Residents of Bixby Knolls interested in meeting, networking and noshing are invited out to the monthly Bixby Supper Club, Monday, Nov. 7. Here are the specifics:.

Supper Club

Thank you to everyone who attended the September Supper Club at Georgie's Place.  The business owners are extremely appreciative of your support and enthusiasm.  Please keep going back and enjoy all the great food options in Bixby Knolls.

Here are the details for next month:

The Mirage Cafe
539 E. Bixby Rd.

Monday, November 7
6:30pm

Buffet style service for the Supper Club $16.99 plus tax per person. This price includes soft drinks or teas.  No corkage fees, so diners are welcome to bring their favorite wines -- and wine glasses--to enjoy with their meal..

The North Long Beach Community Action Group will have its monthly meeting Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. at the North Long Beach Police Substation at Scherer Park, 4891 Atlantic Ave.

 The featured speaker will be Long Beach Police Department Commander Galen Carroll, who will discuss crime statistics and other law enforcement issues.

 Here is the NLBCAG announcement:

Date:          Sunday, November 6, 2011

Time:          2:00pm, 4:00pm

Place:         North Police Substation, 4891 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach 90805

Meeting:      The North Long Beach Community Action Group

Contact:      562-428-7710         

 

North Long Beach ...Sunday,   November 06, 2:00pm to 4:00PM, 4891 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA  90805   (The North Police Substation). 

As part of its advocacy and education NLB CAG will be presenting Commander Galen Carroll as our guest speaker. Commander Carroll will be informing group of current crime statistics and the projected realignment.  Please tell your friends of this opportunity to participate in North Long Beach.  The meeting  is free and to the public. 

The North Long Beach Community Action Group and History Project Team is the recipient of the Neighborhoods USA 2008-2009, National Grand Prize winner.  The Community Action Group and History Project received national recognition as the first neighborhood group in Long Beach to win Neighborhood of the Year and also won first place in Social Revitalization category.  The North Long Beach Community Action Group is a 501©3 focused on advocacy, education and neighborhood improvement.

The North Long Beach Community Action Group (NLBCAG or CAG) was formed in 1994 by concerned community members in response to civil unrest in the early 1990's.

The purpose of CAG is to improve our neighborhoods using the following strategies:

o Maintain or improve property values;
o Improve the appearance of our area through beautification;
o Unify residents, advocate community causes, unify  groups and business owners; and
o Plan for the future.        

 for further information call 562-428-7710

Long Beach Port Commissioner Rich Dines will be the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the 3rd District Neighborhood, Thursday, November 10, at 11:45 a.m. at the Long Beach Yacht Club, 6201 E. Appian Way.
 Lunch is $15 for barbecue chicken salad. Reservations should be made with Julie Maleki of the council office by Nov. 8 at 562-570-8756.

The Good Neighbors of North Long Beach will talk transit at their monthly meeting.
Here's the announcement:

~ THE GOOD NEIGHBORS OF NORTH LONG BEACH ~

 Spires Restaurant, 1935 Del Amo Blvd (at Cherry)

 

November 8, 2011: Our guest speaker will be Karissa Selvester, from Long Beach Transit. Karissa will talk about the Long Beach transit system.

7:00 Sign-In, Breakfast, Council Reports, and Organizational Reports

7:30 Speaker

8:15 Meeting Closed  

                                  

~ BRING A NEIGHBOR or FRIEND ~

 Lafayette Elementary school will play stage its annual Harvest Festival, Friday, Oct. 28 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the school playground 2445 Chestnut Ave.
 Organizers say the "Harvest Festival is an exciting, fun-filled annual fund raiser.  The monies raised this year will be used to purchase printers for our classrooms.
 Ativities include bean toss competition, hair coloring, arts and crafts and a Halloween costume contest.

