Culture & Commentary
Amid Trump-blamed loss of title sponsorships, Long Beach Pride 2025 features no headliners, scales down
Long Beach Pride 2025 is facing massive uphill battles with its festival, one of the longest-running Pride festivals in the nation.
Culture & Commentary
With acclaimed performers Caminos Flamencos, Telefèric cements itself as Long Beach’s properly Spanish space
With monthly performances from acclaimed duo Caminos Flamencos, Telefèric cements itself as Long Beach's premier Spanish space.
Culture & Commentary
Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory—and the timing is important
The 28th annual Easter Walk Long Beach will continue its tradition of uplifting those in need, celebrating queerness, and connecting businesses with patrons—all in a pair of heels.
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Long Beach coffee pioneer Wade Windsor faces cancer, Lyme disease; family seeking help
Wade Windsor, the charming, affable, kind coffee pioneer who brought Long Beach some of its first taste of third-wave coffee with the (much-missed) Lord Windsor in Alamitos Beach, is facing one hell of an uphill battle.
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Queer-owned retail space Adelita’s Revenge is becoming a hub for Long Beach’s marginalized
From sound baths and full moon healings to Spanish classes and film screenings, Adelita's Revenge is becoming a central hub to better connect marginalized people.
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After 15-year presence in Downtown Long Beach, Fingerprints Music to move to Bixby Knolls
After a 15-year presence in DTLB, music and record stalwart Fingerprints Music will move to Bixby Knolls come April.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The gentleman’s club that opened with a five-day long party and bankruptcy
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings, places, and things that have either been demolished, are set to be demolished, or are in motion to possibly be demolished—or were never even in existence. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
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Ways to escape the city without ever having to actually leave Long Beach
There are ways to escape Long Beach without leaving Long Beach—and they require nothing more than a bit of exploration with transit, your feet, your bike, or your wheelchair.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Art Scene: L.A. artist Fay Ray to unveil exhibition at Compound; current group show leaving Feb. 9
In the space's first large solo exhibition, Compound will bring on L.A.-based, feminist-meets-machinist artist and sculptor Fay Ray come Feb. 15.
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This Lunar New Year snake game is projected onto a Long Beach building—and yes, you can play it
Intertrend in Long Beach honors Lunar New Year with an interactive, playable version of the old-school snake game found on phones during the late 1990s and 2000s.
