{"id":222452,"date":"2026-03-16T18:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222452\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:57:07","slug":"musical-theatre-west-in-long-beach-to-host-free-community-block-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222452\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Theatre West In Long Beach To Host Free Community Block Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/musical.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Musical Theatre West<\/a> is presenting a free, family-friendly block party this Saturday that celebrates the Latinx and Chicanx cultures that help shape Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The event, inspired by Musical Theatre West\u2019s upcoming production of &#8220;In The Heights&#8221; by Lin-Manuel Miranda, consists of an afternoon of live music, salsa dancing lessons, hands-on instrument making, interactive art activities, games, and cultural workshops led by local artists and community organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place at Musical Theatre West\u2019s Seventh Street headquarters, the event includes:<\/p>\n<p>CSULB Salsa Club \u2013 Learn Latin rhythms and salsa dancingMart\u00edn Espino \u2013 Hands-on instrument-making workshopsLos Calicubanos \u2013 Live Afro-Cuban\/Latin jazz and salsa musicTacos Uziel \u2013 Authentic street food and tacos for purchaseAquarium of the Pacific \u2013 Interactive ocean-themed activitiesMuseum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) \u2013 Showcasing art celebrating Latinx culture and creativityHistorical Society of Long Beach \u2013 Explore connections between Long Beach and Washington HeightsFriends of the Long Beach Public Library \u2013 Free bilingual books for families to take homeSlim Reaper Light Show \u2013 Local artist Slim Reaper creates a digital display highlighting HSLB\u2019s educational findings and the history of In The Heights at MTW<\/p>\n<p>The event is set for 2-5 pm Saturday, March 21 at Musical Theatre West, 4350 E 7th St., Long Beach, 90804.<\/p>\n<p>Updates and more information are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/musical.org\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">musical.org\/community<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, CA \u2014 Musical Theatre West is presenting a free, family-friendly block party this Saturday that celebrates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-222452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}