The Long Beach Blues Society (LBBS) hosts a recurring concert series called “Blues for All,” providing much-needed community-based artistic engagement for low-income diverse communities and businesses who have greatly suffered in the last few years. Blues for All offers live music provided by local professional blues artists, along with fine dining & drinks. These events...
The Long Beach Expo is your one-stop shop for everything collectibles; a leading international tradition in the coin, banknote, stamp, and collectibles industry since 1964. Visit the Long Beach Expo to find experts and enthusiasts in coin collecting, banknotes, sports cards, autographed sports memorabilia, trading card games (TCGs), Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, antique jewelry, stamps,...
Take a tour of the Billie Jean King Library and Lincoln Park, DTLB’s oldest, newest park at the LB Civic Center, recently redesigned by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). The guided walk will share the past, present, and future of this community gathering space by Long Beach Heritage, SOM, and the People’s Architecture Office, designers...
Join Christina Webb for a conversation about work, stories, beauty, and resistance in Queer design. This will look at past and present work that embodies innovation and activates change through diverse ways of creating, while making space in critical ways. Christina will be in conversation with designer Carolina Ibarra-Mendoza and Carol Wells, founder and executive...
An artist walkthrough of LBMA Downtown’s exhibition “Virginia Katz: Transitory Nature,” which looks to the human connection with landscape for insight. The exhibit and tour will run in tandem with an open-air market featuring The People’s Pottery Project and other local artists’ wares from noon to 4 pm.
V.I.P. Records is planning to host a summer music series called "Saturday Sundays" at Lincoln Park. This event aims to celebrate Gospel Music during Black Music Month and invites the local Long Beach community and churches to participate and enjoy the festivities. The goal is to create a relaxed and inspiring environment where families and...
V.I.P. Records is planning to host a summer music series called "Saturday Sundays" at Lincoln Park. This event aims to celebrate Gospel Music during Black Music Month and invites the local Long Beach community and churches to participate and enjoy the festivities. The goal is to create a relaxed and inspiring environment where families and...
Long Beach- and Los Angeles-based architectural designer, theorist, and writer Demar Matthews, Principal of OffTop Design and adjunct facility at Long Beach City College, will be in conversation with Kevin Sherrod, Arts and Culture Practice Area Leader from Gensler, LA and design faculty at USC. They will discuss their collaborative work, which investigates the power...
Tour Long Beach’s second oldest building, The Psychic Temple of the Holy Kiss. The recently renovated landmark built in 1905 has a curious and sordid history. Originally erected by a cult leader for “psychological treatments,” the building was then a brothel and hotel and is now home to the creative agency, Intertrend. As if that...