Greetings, boos and ghouls! Yes, I went there. Brace yourself for spook-tacular word play and realistic guidelines on carving yourself a gourdeous jack-o-lantern in preparation for Halloween. Step number fun: Acquire a pumpkin. I don’t care how you do it. Buy it, pick it from a patch, or bribe your[Read More…]
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An annual haunted house hosted by the Psychology Student Association will leave you sick with fright.
Going down… Ding! The California State University, Long Beach Psychology Student Association partnered with the National Psychology Honor Society to hold their fifth annual haunted house in the basement of the psychology building. The theme this year is “Hotel Quarantine” and involves a creepy bellhop, a gaggle of “infected” hotel[Read More…]
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Thursday Oct. 29 4th Annual “A Nightmare on Pine St.” Sevilla Night Club 140 Pine Ave. Long Beach Line starts at 8 p.m. 18+ $13 – 20.40 Friday Oct. 30 Moonsville Collective CD Release Ramble & Costume Party Howl 237 Long Beach Blvd. Unit C Long Beach 6 – 11[Read More…]
Return from the Dead
Happy death day to you. Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a holiday that celebrates the lives of relatives deceased. The holiday is most often recognized by colorful “sugar skulls,” which are usually adorned with vivid colors and traditional Day of the Dead patterns. The[Read More…]
Long Beach local musician BREATHERRR is releasing his first music video on Halloween
Musician Michael Espinach, who goes by the stagename BREATHERRR, is a California State University, Long Beach alumnus who is making ripples in Long Beach’s psychedelic music scene. The Daily 49er put on their swim caps and goggles and plunged into BREATHERRR’s world for a talk about his sound, what he’s[Read More…]
Black hair politics and how hairdos can un-define
The flashy colors, crocheted illusions, whimsical wavy textures and coiled kinks of Black women’s hair have been the object of enchantment, awe and even controversy. For all those whose childhood did not include a particular emphasis on hair, like extensive upkeep, social stigma and involuntary cultural significance, Black woman’s hair[Read More…]
Long Beach Zombie Walk
News alert: On Saturday, zombies broke free from the exclusion zone located at Rainbow Lagoon Park. The brain-hungry living dead stalked the streets in and around The Pike, searching for victims to infect. For the unsuspecting shoppers and diners caught in the path of the annual Long Beach Zombie Walk,[Read More…]
Spying into the mind of Steven Spielberg
Like many of us speed-walking up a sweat, a young, shaggy-haired Steven Spielberg found himself victim to parking woes, 10 minutes too late during his first go-around pursuing a bachelor’s degree in English at California State University, Long Beach. “I remember I was late for my very first class on[Read More…]
Review: Toxic Boy’s ‘Troubled’
Toxic Boy’s debut album “Troubled” opens with an eponymous force of fuzz full of slacker growls that verge on the Cobain-esque. While Toxic Boy, whose real-life name is Andy Groke, may at times exude punk bravado, in his quieter moments he reveals himself to be an introspective over-thinker. Vice gripped[Read More…]
‘The Martian’ is out of this world
Every young child’s dream of exploring another planet quickly turns into a nightmare of unfathomable despair as a man is left behind alone on the harsh landscape of Mars. Houston, we have a problem. In a testament to human ingenuity, “The Martian,” based on the novel by Andy Weir, pulls[Read More…]