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Beach Streets Uptown

Reggae artist Barrington Levy is the headliner at Beach Streets Uptown’s “Village Fest” on Saturday, Oct. 28. at Houghton Park. Village Fest is a free concert benefiting the North Long Beach Education Fund and has been a key ingredient to the success of open street events like Beach Streets and Activate Uptown, helping to draw attendees and build civic engagement. Thousands have been on hand to enjoy musicians such as Talib Kweli, MURS and the Pharcyde.

This year’s Village Fest will also include Beat Swap Meet, a record swap meet featuring dozens of invited record collectors and dealers from all over the USA and beyond. It is the world’s most unique record show featuring music from all genres, all on vinyl and everything inspired from it. Beat Swap Meet brings together families, music enthusiasts, dance lovers and everyone in between.

Village Fest will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with live music, activities, food, beer garden and more. It will once again run concurrently with Beach Streets Uptown, the popular City of Long Beach open streets event that encourages residents to walk, bike, shop and enjoy musical performances throughout the route. The route will feature Atlantic Avenue and Wardlow Road.

For more information on Village Fest, visit www.insidedistrict9.com or call the Office of Vice Mayor Rex Richardson at (562) 570-6137. For more information on Beach Streets Uptown, visit www.longbeach.gov/beachstreets.

Senior Studies

The Long Beach City College Lifetime Learning Center is offering the following day tours through the senior studies program:

Wednesday, Nov. 1, Guided Tour at the Gemological Institute of America & The Museum of Making Music with lunch at Karl Strauss Brewing Co. Restaurant. Tour departs 8:30 a.m. & returns at 5:30 p.m. $89 per person.

Thursday, Nov. 16, Union Station, Ride the Red Line to Hollywood & Vine Hollywood Museum. Guided tour by Jonathan Daugherty. Tour departs 8 a.m. and returns at 5 p.m. $84 per person

All tours depart from the LBCC Foundation building located at 4901 Conant St. For more information contact Cindy Mackay at (562) 938-3048.

University Women

“Women and Wealth: What You Need to Know” will be the topic of the Saturday, Nov. 4 American Association of University Women Long Beach Branch meeting at The Grand, 4101 E. Willow St., 9:30 a.m. to noon. Lynn Shrum, AAUW member and financial advisor of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Wealth Management of Long Beach is the featured speaker. Check in and mingle: 9:30 a.m.; build your own buffet breakfast served: 10 a.m. Program: 10:30 a.m.; Business meeting: 11:30 a.m.; Adjourn: noon. Cost of the breakfast is $23.50 for fruit, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, coffee and vegetarian, vegan and gluten free option of Portobello mushroom caps. RSVP to Lee Tsao at lee.tsao@hotmail.com.

Republican Women

James V. Lacy will be the speaker at the Long Beach Republican Women Federated meeting on Saturday, Nov. 11. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Long Beach Airport Marriott Hotel, 4700 Airport Plaza Drive.

Lacy is a frequent guest on Fox Business News Channel’s “Varney & Company.” He is the author of the best seller “Taxifornia, Liberals Laboratory to Bankrupt America” and his newest book “California’s War Against Donald Trump.”

RSVP to LongBeachRWF@gmail.com or call (562) 938-9180 and leave a message. Cost is $27 for members and $32 for guests and includes breakfast. You may register online at www.longbeachrepublicanwomen.com. All are welcome.

‘Write from the Heart’

The California Writers Club of Long Beach presents “Write from the Heart” as Jeffrey Michaels discusses important abstract elements of the writing craft. He regularly presents at the 31-year-old Southern California Writers Conference. This free event takes place on Saturday, Nov. 11, 3-5 p.m. at the Ruth Bach Neighborhood Library, 4055 Bellflower Blvd.

The club’s mission is educating writers of all abilities in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work. Website and contact information: www.calwriterslongbeach.org or email info@calwriterslongbeach.org.

WOKE! at CSULB

Song, dance and poetry are crafted together by CSULB students in collaboration with Alexandra Billings and Joanne Gordon to create WOKE!: A Revolutionary Cabaret. WOKE! screams in protest to the policies, actions and words that seek to devalue and discriminate. Director Joanne Gordon said, “We live in extremely challenging times. Our campus community feels under siege. WOKE! is our attempt to express our outrage, our passion, our hurt and our inspiration in the only way we know how – by making theatre.” WOKE! plays Nov. 2-12 in the Studio Theater.

