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  • 2013 Dickens Festival in Downtown Riverside Feb 2nd-3rd

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    Taking place this weekend, the Dickens Festival returns to Downtown Riverside. Celebrating the 20th anniversary, this event is filled with all sorts of festivities for the Victorian Literature geek in all of us! It will also feature character portrayals of many prominent Victorian figures, Mark Twain, poet Edgar Allan Poe, Queen Victoria herself, and of [...]

    Notable Residents: James Brown, Author and Professor

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    The Inland Empire is host to a lot of different places and people. One thing that a lot of folks in the area don’t realize is how many of our residents are quite notable around the world. We were recently lucky enough to meet up with the author of “The Los Angeles Diaries”, James Brown, [...]

    Saturation Fest 2012 Recap

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    The labyrinthine streets of downtown Riverside came alive with an explosion of culture this past weekend during the 11th annual Saturation Fest. The festival highlighted all the alternative arts and entertainment that the Inland Empire has to offer, from local bands to street vendors to artists. Hundreds of people from all across the region convened [...]

    Huck Finn Jubilee 2012

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    This Father’s Day weekend, come relive the life and times of Tom and Huck at the 36th Annual Huck Finn Jubilee in Victorville, CA. Camping, catfishing and Bluegrass music help create an environment to take you back to the 1880′s.

    An Evening with Wael Ghonim In Conversation with Reza Aslan

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    Just one year after the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, activist Wael Ghonim travels to Los Angeles from Cairo to speak at the ALOUD series to share his experience from the front line of revolution with renowned scholar and writer Reza Aslan.

    Dickens Festival 2012 Serves as Time Machine; Tea and Evensong in Riverside

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    The annual Riverside Dickens Festival, like a time machine, will deliver spectators to Victorian England for the era’s equivalent of a dinner and a show — a classic outing in any historic era. The festival runs from Saturday, January 7 to Sunday, January 8, 2012.

    TEDxUCR – TED Comes to UC Riverside

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    TEDxUCR, “The Everyday Extraordinary,” comes to UC Riverside on December 3, 2011, from 9am-1pm. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, is open to the public.

    An Evening With Joan Didion

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    A literary icon for Los Angeles and a cultural visionary for the rest of America, the acclaimed author of The White Album, The Year of Magical Thinking, and most recently, Blue Nights, discusses her current work and life in Los Angeles in the 60s.

    Prominent UCR Authors Discuss Jewish Identity in Contemporary Literature at UCR Palm Desert

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    On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, a panel of five award winning authors will discuss the hallmarks of Jewish identity in their writing, as well as the historical and contemporary role of the writer in Jewish literature. This special evening will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by brief readings from each author and a lively panel discussion and Q&A, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

    Ozzy Osbourne at Barnes & Noble in Riverside

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    Ozzy Osbourne’s national book tour, “Trust Me, I’m Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock’s Ultimate Survivor,” will stop at Barnes & Noble in Riverside on Friday, October 14, 2011.