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November 2009 Alternative Activities Calendar

 

11/1

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden

Chrysanthemum Show & Tea Ceremony

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., free admission for children 12 years old and under.

For more information, call (562) 985-8420

Museum of Latin American Art

628 Alamitos Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90802

11:00-3:00PM

 

11/6

First Fridays Long Beach

Atlantic Ave. between Bixby Rd. and San Antonio Drive in the City District of Bixby Knolls

First Friday of the month: Nov 6th, 6:00-10:00PM

The mission of First Fridays is to promote and support local artists and musicians by providing them with an outlet to showcase their work. Every first Friday night of the month, participating Bixby Knolls businesses will unite to promote local artists and musicians through extended operating hours. In doing so, we hope to encourage a dialogue between businesses, artists and the community.

11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27

Shark Lagoon Nights

100 Aquarium Way

Long Beach, CA 90802

The public is invited to get up close with the ocean’s ultimate predators at the Aquarium of the Pacific for FREE during Shark Lagoon Nights. Guests will have the opportunity to touch bamboo sharks and see large sharks such as sand tigers as well as rays in the Aquarium’s Shark Lagoon.

6:00 pm–9:00 pm

Phone: (562) 590-3100 ext.0

11/7

The All American Melodrama Theatre and Music Hall

429 Shoreline Village Drive Suite E

Long Beach, CA 90802

Laughing Stock Development: Improv. Sketch. Comedy

Every First and Third Saturday at 10 pm

Tickets $10

To reserve tickets: (562) 495-5900

11/10

Department of Criminology, Law and Society, presents "Stopping Gangs with a Balanced Strategy,"

Distinguished Harman Visiting Applied Anthropology Scholar and UC Irvine professor: J. Diego Vigil, Ph.D.

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Pyramid Annex, seating is limited. For further information or to RSVP, call (562) 985-5171

11/12

The College of Engineering presents The Distinguished Lecture Series: Sustainability of our Planet

4:00 –4:30 PM-Registration/Networking

4:30 –6:00 PM-Panel of Experts

The Pointe Conference Center at the Walter Pyramid

Space is limited and reservations are required by October 30, 2009.

Please RSVP to Jamie Higgins at coe-dev@csulb.eduor 562.985.7347 for you and your guests.

11/14

Acorn Festival

Parks Recreation and Marine - Nature Center 

 7550 E. Spring St. Long Beach, CA 90815

Celebration of the fall season, and all the wonders and colors it brings. Crafts, stories and guided tours of the Nature Center will be offered.

10am-2pm  

Contact: (562) 570-1745

2nd Saturday Art Walk

East Village Art District, Downtown Long Beach

2ND Saturday Art Walks are organized by local artists in partnership with local galleries, businesses and residents

Free

4:00-10:00PM

http://www.artwalklb.com/

CSULB Homecoming Day

http://www.csulb.edu/alumni/homecoming/activities.html

11/15

Museum of Latin American Art

628 Alamitos Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90802

1:00-4:00PM

Brazilian Festival, Celebrating Neo Concrete Poetry and the Tradition of Capoeira Dancing

Phone: (562) 437-1689

Portfolio Coffeehouse

2300 East 4th Street

Long Beach, CA 90814

Kristin Kaplowitz’s art will be on display through November 15 on the walls of Portfolio Coffeehouse.

 (562) 434-2486

11/21

30-Minute Beach Cleanup

Every third Saturday: Nov. 21, 10 a.m. Free Parking

All cleanups at 1 Granada Avenue

Belmont Shore in Long Beach, 90803

Drawing in Nature

Parks Recreation and Marine - Nature Center

 7550 E. Spring St Long Beach, CA 90815

10am – 3pm

Walk and observe, journal and photograph out on the Nature Center trails and then turn our observations into colored pencil drawings. Learn the basics of using colored pencils.

Adults: $25 per person each session.   

Call for supply list: (562) 570-1745

11/22

The All American Melodrama Theatre and Music Hall

429 Shoreline Village Drive Suite E

Long Beach, CA 90802

"Drac in the Saddle Again" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or Make Mine a Double,"

Performances are 7:30PM, Fri. & Sat, 4:30PM Sat, and 7PM Sun.

The shows run until November 22.

Tickets are $14-20.

For more info call 495-5900 or visit http://www.allamericanmelodrama.com.

Long Beach Museum of Art

2300 East Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach, CA 90803

Surviving Hard Times: WPA Artists: October 9, 2009 - January 17, 2010

3133º Fahrenheit: October 9, 2009 - January 17, 2010

Sweet Subversives: Contemporary California Drawings: October 9, 2009 - February 14, 2010

Free Fridays at the Long Beach Museum of Art

Phone: (562) 439-2119

11/28

Long Beach Playhouse

5021 East Anaheim Street

Long Beach, CA 90804

Showing: Enter Laughing

Fri. & Sat. Evening Performances at 8pm

Phone: (562) 494-1014

11/30

Department of Design presents the Design 360 Works in Progress Show

10:00am-5:00 pm

Design Gallery, Free admission

For further information, call (562) 985-5089