Lyons at Night - Music and Live Art event - Sat, Nov 13th, 4-10pm

Get Out this Weekend! Long Beach Events...

Can you believe it's October already?! I can't wait for the crisp weather of Fall. Do we have that in Long Beach?

Here are some weekend events:

Saturday, October 2

Interfaith Blessing of the Animals, Marine Park Stadium, 5225 E. Paoli Way, Long Beach, 90803.

The event starts at 12pm.

More info at Bless the Pets!

Long Beach is having an Open Artist Studio Weekend. I've always wanted to go to this - I love to watch artists in their environments and talking about their work. Saturday and Sunday, 11am-4:30pm. Tour map and schedule below.

Gatsby Books, our favorite new and gently-used bookstore, is having their regular Saturday story time for kids, beginning at 12pm. Miss Jen will be reading her favorite children's books about cats, and might bring her guitar for a sing-along.

Gatsby Books is also hosting their first book club on Sunday at 3pm, moderated by Peter Markman, a professor of Comparative Literature from California State University Long Beach, where they will be discussing The Great Gatsby, of course! Refreshments will be provided.

Gatsby Books

5535 E. Spring St.

Long Beach, CA 90808

(562) 208-9783

Busker Fest! on Saturday, August 28th

Come say so long to Summer and enjoy the best of local Long Beach music at Busker Fest, in the East Village.



Pick up wooden nickels to drop at the feet of your favorite band , with a chance to win a 5-day recording session at Compound Studio with Anthony Arvizu.

Buskers compete from 5-7:15 PM
Jay Buchanan opens the main Stage opens at 7:15 PM
Crystal Antlers hit the stage at 8:00 PM
Delta Spirit close the show starting at 9:00 PM

A little map to guide the way:

Free ongoing Mosaic Workshop! Sundays through August

From their website:

In conjunction with the EARTH exhibition, 2cc and professional mosaic instructors Dawn Mendelson and Luz Mack-Durini will launch a series of fun-filled and educational mosaic workshops open FREE to the public. The workshops will begin in April and continue through August. They will be held on most Sundays from 10:00 am - 1 p.m.

All ages welcome. No experience necessary. Workshops will be conducted in English and Spanish and are set up so that anyone can join in at ANY TIME. Participants will create both mosaic art pieces to take home and work on communal pieces for the gallery's wildlife garden.

Each month we will explore a environmental different topic, have a guest speaker or see a film and create a mosaic artwork. Our final workshop on August 22nd will be a celebratory BBQ in the garden. At the end of summer, the 2,500 sq. ft area behind the gallery will be transformed. We will utilize the knowledge we have gained about our native environment and select drought-resistant plants that attract wildlife. We will have a community planting. We will create an environment for wildlife to find food, water, shelter and a place to nest. The communal mosaic artwork that has been created will be installed. The garden will serve as a quiet place for the community to relax and groups to gather. Every opportunity to come together is a potential to breakdown barriers, gain understanding and build community.

For more information on our instructors, please visit their websites.

Dawn Mendelson www.daybreakmosaics.com
Luz Mack-Durini www.l-durini.com

Please join us by registering for the free classes. Registration ensures that we have enough mosaic materials and healthy snacks for everyone to enjoy. Please either call (562) 901-0997 or email 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net. Please use the subject line "Mosaic Workshops.

Weekend Update! Saturday and Sunday, December 19-20

Here is a great free family-friendly holiday event in Long Beach, from 4pm-7pm this afternoon!


Mike Watt and the Secondmen at Harold's Place, 1908 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro - tonight @ 10pm. FREE!!


And on Sunday, December 20th:

Looking Into the Sun : Group Exhibit at DDR Projects

Over 60 artists will be presenting works in this final show at the current location of DDR Projects, 3403 E Broadway, Long Beach, this Saturday, December 12th, from 6-9pm.

Long Beach Museum of Art: After Dark, Thursday 10/22

Things to be excited about! Week of October 19-25

(me and larry mullen jr. holdin' hands)

Saturday, 10/24: California Native Plant Sale, El Dorado Park, 7550 E. Spring St., Long Beach, 9:30am-2pm. Fee: $7 for parking. More info here.

(Agoura Spunky Monkey Flower)

October 19-November 20th: We Love Long Beach Thanksgiving Food Drive!
10/4-1/31/10: Wayne Thiebaud

(Three Machines, Wayne Thiebaud, 1964)

Wednesdays - Sundays
12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 E. Union Street
626-568-3665
$7 for adults

And in the "best news ever" file-

Sunday, 10/26: Since I won't be carrying my very pregnant-with-twins self to the Rose Bowl on Sunday (long lines, far-away bathrooms, parking lot nightmares, etc.), I am thrilled U2 will be live-streaming their concert on youtube , beginning at 8:30pm. We just saw "It might get Loud" on Wednesday, and I'm well looking forward to seeing them play live, now from the comfort of my bed. Ahhhhh!

Did you RSVP for the Swell Season in-store at Fingerprints tonight at 7pm? Yep, it's sold-out. Be sure to take pictures and tell me how it goes. Glen and Marketa do sing so lovely together...