🍊 Sunday Gazette: October 20, 2024

Sunday Gazette: October 20, 2024

Hello Riverside, and Happy Sunday!

We need your help! We're working to publish a guide that offers a driving tour of the best-decorated homes for the spooky season. If you or a neighbor have an incredible Halloween display, snap a pic today and send it with an address to ken@raincrossgazette.com. Thank you!

HISTORY

A Hidden History: Riverside’s Forgotten Fairgrounds

Riverside’s Fairgrounds Street is a reminder of the bustling county fairgrounds that once stood beneath the 60 Freeway, hosting fairs, races, and community events starting in 1914.

If you travel north out of downtown Riverside on Market Street, go past the entrance of Fairmount Park,  and you will see the old Union Pacific steam engine #6051. Then turn right on Fairmount Blvd, go under the 60 Freeway, and immediately turn left on the first street. As you turn, look at the name of this street – Fairgrounds Street.  What is the history and story behind this short street hidden along the freeway in an industrial area?

You need to go back 110 years to 1914 to discover the meaning behind this street name. In January 1914, the Riverside County Fair Association decided to purchase 41 ½ acres of land on the north side of Riverside from the Evans family for a new fairground. The site was along Crestmore Ave., just a short distance north of Fairmount Park. The purchase price was $12,750, or about $300 an acre. The Cresent City Railroad ran alongside the new site and provided great transportation for people to reach the fair.  

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NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK

Neighbor of the Week: Sebraé Harris

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

I'm an artist entrepreneur in the fields of traditional animation, Japanese manga, and cut-out paper theater. My Art is built and designed to create peace with a colorful imagination. Educating the beautiful wonders of faith and fun under a unified umbrella. I have worked and volunteered at the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) and Inlandia Institute, contributing to special projects and hosting Animation & Manga workshops. God continues to help make a path with & for me while accompanied by others' support. From age 4 to animating at 8, studying at RAM to graduating from Riverside City College (RCC) three times, having my manga published with Inlandia at 22, and finally doing a comic panel series for the Raincross Gazette. I thank God every day for all these things within my life of twenty years plus, and now, at 24, I'm just getting started.

My business, StarLite-Crystal Animation & Art Studio, works to spark a resurgence in the Classic Arts while creating new original stories based on and inspired by Riverside. The Vermillion-Speedateer and Citrus Bellé gave me the chance to creatively share the joy I've experienced here and inspire others to do the same. Riverside never had comic book superheroes before, so instead of waiting, I boldly created them myself. I'm the result of Riverside Art Museum, Inlandia Institute, and the Raincross Gazette's support for the local arts. My studio is my answer to giving back to the community, building careers & giving opportunities to express, educate & share the brewing imagination from the heart and soul within.

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CREATIVE PROMPTS

Whistful Whistle

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

This week, we're shifting our focus to an object that commands attention and signals transitions: the whistle. Whether it's the shrill call of a referee on the soccer field, the cheerful trill of a bird, or the sonic blast of a train telling you that you'll be late for work, the whistle's sound is both familiar and evocative. Beyond its auditory impact, the whistle offers a tactile experience, with its curves and edges and the varying pressure required to produce its signature sound.

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COMICS

Citrus Belle #6: Old Grove October

Part 6 of Mangaka Sebraé Harris' Citrus Bellé comic series.

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This Week in Riverside

Sunday, October 20

• Barre Fusion at the University of California, Riverside
• Cars & Coffee @ The Historic Riverside Auto Center at The Historic Riverside Auto Center
• Historical Fiction Writing Workshop with Kate Angerat Heritage House
• UCR Botanic Gardens at the University of California, Riverside

Monday, October 21

• Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable at the University of California, Riverside
• Ballroom/Latin Dance: Mambo & Argentine Tango at the University of California, Riverside
• Commission on Aging at Riverside City Hall
• Departments Enter Program Flags for Eligible Special Program Students - Winter and Spring 2025 at the University of California, Riverside
• Hip Hop Dance at the University of California, Riverside
• Monday Carillon Recitals at UCR Bell Tower
• Park and Recreation Commission at Riverside City Hall
• Pickleball, Beginner at the University of California, Riverside
• Samuel Merritt University Visits HPAC at the University of California, Riverside
• Tennis, Beginning at the University of California, Riverside
• Translating Voices: Jenna Tang on Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise and Taiwan’s #MeToo Movement at the University of California, Riverside

