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Long Beach Art Scene: Dark Art Emporium’s ‘Nocturnal Dysphoria’ is masterfully macabre
The Dark Art Emporium—DTLB's heart for all things dark arts, crafts, and creatives—has brought on guest curator Cristina Rodriguez for their October group show, "Nocturnal Dysphoria."
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The $100 bagel and $85 calzone: Redefining (and questioning) luxury food in Long Beach
Yes, in Long Beach in 2024, there exists a $100 bagel at Olive & Rose and a calzone at Marlena costing you $85.
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Long Beach Art Scene: Much-loved DTLB Art Walk returns Oct. 12
The DTLB Art Walk is returning Oct. 12 thanks to some spearheading from the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.
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Dragula watch party, weekly drag show comes to DTLB’s 4th Horseman for all those dark queers’n’drag lovers
A Dragula watch party? At Long Beach's own horrorcore pizzeria, The 4th Horseman? Yes and yes. Long Beach drag misfit Girl Haggard will be...
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Long Beach Art Scene: With upcoming remake, Art Theatre to screen original ‘Nosferatu’ with live score
The Art Theatre Long Beach will be screening the 1922 horror classic Nosferatu with a live score by Jack Curtis Dubowsky.
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Long Beach Art Scene: Yes, there’s a Childless Cat Lady Art Works Show—or CCLAWS. And it’s everything you want.
One should not mess with cats or their owners. Or you shall rightfully receive the wrath. Like a full on, two-space exhibit dubbed the Childless Cat Lady Art Works Show (or CCLAWS) coming to Long Beach on Sept. 27.
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Long Beach Art Scene: With new executive director, Compound unveils group exhibit, ‘When the Veil Thins’
Compound, the Zaferia-based art-meets-food concept, has not only named a new executive director but will also be unveiling its first major group exhibit, When the Veil Thins, curated by artists Tofer Chin and Mari Orkenyi.
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Long Beach Art Scene: Cool Cat Collective launches Monster Cats art show
Oh yes, the Monster Cats art show is making its debut, Long Beach. Cool Cat Collective, the city's sole space dedicated to all things furry'n'feline.
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House music meets Burning Man: Lupe Fuentes leads Ascend on Pine block party
Calling all the house-heads and all the Burners: Ascend on Pine is coming to Downtown Long Beach on Sept. 6.
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A Signal Hill Model T race? Yes, there’s a Model T race up Signal Hill about to happen
The race where Model Ts attempted to climb up Signal Hill? It had been a tradition that once ran from the 1950s until the late 1970s. And in honor of Signal Hill's centennial, the race returns on Sept. 14.
