Editing Long Beach, California (section)

==Arts and culture==

[[File:Downtown Long Beach.jpg|thumb|View of downtown from the {{RMS|Queen Mary||2}} at night]]

===Art===

The [[Long Beach Museum of Art]], sited in the historic [[Elizabeth Milbank Anderson]] residence, is owned by the City of Long Beach, and operated by the Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation. Long Beach also features the [[Museum of Latin American Art]] (MOLAA), founded in 1996 by Dr. Robert Gumbiner. It is the only museum in the western United States that exclusively features modern and contemporary [[Latin American]] art.

Long Beach's newest museum is The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PieAM). This museum was a project of Robert Gumbiner at the time of his death.<ref name="gumbiner">{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Valerie J.|title=Robert Gumbiner dies at 85; HMO pioneer founded Museum of Latin American Art|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gumbiner23-2009jan23,0,3395363.story|access-date=January 1, 2012|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329061322/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gumbiner23-2009jan23,0,3395363.story|archive-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The museum opened October 15, 2010.

In 1965, Long Beach State hosted the first [[International Sculpture Symposium]] to be held in the [[United States]] and the first at a [[college]] or [[university]]. Six sculptors from around the world and two from the United States created many of the monumental sculptures seen on the campus. There are now over 20 sculptures on the campus.

Long Beach is known for its [[street art]]. Some of the [[mural]]s were created in conjunction with the city's Mural and Cultural Arts Program, but many others were not.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longbeach.gov/park/facilities/neighorhood_mural_program.asp |title=Neighborhood Mural Program |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522203203/http://www.longbeach.gov/park/facilities/neighorhood_mural_program.asp |archive-date=May 22, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamurals.org/MuralAreaIndexes/LongBeachIndex/MuralsLB.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907232345/http://www.lamurals.org/MuralAreaIndexes/LongBeachIndex/MuralsLB.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2012 |title=Long Beach Mural Index |access-date=December 10, 2005 }}</ref>

On the exterior of the [[Long Beach Sports Arena]] is one of the artist [[Robert Wyland|Wyland's]] ''[[List of Whaling Walls|Whaling Walls]]''. At {{convert|116,000|ft2|m2|abbr=off}}, it is the world's largest [[mural]] (according to the ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'').

Adjacent to the Museums of Latin American Art (MOLAA) and the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PieAM), in Gumbiner Park, stands the Long Beach High Five, created by sculptor Jorge Mujica. This interactive aluminium sculpture is intended to engage the public.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Asia |date=2019-05-31 |title=New sculpture in Gumbiner Park a 'High Five' to Long Beach |url=https://lbpost.com/hi-lo/art/new-sculpture-in-gumbiner-park-a-high-five-to-long-beach/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=the Hi-lo |language=en-US}}</ref>

Shops and galleries in the [[Long Beach East Village|East Village Arts District]], in downtown Long Beach hold their monthly art openings and artists exhibit in street galleries on the second Saturday of the month during the Artwalk.

Long Beach has a percent for art program administered through the Arts Council of Long Beach and the Redevelopment Agency which ensures new private developments contribute to the arts fund or commission artworks for their new projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artspca.org/public_art/ |title=Arts Council for Long Beach |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714021134/http://www.artspca.org/public_art/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref>

===Music===

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The [[Bob Cole Conservatory of Music]], the recently renamed school of music at CSULB, presents a wide variety of classical, jazz, and world music concerts each year. The Conservatory is part of CSULB's renowned College of the Arts.

The [[Long Beach Symphony Orchestra|Long Beach Symphony]] plays numerous [[European classical music|classical]] and [[Popular Music|pop]] music concerts throughout the year. The symphony plays at the Terrace Theater in the [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lbso.org/ | title=Long Beach Symphony Orchestra | access-date=August 12, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040730222731/http://www.lbso.org/ | archive-date=July 30, 2004 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Long Beach Opera]], founded in 1979, is the oldest professional opera company serving the Los Angeles and Orange County regions. It presents performances of standard and non-standard opera repertoire at various locations, including the [[Terrace Theater]] and Center Theater of the [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center]] and the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSULB.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.longbeachopera.org | title=Opera Long Beach | access-date=May 9, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417142847/https://www.longbeachopera.org/ | archive-date=April 17, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Long Beach Community Concert Association<ref>{{cite web|title=Long Beach Community Concert Association |url=http://lbcca.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722174255/http://lbcca.org/ |archive-date=July 22, 2015 }}</ref> is a volunteer organization that provides musical entertainment appealing to seniors and others, four Sunday afternoons a year at the [[Carpenter Performing Arts Center]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carpenterarts.org/residentcompanies.html |title=Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center |publisher=Carpenterarts.org |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510100321/http://www.carpenterarts.org/residentcompanies.html |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> at CSULB. LBCCA also has an outreach program taking musical entertainment to senior care and senior housing facilities around the greater Long Beach area.

