Wrigley Community Happenings

Here are some great events happening this weekend. Tomorrow July 16th Neighborhood clean up 8-12 at 23rd Street & Locust Health & Safety Fair at MLK Park from 10-4 All major LB health providers will be there to assist you and answer any questions you might have. You can also meet NFL player Desean Jackson! [...]

The view from here

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Park and Recreation mobile park…must be summer!

February Happenings

Hello Long Beach Locals- I wanted to let you all know about our first work day at the farm. On Saturday, February 19th starting at 9am we will be cleaning up the site. Its not just cleaning up the farm but the entire gulch property. If you have not had the chance to come and [...]

Write up in the California Heights Newsletter

Thank you John and California Heights for the article in your newsletter and for organizing the clean up effort on February 19th. See you all there! For the newsletter in its entirety please click here. A Future for Willow Gulch? Most of you have driven past Willow Gulch without giving it a glance. Why would [...]

Playground in Wrigley, come help us build it!

Thank you to WANA, the Wrigley Association and the Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation for putting this even together and getting us a much needed playground. I can’t wait! COME ONE, COME ALL TO BUILD DAY! No prior experience needed! WHEN:                   Saturday, February 12, 2011 TIME:                        8:00 AM – 3:30 PM WHERE:                    Wrigley Pocket Park (21st [...]

ArtPeace in Long Beach

Hey everyone, last evening I attended the ArtPeace event at Martin Luther King Park. It was a really cool event for the youth in that area. This is also a program funded through one of Connected Corridor’s grants. I got some footage from the event. Enjoty!

Get Your Taste For World Cultures

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Reposted from Everything Long Beach: In celebration of Cultural Diversity Month, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews and the City of Long Beach Human Dignity Program are hosting a Cultural Diversity Festival on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Petrolane Boys & Girls Club at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The [...]

Councilman Dee Andrews and City of Long Beach Human Dignity Program Offers A Taste Of World Cultures

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In celebration of Cultural Diversity Month, 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews and the City of Long Beach Human Dignity Program are hosting a Cultural Diversity Festival on Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the John and Alice Wallace/Petrolane Boys & Girls Club at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 1920 Lemon Avenue, Long [...]

Summer Concerts in the Park

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Finally-the first concert in the park is this Wednesday!  The Long Beach Municipal Band has been around for over 100 years. One of the oldest in the entire country! I remember playing my violin in the Municipal Auditorium nearly 40 years ago…I wonder if that is where they based their operations back in the day. [...]