Editing Hemet, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:HemetStation-2.JPG|thumb|220px|Hemet Museum/Old Santa Fe Depot on West Florida Avenue]]
The City of Hemet has two museums and an outdoor amphitheater. The Hemet Museum is located at the intersection of State Street and Florida Avenue in downtown. It is a museum of local history, and features photographs of old Hemet, historic photographs from the Ramona Pageant, as well as Cahuilla cultural belongings such as baskets and agriculture displays. Hemet is also home of the [[Western Science Center]], located in the southern part of the city at the intersection of Domenigoni Parkway and Searl Parkway. It features exhibits of Ice Age mammals, including 'Max', the largest mastodon found in the Western United States, and 'Xena', a Columbian mammoth. Along with the two museums, science center and theater, close to Hemet there sits an outdoor [[amphitheater]], the privately owned Ramona Bowl is a natural amphitheater located nearby in the Riverside county foothills. It is known for producing the play, ''[[The Ramona Pageant|Ramona]]''.<ref name="attractions">{{Cite web |title=Local Attractions |url=http://www.cityofhemet.org/events/attractions.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133939/http://www.cityofhemet.org/events/attractions.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |access-date=September 18, 2010 |website=City of Hemet}}</ref>

===Entertainment===
The city of Hemet is expanding upon its entertainment venues. The three largest venues are the Ramona Bowl, an outdoor amphitheater, a [[Regal Cinemas]] and the Historic Hemet Theatre, built in 1921. A development being planned for the area is a downtown [[transit village]], with the center of it being a Metrolink station. It will be north of the downtown core, and will consist of residences, shops, and parks. The station itself could feature a railroad museum, a heritage trail, and a farmer's market and market hall.<ref name="transitvillage">{{Cite news |last=Atienza |first=Herbert |date=March 18, 2007 |title=Transit village gets early look in Hemet |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_htransform18.bf7a8a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325091957/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_htransform18.bf7a8a.html |archive-date=March 25, 2007 |access-date=September 18, 2010 |work=The Press Enterprise}}</ref>
[[File:Hemet Theater - panoramio (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|191x191px|Hemet Theater]]
The Historic Hemet Theater was once the oldest continually run single-screen theater in the nation. However, the theater was forced to close down in January 2010 due to water damage from a fire that destroyed adjacent store fronts. The musty smell forced the theater to stay closed for a year, which created financial struggles. {{As of|2011}}, the foundation was incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)3 for the purpose of supporting community projects. In July 2013, the Historic Hemet Theater Foundation negotiated a five-year lease/option to purchase the theater. As of 2016, the Foundation had restored<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Historic Hemet Theatre |url=http://www.historichemettheatre.com/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203042724/http://www.historichemettheatre.com/history/ |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |access-date=February 1, 2016 |website=Historic Hemet Theatre |language=en-US}}</ref> the Theater back to operation and was in the process of raising funds in order to purchase and restore the Hemet Historical Treasure.

Scenes for ''[[The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)|The Fast and the Furious]]'' (2001) were filmed on Domenigoni Parkway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Schultz |first=Craig |date=2017-10-03 |title=Here's why Domenigoni Parkway will be closed this weekend |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/2017/10/03/heres-why-domenigoni-parkway-will-be-closed-this-weekend/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606232045/https://www.pressenterprise.com/2017/10/03/heres-why-domenigoni-parkway-will-be-closed-this-weekend/ |archive-date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=[[The Press-Enterprise]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The grandstands and track at the Hemet Stock Farm were a filming location for the movie [[Seabiscuit (film)|''Seabiscuit'']] (2003).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearson |first=Kevin |date=2011-03-28 |title=HEMET: Ex-mayor turns historic horse facility into vegetable patch |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/2011/03/28/hemet-ex-mayor-turns-historic-horse-facility-into-vegetable-patch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606231857/https://www.pressenterprise.com/2011/03/28/hemet-ex-mayor-turns-historic-horse-facility-into-vegetable-patch/ |archive-date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=[[The Press-Enterprise]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The movie ''[[Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea]]'' (2023) was filmed in [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]], but the location setting is in Hemet.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chinnici |first=Clotilde |date=2024-02-24 |title=Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea Review |url=https://loudandclearreviews.com/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225234724/https://loudandclearreviews.com/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea-review/ |archive-date=2024-02-25 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Loud And Clear Reviews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Devir |first=Ryan |date=2024-03-27 |title=Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea Featured, Reviews Film Threat |url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328073551/https://filmthreat.com/reviews/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea/ |archive-date=2024-03-28 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=[[Film Threat]] |language=en-US}}</ref>