At this point you’ve probably heard enough about the hit Broadway play, “Hamilton” to last you a lifetime. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop story about the nation’s first secretary of treasury, Alexander Hamilton, has been in the spotlight since it came out in 2015, and for good reason. Los Angeles finally got[Read More…]
Fine & Performing Arts
Articles in this category should be related to fine and performing arts both on and off campus. Art forms that fall under fine arts include: painting, sculpting, woodwork, drawing, etc. Performing arts include: dancing, chorus, theatre, orchestra, etc. Content that can go in this category can include but is not limited to advances for performances or art galleries, reviews on shows, performance coverage, etc.
POW! WOW! makes Long Beach pop with color
Any true Long Beach local knows that one of the most lively things about the city is its art. Over the summer, a global network of artists under the name “POW! WOW!,” presented it’s annual mural project. With the help of over 20 artists, Long Beach saw new murals pop[Read More…]
Student thesis films showcased at the Carpenter Center
Film students’ labor of creativity and dedication to their craft paid off in roaring applause and proud cheers from faculty, family and peers for the graduating class of Film and Electronic Arts at Cal State Long Beach. The Carpenter Performing Arts Center was host to the “Creative Nonfiction” and “Narrative[Read More…]
‘Sightings’ exhibit showcases work of photography graduates
Geometry, photographs and parody movie posters decorate the walls of the School of Art’s galleries as a part of “Sightings,” a Bachelor of Fine Arts photography group exhibit. The group exhibit features the work of graduating seniors such as Kimberly Barkfelt, Natalie Grant, Noelani Irvin and Tanya Flores Hodgson. Grant[Read More…]
A celebration of illustration
Nestled in the middle of the Werby gallery is the work of bachelor of fine arts student, print maker and illustrator Mark Hill. This week the art galleries are holding the Illustration and Animation BFA Group Exhibition where Hill is able to feature his art. The soft-colored sketches of butterflies[Read More…]
CSULB theatre presents ‘Good Boys and True’
Brandon is a good kid, captain of his high school football team and destined for an Ivy League university — until he’s caught in the middle of a sex scandal in 1989. The enthralling play “Good Boys and True” presented by Cal State Long Beach Theater Arts opened April 27[Read More…]
‘Before I Die’ community art project comes to CSULB
This is the question that was posed to students Wednesday when the “Before I Die” installation was on display outside the Business Administration building. “Before I Die” is a public art project that invites people to write in something they would like to accomplish in their life. The project is[Read More…]
‘CSULB Dance In Concert’
When the blue curtain rises, audiences will be immersed in the contemporary and veteran works of faculty and guest choreographers as the Cal State Long Beach College of the Arts and Department of Dance presents “CSULB Dance In Concert.” Performances will take place at the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater[Read More…]
Feminist noir in Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Nora’
Producing an adaptation of a century old play can be tricky: there has to be a balance between the modern and just enough reference to the past. In Ingmar Bergman’s play “Nora,” the classic Henrik Ibsen play “A Doll’s House” is reworked to highlight gender roles in modern times exceptionally[Read More…]
No-Mans Land exhibit
Contrasting colors mixed in a seductive layout outline the landscape work of Alice Andreini in her gallery show titled “No-Mans Land.” In her pieces, she works to acknowledge and confront the spatial and ideological constructs and tendencies that shape her world, while still capturing the innocence of nature. Andreini[Read More…]