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There’s a stout lineup of First Friday celebrations for September and we’ve included the highlights here. But just the highlights. Remember that you’ll find more events listed at Downtown Partnership

Benjamin Metzger is familiar to many in the Long Beach arts scene where he lives. He is known mainly by his stage name, Benoir, but to students at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, he is Mr. Metzger, music educator.

Benjamin Metzger is familiar to many in the Long Beach arts scene where he lives. He is known mainly by his stage name, Benoir, but to students at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, he is Mr. Metzger, music educator.

Music has always been a major part of Long Beach’s arts scene. For years there have been concerts on the beach, at restaurants and in Kennedy Plaza. Benjamin Metzger has long been central …

Art has long been used as a form of protest, and nowhere is this truer today, perhaps, than in downtown Oakland, where breathtaking murals cover nearly every storefront on Broadway.Local artists—both professionals and members of the community—are painting messages of justice. Last week, an epic yell...

Original “Baldwin Hills” cast member Ashley Gerren Taylor has passed away at the age of 30. The former teen model reportedly died in her sleep on April 11. An official cause has yet to be released. Taylor is survived by her 7-year-old daughter, Miyako, and her mother Michelle Gerren. Ashley Gerren Taylor and her daughter Miyako. (Photo: @mstaylorxo/Instagram) At the age of 12 Taylor made her mark in the fashion industry as the youngest model signed to L.A. Models’ runway division. From t...