Long Beach
CELEBRATING LGBTQ FAMILIES: FIGURATIVE WATERCOLOR PAINTING WORKSHOP
Celebrating LGBTQ Families: Figurative Watercolor Painting Workshop MOLAA welcomes gay, bisexual, and transgender fathers and their families, as well as straight dads with LGBT children to create art in a safe and inclusive space this Father’s Day weekend. Light...
Social Pivot Exhibit
The Social Pivot Exhibit explores the challenges caused by COVID-19, climate change, civic engagement, and social justice. It takes you on a creative journey, showcasing the human impact and environmental issues. Through an interactive presentation, attendees become...
Social Pivot Exhibit
The Social Pivot Exhibit explores the challenges caused by COVID-19, climate change, civic engagement, and social justice. It takes you on a creative journey, showcasing the human impact and environmental issues. Through an interactive presentation, attendees become...
Kazami Ranki at LB Shibari Dojo Night of Shibari (Rope), Art, & Music
SHIBARI Live Performance We invite you to watch a performance by Kazami Ranki. One of the top Rope masters in the world. He focuses on his partner’s comfort, the strength of the ties, the unique patterns he is creating, and his unmatched ability to accentuate...
High School Battle of the Bands Contest
High School Battle of the Bands contest, including 9 bands performing original and cover material to a panel of judges. Categories include overall performance, creativity, and musicianship, as well as best band.
Trashion Show Long Beach
Artist Amy Bauer and Jewel Box Children’s Theater Present Trashion Show Long Beach: a Free All Ages Trash to Fashion Runway Show The runway show is a culmination of their year long series of free local workshops for transforming discarded materials into wearable art....
Perfectly Queer – an LGBTQ short film
Perfectly Queer – an LGBTQ short film Film screenings 7pm & 8pm The Expo Arts Center 4321 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807
Decades of Fashion
Renaissance High School for the Arts Fashion Design Department presents their annual fashion show on May 24 at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:00). Decades of Fashion will showcase the original work of forty fashion design students in the school’s Performing Arts...
ART x SOUND: Edison Theatre in Long Beach. May 25th
Artlife and Style Proudly Present: “ART x SOUND”, a Pop-Up Exhibition at The Edison Theater in Long Beach. Be there. May 25th. As a brilliant group of local artists invite us into their creative process and create art real time — against a backdrop of eclectic sounds...
Ask an Author with Agatha Isabel + Diane Marie Brown
Join Bel Canto Books Retro Row as we showcase two amazing local storytellers at our Ask an Author event on Saturday 4/27 from 2pm to 6pm with Agatha Isabel, author of HOUSEPLANT HOOKUPS (2pm to 4pm) and Diane Marie Brown, author of BLACK CANDLE WOMEN (4pm to 6pm)!...
The Long Beach Black Dance Festival
Celebrating our 4th Long Beach Black Dance Festival and International Dance Day, come and dance all day with us! Come and take classes with Creative Corps recipient, Chatiera “Cookie” Ray and other local dance artists on a day filled with dance styles such...
What Can You Make With This? ~ Adults Only Version
Trash + Fashion = Trashion! Come to the Wicked Wolf Cocktail Lounge for a cocktail or mocktail and turn some trash into wearable art! Learn about the upcoming Trashion Show Long Beach. How to be a designer and/or attend. CLEAN rubbish welcomed but not required. Hosted...
Peak to Pasifika Cordage Demonstration
Join Pasifika community members as they demonstrate cordage making from a local native plant: dogbane. Gathered from the Sespe Condor Preserve at 3,000 feet, this demo is taught by Chumash weaver, Tima Lotah Link. Cordage making is a skill shared by people across the...
Man With A Movie Camera – Documentary Spotlight!
Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from morning to night. Directed by Dziga Vertov, with a variety of complex and innovative camera shots, the film depicts scenes of ordinary daily life in...
Music of the Bard with The Catalyst Chamber Ensemble
You’re invited to “Music of the Bard” on April 7th 4:30 pm at Los Altos United Methodist Church in Long Beach with the Catalyst Chamber Ensemble, a fully professional group of singers and an entity of the Long Beach Camerata Singers. This concert will feature 14...
The Creative Recovery Workshop
The Creative Recovery Workshop is a 2-hour gathering of those looking to open themselves up to spiritual renewal and revived creative inspiration through art, journaling, community, spirituality, growth and renewal. Every attendee will take home an accompanying...
Premiere – Marketplace Mambo: Stepping Up Food Access
Join us for the premiere of a groundbreaking music video that brings the critical issue of food access in Long Beach to life, happening at the Bixby Knolls First Fridays in the EXPO Arts Building. This captivating video stars neurodiverse youth from the Sowing Seeds...
Loiter Galleries presents: “Keepin’ it Local” group exhibit
Fresh, local artists picked by Loiter Galleries: This Saturday, March 30th for the GRAND OPENING of the “Keepin’ it Local” Art Exhibition. Open to the public, free as always. Come see these fantastic local Long Beach artists like: Jackie Anne – @art.jackieanne...
C’est LA Vie
The premiere of “C’est LA Vie” at the Art Theatre in Long Beach! This is a brand new dance short film created and choreographed by Sierra Tanji, as well as co-directed with Colin Harabedian. This film tells the story of a Los Angeles party, where at...
The Mantel Presents: Deb Adams-Welles
The Mantel Gallery is excited to announce our first of six shows under the banner “Hexagon” that we have planned for 2024. “Hexagon” is made possible in part by a generous grant from the LB Arts Council. Our first show of 2024 will feature new work by Deb...
Art in the Park
Welcome to Art in the Park, a vibrant celebration of creativity and community hosted by Psychedelic Lions Den, set against the stunning backdrop of the bluffs at Bixby Park. Our mission is simple: to inspire, connect, and educate our local art and music community, as...
Long Beach Community Band – Celebrating American Composers
Join your Long Beach Community Band for a celebration of music by American composers in the beautiful and acoustically-excellent Scottish Rite Cathedral. The concert will feature works by American composers who changed the world of music. April 7 at 3:00 pm FREE...
Auntie Kayte After-School Concert at Michelle Obama Library
Award-winning singer/songwriter, Auntie Kayte, brings her original “Songs to Talk About” to Michelle Obama Library for an after-school concert on March 26th. Auntie Kayte’s irresistibly catchy songs use the power of music and words to plant seeds of...