On September 21, the Long Beach Central Area Association took in Am I Roxie? at the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
A one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega (Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes, The Groundlings) navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor and unbreakable spirit.
MusicUNTOLD and League of Women Voters revisit of October 30, 2016 WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE concert was broadcast 1:00 PM , March 28, 2021 via Long Beach Public Radio KLBP 99.1 FM. The entire video version is available via MusicUNTOLD.com and MusicUNTOLD.com YouTube Channel
Memorial Day has a little known African American root. Please see https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/ . Many are unaware that over 200,000 African American Union soldiers helped save our NATION. Please see photo of 3,000 school children who carried bouquets of flowers and sang “John Brown’s Body” to honor captured Union soldiers in Charleston, South Carolina. Members of the famed Union 54th…
Save the Date 16th Annual RECOVERY AWARDS, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 6:00 PM Veterans Park Community Room, 101 E. 28th St. Long Beach, CA 90806. Event Chair -Terence Oriee, sponsored by the Long Beach Central Area Association. Music by TATIANA TATE Quartet. Guest speakers: Denise Maupin and Long Beach City Prosecutor, Dough Haubert 16th Recovery…
Save The Date 10-23-18 for 15th annual Recovery Awards -(recognition of persons overcoming drug addiction)- October 23, 2018 Veterans Park 101 E. 28th St. Long Beach CA 90806 6:30 p.m Jazz Performance – Tatiana Tate Quartet 7:00 p.m. Ceremonial Presentation Guest Speakers: Vice Mayor Dee Andrews, City Prosecutor Doug Haubert, LBPD Lieutenant Ty Burford Tatiana…
Help us plant 100 new trees in memory of former Long Beach Fire Captain Otis Reid at a #IDigLB tree planting on Sat, Oct. 20, from 9:00 am to noon, at 1800 E. Anaheim St. Captain Reid was the first African American Firefighter hired by the Long Beach, California Fire Department on July…
Experience a FREE fun family event filled with music, food and more. Presented by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer and produced by MusicUNTOLD, this event features Grammy winners: Poncho Sanchez and his Latin-Jazz Band Deniece Williams with Maya Angelou & Ed Bland (poetry and jazz live recording) Annelle Gregory (violinist) African drum & dance (interactive) Conjunto…
Susan Burton, founder and executive director of nationally recognized “A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT” is keynote speaker for 14th annual Long Beach Recovery Awards. For the past 19 years, ex-felon Susan Burton has helped female parolees rebuild their lives after a prison guard told her, “I’ll see you back in a little while.” Susan Burton…
SAVE THE DATE- August 10, 2017 WORLD STAGE-Leimert Park-Live Jam session-tribute to trumpetist Clora Bryant 90th birthday featuring vocalist Clora Bryant and the Clora Bryant Quartet. JOIN US as musician, singer, or audience member. Congress member Karen Bass will not be in town, but a Certificate of Recognition from her office will be presented to…
Clora Bryant is a musical pioneer. The lone female trumpeter to collaborate with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, she played a critical role in carving a place for women instrumentalists in the male-dominated world of jazz, over the course of her decades-long career proving herself not merely a novelty but a truly gifted player regardless of…