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CONTENTS FOUNDER/PRESIDENT Von Raees CEO Jesse Dillon EDITORIAL editor@hlrmedia.com MANAGING EDITOR Gary Metzker SENIOR REPORTER Blake Pinto

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Our issue this week is dedicated to the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Almost 300,000 people are expected to take a trip to Shoreline Drive this weekend to see the various races. Be safe out there. Also, be sure to check us out on Facebook as we have a reporter and photographer who will be posting all weekend.

Errata: In our last issue we misidentified Mark Rizk as the treasurer of Long Beach Young Republicans (LBYR). His correct title is secretary of LBYR. As always, if you love us or hate us or have a story idea let us know with a comment on our Facebook page or our website www. theedgelb.com. Or send me an email at editor@hlrmedia.com - Gary Metzker Managing editor

PHOTOGRAPHER Karen Sawyer CONTRIBUTORS Jesus Ambrosio Madison D’Ornellas Kevin Flores Olivia Otsuki Emily Rasmussen GRAPHICS/PRODUCTION Jorge Arroyo Katie Lowery Allison Rojas WEBSITE Jorge Arroyo SALES Jeffrey Vaughn Candace Klewer

NEWS: 04 No strike. The California Faculty Association and the CSU reach a tentative agreement.

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A guy takes a walk on a race track and ends up making a friend.

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cover: 12 Everything you probably already know about the Long Beach Grand Prix.

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business: 14 Belly Bombz Korean-inspired cuisine is one option for your GP belly this weekend.

calendar: 16 classifieds: 18 entertainment: 21 Long Beach-based Knyght Ryder keeps cranking out the ’80s hits.

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CSU AND CFA REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT, CANCEL ANTICIPATED STRIKE The strike would have meant canceling a week’s worth of CSULB classes and a large crowd of pissed off professors.

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ust days before the scheduled strike, the California State University (CSU) and the California Faculty Association (CFA) came to a tentative agreement which averted the ordeal - for now, at least. The CSU and CFA came together for a meeting in Sacramento, which ended on Friday after a two-day media blackout.

The CFA, the union made of over 26,000 tenure-track faculty, lecturers, coaches, counselors and librarians in the CSU system, were asking for a 5 percent salary increase. The CSU had been denying the demands, which led the CFA to schedule a five-day strike which was planned for April 13-15 and 18-19.

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tween CSU faculty and administrators; leaving everyone, especially students, wondering what was going to happen. Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) faculty were planning to go on strike, along with the other 22 CSU campuses across California.

“We were willing to go out on strike for ourselves, but not just for ourselves. It’s really for the students,” said Douglas Domingo-Foraste, CFA Chapter President of CSULB and professor of the Classics.

“We needed to make sure that the university didn’t keep going down the path it was going.

To becoming a university where there are no faculty who can spend time with students,” he said. “That more and more part-time faculty are the norm and that they are travelling between campuses to cobble together a job and

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they don’t have time for students.”

Domingo-Foraste has been “the face” for the strike at CSULB, he says if the strike continued he would have been at the picket lines from 5:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m.

“No one wanted to strike. But we felt, and I still feel, that the CSU doesn’t have the best interest of the students at heart. And it doesn’t have the best interest of the university at heart,” Domingo-Foraste said. “And by the CSU I mean the administration and administrators. They are the kind of bureaucrats that come to see themselves as more important than the institution that they are supposed to be serving.”

The conflict between the CSU and CFA had escalated after a Fact Finding Report was released to the public on March 28. The report,

which was conducted by an independent party, supported the CFA’s demands for a salary increase; despite the CSU’s claims that they did not have the funds to do so.

CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White received plenty of backlash, especially with a salary of $497,854 in 2014, according to Transparent California. Whereas full-time CSU faculty members had a salary of $64,479, according to the CFA. “Clearly [CSU administrators] were worried, clearly the fact finders report made them look like they had been lying all this time and they were kind of caught with their pants on fire.

So they were ready to come to the table. And they had not been ready to do that for a year.

They had not bargained seriously for a year,” said. Domingo-Foraste.

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PG 4 : The California Faculty Association “Fight for Five” protest arrives at the California State University Office of the Chancellor Nov. 17, 2015. The march drew more than 1000 protesters.

Top Left : A California Faculty Association member leads a chant into a megaphone during the “Fight for Five” rally Nov. 17, 2015.

Top Right : CSU faculty gather at the office of the CSU Chancellor in Long Beach.

Bottom Left : CFA President Jennifer Eagan speaks to the Board of Trustees during public comment on Jan. 26 at the Dumke Auditorium. Eagan said executives are the only ones receiving a raise, while CFA has been presenting the case for a minimally decent salary increase for faculty members for almost two years.

