After three days, 76 films and many buckets of popcorn, it’s safe to say the inaugural Laguna Film Fest transformed the Laguna Nigel Regency Theater into a miniature Hollywood red carpet event. “I feel accomplished and tired,” said Austin Fickman, a Laguna Beach High School senior who founded the Laguna Film[Read More…]
Arts & Life
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Chalk it out
Kneepads strapped on and chalk sets at a ready, about 60 visual artists transformed Second Street’s typically grey sidewalks into vivid, living color. Passersby watched lifelike portraits of B.B. King, Bjork and Clint Eastwood, among others, come to life before their eyes as artists squatted, hunched over and laid down[Read More…]
Review: BØRNS’ ‘Dopamine’
You’re high when you listen, whether you like it or not. Michigan-native Garrett Borns embodies all that is Southern California, with a beach-y indie sound mixed with a splash of electric-pop. His first studio album, “Dopamine,” transports the listener to another world, where everything is cool as the Pacific Blue.[Read More…]
CSULB screens film about little-known police operation that resulted in 11 deaths
The California State University, Long Beach Film and Electronic Arts department is hosting a free screening of “Let the Fire Burn” along with a Q-and-A with director Jason Osder. The documentary recounts a confrontation that occurred on May 13, 1985 when a long-time feud between Philadelphia police and MOVE, a[Read More…]
Review: ‘Shakespeare in the Raw: Macbeth’
There is a very specific way a William Shakespeare play should be read—it shouldn’t. The 400-year old works of William Shakespeare have always been native to theatre first, text second. In “Shakespeare in the Raw: Macbeth,” the California State University, Long Beach University Players theater company portrayed the classic tragedy[Read More…]
The Culture Corner
Welcome to the Culture Corner, a recurring series focused on the homesickness, culture collision and assimilation that California State University, Long Beach’s international students experience. It’s a chance to learn about another culture and see your own through a different pair of eyes. Meet Ayman Alzahrani, a matriculated student from[Read More…]
CSULB MFA student puts the ‘T’ in community
In the very center of a room full of vivid colored garments on white walls, rows of yarn rolls are arranged in a rainbow color scheme. From the cloth hung on the walls and the yarn fixtures arrayed across the room, the art installation could double as a cat’s playhouse.[Read More…]
CSULB Student Films at Indie Film Festival
A down-on-her-luck woman attempts to rob a bank; a deadbeat father overcomes the guilt brought on by neglecting his overachieving son; a promiscuous woman reluctantly adopts her 12-year-old half-brother—all in the span of about 30 minutes. “Monica,” “The Impossible” and “Burning Memories” were some of the California State University, Long[Read More…]
Newly renamed JR JR band reincarnates
The band JR JR are straight from the underground. Having come a long way from playing in a basement studio in Michigan back in 2009, duo Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott recently released a self-titled album, their third in four years. When the pair met in Detroit and started collaborating,[Read More…]
Tacography of Long Beach
Taco fanatics: Worry not. Though your local taquistador has been bogged down with midterms this week, alas he has not forgot about you, faithful readers. Check in next week for an interview with a surprise taco scholar. For now, enjoy this week’s batch of reviews. Tacos El Toro De Long[Read More…]