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The Nutcracker Volume 6 Number 6 November/December 2011 MAGAZINE Community & Television Show News STRAIGHT TALK Watch Anytime www.Straight TalkTV.com Supervisor Don Knabe on Straight Talk T he Long Beach Ballet will present their classic rendition of The Nutcracker on Saturday, December 17 and Sun- day, December 18 at the Terrace Theater in downtown Long Beach. There will be four performances, Saturday at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday at noon & 4pm. With the Long Beach Ballet celebrat- ing its 29th Anniversary, this Holi- day Classic boasts a full symphony orchestra, a flying sleigh, a live horse, on stage pyrotechnics and a cast of over 200. The enchanting scenery was created by former Disney designers Elliot Hessayon and Scott Schaf- fer, the detailed costumes designed by Australian artist Adrian Clark, and the special effects created by renowned magician Franz Harary. This year, the production surpasses all expectations by incorporating the South Coast Children's Chorale under the direction of Emily Dyer. For the first time in 15 years, South- ern California will once again see and hear The Nutcracker exactly as Tchaikovsky wrote it, with angelic young voices blending harmoniously with a full symphony orchestra. The Long Beach Ballet's Nutcracker has been seen by millions of people worldwide, including live audiences Don Knabe LA County Supervisor, Fourth District Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe again joins us to provide an update on the State of the County. Among the topics covered in the discussion with host Art Levine are the County budget situation, the redis- tricting battle in connection with redrawing the supervisorial districts (Don’s Fourth District remained basically intact), and the challenges caused by re-alignment and the release of state prisoners to the various counties. Supervisor Knabe also discusses the problem in the County jails, which resulted in the establishment by the Board of Su- pervisors of the Citizen’s Commission on Jail Violence to in- vestigate the situation. Don nominated Long Beach Chief of Police Jim McDonnell to be his appointee on the Commission, which will investigate the use of force by Sheriff deputies in the County jail system. In the final segment, Don trades seats with Art and becomes the host of Straight Talk as part of the 20th Anniversary Year celebration. He interviews “guest” Art Levine about his profes- sional and personal life and gets some fascinating answers. Supervisor Knabe will be our guest on the Straight Talk Show airing the weeks of December 10 & December 17. INSIDE THIS ISSUE From the Publisher CSU Chancellor on Straight Talk Juan Williams Speaks at CSULB BSBA Christmas Parade on December 3 Around Town Photo Spread Photo Focus on Distinguished Speaker Series Guest Column by Craig Smith Sponsor Spotlight on McCarty’s Jewelry (Continued on page 3) The Breathtaking Flying Sleigh

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  • The Nutcracker

    Volume 6 Number 6 November/December 2011

    MAGAZINE Community & Television Show News

    STRAIGHT TALK

    Watch Anytime

    www.StraightTalkTV.com

    Supervisor Don Knabe on Straight Talk

    T he Long Beach Ballet will present their classic rendition of The Nutcracker on Saturday, December 17 and Sun-day, December 18 at the Terrace

    Theater in downtown Long Beach. There will be four performances, Saturday at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday

    at noon & 4pm.

    With the Long Beach Ballet celebrat-ing its 29th Anniversary, this Holi-day Classic boasts a full symphony orchestra, a flying sleigh, a live

    horse, on stage pyrotechnics and a

    cast of over 200.

    The enchanting scenery was created by former Disney designers Elliot Hessayon and Scott Schaf-fer, the detailed costumes designed by Australian artist Adrian

    Clark, and the special effects created by renowned magician

    Franz Harary.

    This year, the production surpasses all expectations by incorporating the

    South Coast Children's Chorale under the direction of Emily Dyer. For the first time in 15 years, South-ern California will once again see and hear The Nutcracker exactly as Tchaikovsky wrote it, with angelic young voices blending harmoniously

    with a full symphony orchestra.

    The Long Beach Ballet's Nutcracker has been seen by millions of people

    worldwide, including live audiences

    Don Knabe

    LA County Supervisor, Fourth District

    Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe again joins us to provide an update on the State of the County. Among the topics covered in the discussion

    with host Art Levine are the County budget situation, the redis-tricting battle in connection with redrawing the supervisorial districts (Don’s Fourth District remained basically intact), and

    the challenges caused by re-alignment and the release of state prisoners to the various counties. Supervisor Knabe also discusses the problem in the County jails, which resulted in the establishment by the Board of Su-pervisors of the Citizen’s Commission on Jail Violence to in-vestigate the situation. Don nominated Long Beach Chief of

    Police Jim McDonnell to be his appointee on the Commission, which will investigate the use of force by Sheriff deputies in the County jail system.

    In the final segment, Don trades seats with Art and becomes the host of Straight Talk as part of the 20th Anniversary Year celebration. He interviews “guest” Art Levine about his profes-

    sional and personal life and gets some fascinating answers.

    Supervisor Knabe will be our guest on the Straight Talk Show airing the weeks of December 10 & December 17.

    INSIDE THIS ISSUE

    From the Publisher

    CSU Chancellor on Straight Talk

    Juan Williams Speaks at CSULB

    BSBA Christmas Parade on December 3

    Around Town Photo Spread

    Photo Focus on Distinguished Speaker Series

    Guest Column by Craig Smith

    Sponsor Spotlight on McCarty’s Jewelry

    (Continued on page 3)

    The Breathtaking Flying Sleigh

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    In this season of Thanksgiving, it is appropriate to focus on gratitude, and the many things we have for which to be thankful.

