FEATURE
Tattoo, You!
Tattooist Opie Ortiz tells Theo Douglas about inking Long Beach’s most famous tattoo ever: the word “SUBLIME” on Sublime singer Brad Nowell’s back. Then, we introduce you to the winners of our Best Tattoo Ever contest, and photographer Susan Sabo exposes you to famous tattoos she has known—all because the fifth annual Ink-N-Iron Tattoo & Kustom Culture Festival is in town.

NEWS
Doggie Day Afternoon
Dave Wielenga catches you up on what’s happening at Long Beach Animal Control. Also, rooftop nudity in Control Z and lying for beer in Criminy!

MUSIC
Black Angel
Chris Ziegler reverberates with Austin’s Black Angels and waits for the great leap forward with Billy Bragg, and Kevin Ferguson ponders Costa Mesa’s legacy with Matt McCluer of the Sweet Sweet Things and talks Jabberwockies with Aceyalone.

ART
Ports o’ Paradise
Ellen Griley checks “The Art of Commerce,” William Livingston’s pinhole pictures of the Port of Long Beach. And Theo Douglas reads from Fifth District Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske’s Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach.

FOOD+DRINK
Live Better, Eat Union
Miles Clements tracks down the hardest-working burrito in Wilmington then walks the thin white line at Izakaya Zero. Plus we stop in on Fourth Street’s new Ralphs and look back at a few years of Veggie Grill. And Ellen Griley gets Carried away with a Sky Flirtini.

DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Fierce Fashion, Discount Decor
Jim Hall visits South Gate’s lowrider fashion mecca, Greenspan’s. And Ellen Griley gets through the month just a little bit easier thanks to the Relax Pack.

SHELTER
Long Beach Heritage Annual Home Tour
This year’s Long Beach Heritage self-guided tour of significant houses June 8 has all the Victorians, Spanish-styles and, er, Queen Anne Victorians that you can shake a paint-stripping heat gun at.

FILM
Get Your Kicks
We review You Don’t Mess with the Zohan and Kung Fu Panda.