The works from more than 22 student designers from Cal State Long Beach will be showcased in the upcoming weekend in Long Beach. The event titled One Last Thing 2014 is a completely self-funded project. Using kickstarter.com, the Bachelor of Fine Arts senior class has raised over $2,700 to cover[Read More…]
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Duos perform classical musical at The Beach
The sound of feverishly practiced classical music filled every gap of space at the Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall on Monday night. Pairs of students took the stage at the end-of-the-semester showcase, which was titled Piano Plus!. As the semester steadily comes to a close, months of hard work and[Read More…]
Shredding for a cause
Skaters who kickfilp, ollie and grind at the Skate LB City Competition will also help a local Long Beach non-profit organization while they shred. The upcoming event was organized by students in a Cal State Long Beach event planning class offered through the communications department on campus. All proceeds from[Read More…]
Covering up She & Him’s Talents
She & Him have returned with cover songs; they ditched the holiday theme this time, and made music that is not quite as sweet as apple cider. Actress Zooey Deschanel and indie folk musician M. Ward are the members of the pop duo She & Him. Their fifth studio album[Read More…]
Love is ‘Everything’
“The Theory of Everything” is a tear-jerker, but the film is ultimately an uplifting tale about a man who beats the odds with the incredible support from the one he loves. Although “The Theory of Everything” is not a documentary, the actors’ performances give it that feel, as if we[Read More…]
College of Business Administration named one of the nation’s best.
The Princeton Review named the College of Business Administration at Cal State University Long Beach one of the nation’s best 296 business schools last week, according to a press release. “We are very committed to the academic and career success of our students, and for our program to be recognized[Read More…]
Rediscovering old gems
This year, the Pokémon franchise levels up to 18 years old; with time, the series has matured and much has evolved. The latest installments, Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby, are remakes of 2003’s Sapphire and Ruby. Ruby and Sapphire featured Pokémon from the third generation of the franchise. The games[Read More…]
Collaborating coasts, authenticating aesthetics
The four-foot oil portrayal of a child’s disheveled playroom, titled “Only in Dreams,” flowed off of the canvas and into conversations around ArtExchange’s East Village Art District gallery in Long Beach last Thursday. Brilliant rays of luminous moonlight gleaming through a window blended into the bright, primary-colored toys; it bounced[Read More…]
Saving the best for last
Fusion, a collaborative concert between the dance department and the Bob Cole Conservatory of music came to fruition on Friday and Saturday nights. The show definitely built up to its best and last performance, Rebecca Lemme’s “Disarm.” Described as recognizing the cycles of violence in the press release, this piece[Read More…]
Stories behind each stroke
To the left is a rusted, robot-like sculpture built out of scrap metal, which seemed to be waving a welcome. A bit further down and there are jagged wood cutouts etched with the same slouchy, punk rocker in different colors. Faces of African wildlife painted on palm fronds hang in[Read More…]