Saturday, August 2, 2025

Culture & Commentary

Short films get their due at inaugural Tiny Film Fest in Long Beach

The idea behind Tiny Film Fest is simple: 61 films that are five minutes or less, shown in three programs of roughly an hour-and-a-half. Choose your segment and you'll get a variety of nearly every aspect of cinematic visual storytelling, from documentaries and animation to international shorts and straight-forward narratives.

Dark Art Emporium opens in its new East Village space in Downtown Long Beach

After it was announced that the Dark Art Emporium would be vacating its space inside The 4th Horseman pizzeria and into a new space in the East Village Arts District, time has sped by and the entire crew behind both projects have moved quickly as DAE is officially open for business in is new home.

Long Beach Lost: Club Sylvia, North Long Beach’s queer-fully odd, into-the-wee-hours drag bar

In this part of Long Beach Lost, we explore the history of Club Sylvia, nestled at the corner of 61st Street and Cherry Avenue in North Long Beach. It was the headquarters for drag queens—and for good reason.

‘Cambodian Cowboy’ to lead Cambodian New Year in Long Beach across three days; ends with food festival

Chef Chad Phuong is no slack when it comes to the annual celebration of the Cambodian New Year in Long Beach: Across four days beginning on Friday, April 5, he will host a variety of events that culminates with a food festival at Trademark Brewing that will be hosting some of the city's best representation Cambodian-American entrepreneurs and food creators.Camb

The disturbing, creepy history of Long Beach’s ‘Scorecard Killer,’ Randy Kraft

Following the recent news that, nearly 50 years after his death was falsely ruled as accidental and his body unidentified, Michael Ray Schlicht's body was identified. So we are revisiting the perturbing tale of Long Beach's "Scorecard Killer," Randy Kraft.

After nearly quarter of a century, Moonlight Movies on the Beach might not happen again

It's is nothing short of a Long Beach tradition, one steeped in our city's love for both shoreline events and the arts: Moonlight Movies—and after approaching nearly 25 years of serving the community, it might not just be a reality in 2024.

How the Long Beach Pinball League drives business, friendship, and connection

The Long Beach Pinball League not only interconnects budding and professional pinball enthusiasts alike, but also drives local business on nights that are typically slow and connects people with newly minted friendships.

Long Beach Art Scene: Show celebrates the rich history of LBSU Dirtbags

A gang of 12 artists—led by Long Beach artists Jon Brong and Jeff McMillan—are invading the Port Long Beach space off of Retro Row to showcase an art exhibit honoring the LBSU Dirtbags as they prepare for their annual rivalry game against the Fullerton Titans this weekend.

Long Beach Lost: The glorious, sad history of the late modern architectural masterpiece everyone hated

Seemingly uninviting and rubbing shoulders with the Brutalist architectural movement, the former Long Beach City Hall that opened in 1978 was one that was built by a dream team that included mid-mod master Edward Killingsworth and prolific Long Beach architect Don Gibbs.

Long Beach Last Call draws thousands across 10-day celebration of bar culture

Thousands of revelers—be they dancers or drinkers, in the industry or seeking to support it—came out in love for Long Beach Last Call: 15 events across 10 days of celebration in the name of our bar culture and the people behind one of our strongest social and economic drivers.
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