July 2019
New Exhibit: “Carrying the Pacific: Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenthood”
The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) presents Carrying the Pacific: Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenthood on view from Saturday, July 20, 2019 to Wednesday, December 31, 2019. This exhibit is the first of its kind that centers on Pacific Islanders’ birthing traditions, experiences and voices. Visitors will hear from culture-bearers, and see works by Pacific Islander contemporary artists Roldy Aguero, Micki Davis, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Jason (JP) Periera, Samantha Winter Tagaloa, Lilo Tauvae, and Roquin-Jon Quichocho Siongco. Ethnographic art from…
Get DetailsThe Art of Bloom
An immersive experience combining art, technology, and the senses. WELCOME TO SYMBIOSIS Throughout history, people have seen flowers as vessels to project all kinds of meanings and messages. At our happiest and saddest, at our birth and death, flowers have always been by our side. Perhaps we see a reflection of ourselves in them, full of life and fragile at the same time. Symbiosis is the theme of the debut installation of The Art of Bloom. Flowers have instilled in…
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OFF THE CLIFF – CONTRAPTIONS & PUBLICATIONS BY TIM MAXEINER
Off the Cliff – Contraptions & Publications by Tim Maxeiner September 7 – October 12, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7th, 4 – 6pm Regardless of form—whether three-dimensional constructions or two-dimensional publications— German-born, San Pedro-based artist Tim Maxeiner’s works emerge from an alchemy of insatiable curiosity and observant, often physical, interactions with his environment. His works are smart and timely, made with a playful inventor’s touch. The reception at Flux will coincide with the opening of a beautiful fiber-art exhibition…
Get DetailsPort of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery Pop-up
On Friday, August 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. photographs from the 2018 PHOTO PROGRAM will be on view as part of a PHOTO Gallery Pop-up during the monthly 4th Fridays event on 4th Street. Stroll down 4th Street Retro Row and view the photos displayed at several businesses, including Salud Juice Bar, Portfolio Coffeehouse, Artistic Edge Art & Framing and Hawleywood's Barber Shop.
Get DetailsTransparent Watercolors Workshop at the Center
On-going, open enrollment watercolor class focusing on teaching techniques from which the artists can build, eventually creating their own full projects. At the end of each project the student has a finished watercolor that he/she/they can be proud of. The LGTBQ Center of Long Beach provides artist quality watercolor pigments, paper and brushes. The LGTBQ Center will be featuring a curated rotating show of pieces completed by students on a permanent basis. This class is entering its 5th year and…
Get DetailsEvita – Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber
Evita Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber Originally Directed by Harold Prince Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s meteoric rise to sainthood. Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the Tony-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, as the wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Peron, the most powerful woman in Latin America, before her death from cancer at age 33. The events in Evita’s life are presented in…
Get DetailsSuffrage! A History in World and Song
The Board of Social Justice & Outreach of the First Congregational Church of Long Beach will co-sponsor a rollicking evening of historical protest songs and impassioned pleas for women’s right to vote! Suffrage! A History in Word and Song is part of the Long Beach Suffrage 100 organization’s year-long commemoration of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Get DetailsThat’s So Gatsby
The Satin Dollz have returned home from their 16 country “Party Like Gatsby” tour and are ready to “Gatsby” with you in Long Beach! Don’t miss your chance to dress up with your friends and have a fabulous fancy night out! The Satin Dollz are ready to “Gatsby” with you in Long Beach! Don’t miss your chance to dress up with your friends and have a fabulous fancy night out! “That’s So Gatsby!” is an immersive evening of hot jazz,…
Get DetailsSandra Bernhard – Quick Sand
The actress, comedian, singer and radio talk-show host Sandra Bernhard tells it like it is—riffing on politics, family, entertainment and everything in-between. Bernhard’s hilarious new show “Quick Sand” is a mélange of musings, music, and whimsy, “never boring, j’adoring,” is her motto. Covering the outrageous, quotidian, and glamorous, Sandy is “a brief respite from the endless madness of the ever more stressful news of the world.” (Time Out NY). Backed by the Sandyland Squad Band.
Get DetailsOpening Night: 85th Anniversary
We open the celebration of our 85th Anniversary with music by Hungarian composer Ligeti (b. 1923), whose music has been heard in soundtracks to some of Stanley Kubrick’s most famous movies: The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. In contrast to those, his Romanian Concerto incorporates folk melodies from his childhood. Despite those innocent roots, it was still considered too modernist for communist Hungary when it was composed in 1951 and was not performed publicly until 1971.…
Get DetailsChristmas Cantata
The Gracias Christmas Cantata is a show-stopping musical event with 3 beautiful music-filled stages and 1 eternal message of hope. Act I - The Opera = For Unto You is Born a Savior Act II - The Musical = The Gift of the Magi Act III - Choir & Orchestra = G.F. Handel's Oratorio "Messiah"
Get DetailsOctober 2019
Cabaret Series: Mandy Harvey
Cabaret series: The Carpenter Center's most unique performance experience, where the stage is transformed- offering patrons table seating less than 40 feet from the artists! Plus you can add dinner or bar service before enjoying the show! A breakout star on America’s Got Talent, Mandy Harvey weaves through a songbook of breathy jazz standards, growling blues and heartbreaking originals with her pitch-perfect voice. “Mandy Harvey tames her audience into stunned appreciation,” proclaims LA Times. Dinner/Beverage Service 6 PM Performance 7…
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