Monday, October 13, 2008

Youth and Gang Taskforce
Learn about ways to reduce and prevent crime among Long Beach

art/tapes/22 @ Univ Art Museum
art/tapes/22 was a pioneering video studio in Florence, Italy operated by Maria Gloria Bicocchi from 1973 to 1976. Over 150 seminal artists videotapes were produced and distributed by art/tapes/22. It was Europe

Auntie Mame @ Long Beach Playhouse
Auntie Mame.

Visual Literacy @ 2nd City Council Gallery
Visual Literacy. A juried visual arts exhibition with works that incorporate letters, words or text; makes literary references or tells a visual story.
2ND CITY COUNCIL ART GALLERY + PERFORMANCE SPACE 435 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach 90802. 562.901.0997; 2ndcitycouncil.org.

Bedlam at the Ball Park @ All American Melodrama Theater
Bedlam at the Ball Park, or Field of Schemes. The Sludgeville Sluggers are the worst team in the league. They would throw in the towel, but unfortunately it has just been reposesed. Our Heroine, Penny Fielder needs a miracle if she is going to keep her beloved team away from the clutches of evil banker Basil Batcrack. Heroic, rookie K. C. Clutchitter could be the answer to the team

Yoga @ Om Basics
Unwind and center your energy after work. $12 per class.
OM BASICS 461 W Sixth St, Ste 101, San Pedro 90731. 310.427.7517.

Madness @ Ripples
Ripples 5101 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach 90803. 562.433.0357; clubripples.com. 21+.

Karaoke @ The Gaslamp
Karaoke. 7pm. Free. GASLAMP 6251 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach 90803. 562.596.4718; thegaslamprestaurant.com.

Windows @ Alpert Jewish Community Center
Windows. Featuring the mixed media collages of Israeli born Neta Ahronovitch-Levi.
Alpert Jewish Community Center Gatov Gallery, 3801 E Willow St, Long Beach 90814. 562.426.7601.

Carried Away @ Distinctive Edge Gallery
Carried Away featuring Carol Morris-Ward. We welcome Carol back for her third show at The Distinctive Edge. Each time she exhibits she receives kudos for he beautiful acrylic and collage paintings. Her past show

Suburban Architecture @ Historical Society Long Beach
Suburban Architecture of Roberts, Jones, Power, Lockett, & Poper. The exhibit is arranged in sections, focusing on the architects, the Elizabethan Studio in which some of the worked, the houses of worship they designed, and a digital slide show celebrating other work in the city compiled by the AIA Long Beach / South Bay Chapter, Long Beach Design Forum and Studio One Eleven.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH 4260 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach 90807.

Transitions @ {open}
Tranisitions by Robert Pokorny. Robert Pokorny is a secret Long Beach legend: Though some may not know his name, most are familiar with his work. As the primary illustrator of the instore show posters for beloved Long Beach music store Fingerprints, his conceptualized visions of independent music icons

Casualties of War @ Picture This
Casualties of War. Works by Arturo Sandoval Diaz and David Arthur Martinez. A series of paintings with powerful and passionate messages.
PICTURE THIS gallery and custom framing, 4130 Norse Way, Long Beach 90808. 562.425.4861.

Luster @ Flazh!Alley
Luster: Deliberate Sensuality. Los Angeles artist, Davidd Batalon has a love for narratives. His spellbinding paintings reflect a strong desire to create worlds saturated with intrigue and mystery. With a style influenced by such artists as Paul Cadmus, George Tooker and Thomas Hart Benton, combined with an aesthetic akin to writer Ray Bradbury, Batalon forges his own genre of storytelling replete with elements taken from contemporary life and the mass media.
FLAZH!ALLEY 1113 S Pacific Ave, San Pedro 90731. 310.833.3633.

CSULB Campus Progressives
University Student Union, 1212 Bellflower Blvd, USU-303, Long Beach 90815. For more info, visit csulb.edu/org/csulbcp or e-mail progressives@csulb.edu. 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Joyride Mondays @ The Pike