POW! WOW! Long Beach 2015 Recap

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Aaron De La Cruz

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POW! WOW! Long Beach

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Opening with Long Beach mayor Robert Garcia

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Preparation

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Dinner and a mixtape with DJ Neil Armstrong

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Late night grinding

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POW! WOW! pop-up shop

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POW! WOW! Long Beach x Knockaround

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Roundtable discussion with jeffstaple and the POW! WOW! School of Music

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Fafi

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Cryptk

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Tristan Eaton

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Jeff Staple 1-2-1 with Fafi

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Nychos screening of ‘The Deepest Depths of the Burrow'

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Art Theatre Long Beach

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Push

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Madsteez background texture

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Opening party for "Vitality and Verve: Transforming the Urban Landscape” at the Long Beach Museum of Art

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Low Bros. & Jeff Soto

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Ruck Out

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Tristan Eaton

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Fafi

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Low Bros.

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Jeff Soto

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Madsteez & Hueman

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Cryptk

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Jeff McMillian

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Benjie Escobar

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Push

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Bumblebee Loves You

10,737 Hypes

Sunny Long Beach, California became the canvas for an extravaganza of art, music and culture with the arrival of POW! WOW! between June 21-28. Playing host to a packed roster of mural painting, exhibitions, talks and screenings, the eight-day event saw the likes of Aaron de la Cruz, Fafi, Cryptik, Hueman, Jeff Soto and more, decking out the city in a flurry of spray paint and creative energy. Interspersed with events such as an explosive opening party with DJ Neil Armstrong, a talk hosted by jeffstaple featuring Fafi, and the “Verve and Vitality: Transforming the Urban Landscape” exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art, POW! WOW! Long Beach capped off with a concert by the POW! WOW! School of Music. Stay tuned for more details on future POW! WOW! events, and head over to the initiative’s website for more information.

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