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Delve into the arts, cuisines, cultures, and marine environments of Asia during the Aquarium of the Pacific’s eighth annual Autumn Festival. The Autumn Festival highlights the traditions and cultures of Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines through a weekend of learning opportunities and family entertainment, celebrating the richness and diversity of Asian and Asian American cultures. The festival will feature traditional crafts, music, dance, demonstrations, cultural arts exhibits, artisans and other exhibitors displaying and selling their works, ethnic cuisine, storytelling, and much more. Move to the sounds of taiko drumming, watch dancers, acrobats, and martial arts demonstrations.  Try your hand at origami, and purchase hand-made crafts. The Autumn Festival is a joint project of the Aquarium of the Pacific and RYOMA.
Cost: General Admission--$23.95 adult (12+), $20.95 senior (62+), $11.95 child (3-11), and free for children under age 3 and Aquarium members. 

 

This is a fundraiser for the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace & Unity Celebration!  The performance of "Soul Sista's, an R&B Experience, on Saturday, November 7th, at the GasLamp Restaurant and Bar, 2651 East Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach CA.  Showtimes are 9:p.m. and 11p.m.  Tickets for the concert are $10 ad can be purchased at any number of locations.  For more information or to purchase tickets please call the Office of Councilman Dee Andews at 562/570-6816 or Alev Johnson at 310/801-0454.

We launch this season with orchestral fireworks! Join us in saluting the world-class musicians of your Long Beach Symphony Orchestra as we celebrate our 75th Anniversary. This evening will include the Shostakovich Festive Overture and music by John Williams. The program will conclude with the powerful 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky. Purchase your tickets today and be part of the “Party at the POPS!”   Steven Reineke, Conductor.   For more information 562/436-3203. 

2nd Saturday Art Walk will have a Mother's Day Art Walk Celebration.  Linden Ave. between 1st Street and Broadway.  Artist's Exhibits-Gallery Openings, Live Music-Dining-Fine Wine-Unique Hand Crafted Items.  Live Music.  An Enchanted Costume Contest - to participate come dressed as your favorite enchantress, fairy or wizard.  Kids Art Activities with Artist Robin bott - 4p.m. - 6p.m. make a garland crown or wizard hat.  Drum circle at 6p.m. Bring your own or use one of ours.  Call 562/435-5232 for more information.

Frisco’s Carhop’s Bar & Grill Restaurant offers a fun dining experience, centered around a classic Hollywood theme, filled with great FAMILY fun, food, and service; guests are treated like a star. Musical Entertainment, Dancing, Full Bar, BANQUETS. Rollerskating  servers.
Recall those memories of eating at a great Diner with great comfort food,
rootbeer floats and hot fudge sundaes!!!  Every day is something special-  Come in for our specials-  You will never leave hungry!!

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Musical Entertainment is 6-9pm
Monday nights- karaoke
Thursday-live entertainment starring “3 for the show”
Fri & Sat Tony Rogers & the Frisco’s Carhops
Sunday night “Surf’s Up” Band

The public is invited to get up close with the ocean’s ultimate predators at the Aquarium of the Pacific for FREE during Shark Lagoon Nights. Guests will have the opportunity to touch more than 150 sharks and see large sharks such as sandtigers at the Shark Lagoon exhibit on select Friday evenings from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Shark Lagoon brings guests closer to these predators than they ever imagined. Guests can touch and learn about sharks; shop in Pacific Collections; purchase drinks, coffee, dessert, or a light meal; and enjoy live music during Shark Lagoon Nights.

Long Beach, CA (October 11, 2009)—Portfolio Coffeehouse [2300 E 4th St, LBC 90814; 562-434-2486], the premiere coffeehouse of Long Beach, is pleased to present an exhibit of drawings by artist Kristin Kaplowitz. The show runs from October 1 to November 15th, 2009.
Kaplowitz received fine arts degrees from UCLA and CSULB. Her work features
Prismacolor pencil and Sharpie marker on paper to create almost photorealistic imagery.
Kaplowitz received fine arts degrees from UCLA and CSULB. Her work features
Prismacolor pencil and Sharpie marker on paper to create almost photorealistic imagery.
“I swear they’re not photos!” 
“I started drawing with whatever pencils I could get my hands on, whether it was just a yellow #2 pencil or a $2 set of Crayola colored pencils from the grocery store,” Kaplowitz recalled. “When I went off to high school, I discovered a whole new world of art. I put my pencils away for a while and found solace in ceramic sculpture.  It wasn’t until a life drawing class at Cal State Long Beach that I realized that you can create the 3-dimensional feel of a sculpture with old pencils and paper. My goal now is to create the most realistic drawings that I can.”
“Everything inspires me.  Every color, texture, feeling, and person that I come across brings something new to the table.  The specific drawings are not meant to be taken literally, but to bring a different emotion to every person that sees them.  The feelings that they bring to me are not always going to be the same as everyone else, but the important part is that they create an emotion.  My goal is not to tell my story, but to create a new one.”