 Long Beach Dental Arts and dentist Steve Sutherland will be holding itheir third annual Halloween Candy Buy Back, Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dental Arts has five locations and two locally that will participate: the Long Beach office at 6226 E. Spring St. Ste. 200, and Somerset Family Dentistry, 9426 Somerset Blvd., in Bellflower.
 The offices will be passing out prizes and hold raffles for children for their excess candy, which will then delivered to Operation Gratitude to be shipped to U.S. armed forces overseas.
 According to Scott Sutherland, brother of dentist Steve, the dental group gathered 600 pounds of candy the first year of the buy back and 800 pounds last year among all its offices. In addition to delivering the candy, many children also addressed cards and letters to the troops.
 In addition to promoting dental health, organizers says the candy buy back has the support of first-lady Michelle Obama's Partnership for  Healthy America, which is battling childhood obesity in the U.S.
 

 Residents interested in AB 109, officially known as Criminal Justice Alignment, are invited to attend a Peace and Justice Summit, 9 a.m. to 3 pm, on Wednesday, October 26, at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Seaside Ballroom, 300 East Ocean Blvd.
 The event is free but preregistration is required online at www.peaceandjustice2011.org. Information is available at the Office of Councilman Dee Andrews at 562-570-6816.
 Susan Burton, a CNN Hero, will moderate the day-long event.
 Signed into law in April by Gov. Jerry Brown, AB 109 sends non-violent, non-sexual and non-serious prison inmates back to the custody of county jails. It also puts supervision of those same inmates, once released, with county probation departments rather than the state parole office.
 Councilman Dee Andrews' office is helping to sponsor the event. Here is his office release:

CNN Hero- Susan Burton to Moderate
Long Beach Peace & Justice Summit
 

The East Anaheim Street Business Alliance will have Larry Jackson of Long Beach Transit at its monthly meeting Tuesday, October, 25 at noon at the Long Beach Playhouse.
Here are the particulars from the group:

"Please join us for our regular monthly meeting and luncheon at noon tomorrow, Tuesday, October 25th at the historic Long Beach Playhouse located at 5021 East Anaheim Street. There is plenty of parking behind the Playhouse.

This month, we are honored to have joining us as our guest speaker Larry Jackson, President/CEO, Long Beach Transit.

We also will have regular updates from Councilmember Patrick O'Donnell's office and the Long Beach Police Department.

As always, our delicious buffet lunch (price: $12.00) will be prepared by Moon Dance Catering of Long Beach.

Because our luncheons are catered, we need to have an accurate headcount, so please RSVP as soon as possible by email at info@easba.com or by calling 562-494-3800.

We look forward to seeing you at the Long Beach Playhouse on Tuesday, October 25th at noon.  Please feel free to visit their website at: www.lbplayhouse.org .

For all the latest news and updates, please visit our website at www.easba.com ."

A free FREE Generation Earth Waste Reduction and Recycling Workshop is being offered Thursday, Oct. 29 at Hughes Middle School.
 Here's the information:. 

Teachers, Parents, Students:
Learn How to Start a Recycling Program at Your Middle or High School!
 
·        Did you know that nearly 70% of materials thrown in the trash are commonly recyclable?
·        Are you interested in learning why recycling is so critical?
·        Interested in the best practices to take your recycling program to the next level?
 
Come educate yourself at a FREE Generation Earth Waste Reduction and Recycling Workshop.  Great for newly formed eco-clubs.  The Generation Earth Waste Reduction and Recycling Workshop introduces participants to Los Angeles County's waste cycle and helps middle school and high school teachers and students set up or improve their campus recycling programs.
 

