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RIVERSIDE AIRSHOW APRIL 6 – Aerobatics, antiques, warbirds, flybys, plus static displays of helicopters, military vehicles and classic cars highlight the 20th annual event. Riverside Airport, 6951 Flight Road; free admission, $10 parking; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 951-351-6113; www.riversideairshow.com. SALUTE TO VETERANS PARADE APRIL 20 – Eighth annual event honoring veterans of all ages and eras, with marching bands, equestrian units, color guards, bagpipes, antique cars, military vehicles and floats. Joanne Evans, Marine veteran, is the grand marshal. Downtown Riverside; 10 a.m. to noon; free; 951-687-1175; www.asalutetoveterans.com. FLOWER SHOW AND GARDEN TOUR APRIL 27-28 – 66th annual Riverside Community Flower Show and Garden Tour, featuring a tour of private gardens. Elks Lodge, 6166 Brockton Ave., Riverside; 1-6 p.m.
calendar FILM SCREENINGS APRIL – “The Sessions,” April 5-6; “Spectres of the Spectrum,” April 12-13. Culver Center of the Arts, 3834 Main St., Riverside; 951-827-3755; http://culvercenter.ucr.edu. ‘WOMEN ARTISTs OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION’ THROUGH APRIL 21 – Featuring the works of some 40 female artists who have held their own within the still largely male-dominated art world. Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave.; 951-684-7111; www.riversideartmuseum.org. Also: “Plein Air Artists of Riverside,” through April 4. ‘FREE ENTERPRISE’ THROUGH MAY 18 – “The Art of Citizen Space Exploration” considers the implications 12 | riversidethemag.com | april-may 2013
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday; 951-777-0746; www.riversideflowershow.info. RIVERSIDE COUNTY PHILHARMONIC MAY 18 – “Coming to America,” the season finale featuring on the piano guest artist Adam Golka, brother of Philharmonic Music Director Tomasz Golka. Pre-concert talk at 6:40 p.m., concert at 7:30 p.m. Fox Theater, Riverside; 951-787-0251; www.thephilharmonic.org.
for artists of civilian space travel. UCR/California Museum of Photography, 3824 Main St., Riverside; 951-827-4787; http://artsblock.ucr.edu. Also: “Monuments of Void,” through June 1. ARTS WALK APRIL 4 – Browse more than 20 art galleries, studios and museums with exhibits in various art mediums. Special performances, poetry, theater, hands-on art activities, refreshments and more. Continues the first Thursday of every month. Downtown Riverside; 6-9 p.m.; 951-682-6737; www.riversidedowntown.org. DARK STAR ORCHESTRA APRIL 5 – Continuing the Grateful Dead Experience. Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside; 951-779-9800; www.foxriversidelive.com. Also: Brian Regan, April 11; Doobie Brothers, April 13; Foreigner, April 20; Creedence
TEMPLE GRANDIN MAY 21 – An evening with the noted philosophical leader of both the animal welfare and autism advocacy movements. Highlander Union Building, UC Riverside, 900 University Avenue; 7 p.m.; 951-827-4331; http://ucriversidepresents.ucr.edu. Also: Josh Kornbluth, “The Mathematics of Change,” a comic monolgue about failure at Princeton. Culver Center of the Arts, 3834 Main St., Riverside, April 21.
Clearwater Revisited, April 26; Masters of Harmony, April 28; Collinsworth School of Music, May 2; UCR 909 Dance, May 4. STAR PARTY APRIL 5-7 – Riverside Astronomical Society event at the Goat Mountain Astronomical Research Station in Landers. Open to non-members. 951-785-7452; www.rivastro.org. GODIVA CHOCOLATE PAIRING PARTY APRIL 6 – Taste 10 gourmet chocolates paired with 10 wines. Winery at Canyon Crest, 5225 Canyon Crest Drive, Suite 7A, Riverside; 6-8 p.m.; $25; 951-369-9463; www.canyoncrestwinery.com. SR-71 BLACKBIRD WEEKEND APRIL 6-7 – Event celebrating the advanced, long-range Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance