Special Olympics Southern California just hosted its Summer Games June 11-12, using Cal State Long Beach as its venue for the 19th year in a row. Special Olympics is hosted in over 170 countries and has 4.5 million athlete participants across the globe. Every state has its own officially recognized[Read More…]
Arts & Life
Content that focuses on popular culture, local art and music, entertainment and the events. Common topics include lifestyle, television and film, theater, music, video game, food, etc
Fighting for the persecuted
Lorn Films, a local film production company, is hosting an intimate live performance of their screenplay “175” to gain exposure for a script many years in the making, highlighting the cruelty gay men faced in Nazi Germany. The focus group performance will be at the Hacienda Ruan restaurant on June[Read More…]
Daily deals calender
Long Beach’s showcase of tourist attractions is a part of what keeps this city thriving. Visitors come through and empty their wallets at the local hotspots, boosting the income of the many restaurants and bars – as well as the thousands of people employed in the industry. There are enough[Read More…]
Fulbright awarded to professor Alexander Klein
Cal State Long Beach is home to renowned faculty and accomplished professors, one of whom is philosophy professor Alexander Klein, who was recently was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research for the next nine months at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Klein was in the Andrew[Read More…]
Joe Sanders receives songwriting award
Long Beach has been home to a handful of popular musicians in rock and hip-hop, but after studying classical music at Cal State Long Beach, Joe Sanders has put Long Beach musicians on the map once again – this time in the classical music genre. The John Lennon Songwriting Contest[Read More…]
Alice Through the Looking Glass review
“Alice Through the Looking Glass” (2016) is a continuation of a mystical tale entering the magical abyss of “Underland,” which the protagonist refers to as “Wonderland.” Tim Burton’s sequel to his 2010 film based on the original Disney animation “Alice in Wonderland” (1951) and influenced by the author Lewis Carroll[Read More…]
Delectable destinations
With spring break around the corner bringing a week to relax and enjoy exploring the city, a few options to eat out at can be found around Long Beach. The Original Park Pantry is one restaurant to go visit with friends or family. It is a restaurant that has been[Read More…]
Listen, experience and have fun
As music filled the room, people danced, ate and walked around to view art or drawings. These are only a couple descriptions that can be used to describe the Tierra de Oro annual art show. Tierra de Oro is an art show that is hosted by La Raza Student Association.[Read More…]
J’adore le Francophonie
As the aroma of freshly made crepes filled the hallway of the Academic Services building, students learned about French history through poster boards and student presentations as they walked around the Francophonie festival held by the French Club on Saturday. The festival was a collaboration between the Cal State Long[Read More…]
The dog day is over
As students walked to and from classes yesterday afternoon, stressing about upcoming final exams, their worries were forgotten for a while with a little help from man’s best friend. Pause 4 Paws, which was held on the Health and Human Services lawn, brought therapy dogs to Cal State Long[Read More…]