Now that the tentative agreement was announced on Friday, the CFA faculty will not go on strike and classes will continue as normal.

The tentative agreement, which must be approved by the CFA Board of Directors, ratified

by CFA members and approved by the CSU Board of Trustees, says that faculty employees will receive a 10.5 percent in general salary increase over a three-year period, according to a CSU press release.

CFA President Jennifer Eagan said in a press release, “Thanks to the hard work and smart activism of the CSU faculty and the dedicated efforts of our extraordinary student, staff, labor, legislative, and community allies, we have been successful in our Fight for Five.”

Once approved, CSU faculty will receive a 5 percent salary increase on June 30, with

another 2 percent increase on July 1. The remainder of the 10.5 percent increase will be distributed up to 2018.

“Some people will feel we should have held out for more and gone out on strike. Some people will feel that this was the right thing to do. And we’ll vote over it. In my personal opinion, you get what you can get. And this was a good agreement. Is it perfect? No but it’s good,” says Domingo-Foraste.

The California Faculty Association “Fight for Five” protest arrives at the California State University Office of the Chancellor Nov. 17, 2015. The march drew more than 1000 protesters.

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TOP 20 THINGS TO DO AT THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH With the 42nd annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach rolling in right around the corner, here are 20 things you won’t want to miss. by Sarah Espiritu 1. “Roar in the Shore” Party

5. Lifestyle Expo

On Second Street (between Corona and Covina avenues) Before the big weekend begins, enjoy music, a motorcycle stunt show, driver autograph sessions, and more in Belmont Shore! Admission is free and the event runs from 5 p.m -8 p.m.

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Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center Because who doesn’t love going to expos? On Day One of the fun-filled weekend, the Lifestyle expo opens to the public, holding over 150 displays on all things automotive. The expo is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, but closes at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

2. Miss Toyota Grand Prix 700 Queensway Drive Another event with free admission happens right after the kick-off party.

You can see who gets the crown at the Miss Toyota Grand Prix 2016 pageant.

The finals start at 8 p.m. and will be held at the Hotel Maya near the Queen Mary.

3. Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony

6. Family Fun Zone What’s amazing about the entire weekend is that it is made for families to have fun together. Inside the Lifestyle Expo is an area dedicated to making sure that happens. The Family Fun Zone welcomes guests to climb rock walls, play video games, and view action sports demonstrations.

Even children between the ages of 4-6 can join in on the fun and race their very own racecars.

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7. IndyCar All-Driver Autograph Session Bring your favorite photo or an autograph book to this must-notmiss session. Big names such as Scott Dixon, Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya, as well as all the Verizon IndyCar Series stars will sign autographs at 4 p.m. on Friday in the Verizon IndyCar Series Paddock.

Entry is free with your race ticket.

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9. Tecate Light Sports Bars

10. McManis Wine Bars If beer is not your cup of tea, an alternative is the Official Wine of the Grand Prix from the award-winning McManis Family Vineyards. Just like Tecate, there are several wine bars around the circuit, but again you must be over 21.

4. “Thunder on Pine” festival

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Guests are invited to check out the collection of over 100 classic and exotic sports cars that include Ferraris, Porsches and Lotus, just to name a few. This display is for Sunday only and will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Turns 9 through 11. Admission is free with your race ticket.

For all you above the age of 21, indulge in a beer (or two, or five) at the various locations around the race circuit. Live entertainment will be provided for you to kick back and relax in between the many different events over the weekend.

On Pine Avenue in front of the convention center Watch as Indy Car legend Roger Penske and Team Penske as well as Bruce Flanders, “The Voice of Grand Prix,” get inducted into the Walk of Fame on Thursday. The 11th annual induction ceremony will begin at 11 a.m.

Pine Avenue between First and Third streets The last of the admission-free preweekend events is a festival that includes pit stop demonstrations, freestyle motocross, and so much more! Roll on in at 6:30 p.m.

8. Mothers Exotic Car Paddock

11. Food Truck Experience MISS TOYOTA GRAND PRIX (OFFICIAL GRAND PRIX WEBSITE)

Behind Grandstand 31, near Shoreline

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Village To balance out the adult beverages, the Food Truck Experience boasts being able to meet anything your taste buds desire as well as having the best in SoCal gourmet food trucks. There’s something you can find for every meal, all weekend long.

12. Tecate Light “Fiesta Friday Concert” Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible will headline the Friday evening show bringing a mix of Mexican and electronica music to the Convention Center stage. The show starts at approximately 6:45 p.m., but arrive early, as space is limited.

