Page Against the Machine: Small bookstore, big message
Owner Chris Giaco is using his bookstore as a platform for activism and inspiration.
IN PICTURES: {open}, Now Open, Now Open
Upon arrival at Open—formerly {open}, now formally open—a large pack of people pored over paperbacks as anticipation built last Friday evening for owner and curator Sé Reed to finally introduce the world to her latest brainchild, and vice versa.
Sé Reed Rethinks the Modern Bookstore for the Latest Incarnation of OPEN
Three years ago, Long Beach lost a literary landmark. Many remember {open} as a vibrant bookstore, art gallery, and event space. After nine glorious years in business, {open} closed its doors in 2012.
Local Artist, Brain Cancer Survivor to Lead Healing Through Creativity Workshop
Local artist, poet and brain cancer survivor Richard Harvey will facilitate a Healing Through Creativity workshop alongside the debut of his new book, 20 Poems 20 Paintings, A Creative Warrior’s Journal, in an effort to help cancer fighters, survivors and their support people process the challenges and changes that accompany a cancer diagnosis.
Roadtrip Nation Has the ‘Roadmap’ to Figuring Out What To Do With Your Life
Developed by Roadtrip Nation, an award-winning career exploration movement from Costa Mesa, the soon-to-be-released Roadmap aims to help those feeling lost post-graduation, or feeling stuck in their current careers, find success doing what they love.
After Two Years Behind Shuttered Doors, Famed Long Beach Bookstore Finds New Home at Downtown Book Bar
Sé Reed’s hint that she would eventually re-open her famed bookstore, Open, provided a bit of hope for the patrons who yearned to find independently printed books filled with the words of Long Beach poets or meander past a window display beautifully decked out. Eleven years after opening Open to the day, she announced on her Facebook that Open is indeed re-opening in what will soon be Long Beach’s first book bar, The Brass Lamp.
Long Beach Record Collector Steve Propes Goes ‘Old School’ With New R&B Book
Steve Propes–a Long Beach local and one of the region’s foremost experts on R&B and vocal harmony groups–has been keeping this passion for vintage 45s alive with a growing lineup of books that, for more than a decade, have provided researchers and collectors a wealth of encyclopediac information about records both big and small.
Local Author and Artist Seek Funds For Children’s Book on Divorce
The deadline approaches for Long Beach writer and educator Angelica Nunez to finance her children’s book Plenty of Love to Go Around, a story about divorce through a child’s perspective. If $5000 is pledged by Sept. 15, the book will be donated to educators and social workers as a family resource.
Duo Writes the Book(s) on Long Beach Architecture
If there is something to be said about a city’s history, it lies solely within the hands of its archivists. And two of Long Beach’s most vigorous of such workers—Cara Mullio and Jennifer Volland of Alamitos Heights—do it in addition to their everyday professional lives.