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AMC Entertainment and the Autism Society of America have teamed up to bring families affected by autism and other disabilities a special opportunity to enjoy their favorite films in a safe and accepting environment on a monthly basis. “Sensory Friendly Films” premiered across the country in August 2008 and are continuing this month with a […]

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by NEENA STRICHART
Publisher
I don’t know what I’d do without my friend Kathy King. She continually drags me out of my Long Beach/Signal Hill comfort zone and encourages me to broaden my entertainment horizons. Last Saturday she treated me to a home-cooked meal and a night at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts that […]

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(above) Kate Woodruff, Lisa Perez and Jim Felton bring the WWII era to life in Long Beach Playhouse’s production of The Voice of the Turtle.
by VICKI PARIS GOODMAN
A simple love story with a curious title, The Voice of the Turtle resonates with innocence and sweetness at a time when perhaps we need to be reminded […]

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Pre-stuffed even before Thanksgiving, more and more businesses are now on board to really activate Atlantic Avenue. The November 7 First Fridays in Bixby Knolls is packed with things to see and do. Pointillism, pet portraits, Pixie toys, olive oils, animation, sitars, rock school reggae, and plenty […]

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Long Beach Opera has more than doubled its budget in the last five years, eliminated a longstanding deficit, and balanced its finances for the last two years. The company is poised for the next phase in its development- to facilitate its continuing growth, artistic and general director Andreas Mitisek and the board of directors have […]

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“VE VANT YOUR BLOOD”
Donate blood at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center on Halloween and trick or treat at the Blood Donor Center between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Prizes awarded for scariest, funniest and most original costumes, and there will be a drawing for a Halloween gift basket. All blood donated is used for patients […]

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By Connie Moretti
While we were in school, the vice principal’s office was certainly a place to be avoided, but for our genealogy research, the two parts of the Vice Principle are important in our research. Once you have rounded up the information you have at home, you are ready to start collecting other documents and […]

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BY NICK DIAMANTIDES
Staff Writer
If all goes according George Mitri’s plan, Bixby Knolls will have its own Lebanese restaurant by mid-December. Mitri recently leased the building formerly occupied by Four Olives Café, which closed a few months ago. “We are going to call the restaurant Baba Ghanouj,” Mitri said. He explained that the eatery will offer […]

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Musical Theatre West has received 16 2008 Ovation Award nominations, including two Best Musical nominations, an unprecedented achievement in the company’s 55-year history. The nominations were announced by LA Stage Alliance in a ceremony at the Ebony Repertory Theater in Los Angeles. The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles and […]

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Locals and other groupies that share an appetite for pizza and live music fill up DiPiazza’s red diner booths. There’s a different band scheduled and a $4 drink special, courtesy of the bar staff, every day.
While the sun is still setting the crowd kicks the doors in at 4 p.m. when the restaurant opens. The […]

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Having a good time is a cakewalk with All Night Strut
By CORY BILICKO
Managing Copy Editor
Even if we weren’t in the midst of an economic crisis and in need of escapist entertainment that elicits a bit of joy, International City Theatre’s current production of The All Night Strut would be a dazzling, engaging show. The musical […]

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A bus rolls into a small Kansas town in the wee hours of the morning. A blizzard rages and the roads in and out of town have just been closed. So what’s to become of the bus driver and his four passengers? Thank goodness for Grace’s Diner, their best bet for waiting out the storm.
Grace’s […]

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By Athena Mekis
Contributing Writer
Up-and-coming local cinematographer Pamela Johnson has joined the ranks of filmmakers such as director Stanley Kramer, who also took advantage of Long Beach’s coastal, urban, suburban, and civic filmmaking backdrops. Noteworthy local productions include: It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, which used the Pike’s wooden rollercoaster and Rainbow Pier; Ferris Bueller’s […]

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In honor of Arts Month in Long Beach, the Garage Theatre will be presenting Mystery Meat, a month-long event of collaboration providing five weeks of new art ranging from the visual to the interactive to the performing arts, with artists from Long Beach and Los Angeles. Mystery Meat has already begun and runs through Saturday, […]

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More than 100 little gymnasts and the kids from the Long Beach Boys and Girls Club came to cheer on Handy Manny and friends as they made a special appearance at the American Gymnastics Academy in Long Beach on September 28. Handy Manny and the Playhouse Disney Live! crew were in town for a one-day […]

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Merrill Osmond has joined the line-up of The Osmond Brothers show at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) on Friday, October 10 at 8 p.m. The family act, which has thrilled millions with a colorful discography and lively performances that embrace barbershop music, pop, rock, and country, just celebrated its 50th year […]

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By VICKI PARIS GOODMAN
Arts and Entertainment Editor
The Long Beach Playhouse kicks off the 80th anniversary season of its Mainstage with Auntie Mame, a big play with a big cast that takes, frankly, a big gamble.
This is the play, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, upon which the famous musical Mame is based. The music […]

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On Sunday, September 28 at 7 pm, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company will inaugurate a free series of classic films, opening with Alfred Hitchcock’s great study in terror, Psycho.
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The Found Theatre is presenting, as its theatre offering for kids this year, Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Guys.
In this silly, savvy new spin on the classic fairy tale, Snow White arrives home from vacation to find the dwarves out of work. Starting her own talent agency, she’s soon helping half the fairy […]

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Playhouse Disney Live!, the first U.S. live touring stage production featuring favorite characters from four shows in Disney Channel’s popular Playhouse Disney program block for preschoolers, is coming to Long Beach’s Terrace Theatre with performances at noon and 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 28.
Produced by Kenneth Feld and his daughter, Alana Feld, for Feld Entertainment, […]

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The Gay & Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach has announced the 2008 QFilm Festival at the newly renovated Art Theater. The film festival will present several independent feature-length and short films about the LGBTQ community. The weekend begins with a showing of the dynamic documentary Teach Your Children Well. Written by two local directors, […]

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By Athena Mekis
Contributing Writer
Long Beach Police Department knows Jeffrey Leland Johnson as commander of the Detective Division, but to his band mates and fans he is known as Jeff Leland, the musician who uses his talents in an altruistic way. He released his first album six months ago, and has since sold around 5,000 copies. […]

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The Long Beach Shakespeare Company opens its 2008-09 season with Shakespeare’s humorous Love’s Labour’s Lost. Very possibly Shakespeare’s funniest play, Love’s Labour’s Lost is a romantic comedy, featuring lovers in disguise, mistaken identities, love letters misdelivered, and a surprise ending.
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