{"id":89538,"date":"2026-07-31T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=89538"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:09:39","slug":"this-new-film-festival-was-born-at-a-playground","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/this-new-film-festival-was-born-at-a-playground","title":{"rendered":"This new film festival was born at a playground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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A brand new film festival is coming to town in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with a random conversation between two dads at a Signal Hill playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inaugural Long Beach Film Festival will have four feature films, multiple short film blocks and panel discussions at the Art Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read here<\/a> to learn more about the films and how you can attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beachwood began with barbecue; 20 years on, it\u2019s become a veteran of the beer-brewing scene<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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From Japadillas to monkfish karaage, the Long Beach izakaya doing it differently<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Long Beach revealed the contents of a time capsule it buried in 1976. Among the contents were a Wham-O Frisbee, a telephone book and a Queen Mary tie clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch here<\/a> to see what else was inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A free jazz festival is coming to North Long Beach\u2019s Houghton Park this weekend<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a huge classic car show and a baseball movie on the beach<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Free opera at the aquarium: \u2018Acquaprofonda\u2019 tells the story of courage, kindness and a mysterious sick whale<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eat. See. Do. Your weekly guide to restaurants, bars, art, culture, music and events in Long Beach. FOOD MUSIC ART INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE A brand new film festival is coming to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","disable_auto_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32198],"tags":[],"newspack_nl_advertiser":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-89538","newspack_nl_cpt","type-newspack_nl_cpt","status-publish","hentry","category-newsletters","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89604,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89538\/revisions\/89604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89538"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=89538"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}