PalacioMagazine.com finishes its conversation with Arts Council for Long Beach Executive Director Griselda Suarez. In this last part, Suarez discusses issues including Arts Education, Advocacy, Community Engagement and how her tenure at the Arts Council will be different than the last five or six Executive Directors in ten years. Want to find out more about Arts Education…
Long Beach City College (LBCC) has a 5-member governing Board of Trustees. In the race for LBCC Board of Trustees, two of the five districts represented are in contention, Areas 2 and 4. (You can see a map of the Trustee Areas HERE). TRUSTEE AREA 2 Irma Archuleta was appointed by the LBCC Board of…
There are four people competing as LBUSD Board of Education candidates in Districts 2 and 4. Two of the candidates are incumbents facing challengers. GOV BD MEMBER DISTRICT 2 Felton C. Williams is President, Long Beach Unified School District and the incumbent. According to his campaign website, Williams has served three term as President, Long Beach Unified…
We came across this video, Latin Cuisine Studies: New World Flavors, Ingredients, and Techniques from Culinary Institute of America and couldn’t help but think about our mother’s home cooking. A Dominicana (Dominican Republic) who married a Puerto Rican and had to learn to cook Rican food for my father and then all of us that. But always, she…
Por Debbie Rodríguez “Pude ayudar a un hombre a tomar el autobús correcto porque hablo español”, dijo Owen Sweeney, un estudiante de doble inmersión (DI) del Distrito Escolar Unificado Long Beach (LBUSD). Owen estaba orgulloso de que había sido capaz de ayudar a alguien que no hablaba Inglés. “Me gusta tener la capaciad de ayudar a…
Latinos in Action will convene their Third Annual Conference For Latina Women, Mujer Triunfadora (The Successful Woman) on Saturday, March 19, 7am-4pm. A panel of motivational speakers will include three important personalities: Rosie Rivera is an American television personality and current CEO of Jenni Rivera Enterprises. Rivera first gained media attention through her sister’s death…
All 19 candidates vying for election in the April 12 Long Beach Primary attended a March 2 Citywide Candidates’ Forum at the Long Beach Main Public Library Auditorium. The Citywide Candidates’ Forum was organized by Leadership Long Beach (LLB) in partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP), Public Access Digital Network (PADNET)…
PalacioMagazine.com has partenered with students in the Political Sciences class of Professor Som Chounlamountry to survey Long Beach residents about their voting intentions this primary season. The Long Beach Vote 2016 Project wants to find out if they intend to vote and why? And if they don’t intend to vote, why not? The survey form which was…
All 19 candidates vying for election in the April 12 Long Beach primary have confirmed attendance at a March 2 Citywide Candidates’ Forum. Leadership Long Beach (LLB) is organizing the event in partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP), Public Access Digital Network (PADNET) and PalacioMagazine.com. The forum will take place from 5-8…
Latin Post’s latest “Changing the Game” series features composer, lyricist and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda. From Wikipedia: Miranda was born in Manhattan, New York City, and grew up in the neighborhood of Inwood. He is of Puerto Rican descent. His father is a former political advisor, who advised Ed Koch. Growing up, Lin helped create jingles, including…