Past Stories
Finch
Thurs, Feb. 8-Fri, Feb. 9
Some bands stage a comeback only to fizzle out and return to the dead from whence it came. Finch is unquestionably not one of those bands. After scaring fans with an “indefinite hiatus” in 2006,&he...
“Simply Red”
By Jen Ponder
Opens Sat, Feb. 9
As one of the longest running annual exhibitions in the history of Pomona, the dA Center for the Arts’ “Simply Red” revels in tradition as well as the instinctual relevance of the color&he...
Tour de Palm Springs
Sat, Feb. 9
Lance Armstrong might have given the sport of cycling its worst scandal in the history of sports since the Black Sox Scandal—but let’s just move past that, OK? The fact that cycling—its doping scandals aside...
Dickens Festival
Sat, Feb. 2-Sun, Feb. 3
Stepping onto Mission Inn Ave. this weekend will give you the feeling that you’ve become unstuck in time, somehow transported from the information age to times when life seemed a lot simpler—however ...
Jeff Richards
Fri, Feb. 1-Sat, Feb. 2
A$$WAX. Now that I have your attention you can kind of get your head out of the gutter. We can all agree that A$$WAX is a funny word and perhaps you don’t know but an…
“Artisans of Musical Design”
Thru Sat, Jan. 26
Music holds an important role in shaping the culture of societies around the world—songs give us a unique form of communication that encompasses the passion of the individual while celebrating the beauty of ...
Nunset Boulevard
Sat, Jan. 26
It’s time to throw up your hands and scream hallelujah, because Cindy Williams from Laverne & Shirley is starring as Mother Superior in Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show—a fantastically ent...
“Free Enterprise”
Thru May 18.
There comes a time when one small step for man is not enough. The entrepreneur will always want more, setting his sights on the stars . . . literally! The world of science fiction and space travel…
Snow White: The Classic Fairy Tale
Thru Sun, Feb. 17
Mirror mirror on the wall . . . who’s the most theatrical of them all? A magic mirror may come in handy to answer the tough questions in life, but the answer to this question is…
Dreamgirls
Thurs, Jan. 10
The Dreamgirls story begins in 1962 during the height of the R&B golden age. It tells the story of a young African American female singing trio from Chicago and the struggles that come with its rise to…
Ink’d Chronicles Tribute Art Show
Art by Domonique Monae Matlock
Sat, Jan. 12
Have you ever seen a tattoo on somebody (or yourself) that you just thought had no significance whatsoever? Yes, I’m talking to you Mr. Barb-wire-around-the-bicep. Well, at Ink’d...
Sum 41
Thurs, Jan. 10
Everybody loves a good sense of nostalgia, right? Course you do, especially if you were growing up anywhere between ’89 and ’95. That generation will not shut up about how great their respective childhoods we...
Michael Ryan And Friends
Fri, Jan. 4-Sun, Jan. 6
March is far off for the national inspiration of green hues and folk-like music that is St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s never too early (or too late) in the year for some good ol’ Irish&hel...
Twelfth Night
Fri, Jan. 4-Sat, Jan. 5
Leave it to the Old Riverside Foundation for Historic Preservation to celebrate an old and anachronistic holiday. Traditionally, Twelfth Night was a festive party held twelve days after Christmas (the so...
“Unsustainable Creatures”
Thru Sat, Dec. 29
The interest of art enthusiasts and environmental activists alike will be sparked by the beauty of reconstruction that is Cynthia Minet’s exhibit, “Unsustainable Creatures: Sculptures of Plastic and Li...
Steve Byrne
Fri, Dec. 28-Sun, Dec. 30
You may know him from the new TBS hit show Sullivan & Son, a comedy about a corporate attorney Steve Sullivan (played by Steve Byrne) who leaves New York in search for a more fulfilling…
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Photo by Naoaki Toyofuku
Fri, Dec. 21
December is the perfect time of year to try embracing new styles of music and this couldn’t be more apparent than with Grammy-winning performer Brian Setzer and his orchestra. By new mus...
The Nutcracker
Thru Sun, Dec. 23
Call out to your inner child—Christmas time is here again and there’s plenty of holiday cheer and pirouettes to go around. With the Inland Pacific Ballet delivering top-notch performances every year of cla...
“Antibodies”
Photo by Fernando Laszio
Thru Feb. 2013
Contemporary, modern, whimsical, functional . . . these are some of the words that describe the work of two brothers from Brazil. Fernando Campana (the architect) and Humberto Campana (t...
Celtic Woman
Thurs, Dec. 13-Fri, Dec. 14
Celtic Woman isn’t your typical Christmas group, nor is it anything comparable to the bands you hear on the radio today. It’s an all-female Irish music ensemble put together by Sharon Browne ...
Journey
Photo by Travis Shinn
Sat, Dec. 8
Try and imagine yourself immersed in the nostalgic sounds of a classic American rock band that is positively uplifting. These songs will echo familiar tunes like any other performance but th...
King of the Smoker
Sat, Dec. 8
There may be no greater gridiron than the glory of grilling. The La Quinta Resort will be playing host to the first King of the Smoker invitational competition, where a few select masters of the BBQ pit…
Holiday Follies 2012
Thru Dec. 30
It’s that time of the year again. Gift exchanges, baked goods, holiday jingles, snow—well, scratch the “snow” part considering it doesn’t snow in Fontana. While we’re all aware of the chances of sno...
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Thurs, Nov. 29
Most of the holiday music you listen to was originally written in the 1940s and 1950s. That’s right: Christmas music hasn’t been updated since your grandparents were still lying to your parents about Santa ...
Indio Powwow
Fri, Nov. 23-Sun, Nov. 25
For many of you, your first major post-Thanksgiving event is going to be braving the untamed wild of Black Friday, engaging in a consumerist fight to the death that would put The Hunger Games to…
Woven Together: Art and Design in Southwest Indian Textiles
Thru Dec. 30
Don’t miss your chance to appreciate art, even if at first it reminds you of what grandma has packed away in her old linen closet. Each of the 64 textiles displayed at the Palm Springs Art Museum’s…
“Ecce Homo: The Paintings of Edward Beardsley”
Thru, Fri Dec. 14
Edward Beardsley has worn many hats at UC Riverside over the decades as a professor, dean of the Division of Fine Arts and the founder and program director of the UCR/California Museum of Photography—now con...
Sutton Foster
Sat, Nov. 17
Aside from the comical musical numbers by Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards last year, one of the best performances was the performance of a famous number from the hit musical Anything Goes&he...
