Blood Moon, Broadway & the Bulldogs Are Dancing

This Week

Smudgepot celebrates with live music starting at 4 PM, their Anniversary Red Ale release, and a party running 1-9 PM. This little brewery on Park Ave has become a neighborhood favorite. Show up, grab a pint, and toast to another year.

Not a bar band. A full orchestra. Guest conductor Kevin Fitzgerald leads the Redlands Symphony through Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," Teresa Carreño's Serenade for Strings, and Philip Glass' Symphony No. 3. Three composers, three centuries, one unforgettable evening. This is date night done right.

Saturday nights at the Stags. Live performance, good crowd, Orange Street atmosphere. Arrive early. It fills up for a reason.

Tartan keeps the live music rolling every weekend, and March brings themed event nights building toward their St. Patrick's Day celebration on March 17. Check their socials for this week's performer.

Live music at 4 PM. Anniversary Red Ale release. Family-friendly, community-first, and exactly the kind of small business birthday party Redlands shows up for. No cover.

Back from winter hiatus. Local vendors, fresh finds, and the Saturday morning energy that makes downtown Redlands feel alive. First market of the spring season.

Your weekly ritual. Student-grown produce, local farmers including two certified organic growers, hot breakfast by Grove School students, artisan breads from The Rustic Loaf. Bring the kids. They can visit the chickens and goats on the school farm.

Guest conductor Kevin Fitzgerald leads the Symphony through Mozart, Teresa Carreño, and Philip Glass. Three composers, three centuries, one unforgettable evening. This is date night done right.

Old paint, batteries, chemicals cluttering the garage? Free, safe disposal. Clean it out and feel good about it.

An all-volunteer orchestra playing Broadway hits on a Sunday afternoon. Free admission. No tickets needed. Just walk in, sit down, and let your neighbors play you the songs you grew up humming. This is one of those Redlands things that makes you proud to live here.

The untold story of the women's Tour de France in the 1980s. First West Coast screening before general U.S. release. Local athlete Patty Peoples, a 1984 U.S. team member featured in the film, introduces the screening and stays for Q&A. Co-presented by AAUW Redlands and the Redlands Bicycle Classic. $20 general / $15 students.

Redlands Family Service Association is taking registrations now. First-come, first-served. First distribution March 31. If you know someone who could use this, point them to redlandsfamilyservice.org. That's what neighbors do.

That's ten days out. If you haven't filed or extended, the clock is ticking. Penalties start the day after. Don't wait.

Total lunar eclipse peaked at 3:33 AM with the moon glowing copper-red over the valley. If you slept through it, Soly Moses didn't. His photo is featured above.

The women's Tour de France documentary screens Sunday at Crafton Hills in Yucaipa. Local hero Patty Peoples is in the film and doing a live Q&A. $20.

Free event in San Bernardino. Ages 4-10, 15+ themed activity stations, PBS characters, book giveaways. 9 AM at KVCR Public Media. Great Saturday morning for the little ones.

3,055 Strong

A note to our readers

I wasn't going to make a big deal out of this. But then I thought about it, and I changed my mind.

This week, RedlandsNow crossed 3,055 subscribers.

Three thousand and fifty-five people who open this email. Who read about their neighbors, their downtown, their schools, their restaurants. Who send me tips and photos and corrections and encouragement. Who forward this thing to their friends and say "you need to read this."

When I started this newsletter, I just wanted to write about the town I've lived in since 1979. I wanted to tell the stories that the big outlets don't cover. The bakery that's been open thirty years. The firefighter's dog. The kid who aced his AP exam. The volunteer who showed up at Ford Park on a Saturday morning because that's just what you do.

I didn't know if anyone would read it. Turns out, 3,055 of you do.

So thank you. To every one of you. Whether you've been here since issue one or you just signed up this morning, you are the reason this newsletter exists.

If you know someone who should be reading RedlandsNow, send them this issue. The more of us there are, the stronger our connection to this town becomes. Here's to the next 3,055.

"That's Redlands. That's who we are."