The Long Beach Public Library continues its annual citywide Summer Reading Program 12 library locations June 25 to August 20, 2016. Readers of all ages are invited to register and participate in the Summer Reading Program. PalacioMagazine.com spoke by phone with Cynthia Bautista, Department Librarian and Youth & Family Services Coordinator for the Long Beach Public Library. She described…
The Artist’s Feast is a recurring public dinner designed to connect arts patrons to local Long Beach artists. The sponsors want to also build community and generate additional funding for artists to execute their next big idea. The community event is organized by art, culture, and community activist Jewell Faamaligi and artist, teacher, and activist Efren Luna….
Voting Power is the one big lesson learned from the now completed Long Beach Vote 2016 project. PalacioMagazine.com partnered with Political Science students from California State University at Long Beach (CSULB) to explore the reasons eligible Long Beach voters do or do not vote. Nine students from Professor Som Chounlamountry’s (Chewn-la-moon-tree) classes joined the Long Beach…
340,675 Vote by Mail Ballots from the June 7 election are still being counted. According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, as of June 8, there are also 251,894 Provisional and 23,487 other ballots for a total of 616,056 ballots outstanding. In our Long Beach Vote 2016 project with California State University, Long Beach,…
There was a victory party on election night for Mayor Robert Garcia on Measures A and B. Supporters clapped and cheered at the Maya Hotel when it became obvious that Long Beach voters had approved the two measures. Mayor Robert Garcia on Measures A and B Then, it was time to hear the victory speech…
The 5th Annual Uptown Jazz Festival in North Long Beach will take place on Saturday, June 11th in Houghton Park from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m The free community concert, organized by Ninth District Councilmember Rex Richardson, will feature Singer-Songwriter Goapele and Southern California’s own DW3. The North Long Beach Uptown Jazz Festival Entertainment According to Richardson’s…
As part of our month long celebration of the launch of Palacio Magazine last year, we replay one of our first articles on Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna. The video interview was conducted by and the print article written by Vivian J. Malauulu. Ms. Malauulu is the incoming member of the Long Beach City College Board…
The PalacioMagazine.com joined forces earlier this year with the Political Science class of Professor Som Chounlamountry at California State University, Long Beach to launch the Long Beach Vote 2016 class project Long Beach Vote 2016. One of the goals of Long Beach Vote 2016 class project was to explore the reasons eligible Long Beach voters do or do…
It’s not so much a plea as a statement. You must vote on Long Beach Election Day if you are a registered Long Beach voter. Okay, you don’t HAVE to. No one is going to arrest you if you don’t. They will not take back your right to vote. It’s just that you have this very…
As part of our month long celebration of the launch of Palacio Magazine last year, we replay one of our first articles on Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna. The video interview was conducted by and the print article written by Vivian J. Malauulu. Ms. Malauulu is the incoming member of the Long Beach City College Board…