I’m not a Long Beach native. I’m from Moreno Valley, where I had a canyon in my backyard and the hike to the “M” on Box Springs Mountain is a rite of passage. So, when I first searched “hiking in Long Beach” on Google, I was a little disappointed that[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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An Evening with Common ignites audience
Grammy and Oscar winning rapper Common hasn’t just branched into acting both in movies such as “Selma” and “Suicide Squad,” and television shows like “Hell on Wheels,” but he is also an activist who brought his inspiring word to Cal State Long Beach. Common spoke to a packed audience of[Read More…]
CSULB’ s Contemporary Concert B highlights student works
Spoken word, fluorescent lighting and Rick Astley are just a few of the featured elements audiences can expect when Cal State Long Beach College of the Arts and Department of Dance presents “Contemporary Concert B” at the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater March 16-18. This dance concert showcases a collection[Read More…]
King of the Cinema
Hidden somewhere in the ocean lies a mysterious island where life isn’t affected by outside forces. Despite this, Hollywood keeps finding a way to visit this island over and over again. A move away from the classic 1930s-style theme, “Kong: Skull Island” doesn’t reinvigorate the typical King Kong formula. Instead,[Read More…]
Propaganda comes to CSULB
In the midst of a politically and socially tense era, Cal State Long Beach has become a place where many different opinions and views are openly expressed. It’s not hard to spot fliers for speakers and demonstrators sharing their voice on the current issues facing America. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of[Read More…]
CSULB presents ‘The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin’
In 1963, with a life surrounded by racism, police brutality and misogyny, Viveca Stanton prefers to see past all the hate in the world and pretends she is a white girl with straight hair, blue eyes and a great life. The gripping musical “The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds her Chameleon[Read More…]
‘The Zookeepers Wife’ wages war in Warsaw
Some people see injustice and stop at nothing to correct it, even if it means putting themselves and their livelihood in jeopardy. This is the tale behind “Whale Rider” director, Niki Caro’s latest film, “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” The film tells the true story the Żabiński Family, successful stewards of the[Read More…]
Power to the Pow Wow
Ceremonial regalia vibrant with color and the banging of ceremonial drums resounding throughout Cal State Long Beach introduced the 47th annual CSU Puvungna Pow Wow and Outreach. The festival took place on Saturday and Sunday and celebrated a wide variety of Native American cultures and traditions and included native foods,[Read More…]
Plugged in and tuned out
You’ve all seen them: a horde of music aficionados making their way around the Cal State Long Beach campus with something in common — their headphones seem like an almost permanent appendage connecting a music-playing device to their ears. There was a time where music was used as a means[Read More…]
Dance into spring with ‘We Can Swing’
Cal State Long Beach graduate Jamie Carr is helping bring art to local K-8 student communities by teaming up with Arts Alive, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to providing scholarships for young individuals studying in the visual and performing arts fields. Arts Alive will host its annual “We Can Swing”[Read More…]