One final, private screening with Art Theater owner Howard Linn

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
For a man whose life has been spent showing some of our most intelligent films—The Conversation, Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Little Thief, Less Than Zero—the Art Theater’s owner Howard Linn doesn’t talk much about the movies he’s seen. But then Linn, who [...]

Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before
It’s interesting how the news sometimes gets out–and out and out and out.
On Sunday, the New York Times published a story on Long Beach’s vintage furnishings district on Fourth Street, otherwise known as Retro Row. Our comrades at Portfolio informed us on Monday–and we informed [...]

Meow’s Kathleen Schaaf buying vintage when downtown was empty–except for the secondhand stores

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
It’s hard to believe today, with the new buildings like stents in the city’s heart—and the vacant lots with white plastic Redevelopment Agency fences around them—but in the late 1970s, downtown was one big thrift in many old buildings. The [...]