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 by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 02.08.12 Perhaps you're upset that yesterday the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional. If so, that makes you Scarlet and me Rhett -- because frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. ...more  by Greggory Moore | Staff Reports | 02.06.12 Long Beach has not been a major hub in the Occupy movement. Although you wouldn't always know it from police interest, aside from the first couple of nights at Lincoln Park, and with the notable exception of the "Occupy the Ports" event and a couple of city council meetings, Occupy Long Beach has suffered from low turnout. ...more Heeding the Call for Honest Conversations about Racism (During Black History Month, and Always) by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 02.02.12 When speaking to a group of Long Beach Rotarians yesterday, the first day of Black History Month, Terrence Roberts, once upon a time a member of the "Little Rock Nine," urged us to be truly honest when talking about racism. ...more  by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 02.01.12 Greggory Moore discusses the use of credit/debit card transactions and the detriment is causes to local, small businesses....more Vestar Property Management Shows Compassion, Doesn't Want to Talk About It by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.31.12 Maybe you saw it last fall on Facebook or Care: a petition circulated by Caring Friends Cat Rescue with the aim of stopping Vestar Property Management from destroying a feral cat colony that has been in the Long Beach Towne Center for the last 12 years. ...more  by Daniel DeBoom | Steal My Soul | 01.30.12 Fingerprints Music once again brought a legend of the music/art world - Lou Reed this time - to their store on 4th St. for a meet n’ greet with fans that concluded with a brief spoken word performance....more Long Beach Camerata Singers Host Annual Bach Festival by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.27.12 The Long Beach Camerata Singers are kicking off the new year in celebration of Bach, Blues and more with the 38th annual Long Beach Bach Festival. ...more A Day in the Life of a Long Beach Firefighter by Samuel Lippke | The Lippke View | 01.26.12 As a documenter of life I've found people would rather document only the easy and glamourous parts of life. So I've set out to document the intricate parts of real people's lives, the struggles, the risks and the things that matter. In this instance I had the pleasure of spending 24 hours with Bryan Wade, a Long Beach Firefighter....more "Don't do it, it's Carbicide!" by Jack Mapes | Strong Beach | 01.26.12 Last year, the Press-Telegram reported on a study that looked at the obesity rates of over 5,000 Long Beach Unified Students. Among the key findings, 35% of 7th graders are obese. And my friends, adults are not far off. Why?...more  by Sander Roscoe Wolff | | 01.25.12 Ulrich Krieger, one third of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio, is an innovative composer and improvisor. He's also a professor of composition and sax at the California Institute for the Arts. Lou Reed is visiting Long Beach this Friday, with stops at Fingerprints in the afternoon, the University Art Museum, and then the Carpenter Center for an evening of on-stage conversation with famed producer/engineer Bob Ezrin. I interviewed Krieger because, at least to me, he is a bit more interesting, and certainly less interviewed. ...more  by Sander Roscoe Wolff | | 01.24.12 caryn desai is Artistic Director and producer for the International City Theatre, which is celebrating more than a quarter century of creative excellence in Long Beach. Here, she speaks about the new season, and the benefits, challenges and opportunities of sustaining live theater in Long Beach....more  by Judy & Kate | Pet Post | 01.24.12 The search and hiring process for the new ACS manager is on its way to completion....more LBPD Reads the Long Beach Post, Follows Up on Potential Bike Theft by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.23.12 If we ever wondered whether the Long Beach Police Department reads the Long Beach Post, we can now answer that question in the affirmative, as within 48 hours of the appearance of "How Interested Are Long Beach Police in Bicycle Theft?" a South Division lieutenant contacted me to apologize for the matter's having fallen through the cracks -- and more importantly, to determine whether in fact the guy I had in mind was a bicycle thief....more  by Sander Roscoe Wolff | | 01.20.12 Art inspired by Victorian era technology and Sci-Fi are featured in two galleries inside Warehouse 1333....more Garcia, MoLAA to Host Free En La Noche Tomorrow Night by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.18.12 Councilmember Robert Garcia and the Museum of Latin American Art host “En La Noche” tomorrow night, Thursday January 19, from 6:30pm-10:00pm at MoLAA, 628 Alamitos Ave. The event is cosponsored by MOLAA and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and is free and open to all Long Beach residents. ...more  by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.17.12 Sipology was gritty-gorgeous, a split-level piece of open floor-planning with an aesthetically pleasing, lived-in look, its upstairs tables giving out on a lovely view of the East Village from the Broadlind corner the coffeehouse occupied. What was going on beneath the surface was far less pretty....more Long Beach Education Foundation Appeals to Community to Save Middle School Sports by People Post | People Post | 01.16.12 There are many victims of the economic downturn that began four years ago. From infants to those in their later years, the impact is widespread and often constitutes a significant change in people’s lives....more Sounds & Spaces Takes Chamber Music to Unexpected Locations by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.16.12 Experience astonishing chamber music in unexpected architectural sites of Long Beach when the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra presents Sounds & Spaces, a series of free ongoing chamber music concerts featuring the LBSO Chamber Players - members of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra - performing in architecturally intriguing locations that celebrate the beauty and character of Long Beach. ...more  by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.11.12 On January 