Aggressive slurps echoed across the spacious Long Beach Arena. Spectators concentrated around three competitors who briskly filled round spoons with coffee, sipped violently, licked their lips and repeated for seven minutes. The U.S. Cup Tasters competition was one of four competitions that took place live during the U.S. Coffee Championships[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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We Love Long Beach asks residents to host first citywide breakfast event
The gray gloom of Saturday’s skies set a stark contrast in Long Beach as neighbors opened their doors and filled their homes with early-morning eats. Local non-profit We Love Long Beach sponsored a citywide event that encouraged Long Beach residents to host potluck breakfasts and brunches from 9 to 11[Read More…]
Ash Wednesday
President Obama’s faulty view of radical Islam
When President Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast last week, he decided once more to deny any relation between terrorism and radical Islam. “Unless we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and Inquisition, people committed[Read More…]
Facebook allows legacy contact for deceased
From the same people who made it easier to poke your friends comes a new feature to interact with the dead. According to a blog post on the social media site last Thursday, Facebook is offering users the option to appoint another user to manage their profile after they die,[Read More…]
Long Beach residents host the first annual Citywide Neighborhood Breakfast
Local non-profit We Love Long Beach recognizes that nothing brings people together the same way food does, which is why it’s inviting hungry neighbors from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday to any one of 30 breakfasts that will be served around the city. Residents are encouraged to sign up[Read More…]
A look back at black through from the Grammy Awards to everyday trends
Beyonce glided onto the stage last Sunday to accept her 20th Grammy Award wearing a plunging V-neck, jet-black Proenza Schouler gown. Gwen Stefani topped Forbes’ Best Dressed fashion list rocking a midnight Versace jumpsuit with Kanye West following suit, shunning color and uniformity in a daring low-cut black velvet ensemble[Read More…]
Kind and concrete
A curly, brown-haired six-year-old smiled to herself as she ran her fingers through the warm park sand. The bright-eyed, joyful girl turned to pour the sand into her bucket, but it wasn’t there. A grown woman held her bucket, chewing on the handle. She ran to her mother, scared and[Read More…]
Overdosed on competence
Drake kept true to his word after all; things have officially “popped.” “We already got spring 2015 poppin’,” he raps in the single “0 to 100 / The Catch Up” from his fourth studio album. “Majid Jordan droppin’, OB droppin’, not to mention me droppin’.” It was only a matter[Read More…]
Review: Fifty Shades of Grey fails to ignite the big screen
Brace yourselves, bookworms; the highly anticipated “Fifty Shades of Grey” film-adaptation falls flaccid, lacking the dangerous sex appeal that kept bookstore shelves empty and the latex industry in business. The film follows a virginal Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson, who falls in love with the deeply disturbed billionaire tycoon Christian[Read More…]