For the past eight years, Cal State Long Beach’s Romance German Russian Languages and Literature department has brought the tradition of the Day of the Dead — also known as Dia de los Muertos – to campus. This year’s Day of the Dead took place at the Anatol Center Tuesday[Read More…]
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CSULB artist paints a social and political message
Growing up in Oaxaca, Mexico, Narsiso Martinez helped his father work in the fields. For Martinez, this was just part of his family duties, but little did he know it would become the center of his personal and professional work. At the age of 20, Martinez moved to the United[Read More…]
Thinking Outsights the box
Toward the end of every academic year, the University Art Museum holds Insights, an exhibition dedicated to showcasing Cal State Long Beach students’ artworks, but according to the students who organized their own event, Outsights, Insights isn’t necessarily inclusive. Last semester, the Photo Collective — a club for fine arts[Read More…]
Cash the check mate
Over the weekend, Bob Cole Conservatory of Music Director of Keyboard Studies Shun-Lin Chou was able to raise money for keyboard scholarships with a “chess-a-thon.” Chou wanted to create his own unique way of raising funds to offer keyboard students financial assistance by imitating a marathon pledge system that highlighted[Read More…]
11 last-minute Halloween costumes
Tired of your friends calling you a stick in the mud because you didn’t go out and buy a Halloween costume? Don’t worry, you can still make that Halloween party tonight with these last-minute, throw-together costume ideas. Dancing girl emojis All you need for this simple and timely costume is[Read More…]
Delta Lambda Phi hosts Legends Ball
Vogue and catwalk your way to the crown at Cal State Long Beach’s Delta Lambda Phi Second Annual Legends Ball on Nov. 5. The Legends Ball will take place from 7-10 p.m. at the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach at 2017 East Fourth Street. “[The Legends Ball] was initially created[Read More…]
‘Mourning Dove’ leaves the nest
Cal State Long Beach Film and Electronic Arts senior Alexandra Petrus is a first-generation American born from an Iraqi refugee family. She is in the process of directing her senior film on the refugee crisis in the Middle East, called “Mourning Dove.” Petrus is from Oakland, California and finds a[Read More…]
ArtX marks the spot
The community art center downtown has re-opened with the intention of hosting art exhibitions, as well as running art programming and art studios. The ArtX art exchange on 3rd Street and Elm Street hosted its grand re-opening on Oct. 8. The board of directors unveiled a newly renovated 3,000-square-foot gallery[Read More…]
Audiences are rooting for ‘Mascots’
If you’ve ever gone to a sporting event with friends just for the entertainment, you might have gotten just as much amusement from the mascot as you did from the actual game. Mascots control the crowd with enthusiasm and theatrics. In the Netflix original movie “Mascots,” the characters underneath the[Read More…]
Eminem’s new single ‘Campaign Speech’ stirs the political pot
The real Slim Shady is standing up against Trump in his new single, “Campaign Speech.” The rap artist Eminem, who has been quiet since his 2013 album “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” reassured his Twitter followers Wednesday that he is still making music. The rapper tweeted, “Don’t worry I’m working[Read More…]