Fun Events this Saturday!

Celebrate National Day of the Cowboy - a free event at the B and B Stables in Cerritos



and the LB Street Food Fest at the Queen Mary Park, a benefit for the LBCC Student Scholarships and Adopt-a-Teacher Program

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.

Fourth Annual No Cookie Left Behind Bake Sale - Sunday, June 13

Coming up on Sunday, June 13, is the Fourth Annual No Cookie Left Behind Bake Sale, part of Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, to raise money towards eradicating childhood hunger in the US.

Make the trip to Scoops Gelato on 712 N Heliotrope Dr. in East Hollywood, just north of Melrose, between Normandie and Vermont, from 2-5pm.

There will be amazing food and an even more amazing raffle. If you are a fan of Glee, you will for sure want to attend! There will be raffle prizes from The Golden State, and other amazing restaurants, free organizing bootcamp sessions from Bneato, yoga packages from U Studio, Dodger tickets, dresses from Rachel Pally, and a prize which includes a tour of the set of Glee, guided by one of the show's producers! The Frysmith Truck will also be on hand for more deliciousness.

Summer And Music 2010 : Future Legends Show, 6/12

Future Legends: Now Sounds of the Long Beach Bloodline June 12, 2010, 4 p.m. – 9 p.m., East Village Arts District Come to the free, all-ages show in the East Village Arts District, at First Street and Elm Avenue, on an outdoor, solar-powered stage. Music By: DJ Lithuanian Prince, Korey Dane, So Many Wizards, Boris Smile, Jay Buchanan, Deep Sea Diver and Special Performance by UK band Phantom Limb .

Arts Mixer in Bixby Knolls - Thursday, May 20th

Community Happy Hour

Thursday, May 20, 2010

5:30pm - 7:00pm

at

Averyboo Arts

3908 Atlantic Avenue

Presentation by:

Craig Watson
Executive Director,
Arts Council for Long Beach

Presenting:

"Using the Arts as an Economic Driver in a Business District" & "Inspiring Our Youth with the Arts"

(Art activities not available. Presentation & mixer only)

Enjoy this monthly opportunity for BKBIA members and the local community to meet, greet, mix, mingle, and network.

Questions or more info: (562) 595-0081 or info@bixbyknollsinfo.com

Everybody ♥'s Jonathan Richman!

From the amazing Modern Lovers in the mid-70's, to his current solo sets with Tommy Larkins on drums, Jonathan Richman is absolutely a national institution. And we are blessed that he has made Long Beach one of his favorite places to play over the last several years. With a three-night residency of early shows this week at DiPiazzas, there is no excuse to miss this charming and multilingual musician with the tenderest heart, purest brilliance, and killing-est dance moves.

Jonathan Richman at diPiazza's Restaurant & Lava Lounge, 5205 E. PCH, Long Beach, May 20th-22nd, @7pm, $12.

You can catch-up on all the latest Jonathan Richman news at the Jo-Jo Files.

Free Comic Book Day! May 1st

Another May 1st means it's Free Comic Book Day - check out these participating Long Beach comic book shops to explore some new titles and free giveaways.

AMAZING COMICS & CARDS
5555 STEARNS STREET, SUITE 102
LONG BEACH, CA
(562) 493-4427


PULP FICTION
1742 CLARK AVE
LONG BEACH, CA
(562) 986-4154

You might find one of my absolute favorites - The Tick!




In honor of this year's Free Comic Book Day, and to commemorate the first appearance of The Tick 24 years ago, NEC Press offers this special re-presentation of Ben Edlund's legendary first issue of The Tick, in a special Free Comic Book Day special edition! The complete original first comic book appearance of The Tick, as it originally hit the stands in 1986!