By Greggory Moore The Museum of Latin American Art’s first-ever theatrical event was business as usual for Alive Theatre, who in their short existence have formed a habit of making non-traditional venues fit to their purposes, purposes that have ranged from the high literary to burlesque and camp. On March 29 it was José Rivera’s [...]
By Greggory Moore If you happened to check out both the Gazette and OC Weekly reviews of Alive Theatre’s 28 Plays Later, you’re probably very confused. As the Gazette has it, this is maybe the single greatest theatre experience ever, while the OC Weekly wants to warn you off of wasting precious minutes of your [...]
By Greggory Moore (originally published in The District Weekly — www.thedistrictweekly.com) If you are turned off by fictional reweavings of true events, and if on top of that you cut your literary teeth on James Joyce and consider Samuel Beckett a personal hero, aside from running the risk of being accused of pretentious snob, you [...]
The Creativity Network, in partnership with the Museum of Latin American Art, is presenting a first ever Community Television Special and Town Hall Meeting, Re-Imagining the Arts in Long Beach on Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 – 4 pm. Produced by Really Big Boom Productions in association with Charter Communications, the goals of this two [...]
On September 8th a group of talented local musicians will be sharing their gifts in an intimate acoustic performance at the Carpenter Center to raise funds in support of Arts programs for kids in Long Beach schools. Justin Hectus, one of the event’s organizers, and a long-time supporter of arts and music in Long Beach, [...]
If you want to teach a class at the Arts Park, there’s an application process. You can find information about existing classes, and the Instructor Application, here. We need to utilize the Arts Park so it can stay open. If you’ve not visited, it is located on East side of Elm Street, just South of [...]
Lots of folks teamed up to change the status of the Art Park on Elm, just South of Broadway, from being in a constant state of lock-down to now having regular hours. In order for this to continue, however, we need to encourage its regular use. A great way to encourage residential use of the [...]
By Greggory Moore A simple concept: sound artists gather to create a live score for short expressionistic films. And that’s all that happened. This will be a short review. This was my first experience of them, but apparently the Brothers Quay are well-known for their stop-action animation work (which has been featured on MTV, among [...]
Aleks Figuroa has an admirable goal: To bring an ancient art form to the East Village Arts District. Once viewed as low-brow and unsavory, tattoo art has become part of the zeitgeist, part of popular culture, and has developed a decidedly upscale clientele. Like many Cities, Long Beach has rather strict laws that restrict tattoo [...]
Presents Volunteer Village 2006: “Imagine the Difference Your Hour Can Make” What: The Greater Long Beach Directors of Volunteers (GLBDoV), a group convened by the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership, is presenting this free to the public event When: Thursday, October 12, 2– 7 pm Where: Alpert Jewish Community Center, 3801 E. Willow Street , Long [...]