September 16-18 the QFilm Festival will will be showing over twenty films made this year by some of the top independent LGBT filmmakers. Every year is unique and 2011 promises to be another excellent event and even more special with its international block of films. QFilms has invited Popo Fan, a twenty-six year old Chinese filmmaker [...] [...more]
The Long Beach QFilm Festival 2011, proudly presented by The Gay and Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach and Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride, will take place September 16th-18th at the historic Art Theater located at 2025 East 4th St. and the neighboring Center Long Beach, both on Long Beach’s renowned “Retro Row.” The [...] [...more]
Art Theatre of Long Beach & Whole Foods Present Life-changing, New Documentary, “FORKS OVER KNIVES”, Sunday, 7/24th Whole Foods host FREE light brunch preceding film with Chef Paul Buchanan in the lobby. Brunch: 11:15 am; Screening 11:45 am; Tickets are $11 “A film that can save your life” —Roger Ebert “Richly inspiring and informative [...] [...more]
The controversy over whether it’s possible to “pray the gay away” has once again hit the headlines with the recent reports about Michele Bachmann’s husband, whose Christian therapy clinic has been caught by undercover media suggesting “reparative therapy” to reverse homosexuality. While the drama might not bode well for Bachmann as [...] [...more]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW makes its return to Long Beach ONE NIGHT ONLY on Friday, May 13th – and Long Beach Cinematheque is bringing original shadowcast MIDNIGHT INSANITY back to the Art Theatre stage!! Proceeds from this special event will benefit AIDS/LifeCycle in sponsorship of Team Long Beach riders! Tickets on sale now!! For tickets and [...] [...more]
Phone Booth Gallery and Long Beach Cinematheque are pleased to present “Oh, You Are Sick…,” a juried group exhibition of visual work loosely informed by the films of David Lynch, the enigmatic director who turns the mundane into grisly, surreal adventures. The exhibition opens with a reception on March 12th from [...] [...more]
It’s Oscar night and those looking to celebrate the night in style are dressing up and heading over to the Art Theatre! The LGB2NETWORK is putting on an Oscar Screening Party to benefit the Center Long Beach starting at 4:30 PM! Dress to impress, walk the red carpet and join them for an evening [...] [...more]
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…SUPERMAN! The Long Beach Cinematheque is teaming up with Anderson’s Paint and Hardware [714 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813; 562-437-2929] and Venice Dreams Boutique [800 Pine Ave #108, Long Beach, CA 90813; 562-612-3600] to bring you an outdoor screening of [...] [...more]
Opening this Friday Oct 1: David Fincher’s Facebook doc, “The Social Network’ Fri Oct 1 – Wed Oct 6: 2:20p 4:40p 7:00p 9:20p Thurs Oct 7: 2:20p 4:40p “Four Stars!” - Rolling Stone From the Oscar Nominated director of ‘The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’ and ‘Se7en’! On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark [...] [...more]
Next Friday, September 24, three businesses on 4th Street are coming together for TEAM TOUGH TITTIES (http://teamtoughtitties.blogspot.com/) and the 2010 Team Spirit Breast and Ovarian Cancer 10K Walk (http://www.teamspiritonline.org/). LOLA’S MEXICAN CUISINE (http://lolasmexicancuisine.com/) will be donating 20% of their proceeds to Team Tough Titties from 5:30pm – 9:30pm! ART DU VIN WINE BAR (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Long-Beach-CA/Art-Du-Vin/94…716672894) [...] [...more]
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