Tyva Kyzy all-women throat-singers of Tuva Performing at Woodruff Community Church Time and Date: 7:00 pm, Friday February 16th, 2007 Location: 3908 Woodruff Ave, in Long Beach, California Admission: $10.00 to $20.00 (sliding scale at the door – no one turned away) http://www.churchdog.org Tyva Kyzy (Daughters of Tuva) will present a special Shagaa (Tuvan New [...]
PACIFIC OVERTURES – LONG BEACH OPERA’S 29th ANNUAL GALA and AUCTION gourmet cuisine – appetizers, complete dinner with wine, beverages and dessert, open bar, jazz band, dancing, hundreds of items in Silent and Live Auctions. AUCTION ITEMS: A cruise to Alaska, trips to NYC and Sante Fe among others, restaurants, unusual outings, art, jewelry and [...]
September 13th: $have at The Writers Garage at DiPiazza The Writers Garage Features Neal Pollack performing and reading in this rare long beach appearance. Author of “Beneath the Axis of Evil: One Man’s Journey into the Horrors of War”, “Never Mind the Pollacks: A Rock and Roll Novel”, “The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature” [...]
By Greggory Moore “You guys were fantastic,” I said as I handed over $10 for C.O.M.A.’s CD immediately after they finished their set. “That was the greatest jazz performance I’ve seen.” What I meant by my embarrassed gush was not that I’m an expert on live jazz, nor that C.O.M.A. deserves to be summed up [...]
@ {open} 144 Linden Ave. Downtown LB 90802 562.499.OPEN // accessopen.com Friday, July 21st / 8:30pm / donation$ C.O.M.A. + Minus Radio info: C.O.M.A. (California Outside Music Associates) C.O.M.A. California Outside Music Associates inspired by the influences of Ornette Coleman and world music, blend sound creating a free expressive music. Originating from backgrounds in music [...]
We received the following: Allow me to introduce myself. I am Deb Barrett and work for Grace McNamara, Inc. We are producing a trade show at the Long Beach Convention Center August 15-17, 2006. I am writing in hopes that we might work with LongBeachCulture.org for some of our special event efforts for the show. [...]
By Greggory Moore Some musicians are looking to catch on as widely as possible, right down to finding that perfect group name and that catchy hook. None of these people were featured at {open} Saturday, as the two groups who played didn’t even bother with names, let alone “songs” or hooks. There were just five [...]
By Greggory Moore I had never heard of FOUND Magazine, and I’d never been a fan of “found art,” reading the side panel of a cereal box and such. So lame. But I was promised a good time, and so I showed up at {open} fashionably late but on time to see show #28 on [...]
Chase Frank, inventor of the Songwriter’s Supper Club that has thrived lo these many years at diPiazza’s, sent us this: June and July will be the last of Songwriters Supper Club. I am touring alot and soon I will be moving out of state and my time is short. It’s been a good run, don’t [...]
by Sander Roscoe Wolff At last Saturday’s Last Saturday event in the East Village Arts District, I wandered around and shot some video. I edited it down to about 5 minutes, and you can watch a rather large but low-res version of it here. The excitement was palpable as I wandered East on Broadway toward [...]