The heart of Downtown Long Beach is no stranger when it comes to creative and innovative events put on by eclectic movers and shakers of the city. A new festival, “Wilmore 9 Film, Music and Art,” will commemorate its first annual event this Saturday and Sunday all throughout the downtown[Read More…]
Author: Arts and Life Editor
‘Orange Is the New Black’ has a limiting plot
Adapted from Piper Kerman’s 2008 memoir “Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” Jenji Kohan’s second television series is hardly worth the watch. As the latest Netflix original production, “Orange Is the New Black” has all of the standard components of a hit television series: a[Read More…]
Local artists display political outlook through art
Southern Californian artists mocked oppressive bureaucratic norms through paintings, collages and photos on Saturday in the political art exhibit, “In God We Tru$t.” The Picture This Gallery and Framing store played host to a gathering of opinionated artists and Long Beach residents, showcasing a collaboration of works that took on[Read More…]
Brandon Boyd’s second EP wavers musically
It isn’t always a smart move when a lead vocalist of a top-notch rock band decides to push his luck by creating a second solo album. With not much music news from Incubus, Brandon Boyd has taken the initiative once again to create his sophomore solo album “Sons of the[Read More…]
Buccaneers, wenches invade the Belmont Pier
Pirate flags and scallywags of all ages inundated the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier on Saturday and Sunday for the 2013 Pirate Invasion, flaunting their best costumes while enjoying live music. The Pirate Invasion and Faire brought young and old ragged pirates to Long Beach’s Belmont Shore for the sixth year[Read More…]
Genetically modified foods should be under larger microscope
“Big agriculture” is what they call it these days, because after all, bigger is better in America. The Food and Drug Administration and the White House are in cahoots with Monsanto, a multinational agricultural corporation that controls nearly 90 percent of all genetically engineered seeds, from which nearly 90 percent[Read More…]
Summer and Music to unite Long Beach community
Summer is here again, and Long Beach is welcoming it with music. The Summer and Music (SAM) concert series will return full-fledged with new music variety, bringing more Long Beach locals and music enthusiasts together during multiple events throughout the summer. The summer festivities kick off on June 15 with[Read More…]
‘The Purge’ seems great in theory, poor in presentation
“The Purge,” a film that has been buzzing on the lips of anyone who has seen the previews, will be in theaters Friday. The film’s stars are Lena Headey from “Game of Thrones” and Ethan Hawke of “Sinister,” and the film is directed by James DeMonaco, who also produced “Insidious”[Read More…]