ENTERTAINMENT
Oct 13
El Twanguero
Back by popular demand! Once called a “fire-breathing guitar hero” by U.S. press, Grammy & Goya award-winning guitarist Diego Garcia puts a Spanish twist on American rock ’n’ roll stylings of Chet Atkins, Carl Perkins and Les Paul.
Time: 8 p.m., Oct. 13
Cost: $20
Details: www.grandvision.org
Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
THEATER
Oct. 6
Blood Wedding
The classic Spanish play by Federico Garcia Lorca erupts into a deadly dance of love and deception, family and revenge, beauty and betrayal.
Featuring a El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) look and style, Blood Wedding is the tale of a young bride-to-be who receives a visit from Leonardo, a former lover who stirs up trouble on her wedding day, sparking a family blood feud that threatens the celebration.
Time: 8 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 13 and 14, and 2 p.m. Oct. 8
Cost: $10 to $15
Details: (310) 243-3589; www.csudh.edu/theatre/tickets
Venue: California State University Dominguez Hills’ University Theatre, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson
Oct. 14
Cabaret
From the enigmatic Emcee, to the wounded Sally Bowles, to a mature couple dealing with the difficulties of the prevalent antisemitism that flourishes around them, these familiar characters will reignite the sense of despair and danger so commonly found in fascist regimes.
Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 14 through Nov. 18
Cost: $20.00 to $24.00
Details: www.lbplayhouse.org
Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Kill Climate Deniers
The global premiere of playwright and activist David Finnigan’s hyper-real story for the stage told in the style of an action film that looks squarely into our battle against man-made extinction. What happens when the unstoppable force of climate change meets the immovable object of politics?
Time: 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturdays, through Oct. 7
Cost: $15 to $25
Details: www.thegaragetheatre.org
Venue: The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach
Boeing Boeing
A zany French farce featuring the swinging bachelor Bernard and his three stewardesses – all engaged to him without knowing about each other. Turbulence abounds when airline schedules change and they all end up at his Parisian flat at the same time.
Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturday, through Oct. 21
Cost: $23 to $45
Details: https://shakespearebythesea.secure.force.com
Venue: Little Fish Theatre, 777 Centre St., San Pedro
Dracula
Celebrate the Halloween season with the Long Beach Playhouse in the company of the most classic monster ever to roam through literature, film, and stage – Count Dracula! As Lucy Seward succumbs to a mysterious illness which is draining her life force, her father and his long-time associate, Dr. Van Helsing hunt the true cause of her malady – a vampire stalking London.
Time: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 21
Cost: $20
Details: (562) 494-1014; www.lbplayhouse.org
Venue: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach
ARTS
Oct. 5
Diasporagasm
South Bay Contemporary Gallery in conjunction with Michael Stearns Studio 347 presents a co-
located multimedia exhibition Diasporagasm. This exhibit is curated by artist, Beyoncenista, the alter ego of April Bey. This exhibit acts as a performance bringing together melanated artists working in Los Angeles, Haiti, Ghana, the Caribbean and West Africa.
Drawing from the groundbreaking film Moonlight—a timeless story of human connection and
self-discovery, the curator appropriates, amends and recontextualizes the juxtaposition of art,
race and gender. The opening reception is from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 5.
Time: Oct. 5 through Nov. 18
Cost: Free
Details: (562) 400-0544
Venue: Gallery 347, 347 W. 7th St., San Pedro
Oct. 7
PUMP 2017
FLOOD, the artist group that brought Soundwalk to Long Beach for 10 years and recently inaugurated “soundpedro” at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, is pleased to announce PUMP (Public Urban Multi-Sensory Presentations). This arts festivalwill highlight works by over 50 emerging and mid-career artists from throughout Southern California.
Time: Oct. 7 through 21
Cost: Free
Details: lbpump.org
Venue: Various locations in Long Beach
Be the Change: Los Angeles Protest Photographs by Cindy Bendat, 2003-2017
This photography exhibition features 58 timely and incisive protest photographs by California photographer Cindy Bendat.
Bendat’s protest photographs in the exhibition reveal the visual power of people taking action in major protest movements in Los Angeles, including marches for immigrant rights, the Occupy movement, Black Lives Matter, Arab Spring, Burma freedom, anti-Iraq war/peace, labor unions and worker solidarity and the 2017 Women’s March.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, through Oct. 10
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 243-3588
Venue: California State University Dominguez Hills’ University Art Gallery, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson
17th Annual Frida Kahlo Artist Exhibit
Enjoy another awe-inspiring exhibit featuring several artists at Picture This Gallery. The opening reception night, from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 16, will include live musical performances featuring CASI SON and Omar Perez, as well as Frida look-alike contest.
Time: 12 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 31
Cost: Free
Details: (562) 233-3726
Venue: Picture This Gallery, 4130 Norse Way, Long Beach
blink•point
TransVagrant Projects and Gallery 478 are pleased to present blink•point, recent work by Ellwood T. Risk.
Risk is a self-taught artist who has been living and working in Los Angeles since 1992. Risk appropriates, alters, re-contextualizes, shoots (here and there) and re-presents the ordinary in unanticipated iterations. An artist’s reception is scheduled 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 9.
Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Nov. 25
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 600-4873; (310) 732-2150
Venue: TransVagrant Projects and Gallery 478, 478 W. 7th St., San Pedro
rebidishu III
Los Angeles Harbor College Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present rebidishu III, Recent Paintings by Katy Crowe.
Abstract art is often seen as carrying a moral dimension, in that it can be interpreted to stand for virtues ranging from order and purity, to simplicity and spirituality. In the case of Crowe, virtue is obtained by process and intuition.
Time: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, through Nov. 30
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 233-4411
Venue: Los Angeles Harbor College Fine Arts Gallery, 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington
COMMUNITY
Oct. 5
5th Annual San Pedro International Film Festival
Fifth annual festival featuring an eclectic mix of feature length and short films, including 1987’s Some Kind Of Wonderful (Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.), documentaries, panel discussions and special events.
Time: Oct. 5 through 15
Cost: $10
Details: http://spiffest.org
Venue: Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro
Oct. 7
Jessica Lang Dance
The award-winning choreographer and artistic director of Jessica Lang Dance seamlessly incorporates striking design elements and classical ballet vocabulary into artfully crafted, emotionally riveting, contemporary works.
Time: 8 p.m. Oct. 7
Cost: $99
Details: (562) 985-7000; www.CarpenterArts.org
Venue: Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 Atherton St., Long Beach
Oct. 7
Filipino American History Month Celebration
This month-long celebration in Carson showcases amazing talents and performing artists in music, creative arts, and other varied forms of entertainment from the Filipino-American community. Headlining this year’s event are The Filharmonic and Geneva Cruz.
Time: 9 a.m. Oct. 7
Cost: Free
Details: (310) 952-1743
Venue: CJMM Community Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson
Oct. 12
Many Winters Gathering of Elders
The Gathering of Elders Committee is excited to announce the revival of the annual Many Winters Gathering of the Elders. Indigenous elders from across Turtle Island will visit Tongva territory to share their traditional teachings and medicine.
Time: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 12 through 15
Cost: Free
Details: http://angelsgateart.org
Venue: Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3601 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro