Three actors dressed in black appeared from behind a curtain at center stage while Jason Derulo’s charmingly upbeat saxophone sample from his hit single “Talk Dirty to Me” blared through speakers. “Hey baby,” “I’d tap that,” “How you doin?” “Got a smile for me,” the actors yelled at Wednesday evening’s[Read More…]
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Nicholas Sparks adaptation ‘The Longest Ride’ raises the whitest flag
With snot flinging from his nostrils and his eyes burning red, the bull throws his opponent from his back before landing a gruesome head-butt, leaving his adversary in a coma. If this doesn’t sound like a scene from a magnificent love story, that’s because it’s not. It’s a scene from[Read More…]
‘Eyes Wide Open,’ but cover your ears
We almost have to commend Sabrina Carpenter for trying. Almost. The 15 year-old Disney Channel star’s Tuesday release, “Eyes Wide Open,” is a poor excuse for a pop album. “Eyes Wide Open” reminisces of early Taylor Swift and backburner Colbie Caillat. Its hopeful tone throughout becomes annoying and the songs[Read More…]
SoCal Corgi Nation hoard Huntington Beach
The stub-legged swarm of Welsch hounds waddled into Huntington Dog Beach, dragging their bellies in the sand for SoCal’s Corgi Nation’s ninth event on Saturday. Founded by a Long Beach-based married couple in October 2012, the community organization coordinates four meet-ups per year that include meet and greets with the[Read More…]
URGE’s annual self-love week touches on female masturbation
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right may B A Start to the perfect cheat-filled affair—with yourself. At United for Reproductive and Gender Equity’s female masturbation workshop on Tuesday, students at California State University, Long Beach took a tip from ‘90s Konami wisdom, swapping out game controllers for fingers,[Read More…]
Handing Out smiles at CSULB
See her, as she sits alone among a fray of scurrying students Pass her, and she will ask, in a soft voice, if you have change to spare Ignore her, and she will hurt but flash a smile anyway Listen to her, and she will tell you her story The[Read More…]
Baby shark season hits the Southern California coast
Surfers and beachgoers may find unexpected company in the ocean this season — and the new friends have about six fins and 50 rows of teeth. Baby Shark Season has officially begun off the Southern California coast due to warmer waters, Dr. Chris Lowe, professor and director of the California[Read More…]
Fingerprints Music store prepares for their largest Record Store Day on record
Music spreads like an airborne disease at the stroke of a screen, the flick of a finger. Finding it for free is even easier, with the guilty participants spanning all ages and occupations. It raises the question of why people even purchase music anymore. Yet nearly eight million records were[Read More…]
SoCal Corgi Nation hoard Huntington Beach
The stub-legged swarm of Welsh hounds waddled into Huntington Dog Beach, dragging their bellies in the sand for SoCal’s Corgi Nation’s ninth event on Saturday. Founded by a Long Beach-based married couple in October 2012, the community organization coordinates four meet-ups per year that include meet and greets with the[Read More…]
MOLAA hosts first inaugural Long Beach Zine Fest
With a wooden cane and a black messenger bag, the tall, bearded man wandered through the Museum of Latin American Art, sharing lyrical stories of his lone-wolf lifestyle with fellow storytellers. Hundreds of zinesters filed into the first Long Beach Zine Fest on Sunday, which offered a glimpse of the[Read More…]