Sunday Gazette: May 31, 2026
Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday! Welcome to Snapshot Sundays, our weekly series featuring vintage photos of Riverside shared by the people who live here. This week we're stepping back in time to an RCC homecoming parade, back when W.T. Grant Co. and Leeds lined the route.
Do you have old photos of a Riverside spot from long ago? We'd love to see them. Send them our way.
See you tomorrow!
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COMMUNITY
My Daughter's Hometown
In this final installment, Anthony Solorzano explores Riverside through the eyes of a transplant, as the memory of a hometown slowly fades.
With every step we took on our first walk to the park as parents, I became more than just a transplant in the city. With each step, everything mattered: the school district, the park, the community events, the recreational leagues. With every push of the stroller, I suddenly felt like I was where I belonged.
Since moving to the Inland Empire, I treated my new home as a foreign place. Since the birth of my daughter, Riverside feels more like our forever home.
I've spent my time trying to replicate the life I had in Pomona. I looked for restaurants with menus similar to the ones I grew up eating, tried to set up routines similar to the days I had for 35 years, all in a new city.
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NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK
Neighbor of the Week: Greg Cuellar
Neighbor of the Week is a series profiling the hidden heroes of Riverside, doing incredible works of service throughout our different neighborhoods.
Greg Cuellar grew up in Riverside and has spent his adult life giving back to the community that raised him. Through a range of leadership and volunteer roles, he has worked to support and strengthen local arts, culture, and community organizations — connecting people and ideas and helping make Riverside feel more inclusive and vibrant. He serves as Executive Director of the Riverside Community Arts Association (RCAA) — where he previously served as President — and as Vice Chair of the Riverside Arts Council. He also collaborates with the Inland Empire Civil Rights Institute, serves on a committee with the Riverside Downtown Partnership, and co-owns Paint Party Professionals, which hosts a monthly paint party at Back to the Grind to bring creativity and connection to the community. A vocal advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, Greg also lends his support to Riverside Pride and the Ramona High School Magnet Program.
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CREATIVE PROMPTS
Thread Head
A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
This week, we’re moving from the marks left by our hands to the lines that hold things together. Our creative nudge is a thread.
Not a whole spool necessarily. No need to have access to an embroidery collection arranged by color, though we welcome overachievers in this column. You really just need one small thread. The kind that peeks from a shirt collar or cuff, a frayed hem, or the one left naked and alone when the button makes a break for it.
Pull the wrong one and something comes apart. Follow the right one and a pattern emerges.
We use threads to stitch, mend, attach, and decorate. They are metaphorically fertile and abundant: thread of conversation, narrative thread, common thread, loose thread, threadbare excuse. Online, we follow threads to see where a story goes or lose ourselves in one until suddenly it’s past our bedtime and we know too much about sandwich toppings.
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This Week in Riverside
Sunday, May 31
- Prayers and Public Information Meeting at Riverside Baha'i Center
- Anime Riverside 2026 at Riverside Convention Center
- No Question Riverside Stand Up show at The Hideaway Cafe & Lounge ($15)
- Oscars, Tonys & Grammys at Calvary Presbyterian Church ($10- $20)
- UCR Choirs & Orchestra: Dona Nobis Pacem at University Theatre, University of California, Riverside ($6- $10)
Monday, June 1
- Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels
- Goeske Bingo at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100)
- Monday Carillon Recitals at UCR Bell Tower
- REEF's 27th Annual Golf Tournament at Canyon Crest Country Club ($140- $175)
- Riverside Off-Road & Jeep Nights at D'Elia's Grinders
- Sip with a Scientist at Bar Ni Modo
Tuesday, June 2
- ScotSurplus Public Sale at ScotSurplus, UCR Corporation Yard
- Taiko Ensemble Recital at The Barn, Outdoor Stage
- Karaoke Tuesday Competition at the Hideaway at The Hideaway
Wednesday, June 3
- Riverside East Rotary Club at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern
- Transportation Board at Riverside City Hall
- History on the Rocks - Round Two! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21)
- Paint. Sip. Spark Kindness at HRBC Insurance ($75)
- Stretch & Dance Class at Janet Goeske Senior Center
- UCR Wind Ensemble at University Theatre
Thursday, June 4
- Board of Ethics at Riverside City Hall
- Lincoln Park Community Group at Lincoln Park Community Center
- Planning Commission at Riverside City Hall
- FREE ADMISSION - First Thursday of every month during Riverside ArtsWalk at Riverside Art Museum
- History on the Rocks! Presented by The Mission Inn Foundation at Mission Inn Foundation ($71.21)
- Inlandia's Indie Author Fair @ Arts Walk! at Riverside Main Library-Community Room
- Palabra at The Cheech at The Cheech Center for Chicano Art & Culture
- Pour Decisions a Comedy Wine Tasting Summer Edition at Canyon Crest Winery ($39.19)
- UCR Jazz Ensembles at Culver Center of the Arts
- Whose Live Anyway? at Fox Performing Arts Center
Friday, June 5
- Riverside Sunrise Rotary Club Meeting at Zacatecas Café
- R'Hours at the R'Garden at R'Garden
- Courthouse, Murals and Heroes Walking Tour at Mission Inn Foundation ($23.18)
- Painting Pets Night, a Comedy Paint and Sip at Carbon Nation Brewing ($28.52)
Saturday, June 6
- Bubble Bash at Riverside Plaza at Riverside Plaza
- California Adopt-a-Pet Day at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center
- Mt. Rubidoux Walking Tour at Mt. Rubidoux Trailhead, a short walk from Ryan Bonaminio Park. ($21.20)
- Punchis! Punchis! Banda Rave (18+) at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
- Ryan Bonaminio parkrun at RYAN BONAMINIO PARK
- Three Bad Jacks 30th Year Anniversary w/ Special Guests! at The Concert Lounge - Romano's Mission Grove ($20.23)
Save the Date
- June 7: Riverside Historical Society June Meeting at Riverside Medical Clinic - Basement Conference Room
- June 8: Vacation Bible School: Snowball Mountain Challenge at First United Methodist Church ($15- $25)
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