iconic Led Zeppelin guitaris...
Eat Me
Sex Issue: Exploring the connection between love, sex and food
There is a very close relationship between love, sex and food. Very sensory-driven experiences, having sex and eating food and sweets are the two most satisfying hu...
From the Heart
Indie rock sibling duo Tegan and Sara goes electro and yearns for the ’90s
Ironically, the very trepidation that may have reined in indie rock duo Tegan and Sara over its 18-year career is propelling them—thanks to a huge i...
Taking Flight
UCR’s ARTSblock Embraces Your Inner Astronaut with “Free Enterprise”
This year, companies like XCOR Aerospace, Inc., Space X, and Virgin Atlantic will make ground-breaking history: private citizens will be allowed to trav...
As the Snow Flies
The Coolest Destinations for Wintry Wanderings!
The Inland Empire isn’t exactly known for its vacation destinations like, say, Los Angeles or Laguna Beach, but that’s not to say we don’t have our share of tourist traps wo...
Strictly Bidness
Funny Man? Dramatic Actor? Black Doug? Mike Epps says he’s ready to show Hollywood who he really is
Comedy may have saved Mike Epps’ life. Sure, many performers believe comedy rescued them from the wrong path, but Epps’ t...
A Cask of Laughs
Beer Geek Radio talks brews and, well, more brews
It’s two days before Christmas and Brad Grider and Steven Isaak are rolling a large canvas suitcase full of audio equipment through a dark parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga. Gri...
Ring Leader
A kinder, gentler Mike Tyson turns his storied life into a one-man show
There are two types of performers that a smart ass is better off not heckling: comedians and ear-biting boxing champs. Nevertheless, the so-called “Badde...
The Beat Goes On
NIGHTCLUB ISSUE: Join us as we visit the Ghosts of Nightclub Past . . . and Present!
Back in the early ’80s, Fullerton band Berlin rode the alternative radio success train onboard a synth-pop single called “The Metro,” wh...
The Plot Thickens
Is a federal case against four homegrown “terrorists” actually based on compelling evidence—or just a bunch hearsay and Facebook “likes?”
An underground jihadi e-zine made for a Western audience, Facebook activities, ...
Holiday Gift Guide
They say The End is coming—so here are a few ideas to make your Doomsday gift-giving a bit more meaningful
Exactly when or how is where it becomes a little hazy. No doubt you’ve heard that the Mayans predicted the…
Bath Salts: The New Hard Drug or Just Something for the Youngsters?
The Bath Salts craze seems strangely familiar
Bath salts? Bath salts? If it’s a fair proposition that 95 percent of drug stories in the mainstream media are utter crap—Reefer Madness springs to mind-then what are we to make...
The Biggest Tour
Asking Alexandria risks it all to ascend to the top of the bill
Asking Alexandria’s appearance as a top headliner at California Metalfest, scheduled for Nov. 24 at the NOS Event Center in San Bernardino, will be a little bit&...
Old School
After an 18-hour day producing music for Kanye West and other A-listers, hip-hop producer Hit-Boy still calls the IE home
Hit-Boy, born Chauncey Hollis, looks like he just woke up. The producer-rapper is clad in a white tee, Ni...
The Other Side of the Tracks
The Inland Empire’s racing and motorsports history runs deep
Racing, whether in cars or motorcycles or other vehicles; whether it’s along ovals, strips or just plain dirt, is in our DNA in Southern California. You can thank...