[[KKJZ|KJAZZ]] 88.1 FM (KKJZ) broadcasts from [[California State University, Long Beach]]. The station originally featured [[jazz]] and [[blues]] music exclusively but now plays a broader range of music including Rhythm and Blues (R&b). KKJZ can also be listened to over the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kkjz.org/|title=KJazz 88.1 – America's Jazz and Blues Station|website=kkjz.org|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516194829/https://kkjz.org/|archive-date=May 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Kbeach is the student owned and operated web-only radio at CSULB.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kbeach.org |title=Kbeach website |publisher=Kbeach.org |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208210321/http://www.kbeach.org/ |archive-date=February 8, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Long Beach City College operates two internet student-run radio stations, KCTY FM<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcty.org |title=KCTY website |publisher=Kcty.org |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903212328/http://kcty.org/ |archive-date=September 3, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> and KLBC AM.

Long Beach is the host to a number of long-running music festivals. They include the Bob Marley Reggae Festival (February), the Cajun & Zydeco Festival (May), the El Dia De San Juan [[Puerto Rican culture|Puerto Rican]] Festival (Salsa music, June) the Aloha Concert Jam (Hawaiian music, June), the Long Beach Jazz Festival (August), the [[Long Beach Blues Festival]] (September, since 1980), and the [[Brazilian Street Carnaval]] (Brazilian music, September).

The Long Beach Municipal Band, founded in 1909, is the longest running, municipally supported band in the country. In 2005, the band played 24 concerts in various parks around Long Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longbeach.gov/park/recreation-programs/programs-and-classes/live-outdoor-bands/|title=Live Outdoor Bands|work=longbeach.gov|access-date=June 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609095335/http://www.longbeach.gov/Park/Recreation-Programs/Programs-and-Classes/Live-Outdoor-Bands/|archive-date=June 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Huntington Beach]]-based Heavy Metal band [[Avenged Sevenfold]] performed their [[Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough|'Live in the LBC']] show on April 10, 2008, closing out the [[Taste of Chaos]] tour for the year. This show was recorded and has become one of the 2000s' most iconic live metal albums.

Long Beach is also the point of origin for bands and musicians such as [[Daz Dillinger]], [[the Pussycat Dolls]], [[the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]], [[Jenni Rivera]], [[T.S.O.L.]], [[Frank Ocean]], [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Tha Mexakinz]], [[Nate Dogg]], [[Warren G]], [[Tha Dogg Pound]], [[Knoc-Turn'al]], the [[Long Beach Dub Allstars]], [[Avi Buffalo]], [[Crystal Antlers]], [[the Emperors]], [[The Pyramids (band)|the Pyramids]], [[Crooked I]], [[Stick to Your Guns (band)|Stick to Your Guns]], [[War (American band)|War]] and [[Vince Staples]].

===Theater===
[[File:Long Beach, CA at night.jpg|thumb|[[Downtown Long Beach]] at dusk]]

Long Beach has several resident professional and semi-professional theater companies. Musical Theatre West, one of the largest regional theatrical producers in [[Southern California]], performs at the [[Carpenter Performing Arts Center]] on the campus of [[California State University, Long Beach|CSU Long Beach]]. International City Theatre produces plays and musicals at the [[Beverly O'Neill]] Theatre (part of the [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center]]). The Long Beach Playhouse, in continuous operation for over 75 years, has shows running 50 weeks out of the year on two stages.<ref name="OCW Beers">{{cite news|title=Long Beach Playhouse's The Twentieth-Century Way Brings the City's Rainbow History Back Home|newspaper=[[OC Weekly]]|first=Joel|last=Beers|date=August 9, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2018|url=https://ocweekly.com/long-beach-playhouses-the-twentieth-century-way-brings-the-citys-rainbow-history-back-home/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121022120/https://ocweekly.com/long-beach-playhouses-the-twentieth-century-way-brings-the-citys-rainbow-history-back-home/|archive-date=November 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Long Beach Shakespeare Company for over 20 years has provided free outdoor Shakespeare Festivals in the Summer.

