EYE ON YOU: ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATUE When they built the new City Hall in the mid-1970s, this was supposed to be a redo of the old Lincoln Park, but the new place didn’t come out so well—perhaps because the city didn’t ask Mr. Lincoln. It feels oddly disjointed—and Lincoln relocated seems strangely out-of-place in a [...]

Angie Evans and the rebirth of Viento y Agua

PHOTO by SUSAN SABO
When Viento y Agua’s original owners packed up and moved away, musician Angie Evans knew that she didn’t want to abandon the space. “I had been putting on open mic nights at Viento y Agua since it started,” she explains. “I knew that’s where [...]

Do you want it? Or need it? Depends.

The biennial Mid-City Studio Tour isn’t something you can buy (admission is free) but it is something you definitely want: a peek inside the studios, homes and in most cases home studios of some of Long Beach’s most recognized visual artists. Organized by artists Cynthia Evans, Annie Stromquist [...]