Community News

Lawn Bowling

The Long Beach Lawn Bowling Club is holding an open house for persons 18 or older on Saturday, May 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1109 Federation Drive.

There’s free lawn bowling lessons, use of equipment, pizza and refreshments. Info: (562) 433-9063.

Mother’s Day Celebration

Celebrate Mother’s Day at Cafe Sevilla on Sunday, May 13. Treat mom to a nine-course Mother’s Day Champagne Brunch menu from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. while listening to live Spanish music for $34.50 per person (includes glass of champagne or sangria), kids 12 and under can enjoy six courses for $20.

The menu includes favorites such as pan seared salmon, 7-hour braised short ribs and a lemon tart for dessert. Chef Miguel will also be preparing paella valenciana, available for $29.50 per person. After 2 p.m., the dinner menu will be available.

There’s a Mother’s Day flamenco dinner show at 6 p.m. for $49.50 per person and features a 3-course Spanish dinner, including paella cooked live by the chef while you watch!

For reservations, please call (562) 495-1111. For more information or to view menu, visit http://www.cafesevilla.com/long-beach/promotions.

47th Congressional Race

You are invited to a fundraiser for David Clifford for Congress 47th Dist. hosted by John Ratzenberger (Cliff from “Cheers”) to be held on Tuesday, May 15th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Park Avenue Restaurant  11200 Beach Blvd. in Stanton. 

Ratzenberger is a champion for vocational education and endorses Clifford’s campaign that focuses on this subject and also helping small businesses.  Clifford is endorsed by both L.A. and Orange County GOP.  Enjoy a gourmet luncheon and maybe sit next to “Cliff” at the bar.  Cost is $75  RSVP to (714) 931-8863.

Repeal the Gas Tax

Radio talk show host Carl DeMaio, a leader of the Repeal the Gas Tax Initiative on the November 2018 ballot, will speak at the May 17, noon luncheon of the Long Beach Lincoln Club. DeMaio is a champion of government accountability and pension reform. Having led successful initiatives in prior years, DeMaio will discuss how voters can stand up to Sacramento and defeat the recent unprecedented gas tax imposed on California residents.

Join them at noon on May 17 at 6201 Appian Way. Cost is $35; RSVP to Paul Carter at pc@lawbbc.com or by calling (562) 435-1426.

‘Flight’ at Playhouse

In 2005, Charlayne Woodward wrote a play entitled Flight and it is showing May 19 to June 16 at the Long Beach Playhouse.

Set in 1858, on a Georgia plantation, a young mother is suddenly sold, leaving behind her husband and their five-year-old son. Through a magical evening of storytelling, music and dance, their community shares the rich history that makes them so much more than slaves. Sharing this rich oral tradition not only comforts the father and son, but heals and strengthens the entire community; the audience has the privilege of going along for the ride.

“In 2005, Woodward wrote a piece for the Los Angeles Times. In it she told about the stories she grew up hearing, the slave narratives she read and the folktales she researched that all went into writing this play,” said Executive Director, Madison Mooney. “She said she wanted to focus not only on the tales but also on the people who told them.”

Tickets – $14 to $24 –are available at www.lbplayhouse.org, or by calling (562) 494-1014, option 1.

Museum Auction

On Saturday, May 19, the Long Beach Museum of Art together with its fundraising affiliate Phoenix, will host the biennial Old Bags & Baubles Brunch and Silent Auction. Held on the museum’s oceanfront campus, the social event combines the excitement of a one-of-a-kind silent auction with an outdoor themed brunch while also celebrating and supporting the arts.

Old Bags & Baubles’ signature silent auction provides guests with opportunities to bid on a carefully curated collection of new and vintage bags some of which include Gucci, Goyard, Chanel, Judith Lieber and Luis Vuitton and unique baubles from Tiffany and Faith Porter. Attendees will also be treated to a delicious brunch and signature cocktails by Claire’s at the Museum restaurant.

Old Bags & Baubles begins at 10:30 a.m. on May 19. Cost is $95 per person. The event is open to the public; reservations are requested by May 14 and can be made online at www.lbma.org or by calling the Museum at (562) 439-2119, ext. 239.

Jupiter Moon

The Garage Theatre presents “Jupiter Moon,” a mystic romance in two acts by Bob Valine, May 18 to June 3.

Jupiter Moon invites you to enter a ramshackle house and meet a mysterious new tenant, a delightfully disorganized mother, a head-strong daughter and a son determined to ride his motorcycle to the moons of Jupiter.

Tickets – $20 to $30. More info: www.panndoraproductions.com

Treasonweasels at Point

Stan DeWitt has curated the Grace First Concert Series, aka “Music at the Point,” for 13 years. Members of the church have asked him to take one of the dates himself, but so far he has resisted. “Last year, in a moment of weakness, I said yes,” Stan says. So, we are proud to bring Stan DeWitt and the Treasonweasels to the Grace First Sanctuary on Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Stan is certainly a multi-faceted artist/musician. He feels at home, regardless whether it is in folk music, rock, classical (choral or orchestral), film music or music education. He was a member of the popular Southern California folk band the Woodbys, that enjoyed success in the early 1990s.

Stan will be joined by a crack bunch of L.A. musicians, collectively now known as the Treasonweasels: O’Brien on drums (Social Distortion, Agent Orange), Joe Lamanno on bass (The Association, the Turtles), Randy Volin on guitar (played with/opened for Joe Cocker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Money) and R. Scott Dibble (National People’s Gang, Baast.) They will be playing songs from all of Stan’s CDs, including several songs from Silver Bullet.

The concert will be held in the sanctuary of Grace First Presbyterian Church, on Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. Grace First Presbyterian Church is located at 3955 Studebaker Rd. This concert is a free-will donation concert, with a suggested donation of $10.

Shakespeare Play

The LB Shakespeare Company presents “All’s Well That Ends Well” on May 25 thru June 16 at the Goad Theatre, 4250 Atlantic in Bixby Knolls. Tickets at lbshakespeare.org or by calling (562) 997-1494.

Heritage Tea

Experience the graciousness of a bygone era with afternoon tea in the Pepperwood Court of the historic Bembridge House on Saturday, May 26, at 2 p.m.  Period attire is encouraged but optional.

Ticket cost  is $35 and may be purchased by mailing a  check to Long  Beach Heritage. P.O. Box 92521, Long Beach, California, 90809.

Proceeds benefit the Bembridge House: www.lbheritage.org.

For additional information, please  email giomigibbons@gmail.com or call (408) 375-7485. Confirmations will be texted.