local arts

Local literary nonprofit the Inlandia Institute and the Riverside Art Museum have teamed up for Suicide Prevention Month, presenting an online juried exhibition around suicide prevention in September. 

Cati Porter is the executive director of the Inlandia Institute. She says the project originated with the Riverside Art Museum, where some artists wanted to find a way to commemorate Suicide Prevention Month.

A little bit of funk, rock, and soul, Inland Empire’s homegrown band Kiki Diago will be performing in Downtown Riverside at the end of this month.

Other performers include Eduardo Arenas from Chicano Batman, Fontana based band Dream Lover, and LA based solo artist Katzu Oso.

This Expressions of Art segment profiles Opera Theatre at California State University San Bernardino. Professor of Music, Stacey Fraser is the Director of this 10 year old program at CSUSB. Fraser and her partners talk about telling stories on stage with music and movement.

Expressions of Art on KVCR is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.

This Expressions of Art segment is on the San Bernardino Arts Fest. The SB Arts Fest features over 100 artists, bands, and performing artists. The event is free and filled with fun kid's activities, music, food, and art. 

 Expressions of Art on KVCR is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.

Combining her father's original orchestrations with new music of her own, Lucie Arnaz's upcoming performance draws on her 2010 album, "Lucie Arnaz: Latin Roots."  KVCR's Lillian Vasquez spoke with Lucie Arnaz about her stage show tomorrow (Tuesday) at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert.

A fundraiser benefiting Mexico earthquake victims in Riverside's sister city Cuautla is scheduled for Sunday at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside.  The benefit will feature musical and comedic acts.  More from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

Comedian, long-time public radio personality, and pet lover Paula Poundstone will perform in Riverside at the Fox Performing Arts Center this Saturday, to benefit the Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center.  KVCR's Lillian Vasquez spoke with Poundstone prior to her appearance.

HEAR THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW OF PAULA POUNDSTONE WITH LILLIAN VASQUEZ AT kvcrnews.org/arts

Long-time country music performer LeAnn Rimes will be coming to the Inland Empire this weekend, performing in Temecula on Sunday.  In this segment from KVCaRts, KVCR's Lillian Vasquez talks with Rimes about her music, and her work as an author of books for both adults and children.

The 2018 Stagecoach Country Music Festival will be a family affair for next year's Stagecoach headliner Garth Brooks.  Trisha Yearwood - Garth Brooks' wife and a country music star herself - will be among a list of well-established and relatively new country music performers at next year's Stagecoach.  More on the just-released Stagecoach lineup from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

The 24th annual Jazz In The Pines Festival takes place this weekend in the Riverside County mountain community of Idyllwild.  With more on the festival, here's KVCR's Ken Vincent.

The 24th annual Jazz In The Pines Festival will be held August 11-13, featuring more than two-dozen artists on multiple stages at a mile-high venue in Riverside County's San Gorgonio Mountains.  More on the festival from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

  FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT, GO TO THIS LINK:

www.jazzinthepines.com

The 5th Annual Lake Arrowhead Mountain Artists Studio Tour will take place this weekend, featuring more than a dozen artists opening their galleries and studios to the public.  It's a fundraiser for the Mountain Artists Network, as KVCR's Ben Purper explains in this feature preview of the event.

Cheech Marin - who gained fame as half of the comedy duo Cheech & Chong - was in Riverside yesterday, to talk about his new memoir, and to present the Riverside Art Museum with the gift of artpieces from his extensive collection of Chicano art.  More from KVCR's Ken Vincent

Tickets for the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival went on sale today, a day after Coachella announced it's lineup of stage acts this year will be headlined by Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, and Radiohead.  KVCR's Ken Vincent reports.

Students in the Theatre Department of San Bernardino Valley College are planning a stage production -- possibly including song, dance, and music -- interpreting the events of the December 2 terror attacks at the Inland Regional Center last year.  If plans pan out, the show would would be performed around the first anniversary of the massacre.  KVCR's Ken Vincent has more.

EDITORS NOTE: THE "ON THE LINE" EXHIBITION OPENS SATURDAY, MARCH 5, AT THE ARLANZA BRANCH LIBRARY IN RIVERSIDE (NOT at the Casa Blanca Branch, as previously reported). 

RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY, ARLANZA BRANCH 8267 Philbin Ave

Riverside, CA 92503

Laundry is not exactly a glamorous subject.  Whites, wrinkles, and detergent aren't the most exciting things to ponder, but UC Riverside anthropologist Dr. Susan Ossman begs to differ. 

The Redlands Theatre Festival runs through August 22 in Prospect Park. KVCR's Lillian Vasquez spoke recently to RTF's Artistic Director, Ron Adams and Kristin Staten who heads up Media Relations.

If you weren't among the tens of thousands who attended weekend one of The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, don't worry.  A repeat performance at weekend two is still ahead.  KVCR's Matt Guilhem has a recap of some of the surprises and happenings that took place in the desert during the first go-round of Coachella 2015.

Part of the mission of the Riverside School of the Arts is to empower, encourage, and uplift students to learn not just about music and dance, but also about the history of life in California.  This week, that history is focused on Cesar Chavez, who -- like many of these students from underprivileged communities -- wanted equal opportunity for all.  Saturday, March 28 from 12 noon to 4 pm, the community is invited to watch history unfold through a series of films about Cesar Chavez and his legacy of progressive reform.  The event will be held in downtown Riverside outside of the UCR Arts B

Playing a musical instrument is something that a lot of people have learned how to do... and that a lot of other people wish they had learned how to do.  Some people might have first learned to play music in school.  These days, music classes are among the first to be cut from lean budgets.  Victor and Fernando Ibarra believe that music is the glue that keeps a family and a community strong.  With the opening of their music center, they hope to spread the joy of playing a musical instrument not just to schools, but to anyone who has the desire to play.  KVCR's Natalya Estrada has more.

The performance sensation known as Celtic Thunder is returning to the Inland Empire.  KVCR's David Fleming has this feature preview of the group's upcoming appearance at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside.

Using geometry on a daily basis to carve ice doesn't seem like the coolest career, but when you're chosen to compete in the BP World Ice Art Championships you might change your mind.  Hemet High School teacher John Rodrigues will travel to Fairbanks, Alaska to compete in this year's international competition taking place this month.  KVCR's Natalya Estrada has the story.