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Three day Juneteenth celebration planned by two Long Beach organizations
Two local organizations, The CRayProject and Urban Society Long Beach, have partnered to host a three-day celebration of…
From sweat box to black box: Long Beach Shakespeare Company celebrates 20th anniversary with ‘homecoming’ themed season
The Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary at its Bixby Knolls location with a…
These donut pipes help fight deportation
When Vanndearlyn Vong was thinking of creative ways to raise funds for the Long Beach South East Asian…
Training in the art of the motherland: Kali Kollective reintroduces Long Beach to Filipino martial arts
Dante Mapanao’s love for martial arts began during his childhood in Long Beach, but as a young Filipino…
Amarte keeps Mexican tradition, ancestry close to the heart with new storefront in Long Beach
When customers walk into the unmarked, unassuming red building on Bellflower Boulevard, they are immediately engulfed by a…
For the first time, City of Long Beach publicly celebrates Vesak Day
A crowd of over 60 people joined Buddhist monks from 12 Long Beach temples in front of City…
Local teens asked to send in artwork that will hang in Long Beach libraries during Pride Month
Artists between the ages of 11 and 18 are invited to submit their artwork until May 27 for…
Bel Canto Books and Long Beach Public Library prepare for Festival of Asian American + Pacific Islander Books
Filipina-owned bookstore Bel Canto Books has partnered with the Long Beach Public Library to hold the city’s first…
Local veterans take first place awards at National Veterans Creative Arts Competition
Five military veterans from the Long Beach Veteran Affairs Medical Center won first place awards at the National…
New exhibit at Rancho Los Cerritos looks at how Mexican Californians define home
Rancho Los Cerritos’s newly-debuted yearlong exhibit “Roots in California: Concepts of Home” focuses on the experiences of Mexicans…