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The Long Beach journalism community lost a couple of great people in the last week. Press-Telegram columnist Tom Hennessy, 80, died last Saturday. Rich Archbold, who was managing editor at the Press-Telegram when I worked there, called Hennessy, “Mr. Long Beach.” I remember Hennessy because he would do a Point/CounterPoint with sports columnist Loel Shrader whenever Notre Dame would play USC in football. You probably won’t recognize the other journalist. But Buck Lanier had a full career, reporting from Vietnam, going to the South Pole and writing stories about neighbors and neighborhoods in Long Beach. My best recollection of Buck is when he took me out to lunch at the Twin Wheels during my first week of work at the P-T. If you haven’t been to the Twin Wheels, then you really need to go. It’s located at 1585 Santa Fe Ave. As always, if you like us or hate us or have a story idea hit us up on social media with a comment on our Facebook page or our website www.theedgelb.com. Or send me an email at editor@hlrmedia.com - Gary Metzker Managing editor
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LONG BEACH CONSERVATIVES REFLECT A NATIONAL DIVISION Donald Trump’s bombastic personality has forced conservatives in the city to pick sides
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onald Trump. It’s as good a way as any to begin a news story nowadays. The Republican frontrunner for president has evolved from a running joke to become one of the most divisive political figures in modern history. Though only 20 percent of registered voters are Republican in Long Beach, speaking with them throughout the city exemplifies the national division of whether they want to vote Trump, or stop him. Nestor Moto is the p President of the Long Beach Young Republicans (LBYR). He supported New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie until Christie recently bowed out of the Republican primaries and officially endorsed The Donald. A perfect example of how Trump’s campaign believes he is expanding the Re-
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publicans base, Moto is young, Hispanic and gay. “I’m officially on the Trump train now,” Moto says. said “I was always open to Trump because he’s an outsider. He’s not part of the D.C. powerhouse.” MotoHe sayssaid that in his opinion, Trump appears to be more liberal than his rivals, and points to his support of Planned Parenthood and gay marriage. However, Moto’s support for Trump seems to be less one of passion, and more due to the lack of an alternative in his eyes. To him, Ohio Gov. John Kasich simply can’t win, and don’t even get him started about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. “It’s funny because Ted Cruz says ‘I’m anti-establishment,’ ,” Moto sayssaid. “He’s full of baloney because Jeb Bush is endorsing him. All the establishment is going to Ted Cruz.” But Moto admits, his opinion is not that of his entire organization, and like much of America they remain divided. Mark Rizk, the treasurer of LBYR treasurer, points
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out what will probably be Trump’s biggest weakness in Southern California, and one that was an absolute must fix for the GOP following 2012’s presidential defeat. “We need to improve with the Hispanic community,” Rizk sayssaid. “Trump is not helping that.” Rizk, who supports Ted Cruz, says there is about an even split among backers of Trump and Cruz within their organization. Contrary to Moto, he sayssaid that Trump’s lack of experience holding public office is what makes him unfit for president. “Business and politics don’t have the same mechanics,” Rizk sayssaid. “It’s like hiring a T.V. repairmen to fix your fridge.” Clia Zwilling, vVice pPresident for the Long Beach Republican Women Federated agrees. Zwilling calls herself an “open Republican” and is a graduate student at Whittier Law School. She is also a volunteer coordinator for Wesley Turnbow for Long Beach
City Council and is an intern for Rep.resentative Ed Royce. “I’m more for civil rights,” Zwilling sayssaid. “The fact that Ted Cruz has a legal background is preferential for me. I think a politician should know the law, especially when they’re trying to create bills and law.” Her position working for Congressman Royce has also given her insight into the divide that exists with the Republican voters. “To be honest, I mean I work for Congressman Ed Royce so I get a lot of calls and I’m pretty knowledgeable about what people complain about with the candidates, “ Zwilling says. “I’d say it’s pretty mixed. There’s a lot of people who want Ted Cruz, there’s a lot of people who want Trump . . . And then the other third being people who don’t want either, they just want their nominee back out, like for example Jeb Bush, or some other person.” Moto thinks that one of the biggest obstacles fac-
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People paint Trump’s supporters as racist and bigots...That’s not the case. – Nestor moto jr. | Long Beach Young Republicans President
ing Trump and his supporters is a false perception of who they are. “People paint Trump’s supporters as racist and bigots,” Moto says. “That’s not the case. People like me will be able to counter everything people think about Trump supporters.” But then again, when the Ku Klux Klan is endorsing you, there’s only so much damage control you can do fromfor the public’s perception. Another Long Beach resident, Brian Dearth echoed Moto’s concerns “People on Facebook support Hillary or Bernie,” Dearth says. “I’ve never seen someone tell them to un-friend me. But don’t let me post anything about Trump.” Dearth said that the “cycle of insults” hurled towards Trumps supporters have only hardened his stance behind the candidate and says he chooses to keep his views to himself now. And that seems to be the running theme. The loudest candidate on the trail, has some of the quietest supporters off of it, many fearful of repercussions of associating with his views. But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Moto predicts that California will be the state where Trump secures the nomination, because all his hidden supporters will finally begin to surface. Moto says that like himself, who many would never identify as riding the Trump train, there are others. “He has more supporters than people think,” Moto said. “Just wait.”
