The smell of jambalaya and pizza took over the room as a group of students and faculty hurried in University Student Union room 205 for a night full of sharing their authentic stories. Attendees gathered Tuesday night to celebrate queer voices in the Black community for Associated Students Inc.’s #BlackQueerStories[Read More…]
Events
Lifestyle events that occur on or off campus should be categorized under “events.” Events differ from performances in that performances stage or present a play, concert or other forms of entertainment while events do not. Examples of events include the Long Beach Zombie Walk, Week of Welcome and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbour.
Thursday Night Live with the Long Beach Sketch Show
Everybody needs a good laugh once in a while. Put on by Held2gether and the Long Beach Playhouse, this year’s Long Beach Sketch Show will feature 11 main comedy sketches, and, for the first time ever, many silent sketches as traditions between main scene changes. “There’s a little bit of[Read More…]
Artists focus on the magic of Latinx culture
Radically different art styles examine shared culture and a respect and fascination with the mystical in “W*tch B*tch,” an exhibit presented by animation majors Kim De León, Nathalie Juarez and Cristior Miguel Vásquez. The small room is dominated by its centerpiece, an ethereal transparent fabric cylinder studded with brightly colored[Read More…]
10th annual Long Beach Comic Expo returns to its roots
From a jaw-dropping group of steampunk Star Wars bounty hunters to an eyebrow-raising Flo from Progressive insurance, the Long Beach Comic Expo successfully brought out a crowd that has long defined the comic-con tradition. Saturday morning, the lines of fans ready to be immersed in the world of comic books,[Read More…]
Tinder, relationships and the era of ghosting
Nervous silence quickly turned into laughter during Associated Students Inc.’s College Dating in the Age of Tinder event Tuesday night. Relationship expert Aesha Adams-Roberts kept it all the way real with students as she shared tips and spilled the tea on hookup culture, ghosting, commitment issues and sliding into direct[Read More…]
Chocolate Festival leaves a good taste in people’s mouths
Long Beach residents got a mouthful Saturday as hundreds flocked the 15th Annual Chocolate Festival. Attendees bit off more than they could chew as they traced up and down Second Street with chocolate smudged smiles. “It’s so fun to support the local businesses,” said Kim Jones, a first-time attendee of[Read More…]
Get ready for some chocolate-dipped fun Long Beach
The streets of Belmont Shore will be filled with rich smells and sweet treats Saturday for its 15th annual chocolate festival. Local businesses will be working together to provide Long Beach with an array of chocolate treats including chocolate cakes, crepes and candies. Up and down the street, people will[Read More…]
In photos: 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade
Long Beach celebrated its diversity on Saturday as politicians, schools and churches marched together for the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. The crowd lined Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to vibrant dance, music and speeches as the 89 floats made the one mile journey down the street.
College of Engineering builds fog machine from scratch for Long Beach Ballet
Standing a little over six-feet tall and roughly 1600 pounds, the Long Beach State College of Engineering students constructed a fog machine to use in the 36th annual production of, “The Nutcracker.” The play will be performed by director Dave Wilcox’s Long Beach Ballet Academy at the Terrace Theater in[Read More…]
Film director works toward filling the frame with documentary ‘Half the Picture’
The dimly lit University Theatre was equal parts animated voices and bent necks as students stared intently at their smartphones. The crowd erupted into applause as film director Amy Adrion alongside Jonathan Wysocki, Long Beach State University lecturer in both the Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Film[Read More…]