🍊 Sunday Gazette: August 24, 2025

Sunday Gazette: August 24, 2025

Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday! Last week was a lighter one in the Gazette newsroom as our team caught our breath and focused on a few big projects we can’t wait to share. Thanks for your understanding, neighbors.

Here’s to a fresh week ahead, we’ll see you tomorrow!

NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK

Neighbor of the Week: Noah Valencia

Each week, we will introduce a new neighbor. This is not a who's who list. These are regular Riversiders doing exceptional things.

Born and raised in Riverside, Noah is a proud graduate of the California School for the Deaf, Riverside (CSDR), where he now serves as a Bilingual Language Arts teacher and head coach for the varsity girls basketball team. As a student, he was Student Body Government President and CSDR Athletics’ Social Media Manager, helping to boost school spirit and community engagement. During his senior year, he made local sports history, scoring 71 points in a single game and breaking the area record for most points in a game.

His talents extend beyond the court. At age 10, he appeared alongside Marlee Matlin and Jeff Daniels in the movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear and recently played a minor role in the Deaf President Now movie released on Apple TV in 2025. After graduating from CSDR, he attended Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., where he continued his basketball career before briefly playing professionally in Radom, Poland.

Today, Noah proudly represents the United States in international Deaf basketball competitions, including the upcoming 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo. For him, Riverside is more than a hometown—it’s the foundation that shaped him, and the community he’s honored to serve every day.

Get to know Noah...

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CREATIVE PROMPTS

Phishing Phun

A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.

This week, we're poking our playful side with something we work hard to ignore: spam emails. We often see them as a nuisance, a digital weed patch to be swiftly deleted. Yet, these emails, with their bizarre promises, urgent tones, and often-clumsy language, are a fascinating window into our digital world. They speak to larger ideas about technology, the commodification of our attention, and the relentless attempts to access our minds and our wallets. They represent a curious blend of cunning and desperation, a digital hustle  that is both annoying and, when you look closely, creatively compelling.

What's in your junk folder? Beneath the surface of a "Nigerian Prince" scam scam or an offer for a questionable weight-loss miracle, there's a treasure trove of unusual vocabulary, misplaced urgency, and a kind of surreal poetry.

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This Week in Riverside

Sunday, August 24

• Summer Sundays with Sebraé! at Riverside Art Museum
• David Allan's "The Nutcracker" auditions at Riverside Ballet Arts ($40)
• Folds of Identity: Storytelling through Origami at Civil Rights Institute Inland Southern California
• Woman's Suffrage National Memorial 19th Amendment Tribute at Riverside Woman's Club 4092 Tenth Street ($21.21)
• Your Place: The Unexpected Power of Writing About Place at Inlandia Institute ($150- $350)

Monday, August 25

• Prayer Devotional on Nature at Riverside Baha'i Center
• Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels, Inc
• Katabasis Midnight Release Party at Cellar Door Bookstore
• Bingo at the Janet Goeske Center at Janet Goeske Center ($20- $100)

Tuesday, August 26

• Find Your Voice in Picture Books at Inlandia Institute ($150- $350)
• Inland Empire Chorus Rehearsal at Temple Beth El Synagogue
• Riverside County Board of Supervisors Meeting at County Administrative Center
• Tuesday Karaoke at The Hideaway

Wednesday, August 27

• Assistance League Thrift Shop Accepting Donations at Assistance League Riverside Thrift Shop
• Bordwell Park Advisory Committee at Stratton Community Center
• Building Our Region's Korean Communities Exhibition Opening at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern
• Paint n Sip Party!! Ghostface-bubu!! at Riverside Food Lab 3605 Market Street ($39.19)
• Riverside Open Mic Music Series at Back to the Grind
• Volunteer Interest Hour at Riverside Meals on Wheels, Inc

Thursday, August 28

• Architectural Walking Tour of Downtown Riverside at Mission Inn Foundation & Visitor Center ($21.20)
• Black Alumni Chapter Virtual Town Hall at University of California, Riverside
• Find Your Voice in Picture Books at Inlandia Institute ($150- $350)
• Paint and Sip Night at Tacos al Fuego Riverside
• PANTEON ROCOCO\ FABULOSOS CADILLACS \ MALDITA VECINDAD.. Live Tribute Night at The Hideaway Cafe & Lounge

Friday, August 29

• Grab and Go Craft: Zines at Arlington Library
• Courthouse, Murals and Heroes Walking Tour at Mission Inn Foundation ($23.18)

Saturday, August 30

• Mt. Rubidoux Walking Tour at Mt. Rubidoux Trailhead, a short walk from Ryan Bonaminio Park. ($21.20)
• Blood Drive at Riverside Elks Lodge #643
• Gothicumbia at Riverside Municipal Auditorium ($38.88)
• Portrait Photography 101 Workshop -Taught by Dimitry Loiseau at Image One Camera and Video
• Riverside Electric Light Parade Monthly Ride Experience at 4050 Main Street
• Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Magic & Moonlight Tour at Fox Performing Arts Center ($62.12)

Save the Date

• Sepember 10: Beginning Square Dance Lessons with Line Dancing at Cowtown Square Dance Center ($5- $7)
• October 6: Moon Festival at Heritage House
• October 18: The Riverside Citrus Classic Bike Ride at Riverside Plaza ($15- $80)

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