The annual Riverside Lunar Festival returned to downtown this weekend. The festival, along Mission Inn Avenue in downtown, kicked off Saturday morning, Jan. 27, with an opening ceremony that featured a Dragon Dance. A Tang Arts member performs Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at the Riverside Lunar Festival in downtown Riverside. […] Read More
UC Riverside’s 47th annual Writers Week Festival will be returning in February to salute three authors. Scheduled for Feb. 10 and Feb. 12 through 16, the event will recognize Dave Eggers, Quincy Troupe and Rigoberto González. They’ll receive Los Angeles Review of Books/UCR Department of Creative Writing Lifetime Achievement Awards, a […] Read More
The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights has gained a reputation for the crowds it brings to Riverside — but the extra visitors are more helpful for some businesses than others. The event, which concluded its second week and has five more to go, drew an estimated 65,000 people […] Read More
Thousands gathered in downtown Riverside on Saturday, Nov. 18, for the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights opening ceremony, which launched the event before Thanksgiving for the first time in its 31-year history. The Festival of Lights, which usually kicks off the day after Thanksgiving, is one of the […] Read More
“It’s been over three years and COVID did a number on us, but to think that this thing right here isn’t a tangible item, it’s not something you can just like or post, but yet three years later y’all still care to come and this truly means the world to […] Read More
