Get your free cone at Häagen-Dazs on Tuesday

Haagen-Dazs Free Cone DayThey’re few and far between here in the Inland Empire, but Häagen-Dazs shops are celebrating spring and warmer days ahead with Free Cone Day on Tuesday (May 14).

From 4 to 8 p.m. participating shops will be doling out scoops of delicious Häagen-Dazs ice cream and gelato for free!

Participating Inland Empire locations include:

  • Ontario: 1 Mills Circle
  • Riverside: 1201 University Ave.
  • Cabazon: 48400 Seminole Drive, Space 436

You can help Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday

Stamp Out Hunger 2013It’s that time again…you can help feed hungry folks without even leaving your property line.

Here’s all you need to do:

  • Root through your pantry
  • Pick out a few (or a lot of) non-perishable items
  • Put them in a bag
  • Leave them out by your mailbox late Friday or early Saturday

That’s all you need to do.

You see, Saturday (May 11) is the National Association of Letter Carriers annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.

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Hangar 24′s fifth anniversary and airshow — what you need to know

Tickets are available now for Hangar 24 Craft Brewery’s AirFest and fifth anniversary set for Saturday, May 18.

Tickets are $5 at the brewery’s tasting room, 1710 Sessums Drive, Redlands, or online (plus $1.17 service fee) and will be $8 at the door. Kids 12 and younger will be admitted free.

A limited number of VIP ticket packages, which include all-you-can-drink Hangar 24 beer, all-you-can-eat Cuca’s, the closest parking possible, a shady tent and the best seats and views of the air show, are available for $150 (plus $6.24 service fee), or $500 (plus $18.49 service fee) for a four-pack.

Click here to purchase tickets online.

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Cal Poly Pomona’s Strawberry Festival is Saturday

Cal Poly Pomona’s annual salute to all things strawberry, the Tractor & Car Show and Strawberry Festival, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the university’s Farm Store, 4102 S. University Drive.

The event is free. Parking is $3.

In addition to goodies like strawberry pie, strawberry jam, chocolate-dipped strawberries and strawberry-topped funnel cake, participants can also pick vine-ripened strawberries, beginning at 11 a.m.

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Pine Haven Cafe celebrating its first anniversary on Saturday

It’s the restaurant’s first anniversary, and our friends from Pine Haven Cafe are celebrating all day Saturday (May 11)!

The party kicks off at 7 a.m., with free two-stacks of pancakes until 10 a.m.

The fun continues with $1 bacon-wrapped hot dogs, housemade potato chips, chicken taco, pulled pork sliders and Sharon’s gooey cake from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Dale Bros. Brewery and Cold Stone Creamery will be providing free samples from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Then from 6 to 9 p.m., the restaurant will host a cocktail hors d’œuvre dance party for those 21 and older.

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Arby’s goes Hawaiian

Arby’s has said “aloha” to King’s Hawaiian for its two new sandwiches.

Both the King’s Hawaiian roast beef and roast beef and Swiss sandwiches have a third more roast beef than the chain’s classic roast beef sandwiches, served in a King’s Hawaiian bun.

The roast beef and Swiss sandwich adds Swiss cheese, pickles and a creamy Dijon spread.

Click here for more information on the new, limited-time sandwiches.

The chain is promoting the limited-time items by giving away a four-night Hawaiian vacation, complete with a surfing lesson.

Click here to enter the contest.

Inland Empire Arby’s locations include San Bernardino, Ontario, Fontana, Redlands, Chino Hills, Upland, Hesperia, Victorville and Apple Valley.

Cal Poly Pomona’s Family & Friends Day event features food trucks and more

Just saw a Tweet from our friends from the My Delight Cupcakery truck. They are going to be one of the food trucks serving at Cal Poly Pomona’s Family & Friends Day event until 10 p.m. tonight (May 3).

The event will take place at Bronco Commons.

Admission is free, but parking is not. If you don’t have a parking permit, you must purchase a one-day pass ($5) or risk getting a ticket.

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‘Soup’s On!’ fundraiser to benefit Upland’s Grace Lutheran Church preschool

From 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow (May 3), Grace Lutheran Church in Upland is hosting a ‘Soup’s On!’ fundraiser for its preschool.

The menu will consist of all-you-can-eat soup, bread, water, tea, juice and coffee, plus ice cream and cookies for dessert.

Cost is $25 per person or $50 for a family ticket. Tickets are available online here.

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