13. “Monte Carlo Night” Renaissance Long Beach hotel Get your poker face ready for a casino-style event brought to you by the Grand Prix Foundation. The poker tournament will have prizes for all winners, and proceeds will benefit the many charities the foundation sponsors. For more info about the event or foundation, call (562) 4904509.

14. The Saturday Rock-N-Roar Concert

16. Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks

Just recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Saturday night headliners Cheap Trick will bring timeless classics to life on the Convention Center stage. The “Dream Police” rockers have been performing since the 1970s and are expected to have a large crowd, so save your spot ahead of time! Concert starts at 6:45 p.m.

This fan-favorite features racing trucks bring a mix of the desert and motocross to Long Beach city streets.

Creator Robby Gordon brings highspeed action and trucks soaring off ramps to life with two events over the weekend: Saturday at 1:05 p.m. and Sunday at 4:05 p.m.

15. Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge Watch as 16 Formula Drift’s top drivers take on turns 9, 10, and 11!

Practices and the qualifying challenge are on Friday from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., but the final Super Drift Challenge Saturday at the same time.

17. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship On Saturday afternoon, three classes of exotic cars will compete in a 100-minute dash for checkered flag spotlights. What’s special about this event is that each car will have leader light systems so you can see which car is winning in each class. The race begins at 4:05 p.m.

18. Pirelli World Challenge Well known sport car makers such as Audi, Bentley, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Lamborghini and Mercedes, just to name a few, will be racing for points in round three of the 12-race series.

Get there early for this event you won’t want to miss. Race begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

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19. 40th Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

Last year’s winner Alfonso Ribeiro will back to participate in this fun-filled celebrity race. Joining him are actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Frankie Muniz and Brian Austin Green as part of the 21 participants from film, television and sports. The 10-lap race for charity begins at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday.

20. Verizon IndyCar Series Finally, in event No. 3 of the 16-race IndyCar Series, amazing drivers such as series champion Scott Dixon will have to race to defend his title.

He’ll duke it out with the likes of Will Power, Helio Castroneves, Graham Rahal, Sebastien Bourdais, Juan Pablo Montoya, Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Get ready to be on the edge of your seat as these drivers may just be hitting speeds of 185 mph powered by Chevrolet or Honda engines right on Shoreline Drive beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Taya Kyle, wife of the “American Sniper” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, will join Grand Marshal Oscar De La Hoya, to wave the green flag as an Honorary Starter.

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You never know who you’ll meet on the track For almost two hours, people are allowed to walk around the Grand Prix track

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ast week, people took the Long Beach Grand Prix for a spin, but not in their cars.

For one day, really it was one hour and 45 minutes, not a single motorized vehicle was allowed to enter the Grand Prix track.

An hour and 45 minutes isn’t much time to explore the track, but that didn’t stop people from going round and round the entire time.

For the fourth consecutive year, pedestrians were allowed to reign supreme on this road. People zoomed by with strollers, walking, running, roller skating and cycling on the path.

In honor of this being a carless event, riding the Metro Rail into downtown Long Beach seemed like an appropriate way to arrive in style. A cyclist exited the train and headed toward the direction of the track. Two women tightened their roller blades until the light turned green, and I walked to the entrance of the event located on Ocean Boulevard and Hart Place.

At precisely 11:30 a.m., a green flag was waved at the entrance and people cheered that the street track had become a haven for alternative forms of transportation.

I befriend Lakewood resident Steve Frost soon after commencing my walk. He was mounted on a silver bike, and just “people watching.”

Frost says he has been to every Grand Prix since it first started in Long Beach in 1975; he said he has been living in Lakewood for 57 years. On this particular day, he rode his bike about 25 minutes from Lakewood to downtown Long Beach to enjoy riding the track with his friend Tom Merola.

“This is really getting the most of the Grand Prix,” Frost said.

He hurried along to try to catch up to his friend.

Caroline Clark has lived in Long Beach for eight years, and said that while she had a busy schedule with work that afternoon, she didn’t want to miss out on this event.

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I use to skate in the streets of New York so skating this is like back home.

– GEORGE KAWAND “It’s a fun thing to do because the race is so noisy,” Clark said. “And this is a way to be part of the track hullabaloo, but on my bicycle.”

By the time I bumped into 34-year resident Sharon Chavez, she had already been around the track once. She said it took her about eight minutes to complete her first lap on her bicycle. She has always enjoyed attending the races, but not to actually watch the races.

“It’s a big deal for Long Beach,” Chavez said.

“Inside the convention center there are all kinds of things to do like simulations. I don’t actually sit down, and watch much of the race, but the pit stops are a fun time to watch.”

