The New Blues Festival returns to Long Beach for the 2016 version on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4 at El Dorado Regional Park. The Festival, now in it’s 3rd year, honors the 35-year tradition of the Long Beach Blues Festival and promotes the future of the blues art form for the next generation. Shows begin…
Mayor Robert Garcia joined West Long Beach Community leaders to launch the Safe Passages Program. The program employs Community Safety Ambassadors to monitor key high risk corners on Santa Fe Corridor before, during, and after-school commute times. The Tesoro Foundation awarded 330,000 dollars for 2 years to the West Long Beach Safe Passages program which…
DanceFest 2016 celebrated the many cultures and voices of Long Beach at the historic Scottish Rite Event Center . The showcase of talent at Homeland Cultural Center at MacArthur Park featured a wide range of performers; from breakdancing to Aztec dance. Homeland Cultural Center offers free classes and drop-in programs in traditional and urban contemporary dance,…
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and City Manager Patrick West unveiled the proposed fiscal year 2017 Long Beach budget on August 1st. The $2.6 billion 2017 Long Beach budget gets a boost in this fiscal year from the recent passage of Measures A and B. According to Mayor Garcia’s budget message, “Measure A will make…
El Centro de Desarrollo de Pequeños Negocios de Long Beach (SBDC) y PalacioMagazine.com se han unido para patrocinar el taller Acceso a Capital. Tendrá una duración de 90 minutos y será en español. El Centro de Desarrollo de Pequeños Negocios (SBDC) ayuda a los propietarios de pequeñas empresas a ser exitosas por medio la capacitación…
The Long Beach Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and PalacioMagazine.com have teamed up to sponsor Access to Capital Workshop. The 90-minute workshop will be in Spanish for the attending Small Businesses. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) helps small business owners succeed with low-cost training and no-cost one-on-one advising from experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts. The Access…
Call it Street Art, Urban Art or even Graffiti Art. Whatever you call it, there’s something BIG, COLORFUL, STRIKING that is filling the exterior walls of buildings around Long Beach. And the interior walls of the Long Beach Museum of Art. The Pow and Wow has arrived again in Pow! Wow! Long Beach 2016. The…
DanceFest 2016, sponsored and organized by Homeland Cultural Center in MacArthur Park, is set for Sunday, July 17, 4-6pm. DanceFest 2016 returns to the Scottish Rite Event Center in Downtown Long Beach, 855 Elm Avenue. Homeland Cultural Center Supervisor Jim Ruggirello gave PalacioMagazine.com a preview of DanceFest 2016. The interview took place in the Manazar Gamboa Theatre…
On Saturday July 9th, the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium will be held at The EXPO Arts Center (4321 Atlantic Ave) from 2pm-7pm. This is an interactive cross generational & cultural conversation to serve as a catalyst for a Long Beach response to climate change. Awakening the Dreamer is for anyone who wishes to deepen their understanding of the current…
It’s July and we’re in need of a Summer 2016 Reading List with Latino and Latina authors. Whether paper or digital, this is a good time to discover the richness of Latino and Latina authors for your Summer 2016 Reading List. PalacioMagazine.com came across this great list on NBC Latino, Your Summer 2016 Reading List: 9 Great…