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

A practical guide to carving a jack-o-lantern

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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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…]

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…]

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