Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Bartenders Guild closes a gap in the local hospitality industry that’s existed for too long
Yes, amid the tables lined with pours of various tequilas and mezcals from Nosotros—a tequileria and mezcaleria that has bases in both Jalisco and...
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A gem of queer history lost: Long Beach LGBTQ+ pioneer Bob Crow dies
After a struggle with stage four lung cancer, Long Beach gay pioneer Bob Crow—one of the founding members of Long Beach Pride, Long Beach's largest event minus the Grand Prix—has died at the age of 78.
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The ghosts are back: Queen Mary’s paranormal tours return with ‘Grey Ghost Project’ (research team attached)
The ghosts are ready to be discovered again as The Queen Mary unveils its first paranormal tours in over three years.
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CSULB’s latest installation cements it as Long Beach’s finest collection of sculptures
The installation—the first sculpture unveiled on the campus's grounds in nearly 30 years—is a testament to the university's dedication to creating one of the region's most rich collection of freely accessible sculptures, now totaling nearly 20 formal sculptures spread across the CSULB campus.
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Long Beach Lost: DTLB’s ‘Gray Ghost’ was an art deco masterpiece that could have been a library
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings and spaces that have either been demolished or were never even in existence—including the forgotten tales attached to existing places. 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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Long Beach Mayor proposes an amphitheater near the Queen Mary—which makes perfect cultural sense
While there were many things to be considered in Mayor Rex Richardson's proposed budget for 2024, one of the most culturally significant things isn't being heavily highlighted.
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Not as safe as we think: Why are so many fatal crashes in Long Beach being left out of data?
City, state, and federal governments depend on fatal crash data to determine which streets and arterials need money invested into making them safer—but how they can do that soundly when the data is faulty?
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‘Haunting of the Queen Mary,’ filmed aboard Long Beach’s famed ship, gets trailer and release date
A decade in the making and filmed on the actual ship itself, the horror flick will hit theaters and streaming services come Aug. 18.
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Meet the artists altering the city’s artistic landscape for Long Beach Walls 2023
Long Beach Walls has taken one ethic—that art shouldn't be confined to museums or galleries but accessible to all—and created one of the country's best outdoor art collection.
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Long Beach Pride to have a first of its kind, thanks to Jewels: A stage entirely dedicated to the art of drag—all types of...
In what is thought to be a first of its kind, as the country continues to battle over the art of drag, Long Beach Pride is doubling down with a stage dedicated entirely to drag during its two-day festival.