  Cal State Long Beach will play host to its second annual Chinese Film and Culture Festival from October 20-26.
 The free event focuses on treasures of Tianjin province in China, and includes screenings of recent Chinese films and a cultural heritage and craft exhibit that features bottle painting, paper cutting and fabric sculpture.
  The opening ceremony will be on Thursday, October 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. It will include a performance by the Peking Opera and a Bian Lian performance. Bian Lian is a dramatic part of Chinese opera in which performers wear bright costumes and masks that they change quickly.
  Among those in attendance will be Qiu Shaofang, consul general of China to Los Angeles, officials from Tianjian province and Cal State Long Beach representatives.
  During the festival, eight films exploring how Chinese media producers envision their society for domestic and international audiences will screen in the Beach Auditorium at the University Student Union, room 115.
  A cultural heritage and craft exhibit will be held in the University Student Union
Ballroom, where artists will demonstrate traditional Chinese handicrafts such as papercutting and Yangliuqing Spring Festival Pictures, and the fabric sculptures of Chinese artist Chang Cheng will be on display.
  The event is open to the public.
  For more information regarding the festival and the film schedule, visit www.ccpe.csulb.edu/ChineseFCF or call Heidi Zhang at 800-963-2250, ext. 54060.

The West East Side Community Association is staging its monthly meeting and clean-up, here are the details for David Henseler.

 

  "Deaf Jam" a documentary about deaf teenager Aneta Brodski entering the slam poetry scene in New York using American Sign Language poetry, is the monthly documentary being showed at the Long Beach Main Branch Library. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. at the library auditorium 101 Pacific Ave. auditorium.
  According to press material on the film:
   "In a remarkable twist of fate, Aneta, a deaf Israeli, meets and then collaborates with Tahani -- a hearing Palestinian slam poet. They create a hearing/deaf duet touching on their shared personal and cultural experiences -- generating a new form of slam poetry that speaks to both the hearing and the deaf."
  A discussion and audience Q&A will follow the film. Panelists are to include Chuck Scarpaci, Director Sign Language & Interpreting Services Long Beach and Dickie Lewis of Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles
  The film is sponsored by ITVS Community Cinema, Long Beach Central Area Association/MusicUNTOLD and the Long Beach Public Library.
  Information is available by calling the library at 562-570-7500.

     MusicUntold will partner with Long Beach Public Library to present a
piano recital by David Rubinstein  Saturday, Oct. 22,  at 1 p.m. at the Main
Library Auditorium, 101 Pacific Ave.

   Sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, the recital will feature the music of 19th century Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, who maybe best known for music he wrote for Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt.".

   Rubenstain is an acclaimed classical pianist who has tored extensively to major music halls in the United States and abroad. He has also recorded session music for Hollywood Studios.

 

  Business improvement rebates will be discussed at the regular meeting of the MacArthur Park/Whittier School Neighborhood Tuesday, October 18, at 5 p.m. at community room of the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library, 1401 E. Anaheim St.

  Phillip Jennings, Commercial Improvement Rebate Program Coordinator, will give a presentation about City of Long Beach programs to assist business.

·        Learn about Business Startup Grant Program
·        Commercial Improvement Rebate Program

  Free parking is available at the library parking lot.  Translation will be provided in Khmer and Spanish.

For more information, call Bryant S. Ben 562-570-1691 or email bryant.ben@longbeach.gov.
Translation will be provided in Khmer and Spanish

* * * Light refreshments will be provided! * * *

 The Neighborhood Resource Center is play host to another in its popular free series of workshops, this one on fund raising.

 Here is their release:

FUNDRAISING BASICS

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
425 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA

 

Presented by
Karen Reside
Principal, Reside & Associates

Topics

·        How To Develop A Fund Development Plan
·        How To Obtain Grants
·        How To Find Sponsorships

RSVP to the Neighborhood Resource Center at (562) 570-1010
or email Scottie Hinkey at Sharron.Hinkey@longbeach.gov

This FREE workshop is presented in English with Spanish and Khmer translation available

Free parking behind the building and on surrounding streets

The City of Long Beach intends to provide reasonable accommodations
in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
If a special accommodation is desired, please call Scottie Hinkey
48 hours prior to the event at (562) 570-1010. This information is
available in an alternate format on request by calling (562) 570-1010.

 

The Down Town Lions Club of Long Beach cordially invites you to a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, Oct. 21 at 9:30 a.m. at Hamilton Middle School, 1060 E. 70th St.
 
