Over 400 dogs and their humans swarmed Marina Vista Park on Sunday to ring in the 17th annual Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade. The parade included raffles for gift baskets, adoption centers and booths for pet insurance and apparel. There were also multiple costume contests for humans, dogs and group costumes.[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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“Stranger Things 2” is fun but drops in quality
There’s a moment in episode four of “Stranger Things 2” that encapsulates the most disappointing thing about the show’s second season. Billy Hargrove, a new town resident and completely useless character, commands that younger sister Max not hang out with any of the lovable nerds who comprise the show’s main[Read More…]
PSA and Psi Chi return with a creepy doll house
What’s worse than a room full of dolls? The fear of being turned into one. “We have a butcher and he’s a single dad and he lost his daughter in a traumatic accident and his daughter loved dolls so as a way to remember her, he’s killing people and turning[Read More…]
Campus Movie Fest returns to CSULB
Writing a script as well as shooting, scoring and editing a film can take years for even the most skilled team of filmmakers. The Campus Movie Fest dares participants to do all of that within one week. The festival ends a four-year hiatus to challenge Cal State Long Beach students[Read More…]
“The Consul” mixes feelings of passion, love and hopelessness
Long Beach Opera’s “The Consul,” directed by Andreas Mitisek played at the Centinela Valley Center for the Arts with three shows through two weekends this month. The opera depicts the struggle of the average immigrant in the ‘40s struggling to gain entry to the U.S., having to wait in countless[Read More…]
ICT concludes its 2017 season with “Home”
The stage is relatively bare, a number of graying crates surrounding the wooden platform — the bare prop stands in the center, an old rocking chair in which a farmer broods and laments. “Home” debuted at the International City Theatre on Oct. 20, and concluded the venue’s 2017 season with[Read More…]
A look into comedian Jesus Trejo’s career
In his first attempt at stand-up comedy, Jesus Trejo got on stage in his hometown of Long Beach and performed a set he would never forget. “I bombed so hard that I got scared [to continue comedy],” Trejo said. Only 20-years-old at the time, it wouldn’t have been unreasonable for[Read More…]
From seito to sensei
When Andy Bready began his college education as a jazz studies music major at Cal State Long Beach over a decade ago, he never envisioned a career as a gardener for the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden. When he originally took the job, it was a means to make some[Read More…]
Zombie Fest in Long Beach
Long Beach saw hordes of zombies take to the streets for the annual festival. Groans and screams filled the air this weekend as hundreds of zombies sluggishly overtook Long Beach. But your brains are safe — it was just part of the annual Zombie Fest at The Pike Outlets.
Zombie Fest returns to the Pike
Groans and screams filled the air this weekend as hundreds of zombies sluggishly overtook Long Beach. But your brains are safe — it was just part of the annual Zombie Fest at The Pike Outlets. Hosted by O Entertainment, a Long Beach production company, the three-day event invited zombie enthusiasts[Read More…]