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Green LB Presents: 3rd & Elm Holiday Craft-A-Round

Green Long Beach is proud to present the first annual 3rd and Elm Holiday Craft-A-Round hosted in collaboration with the local businesses on 3rd street and Elm Street in Long Beach. This free event will be held Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 11am-4pm, and is open to the public to celebrate a more sustainable holiday by [...]

Community Invited to East Village Arts District Neighborhood Street Banners Dedication Today

Councilmember Robert Garcia of the 1st District, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA), Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) and the Arts Council for Long Beach invite the community to the dedication of new neighborhood street banners in the East Village Arts District. The event will take place Tuesday, September 27 at 10:30 a.m. in front [...]

Everest and Matt Vasquez to Headline Summer and Music’s Third Annual Buskerfest

BuskerFest veterans Jay Buchanan, Pawnshop Kings and Korey Dane set the stage for 11 local bands to win an exclusive vinyl pressing deal in the streets of the East Village On Saturday, August 27, 2011, nearly a dozen local bands will fill Downtown Long Beach’s East Village with stripped-down street sets during Summer and Music’s [...]

County Grant Funds Bike Friendly Business Districts in Long Beach

The nation’s first Bike-Friendly Business Districts were launched Wednesday, June 1, 2011 in Long Beach, to encourage merchants and customers to benefit from choosing bikes, not cars, for short trips. The Bike-Friendly Business Districts operate under the premise that businesses are looking for ways to reach and retain customers, and customers are looking for ways [...]

The Long Beach Depot For Creative ReUse to Host “Really Really Free Day”

The Long Beach Depot For Creative ReUse is raising awareness about the importance of “Building Unity in OUR Community through Sharing” by hosting the First Ever in Long Beach “Really Really Free Day” celebration on Sunday, May 29, 2011. Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster has issued a Mayoral Proclamation declaring May 29, 2011 as “Really [...]

Street Lighting Ceremony Highlights Improvements in the East Village

Mayor Bob Foster, Councilmember Robert Garcia, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, and the East Village Association will host a ceremony tomorrow, Thursday February 10, at 430 pm, to celebrate the installation of 52 new streetlights on East Fourth Street from Alamitos to Long Beach Blvd. The ceremony takes place at the offices of the East [...]

Utopia Good Food & Fine Art Celebrates a re-imagined and renewed second decade

Downtown Long Beach’s Arts-centric dining experience, Utopia Good Food & Fine Art, is hosting a special celebration and artist reception on Saturday, February 12, 2011. Now in their second decade of operation, Utopia’s co-owners, Kamran Assadi and Amir Zee, set 2011 as the year to re-imagine and renew their commitments to good food, diner satisfaction, [...]

Tis the Season for Art and Community with Mixmas!

With intentions of strengthening partnerships and a creative community this holiday season, dozens of Long Beach artists, musicians and organizations will join together for Mixmas: a collaborative celebration of community, art and culture. On Saturday, December 11, 2010, artists will make merry in the spirit of art, giving, and the holiday season as LBCreative!, Lyon [...]

555 East: Come For The Steak, Stay For The Lamb.

This economy has really put a damper on date night according to so many couples I speak with now days. While Long Beach’s unemployment rate is staggering, the reality is this is more than just city wide, this is country wide. I would even go so far as to say, worldwide. My husband and I [...]

Grand Opening of the East Village Arts Park After School Program

In cooperation with Second District Councilwoman and Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal’s “Leading Youth to Positive Play”, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine and Community Recreation Services Bureau present the Grand Opening of the East Village Arts Park After School Program. The event will take place Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 3 to 6pm. The [...]