Additionally, Long Beach is home to a number of smaller and "black-box" theaters, including the Found Theatre, Alive Theatre,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alivetheatre.org |title=Alive Theatre Long Beach, CA |publisher=Alivetheatre.org |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428123336/http://www.alivetheatre.org/ |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> the Garage Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegaragetheatre.org|title=THE GARAGE THEATRE|work=thegaragetheatre.org|access-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318180034/http://www.thegaragetheatre.org/|archive-date=March 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and California Repertory Company (part of the graduate theater program at CSULB) that performs at the Royal Theater aboard the ''Queen Mary'' in downtown Long Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calrep.org |title=California Repertory Company Long Beach California Theatre, Southern California Performing Arts |publisher=Calrep.org |access-date=July 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713201001/http://www.calrep.org/ |archive-date=July 13, 2010 }}</ref> Numerous tours and other stage events come through Long Beach, particularly at the [[Terrace Theater]] and the Carpenter Center, and both CSU Long Beach and [[Long Beach City College]] maintain active theater departments.

The [[Art Theatre]] on the [[4th Street Corridor]] is one of few remaining historic movie theaters of its era in Southern California.

===Cultural events===
[[File:Long beach boys.jpg|thumb|right|Two young men at the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Festival in 2015.]]
In October, Long Beach State hosts the CSULB Wide Screen Film Festival, at the [[Carpenter Performing Arts Center]]. The festival started in 1992 as a showcase for [[film|movies]] shot in the [[widescreen]] format, but has since been transformed into an [[artist-in-residence]] event. A major video and film artist (such as former CSULB student [[Steven Spielberg]]) screens and discusses their own work as well as the ten productions that most influenced their cinematic vision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.widescreenfilmfestival.org/ |title=Wide Screen Film Festival website |publisher=Widescreenfilmfestival.org |date=September 25, 2005 |access-date=July 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101071919/http://www.widescreenfilmfestival.org/ |archive-date=January 1, 2009 }}</ref>

The "Naples Island Christmas Parade" has been held since 1946, and passes through the canals of [[Naples, Long Beach, California|Naples]] and around Alamitos Bay past [[Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California|Belmont Shore]]. The "Parade of A Thousand Lights" is in the Shoreline Village area (near [[downtown Long Beach]] and the {{RMS|Queen Mary}}).<ref>[http://www.naplesca.org/local/home/events/christmas/history.html History] of the Naples Island Christmas boat parade{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> There is also a Christmas boat parade in the nearby [[Port of Los Angeles]]/[[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California|San Pedro]] area, and another in the [[Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Harbour]] community of nearby [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]].

The Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Festival has been held in May or June since 1984. It is the second largest event in Long Beach, attracting over 125,000 participants over the two-day celebration. It is the third largest [[Gay Pride Parade]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longbeachpride.com/ |title=Long Beach Gay Pride Parade website |publisher=Longbeachpride.com |date=November 24, 1998 |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709044402/http://www.longbeachpride.com/ |archive-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="OCW Beers"/>

The Long Beach Sea Festival is held during the summer months (June through August). It features events centered on the ocean and the beach. These events include beach volleyball, movies on the beach, and a tiki festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.longbeachseafestival.com/index.php |title=Long Beach Sea Festival web site |publisher=Longbeachseafestival.com |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731035756/http://www.longbeachseafestival.com/index.php |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

===Sites of interest===
[[File:RMS Queen Mary at Long Beach.jpg|thumb|right|RMS ''Queen Mary'' in Long Beach Harbor]]

The {{RMS|Queen Mary}} is a 1936 [[Art Deco]] ocean liner permanently docked at Long Beach.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smillie |first1=Liam |title=Glasgow 850: 6 of the most famous ships built on the River Clyde and their place in history |url=https://www.glasgowworld.com/retro/glasgow-850-6-of-the-best-most-historically-influential-ships-built-on-the-river-clyde-4938862 |website=Glasgow World |access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref> It was purchased by the city in 1967 for conversion to a hotel and maritime museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Alicia |date=2023-10-05 |title=Long Beach drops out of bankruptcy case against former Queen Mary operator |url=https://lbpost.com/news/queen-mary-bankruptcy-long-beach-drops-out/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Long Beach Post News |language=en-US}}</ref>

The nonprofit [[Aquarium of the Pacific]] is on a {{convert|5|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, across the water from the [[Long Beach Convention Center]], Shoreline Village, and the Queen Mary Hotel and Attraction.

