FEATURE
Spring Up O Well
Chris Ziegler interviews Long Beach photographer and musician Matt Wignall about the 10 years he spent looking for America, and how he might have found it on a trip to document the installation of water wells in Africa.

NEWS
A Walk Through the Wetlands
The city wants you to take a public opinion survey about the Los Cerritos wetlands—which might be difficult to have an opinion about because they’re on private property and unable to be gazed upon by normal people. And Long Beach love in Vector Control and Criminy!

MUSIC
The Stitches
Chris Ziegler reminisces about the unflagging Stitches (playing a Mike Conley family benefit at Alex’s) and flounders through stalled analysis of the Angry Samoans.

ART
California Video
If you’d like to see seminal Long Beach Museum of Art art, go to the Getty’s new “California Video” exhibit; just about half of it came from LBMA archives. And don’t forget to check out cool celebrity art at ISM Gallery.

FOOD+DRINK
Kotosh
Miles Clements goes intercontinental with Japanese-Peruvian food at Kotosh and Jim Hall powers down potato tacos at Hole Mole. Then Hall visits Italy in Drink of the Week and we wrap up with Blottery.

DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Long Beach Public Library
Jim Hall falls for free books and Ellen Griley scores deals at Big Lots!

SHELTER
DIY Studio
Ellen Griley tells how to fix up your apartment with temporary wallpaper, pegboard projects and bicycles on your wall.

FILM
My Own Private Skate Park
Gus Van Sant returns to form with Paranoid Park.