Attendees of the Rancho Los Cerritos exhibit of the Tongva tribe peered through a glass display Friday to gaze at a doll that represented the tribe’s spiritual leader, Redbird. Community members gathered in the Rancho Los Cerritos exhibit opening of the “Tevaaxa’nga (Tevahanga) to Today: Stories of the Tongva People”[Read More…]
Author: Arts and Life Editor
Music Tastes Good returns for its third year in downtown Long Beach
Christiana Koch advocates for people with disabilities
At age 8, Christiana Koch was diagnosed with autism, but she felt different from her peers before then. She didn’t understand why the classmates avoided her, and felt being homeschooled already made her strange enough. “I was the weird one among the weird ones,” Koch said. “That says something.” Koch,[Read More…]
Fiction author discusses new novel, “Weather Woman”
As a child, author Cai Emmons always dreamed of controlling the weather. Years later, Emmons fulfilled that wish in the form of her latest novel, “Weather Woman.” On Thursday night, about 50 creative writing students and literature enthusiasts gathered in Long Beach State’s Anatol Center for a reading and Q&A[Read More…]
Catalina Film Festival opens its first night of the week at the Art Theater
The historic halls of the Art Theater on Fourth Street roared with thunderous applause, impassioned speeches and camera flashes Thursday, as the 2018 Catalina Film Festival kicked off the first night of its week-long showcase. The international festival began in 2010 on Catalina Island, home to the Avalon Theater, one[Read More…]
“Race and Othered” uses cultural individuality in art exhibit
“It’s an awkward conversation but the fact of the matter is, our institutions tend to be very white,” said Álvaro D. Marquez, Long Beach State graduate student and co-curator of the latest School of Art Gallery, when discussing his motivation for creating a minority-focused gallery. “We felt that it was[Read More…]
Music Tastes Good fuses music and food into one
While music and food aren’t inherently correlated, Music Tastes Good has found a way to blend both into a cohesive weekend in its eclectic music festival. MTG talent buyer Jon Halperin has worked for the festival since its creation three years ago by the late founder and creator, Josh Fischel.[Read More…]
Local organizations protest for justice from the LBPD
About 20 people gathered outside of Long Beach City Hall Tuesday evening chattering among themselves when one amplified voice broke through the conversations. “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now,” Winston De Laurier, one of the leaders present at the ANSWER Coalition’s protest, cried out over[Read More…]
Students practice animation skills with 24 Hours Animation Competition for Students
A previous version of this article stated that the deadline for submissions was Monday, October 3. The correct date is Monday, Oct. 1. Animation students around the world anxiously wait for Aubry Mintz, director of the School of Arts’ instructions for the 16th annual 24 Hours Animation Contest for Students[Read More…]
How to watch movies without breaking the bank
No cable? No problem. There are plenty of legal movie streaming websites and apps that are affordable and accessible to students. Long Beach State offers discounted codes for movie websites such as Hulu, FilmStruck and MUBI. In order to apply the discounted price, students must register using their student email.[Read More…]