Beyond the Frame Podcast welcomes the artist collective People’s Pottery Project, an artist-driven initiative to empower formerly incarcerated women and trans ppl through the arts. Founders Domonique and Ilka Perkins will be in conversation with curator Paul Loya.
Studio One Eleven is an integrated architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture firm dedicated to repairing cities. Their DTLB studio was designed to be an Urban Lab, a space that inspires innovation and promotes economic and social justice, education, and dialogue within design fields that impact cities. Join Studio One Eleven Partner, Michael Bohn, for...
Studio one Eleven and LB Living are throwing a block party on the Mosaic Promenade to celebrate the launch of the LA Design Festival at the DTLB Design District. The event will feature LB design community demos by City Fabrick, S111-RDC, and the LB Community Design Center, vendors, DJs, food trucks, and a beer garden...
The Queen Mary Waterfront will host two days of house music on two stages on June 24 from 2:00pm-12:00am and June 25 from 12:00pm-11:00pm. General Admission offers house music, craft cocktails, and gourmet food trucks. VIP admission includes expedited festival entry, shade structures, entrance to the Queen Mary, and more. Get tickets (link)
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...