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TOP 20 REASONS TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH
What makes downtown Long Beach? This list of places, parts, and pleasantries will hopefully solve the groovy mystery amongst the downtown streets. by Madison D’Ornellas
1. Proximity to the beach You’re close but you’re not that close. It’s not like you can stand on 3rd and Long Beach Blvd and hear and feel the ocean breezes. No. But you can get to the ocean on foot. And that in itself makes downtown the best area in Long Beach. Fight me if you think I’m wrong, but being even a little close, and knowing that you are close, to the beach, does the mind and body good.
2. Local, local businesses Someone somewhere has either written or is writing a manifesto about the difference in feeling between buying a “hamburger” at the Burger King on 4th and Cedar and waiting patiently for a gourmet statue of bread, meat and fillings at The Social List on Retro Row. There’s just something truly magical about supporting a local business. And downtown is freckled, no, riddled with them. They’re everywhere. And downtown Long Beach residents can’t get enough of them.
3. Public transportation Leave your car on the street for a couple of days before you have to wake up at the crack of dawn like a zombie to move your car two blocks for street sweeping, and use the damn bus. We see and interact with our fellow community members when we are out of cars and on the streets. Or, by god, walk or buy and ride a bike. There are bike lanes and bicyclists in Long Beach for a reason. Long Beachers are aware of bicyclists. We know them like our siblings. And downtown traffic will almost force you to sell your car and utilize the convenient and beauty that is Long Beach Transit.
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Long Beach Transit is convenient and reliable. (Long Beach Transit.com)
4. Roaches They crawl on your face at night. They creep into your french press after you’ve had your fill of afternoon coffee. They surprise you while you’re in the tub, and make you shake with fear that they’ll morph into Freddy and haunt you more in your dreams than they already do. They are cockroaches and they are fellow yet unwelcomed members of the downtown community. They literally keep you on your toes. And force you to pick up after yourself. And they’re fun to kill.
5. Retro Row I need a sparkly shirt for a David Bowie remembrance party. I need luggage that isn’t a Samsonite that will fit in an overhead compartment. For some insane reason, I want some used records. And yikes, I need some fresh food. So I go to Retro Row. This strip of street is home to Long Beach’s best restaurants, coffee shops and bars. It’s crawling with the most colourful characters who, like the rest of downtown, are mesmerized by the quirkiness that is the stretch of street, which begins around 4th and Hermosa and ends somewhere by 4th and Gladys. It’ll pull you in and bring you back. Sometimes everyday.
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6. Cold showers Apartment buildings in downtown are older than your mother. And sometimes, you wake up and there won’t be hot water to start your morning. At this point, you kill a cockroach, put coffee on, grit your teeth, and take the goddamn shower. There’s nothing worse than feeling dirtier than the floors and pipes of your flat. So just do it. It’ll wake you up. And hope and pray that tomorrow will be the end of another day of Freeze Clean.
7. Berlin Bistro/Fingerprints All good. All of the time. Downtown music-heads, cafe dwellers and indie progressive hipsters flock to these two joints. It’s hard for us to tell you why. But Berlin and Fingerprints supply the good stuff; live music, fresh food and good people. The Downtown Gods did us dirty by placing them in the same building.
8. Music A single lady or gent living in downtown will get depressed if he or
she doesn’t get out and walk around the town during a free evening. And during your trek, you will stumble upon music. Whether it’s booming from Sevilla on Pine Ave, pulsing from Dyzzy on Vinyl on Retro Row, or waiting for you on a street corner next to a hat filled with quarters and dimes, you’ll find it. And for those who have friends and lives, live music events happen every week and weekend in downtown. There’s always something going on on Pine Ave, in the window of 4th Street Vine, on stage at the Prospector, and every other quasivenue in downtown. Just get out there and listen. And don’t be afraid to dance.
9. V Room, The Stache, and Ferns You will meet the weirdest and most wonderful people at these cesspools on 4th Street. These dive bars are hosts for bad decisions, puke, and good music. Most of the patrons you’ll see at V Room have lived in Long Beach their whole lives, and the people at The Stache will most likely squeeze your butt. Jukeboxes, billiards, pretty-cheap drinks. What’s not to like?
reasons to live in long beach 18. What are record stores?
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They are places to run into an old friend and discover new music. They are home to your favorite album and the worst record you’ve ever heard. They are calming and oases to the busy streets outside.
It’s so great falling out of bed at 3:58 in the morning and driving around dangerously half asleep to move your car for street sweeping. I love having a day off and oversleeping to find 50 bucks stuck to my windshield. The access to parking is the best gift downtown Long Beach has to give. And it’s a gift that keeps on giving.
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11. Rocky Horror at the Art Theatre every Saturday at midnight Boys: grab your fishnets and heels. Girls: wear barely anything. And get your asses to the Art Theatre every Saturday at midnight to witness the $11 beauty and wonder of downtown Long Beach’s own Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you’ve seen the movie, it’s a whole new thing to experience it live. If you’ve never been to the live show or seen the movie, well, you’re in for a treat. And for those who know, just go. And bring your Super Virgin friends.
