Bombs, bullets and non-stop action sums up the recent Jackie Chan film “The Foreigner,” which premiered last weekend. This film grossed over $100 million worldwide on its opening weekend, landing third in the box office, according to boxofficemojo. The movie is based on a 1992 novel, “The Chinaman” and tells[Read More…]
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Supporting OUTober with drag
The stage in the middle of the room was surrounded by spiral columns of multi-colored balloons and spotlights creating rainbows on a backdrop. Monday night from 5 – 7 p.m., over a hundred students gathered to play Drag Bingo in the University Student Union Ballrooms in hopes of winning gift[Read More…]
Film Club introduces FLIC to educate students on classic films
Once a month, room 127 in the Telecommunications building goes pitch black as Cal State Long Beach students pack in, fire up the projector, make some popcorn and watch a classic movie. CSULB Film Club began its first semester of the Film Literacy Improvement Club in September with the goal[Read More…]
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor sets a creative standard
The same decks and halls that host ocean-side festivities have been transformed into a vessel of terror, as The Queen Mary’s month long annual horror event has once again set its anchor in Long Beach. The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor returned to terrify visitors with all new mazes, performances and[Read More…]
‘Machinal’ made its debut at the University Theater Friday night
The drama begins with a whir, the sound of machinery and clacking — always clicking, clacking. The University Theater at Cal State Long Beach opens the stage Friday night with “Machinal.” The 1928 Sophie Treadwell play is set in New York in the ‘20s and follows one woman through her[Read More…]
Taste of Oktoberfest
Long Beach residents were treated to another fall festival Saturday, as Taste of Brews took over The Pike Outlets rooftop, hosting the third annual Oktoberfest in the city. The daylong festival featured back-to-back two and a half hour sessions, and hundreds of beer and cider fans were given unlimited small[Read More…]
What is the best movie to watch this Halloween?
Starting Oct. 1, the newsroom has been decked out with Halloween decorations. We’re talking ghosts, pumpkins, spider webs and a little stuffed bird dressed up as a cat. The Halloween spirits are high this year, and everyone has their own way of celebrating — and their own movie to ring[Read More…]
Cal State Long Beach ceramics professor gets his own exhibit in New York
Jay Kvapil paces back and forth for an hour and a half in his studio at Cal State Long Beach, then decides to put a brushstroke on the flat bowl which he had shaped earlier at home. Finally, he places the ceramic piece into the kiln. Kvapil, a ceramics professor[Read More…]
24-hour animation contest returns with teams representing 45 schools
Last weekend, over 900 students from seven countries competed in a contest requiring teams of five to craft a thirty-second animated film within 24 hours. The halls of Cal State Long Beach’s Fine Arts 4 building were filled with the drawing materials, yawns and work of nearly 100 animation students[Read More…]
CSULB graduates strive to advance women in the arts
Handwoven cotton and vinyl thread work created by Annette Heully and Dawn Ertl drape across the Huntington Beach Art Center gallery. Artists and Cal State Long Beach alumnae, Heully and Ertl are currently featured in the “Looming Spaces” exhibition at the art center. Both contemporary fiber artists use the skill[Read More…]