Culture

Standard-Issue “A Christmas Carol” Still Reminds Us How to Be a Better People

Before A Christmas Story, before the classic claymation ofRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, even beforeIt's a Wonderful Life, Charles Dickens’sA Christmas…

3 years ago

A Lobster’s Tale: Why Recreational Anglers are so Interested in the California Spiny Lobster

Unless you have had American lobster straight out of the Atlantic sitting on a pier in Maine, as well as…

3 years ago

Newly Elected ARTSLB Board President Says Art Is Essential

Johnson, making the case for preserving arts funding, called arts and culture essential services and noted they are directly tied…

3 years ago

Tedious “Love and Information” Has Nothing Substantive to Say About Either

In a 1986 New York Times think piece, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt provides a concise explanation of what literary critics call the…

3 years ago

The Color Orange: From Purée to Soufflé

It is, however, a precursor to Vitamin A, which is good for vision, which will help you see that orange…

3 years ago

Shakespearean “Puppet Play with People” Goes All-In on Silly

Yeah, it’s sorta Shakespeare — despite the preponderance of original text, the program’s “adapted from” gets it right — but…

3 years ago

Long Beach Briefs: Youth Poet Laureate Program and Council Approves Economic Development Draft Blueprint

These opportunities aim to provide youth poets with the experience, platform, and confidence needed to make arts-activism a lifelong practice.

3 years ago

Ted Twine: Deep Flat Theory organized by PVAC

The phrase “deep flat” suggests a coexistence of oppositional or contrasting characteristics, like universal/personal, hard/soft, bright/muted, serious/humorous.

3 years ago

Random Happening: LB International Tamales Festival Returns in Grand Fashion

Long Beach Living announces the second annual Long Beach International Tamales Festival 2022, presented in collaboration with KCRW, Lola’s Mexican…

3 years ago

Searching for the Yellow Brick Road

There remains  a certain allure of the authenticity of the past, a reverence if you will, that attracts both artists…

3 years ago