12. “One of us, one of us…” Even on my worst days, I feel like a necessary cog in the downtown machine. The sense of community in downtown is warmer than an outsider would think. Yeah, we get into fights at Portfolio’s and we dance our faces off at Alegria. We buy books at Fern’s Garden on 2nd Street that we’ll never read. And we go to Number Nine every single Wednesday, because we just have to. We know Elaine at Casa De Luxe and the staff at the Brass Lamp are waiting for us. Our traditions are on our streets. Our mistakes are eclipsed by our good nights. We’re not perfect, but at least we’re groovier than the rest of Long Beach.
13. Buskers There are few things in life that are better than free live music. And there are more than a few buskers, or street performers, in downtown. A certain sense of respect and gratitude is felt while watching a busker. Kudos for making downtown your stage. Right on for putting music in the trash dust ridden air. And thanks for stopping us in our tracks, at least for a couple of minutes.
20. The Good Foot at Alex’s Bar
Jukeboxes, billiards and cheap drinks; Fourth Street has it all. (Ferns.com)
14. Distance from Cal State Long Beach The Downtown Gods presented us with another gift by not making us a “college town” and shifting us away from CSULB. You can smell the stress on Bellflower and 7th. The school’s area is just not fun. We all send our condolences to the 49er Tavern.
of downtown, is home to several art galleries, cool cottages, Soundwalk, and the Second Saturday Art Walk. It’s a great place to roam when you have nothing to do and a need for some creativity. There are talented people in downtown, and the East Village knows how to show off Long Beach art and artists.
I end this list with my favorite thing about downtown Long Beach. The monthly disco night at Alex’s Bar hosted by The Good Foot makes me feel alive and lucky to live in downtown. I dance my back out. I sweat and heave like a marathoner. I feel elated at the end of these nights. Nothing else matters, except the good people to dance with, the good music, and the dance floor.
The changing lights at the Performing Arts Center are almost theraputic. (LB Performing Arts Center)
15. It’s not 2nd Street 2nd Street is the nice popular kid in high school. It acknowledges you, it respects you, but it still thinks it’s better than you. It’s not. It does it’s job, with all it’s bro-filled theme bars and pretty lights and Top 40 blasting from the bowels of a million bad dates. In the end, it’s just 2nd Street.
16. The lights at night at the Performing Arts Center There is something extremely therapeutic about the changing lights that illuminate the Long Beach Performing Arts Center every night. It’s outside square is the perfect location for a first kiss, a first bite of a bagel from Village Grind, and a first nibble at your leftovers from Rock Bottom. With the fountains going and the sunset glowing against the faces of the coastal high rises, it makes for one of the most beautiful places in downtown.
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THE PSYCHEDELIC RELATIONSHIP OF BREATHING Local artist Breatherrr works on his upcoming album “Almond Noir.”
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et’s see . . . what is some shit that just blows my mind?” The view of the Belmont Shore Pier resting on the Pacific Ocean, the Pink Floyd and Grizzly Bear posters hanging in his living room and the vinyl collection nestle in the corner of the room directly below the posters are some of the things that stand out as you enter his apartment. As he sifts through his vinyl collection it’s safe to say that Michael Espinach’s taste in music is eclectic. The records that rest against the wall include music from New Age, Pulp, Radiohead, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Flying Lotus, Fuck Buttons, Animal Collective, My Bloody Valentine, WuTang Clan, Foals and of course Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”. “I even have some Sade,” Espinach says as he continues to browse his collection. “I didn’t even know I had that there. I need to listen to that pretty soon.” He started collecting records around the time he started attending California State University, Long Beach. Espinach graduated from CSULB in 2011, where he studied religion with a concentration on eastern philosophies like Daoism, Hinduism and Buddhism. “I bought Slayer’s “Reign in Blood” and Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” at the same time,” Espinach says. “And that has something huge to do with what the new record is about. That’s kind of the idea – having the super intense kind of shit with something melancholic and cool.” Espinach started making music about eight years ago in a psychedelic rock band called I Am
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You, but went solo and now makes music under the name Breatherrr. His first solo album “Resin Ballet” was released in 2013. He recently played several gigs in Texas during South by Southwest, and is currently working on a followup album slated to be called “Almond Noir.”. “Describing my sound is a bit difficult in words, but I think with this album I want people to trip, fuck and cry.” Espinach says laughing while sipping on some freshlybrewed coffee. “I want people to have an intense psychedelic experience. I’d like it if people fuck or dance to it and be very sensual with it and I’d love for it to move them in a way that can make them cry.” He said he has always described his music “postpsychedelic.”. Most notably his music draws from various type of genres including shoegaze, drone, noise rock, trip hop, industrial and older psychedelic music. There is no doubt denying the sound of his music can be deliriously repetitive and hypnotic.
quotes from “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” His upcoming release has a track which samples the sword swinging fights from “Kill Bill” to create a seductive beat. One day while watching the noir cult classic “Blade Runner” he decided it would be a fitting way to name his forthcoming project. “The noir genre of film never has a clear cut ending,” Espinach says. “It’s not necessarily black or white. It’s very much grey. There is a lot of fear in that. What I am trying to do is very intense, but very pretty.” During his debut effort he said he felt he would jam a lot in every track so that each one was a journey. This time around he hopes to dedicate each song to a particular set of emotions or emotional
feelings that will tell a complete story when the record is heard. “It’s intensity in the way that just being alive is intense,” Espinach says. By the end he said he wants to create something he himself is shocked he is releasing into the world. “It’s not that I’m trying to trip a person out; it’s that trippyness just happens. Because that’s what the song wants, it’s been sitting there the whole time you just need to write it. It’s waiting to happen, and you have to let that out. That’s what the record is about.” To learn more about his music visit http://breatherrr.bandcamp.com or find Breatherrr on Facebook for information on upcoming local shows.
