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Long Beach Needs This: Read-While-You-Wait Short Story Distributors

Long Beach Needs This is a series that addresses two things: Long Beach’s infamous “Manhattanitis,” where our people tend to stick to all-things-Long-Beach while rarely stepping outside and ...
On June 21, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Long Beach Music Scene: Matt Costa, Rudy De Anda to Play Free SAM Show; Kaskade to Invade LB

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Photo above, from last year’s 720° event, by Brian Addison. Graphic below courtesy of Kaskade.

Quite arguably Long Beach’s ...
On June 15, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Battle For The City: Documentary on ‘Doyenne of Urban Activism’ Set to Screen in Long Beach

Graphics and additional reporting by Baktaash Sorkhabi.

Ultimately, Jane Jacob’s was an activist as much as she was an intellectual powerhouse when it came to her unique examination of urbanism—and that ...
On June 9, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Long Beach Music Scene: Agenda Expands Presence in Long Beach with Festival Featuring Tyler, The Creator, Ludacris, More

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Photo by Brian Addison. Above: Agenda’s annual convention in Long Beach, 2016.

Long Beach is becoming the go-to beachside ...
On May 23, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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From ‘Rogue One’ to ‘Jaws,’ Moonlight Movies on Shores of Long Beach Aims for Epic Summer

Photo courtesy of Moonlight Movies on the Beach.

In arguably one of Long Beach’s best transformations of public space, Moonlight Movies on the Beach has been a city ...
On May 15, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Long Beach Music Scene: ‘Summertime in the LBC’ Finally Gives Long Beach the Hip-Hop Festival It Deserves

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Long Beach has long lamented that, despite its rich history within hip hop culture, it has yet to ...
On May 15, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Exploring VIP Records and the Cambodian Community One Step at a Time (Literally)

Photo by Brian Addison.

Ever walked down Retro Row and wonder just how it became Retro Row? Or how Cambodia Town came into existence? Or why the VIP ...
On May 7, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Meet the Woman Making Long Beach a Bit More Bubbly

Photos by Brian Addison.

“The bubbles spread happiness, you know… They have a brain of their own, a personality of their own and people see and feel that,” Victoria ...
On April 26, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Long Beach Street Art Scene: Muckrock Takes on MADE by Millworks Building in DTLB

Photos by Brian Addison

We’ve been frank about our love of Long Beach’s growing street art scene—in fact, just a few weeks ago, we called our city home ...
On April 13, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Long Beach’s Free and Utterly Awesome Outdoor Museum Continues to Grow

Photos by DABS MYLA, Nicolassa Galvez, and Brian Addison.

When I talked to David Van Patten about the sad removal of Pow! Wow! founder and artist Jasper Wong’s mural ...
On April 4, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Long Beach Will Be Hosting the Region’s Best Exhibit of Illustrative Art (and It’s F*cking Weird)

Illustration by David Van Patten.

One of Long Beach’s most prolific and respected artists, David Van Patten, is leading the charge in bringing our city quite arguably one of ...
On March 17, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Riots, Rivalries, and Rap: The Sublime History of Long Beach’s Iconic VIP Records Deserves a Museum (and It Might Get One)

Photos by Brian Addison. Historical photos and video courtesy of Kelvin Anderson Sr.

In the matter of six hours on May 24, 1972, Kelvin Anderson Sr.’s life went from ...
On February 27, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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For the Second Time, Pow! Wow! Long Beach Mural Removed Unbeknownst to Artist

Photo above by Brian Addison. Photo below courtesy of David Van Patten.

UPDATE, February 13: Art Exchange responded with the following:

We appreciate the community concern and we agree, ...
On February 12, 2017 / By Brian Addison

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Krampus’n’Evil Elves to Party Long Beach-Style for Creepy Christmas Celebration

Photos by Brian Addison.

And there stood a human blockhead in the East Village of DTLB, right next to the self-admitted freak obsessed with stapling himself and the sword ...
On December 2, 2016 / By Brian Addison

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Vince Staples Unveils the Most Long Beach Tour Poster Ever

Graphics and poster courtesy of Vince Staples. Edited by Brian Addison.

Since the release of his EP Hell Can Wait, North Long Beach rapper Vince Staples has built a name ...
On November 30, 2016 / By Brian Addison