10, St. Mary Medical Center awarded $102,748 in grant funds to assist eight Long Beach non-profit agencies at a luncheon held in their honor at the John Parr Health Enhancement Center on the campus of St. Mary Medical Center....more  by Samuel Lippke | The Lippke View | 01.10.12 Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster gave his yearly State of the City address on January 9, 2012....more  by Brian Addison | Long Beach News | 02.07.12 Coffee is never just coffee, as Brian Addison starts his three-part series that examines coffee roasting, coffee serving, and coffee pairing throughout Long Beach's best houses of caffeination....more  by Judy & Kate | Pet Post | 02.03.12 You’ve seen them on the street dividers, on sidewalks in front of businesses, in shopping centers— people who live on the street or in hidden enclaves for a number of reasons. Sometimes, there are dogs with them, or even a cat. You may be torn between thoughts of “I have to give them something, or that animal will starve” or “How dare they play with my emotions?” or “What are they doing with a pet anyway?” ...more A Boxer Uses History to Give Back by Brian Addison | Long Beach News | 02.02.12 Anthony Skalberg opens a third DG location at Pine Avenue and 7th Street in the town he was raised in, all in the hopes that the location will help the citizens of the inner city. Following an injury and unable to pursue his dreams of continuing in professional fighting, this seemed the obvious thing to do for him....more Negotiating Long Beach: How to Survive an Ailing Economy by Brian Addison | Long Beach News | 02.01.12 Exactly one month has passed in 2012 and it is hard to swallow that we are still in dire economic times. If you add up the expenses you spent last month, would you be able to make the following -- and rather audacious -- statement: "I saved over $1400 on everything from auto repairs to groceries by negotiating"?...more Floyd "the Man" Livingston: Steve Neal's Long Beach Communicator by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.30.12 In August 2010, when Long Beach native Floyd Hampton Livingston -- better known to many as 562 City Life's "the Man" -- got a call from Rex Richardson, chief of staff to then-newly-elected 9th District Councilmember Steven Neal, Livingston wondered if he was in some sort of trouble....more  by Sander Roscoe Wolff | | 01.27.12 I try not to be bossy, but you really should go to CSULB's University Art Museum tonight at 6 PM for the opening reception of three exhibitions. ...more  by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.27.12 Earlier this week, Hotel Maya announced Karleen Nicholson as the first monthly winner in its “The Year To Go Mayan” yearlong sweepstakes....more  by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.26.12 Because we're dumb, we never figured out that we should give some proper love and attention to the Art Theatre, the one independent movie theater we've got here in the 36th most populous city in the United States. ...more Moving Beyond the Unreasonableness of Grief by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.25.12 With criminal sentencing for the murder of Melody Ross complete, Tuesday's rejection of the a wrongful-death claim brought by Melody's parents against the Long Beach Unified School District would seem to be the end of the legal chapter in this terribly sad story....more Sipology Coffee: Beauty from the Ruins? by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.24.12 Remember from Part 1 of this story when coffee-roaster Jeff Duggan and Red: A Sipology Kitchen investor Nathan Israel -- just two of many persons feeling bilked by Sipology owners Isaac Guanajuato and Oscar Orosco -- mentioned having been told Sipology would be receiving money from the City of Long Beach? ...more  by Mark Taylor | Eating Out | 01.24.12 Long treasured for its tidy streets with well-kept homes and its historic district designation, Cal Heights is a wonderful neighborhood that before now did not have a great breakfast and lunch place....more  by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.23.12 Okay, so the world probably won't end in 2012. BUT WHAT IF IT DOES? ...more  by Judy & Kate | Pet Post | 01.20.12 All residents, friends and guests are invited to attend the Open House at Animal Care Services, Saturday, January 21, from 10:00am – noon, at 7700 E. Spring St....more  by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.19.12 Waddell & Reed's “Honoring Our History” Traveling World War I Exhibition will roll into Long Beach for its 32nd stop on a national 75-city tour on Saturday, January 28, from 9:00am to 8:00pm....more Girl Scout Cookie Sales Go Hi-Tech by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.18.12 The official Girls Scout Cookie Season starts January 20 and ends March, 25, 2012. During this 100th anniversary year, the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles' local troops will take their cookie sales hi-tech. ...more Over 10,000 LBUSD Students to Attend Miller Foundation Symphony Concerts for Young People by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.17.12 Over the course of just two mornings, January 18 and 19, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra will perform a total of four concerts for more than 10,000 people....more  by Sander Roscoe Wolff | | 01.16.12 Celebrated fingerstyle acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostino will be performing this Friday evening as part of Grace First Presbyterian Church's annual concert series. In this interview, the Italian born artist speaks about his work, and the challenges his chosen instrument presents....more OP-ED: Alan Lowenthal Says RDAs Abolished to Protect School Funding by People Post | People Post | 01.13.12 As a former Long Beach City Council member, I have seen the benefits and abuses of RDA firsthand. ...more How Interested Are Long Beach Police in Bicycle Theft? by Greggory Moore | No Destination | 01.11.12 I think it's safe to say that police in Long Beach and elsewhere frown upon theft of all sorts. And maybe the LBPD is doing everything it can to combat the bike theft that is rampant in this city....more  by Daniel DeBoom | Steal My Soul | 01.10.12 The kids on the Long Beach youth basketball team got a treat yesterday when members of the CSULB Men’s basketball team showed up at Pan American Park to help them hone their round ball skills....more |
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