The new album hopes to deconstruct the meaning of relationships, according to Espinach. He believes that relationships are not limited to another person, but also habits, vices, or a relationship with yourself. He hopes thematically the work will play with the idea of alchemy, and especially hopes listeners will take his music apart in other to fully understand the narrative he is trying to tell. He chose the name for the upcoming album because he is actually allergic to nuts. Even though he can’t eat nuts he feels a strong relationship between the idea of an almond, the taste of an almond and the look of an almond. Not only is Espinach a music aficionado, but he is also quite the movie buff. His first record samples
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EVERYONE’S A CRITIC Audience members get to air their comments about new plays at the New Works Festival at the Long Beach Playhouse
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ave you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of playwriting? Every year, the Long Beach Playhouse invites the community to watch a new play’s first public reading. Now in its 26th year, the Long Beach Playhouse has presented the annual New Works Festival. For every festival, the Playhouse receives anywhere from 50 to 200 different plays and the Playhouse’s New Works Committee of 12 people reads through each of the plays twice. After reading and analyzing, the committee whittles their choice down to two plays. These two plays are picked for their potential to reach the next level of a workshop production, which will include the improved draft of the play with minimal costuming and stage directions. Out of those two, one will move on to the following year’s Workshop Production – this year’s play is “SHE” by Marlow Wyatt, performed and workshopped on Friday and Saturday. “SHE takes place in a small working class African American town where children play outdoors and respect their elders. The story follows the life of SHE, Sojorner Freeman, an ambitious and strong willed, 13- year-old African American poet. SHE . . . hopes to use [her talent of writing] to take her out of her small town existence. This year, the two titles that were picked for New Works’ readings were “Pie In The Sky” by Lawrence Thelen read on April 1, and “Adam and Eve And Adam and Steve” by Jason Gordon read on April 2. The plays are read live by actors. They sit in a line across stage facing the audience, and with the scripts on music stands, the actors lift the words off the page with their voices, facial expressions, and gestures. If you close your eyes, you can imagine the
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world as vividly as you could a novel. This process allows the playwright to observe the audience’s reactions to different lines and scenes. Executive and producing artistic director Andrew Vonderschmitt says: “The playwright gets to see their words come alive and they can address any problems of the play.” “Pie In The Sky,” was directed by Mitchell Nunn, and according to the Playhouse, is “An endearing comedy about an aging mother and daughter who live together in Abilene, Texas. It’s Kathy’s birthday and Margaret, Kathy’s 85-year-old mother decides to bake her a pie . . . It becomes clear that Kathy’s mother is trying to help her get her life in order before she departs this world.” “Adam and Eve . . . And Adam and Steve,” is a two act play written by Jason Gordon who is an attorney by trade who has been writing creatively since high school, and directed by Gigi Fusco Meese. The play presents a modern twist on the creation of man (and in this case, three men and one woman). God, a booming, sarcastic voice in the sky, works with his Research and Development team to work out all the kinks of their human experiment. The human characters, the first of their kind, go through life clumsily, exploring what it means to be human and the challenges that come with living in the Garden of Eden. While the play asks questions about human relationships to oneself, to others, and to God, and how knowledge is obtained through accidents that occur through life, it is humorous and light. The audience laughed from beginning to end, and some described it as farcical, goofy, or lampooning modern day stereotypes. After the performance of the play, audience members who range from first-timers to theater lovers to individuals who have had careers in theater, participate in commentary. Everyone gets to be a
critic. Vonderschmitt leads the discussion by asking for initial thoughts, including questions like, “What are your thoughts about what the story is about and how was the storytelling?” The audience’s questions touch upon how different characters, costumes or scenes would look like if put into full production, and then brainstorms together. Opinions range with the diversity of the audience, some asking for more feminism, or suggestions about taking the humor in different directions so that the audience can “leave their head at the door,” or adding more biblical references to make it more satirical. From here, either “Pie In the Sky,” or “Adam and Eve . . . and Adam and Steve” will be chosen to move on to the following year’s 2017 New Works Workshop Production.
From left to right: The Long Beach Playhouse, located at 5021 E Anaheim St. presents the 26th annual New Works Festival from April 19. Actors performing a reading of “Adam and Eve... Adam and Steve,” one of the winners of the2016 New Works Festival.
