‘Spiritual & Religious Practices’ lets you see God as artists do

LAURA HERNANDEZ’S ‘EL HOMRE ELEMENTO AGUA’
For a show examining assorted deities and belief systems, as envisioned by artists from Argentina to Cuba, “Spiritual & Religious Practices” at the Museum of Latin American Art is as much about art as it is about God. That’s a [...]

Carlos Luna and Wifredo Lam paint a sprawling and intimate picture of Cuba

WIFREDO LAM’S ‘FEMME ASSISE’
There’s no real reason why Wifredo Lam and Carlos Luna have dueling exhibitions up now at the Museum of Latin American Art, but their two shows work well together. Both men are Cuban—though Lam is 67 years older—and both use [...]

Life is a cabaret

GOLDFARB’S “DANCING WITH THE TIGERS III”
It’s been a while since Long Beach had Serious Art around, being grand and weighty and muy importante—and honestly, I don’t think I’ve missed it. Here, even our most successful artists leaven their weightiness with some tasty irony—usually in the immortal form of the spork—and I may [...]

Long Beach’s fabulous celebrities bring sexy funk to MoLAA

THE DIBS GET ‘SCHOOLED IN SONG’
You know how they do at museums, with the naming of the benefactors—just like in that one Curb Your Enthusiasm when Ted Danson out-philanthropizes Larry by showing up on the new museum wing wall as Anonymous.
Dr. Robert Gumbiner, whose personal collection of [...]

Walter Goldfarb: “D + Lirium” compiles 24 mixed-media paintings from Walter Goldfarb, wrapping together a look into his career since 1995.
MOLAA 628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach 90802. 562.437.1689; molaa.org.
Sunday Funnies: Matt Claybrook hosts jokes on Pine. 8pm.
TACO BEACH 211 Pine Ave, Long Beach 90802. 562.983.1337.

Kicking Edgar Allan Poe: Readings of Poe’s twisted tales and all of the usual macabre gore that accompany them. Pair this with a classic “Treehouse of Horror” episode for a perfect Halloween prelude. 7:30pm.
ACRES OF BOOKS 240 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach 90802. 562.437.6980; acresofbooks.com.

Farmers Market: The produce you pick up here is about as [...]

Modern Times: Charlie Chaplin’s silent stand against sound

Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp character has arguably never been more hilariously pathetic than he is in the 1936 masterpiece, Modern Times. Here the shabby everyman finds himself getting literally ground up in the gears of the industrial age: He suffers a nervous breakdown, gets mixed up in labor [...]