Culture & Commentary
Through hell and back: How Right Mealz got three U-Hauls of supplies to first responders and evacuees
For Right Mealz owner Chris Sweeney, getting donations proved easier than delivering them to the right place.
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Remembering Isa Rached: Long Beach queer advocate dead at 38
Isa Rached, co-owner of The "B" Room in Downtown Long Beach and longtime queer advocate, passed on Jan. 2 from a brain aneurysm that occured on Dec. 30.
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Food, culture, art, Long Beach: Top Longbeachize stories of 2024
2024 was a definitively wild year—and yes, that certainly includes craziness and joy here at Longbeachize.
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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.