For tickets, visit http://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cota/theatre/on-stage-now/index.html. General admission is $20.

Shark-ation

The Youth Center steps up to help parents have free time to prepare for the holidays by hosting kids at their new “Shark-ation” program on Saturdays, Nov. 11 and Dec. 9 where kids can “vacation” once a month from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Youth Center in Los Alamitos.

At these first two Shark-ations, kids will “visit” Hawaii creating sand art, playing sharks and minnows, having limbo contests, playing with Hula Hoops and more. Following their warm island retreat, they’ll experience a cold Alaskan winter with a frozen T-shirt activity, create snowflakes and eat flavored shaved ice snowcones. Each evening, kids will vote on viewing a favorite movie. All activities are optional and kids can opt to spend the day relaxing playing pool, Ping-Pong, air hockey or Tetris and can bring their own electronics.

Cost is $5 per hour, $26 for basic hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or kids can stay the entire Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for only $34. Siblings are $5 off when booking the extended hours. Space is limited so The Youth Center asks parents to register by Nov. 8 for Shark-ation and by Dec. 6. For the Dec. 9 event. Snacks at Shark-ation are provided for an additional fee.

If parents also register for The Youth Center’s Kid’s Night Out to be held on Nov. 18 and Dec. 15, their child will get a free meal of pizza, a snack and drink for that Kid’s Night Out. Kid’s Night Out is held the third Friday of each month and prices are $15 for the first child and $10 for siblings or a second child. Pizza, snack and drink for Kid’s Night Out is $3.

For more information or to register for Shark-ation or Kid’s Night Out, please contact Director Jay Martz at (562) 493-4043. The Youth Center is located at 10909 Oak St. in Los Alamitos.

Dance in Concert

The CSULB College of the Arts and Department of Dance present CSULB Dance in Concert, with performances on Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 15-17 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the CSULB Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater. This diverse and exciting evening of dance features original choreography by CSULB faculty Lorin Johnson, Keith Johnson, Rebecca Lemme, Julio Medina, Andrew Vaca, and Guest Artist Norbert De La Cruz III.

The six dances being presented draw upon a wide range of dance styles, themes, artistic collaborations and musical inspirations. Responding to a propulsive electronic score by Rychard Cooper, seven women costumed in bright red struggle against instability and dissociation in Lorin Johnson’s contemporary ballet, Red-Shift.

Technical Director Stephanie Losleban, Lighting Designer Stacey McKinney, Costume Designer Andrew Palomares and Music Director Don Nichols, all contribute their creative visions to an evening of dance you do not want to miss! Arrive early to enjoy Gregory R.R. Crosby’s photographs and a video presentation of the choreographers working with the dancers in the lobby of the theater. A reception will follow the Friday, 8 p.m. performance in the theater Green Room.

CSULB Dance in Concert is in the Martha B. Knoebel Dance Theater on the CSULB Campus (located near the Pyramid on Atherton Street). Tickets are $20 for general admission and $16 for seniors, students (with valid ID) and Dance Resource Center Members. For tickets and information call (562) 985-7000 or visit www.csulb.edu/dance.

Final Concerts

Women of Note will present its final concerts on Friday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 5633 East Wardlow Rd.

The concert is called “The Festive Table” with songs of many genre that will celebrate the way families and communities gather together to give thanks and create unity.

Because these concerts mark the close of Women of Note, the program will conclude happily with “Come Sail Away” by the Styx. There’s something to please everyone in this entertaining program.

Mark your calendar and plan to come to the group’s grand finale, after 15-plus years of performing in the Greater Long Beach Area.

For additional information, email womenofnotelb@gmail.com.

Genealogy

There will be a genealogy meeting on Nov. 19, 1 p.m. at 5918 E. Parkcrest St. The meeting is free and open to the public. Join them to learn the tools for genealogical research from experienced genealogists.

For additional information visit the Questing Heirs Genealogical Society website: http://www.qhgs.info or contact Liz Stookesberry at (562) 760-3027.