In between the constant controversy surrounding HEAT and landing in the middle of winter quarter, ASPB’s Winter SOULstice always flies a little under the radar. This is not to say that this annual event is underrated by the students, just that it does not garner the raging profile of the other concerts available to the student body — something...
Torrential downpours throughout Southern California this past weekend rendered movement anywhere in the Inland Empire and Orange County Area a herculean task. However, these conditions seemed to go practically unregistered by the thousands of attendees of SOULQUARIUS music festival at the Santa Ana Observatory Grounds on Saturday, Feb. 18. While the Observatory has hosted festivals before, such as Beach...
The Barn, at first glance, seems like nothing more than a ramshackle, old shack. It is unfathomable to think that countless artists — some famous, some not — have performed inside, ranging from Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan in the ‘50s, to comedians, musicians and spoken word artists. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, three of the nation’s premier spoken word artists...
“Vulva. Clitoris. Vagina.”
When these three words, more or less, were separately spoken as part of the show’s introduction, you could tell that the evening was going to feature a nonstop show of radical empowerment. This was especially true when the night’s hostess Kris Moisa went onstage and asked everybody if they’re comfortable with the word “vagina,” to which everybody...
May is Asian Pacific Heritage Month and the celebration continued with Urban Roots of Poetic Justice: A Spoken Word Event. The event was hosted by Asian Pacific Student Programs (APSP) who brought along special guests, acclaimed poets Dante Basco and G. Yamazawa.
The event took place at The Barn on a cool Thursday night, May 11. Slowly but surely,...
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...
Unfortunately, our writers were unable to attend Winter SOULstice this year, due to being among the many waiting outside of the SRC North gymnasium for close to two hours in torrential downpours before doors opened at 8 p.m. — an hour after schedule. The event, originally planned to be held at the HUB Lawn area, was moved to the...
For most millennials, DJs are pretty standard fare, and in the world of music, practically ubiquitous. However, while DJs are practically ubiquitous now, the reality is that there was a complex musical evolution which led to the rise of DJs in the music industry, and on Thursday, Nov. 3, DJ Lynnee Denise gave a lecture exploring the rise of...
Riverside is known as “the city of arts and innovation,” and at UCR we do a lot to uphold this reputation. From the Culver Center of the Arts in downtown Riverside to the treasures on campus, there’s plenty contributions to artistic culture. One such gem is the small and lesser-known Phyllis Gill Gallery.
John Divola first met Phyllis Gill in...
Pomona nightclub 340 is the kind of club you’d see in a movie. The facade of the building is polished in a dark blue with windows covered by curtains obscuring its neon rays. This time around, its absence of grime and smut drew suspicion about the night’s promise of fun. It is a Wednesday night, and assumed students and other...