Signal Tribune Newspaper

In an effort to cultivate the next generation of theatergoers, International City Theatre (ICT) is offering high-school students free tickets to preview performances for the remainder of the 2013 season.

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Brandy Soto
Editorial Intern

You could say that art has always been in Moira Hahn’s life. Her father’s parents met each other in a landscape painting class, and their own daughters went on to become artists themselves. So, it is no surprise that Hahn would develop a creative streak from a young age.
She says that she can’t [...]

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Brandy Soto
Editorial Intern
Art has always been and continues to be a life lesson for local painter Joan Sanders. She values her own creativity as well as the works of others.
Sanders was born in Portland, Oregon. She says she was an attentive child who, despite hardships, was always sure that she would pursue a career in [...]

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Ariana Gastelum
Editorial Intern
After traveling to Japan, India and Mexico, Long Beach artist Emily Tanaka developed the habit of travel-journaling in her sketchbooks. Her pen is her favorite medium. She describes her pieces as “organized doodles.”
Tanaka got her bachelor of arts in architecture at California State University of San Luis Obispo. “The creative field I entered [...]

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Vicki Paris Goodman
Culture Writer
Machinal, written in 1928 in the expressionist style, gets an often jarring treatment in this Long Beach Playhouse production– a strategy that nevertheless serves the play well.
The first thing the audience sees upon entering the theater is a set of uncommon visual impact. Scenic designer Fred Kinney has crafted industrial gears and [...]

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