Arts & Life

Content that focuses on popular culture, local art and music, entertainment and the events. Common topics include lifestyle, television and film, theater, music, video game, food, etc

Doubt…or confusion?

The lights went down in the Beach Auditorium just a few minutes after 8 p.m., the promised starting time of the attempted adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Doubt: A Parable. The show was directed by Jay Dent, a Cal State Long Beach senior theatre major as part of[Read More…]

Well-fed artists

It’s a big world for an artist. According to a study from Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce, unemployment is higher among college graduates with non-technical degrees, with art majors facing an unemployment rate of 11.1 percent. Many beginning artists may find themselves working jobs that don’t relate[Read More…]

Album reviews: Kelis’ ‘Food’

Kelis Rogers, better known as Kelis, is no stranger to serving up good eats. A decade ago she gave us her famous single, “Milkshake,” and now she is serving up a full-course meal in her new album, “Food.” The album begins with the most important meal of the day, “Breakfast,”[Read More…]

‘Filmage’ tells Descendents’ tale

If hardcore punk bands in the early ‘80s were told that one of the most influential punk bands for generations to come would include a scrawny science geek sporting specs and a teenage fishing enthusiast, chances are many wouldn’t have believed it. “Filmage: the Story of Descendents/All” is a music[Read More…]

Happy Birthday, Dance Center

Today through Saturday, the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theatre will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with a faculty-choreographed dance performance. Jazz, ballet and contemporary jazz dances will all be showcased during the performance. In addition, the show will feature recently graduated dancers and past choreographers. Since the 1960s, Cal State[Read More…]

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