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ince 1994, Long Beach Organic has been scouring the city for various plots of would-be ruins, and then transforming them into beautiful, budding gardens throughout the city. Like a rose grown through concrete, their nine gardens are a spectacle showcasing how nature’s beauty can transcend the concrete, asphalt and rising structures of an urban environment. “We have a real simple mission,” Garden Director Joe Corso says. “Turning empty plots into gardens.” At their Wrigley Village Community Garden (2044 Pacific Ave.) they’ve done just that. They took an abandoned lot known more for crime than fresh produce and transformed it into a little sanctuary with gardening plots for 23 households around the community. “To be honest, it was drug dealer central,” Corso says. “There was a sofa in the alley and people didn’t even get up. They just drove right up and it was like a dispensary. We found so much paraphernalia and junk and garbage here when we cleaned it up. But now instead of being an eyesore, it’s a focal point on the block.” New Wrigley Village member Kim Robertson has enjoyed having the chance to grow her own vegetables, and is most proud of her new radishes. “There so buttery,” Robertson says. “I’ve never had such a buttery radish.” Corso agrees, people aren’t necessarily getting dirty to save a little cash. “I don’t think you necessarily save money on vegetables, but you get better vegetables,” says Corso. “It’s all about pride of authorship.” Founded by Charles Moore, who now simply tends his own private garden at his home, Long Beach Organic hopes to educate people about the benefits of growing organic while providing Long
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A COMMUNITY (AND VEGETABLES) GROWS IN LONG BEACH Long Beach Organic’s nine gardens help feed over 100 households around the city and some have an 18-month waiting list
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Beach residents a place to turn that knowledge into action. But that description is so boring compared to everything that’s really going on. They have a “demonstration garden” that is harvested by interns seeking hours at Cal State University, Long Beach. Then the harvest is donated to the Long Beach Rescue Mission to provide fresh organic produce for those under their care. They host a wine tour, affording the chance to visit multiple gardens while sipping on wines donated by California wineries. But, most of all, the gardens have created a tight knit community that takes care of its own and offers residents of Long Beach a place to appreciate all life has to offer. In 2012, Wrigley Village Community Garden member Jan Roberts had a stroke. A life-long gardener, the 67-year-old Roberts had her passion stripped from her as she laid in a hospital bed. She needed help simply taking care of herself, how could she manage to tend a garden? “I was in the hospital for a long time,” Roberts recalls. “They took away my drivers license, so now I needed to have someone take me places and help me do things.” To the rest of the community the answer was obvious: her garden would become their garden. Roberts says that multiple people helped to make sure her plot didn’t wither as she became stronger in the hospital each day. When Roberts finally returned, she and Corso began a weekly ritual, now in its fourth year, to make sure her little 10x10 plot will never be forgotten. Every week, usually on a Wednesday, Corso drives Roberts to and from her home to help her tend her garden. “He helps me so much, I don’t know what I would do without Joe,” Roberts says while Joe bashfully chuckles as he waters her plot. “He see’s things
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that I don’t see, and things that I can’t get to.” This day Roberts is moving unusually slow, the byproduct of an accident just a few days ago when she fell during her physical therapy, making the simplest of movements extra difficult. “My whole body is just sore,” Roberts says. “I can hardly move. I can hardly walk.” Corso says their unique relationship is a prime example how the idea of a community garden is as much about the community as it is about the garden. “Jan and I lived on the same street for 15 years before I knew her name,” Corso recalls. “But you get into the garden and you really get to know people.” Long Beach Organic’s nine garden locations cover roughly 2 ½ acres throughout Long Beach. The oldest garden is the Pacific and Sixth Community Garden (612 Pacific Ave.) and serves 12 households speaking seven different languages. Their largest is the... Continue to page 21.
Left to Right: Flowers grow in a plot at the Zaferia Junction Garden April 1. Joe Corso, the director of the gardens said that some people only grow flowers, some only vegetables, and some both. Joe Corso, the garden director, helps Jan Roberts pick up the vegetables grown on her plot. Ever since Roberts had a stroke, Corso picks her up once a week and helps her take care of her plot in the garden. Zaferia Junction Garden is the largest of the nine gardens at over an acre. The wait list to get a plot is over 18 months.
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t’s no secret that Walt Disney, the man behind the mouse, was a master of timeless creations. As his world jumped off pages and onto the screen, then off screen onto a 160-acre slab of Anaheim real estate, this timelessness translated from a character’s aesthetics to its audience of all ages. But for the kids in princess-dress replicas and Mickey Mouse ears who were introduced to “the happiest place on earth” in the past two decades, Disney went from pushing its oversized strollers to accompanying the same crowd of Disneyphiles into adulthood. Though the company could not release age-related statistics concerning attendance in the interest to protect the privacy of its guests, the billowing trend amongst 18-to-30 year olds is most evident through its subsequent sub-cultures such as DIY Disneybounding and the leagues of patched, cut-off vests denominating one Disney social club from their like-minded cohorts. Dolls and Daddy-O’s in rockabilly threads gather for Dapper Day’s bow-tied, biannual outings. The event began five years ago within a small, grassroots fan base and grew to international levels, accumulating over 20,000 vintage-clad participants at Disney resorts in Anaheim, Orlando and Paris, according to their website. Mouse Mingle, a dating site exclusively for Disney fans, launched in December, integrating efficiency into ‘happily ever after.’ “[The Walt Disney Company] is bringing back the old stuff, but [it’s] adding a new twist,” says Sedonah Najera, 20, a culture writer for the Disney Examiner. “It’s catching a lot of attention from millenials, especially since incorporating social media into the mix.” She noticed the trend take off after seeing the same peers who teased her for being a long-time park passholder in high school “blow up” their Instagram profiles with filtered photos of their own Anaheim adventures. The tale is similar to one told by her boss, Jordan Poblete, 24, founder, owner and strategist of the Disney Examiner, in his Op-Ed “Card-carrying member: a reality of being a Disney parks passholder.” “To be a card-carrying member to one of Disney’s Magic Kingdoms is no longer frowned upon, but looked upon; it’s a status symbol,” he writes. “You’re in an elite group like those who’ve won a game show.” Poblete’s two-man Tumblr blog from 2008 developed into the independent, online magazine, which “takes a closer look at the Walt Disney Company.” Spanning 186 countries, the Disney Examiner generates Disney-related content that receives 50,000 to 60,000 hits a month. “Disney has always been really good at generating things that penetrate the culture,” says Poblete. “It’s not necessarily something that we think about, but Disney is a company that has so many arms in so many places. From TV to online to the movies that they make to the theme parks – especially growing up in southern California, you’re exposed to that … Bottom line is that they have influence in pretty much every part of our lives.” From the business standpoint, Poblete gives credit to Disney’s daring, billion-dollar buyouts and marketing techniques fronted by Robert Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Iger was given the castle keys in 2005. He coached the acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios in 2006, Marvel Entertainment in 2009 and most recently Lucasfilm in 2012. According to the Los Angeles Times, Disney’s stock price has more than quadrupled during Iger’s tenure. Despite annual rises in ticket pricing and annual passes – the highest now priced at over $1,000, attendance at Disneyland in Anaheim increased by 870,000 from 15.9 million in 2009 to 16.77 million in
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was revealed in Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, closed-off from the public with her husband on one knee. Their private wedding took place throughout the park, and of course, on the 16th. Cocktail hour took place in the Tower of Terror. The two were married in Aladdin’s Oasis. Then everyone came together for the reception in the Animation Academy building, with special tributes to Eyvind Earl, art director of many Disney classics. His works includes illustration for the 1959 hit “Sleeping Beauty,” a favorite of Sianez’s that she had tattooed in brilliant hues on her right arm. Additionally, Sianez is a part of the Lost Boys social club that has about 15 members. They are organizing a September trip to visit the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan as well as the brand-new Shanghai Disney Resort in China after it opens in the summer. Absent of shame, her park-going quota stands at about three times a week. Her husband is currently a security manager, making it easy for the two to indulge in casual trips to Club 33 and loaded baked potato soup at Fisherman’s Wharf. “It’s not just the marketing – [the Walt Disney Company and Disneyland cast members] just do a great job in the park by making it “magical” in their own way and I know everything about it; even if I literally go and sit, it’s still just a happy place to be for me,” Sianez explains. “It’s a home away from home, I guess.”
“[My husband and I] have this tradition where we go to Disneyland every 16th of the month since we met on the 16th at a pizza parlor, we started dating on the 16th and the first time I ever took him to Disneyland, it happened to be on the 16th,” says Sianez. “It makes a big difference when you have something to look forward to; we grew because of it.” With a little faith, and trust and pixie dust, she said yes at the end of a scavenger hunt proposal, with each word of the phrase “Will you marry me?” dispersed throughout different rides. The final sign
2014, according to Statista. “I think the numbers dictate the reason,” says Poblete. “Proving why all of these millenials really enjoys what the company is putting out there.” As it turns out, Disney Examiner’s 20-person team all fall under 30, with the oldest member being 26 years old. Sporting a bow that would make Minnie Mouse proud, a 20-year-old Nicca Panggat struggled to articulate her affinity for all things Disney as she scrolled through a phone wrapped in the Middle Eastern magic carpet scene from “Aladdin.” “I’m not even going to lie, it probably is an obsession,” says Panggat. “I don’t think you can have an annual pass for eight years and have it not be an obsession. Disney has been a part of my life for so long; it’s ingrained in me.” Beyond her mug collection and lifelong love for the spinning tea cups, she notes that Disney is one outlet she uses to mend the age gap between her and her 3 and 6-year-old siblings. “When my sister was born, we went from VHS to DVD,” says Panggat. “Now, with my brother, we’re slowly collecting the classics on Blu-ray.” Popularly notated as the “Disney Renaissance,” the years 1989 to 1999 welcomed “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and the “Lion King” – the latter still standing as the highest grossing traditionally animated film of all time, according to Forbes. Panggat, a Signature Passport holder, cashes in $4 for a one-hour bus trip to the park on a weekly basis – whether riding solo or with friends, whether departing at lunch or late evening – instead of other outing alternatives in escaping the workload of a full-time California State University, Long Beach student. “It’s not so much about believing in the fairytale tropes at this age, but more so about [being] entirely immersed in everything Disney,” she says. “That’s why when you’re on the rides you can’t see the back of the park, you can’t see how everything works. Doing that ride in that moment is all there is to care
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// April 25 // The Queen Mary Golf Classic Benefitting the Long Beach Ronald McDonald House 7:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Want to shoot a ‘hull’ in one for charity? The Queen Mary will host a fun day of Championship golf, prizes and entertainment at the third annual Queen Mary Golf Classic, held at the historic Virginia Country Club. Proceeds will benefit the Long Beach Ronald McDonald House.
