Culture & Commentary
Long Beach puts money toward becoming a ‘true live music city’—with hopes to help small biz
Long Beach might just become a live music-friendly city—and through policy change, not just aspirations.
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A decade of design: 6th & Detroit—Long Beach’s OG mid-mod haven—celebrates
6th & Detroit, Long Beach's OG mid-century modern outlet, is celebrating ten years of old-school furniture, interior design, independent fashion, and good ol' community connection.
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Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory
The 29th 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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Cafe Sevilla exits Downtown Long Beach; Ole takeover to open Mar. 29
Cafe Sevilla has formally vacated its Downtown Long Beach space, handing the reins to similar concept, Ole.
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Remembering Long Beach’s Wade Windsor
A pioneer in his own right, Long Beach has lost an immensely powerful soul with the death of Wade Windsor at age 45.
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Long Beach Hospitality Alliance created to urge ‘not patrolling well-operated businesses but the streets’
Long Beach Hospitality Alliance has one focus: To encourage patrolling of the streets, not well-operated small businesses.
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Slow Matter wants to become Long Beach’s next clay studio—it just needs a community boost
Slow Matter Studio, the forthcoming clay and pottery studio from Eloise Wood, is preparing to open at 3934 E. 4th St.
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This Long Beach pottery class wants you to recreate that famous ‘Ghost’ scene for Valentine’s Day
For a rare opportunity, Clay on First is asking couples to take on a single pottery wheel for their Toast-to-Ghost Valentine's Day classes.
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A true Long Beach hero lost: Shirley Raines dies at 58
Shirley Raines, the Long Beach woman who visited Skid Row with everything from makeup to food every Saturday, has died at the age of 58.
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Food, culture, art, Long Beach: Top Longbeachize stories of 2025
When it comes to cultural and urban happenings in the city, 2025 was a banner year—hence these incredible Long Beach stories.
