City Council does not meet this week. Other agendas include a pilot program for transferring apartment-building rights to vacant University Avenue lots and updates on the planned 91 Freeway and Adams Street interchange reconfiguration to reduce traffic congestion.
No Council meeting this week, but other agendas take up land-use pilots and freeway fixes, while Riversideâs Diaper Bank kicks off its 25,000-diaper âCram the Vanâ drive.
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Local record label finds success with downtown brick-and-mortar headquarters and record shop
As Downtown Riverside evolves into a nightclub destination for the Inland Empire, it leaves behind what many of us fell in love with. This isnât a âBack in my dayâ lament, but I think the polish and the glamour of what is going on make some of us nostalgic for the faded charm of what it replaced.
The Penrose Record Room is what many of us have in our minds as better times. Itâs a COOL spot. The wood-paneled walls, the record stacks, the listening stations, and the couches in the corner greet you like a hug from a friend. It opened less than six months ago, but feels like itâs been around for a long time.
Matt Beld, Co-Owner of Penrose Record Room, said, âWe were aware of the presence the label and the studio had in the community but we wanted a place. A place for people to have a cool hang.â
Inside Penrose Record room
Penrose Records is the record label making actual records above the Record Room in the narrow maze of halls at the Life Arts Center on University and Lemon. Penrose bands recall the Soul and Oldies music of East LA in the 1950s through the â70s, but a lot more is happening. The aesthetic may remind us of the past, but Penrose is at the vanguard of something exceptional and very ânow.â
It may feel cozy and quaint, but if you want to get in early on the secret... youâre too late. Penrose is here to shut up the âkids these daysâ crowd with a bona fide juggernaut of a roster making timeless music that reminds you of the past but isnât rehashed.
Penrose artists sell out the Riverside Municipal Auditorium whenever they come into town. Thee Sinseers, led by Joey Quinones, will be joined by fellow Penrose artists The Altons and the Escapers at the RMA on Saturday, March 23, 2024. It will be quite an evening if you are lucky enough to have gotten tickets.
If you canât get tickets, you can still participate. Stop by the Penrose Record Room, under the Life Arts Building on University and Lemon, for a pre-show gathering. From 3â6 p.m. on the day of the show, The Record Room will host a listening party for the new album, Sinseerly Yours, by Thee Sinseers.
The âHang Outâ is an excellent example of what is great about what Penrose is doing in Riverside. Gabe and Matt are doing big things, but they arenât big-time. They are building a community around the label and the Record Room. If you love timeless music, youâre welcome to join.
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