The Down Town Lions partnered with the RDA, the North Long Beach Project Area Committee and students to revitalize the Hamilton Middle School monument sign area in front of the school.

Please see the attached for additional information.
 
Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 18th.

 The 6th Districts monthly food dispersal will be Friday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m. at Ernest McBride Sr. Park, 1550 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave.
 The event is first come first served and lasts until the food is gone, so residents are urged to arrive early. Information is available by calling 6th District Council office at 562-570-6816.

 The Stearns Musical Theatre Company will perform two hours of musical theater songs Saturday at the second annual Broadway in Wrigley production.
 Sponsored by the Wrigley Association, the show will be staged Saturday, Oct. 22 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Veterans Park, 101 E. 28th Street. Admission is $10 per person or $70 for a group of 10.
 Stearns Musical Theatre is a nonprofit troupe of community residents backed by Partners of Parks. It stages productions that give emerging and first-time performers a chance to display the musical theater chops.
 The Broadway show will include songs and dance from Broadway musicals including "Wicked," "Man of La Mancha," "Hairspray," "Guys and Dolls" and "Funny Girl."
 Funds raised will benefit the troupe and Wrigley Association.
 The Stearns Musical Theatre Company was established in 2001 and has been performing locally for 10 years.
 Advance purchase available by calling Colleen McDonald 562-6767480.

The Long Beach Housing Development Company and Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Service are teaming up to provide two more clinics for residents facing challenges with their home loans. Here's the information:

UPCOMING FORECLOSURE COUNSELING CLINICS


October 19, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Silverado Park
1545 W. 31st Street

November 16, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Grace Brethren Church
5885 Downey Ave.,

Trouble with your mortgage?
The Long Beach Housing Development Company (LBHDC) and The Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services (LANHS) invite you to attend a FREE two-hour clinic conducted in English targeted to homeowners who are or will be experiencing challenges with their loans.

Meet face-to-face with a Counselor from LANHS, a HUD-approved counseling agency. CHASE Bank, Bank of America, GMAC, and Citi Mortgage representatives will also be on-hand to meet with those who have mortgage loans with their banks.  

You will be asked for information on your existing loan(s) such as balance, interest rate and payments, as well as your income and budget information.  Come prepared - bring a copy of your mortgage statement and monthly budget.
 
To sign-up, call LANHS at (888) 895.2647 or email RSVP@lanhs.org.  Please include your name, address, phone number and clinic date in your email.

For more information contact:
*The Long Beach Housing Development Company (LBHDC)
(562) 570.6949; email LBHDC@longbeach.gov or go to www.lbhdc.org.
*The Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services (LANHS)
(213) 381.2862 or go to www.lanhs.org.  

 The Long Beach Democratic Club is inviting activists and residents to rally Thursday as part of  the AFL-CIO's "America Want's to Work" National Week of Action.
 The gathering Thursday, Oct. 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Lone Sailor Navy Memorial sculpture in Bluff Park at the 3100 Block of E. Ocean Blvd., is in support of the American Jobs Act, expected to come before Congress this month.
  Among those attending will be Long Beach City Councilmembers Steven Neal and Gerrie Schipske.
 According to supporters of the bill, it will create "initiatives and benefits for working-
class Americans such as the "Returning Heroes" tax credit for Veterans,
tax cuts to help small businesses hire and grow and investments in
rebuilding and modernizing America"
 Information on the is available by email to longbeachdemclub@gmail.com.

  For the first time, the Harvest Ball will be held without founder Arlene Mercer at the helm. But Mercer's presence will be felt, literally and figuratively.
 Mercer, who retired this year after 22 years with the organization, will be a special honoree at the event which serves as Food Finders' main annual fund-raiser, Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Grand Event Center.
 Based in Long Beach. the Food Finders food bank has been working to feed the hungry since 1989, through "rescuing" food from local producers, helping reduce food waste and providing  food to nonprofit and faith-based agencies throughout Southern California.
 To date the organization says it has provided more than 88 million pounds of food to local relief agencies.
 The Harvest Ball will begin at 6 p.m. with  registration, silent auction and a reception. Dinner will be at 7 p.m. followed by an auction emceed by Randy Gordon, president and CEO of the Long Beach Chamber.
 Mercer will be honored at the event and is slated to receive and award from Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster. Mercer founded Food Finders in 1989 and stepped down in June.
 Tickets are $80 per person, $1,000 for a table sponsor. Information and tickets are available by calling 562-598-3003 or online.