Tuesday, October 22

• 2024 ASP Bio & Math Tutor at the University of California, Riverside
• Adult Karate, Beginning at the University of California, Riverside
• Adult Karate, Intermediate at the University of California, Riverside
• City Council at Riverside City Hall
• Family Storytime at Marcy Branch Library
• Heels Dance Clinic at the University of California, Riverside
• Honeymoon Express: Film Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker and MFA alum Bala Rajasekharuni at the University of California, Riverside
• Inland Empire Chorus Rehearsal at Temple Beth El Synagogue Social Hall
• INNOVAR Entrepreneur Training Course (Fall 2024) at the University of California, Riverside
• STRONG Nation at the University of California, Riverside
• STS Fall Kickoff at the University of California, Riverside
• Trivia Night at The Barn Stable at the University of California, Riverside
• Tropa Magica - The Garden Room @ RMA at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• Tuesday Karaoke at The Hideaway

Wednesday, October 23

• Adulting- Picking Produce 10/23 at the University of California, Riverside
• Community Police Review Commission at Riverside City Hall
• Enrique Granados “Los majos enamorados” (The Young lovers): Florence Bayz Music Series at the University of California, Riverside
• Inland Empire Immigration Forum at Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern
• Museum of Riverside Board at Riverside City Hall
• The Senate: From Antiquity to Modern Times at University of California, Riverside
• TEP Palm Desert Program Information Session Webinar at the University of California, Riverside
• UCR Nature Walk at UCR Botanic Gardens

Thursday, October 24

• AFROBEATS DANCEHALL REGGAE Night @ The W in Downtown Riverside, CA at The W at Worthington’s
• CHASS F1RST NTSW Presents UCTSC at the University of California, Riverside
• FutureFest at Riverside Plaza
• Human Relations Commission at Riverside City Hall
• Persist 2024 at the University of California, Riverside
• THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 49TH ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR TOUR at Fox Performing Arts Center
• Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Cast at Fox Performing Arts Center
• Structural Racism Reading Group: Discuss and remember at the University of California, Riverside
• TEP Information Session Webinar at the University of California, Riverside

Friday, October 25

• Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop at the University of California, Riverside
• Candy Rush at Sandals Church Palm Ave
• Careers in Student Affairs Month Panel discussion at the University of California, Riverside
• GhostWalk: Nevermore at White Park
• Horror of Color Reading Group at the University of California, Riverside
• The Importance of Hispanic Heritage Month for the SOE at the University of California, Riverside
• The Murder Mystery Co’s Dinner Theater Show at The Old Spaghetti Factory
• Musty Fishbowl Presents: Nuovo Testamento - The Garden Room @ RMA at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• Obake Night: Japanese ghost stories with Barbara Wong at Heritage House
• Riverside Fright Night Halloween Bar Crawl at Killer Queens Social House
• RIVERSIDE HALLOWEEN BAR CRAWL at Downtown Riverside
• Wait Until Dark at Riverside Community Players

Saturday, October 26

• The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon at Fox Performing Arts Center
• CBU Women’s Soccer vs GCU Senior Night at California Baptist University Soccer Stadium
• Digital Capture Opening Reception at UCR ARTS
• HALLOWEEN PARTY w/ Past Action Heroes - Hits from the 80’s & 90s! at The Concert Lounge - Romano’s Mission Grove
• LA SANTA GRIFA with DHARIUS Plus Guests at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
• The Official Halloween Bar Crawl at Lake Alice Trading Co.
• Official Riverside Halloween Bar Crawl at Killer Queens Social House
• Paws & Pumpkins at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center
• Pink on Parade Breast Cancer Awareness Walk at RYAN BONAMINIO PARK
• RIVERSIDE ZOMBIE CRAWL - Halloween Bar Crawl at Downtown Riverside
• Women’s Volleyball vs. UC Irvine at the University of California, Riverside

Sunday, October 27

• Raincross Master Chorale Concert “Songs of Light” at Calvary Presbyterian Church
• Tai Chi Workshops at the University of California, Riverside
• UC San Diego Women’s Soccer at UC Riverside at the University of California, Riverside
• Wait Until Dark at Riverside Community Players
• Women’s Soccer vs. UC San Diego at the University of California, Riverside

Save the Date

• October 25: Obake Night: Japanese ghost stories with Barbara Wong at Heritage House
• October 26: Paws & Pumpkins at Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center
• October 27: Raincross Master Chorale Concert “Songs of Light” at Calvary Presbyterian Church

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