By Porschia Baker Special to LBC Constructing community bridges linking creativity, unity and education, the Westside Mural Project proves reputation alone is not enough to assume you know the Westside of Long Beach: there is always a story painted behind stories. Located on the Westside of Santa Fe Avenue, on a cement wall between 23rd [...]
Live at {open} (2226 E. Fourth St.), June 23rd ’07 By Greggory Moore A confession: I am not the biggest fan of live music. That’s why I didn’t catch all of this show: three bands in one night is a bit much for me. And so I ambled in partway through opener Wayne Everett and [...]
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 Greggory Moore I’ve already written two stories about oto for these pages (and one for the Gazettes), so scroll down for a fuller description (or just go to www.otosound.net or myspace.com/otosound to hear them for yourselves). On this night, it was Hiro (guitar), Boon (drums, guitar), and Tai (xylophone, melodica, percussion); with Rie currently [...]
By Greggory Moore May 26 was {open}’s grand opening at its new location. The evening’s official start time was 7 p.m. At that time you couldn’t tell anything had started; there was just a small number of people milling about, hunched over books, etc. But soon DJ Pur One was set up and spinning, and [...]