KEN LUDWIG’S LEND ME A TENOR
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage
Feb. 23 – Mar. 23, 2019
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Gregory Cohen

In one of the best modern American farces to hit the stage, a madcap mix of mistaken identity, drugged-enduced confusion, lustful shenanigans, and operatic impersonation will leave audiences gasping for their next breath! In 1934 Ohio, the world famous tenor known as Il Stupendo, has fallen to a double dose of tranquilizers. The fate of the Cleveland Grand Opera hangs in the balance. Can the company’s young go-fer succeed in impersonating the famed opera legend? And what in the world happens when the presumed deceased star wakes up and realizes the show must go on? Brilliance and stupidity have never blended so seamlessly!

For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/388662761625772/

Kick off your weekend with music, food, shopping, and fun on Retro Row! #FOURTHFRIDAYSl comes to life from 6-9pm on March 22
➖
⏰ Extended Store Hours
🍴 Food & Drink Specials
🚎 Free Trolly Rides
🎶 Live Music
🏢 In Store Pop-ups + Specials
🎨 Art Shows
🚲 Bike Valet
🎉 AND MORE!

Here’s a recap of a recent 4th Friday:

Get ready for an explosion of mega-hits by Wham!, Kool & the Gang, Irene Cara, Sheena Easton, Bonnie Tyler, and more! Join Long Beach Symphony for this totally rad concert celebrating the music of the ‘80s!

Guests of all ages are encouraged to come dressed in their best ‘80s attire!

Program and artists subject to change.

The POPS! Series is a fun and friendly way to enjoy an entertaining night out. There are two ways to experience the POPS!—either at a table of 10 on the Arena floor or from the upstairs loge in a theater-style seat.

The concert itself starts at 8:00 PM, but the doors open at 6:30 PM and people are encouraged to come early and bring a picnic dinner—along with your favorite libations—to enjoy before the show. If you can’t bring your own food and drink there are also concessions available at the Arena.

Concert sponsored in party by Port of Long Beach and Valero Energy

For tickets and more information: http://longbeachsymphony.org/concerts-events/rewind-celebrating-the-music-of-the-80s/

Spring is here and we are happy to announce NiK Kacy Presents: Queer Brunch Pop-Up to Benefit non-profit organization Gendrfwd, brought to you by Salon Benders’!

Set to officially launch this Summer, Gendrfwd believes that authenticity is beautiful and each human being deserves the right to live life as their true self. (All proceeds/donations to Gendrfwd are tax-deductible via the generous fiscal sponsorship of the San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center).

This event is all about being your most authentic self! We encourage everyone to clean out your closets and bring your lightly used items so we can donate to the The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach (They are very much in need of formal/businesswear). What better way to get rid of your old threads and shop for your 2019 look while supporting small queer businesses and worthy nonprofits that support us!

There will be music, food, beverages, beauty demonstrations, queer resources and be sure to buy drink tickets! 100% proceeds from ticket sales will support Gendrfwd. Come have a Sunday Funday with us while doing good for the community! And thank you Salon Benders’ for hosting us at your gorgeous, upscale salon!!

NO COVER (Donation accepted though)!!!

Official Sponsor:
Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Vendors, performers and organizations will include…
Music:
DJ Dez (Patrick Sage Mendez)
DJ Ting (Maligaya Gen)
Mortasay live performance!

LGBTQ+ Vendors/Organizations:
Blaq Couture
/FEM/HAÜS
Gendrfwd
Lezathlon
Mahila by Little Indian
NiK Kacy Footwear (come get custom fitted for a genderfree holster or custom sized for shoes)
Unbound Estilo
Unconfined. Apparel

Services/Demos:
Adornment: Makeup as an expression of self with Made Up By Erin (contact Erin to schedule any personal makeover sessions or private class throughout the day! see schedule for workshop details)
Salon Benders’ Hair Workshop (please contact salon to schedule hair appointment in advance)
ERINSPIRATIONAL Tarot Reading with Erin Gallagher — Here To Question All Of Your Answers
Queer Kids Cards Photobooth (get your photo taken for the first queer trading cards)

LGBTQ+ Resources:
Gendrfwd
UCI Gender Diversity Program (UC Irvine Department of Pediatrics
San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center
The Laurel Foundation

Food:
SomethingGoodla

Night Dive is an adults-only event with local bands rockin’ out right next to the fish, DJs spinning in the Aquarium’s galleries, inspiring works of art, cocktails and drinks, and tasty bites from food trucks. Turn up and take it all in!

MUSIC

Lineup coming soon!

ART

Port of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery Pop-up: The Port of Long Beach is more than an economic engine – it can be a source of surprising beauty and a feast for the creative eye. The Port’s PHOTO Program, in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach, hosts photographers of all skill levels on a behind-the-scenes photography harbor tour through the Green Port of the Future. The PHOTO Gallery pop-up will debut at Night Dive and be on display through May 17.

