Gram Worthy Picks
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
Thursday, November 17, 2022 New Threads Theatre Company: The Nether Time: November 17 – 19, 8:00 p.m. November 19 & 20, 2:00 p.m.Location: Madison Street Church, 3991 Madison St.Cost: VariesWebsite: https://artistsforcommunity.ticketspice.com/the-nether-tickets The Nether takes place in a dystopian
Time: November 17 – 19, 8:00 p.m. November 19 & 20, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Madison Street Church, 3991 Madison St.
Cost: Varies
Website: https://artistsforcommunity.ticketspice.com/the-nether-tickets
The Nether takes place in a dystopian world where virtual reality has progressed to the point that people can choose to live in the real world or the virtual world. The Nether raises questions about our ever-evolving relationship with technology and how it can be used to perpetuate our darkest and most destructive impulses. This play contains adult themes and subject matter.
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: UCR University Theatre, 900 University Ave
Cost: Varies
Website: performingarts.ucr.edu
Two choirs, a variety of great choral music from the Renaissance to the present, and an early peek at Christmas!
Time: November 17 & 18, 8:00 p.m.
Location: UCR Studio Theatre, 900 University Ave., ARTS 113
Cost: Free
Website: events.ucr.edu/event/tilly_no-body_catastrophes_of_love
Based on a true story of a burning love and a broken heart.The tragic fates of celebrities – from Michael Jackson to Marilyn Monroe – leave us wondering who the private people behind the public facades really are. Tilly No-Body asks these questions through the lens of Tilly Wedekind – wife and muse to world-famous German playwright, Frank Wedekind. Please be cautioned that, within the world of Weimar cabaret, the play begins with a failed suicide.
Time: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, 5257 Sierra St
Cost: $50
Website: jgc4seniors.com
Join in on an indoor craft fair!
Time: Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. and November 19, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Location: Wallace Theatre, California Baptist University, 8432 Magnolia Ave.
Cost: Varies
Website: calbaptist.edu/theater
The theater program at California Baptist University will perform a “Joyful Noise” as its second production of the semester. It follows the life of composer George Frederick Handel as he attempts to present his opera “The Messiah” amid opposition from the church.
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Janet Goeske Senior Center, 5257 Sierra Street
Cost: Free
Website: riversidepublicutilities.com/drought
Join Riverside Public Utilities and Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District for a landscape workshop FREE to the public.
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Dinner at 3:00 p.m.
Location: Lighthouse Of Hope, 9085 California Ave
Cost: Free
Website: forms.gle/VTG73QKkBmG62dzQ8
Food distribution with vendors, fundraisers, free groceries, and raffles!!! Afterward, a community sit-down dinner to fellowship for a beautiful occasion. RSVP at the link for yourself and any guests that will be attending!
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Louis Rubidoux Library, 5840 Mission Blvd.
Cost: Free
Website: https://inlandiainstitute.org
Celebrate the rich and varied contributions of Inlandia’s workshop writers with the launch of 2021 Writing from Inlandia. The program will feature participants reading their work aloud in reflection of the myriad challenges and rewards of being human. Inlandia books will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be served.
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: California Museum of Photography, 3824 Main Street
Cost: Free
Website: events.ucr.edu
Join the in-person guided tours of Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures led by Gluck Fellows and UCR ARTS docents. This landmark exhibition surveys the work of Christina Fernandez, the crucially important Los Angeles-based artist who has spent thirty years in a rich exploration of migration, labor, gender, her Mexican-American identity, and the unique capacities of the photographic medium itself.
November 25 – The Festival of Trees Holiday Fair
December 3 – GLORIA – A CBU Christmas
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