Community News

Cabaret at Playhouse

On Oct. 14, the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre closes its 2017 season with the musical Cabaret. When Cabaret debuted in 1966, it was sexually provocative and edgy for the time. By 1998, the bar had moved up what was considered provocative and edgy. The play was due for an update.

The show runs through Nov. 18. Tickets are available at www.lbplayhouse.org, or by calling (562) 494-1014, option 1.

Long Beach Playhouse is located at 5021 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA, 90804, right across from the Long Beach Recreation golf course. The Playhouse is community-supported theater with programs and events that cut across age, gender, ethnic and cultural boundaries.

3rd Annual Pour On 4th

A sort of neighborhood happy hour, Fourth Street’s Retro Row Business Association is hosting its third annual Pour on 4th event Saturday, Oct. 14. Tickets are expected to sell out again this year for the community beer and wine festival, which takes place from 2 to 6 p.m. and also features discounted cuisine, musical entertainment and complimentary trolley rides.

The event will host an impressive selection from more than 25 different craft breweries, boutique wineries and cider houses that will be serving up samples in the event’s signature souvenir glass at participating businesses between Temple and Hermosa Avenues. Many of the restaurants along the corridor will also offer $4 to $6 specials to complement the sips.

Tickets include a wristband and sampling glass per person. Pre sale tickets to Pour on 4th are $35 online through www.bit.ly/pouron4th. Proceeds from Pour on 4th will go toward Fourth Street Business Association projects such as beautification and cleanup efforts, other community events, and the continued promotion and marketing of everything the Retro Row corridor has to offer.

Entertainment Attorney Q&A

Entertainment Attorney Shahrokh Sheik, partner in the law firm of Kramer, Holcomb, Sheik LLP, is the guest on the next edition of Straight Talk. He joins host Art Levine to discuss the nature of his practice, including litigation, business transactions and personal injury law.

He also reflects upon his years as a student at CSULB and the excellent training he received, including his experience as president of the Law Society, and vice president of the Associated Students.

This Straight Talk show will air in Long Beach/Signal Hill on Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15 at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on LBTV Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS 21. It also airs Saturday and Sunday in Long Beach and 70 surrounding cities at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Charter Channel 188. It will be repeated the following weekend at the same times. Straight Talk is viewable on demand at www.StraightTalkTV.com.

Walking Tours

Long Beach Heritage offers three Saturday morning walking tours in October. The East Village Walking Tour is on Oct. 14, the Downtown Walking Tour is on Oct. 21 and the Willmore City Walking Tour is on Oct. 21.

Tours typically start at 9:30 a.m. and last two or more hours, costing  $10-15. For additional information, call (562) 493-7019 or visit www.lbheritage.org.

Machinal at CSULB Theater

Sophie Treadwell’s groundbreaking classic Machinal rips the façade of social customs away by forcing the audience to see life through the eyes of a young woman in the 1920s. Inspired by the real-life story of Ruth Snyder, Helen is the lens through which the mechanics of America are seen.

The play opens Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. with five other October performances at CSULB’s University Theater. Tickets and info: http://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cota/theatre/on-stage-now/index.html

Pops Concert

Long Beach Symphony ushers in its POPS! concert season on Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Long Beach Arena with Lights, Camera, POPS! – an evening of epic film music from the past three decades.

Guest conductor Benjamin Rous will open the concert with a tour de force of some of the most popular music of the last few decades of American film. He starts with the 1980s classic, Back to the Future followed by music from Mission Impossible and the soulful theme from Cinema Paradiso. The program continues with works from Pirates of the Caribbean, a medley from Danny Elfman’s Nightmare before Christmas and a new favorite, the LA LA Land Concert Suite.

Concert tickets start at $25 (student tickets $10). For more information or to purchase tickets or tables, please visit the Symphony’s website at www.LongBeachSymphony.org or call (562) 436-3203.

