CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY PARADES & FESTIVITIES IN LONG BEACH

Get ready to start off this holiday with parties and parades! This year is full of so many cheery opportunities to share with friends and families of Long Beach. Lifestyles of Long Beach gathered around the yule log and compiled a list of local Long Beach "have to do's" for this holiday season! Top on our list is the Belmont Shore 30th Annual Christmas Parade. Your favorite local real…

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If you have ever desired to time travel just to witness a historic musician like Ray Charles jam out on stage, you should have attended the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra's Saturday night performance of “A Tribute to Ray Charles,” featuring Mr. Ellis…

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...well, we'll take over a corner of it. :)

 

Originally planned as a part of Taste of Downtown event that has now been canceled due to fear of rain, USC Alumni Club of Long Beach invites any Trojans and fans to join us at Gladstone's from 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. for some mixing and mingling.

 

Come join us and enjoy food and drinks specials:

• 50% off appetizers
• $5 well…

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You don’t have to be born in Long Beach to consider it your home, but Frank Aceves didn’t even have his boxes unpacked before realizing that his new location was a perfect fit.

 

Raised in Covina, further educated in radio/tv/film at Cal State Fullerton and now a year-long Long Beach…

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[via email Jan 26:]

 

 

I want to announce an exciting improvement to Downtown Parking.



Starting yesterday, all three City Parking Garages, located conveniently just East of Pine, on 3rd, 4th, and 5th streets, became fully automated and free for the first…

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Thursday was a perfect New Years Eve pre-party at the Basement Lounge, where Ashley-Dominique hosted a stellar show full of emcees

from all over the southland playing pass-the-mike and Aceyalone headlining the



show.

 

DJ Juss Todd…

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Stand-up comedian and actor Eddie Griffin will return to Long Beach Wednesday, December 22^nd, 2010 to present a Ten Times Funnier Holiday Toy Drive being held at 8 PM at Laugh Factory in Downtown Long Beach.  The host of Ten Times Funnier Kasper Nelson, Griffin along with Long Beach Mayors office will be partnering to raise toys for Long…

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I agree with Charlie Gandy and the hundreds of Long Beach Roller Derby fans who believe that

Roller Derby should be the official sport of Long Beach. It is very freakin'… Continue

Great new restaurants pop up in Long Beach all the time and this is no exception. My wife was looking for dinner options in downtown and found this place via Restaurant.com. My mouth started watering as she read off some of the items on the menu.



Gaucho Grill is the brainchild of Long Beach resident Adrian Amosa. His first location is in Brentwood but with Downtown Long Beach going… Continue

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I would like to invite you to the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the new Kress Market at Pine & 5th, this Thursday, August 12 at 5:00pm. The Kress Market brings some much-needed products and services to the Downtown community. Kress carries organic produce and groceries with an emphasis on health and quality. It also carries select wines and has a deli counter serving sandwiches, healthy smoothies and… Continue

Not sure if anyone else likes reading the Gazette just found out that their printing date has moved:

By Harry Saltzgaver

Executive Editor

Published: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:46 AM PDT

You hold in your hands a bit of history — the last-ever Gazette to be published on Monday.



But do not fear. The Downtown and Uptown Gazettes are not going away. They’re just moving — to Friday.



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Plans to transform Long Beach's courthouse from crumbling facility to gleaming state-of-the-art structure progressed Monday with selection of a team to design and operate the new building.



Officials, in a move they hope will transform a downtown neighborhood in the city's West Gateway, selected Long Beach Judicial Partners to design, fund, operate and maintain Long Beach's new downtown courthouse. It is expected to open… Continue

It was a smooth-groovin’, fun-flowing day of live music on Saturday June 12 as the Summer and Music Festival kicked off it’s 2010, 13-concert series. The first show of the summer was called Future Legends and featured local, up-and-coming acts such as Deep Sea Diver, Jay Buchanan and So Many Wizards (see complete blog with… Continue

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TEAM UP TO “TURN THE TIDE”



Bike, ride or carpool to the second annual Green Long Beach! Festival showcasing the latest green practices at innovative workshops, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., on May 22.



The free event will include over two dozen local… Continue