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Mangia 562: Meet the Long Beach food lovers delivering warm lasagnas to those who deserve it
Manga 562 has one simple goal. To deliver a par-cooked tray of lasagna to a person or family whose peers think they're deserving of it.
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Meet Anne Bergstedt, the alleged Long Beach rental scam artist whose cover is being blown
Anne Bergstedt goes by many names and many professions—her most perturbing being the alleged scamming of renters throughout the region.
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Long Beach Lost: The municipal auditorium that hosted everyone from Judy Garland to Elvis Presley
The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium was 8,000-person exhibit hall that would host everyone from Elvis Presley to Judy Garland.
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It’s A Drag to Give returns to bring the gayest of holiday cheers to Downtown Long Beach
After a five-year hiatus, the queer-meets-philanthropy celebration that is It's a Drag to Give is back in all its campy, glam, fierce glory come Saturday, Dec. 7.
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The Breakfast Bar’s expansion is part of a growing trend in expanding DTLB’s ability for events
The Breakfast Bar's latest expansion at its Downtown location isn't solely for seating more patrons. That is, of course, part of the goal. But the larger goal of Catering & Events Manager Angela Roman's space is much more significant.
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Jin from BTS chooses Long Beach’s Retro Row as backdrop for new music video
Jin of BTS opted for Long Beach's Retro Row to be the opening backdrop for his first solo music video, "Running Wild."
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Snoop Dogg—after years of teasing—announces Dr. Dre-produced ‘Doggystyle’ homage album, ‘Missionary’
Snoop Dogg has been teasing "Missionary"—the Dr. Dre-produced album that is meant to be an homage to Snoop's 1993 masterpiece and debut, "Doggystyle"—for years....
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Dave Chappelle and Killer Mike to end U.S. tour at Terrace Theatre in Long Beach
Comedian Dave Chappelle and Run the Jewels member Killer Mike have partnered for a seven-city stand-up-meets-hip-hop tour. And the aptly titled "Still Talkin That Sh*t!" tour's last stop will be Long Beach.
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Taco Death Match 2024: Meet the passionate artists bringing La Catrina to life
For the artists who bring La Catrina to life, it is much more than just bringing a symbol to fruition.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to Art Theatre Long Beach—with very new, very queer shadow cast
After a 30-year presence at The Art Theatre of Long Beach with Midnight Insanity, a new shadow cast—wittily dubbed Bit of Mustard—has relaunched monthly midnight showings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
