Arts + Culture

Inside ArtLaB, The Gallery

with Leslie A. Brown Article by Hannah Cole | Photography by Alex Tapia There is a painting in Leslie Brown’s gallery that started with a photograph of herself at twenty-two years old. She printed it on gel — a thin, translucent medium made from acrylic, almost delicate — and then added wings. Cut from the same gel print. Collaged onto a background she built herself. Two griffins flank the image, pulled from a reference she fell in love with at a gallery in New York City. The griffin, she’ll...

Arts + Culture

Under The Big Top

Circus Vargas brought its most dazzling production yet to Temecula! Article by Desiree Allen | Photography by Alex Tapia There is a moment, somewhere between the aerialist and the Globe of Death, when something shifts. The phone goes away. The to-do list evaporates. The child next to you grabs your arm. And for a few suspended seconds, everyone under the Big Top is experiencing exactly the same thing at exactly the same time. That is the particular magic of Circus Vargas — and in April 2026...

Health + Wellness

Are Sunbeds the Future of Holistic Wellness?

Give me 5 minutes and I think I might convince you that sunbeds are the future of health and wellness.By Brian De MintFor decades, sunlight has been caught in a strange cultural tug-of-war.On one side, we instinctively know we feel better after spending time in the sun. We sleep better, our mood improves, and we feel more energized. On the other side, we've been taught to avoid sunlight whenever possible.Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking an important question:What happens when humans...

Auto + Marine

The Hand That Paints History

Article by Sean Arnett Before vinyl wrap. Before digital print. Before a computer ever touched a logo — there was a man with a brush, a steady hand, and paint that smelled like a race shop. Every sign over a bar, every letter on a delivery truck, every number on a race car door was put there by hand. The spacing, the weight, the serif on a capital R — all of it was judgment, craft, and muscle memory. At places like Orange Show Speedway and 605 Speedway, Saturday nights in Southern California...