October 2022
Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts by Brent Estabrook will be the inaugural solo museum exhibition of the Los Angeles-based artist. Best known for his large-scale oil paintings of stuffed animals, Estabrook approaches his work with a delightful playfulness while maintaining a sedulous painterly technique. His portraits welcome a sense of endearment and comfort, being familiar faces in an often, unfamiliar world. (LBMA.org)
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The Art of Theater
A 2-month program designed to introduce performing artists to all aspects of theatre. This program will examine costume design and make-up, choreography, professional development, technical design, musical engineering, directing, and the technical elements of scenery, lighting, and sound. Participants will be allowed to expand and practice these skills at a live theatrical performance at the end of the program.
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Fun-A-Day-LA
The premise is simple: Take a photograph, make soap or the bed, draw a picture, bake a cake, paint a tarot card, knit blankets for kittens, design your own board game or jewelry, create protest signs or poetry, create a new dance or song, etc.), then show your work in a group show! Working on a project once a day in January is a great way to participate in this show, but feel free to create in your own time…
Get DetailsSuperstars of Magic
Superstars of Magic brings together five award-winning Las Vegas illusionists for a thoroughly entertaining evening of magic, comedy and variety! These master prestidigitators combine spellbinding illusions and sleight of hand with hilarious hijinks and mesmerizing feats that’ll leave you amazed!
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THE FOUR SEASONS
It’s February, so we are celebrating winter!…and summer and autumn and spring at our concert featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s stormy, windy, rainy, sunny, not to mention delightful Four Seasons Concerti, with solos by Long Beach Symphony’s own stellar lead violinists. The performance begins with Mozart’s mourning but gripping Great G minor symphony, one of only two symphonies the master wrote in a minor key.
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“This troupe offers acts that don’t seem humanly possible…” —The New York Times In this all-new, high-energy production, the seven renowned acrobats of FLIP Fabrique don high heels and football shoulder pads to awe audiences of all ages. Muse playfully pirouettes around while tackling the perennially complicated questions of gender archetypes—circus-style. Set to an original score by beatmaker Millimetrik and featuring live onstage vocals by singer Flavia Nascimento, the acrobats’ dazzling, gravity-defying performance is sure to inspire and amaze!
Get DetailsSteamboat Bill Jr. Silent Film to Screen at First Congregational Church of Long Beach
Steamboat Bill Jr. Silent Film to Screen at First Congregational Church of Long Beach Featuring live accompaniment by world-class organist Robert York, the First Congregational Church of Long Beach, located at 341 Cedar Ave., in downtown Long Beach will screen the 1928 silent comedy classic, Steamboat Bill, Jr. starring Buster Keaton. Keaton does his own amazing and dangerous stunt work! Doors open at 6:30p.m. and movie starts at 7:00p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2023. All are welcome and a free…
Get DetailsMusical Theatre West Presents “9 to 5: The Musical,” Feb 10 – 26
Long Beach’s premier theatre company is excited to announce the debut of the three-time Tony award-winning musical 9 to 5: The Musical. Based on the hit movie, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, 9 to 5: The Musical is a side-splitting salute to corporate sisterhood and workplace revenge! The MTW premiere of 9 to 5: The Musical will entertain audiences on select dates, February 10 - 26, 2023 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center…
Get DetailsLiterary Women Long Beach Festival of Authors
We celebrate seven talented women authors. Festival goers enjoy the opportunity to hear the authors speak individually about their writing. Guests can meet and have their books signed by the authors of their choice. The festival provides a delicious lunch and a bookstore filled with all the books we are highlighting plus many other literary gift items. It’s a day not to be missed. We hope to see you there.
Get DetailsSTEAM Toymaking: Jigsaw Puzzles
Creating jigsaw puzzles using diecut machine with the image of your choice.
Get DetailsMiddle and High School Content Creators and Maker Clubs
If your child is interested in self-producing videos and making podcasts, or if your child is interested in learning how to make things, we are hosting free clubs at Makersville. Orientations are scheduled for the 3rd Saturdays, but the dates for club meetings may adjust. This is a new initiative of Makersville and Makersville Services, in which we will work with youth to learn-share-teach. They will make videos, podcasts, create drawings, write fact and fiction and publish books as they…
Get DetailsRube Goldberg Competition Info, Teams Forming and Coach Sharing
Rube Goldberg was an American artist, engineer and an inventor. His inventions all include use of the six simple machines - the wedge, screw, lever, pulley, inclined plane and the wheel and axle. These inventions use the simple machines in impractical ways, but they have inspired many contraptions in movies: - to name a few Modern Times (1936)-Eating Machine gets an honorable mention. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)-Breakfast Machine Brazil (1985)-Even More Breakfast Machines The Goonies (1985)-Automatic Gate Pee-wee's Big…
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