CULTURE

Open Conversations: Port of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery Pop-up and Maritime Photography Talk: Join the Arts Council and Port of Long Beach for an insightful talk on maritime photography at 8:00 p.m. in our Ocean Theater. Port of Long Beach photographer Tim Rue, who was featured in Bloomberg’s 2018 Year in Pictures, will talk about his adventures documenting maritime life from the air, land, and sea. Also hear from Arts Council Artist Registry photographer Eddie Davila, who uses photography to document the ocean and surrounding environment. Learn about the Port of Long Beach’s PHOTO Program and view the Port of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery pop-up collection, which features photos from the 2018 PHOTO Program collection.

Food Trucks: Grab a bite to eat from one of the food trucks parked on the front plaza of the Aquarium.

UPCOMING NIGHT DIVE DATES
Friday, March 29, 2019
Friday, November 1, 2019
Sunday, December 31, 2019 – NYE Edition

COST
$17.95. Aquarium members get in FREE.
(Bar drinks sold separately)

TICKETS
Not a member? Click here to buy your tickets online now! This event will sell out.

AGES
18+. Alcohol will only be available for purchase to those 21 and over who have valid ID.

RSVP
(562) 590-3100

For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/405723826667824/

The LGBTQ Center Long Beach is proud to present The 6th Annual Black and White Ball, on Saturday, March 30th, 2019 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Downtown Long Beach. One of the most sought after ticketed charity events in the City, The Black and White Ball presents guests with an evening of elegance and sophistication in the spirit of celebrating the LGBTQ community’s many accomplishments.

Having sold out every year, The Black and White Ball is expected to break attendance records yet again. Guests will experience an evening featuring champagne greeting, live music, exclusive silent auction, dinner, dancing, and four Center Icon Awards.

Proceeds from the Black and White Ball will support the many programs and services of The Center, the largest publicly supported LGBTQ direct services organization in greater Long Beach, which supports more than 25,000 clients per year.

Purchase tickets here!

*To avoid online service fees, payment can be mailed to The Center. For questions or more information contact Meftihe Taye at 562.434.4455 ext. 245 or mtaye@centerlb.org

KEN LUDWIG’S LEND ME A TENOR
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage
Feb. 23 – Mar. 23, 2019
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Gregory Cohen

In one of the best modern American farces to hit the stage, a madcap mix of mistaken identity, drugged-enduced confusion, lustful shenanigans, and operatic impersonation will leave audiences gasping for their next breath! In 1934 Ohio, the world famous tenor known as Il Stupendo, has fallen to a double dose of tranquilizers. The fate of the Cleveland Grand Opera hangs in the balance. Can the company’s young go-fer succeed in impersonating the famed opera legend? And what in the world happens when the presumed deceased star wakes up and realizes the show must go on? Brilliance and stupidity have never blended so seamlessly!

For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/388662761625772/

Kick off your weekend with music, food, shopping, and fun on Retro Row! #FOURTHFRIDAYSl comes to life from 6-9pm on March 22
➖
⏰ Extended Store Hours
🍴 Food & Drink Specials
🚎 Free Trolly Rides
🎶 Live Music
🏢 In Store Pop-ups + Specials
🎨 Art Shows
🚲 Bike Valet
🎉 AND MORE!

Here’s a recap of a recent 4th Friday:

Get ready for an explosion of mega-hits by Wham!, Kool & the Gang, Irene Cara, Sheena Easton, Bonnie Tyler, and more! Join Long Beach Symphony for this totally rad concert celebrating the music of the ‘80s!

Guests of all ages are encouraged to come dressed in their best ‘80s attire!

Program and artists subject to change.

The POPS! Series is a fun and friendly way to enjoy an entertaining night out. There are two ways to experience the POPS!—either at a table of 10 on the Arena floor or from the upstairs loge in a theater-style seat.

The concert itself starts at 8:00 PM, but the doors open at 6:30 PM and people are encouraged to come early and bring a picnic dinner—along with your favorite libations—to enjoy before the show. If you can’t bring your own food and drink there are also concessions available at the Arena.

Concert sponsored in party by Port of Long Beach and Valero Energy

For tickets and more information: http://longbeachsymphony.org/concerts-events/rewind-celebrating-the-music-of-the-80s/

Spring is here and we are happy to announce NiK Kacy Presents: Queer Brunch Pop-Up to Benefit non-profit organization Gendrfwd, brought to you by Salon Benders’!

Set to officially launch this Summer, Gendrfwd believes that authenticity is beautiful and each human being deserves the right to live life as their true self. (All proceeds/donations to Gendrfwd are tax-deductible via the generous fiscal sponsorship of the San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center).

This event is all about being your most authentic self! We encourage everyone to clean out your closets and bring your lightly used items so we can donate to the The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach (They are very much in need of formal/businesswear). What better way to get rid of your old threads and shop for your 2019 look while supporting small queer businesses and worthy nonprofits that support us!

There will be music, food, beverages, beauty demonstrations, queer resources and be sure to buy drink tickets! 100% proceeds from ticket sales will support Gendrfwd. Come have a Sunday Funday with us while doing good for the community! And thank you Salon Benders’ for hosting us at your gorgeous, upscale salon!!

