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Watch Me Sports Bar—Long Beach’s first space dedicated to women’s sports—to open July 26
Watch Me Sports Bar (stylized Watch Me!)—which took over the former Playa Amor space earlier this year—will officially open Friday, July 26 at 4PM. And with that opening, brings Long Beach its first space solely dedicated to women's sports.
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Long Beach Lost: Bill Viola’s death reminds us we once owned the world’s most prominent collection of video art
Following complications with Alzheimer's, famed and pioneering video artist Bill Viola died—reminding us we (literally) gave away an important collection of art.
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Cool Cat Collective is the ultimate space for the cat lovers (and rescuers) of Long Beach
Long Beach's Cool Cat Collective is, indeed, the consummate cat lover space. The newest addition to 4th Street's growing business district as it sprawls beyond the confines of Retro Row, Cool Cat Collective is part humanitarian effort, part art space, part retail business that seeks to bring in All Things Kitty.
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An ode to Golden Burgers—and the immigrant-led diners that have long defined Long Beach and L.A.
Golden Burgers was a staple at the northeast corner of 4th Street and Junipero Avenue for over four decades. Part of the definitive SoCal...
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Compound Long Beach—the art-meets-food-meets-music hub—leans into its nonprofit roots
Compound Long Beach is many, many things: Art gallery. Restaurant thanks to The Union. Community hub for everything from wellness seminars to mini-markets. But the thing that people should know first and foremost is that it's a nonprofit.
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GUEST COLUMN: When the walls (almost) came tumbling down in Long Beach
Julia Huang reflects on the recent challenges and surprises encountered to organize Long Beach’s ninth annual urban art festival, Long Beach Walls.
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Long Beach Lost: The funky, weird ‘worm in a sock’ that was The Loop in DTLB
Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings—like the former Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, spaces, and cultural happenings that have have largely been erased, including the forgotten tales attached to existing places and things.
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Well-read: The Long Beach bookstore renaissance happening on 4th Street
The Long Beach bookstore is having an outright renaissance along the Retro Row stretch of 4th Street. And it's thanks to the love of the tangible slowly returning as people steer more healthily away from screens and towards the things of this earth. Especially the printed page.
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The city is waiving Long Beach block party fees (which is cool and culturally important)
Get ready to party—as in Long Beach block party. The city will waive the $100 fee for a neighborhood block party permit application, as well as the cost to rent street barricades, which can cost hosts hundreds of dollars.
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For Gabriel Iglesias, a Long Beach homecoming in pure Fluffy style
Yes, Gabriel Iglesias—known to the larger world as Fluffy—received his Key to the City from Mayor Rex Richardson last night. But instead of a...
