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“28 Plays Later” = 21st-Century Vaudeville

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 […]

An Open Letter to Long Beach Opera, et al.

( Art and CenterStage and Community and Culture and Events and Multi-Media and Music and Reviews and Theatre )

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 itself is […]

Opera at the Belmont Pool

( Art and Culture and Events and Multi-Media and Music and Previews and Theatre )

By Greggory Moore
For three nights in February, Long Beach Opera is mounting a bold production of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool.
Recently arrived from his native New York and sitting in a Sunset Beach diner, Gordon quotes from the libretto and reflects on the circumstances surrounding the opera’s composition:
“‘As […]

Unit E Gallery & Utopia Restaurant present John Hillis Sanders

“Three”
Site-specific installation by John Hillis Sanders
June 20– Aug 20, 2006
Unit E Gallery 117 Linden Ave # E Long Beach, CA 90802
Gallery Hours: By appointment (562)432-6888
Opening Reception at Utopia
Saturday June 24, 3 – 6 pm
“Three” Video and Photographs are available for viewing at Utopia
Mon – Fri 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and 5:00 – 9:30 pm […]

Last Saturday Video

( Culture and Events and Multi-Media and Music and Reviews and Visual Art )

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 Linden […]

Carpenter Center Season Announced

( Culture and Dance and Events and Multi-Media and Music and Previews and Theatre )

We’re fortunate to have many wonderful performance venues here in Long Beach. The Carpenter Center is certainly one of them. They recently announced their ‘06-’07 lineup:
The new season captures the magic, beauty, and exhilaration of the world’s cultures, and theatre’s ability to transport us to far away places. Celebrate with us the resilience […]

Localizing Politics in Long Beach: Getting Street-Level in the Second District

By Greggory Moore
If all politics is local (as was once asserted by former House Speaker “Tip” O’Neill), it is the actions on the streets that agglomerate to form the whole of our political reality. With this in mind, on May 6 {open} hosted a screening of Street Fight, the Academy […]