Wanna Sleep Through the Holidays is a special gift from musician/composer Michael Archuleta and his wife Irma Archuleta, a retired educator and active volunteer. This new interpretation of their holiday production Wanna Sleep Through the Holidays was rereleased on Thanksgiving week.” Local Long Beach artist Natalie Acosta performs a new interpretation of the song whose music was composed…
“Americans have been drawn to rural areas in recent years partly due to the appeal of a higher quality of life. These regions have not traditionally been known as art hubs, but some residents say that trend is changing. Jeffrey Brown reports from northern Minnesota, where artists and community leaders are fighting the national narrative…
“A new mural symbolizes to the community a manifestation of faces, colors, and ideas from the backcountry and a modern mix of the contemporary American experience with all its goodness and class pain that touches everyone. Ultimately, we all share the same story. Mario Torero is an artist and activist, most known over the last…
Ana Barredo immigrated to the United States with her family in 1986. The Filipino-American filmmaker says she has always been fascinated by Hollywood; in fact, Barredo insists she learned to speak English watching American TV shows while growing up in the Philippines. The filmmaker has produced a semi-autobiographical film that captures both personal and historic…
Logan Crow knows something about meeting the right people at the right time and how simple acts can change one’s life. Crow is the founder and Executive Director of The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana. But to get there, Logan Crow had to take a journey that began with finding an email while looking for…
Aydinaneth Ortiz makes very powerful statements with her photography. 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. Sudafed. Acetone. Large photos of each item with a black background that are meant to jump into your face. These common everyday products are ingredients in the making of crystal meth (Methamphetamine). They are part of a series called Ingredients which is included…
Arts Council for Long Beach (ACLB) has a powerful mission: “foster creativity and culture, enliven communities and enable a thriving creative economy.” Their vision is equally powerful and ambitious: “…to help create a vibrant arts scene that makes Long Beach a premiere destination for residents, businesses, students and visitors.” Since my days on the Board…
“Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, left behind a vast trove of materials including collages, scrapbooks, and audio recordings when he died in 1971.The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens digitized its archive and is building a new campus to make his materials more accessible and to carry the…
The University Art Museum of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Presents Call and Response, When We Say…You Say. Artists from the Slanguage Studio and art collective in Wilmington, CA. teamed up to present their work in an unusual way at the University Art Museum. Curated by Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarra, Jr., Call and…
“Luis Alberto Urrea discusses “The House of Broken Angels” at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Luis Alberto Urrea is a best-selling author of poetry, fiction, and essays. He is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Urrea is also a member of the…