Every summer, Hollywood seemingly prides itself on releasing reboots and remakes, trying to outdo the originals by constantly revisiting overused storylines and plots in an attempt to find that summer’s next big blockbuster. This year, just like the many summers before, is shaping up to also release its share of[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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No-Mans Land exhibit
Contrasting colors mixed in a seductive layout outline the landscape work of Alice Andreini in her gallery show titled “No-Mans Land.” In her pieces, she works to acknowledge and confront the spatial and ideological constructs and tendencies that shape her world, while still capturing the innocence of nature. Andreini[Read More…]
‘The Last Jedi’s’ first strike
The marketing campaign for the next installment of the Star Wars franchise began on Friday, when the first footage of “The Last Jedi” was revealed at Star Wars Celebration Orlando and quickly released to fans worldwide. The teaser was met with excitement by fans, and quickly surpassed 26 million views[Read More…]
Sneak peek of Earth Week
It’s not quite time to celebrate mom, but it is nearing that time of year we do something special for Mother Earth. International Earth Day is on April 22, but Cal State Long Beach Sustainability is bringing Earth Week to campus starting today, with events throughout the week leading up[Read More…]
Nicholas Kristof at CSULB
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and long-time New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof is coming to Cal State Long Beach tonight. Kristof is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. He is known as a writer and activist, often focusing his efforts uncovering[Read More…]
Drone alternative for CSULB parking enforcement
Camping out in an engineering classroom until midnight the night before competition was worth the dedication for the Stellar Aerial Robotics team, which won a $50,000 prize April 6 at Cal State Long Beach’s 2017 Innovation Challenge, for the creation of a license-plate recognition drone. Represented by seven members of[Read More…]
Fulbright Scholarship awarded to professor Shanti Pillai
The Cal State Long Beach houses some exceptional students, and some exceptional faculty, like assistant professor of Theatre Arts Shanti Pillai, who was recently awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research for nine months in India. Fulbright is a program that has aided in the academic growth of students and[Read More…]
Surviving and thriving at Coachella
College students ready to dance and run around the desert at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this weekend (or next), I hope you make your time there worth the hundreds of dollars you have undoubtedly spent in preparation for it. I was fortunate enough to plan my first[Read More…]
Entertainment and Media highlighted in the Industry Spotlight Series
Blizzard Entertainment, Live Nation, United Talent Agency; all of these businesses and more will be present at the Career Development Center’s Media and Entertainment Industry Spotlight Series on Thursday from 3-5 p.m. at Brotman Hall 250. “This is the second time we have done media entertainment as part of the[Read More…]
‘Ovarian Psychos’ film screening
The Department of Film and Electronics at Cal State Long Beach has organized a free screening of the 2016 documentary “Ovarian Psycos” in the University Theatre tonight at 7:30. The Ovarian Psycos Bicycle Brigade is a group of women who ride their bikes at night through the neighborhoods of east[Read More…]