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L.B.’s Artists In Partnership marks 25 years “We believe it’s important to bring the community together and celebrate through art,” The Long Beach-based Art- James said. A Long Beach native and a ists In Partnership will host “25 For 25,” a celebratory cabaret passionate music and theater showcase at the Madison The- fan, James wanted a place where a mix of artatre, on the campus ists could come of Molloy Universitogether. In 2000 she ty in Rockville Cenhelped orchestrate tre, on Sunday at 2 the for mation of p.m. AIP as a nonprofit, T h e s h ow c a s e touting the benefits will actually have of experiencing art. 26 cabaret perform“ We t o u c h o u r ers — an added one humanity when we for good luck, interact with art,” Susan James, the James said. founder and benefit It wasn’ t long producer for AIP, before James’s explained. The efforts became show features perknown in the comformers who have munity. Johanna appeared in previ- susAN JAmes Mathieson-Ellmer, ous AIP cabaret fes- Founder and benefit AIP’s current exectivals, singing clasproducer, utive director and a sics in tribute to AIP friend of James’s, AIP’s commitment saw a flier for an to the Great AmeriAIP-sponsored event at the can Songbook and the arts. The featured perfor mers Long Beach Public Library and include Hannah Jane, Margaret jumped at the opportunity to Curry, Renee Guerrero and get involved. “These were not things that Pamela Lewis, who is a Long Beach resident. The event will were happening in our commucelebrate AIP’s 25 years of “cul- nity at the time,” Mathiesontural service” to Long Beach Ellmer said of the musical and surrounding communities. Continued on page 11
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Volunteers planted flowers in the 9/11 Memorial garden as a symbol of remembrance during the annual overdose awareness event.
SAFE Coalition gathers for Overdose Awareness Day by KepHerD DANIel kdaniel@liherald.com
In what has become a community tradition, residents gathered at Schoolhouse Green for the Oceanside SAFE Coalition’s fifth annual Overdose Awareness Day — an evening of remembrance, outreach and practical training that mixed quiet ritual with urgent calls for drug abuse prevention. The Aug. 27 event started with volunteers, and members of the Oceanside Community Warriors — who clean up outdoor spaces around town, among other efforts — planting clusters of purple flowers to commemorate the lives lost to overdoses. Volunteers painted memorial messages on rocks and filled the
green with conversation, amid the strains of live music by Charlie Riecker. Two new members of Oceanside SAFE, Lori Martin, 72, a retired nurse, and her friend and fellow nurse, Gina McCarthy, 62, both from Long Beach, shared how their losses brought them to the green. Their stories echoed a grim truth organizers repeated throughout the evening: Overdose can touch any family. Martin lost her son, Derrick, three and a half years ago, she said, when he relapsed after being in rehab. He was 36 when he died, she told attendees. “He was sober for almost a year and a half, and he relapsed,” Martin said. “My life is Continued on page 20
e believe it’s important to bring the community together and celebrate through art.