Culture

The 2020 Songbook UnGala: Long Beach Opera commissions new classical music to fundraise for 2021

A typical annual fundraising gala for Long Beach Opera goes something like this: there’s a big swanky party, with donors…

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Pie Times

The message of Thanksgiving is rooted in a story about a diverse group of people cooperating with one another in…

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Supervisor Hahn Calls on California Film Commission to Reward Diversity in Film Tax Credit Program

Hahn hopes for this program to be modeled off the diversity requirement announced in September by the Academy of Motion…

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Birds: It’s For the Stuffing

Thanksgiving, as we observe it today, doesn’t have much in common with the original feast of 1621. The temperature of…

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Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum Launches Material Concerns: Acquisition Fundraiser

Material Concerns ticket packages will include two VIP passes to the re-opening party for the new museum in 2022. The…

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“Good Trouble” Makes a Portrait of a Change Agent

John Lewis’ life was too complex for any one movie — or book — to encompass it all. Dawn Porter’s…

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“Daisy” a Timely Document of the Advertising Shot Heard ‘Round the Political World

If you don’t know The Beatles, you cannot possibly understand the genesis of rock ‘n’ roll. But in both politics…

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Street Fare: Looking into Ray Carofano’s “Faces of Pedro”

“Shortly after moving to San Pedro, I became aware of the many different cultures and interesting people surrounding me,” he…

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Gladstone’s Comes to San Pedro’s West Harbor

The West Harbor development — the project for the former site of San Pedro’s Ports O’ Call that was initially…

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Arts Council for Long Beach Announces City of Long Beach Covid Relief Fund Partnership

Since May 2020, the Arts Council dedicated over $50,000 to a relief fund and the city’s allocation continues this much…

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