Long Beach Museum of Art // April 7 - April 24 // Artist in Residence: Jamie Sweetman
// Every Friday // Free docent-led tourof the galleries 1 p.m. - 2p.m. in the Hartman Pavilion
// April 16 - April 23 // Adult Workshop: Cermaic Spoons 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., $75 non-members, $50 members Ceramic artist KLAI will teach participants how to make ceramic spoons. Minimum of six people required for the workshop. Contact Lisa Marsh at lisam@ lbma.org to make a reservation.
// Every third Sunday // free drop-in art making workshop 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Create some art on the LBMA lawn! All ages are welcome.
Aquarium of the Pacific // April 7 // BENZIGER WINE DINNER 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., $90 general admission, $80 members 21+
// April 9 - April 10 // International Children’s Day Festival
Patterns, structures and shapes found in both the human body and plant life are depicted in Jamie Sweetman’s mysterious drawings.
9 a.m. – 5 p.m., included with admission The Aquarium of the Pacific’s 10th annual International Children’s Day is a special festival for kids.
// April 7- April 24 // “Beyond the Frame: New Media Arts from Taiwan”
// April 15 - April 17 // Earth Day Celebration
This exhibition of “new media” artists from Taiwan showcases their skills to use traditional art techniques with modern technology.
// April 7 - April 24 // “Transformed by Fire” Diverse selection of functional and sculptural contemporary ceramics from the collection of Richard Oelschlaeger. The artists’ creations in clay are local, regional, statewide and national in significance.
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// April 15 // Latin Rhythms: Tango Dance Class
7 p.m. – 9 p.m., General admission; $10, Members free Come prepared for an energizing night and learn the art of tango. Dance 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., General admission; $40, instructor Josie Neglia will lead you Members $30 Join Chef Luis Navarro, from Lola’s Mex- through a series of dance and fitness moves to the rhythms of this passionate ican Cuisine, as he leads a cooking and dance. mixology demonstration. This springthemed Buen Provecho includes specialty dishes and drinks. Workshop includes // April 22 // a small tasting and drink.
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// April 9 // The Art of meditation Free members only event 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Meditation in galleries before the museum opens. The session will be led by the founder of Long Beach Meditation, Dr. Victor Byrd. A Q&A will follow the instruction.
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., General admission; $5, Members free Inspired by the Artful Healing exhibition in the Port to Learning Gallery, Arts & Services for Disabled (ASD) will lead a collaborative art project where participants can practice their gross motor skills through various games and activities by manipulating different materials and practicing lifting, carrying and throwing.
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buraka som sistema Doors 8 p.m., Show 8:30 p.m., $23-$26 El Rey Theatre 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90036
FRI 4/8 rjd2 Doors open 8 p.m., Show 9 p.m., $25 Telegram Ballroom 1234 W. Seventh St., Los Angeles, 90017 Come celebrate the soul music, veteran producer’s sixth album Dame Fortune. Bring your dancing shoes.
Nerf Herder album release with Fartbarf, Geezer, and Allie Goertz Doors open 8 p.m., $15 Troubadour 9081 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069 The bill-list is intriguing. Let us know know this goes.
SAT 4/9 Joe Moses & Friends 9 p.m., $20 Music will be by DJ Nitrane of Shade 45 and the night will be visited by a “celebrity guest.” It’s in Los Angeles. Anything can happen, right? El Rey Theatre 5515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, 90036
We The Kings with AJR, She Is We, Elena Coats, and Brothers James Doors open 6 p.m., $25 Troubadour 9081 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069
Swami John Reis & The Blind Snake 8 p.m., $12 The Observatory 3503 S Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, 92704
The Low Down- Hip Hop DJ Night 9 p.m., Free! Do not be afraid to get down. This is also a blacklight party and their will be body popping and tunes flowing from birthday boy DJ Yon Yovi. 21+ Alex’s Bar 2913 E. Anaheim St
MON 4/11 Intervals with Plini, Angel Vivaldi, and Save Us From Archon Doors open 7 p.m., $15 Troubadour 9081 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069 A pop-punk group from Florida that will have you fist pumping to your car. Wear jeans with holes in them.
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6 p.m., free with pre-purchase of the April 8 release of “Gore.” Yes. This is real. Standby line forms on Sunset Boulevard at 4 p.m. Amoeba 6400 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028
TUE 4/12 TsuShiMaMiRe with Skapeche Mode 8:30 p.m., $10.50-$12.50 Come jam with this Japanese alternative rock girls trio. Since 1999 they’ve been weirding you out and making you dance. The Echo 1822 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90026
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cover Continued from page 13...Zaferia Junction Garden (3709 10th St.) and at over an acre, it is large enough to fit the other eight gardens within it. It has plots for 90 households and is truly a sight to behold. Created along a stretch of the Long Beach Green Belt, where a railroad used to run, the garden community has recycled much of the junk into various projects like a small pond, tool sheds and a small little circle of chairs under a shady tree ripe for an afternoon snooze after a day of digging in the dirt. However, the location has an 18-month wait list to get in, and with other stretches of the Green Belt growing weeds instead of food, it is fair to wonder when an expansion might take place. Zaferia Junction member Karisa Ferrel said she waited more than a year for a plot. “There is at least two more stretches of nothing we could be using,” Ferrel says. Another member, Erin Pence, said she is just appreciative for the opportunity to get her young child out of the house. “I have a 4 year old,” says Pence as she tends to the newly-sprouted veggies in her 2-month-old plot. “He loves watering and hunting for ladybugs. It’s a great way to get him to try new things.” Continue on page 21. Continued from page 13. Fundraising is key to keeping the gardens going, as well as hard work. They offer six work days for members to attend each year to pick weeds, turn mulch and other necessities that aren’t as fun as eating fresh picked strawberries. They require their members to attend at least two.
