Culture

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

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

Typically, the Garage Theatre fill their year-end spot with lite fare. For several seasons this was an original multipart melodrama…

3 years ago

California Has A New Poet Laureate

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom Nov. 18 appointed Lee Herrick to serve as California’s 10th Poet Laureate. Herrick, 52, of…

3 years ago