Harbor Area

Art Museum Welcomes New Curator of Academic Programs

LONG BEACH — Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum recently welcomed Erin Stout, Ph. D to its museum community. Dr. Stout said she is “thrilled to join the team and looks forward to supporting the institution’s academic programs, enhancing access to the collection for student and faculty research, and advancing the Museum’s mission to foster community across and beyond campus.”

Dr. Stout earned a Ph.D. in Art History and Criticism at Stony Brook University where she wrote her dissertation on electronic art, experimental music and the audiovisual avant-garde. Before coming to the museum, she was a curatorial and research associate at the Jack & Shanaz Langson Institute & Museum of California Art at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Stout is also a community organizer and activist with The Greater Long Beach Mutual Aid Network.

South Bay’s Got Talent

Deadline for audition applications is coming up. Open to all ages and performance genres. Deadline for audition applications is 5 p.m., Jan. 23. Auditions will be Feb. 5, 6 and 7.

Details: https://tinyurl.com/South-Bays-Got-Talent

City Launches New Homeless Services and Information Hub Webpage

LONG BEACH —The City of Long Beach launched a new homeless services and information hub webpage developed in an effort to provide a onestop-shop of resources for the public and to offer a more open and transparent platform regarding homelessness in Long Beach.

Details: https://tinyurl.com/homeless-serviceshubpage

Year of Imagination: State of the Port

LONG BEACH — Attend an informative virtual presentation on the successes and milestones of 2022 and a look ahead at the State of the Port event Jan. 26.

Watch the live webcast at 12:25 p.m. on the page link below for a forecast of cargo trends, infrastructure projects and more as the port works toward attaining a zero-emissions.

Time: 11 a.m. to 1 :30 p.m., Jan 26

Cost: Free

Details: https://tinyurl.com/state-of-the-port

Venue: Online

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute CARSON — With keynote speaker Kevin E. Hooks, diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI expert, this event features live entertainment, essay contest winners and refreshments.

Time: 6:30 p.m., Jan. 13

Cost: Free

Details: 310-835-0212, ext. 1460

Venue: Carson Event Center, 801 E. Carson St., Carson

Mobilehome Park Rental Review Board Meeting

CARSON — The review board consists of seven members (two resident homeowners, two park owners, three at-large who are residents of the city and eight alternates).

The duties and responsibilities of the board include: Making any recommendations to the city council the board deems appropriate regarding the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter; hear rent adjustment applications and determine whether to approve, modify or disapprove a rent adjustment pursuant to the procedures set forth in CMC 4704.

Time: 6:30 pm, Jan. 11 and 6:30 p.m., Jan. 25

Details: https://tinyurl.com/2p8uee6v

Venue: City Hall, City Council Chambers, 701 E .Carson St., Carson

Vet Resource Center: Weekly Drop In WILMINGTON — Los Angeles Harbor College provides services to all military-affiliated students. LAHC has several eligible degree programs approved by the Department of Veteran Affairs for all chapters of their educational benefits.

Time: 1 p.m., Jan. 18

Venue: Los Angeles Harbor College,

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