[[File:Belmont Fishing Pier (191455031).jpeg|thumb|[[Bluff Park]], and the [[Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath]] and [[Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier]]]]
[[Lions Lighthouse]] is a decorative lighthouse built by the [[Lions Club]] to advertise their services for the blind. It is popular for scenic viewing.<ref name="Burch">{{cite news |last1=Burch |first1=Wendy |title=Fireworks return to Long Beach waterfront after COVID-19 hiatus |url=https://ktla.com/morning-news/fireworks-return-to-long-beach-waterfront-after-covid-19-hiatus/ |access-date=August 11, 2021 |work=KTLA |date=June 27, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:The Big Figs (133107707).jpeg|thumb|[[Rancho Los Alamitos]]]]
[[Rancho Los Alamitos]] is a {{convert|7.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} historical site owned by the City of Long Beach and is near the Long Beach campus of the California State University system. The site includes five agricultural buildings, including a working blacksmith's shop, {{convert|4|acre|m2}} of gardens, and an [[adobe]] ranch house dating from around 1800. The Rancho is within a [[gated community]]; visitors must pass through security gates to get to it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-alamitos/ | title=Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Site | access-date=June 3, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904094158/http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-alamitos/ | archive-date=September 4, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Rancho Los Cerritos]] is a {{convert|4.7|acre|m2|adj=on}} historical site owned by Long Beach in the [[Bixby Knolls, Long Beach, California|Bixby Knolls]] area near the Virginia Country Club. The [[Los Cerritos Ranch House|adobe buildings]] date from the 1880s. The site also includes a California history research library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-cerritos/ | title=Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site | access-date=June 3, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904094158/http://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/rancho-los-cerritos/ | archive-date=September 4, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Belmont Heights Long Beach California.jpg|thumb|The [[Belmont Heights, Long Beach, California|Belmont Heights]] neighborhood]]

[[Bembridge House]], a Queen Anne [[Victorian house]], is open for tours. Long Beach is also home to the [[Skinny House (Long Beach)|Skinny House]].<ref name="A">{{cite web |url=http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2812727-skinny_house_los_angeles-i |title=Yahoo Travel Guide |publisher=Travel.yahoo.com |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718094325/http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2812727-skinny_house_los_angeles-i |archive-date=July 18, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-29-me-63028-story.html | date=October 29, 2001 | access-date=July 2, 2010 | first=Daren | last=Briscoe | work=Los Angeles Times | title=The Skinny on Thin House | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105065444/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/oct/29/local/me-63028 | archive-date=January 5, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Japanese garden moon bridge.jpg|thumb|[[Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden]]]]
The [[Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden]] is on the campus of [[California State University, Long Beach]].

Long Beach offers singing [[gondola|gondolier]] trips through the canals of [[Naples, Long Beach, California|Naples]].<ref>Roraback, K. (October 18, 1986) ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' ''[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58061441.html?dids=58061441:58061441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+18%2C+1986&author=DICK+RORABACK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Gondola+Getaway+Is+Romantic%2C+Authentic-and+Freeway+Close&pqatl=google Gondola Getaway Is Romantic, Authentic—and Freeway Close] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107080647/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58061441.html?dids=58061441:58061441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+18%2C+1986&author=DICK+RORABACK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Gondola+Getaway+Is+Romantic%2C+Authentic-and+Freeway+Close&pqatl=google |date=November 7, 2012 }}'' Section: VW-View-LS-Life & Style; Page 1.</ref><ref>Segura, Joe. (January 28, 2006) [[Long Beach Press-Telegram]] ''[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F7CF95C4139440&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Gondolas get away to downtown L.B.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033928/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F7CF95C4139440&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=August 9, 2011 }}'' Section: Beachweek; Page 5.</ref>