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Jun 11, 2013 Imprint Culture Lab Update with Jack Grisham from T.S.O.L.

by Martin Wong

Remember Jack Grisham from the music panel of Long Beach: Work in Progress? He has just released a collection of short stories titled Untamed. To celebrate, Jack hosted a book signing at The Observatory in Santa Ana where the price of the publication included a matinee including his band T.S.O.L. and other old-school Orange County...

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Jun 04, 2013 Long Beach Work in Progress – Video 2 of 3

by Martin Wong

To expand on the audience and effectiveness of our recent Long Beach: Work in Progress conference, we have commissioned a series of videos. This is the second of three, and features the team of core speakers including Imprint founder Julia Huang, W+K Garage founder John Jay, Staple Design's jeffstaple, and me. Its purpose is to...

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May 28, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Video 1 of 3

by Martin Wong

Yes, our Long Beach: Work in Progress conference took place one month ago but we are just now tapping into its online component. The message of appreciating, understanding, and building on local culture to grow an authentic and excellent community resonated with the audience at the Edison Theatre and we hope to have the same...

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May 21, 2013 Long Beach photographer Mark Nisbet

by Martin Wong

More back story on Long Beach: Work in Progress. Our skateboarding panel featuring pro Chad Tim Tim, ex-pro Justin Reynolds, cinematographer Ricki Bedenbaugh, and shoe designer Paul Kwon was greatly enhanced by photographs of Cherry Park (a.k.a. Bixby Park to the kooks) provided by Mark Nisbet. Since the planning stages, Niz was cited by the...

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May 14, 2013 Portraits from Long Beach: Work in Progress

by Martin Wong

As long as new material from Long Beach: Work in Progress keeps trickling in, I'm going to keep blogging about it. This post features some excellent portraiture of the speakers by my friend Ben Clark. Above, Architecture and Food Panelists: Long Beach architecture experts and authors Cara Mullio and Jennifer M. Volland (Edward A. Killingsworth:...

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May 07, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Photo Recap

by Martin Wong

Our friend and photographer Ben Clark has been sending us previews of images that he and his team shot at the Long Beach: Work in Progress conference and they are sweet. I love how they show that the event was an actual gathering of people--and not just a collision of ideas. And while I've been blabbing...

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Apr 30, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress recap 1

by Martin Wong

Where were you last Friday? If you weren't at the freshly unlocked and dusted-off Edison Theatre attending Imprint's Long Beach: Work in Progress, here's what you missed following Julia Huang's welcome and introduction. (These are my hack photos but we'll share professional images from Ben Clark Photo next week...

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Apr 23, 2013 Three Days until Long Beach: Work in Progress

by Martin Wong

After months of blogging in anticipation of Long Beach: Work in Progress, the week of the conference is finally here. This afternoon the crew visited the Edison Theatre, where the event will take place. The historic venue has been shuttered for years but has been cleared out and prepared for some washing down and selective...

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Apr 16, 2013 Meeting Imprint LBC’s Jonathan Gold, Chad Tim Tim, Justin Reynolds, and Paul Kwon

by Martin Wong

The Long Beach: Work in Progress conference is just a week away and the pieces are coming together...

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Apr 09, 2013 The Vandals’ Joe Escalante on Long Beach and Imprint

by Martin Wong

Since joining The Vandals in 1980, Joe Escalante is the only member to appear on every album and plays bass for the old-school punk band to this day. In addition to playing with the Long Beach-spawned group, Escalante has practiced law, operated a record label, directed movies, hosted various radio shows, and campaigned to be...

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Jun 11, 2013 Imprint Culture Lab Update with Jack Grisham from T.S.O.L.

Jun 04, 2013 Long Beach Work in Progress – Video 2 of 3

May 28, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Video 1 of 3

May 21, 2013 Long Beach photographer Mark Nisbet

May 14, 2013 Portraits from Long Beach: Work in Progress

May 07, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress – Photo Recap

Apr 30, 2013 Long Beach: Work in Progress recap 1

Apr 23, 2013 Three Days until Long Beach: Work in Progress

Apr 16, 2013 Meeting Imprint LBC’s Jonathan Gold, Chad Tim Tim, Justin Reynolds, and Paul Kwon

Apr 09, 2013 The Vandals’ Joe Escalante on Long Beach and Imprint