{"id":89691,"date":"2026-08-20T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=89691"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:34:40","slug":"a-pho-revival-and-a-brutal-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/a-pho-revival-and-a-brutal-film-festival","title":{"rendered":"A pho revival and a brutal film festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Creativity and Long Beach pretty much go hand-in-hand. The No Mercy film series is putting that on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the event, viewers get to see the first 60 seconds of a short film, then vote on whether they want to see the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mercy” is a yes vote, while “no mercy” is a no vote. Seems brutal, right? In reality, the artists brave enough to show their work say the feedback is invaluable. After the show, they even get to commiserate and ask for input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more here<\/a> and find out how to attend the next one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A beloved pho shop is reinventing itself on 4th Street again, this time as #9PhoToGo<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Want to see what it was like at the No Mercy film festival? Check out our photos<\/a> from the event at DiPiazza’s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Theater News: The Garage Theatre continues its supernatural season with unusual love story \u2018The Swan\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a \u2018Pirates of the Caribbean\u2019 symphony and a summer food festival<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Theater News: Carpenter Center gears up for fall season with \u2018Eat, Pray, Love\u2019 author, jazz musicians and Indian dance<\/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 Creativity and Long Beach pretty much go hand-in-hand. […]<\/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-89691","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\/89691","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":7,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89706,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/89691\/revisions\/89706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89691"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=89691"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}