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Poetry Contest Celebrates Southern California Urban Ocean in Words

The Aquarium of the Pacific is now accepting entries for its second annual Urban Ocean Poetry Contest, which is held in conjunction with the Aquarium’s Urban Ocean Festival. Southern California’s Urban Ocean is home to unique marine habitats and animals, a wide variety of recreational activities, industrial and commercial activity, and more than 20 million [...]

HSLB Presents A Special Program on New Deal Art in Long Beach Schools

Join Dr. Kaye Briegel and Librarian Maureen Neeley on Friday night, September 2, 2011 as they discuss the dramatic changes experienced throughout the Long Beach School District as it rebuilt schools devastated by the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program New Deal helped Long Beach rebuild its schools.  Briegel and Neeley [...]

Art Deco Expert Leads Downtown Walking Tour Aug. 27

Step back in time with Art Deco expert John Thomas (author of Long Beach Art Deco) for a walking tour of Downtown Long Beach and discover the Long Beach of the 1920s and 30s. Wonderful examples of Art Deco and Streamline Modern architecture and design will be showcased on the tour Saturday, August 27, 2011 [...]

14 Long Beach High School Students “Explore, Dream, & Discover” at “Camp Justin!”

CAMP JUSTIN! hosted 14 deserving high schoolers in the Long Beach Unified School District to take part in a 6-day day camp that afforded them opportunities to “explore, dream, and discover” Southern California. Those are the three words of the motto for Justin Rudd’s Web site JustinRudd.com. The 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. camp took [...]

Discover Art Deco on The Downtown Long Beach Walking Tour

Step back in time with Art Deco expert John Thomas (author of Long Beach Art Deco) for a walking tour of Downtown Long Beach and discover the Long Beach of the 1920s and 30s. Wonderful examples of Art Deco and Streamline Modern architecture and design will be showcased on the tour Saturday, August 27, 2011 [...]

Create a Day in Nature Exhibit Showcases The Works Of Young Artists

Enjoying a day out of doors is an exciting adventure for lots of kids, but for creative kids, it can be even more rewarding. Kids ages 5-14 from the Parks Recreation and Marine Miracle on 4th Street Park and the Drake Park summer programs recently spent a day at El Dorado Nature Center enjoying the [...]

Community Invited to Paint “Peacemakers Mural” at City’s Newest Park

Residents invited to paint life size MLK, Bobby Kennedy, Mother Teresa and others; Garcia to offer remarks Councilmember Robert Garcia, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency will host a “Community Paint Day” on Saturday, January 29th, from 10am-2pm, to complete the new “Peacemakers Mural,” at the City’s newest park, [...]

Connected Corridor Grant Plants Seed For Growing Green Roots Sponsored Art Project at Roosevelt Elementary School

Growing Green Roots (GGR) is the recipient of a grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) as part of Phase 4 of the Leadership Long Beach Atlantic Corridor Project, popularly referred to as the Connected Corridor. The grant will help support GGR’s efforts to foster artistic expression in children while supporting education about sustainability [...]

Henderson Avenue Tree Planting and Wrigley Garden Mural Unveiling

Wrigley is Going Green, a grass roots neighborhood environmental organization devoted to saving and planting trees in Long Beach, was awarded a Neighborhood Partners Program grant to plant 60 trees in the area immediately surrounding the Wrigley Garden and create a mural by our very own local artist, Lisa Wibroe, to go in the thriving [...]

Growing Green Roots Receives Grant to Foster Artistic Expression in Children

Growing Green Roots (GGR) is the recipient of a grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) as part of Phase 4 of the Leadership Long Beach Atlantic Corridor Project, popularly referred to as the Connected Corridor. The grant will help support GGR’s efforts to foster artistic expression in children while supporting education about sustainability [...]

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