Saturday, November 8, 2025

Culture & Commentary

For the love of Long Beach, do not name our upcoming baseball team the *^&!ing Coast or Parrots

Voting for the name of Long Beach's upcoming professional team ends Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hop on it before we end up regretting it.

The most Long Beach ending: Chef Luis Navarro wins inaugural Grand Prix Fixe competition

In what could only be described as the most Long Beach ending ever to the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix Fixe chef competition, long-standing veteran Chef Luis Navarro of Lola's took home the win against Chef Maxwell Pfeiffer of Sky Room.

Vinyl, Japanese goods, and Turbo Sonidero at Long Beach’s purely rad 4th Street Record Fair

Music lovers and vinyl collectors will want to head to Retro Row this weekend for the 4th Street Record Fair, a collaboration between Good Luck Vinyl Club, In Sheep’s Clothing, and Japonesia.

It was the staff—specifically Massimo Aronne and Chef Eric Samaniego—that made Michael’s on Naples a legend

Brian Addison's ode to Michael's on Naples, a restaurant that redefined food in Long Beach.

Twice Threaded—a used clothing store changing the game—uses Long Beach as launching pad

Twice Threaded—a new subsidiary of USAgain, one of the nation's leader in used clothing—will opt to use Long Beach as its flagship location.

Annual Long Beach tradition of screening original ‘Nosferatu’ with live score returns

The Art Theatre in Long Beach is marking Halloween tradition with a screening of the original "Nosferatu" with a live score.

Long Beach named third best coffee city in the country

Long Beach was placed behind Portland (#1) and Orlando (#2) as the best coffee city in the country by WalletHub.

Anti-LGBTQ vandalism outside Long Beach Pride building sparks concern

An array of anti-LGBTQ slurs, Nazi symbolism, and pro-MAGA rhetoric were used to vandalize an electricity box outside of the Long Beach Pride headquarters.

Queens on the Queen returns with drag aboard Long Beach’s biggest queen of all

Drag and decadence will collide once again aboard Long Beach’s most iconic vessel as “Queens on the Queen” returns for one night only on Monday, Sept. 8.

Long Beach Art Scene: QFilms returns, mural drive-thrus, more

There is plenty of news surrounding Long Beach’s art scene—here are the highlights. 
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