About a year ago, Ethan Alvis had to rush to a meeting across Long Beach. He planned to skate there. He was also dead set on wearing a pair of black leather caged stilettos. So he strapped on his heels and hopped on his board, surprising himself with how he[Read More…]
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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ metamorphoses the rap industry for the better
Because of its early and unexpected release, Kendrick Lamar’s album “To Pimp a Butterfly” is the drop that needs to be heard around the world. Alongside rap and vocals, Lamar’s third album “To Pimp a Butterfly” not only embodies his poetic street-style of storytelling but also embraces experimental elements of[Read More…]
Television show ‘Community’ finds new home on Yahoo!
The hash tag #SixSeasonsAndAMovie is one step closer to becoming reality for fans of cult comedy “Community.” Just in case you are suffering from Changnesia, “Community” is officially back for season six on Yahoo! Screen. Its first episode debuted on March 17 and is already moving onto the season’s third[Read More…]
Apple Watch: Genius Bar’s freshest brew
Apple users whose arms have grown weary from carrying around a cell phone will only have to wait one month for a solution to their gadget-akin woes—the Apple Watch. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook announced last week at a special event in San Francisco that the company’s first wearable device[Read More…]
BFA Senior Solo Shows: Home is where the art is
The Dr. Maxine Merlino Gallery on campus is providing a temporary home to sepia-toned photos of uninhabited dwellings framed in intricately woven fibers. “Uprooted” is a senior solo exhibition by Sheila Ann Rodriguez, a second-year master of fine arts student at California State University, Long Beach; it features her original[Read More…]
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu interprets Hawaiian history through hula
Sorry Los Angeles Times, but, according to Hawaiian cultural standards, newspaper organizations are only successful once a song has been written about them. Dancers from the San Francisco-based Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu hula school performed at The Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach on[Read More…]
The “super senior” struggle at CSULB is real
Just as some students finish filing their late registrations and shell out $80 to look the part, many of their colleagues miss the four-year mark for graduation because they are balancing school and life obstacles. For Vicaria Norman, a self-ascribed “super senior,” the goal of graduating from college has been[Read More…]
Long Beach goes Irish For a Day
From ladies in roller skates to kilt-clad laddies playing bagpipes, the Irish For a Day festival gave Long Beach the chance to let the green beer flow. The main event was an hour-long parade that started at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Pine Avenue and Broadway. Attendees watched from the[Read More…]
Pow Wow invites Native-American tribes to dance through culture at CSULB
Sixty-six-year-old Carolyn “Woman of the People” Reyes danced to the beat of the drum as the cone-shaped jingles sewn to her dress chimed. Her dandelion-yellow “healing dress” was embroidered with homemade turquoise beads that mirrored the sunny skies. Tribes from all over the country gathered at California State University, Long[Read More…]
Whodunit: a mystery novel Q&A
CAPTION: Minnesota-based mystery novelist Blair London’s “Airport Staling” released in January. Thrill and suspense have seized readers for decades. From the late 1880s spyglass-equipped boxer in a floppy deerstalker, to the modern maven of mystery as the lead role of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” mystery novels seem to[Read More…]