A fellow walker of the track, Vicky McDavid, said it only took her about 15 minutes to complete the track. She was on her third lap by the time I chatted with her, and I had yet to complete one. She said she enjoyed that this event encompassed the things she enjoys about Long Beach.

“I love that in Long Beach you are able to walk practically everywhere you want to go or ride your bike,” McDavid said. “You don’t ever really want to move your car, especially the way parking is unless you absolutely have to.

I can walk to the beach; it’s a cool place to be a beach bum.”

Not everyone who attend the event was a local. Dawn Cunko and her friends drove to downtown from Fountain Valley to enjoy the cruise on their roller skates. Cunko teaches a roller skating session at the Fountain Valley Skating Center.

“I did this last year and it was a blast,” Cunko said. “I’m always looking for different novel places to skate.”

She has been skating for the past 31 years and usually prefers to use her quads to get around. Her friend George Kawand who has been a skater for the past 15 years prefers inline skates which require more balance than quads.

“I moved to California from New York City,” Kawand said. “I used to skate in the streets of New York so skating this [race track] is like back home.”

Finally as I was winding down my first lap

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around the road I heard a familiar voice that stopped me.

It was Steve Frost, and by now he has managed to catch up to his friend and long time neighbor Tom Merola. Frost and Merola were on their fifth lap.

“Watching the cars, drinking, eating and having fun. People watching, always people watching,” Merola said describing his experiences attending the Grand Prix. “But how often can you ride the track!”

“You want to go around it on my bicycle?”

Frost says.”I can wait here in the shade as you go around it.”

And what do you think I did?

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A WHEEL GOOD TIME

Don’t wait until Sunday to get your Grand Prix on. The action starts today in the Shore

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rand Prix weekend really gets started Wednesday (today) with the fifth annual Roar in the Shore. The free event takes place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Belmont Shore. The Belmont Shore Business Association sponsors the event and the Long Beach Grand Prix people bring in cars and drivers, so bring your selfie stick and autograph book. According to Dede Rossi, the Belmont Shore Business Association executive director, the event is the brainchild of Eric Johnson, who is co-owner of Legend’s Sports Bar. “It’s a great way to experience the Grand Prix without the crowds of the weekend,” Johnson told the Grunion Gazette.

After the Roar in the Shore gets your motor running, then head over to the Hotel Maya at 700 Queensway Drive to watch the finals of the Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach competition. That will get your heart racing.

The free event starts at 7 o’clock.

Now that you have your plans for Wednesday, you will probably be heading downtown on Thursday where Thunder Thursday will happen for the 16th year. The free event will be on Pine Avenue between First Street and Third Street with music and drinks from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and a car show and stunts from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Downtown Long Beach Associates, sponsors of the

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event, is renaming its Live After 5 event to Live After 5: RPM Edition. It will take place in the Federal Bar parking lot which is located on Pine Avenue between First Street and Broadway Avenue. Four bands are on the bill: Knyght Ryder, an ’80s cover band from Long Beach, Kid Culver, a funk-rock group from L.A., Our Side, a ska-punk group from Orange County and Warehouse One a ska group from San Pedro. Good luck finding a place to park because starting at noon Thursday, Pine Avenue will be closed between First and Third streets. And Broadway will be closed between Pacific Avenue and The Promenade although one lane will be open until 5:30 p.m. Parking is available in all city parking lots.

Enough of this pre-race stuff, here a list of 10 (or so) things you better know concerning the 42nd running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach Friday through Sunday because you and about 150,000 of your closest race friends will be together on Shoreline Drive.

TICKETS: General admission tickets for all three days cost $85. Friday-only passes are $30. Saturday is $53 and Sunday is $60. Seating packages run from $95 to $142 for all three days for adults, and $76-$110 for children under 12. To purchase tickets, call 888-827-7333, email tickets@gpalb.com or visit gplb.com.

I CAN HEAR THE NOISE, BUT WHERE THE HELL IS IT?: The racetrack is located at 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Parking passes can be purchased at a cost of $15 to $50. Disabled parking is also available. Spaces must be

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reserved in advance, and cars must display a reserved parking pass and a valid blue California disabled placard.

TAKE THE BUS, GUS: Private and public lots will offer parking downtown, but if you’re smart, you will take public transportation.

Long Beach Transit (lbtransit.com, or call 562591-2301) will be making schedule changes to accommodate visitors and relieve some of the congestion. Transit officials will also staff the Transit and Visitor Information Center at 130 E. First St. all weekend.

FOR YOU EARLY BIRDS: Gates open at 7 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

LIFESTYLE EXPO: Hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The expo includes more than 150 displays with the latest automotive, home, recreation, travel and entertainment products and services. The Green Power Prix View will feature extensive, cutting-edge green technology that include hybrid, hydrogen and biodiesel cars. The Family Fun Zone will include rock climbing walls, games, racing simulators and action sports demonstrations. Kids age 3 to 6 can also race in their own cars.