 The Neighborhood Resource Center is playing host to another of its workshops to benefit local nonprofit and neighborhood groups. Here are the details:

10 ESSENTIALS TO ROCK YOUR FUNDRAISER!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
425 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA

Presented by
Tish Nighswonger and Kerry Zarders
The Fresh Gals at FreshFundraising.com

• Top tips for organizing a fundraiser
• How to get the best from your volunteers
• Handling the big bucks $$ you will bring in for your cause

Join fundraising veterans who have found that -- with a little organization, creativity and guidance -- fundraising can be exciting as well as rewarding.  
They created FreshFundraising to bring new ideas to fundraising and share the lessons learned from years of auctions, carnivals, book fairs and jog-a-thons.  
See why FreshFundraising.com is a go-to site for volunteers and organizations involved in community fundraising projects.


RSVP to the Neighborhood Resource Center
 
at (562) 570-1010

or email
 
Scottie Hinkey at Sharron.Hinkey@longbeach.gov

 

Small businesses in Long Beach are encouraged to apply for grants being offered  by the Women's Business Council.
 Here are the details:

 The Women's Business Council of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce is awarding funds of $5,000 to a small business owner to maintain or grow his/her business through their Women's Business Council Grant for Small Businesses program.

Every business fitting the following criteria is eligible to apply:

·        Business must be located in Long Beach
·        Business must have 10 full time employees or less
·        Must have been in business a minimum of 3 years
·        Must have had collaborative and/or community involvement

To Request an Application or Ask Questions, please e-mail:

Requests for Applications are now being accepted until Friday, October 14, 2011.  

Application Deadline:  Applications MUST be submitted in person or by mail (postmarks are not accepted) by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

Submit Application Form to:

Grants will be awarded at a Women's Business Council Gala Event on Thursday, January 26, 2012.

 Community members are encouraged to participate in a community clean-up Saturday in the 1300 block of E. 17th Street from 8 to 11 a.m.
 The event, sponsored by the Antioch Youth Ministry, the Neighborhood Services Bureau and Councilman Dee Andrews, will embark from 1304 E. 17th Street.
 Rakes, shovels, trash bags and gloves will be provided. Community service hours are available. Information is available by calling Andrews' office at 562-570-6816.

 The Long Beach Central Project Area Committee plays host to its monthly meeeting Thursday, highlighted by a presentation on 20 years of CPAC efforts. Here is the montly agenda:

CENTRAL LONG BEACH PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE AGENDA

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6004, Long Beach, CA 90806

General Membership Meeting

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the
Central Project Area Committee

1900 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Floor, Long Beach, CA., October 6, 6 p.m.

Agenda

1.Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance

2.Approval of Minutes for September 1, 2011

3.Comments: All Council Districts
All council districts or their representatives are invited to inform the PAC and guests
of any information pertaining to redevelopment issues.

4.Public Comment (3 min. per speaker)
Members of the public are invited to address the PAC on items of interest/relevance
within the PAC's jurisdiction.

5.702 W. Anaheim Purchase for use as Winter Shelter, LBRM

6.RDA Presentation, Jamilla Vollmann
a. Status of Redevelopment

7.We Celebrate 20 Years of the Central Project Area Committee
a. Powerpoint presentation
b. Guest Speakers
c. Recognition and Acknowledgements

8. Chair Report
a. Bob Lee Memorial

9. Old Business

10. New Business

11. Adjournment

Next Meeting:
November 3, 2011, 6:00 PM