Habitat Benefit Concert

Support local Habitat for Humanity’s work by attending a free Raise the Roof concert Sunday, Oct. 15, 3-5 p.m. featuring a wonderful array of talented vocalists and musicians playing a mix of pop, jazz and folk selections. Musical director Stan DeWitt will lead the talented ensemble including Shin Adachi, Lisa Bode-Heard, Peggy Duquesnel, Denean Dyson, Dewey Erney, Sara Hass, Lisa Jackert and Woven Image.

It’s at the Los Altos Methodist Church, 5950 E. Willow St. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. and seating is first-come, first-served. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/LBFaithCoalitionConcert.

Disability Awareness

Grace First Presbyterian Church of Long Beach will be celebrating Disability Awareness Sunday on Oct. 22. October is Disability Awareness Month. The vision for Disability Awareness Sunday is to welcome those who affirm, support and advocate for the gifts, right and responsibilities of persons with disabilities in the total life of the church. These themes will be explicit in the liturgy, as well as the message on that day. American Sign Language interpreters will be available.

Following worship is a lunch and learn program with disability rights advocate, Deaka McClain will address the kinds of structural, societal, social, language, behaviors, etc. that can be barriers to persons with disabilities and how we can learn ways we can address these barriers. What resources are available in the local community? How can we be more inclusive to persons with disabilities in our organizations, the workplace and in the community?

Info: www.gracefirst.org, email jonas.gracefirst@gmail.com or call (562) 355-9310.

Rancho Conversations

“Timeless Space and Values” Continues Conversations in Place at Rancho Los Alamitos on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1:30 p.m. with presentations by Henry Jenkins and Michael Saler and a performance by Emmy Award-winner Rubén Martínez. The conversation includes Lynell George with moderator Allison Carruth.

Now in its sixth year, Conversations in Place at Rancho Los Alamitos continues a lively tradition of entertaining, informative discussion and performance with a concluding exploration of time and place. “The Future Today” is Sunday, Nov. 5. All Conversations in Place begin at 1:30 p.m.

Tickets for the Sunday, Oct. 22 Conversations in Place are $25 each.

Reservations are required. Tickets may be purchased at www.rancholosalamitos.org or by calling Rancho Los Alamitos at (562) 431-3541.

Breast Cancer Awareness

On Monday, Oct. 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center will be partnering with Susan G. Komen of Los Angeles County to offer the community a free Breast Cancer Awareness Lunch and Learn.

An empowering and supportive Diversity Panel Discussion, featuring breast cancer survivors, will accompany a healthy lunch as part of the hospital’s Breast Cancer Awareness Event.

The program will take place in the Health Enhancement Center at the hospital located at 1050 Linden Ave. Parking is $6, except for Bazzeni Wellness Center Gold Card members. Reservations are required and attendance is limited, so please call 1-888-4ST-MARY (888-478-6279) to register.

Holiday Gift Boutique

Assistance League of Long Beach’s annual Holiday Gift Boutique will be Oct. 25-27 at the Philanthropic Center, 6220 E. Spring St. Stock up on great gifts for the holidays and help Assistance League of Long Beach’s philanthropic programs. Unique items for holiday gifts include fall and holiday décor, decorative home accessories, purses, apparel, tabletop items, succulents, stationery, jams & jellies, olive oils, fine soaps & lotions, candy, jewelry and many more gift items. Admission and parking is free. Door prizes will be awarded hourly.

Buzz That Tune

Long Beach’s Primetime Players is celebrating its 20th year of entertaining Long Beach area senior citizens with its 2017 fall show – “Buzz That Tune, A Competitive Game of Musical Recall,” written by Jayme Mekis and directed by James Meyer.

Buzz That Tune will be performed at several Long Beach and Lakewood senior centers and venues on the following November dates: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16 and 17. Admission to all performances is free. Donations are welcomed.

For further information, contact Barbara Klein at (562) 433-1734 or www.byrdbud2@verizon.net.