DON’T YOU DARE: You are allowed to bring food, plastic bottles and ice chests smaller than 14 inches wide to the event. But you cannot bring: • Alcoholic beverages • Glass bottles and cans • Stadium seats • Bikes and skateboards

• Skates and rollerblades • Fireworks • Pets (except service animals) • Ladders and step stools • Large umbrellas • Lawn furniture • Banners/signs • Ice chests larger than 14 inches THOSE IN THE KNOW: Wear comfortable walking shoes and consider using earplugs, especially for children. It gets loud out there, particularly in confined areas of the circuit near underpasses.

LET IT RAIN: Not really, but in case of rain, spectators can bring ponchos or purchase one from vendors. It has never rained on raceday Sunday since the Long Beach Grand Prix started in 1975.

BUT IF IT DOESN’T: Be prepared and bring the sunscreen. You can also take breaks inside the air-conditioned expo. See above for Expo hours.

WHERE THE CELEBRITIES ARE: If you are coming for the Celebrity race (the 40th and final one) and you want to catch a close-up and maybe snag a selfie, their cars are parked at the fences just below the front entrance.

When you enter the race from Ocean Avenue, you will pass the Long Beach Performing Arts Center’s large fountain and head downstairs; there will be security guards and many fancy, souped up cars behind gates and that is where the celebs get in their car for the race.

Who knows, maybe they will sign an auto-

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graphs or take a picture with you.

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME!: Oh my God! Cheap Trick, fresh from being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will be performing at the Rock-n-Roar concert Saturday evening at 6:45 just outside the Long Beach Performing Art Center’s Terrace Theater.

Remember, only race ticket holders will be able to get in to see the concert. Previous performances have been given by Joan Jett

& The Blackhearts, Bret Michaels, Vince Neil, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Gin Blossoms and the Goo Goo Dolls.

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#DROPPINBOMBZ

Belly Bombz food truck will be making a third straight appearance at the Long Beach Grand Prix

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emember hearing an ice cream truck’s cherished jingle as it sauntered down the street? Frantically, you would reach into your pockets searching for any spare change before the jingle began fading as the truck slowly rolled away.

Well, guess what Mr. Ice Cream man – times have changed, competition’s gotten fierce and trucks these days are toting much more than Drumsticks and Bomb Pops.

For the third straight year, Belly Bombz food truck will be pumping out Korean-inspired pub grub at the 42nd annual Long Beach Grand Prix from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. They will be located behind Grandstand 31. No need to search for change, they take credit.

“Our first year was great,” CFO Youngho Yoo says. “Last year was just all right, so we’ll see how this year goes.”

Founded in 2012 by chef/owner Albert Shim, Belly Bombz began as a simple food stand at the Sunday Long Beach farmer’s market at Spring Street and Clark Avenue. Shim, who at the time was a chef at the Japanese restaurant Octopus in downtown Long Beach, wanted to bring his Korean influence to traditional pub food. He brought the concept to life, prepping his wings at the restaurant and selling them at the farmer’s market. His new style of wings soon gained a loyal following.

“Each flavor kind of has its own following,” Yoo says.

Their most popular flavors are Firecracker and Spicy Garlic Parmesan, each a homemade sauce made fresh daily. In fact everything is made fresh daily.

The followers soon began to demand more

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than the little stand could offer, and they soon took the next step by purchasing a gourmet food truck. They haven’t looked back since.

Belly Bombz food truck can be found in front of Iguana Kelly’s every Monday through Wednesday and anywhere throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties other days. In 2014, they finally opened a “brick and mortar” establishment in Artesia, but still keep the food truck running. The restaurant is famous for its Oxtail Poutine.

Yoo, who is also the head of catering and events, a cashier and chef puts a 40-hour work week to shame. “Two weeks ago I worked seven straight days,” Yoo says. “Over two weeks I will work anywhere from 125-150

to the opportunity and the challenge.

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// APRIL 13 - APRIL 20, 2016 // Queen Mary // April 8 - April 10 // champagne brunch 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., $49.95 Experience a worldwide culinary adventure that features 50+ dishes from around the globe.

// April 25 // The Queen Mary Golf Classic Benefitting the Long Beach Ronald McDonald House 7:30 a.m.–2 p.m.

Want to shoot a ‘hull’ in one for charity?

The Queen Mary will host a fun day of Championship golf, prizes and entertainment at the third annual Queen Mary Golf Classic, held at the historic Virginia Country Club. Proceeds will benefit the Long Beach Ronald McDonald House.

