{"id":7023,"date":"2019-07-15T17:41:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T00:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000000656"},"modified":"2019-07-15T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T01:06:18","slug":"in-photos-with-summer-in-full-swing-lb-artwalk-catches-a-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/in-photos-with-summer-in-full-swing-lb-artwalk-catches-a-ride","title":{"rendered":"IN PHOTOS: With summer in full swing, LB Artwalk catches a ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chock it up to the romance of summer or the Arts Council for Long Beach\u2019s efforts to turn the once sleepy LB Artwalk on its head, but on Saturday evening in Downtown, I swear, there was a couple hugging and kissing on every corner.<\/p>\n

One such couple was very tall and took up the sidewalk in a casual embrace on Pine Avenue and Broadway; they made waiting for an Uber look fun; I honestly felt left out. Another couple held hands and strode briskly across the street, the woman\u2019s heels clack-clack-clacking, running off to enthusiastically indulge in a shared interest; how nice.<\/p>\n

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Joon the Goon in front of his mural at his first solo show at MADE by Millworks on Saturday, July 13. Photo by Asia Morris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another couple (of neighbors) showed up to artist Joon the Goon<\/a>\u2019s first solo exhibit at MADE by Millworks wearing matching tropical button-ups. One was ecstatic that they\u2019d both chosen palm tree-clad apparel without advanced notice, the other grimaced at his futile attempt to dress as an individual and was likely wishing he could go back to change into something more him. But there was a lot more to this month\u2019s art walk than sizing up every seemingly happy pair of people on the street.<\/p>\n

On the second floor of Groundwork Fitness four photographers, including former 1897LB owner Jose Cordon<\/a>, put on a show Cordon might describe as representative of \u201cthe real Long Beach.” Attendees at \u201cUsual Suspects\u201d saw film photos of the familiar urban sprawl and liquor store signage you\u2019ll never see on a city flyer, run-ins with the police, empty roads at night lit only with the orange glow from street lamps\u2014while Poel, head honcho of art collective The East23rd<\/a> and one of the nicest people you\u2019ll ever meet, rapped about his history in Long Beach.<\/p>\n

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Poel of @east23rd<\/a> rapping @groundworkfit<\/a> Saturday night, artist @TheCope<\/a> on drums. It was a one-night-only show, "Usual Suspects," with photography by Valerie J. Bower, Jose Cordon and more. #MyWeekendLBP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EJBu3SCEBO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Asia Morris (@hugelandmass) July 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n