Somewhere East of “East L.A”… Having recently seen comedian Paula Poundstone at the Lewis Family Playhouse, as well as the amazing one-man play “I’m Not a Comedian… I’m Lenny Bruce,” written and performed by Ronnie Marmo (“General Hospital”) the Inland Empire-based theater is quickly becoming a favorite venue of mine. Its auditorium is much smaller…
Tag: Riverside California
Star Wars in the park: The Inland Empire Strikes Back 2026…
Last year, a friend and I attended a small Star Wars-themed gathering at North Park in the city of Riverside, California called The Inland Empire Strikes Back (IESB)and it was another in a series of small-but-sincere fandom gatherings that I’ve made my unofficial mission to support as often as possible. Less than a full-scale convention…
Retro-Musings for Halloween: “Nosferatu” (1922) rises at the historic Mission Inn hotel with a live music score…
******103-YEAR OLD BLOODSUCKING SPOILERS!****** I’m hoping readers aren’t too tired of my Halloween content (my favorite holiday), because this one should be the last one for this season…I think (?). This past weekend, I went to see my first-ever public screening of a silent movie with a live organist supplying the soundtrack! I own a…
Star Wars comes to Riverside, California with “The Inland Empire Strikes Back”…
“The Inland Empire Strikes Back!” Saturday, March 22nd, 2025, Riverside, California. Riverside, California is where I first saw “Star Wars” (years before it was subtitled “A New Hope”) at a long-defunct mall theater back in August of 1977, at age 10, and it changed my life (not to mention the very art of cinema) forever….
“Astronomy Bizarre”: an evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson in Riverside, California…
October 19th, 2023 This past week, my wife and I had tickets to see famed Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Fox Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm in downtown Riverside, California, for a one-night only event. Neil deGrasse Tyson is (for those living under a media blackout these past ten years) the famed astronomer,…
SoCal Anime Fans Assemble! “Anime Riverside 2023” had a robust turnout…
Stranger in a Not-So Strange Land… For full disclosure, I have to be honest; I am not a diehard anime fan. Yes, I can appreciate the occasional Studio Ghibli production (“Spirited Away,”” “Red Turtle”), and I’ve watched a few episodes of various anime series here and there, but if you asked me to name a…