Long Beach Museum of Art // April 7 - April 24 // Artist in Residence: Jamie Sweetman Patterns, structures and shapes found in both the human body and plant life are depicted in Jamie Sweetman’s mysterious drawings.

// April 7- April 24 // “Beyond the Frame: New Media Arts from Taiwan” This exhibition of “new media” artists from Taiwan showcases their skills to use traditional art techniques with modern technology.

// April 16 - April 23 // Adult Workshop: Cermaic Spoons 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., $75 non-members, $50 members Ceramic artist KLAI will teach participants how to make ceramic spoons.

Minimum of six people required for the workshop. Contact Lisa Marsh at lisam@ lbma.org to make a reservation.

// Every third Sunday // free drop-in art making workshop 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Create some art on the LBMA lawn! All ages are welcome.

Aquarium of the Pacific // April 15 - April 17 // 50% off during grand prix weekend From April 15-17, the Aquarium of the Pacific will be 50% off on adult, senior and child tickets. The combo with the Queen Mary will also be 50% off. $14.95 for adults, $8.95 for children (ages 3-11), and $13.45 for seniors. The Aquarium and Queen Mary combo is $29.95 for adults and seniors, and $17.95 for children (ages 3-11).

// April 15 - April 17 // Earth Day Celebration First time ever: 50% off general admission and Queen Mary combo tickets during Grand Prix weekend.

// April 23 - April 24 // Earth Day Celebration

// April 7 - April 24 // “Transformed by Fire”

9 a.m. – 5 p.m., included with admission Learn what you can do to help our ocean planet at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s annual Earth Day Celebration.

Diverse selection of functional and sculptural contemporary ceramics from the collection of Richard Oelschlaeger. The artists’ creations in clay are local, regional, statewide and national in significance.

// April 8 // Latin American Lifestyles: Buen Provecho

// Every Friday // Free docent-led tourof the galleries 1 p.m. - 2p.m. in the Hartman Pavilion

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// April 22 // Craft Club: Movement and Murals 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., General admission; $5, Members free Inspired by the Artful Healing exhibition in the Port to Learning Gallery, Arts & Services for Disabled (ASD) will lead a collaborative art project where participants can practice their gross motor skills through various games and activities by manipulating different materials and practicing lifting, carrying and throwing.a small tast

Arts Council of Long Beach // March 11 - May 29 // Beyond the Frame: New Media Arts from Taiwan $7 Long Beach Museum of Art

An innovative exhibition featuring new media artists who continually evolve their creative practice with rapid advances in media technology. For more information, visit lbma.org.

// April 1 - Oct. 27 // Black Gold Free 4640 Atlantic Ave. A photo exhibition called “Black Gold: Oil in the Neighborhood,” which explores the industry that helped shaped the Long Beach area. Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri. from 1-5 p.m. Thur. from 1-7 p.m. and Sat. from 11 - 5 p.m. For more information, visit hslb.org.

// April 3 - May 15 // Songwriting Workshop Free - $20 Suggested Donation Every other Sunday from 12 - 2 p.m.

Alamitos Beach Taught by Taylor Crawford, one of Long Beach’s treasured singer-songwriters.

For more information or to sign up, email taylorcrawfordmusic@gmail.com.

WED 4/13 Salsa & Bachata 8:30 p.m.

Sevilla Night Club 140 Pine Ave.

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Open Mic Night at DRNK

6 - 9 p.m.

DRNK Coffee + Tea 4245 Atlantic Ave

Literary Society 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Elise’s Tea Room 3924 Atlantic Ave The monthly Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association Book Club. They focus on current releases and American classes.

Special guest discussion leaders and authors participate in group discussions.

Mary Lynn Rajskub @ the Gas Lamp 7:30 p.m. (5 p.m. doors) Gas Lamp 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway For more information, call 562-596-4718.

Alex’s Bar Karaoke 9 p.m. | Free Alex’s Bar 2913 E Anaheim Street, Long Beach

THU 4/14 The Wild Pajama Jam with Zoofunktion 4 p.m.

Sevilla Night Club 140 Pine Ave. Guests and resident DJs are featured weekly.

They will be spinning the Best in: Top 40 Latin Vibes, EDM and Hip Hop. Discounted cover before 10:30 p.m. when you’re on the guest list. For more information, visit www. thepajamajam.com

FRI 4/15 Latin Rhythms: Tango Dance Class $10 | 7-9 p.m.

Museum of Latin American Art 628 Alamitos Ave. Learn the Art of Tango with Museum of Latin American Art. Dance instructor Josie Negalia will lead the class through a series of dance and fitness moves to the rhythms of this passionate dance. Remember to wear comfortable shoes and bring water!

