Jimmy Buffett fans at Cal State Long Beach – or just fans of live music and margaritas – have a chance to win tickets to the March 30 grand opening of the new Margaritaville restaurant. Located at Universal CityWalk, the event will feature an invite-only performance by the singer, song-writer[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.
BeachCon returns to CSULB
Do you remember having sleepovers with your friends when you – fueled by loads of soda, Red Bull, chips and candy – would stay up all night playing video games? Well, BeachCon 2017 was like that, amplified tenfold. The Cal State Long Beach Esports Association hosted its third BeachCon March[Read More…]
Safe place for creative space
Almost three months ago, a warehouse in Oakland that had been converted into an artist collective named Ghost Ship caught flame and quickly killed 36 people. Ghost Ship had a business license, but was not up to fire safety code. Since then, cities all across the nation have been forcing[Read More…]
Award-winning author Trisha R. Thomas ends Black History Month at CSULB
“One of my agents told me my book wasn’t ‘black’ enough,” Trisha R. Thomas, author of the “Nappily” Series, said. “[So in the first version], I killed someone in the book inadvertently… because I wanted to get published. I believe that’s what the people wanted.” These are the words of[Read More…]
Jose Feliciano comes to Carpenter Center
Seventy-one-year-old celebrity, musician and actor Jose Feliciano will be performing his trademark pop music, including hit song “Light My Fire,” at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center March 4. Feliciano, born blind as one of eleven siblings in Puerto Rico, immigrated to New York City with his family when he was[Read More…]
CSU hospitality and tourism career recruitment
The CSU Southern California Hospitality and Tourism Career Expo will be held at the Pointe, March 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The CSU Hospitality & Tourism Management Education Alliance started this expo in 2015 as a way to give students and graduates in the field an outlet to[Read More…]
‘Moonlight’ makes waves at Academy Awards
Last year, the Academy Awards hit America with the low point of #OscarsSoWhite and the high of Leo finally winning, but without all the hooplah, Hollywood’s biggest night still managed to draw in crowds to their TV’s by the millions on Sunday. The question on everyone’s mind this year was:[Read More…]
NEOJIBA joins forces with the Bob Cole Conservatory Orchestra
Four students, both new to the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music as well as the U.S., will be performing their first concert on campus this Thursday, free of charge. The string players from Núcleos Estaduais de Orquestras Juvenis e Infantis da Bahia, ages 19 to 23, are taking up residency[Read More…]
Movies on the House returns to CSULB
The first month of the semester is officially behind us. That means classes are rolling, homework is piling up and the stress is beginning to set in – you may be in need of a break. Thankfully, Movies on The House is back with a magical escape. Today in the[Read More…]
First ever International Mother Language Day celebration on CSULB
If you walked by the Psychology quad around noon on Tuesday, you might have noticed a huge crowd of people playing games, taking quizzes and hanging posters on walls. If you listened closely, you probably heard many of the people speaking different languages to one another. The reason behind all[Read More…]