NO COVER (Donation accepted though)!!!

Official Sponsor:
Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Vendors, performers and organizations will include…
Music:
DJ Dez (Patrick Sage Mendez)
DJ Ting (Maligaya Gen)
Mortasay live performance!

LGBTQ+ Vendors/Organizations:
Blaq Couture
/FEM/HAÜS
Gendrfwd
Lezathlon
Mahila by Little Indian
NiK Kacy Footwear (come get custom fitted for a genderfree holster or custom sized for shoes)
Unbound Estilo
Unconfined. Apparel

Services/Demos:
Adornment: Makeup as an expression of self with Made Up By Erin (contact Erin to schedule any personal makeover sessions or private class throughout the day! see schedule for workshop details)
Salon Benders’ Hair Workshop (please contact salon to schedule hair appointment in advance)
ERINSPIRATIONAL Tarot Reading with Erin Gallagher — Here To Question All Of Your Answers
Queer Kids Cards Photobooth (get your photo taken for the first queer trading cards)

LGBTQ+ Resources:
Gendrfwd
UCI Gender Diversity Program (UC Irvine Department of Pediatrics
San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center
The Laurel Foundation

Food:
SomethingGoodla

Night Dive is an adults-only event with local bands rockin’ out right next to the fish, DJs spinning in the Aquarium’s galleries, inspiring works of art, cocktails and drinks, and tasty bites from food trucks. Turn up and take it all in!

MUSIC

Lineup coming soon!

ART

Port of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery Pop-up: The Port of Long Beach is more than an economic engine – it can be a source of surprising beauty and a feast for the creative eye. The Port’s PHOTO Program, in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach, hosts photographers of all skill levels on a behind-the-scenes photography harbor tour through the Green Port of the Future. The PHOTO Gallery pop-up will debut at Night Dive and be on display through May 17.

CULTURE

Open Conversations: Port of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery Pop-up and Maritime Photography Talk: Join the Arts Council and Port of Long Beach for an insightful talk on maritime photography at 8:00 p.m. in our Ocean Theater. Port of Long Beach photographer Tim Rue, who was featured in Bloomberg’s 2018 Year in Pictures, will talk about his adventures documenting maritime life from the air, land, and sea. Also hear from Arts Council Artist Registry photographer Eddie Davila, who uses photography to document the ocean and surrounding environment. Learn about the Port of Long Beach’s PHOTO Program and view the Port of Long Beach PHOTO Gallery pop-up collection, which features photos from the 2018 PHOTO Program collection.

Food Trucks: Grab a bite to eat from one of the food trucks parked on the front plaza of the Aquarium.

UPCOMING NIGHT DIVE DATES
Friday, March 29, 2019
Friday, November 1, 2019
Sunday, December 31, 2019 – NYE Edition

COST
$17.95. Aquarium members get in FREE.
(Bar drinks sold separately)

TICKETS
Not a member? Click here to buy your tickets online now! This event will sell out.

AGES
18+. Alcohol will only be available for purchase to those 21 and over who have valid ID.

RSVP
(562) 590-3100

For more information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/405723826667824/

The LGBTQ Center Long Beach is proud to present The 6th Annual Black and White Ball, on Saturday, March 30th, 2019 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Downtown Long Beach. One of the most sought after ticketed charity events in the City, The Black and White Ball presents guests with an evening of elegance and sophistication in the spirit of celebrating the LGBTQ community’s many accomplishments.

Having sold out every year, The Black and White Ball is expected to break attendance records yet again. Guests will experience an evening featuring champagne greeting, live music, exclusive silent auction, dinner, dancing, and four Center Icon Awards.

Proceeds from the Black and White Ball will support the many programs and services of The Center, the largest publicly supported LGBTQ direct services organization in greater Long Beach, which supports more than 25,000 clients per year.

Purchase tickets here!

*To avoid online service fees, payment can be mailed to The Center. For questions or more information contact Meftihe Taye at 562.434.4455 ext. 245 or mtaye@centerlb.org

Future Daze returns to the famous Que Sera In Long Beach
March 30th with live performances by
Missing Words – LONG BEACH
missingwords.bandcamp.com
Coleurs – LOS ANGELES
coleurs.bandcamp.com
Brought to you by JAK SYN & Tour Fiend

With DJ Jak Syn (San Junipero LA & Night.wav LA) and Special Guest DJ Slackmachine
Keeping you in the mix all night long.

21+ – $5 – Doors At 9PM

For fans of Synthwave Retrowave Outrun Futurewave and Cinematic Synth Driven Dance Music

Live Music – Dance Floor – Killer Drinks!

Free Street Parking (Cash Only Venue)
ATM Available On Site

Early arrival encouraged, if arriving later Uber and Lyft Suggested as Street Parking may not be as available in the surrounding area
[ Long Beach Yellow cab 562-444-4444 ]

Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/392636084832013/