Sevilla Fridays 9:45 p.m.

Sevilla Night Club 140 Pine Ave. Guests and resident DJs are featured weekly.

They will be spinning the Best in: Top 40 Latin Vibes, EDM and Hip Hop. Discounted cover before 10:30 p.m. when you’re on the guest list. For more information, visit http://longbeach.sevillanightclub.com/

The Good Foot at Alex’s Bar 9 p.m. | $5-7, 21+ Alex’s Bar 2913 E Anaheim Street, Long Beach Purchase tickets on their website: www.alexsbar.com.

Snapback Long Beach 10 p.m. | Free before 11 p.m., $5 after The Federal Underground

102 Pine Ave. Throwback Hip Hop, R&B and Classics.

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SAT 4/16 Sevilla Saturdays 9:45 p.m.

Sevilla Night Club 140 Pine Ave. Guests and resident DJs are featured weekly.

They will be spinning the Best in: Top 40 Latin Vibes, EDM, and Hip Hop in the Main Room. In the S Lounge, there will be Live Latin Music, Salsa, Cumbia, Top 40, and Musica en tu Idioma. Discounted cover before 10:30 p.m. when you’re on the guest list. For more information, visit http://longbeach.sevillanightclub.com/

Andrew Dice Clay @ the Gas Lamp 5 p.m. doors Gas Lamp 6251 E. Pacific Coast Highway For more information, call 562-596-4718.

Sole Saturdays 10 p.m. | Free before 11 p.m., $5 after The Federal Underground 102 Pine Ave. Purchase tickets on their website: lb.thefederalbar.com

SUN 4/17 Blaak Heat Child at Alex’s Bar 8 p.m. | $5, 21+ Alex’s Bar 2913 E Anaheim Street, Long Beach Purchase tickets on their website: www. alexsbar.com

MON 4/18 Trivia Night at Willmore 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Wilmore Wine Bar 3848 Atlantic Ave. For more information, call (562) 492-5951.

Brain Party Trivia at Alex’s Bar 8 p.m. | $5, 21+ Alex’s Bar 2913 E Anaheim Street, Long Beach Purchase tickets on their website: www. alexsbar.com.

TUE 4/19 Alex’s Bar Karaoke

Live After 5: Grand Prix Edition

9 p.m. | Free Alex’s Bar

6 - 11 p.m.

Federal Bar Parking Lot Pine Ave. between 1st and 3rd St. Featuring Hooray For Our Side, Warehouse One, Kid Culver, and Knyght Ryder.

2913 E Anaheim Street, Long Beach

WED 4/20

The Slop Stomp at Alex’s Bar

Open Mic Night at DRNK

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KNYGHT RYDER KEEPS ROLLING DOWN THAT ’80S HIGHWAY Long Beach band will be headliner Thursday night at Live After 5: RPM Edition town is pretty unusual for the group that gigs almost exclusively at the Gaslamp on Pacific Coast Highway.

“We try not to play out that often so people will actually come see us at Gaslamp because that’s our homebase show,” Goertz says. “We don’t want to dilute an audience if we can help it.”

But the crowd that turns out to see Knyght Ryder each Friday is more than just the small loyal fan base you’d expect. The people pack onto the floor and dance until the regret they feel for dancing so hard to ‘80s music falls blissfully away.

“Maybe everybody who’s not playing ‘80s loves it,” Goertz says. “If I never hear ‘Footloose’ again, it’ll be too soon.”

The band — which also includes Ed Kampwirth, 44, on the bass and Kevin Welsh, 35, on keyboard, guitar and backup vocals — also plays private parties, corporate gigs and weddings.

“It’s like banjo music; it’s hard not to be happy when you hear it,” Goertz says.

Hooray, For Our Side, Warehouse One and Kid Culver will also play at the Grand Prix event, but of course the only real reason to hang around is to see Knyght Ryder perform their newest jam, Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades.”

So what’s next for Knyght Ryder?

Goertz says, “If we can afford the money for the plastic surgery, then I think we’ll keep going.”

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nyght Ryder: Authentically handcrafted ‘80s music?

“It was just the most bullshit thing I could think to put on a poster,” says Travis Goertz, one of the band’s founding members.

If handcrafted means lead singer Matt Carmichael belting out Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” with some classic cars and beer on the side, then we’ll take it.

The Downtown Long Beach Association invited Knyght Ryder to headline at the Grand Prix edition of Live After 5: RPM Edition in the Federal Bar’s parking lot Thursday at 9:30 p.m.

The Long Beach band has been playing with its current lineup since 2007. But both Goertz, 46, and drummer Rick Compos, 48, have been in the band since 2002 when the former lead singer said he had an idea: “We’ll do Springfield and Lover Boy, and we’ll call ourselves Knyght Ryder.”

