{"id":3207,"date":"2013-10-04T19:40:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T02:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2013-10-04T19:46:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T02:46:40","slug":"happy-birthday-dear-calb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=3207","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Dear CALB!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CALB-sign1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3208\" alt=\"CALB sign1\" src=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CALB-sign1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CALB-sign1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CALB-sign1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/noelophile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CALB-sign1-500x215.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seriously?\u00a0 A year&#8217;s gone by&#8211;already?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Cultural-Alliance-of-Long-Beach\/313232145400616\">Cultural Alliance of Long Beach<\/a> celebrates its first anniversary this weekend!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calbarts.org\/\">CALB<\/a> opened its doors in downtown Long Beach on October 6, 2012.\u00a0\u00a0 Their stated mission is: &#8220;to support working artists of all ages, in all artistic disciplines, and connect them with the public&#8230;through through innovative collaborations, dialogues, promotions, and education&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That support has appeared in many incarnations, over the past year.<!--more-->CALB&#8217;s downtown Long Beach locations have hosted a year of art exhibits, workshops, classes, performances and special events.\u00a0\u00a0 Highlights of their past year have included April&#8217;s Cherry Blossom Festival, and September&#8217;s &#8220;Guts N&#8217; Bolts Art Show&#8221; (think zombie robots!).<\/p>\n<p>As they embark on their second year, CALB continues to have a lot going on!\u00a0 They&#8217;ll be showcasing six artists at this month&#8217;s exhibition, opening tomorrow evening, October 5th.\u00a0\u00a0 Next Tuesday, October 8th, they&#8217;re hosting a photography class&#8211;and a watercolor class starts on Saturday, October 12th.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also on the 12th, their MADhaus performance venue hosts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectnunwayla.info\/\">&#8220;Project Nunway&#8221;<\/a>: an outrageous celebration of fashion, over-the-top creativity on a budget and the gay community, with L.A.&#8217;s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.<\/p>\n<p>And those are only a few of the events happening at CALB during the first half of October.\u00a0 We haven&#8217;t even mentioned their <a href=\"http:\/\/calbarts.org\/calendar\/\">grant writing classes, drum circle, artists&#8217; support group, upcoming screenings, yoga training, sewing classes..<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to celebrate their first year with them&#8211;and maybe find out more about their activities and how you can get involved?\u00a0 Check out their website&#8211;or better yet, come have champagne and cake with them as their October art exhibition opens, tomorrow evening, October 5th, at 6 pm!<\/p>\n<p><em>The Cultural Alliance of Long Beach is located at 727 Pine Avenue (Pine and Seventh) in downtown Long Beach.\u00a0 Their Bungalow Art Center is open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 4 pm to 9 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 pm.\u00a0 Often, Friday and Saturday hours are extended for special events, which are open to the public and listed on their <a href=\"http:\/\/calbarts.org\/calendar\/\">website.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seriously?\u00a0 A year&#8217;s gone by&#8211;already? That&#8217;s right.\u00a0 The Cultural Alliance of Long Beach celebrates its first anniversary this weekend! 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