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 [...]
To all concerned with Long Beach Opera’s production of Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Orpheus and Euridice”: Greetings. I attended the February 19, 2008, performance “Orpheus and Euridice”. Let me blow right past a heartfelt but admittedly generic “Bravo!” and mention a small number of the specific things for which I’d like to commend you: *The score [...]
by Sander Roscoe Wolff Lili de la Mora will be performing with The Year Zero at {open} at 9 PM on Tuesday, January 29th. Sharing the bill is Katie The Pest, and Yellow Fever from Texas. On the 31st they’ll be playing at The Prospector with Forcefield On and Two Guns. Over the course of [...]
…and You Missed It By Greggory Moore I had never heard of Jonathan Richman—by name, anyway (see below)—and dropped by {open} on December 1 really just to say hello. The show had begun promptly at (or near) its scheduled 8 p.m. start time and was already underway as I stepped through the door. Although I [...]
A conversation with Hooray for Humans founders Robert Garza, Bryan Schnelle, and Michael Wysong. by Sander Roscoe Wolff Hooray for Humans is a Long Beach based art collective, created by Robert Garza, Bryan Schnelle, and Michael Wysong. What started as a simple plan to document informal conversations that first evolved into podcast interviews with local [...]
A Conversation with Stan DeWitt by Lynne Finley (Special to LongBeachCulture.org) The Grace First Concert Series began with the idea that a venue for live music on the east side of Long Beach would be a good addition to the city’s existing cultural opportunities. Now preparing for the fourth season, Stan DeWitt, Grace First’s music [...]
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, [...]
by Sander Roscoe Wolff Marisa Predisik is the intelligence behind the upcoming one-night art extraveganza titled “Moedog Darling’s Gallery of Oddities.” On Saturday, June 30th, from 6 – 11 PM Koo’s Art Center will be transformed into an Art Show, Sideshow, and CD Release Party. Marisa’s paintings and drawings of human sideshow oddities will be [...]
by Sander Roscoe Wolff From her days playing drums on tour with 2 Unlimited (their big hit was Get Ready For This), music has always had an important role in the life of Monica Fleming. Right now, she’s preparing for her first solo gallery exhibition, titled Colour Music, which opens this Saturday, June 2nd, at [...]