On the fourth floor of the Tomás Rivera Library in the Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA), the Eaton Collection, one of the world’s largest cataloged collections of Science Fiction (SF), Fantasy and Speculative Literature, is holding the Eaton at the Movies Exhibit. The event showcases a variety of materials from the collection, unveiling and showcasing the various points...
Last weekend, the heart of downtown Riverside was pulsating with the excitement of the 16th annual Saturation Fest, which celebrated the burgeoning music and art scenes of the Inland Empire and greater Los Angeles area. The festival featured musicians, D.I.Y. art pieces, films and music videos all contributed by local artists, on top of vendors of all sorts. The...
You would likely struggle to find a resounding reaction to this year’s Block Party lineup because, well, there wasn’t one. Sure, the lineup’s release elicited the collective excitement of “oh, hey, another weekend to pretend it’s still summer ttfu,” but there quite clearly existed a dissonance between those enamored by the collection of artists and those perplexed by the...
After a tumultuous year marked by historic strikes from Hollywood’s writers and actors, things seem to have returned to normal with new contracts having been negotiated. Awards season has been in full swing since. The Emmys, which were initially delayed due to the strikes, finally happened Jan. 15, 2024. The postponed date meant that the Emmys occurred the same...
The annual Block Party of 2023 was met with much anticipation, evident from student responses to ASPB’s first Instagram post revealing the hyped lineup. With DJ Lex hosting, the featured artists were R&B talents Jordan Ward and Tinashe, the fiery EDM artist Knock2 and the headliner Ski Mask the Slump God, the master of rap ridiculousness. The popular beginning-of-school...
The name “Justin Bieber” carries weight among different generations, whether young or old. Bieber began his life with humble beginnings, hailing from Stratford, Canada, raised by a single mother. As a child, Bieber was fairly normal, playing games and sports with his friends. However, his talent for music set him apart from his peers. He played music on the...
In its first in-person rendition since the pandemic, the Tómas Rivera Conference returned to UCR’s campus with an array of authors that Endowed Chair, Alex Espinoza, introduced to writers and readers alike. In his opening introduction, Espinoza said, “I reached out to some colleagues and asked them, ‘Who would you like to be in conversation with?” The selected authors...
On Thursday, April 27, UCR students showcased their passion and talents for the art of filmmaking at the latest film festival to hit the campus in recent months, the 2017 MCS Media Festival hosted by the media and cultural studies department located at INTS 1128.
Around the 5 o’clock start time, a bundle of students were gathered in front of...
Kaliah Hekima, a fourth-year art major and creative writing minor, sits across from me: She is reserved, but definitely not shy. After conversing for only a few minutes, as each of her words are carefully weighed before they are uttered, I immediately sense a high level of creativity. She is a painter and a poet, an artist working in...
Lazy Camper subverted my expectations. When I heard Alex Le’s stage name, I figured I would be interviewing another singer-songwriter guy with a guitar and a pocket of love songs. What I instead found while browsing his bandcamp was a blend of trip-hop and chillwave, intermixed with samples and handmade piano and guitar grooves. Speaking candidly, I explained how...