Local artists and comedians will join forces in a Long Beach pop-up shop to showcase some of the city’s many creative citizens this Saturday. MADE’s Long Beach location will host a comedy and art show downtown called “Let the Good Times Roll,” as well as a book signing from[Read More…]
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Choir on fire
The Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir returns from across the pond with the Luciano Pavarotti trophy, 3000 euros and an internationally prestigious title. Cal State Long Beach’s premiere choral ensemble was awarded Choir of the World at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales on July 10. CSULB President Jane[Read More…]
Summer concerts had me a blast
Summer nights are not meant to be spent indoors, and with all the available art and culture waiting to be consumed there is no reason to stay home. As if live music wasn’t already accessible as it is in Long Beach, during the summer, concerts can almost become hard to[Read More…]
Play time is not over
Are you speaking more theatrically? Have you been bursting into song? Do you catch yourself dancing all alone while imagining an ensemble around you? You should probably check your temperature, because you might have musical fever. However, remedies are available. If you need a song and dance fix, there are[Read More…]
Spirits lifted, notions shifted
Special Olympics Southern California just hosted its Summer Games June 11-12, using Cal State Long Beach as its venue for the 19th year in a row. Special Olympics is hosted in over 170 countries and has 4.5 million athlete participants across the globe. Every state has its own officially recognized[Read More…]
Fighting for the persecuted
Lorn Films, a local film production company, is hosting an intimate live performance of their screenplay “175” to gain exposure for a script many years in the making, highlighting the cruelty gay men faced in Nazi Germany. The focus group performance will be at the Hacienda Ruan restaurant on June[Read More…]
Daily deals calender
Long Beach’s showcase of tourist attractions is a part of what keeps this city thriving. Visitors come through and empty their wallets at the local hotspots, boosting the income of the many restaurants and bars – as well as the thousands of people employed in the industry. There are enough[Read More…]
Fulbright awarded to professor Alexander Klein
Cal State Long Beach is home to renowned faculty and accomplished professors, one of whom is philosophy professor Alexander Klein, who was recently was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research for the next nine months at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Klein was in the Andrew[Read More…]
Joe Sanders receives songwriting award
Long Beach has been home to a handful of popular musicians in rock and hip-hop, but after studying classical music at Cal State Long Beach, Joe Sanders has put Long Beach musicians on the map once again – this time in the classical music genre. The John Lennon Songwriting Contest[Read More…]
Alice Through the Looking Glass review
“Alice Through the Looking Glass” (2016) is a continuation of a mystical tale entering the magical abyss of “Underland,” which the protagonist refers to as “Wonderland.” Tim Burton’s sequel to his 2010 film based on the original Disney animation “Alice in Wonderland” (1951) and influenced by the author Lewis Carroll[Read More…]