“That’s more important than the rent,” says Corso. “It’s a community garden, so we really need people to help out.” Their biggest fundraising event is their annual wine tour. “People make a donation and we get on the bus and go to four gardens,” Corso says. “There’s food at every garden, live music and wine. It’s our deadline to get everything looking great for spring and a chance for people to see what they’re supporting.” It’s a chance to celebrate all the hard work that’s put in throughout the year, keeping Long Beach’s hidden gems looking beautiful. So, when people happen to drive or walk by they’re just as shocked. Forget the story about a rose rising through the concrete. Thanks to the efforts of Long Beach Organic and its community, you’ll find an entire orchard.
Right Flowers and vegetables grow in a plot at the Wrigley Village Community Garden April 1. Joe Corso, the director of the gardens said that some people only grow flowers, some only vegetables, and some both. Below Joe Corso waters the plants at Wrigley Village Community Garden April 1. - Photos by Karen Sawyer
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artist of the week
NO SLOUCH ON A COUCH Tess & Dave perform before, and with, Father John Misty; they even create the merchandise.
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artist of the week
by Ariana Sawyer
L
ong Beach musician Tess Shapiro offered the use of her couch to fellow musician David Vandervelde who’d just come back from touring and needed somewhere to crash. But the multi-instrumentalist and sound-engineer doesn’t have to sleep in the living room anymore. “I think he was on the couch for two nights,” Shapiro says. “I graduated,” Vandervelde says. “And we’ve been together ever since.” Almost a year later, the two will celebrate their anniversary, not only as a couple, but as duo act Tess & Dave when they return to Long Beach in less than a month from their second tour with indie rock artist Father John Misty and his band. Tess & Dave’s first tour was mini-sized and Midwestern, with three shows in September and four in October. But this time, Josh Tillman, who goes by Father John Misty, asked Shapiro and Vandervelde to tour with him again all over the U.S. with a couple of shows in Canada. Vandervelde, 32, was introduced to Shapiro by mutual friend and FJM bass player Elijah Thomson when he went to see Thomson at a Two Sheds show where Tess was playing a few months before Vandervelde landed on her couch. “I told Eli, ‘I have an idea: It’s called Tess & Dave,’ ” Vandervelde says. At the time, Shapiro was doing backup vocals and percussion. “Tess is a hell of a shaker player, and, you know, a pretty decent singer too, so . . . I’m just kidding, she’s the shit.” Vandervelde says he obsesses over the shaker and percussion in general. Shapiro, 30, is a multi-instrumentalist as well, playing guitar, shaker, synthesizer and singing for the crisp dreamy sounds of the indie folk duo while a majestically bearded Vandervelde sings and plays the guitar in live performances. “I feel so happy and grateful I get to be in a band with my best friend and soul mate,” Shapiro says. “It’s pretty amazing when you actually get to do what you love and make a living out of it. “It’s the first time for me that’s ever happened.” But Vandervelde and Shapiro keep their relationship separate from the Tess & Dave performance personas. The two say they have different masks they put on throughout the tour. For example, they use the business mask when they’re setting up for a show where they can order each other around in ways they wouldn’t off stage. After the show, they can wear the relationship mask. “I guess we’ve decided the relationship is first, and if Tess & Dave isn’t fun anymore, we just won’t do it,” Vandervelde says. But for now, the two seem to be having fun 24/7. Vandervelde also plays guitar with FJM, who recently asked Shapiro to do backup vocals and percussion, so the two end up playing double-time.
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When they’re not making music, they’re creating the merchandise. “Everything is really DIY,” Shapiro says. She and Vandervelde made the performance backdrop, the tote bags, the CDs and the vinyls. The self-titled CD EP is currently only available at shows on the tour, along with a limited edition 10inch vinyl record called “Take a Dip in My Dreams,” of which there are only 300 copies. The EP will be available electronically when they return to Long Beach next month. Much of the band’s art depicts the duo holding a human heart together in combination astronaut medieval knight costumes. The images are partially in homage to local Long Beach coffee shop Lord Windsor on Third Street and Cerritos Avenue. Inspiration for Tess & Dave’s music was partially influenced by the “forced inspiration” of U2’s “Songs of Innocence” after Vandervelde got a new phone about a year ago and discovered that Apple had automatically provided him with the album. “If they don’t enjoy [our music] what we’re going to do is figure out forcing our inspiration, a tactic that we’ve learned from looking at our iTunes libraries,” Vandervelde (may not have) joked. “Or maybe we’ll just do the Android platform.” Whether it’s Android, Apple or just Tess & Dave, the band is always repping local. “We have our Long Beach hats with us that I bought at the liquor store,” says Shapiro, a born and raised native. “So we represent Long Beach everywhere we go.” For those who can’t wait until the end of the tour to check out their music, individual songs “Holding My Own Hand,” Remove My Pictures” and “Social Chess” are available to stream and purchase on the their Bandcamp webpage.
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