Long Beach spelling bee

11th-annual “$1,000 National Elementary School Spelling Bee” Returns to Long Beach March 4

You may ask, what’s in a word? “Plenty, especially when it’s the rigors of an elementary grade level spelling bee and one of the participants has the opportunity to take home a grand prize of $1,000 cash,” said the $1,000 National Elementary School Spelling Bee’s organizer Justin Rudd.  Words like extraterrestrial, pollution, fiery and phylum [...]

Summer Theatre Conservatory At Long Beach Playhouse; A perfect place for Young Thespians

Long Beach Playhouse announces its 2011 Summer Theatre Conservatory.  The Theatre Conservatory is a two-week performing arts education program with two sessions to choose from.  First session will be from July 11 – July 23 and the second session from July 25 – August 6.  Both sessions will run from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. [...]

Spelling Is All The Buzz; Get Set For The National Adult Spelling Bee

Adults and older teens are sought for the 6th-annual NATIONAL ADULT SPELLING BEE that will take place on Sun., April 17, 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of Bay Shore Church, 5100 E. The Toledo, Long Beach, Calif., 90803.  The Bee is expected to last two hours.  As of April 1, spellers are registered from AL, [...]

Cast announced for West Coast premiere of ‘Loving Repeating’: A Musical of Gertrude Stein

Casting is complete for the West Coast premiere of Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein, directed by caryn desai [sic] at International City Theatre. Cheryl David will star as Gertrude Stein with Shannon Warne playing “young Gertrude” and Melissa Lyons Caldretti as Stein’s lifelong companion, Alice B. Toklas. Also in the cast, playing multiple [...]