Goertz’ response: “Sounds kind of stupid.

Let’s do it.”

All but one of the band members live in Long Beach – Goertz can walk to the drummer’s house in five minutes.

Still, playing for the public on that side of

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PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE PAINT Inspired by motorsports and wine country, French artist Erwin Dazelle designs the 2016 Toyota Grand Prix Long Beach poster.

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rwin Dazelle is an internationally acclaimed French artist who designed this year’s Grand Prix Long Beach Poster, as well as the one in 2012.

His notoriety comes from his artwork in the motorsports industry and wine countries. Specifically in motorsports, Dazelle’s experience in art for races is extensive. He has traveled the world witnessing all of the big races, and designed posters, program covers, and pamphlets. In addition to the 2016 Grand Prix Long Beach poster, he has designed the Rolex 24 at Daytona poster and program cover in 2010.

In that same year, he designed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 poster and program cover. In 2011, he did the 10th Anniversary Ford Championship Weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup. In 2012, he also designed the Monaco F1 Grand Prix artwork.

For every race he attends, he notices the scenery, the culture, the energy of the crowd’s cheer, the characters racing the cars and puts all of that into a painting.”I have to go inside the spirit and understand the spirit to try and translate it into paintings,” Dazelle says.

He describes the first time he came to the Long Beach Grand Prix: “The thing that was interesting about Long Beach was that it is outside, but inside the city. Whereas, it is close, but different from Monaco where I grew up in France, where there is a small Grand Prix.

It is [also] inside the city. I noticed the same

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sounds, same spirits, the cars in the middle of buildings. That’s why I really love [Long Beach]. The ambiance. And of course, Long Beach is a nice place, it’s sunny and well, I love California.”

Dazelle’s artistic world began before he was born.

His grandfather was a stained glass artist in the south of France. While Dazelle naturally fit in the flow of the traditional family business, he also had a hunger for other artistic mediums.

“I grew up in my grandfather’s studio. We grew up in the glass, color and light,” he says.

“I was drawing [all the] time, I was doing things with my hands with everything I had in the studio. Glass. Lead. Wood. Anything, everything.”

When he got older, his parents sent him to Compagnons du Devoir where he learned traditional tradework, “it [taught] traditional French work [relating to the] Cathedral church . . . I had this part of the traditional work with specific scripture and stonework,” he says.

Over time, he chose to stick with his inclination to paint and his sister, Vanessa Dazelle, continues to watch over the glasswork of the family business. Dazelle says, “It’s not that painting is my favorite, it is that I am not an artisan,” Dazelle says. “The word artisan is when you do special work with stained glass or other traditional works. In France, we call it ‘artisan’ and I was more artist than artisan.”

Twenty years ago, he decided to dedicate himself to his paintings. “I always knew I was

an artist, but I had to take time to understand that I could live to be an artist.”

Immediately, his paintings were noticed for his ability to weld his knowledge of stained glass artisanship with illustration in the form of painting.

“When I do my paintings I try to fix the same spirit of the stained glass with bright colors,” Dazelle says. “I try to make composition with colors and a kind of melody. That’s what made my touch and it’s really coming from stained glass where you can find some brightness and colors.”

One of the unique things that Dazelle does is live painting performances. He sets up an easel, a blank canvas, palette and paints – and begins his show. Dazelle says, “It’s closer than painting because it gets closer to the sketch.

It is live. Sometimes I just arrive and some people are around, I don’t know what I will do until the last minute. So it depends on the people, the place, the ambiance, the music.”

He describes the spontaneity of the moment: “It’s emotional . . . it’s a really special moment. It’s last minute painting. You have to do what you have in your head and it reflects the moment. Sometimes I use pencils, sometimes I use a [painting] knife. The work is different from the paintings I usually do [that

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get more preparation] before a painting.

“It’s a moment where you cannot lose or fail,”Dazelle says. “You have dozens of people around watching you waiting for what you are going to paint. It’s really a show and I really love it. At the same time, it is a moment where you cannot do something fake because it is not calculated.”

See more of Erwin Dazelle’s work at http:// www.dazelleusa.com/.

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Erwin Dazelle by TGPLB 2016 Artwork - Erwin Dazelle, French painter, with the finished painting for the 2016 Toyota Grand Prix Long Beach poster.

Left 2012 Toyota Grand Prix Long Beach Artwork by Dazelle.

Middle Dazelle painting the official Fuel of IndyCar painting for Sunroo in 2012 Right 888 - Dazelle’s painting for the 2009 Paso Robles Wine Country Artist of the Year.

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