AN EDUCATION(AL) FILM
What Screening of film Race to Nowhere
Who Sponsored by the Longfellow PTA
Where Longfellow Elementary School, 3800 Olive Ave.
When Friday, June 10 at 7pm
More Info This award-winning documentary takes a look at the stresses faced by children and adolescents growing up in America today. It is food for thought for parents, teachers, school administrators and anyone else interested in today’s youth. It is rated PG-13, and therefore not appropriate for elementary school-aged children. Tickets are $10 online at rtnlongfellowlongbeach.eventbrite.com or $15 at the door.
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A CLEAN SWEEP
What Signal Hill Mayor’s Cleanup
Who City of Signal Hill staff and volunteers
Where Meet at Las Brisas Community Center, 2399 California Ave.
When Saturday, June 11 from 9am to noon
More Info Volunteers are asked to provide their own work gloves and extended grippers, if desired. The City will provide trash bags and has a limited number of gloves and grippers to lend for the cleanup. Call (562) 989-7341.
REMEMBERING ROSIES
What Screening of the 1944 film Since You Went Away
Who Sponsored by The Long Beach Rosie the Riveter Foundation
Where The Art Theatre, 2025 E. 4th St.
When Sunday, June 12 at 11am
More Info Tickets will be available at the door for a suggested contribution for the Long Beach Rosie the Riveter Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to develop and maintain the history of the women who worked on the home front in Long Beach during World War II.
FOR ART’S SAKE
What Family art-making workshop
Who Hosted by Friends of Signal Hill Cultural Arts
Where Discovery Well Park, 2200 Temple Ave.
When Sunday, June 12 from 2pm to 4pm
More Info Workshop will include a watercolor project for children ages 4 to 15 years and their family members. The free workshop provides families the opportunity to spend an afternoon utilizing their creativity while promoting an appreciation for the arts. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited to first 50 participants. Call the Community Services Department at (562) 989-7330 for detailed information. Â
FOUNDING FATHER
What Historical presentation
Who Historical impressionist Peter M. Small
Where Bellflower-Long Beach Elks Lodge, 16426 Bellflower Blvd.
When Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30pmÂ
More Info Small will portray George Washington, as he separates fact from myth about his life, from chopping down the cherry tree to the struggle for independence and the foundation of our republic. This portrayal and others grew out of Small’s love of history and while he taught history in the greater Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. areas. He has performed for a wide range of audiences, including at the Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Herbert Hoover, and George Bush Presidential Libraries and for the History Channel. To find out more about Small and his program, contact him at (949) 583-1905, historyalive5@hotmail.com, or history-alive.com/PeterSmall. Contact the lodge at (562) 866-3027.