    The Thanksgiving holiday is my personal favor-ite, as we gather with friends and family and rejoice at the sense of togetherness and count our many blessings. But I have found that the attitude of gratitude is so powerful that it really should be embraced throughout the year. I be-lieve that those who have a deep sense of grati-

    tude lead much happier lives than those who don’t. Happiness has nothing to do with money, fame or power. A person of modest means can be very happy and content if he or she is grateful for his or her blessings, and is not envious of

    those who have more. And many of us know people of considerable wealth and fame who are not happy and at peace with themselves, in fact some are quite miserable. I would suggest that the difference is really one of attitude. If you are grateful for whatever you

    have, however much or little, you are likely to be happy. And if you don’t have the attitude of gratitude, then no amount of money, fame or power will create contentment. One of my favorite aphorisms is, “Before you bemoan the things you don’t have that you want,

    think of all the things that you don’t want that you don’t have.”

    Let’s consider some of the things for which we all can be grateful:

    We live in America, a great country which, for all of its imperfections, is still “the great-est hope for mankind’

    We live in California, a beautiful state

    which despite its political dysfunction, has great climate, topography, a magnificent ocean, and is a center of creativity

    We live in Long Beach, a special city with a big heart, that has a community that really cares about one another, is host to a great

    university and has first rate medical facili-ties. Long Beach has been aptly called “the biggest smallest town in America.”

    On a more personal note, as Straight Talk cele-brates its 20th Anniversary Year on air, I am most grateful for the continued support of our

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    totaling more than 400,000 in Long Beach, 70,000 in Pasadena, hundreds of thousands throughout Asia

    (as performed by the Chinese Guangzhou Bal-let), and millions more on televi-

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    wonderful annu-al event at the Terrace Thea-ter," said Dan Spellens, Direc-tor of Theaters & Entertainment for the Long

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    CSU Chancellor on Straight Talk Charles Reed

    Chancellor, CSU System

    CSU Chancellor Charles Reed joins us to discuss the challenges facing higher educa-tion. As the head for the past 13 years of the CSU system, the largest higher educa-tion system in America, Chancellor Reed is

    in a unique position to address the issue. In the course of the interview, the Chancellor discusses the

    budget and the problems caused by continuing decreases in state support. Also, the tuition increases and the problem of decreasing access to the system. Reed also comments on the widely publicized and criticized $100,000 increase in salary given to the incoming president of San Diego State. He notes the vital importance of good

    leadership, particularly in these challenging times. Other topics covered in the discussion included federal fi-nancing and Pell grants, and the misallocation of those grants between private and public institutions. The Chancellor also describes the new Online Learning Initiative, and suggests it may be one of the solutions to increasing access to the sys-

    tem, particularly among adults.

    Despite the many challenges, the Chancellor is positive about careers in higher education. As he stated in his Chancellor’s Letter of September 29, 2011, “It’s a place where your work

    helps students realize their dreams.”

    California State University System

    The Chancellor of the California State University is the chief executive officer of the country’s largest senior system of public higher education. He provides leadership to 46,000 faculty and staff and 450,000 students on 23 campuses and

    seven off-campus centers. The CSU, which spans the entire state of California, has an annual budget of more than $5 bil-lion. The California State University currently offers approximate-ly 1,233 bachelor’s degree programs, 783 master’s programs, and 29 joint doctoral programs in 319 areas. CSU prepares

    the majority of the state’s new public school teachers and 10 percent of the nation’s K-12 instructors. Each year, nearly as many people graduate with bachelor’s degrees from the CSU as from all other universities and colleges in the state combined.

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  • Juan Williams Speaks at CSULB

    Watch Anytime: www.StraightTalkTV.com Page 5

    Juan Williams

    Fox News Political Analyst

    Fox News political analyst Juan Williams vis-ited the campus of California State University, Long Beach to be the Keynote Speaker for the Fifth Annual CSULB Distinguished Speak-

    er Series on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. In his Keynote Address entitled Muzzled: Political Debate in

    America, Mr. Williams spoke on the subject of censorship in the media. He described in compelling detail the events lead-ing up to his dismissal by National Public Radio (NPR), his immediate reaction to the firing, and the gradual outpouring of public support he received in the weeks that followed. The events are chronicled in his recent book, Muzzled: The As-sault on Honest Debate which reached the New York Times

    best-seller list. Mr. Williams also spoke at the sold out Sponsor Dinner pre-ceding his keynote address and participated in the Sponsor Reception. Among those present were Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and CSULB President F. King Alexander.

    The Distinguished Speaker Series is made possible through the generous support of sponsors, listed in a thank you ad

    elsewhere in this publication. A special note of thanks to the Series Underwriter, The Christian Family Foundation/ Blake and Vicki Christian and to the Title Sponsor, Edison

    International.

    Biography

    Juan Williams is one of America’s leading political writers and thinkers. He is currently a political analyst with Fox News. Previously, he reported for NPR as a senior corre-spondent and the host of “Talk of the Nation,” but was dis-

    missed after commenting that Muslims in traditional dress boarding planes made him nervous. In the wake of the news organization’s controversial decision, Williams wrote Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate, discussing “the countless ways in which honest debate in America...is sti-fled.” The book has become a New York Times best-seller.

    Prior to his stint at NPR, Williams was an award-winning writer and columnist for more than 20 years at The Washing-ton Post. As a top Washington journalist, he dared to examine American politics, civil rights, media, law and culture with uncompromising integrity and insight.

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    T he 29th Annual Belmont Shore Christmas Parade comes

    to town on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 6pm (note earlier start time). A celebrated holiday tradition, the parade

    features approximately 75 entries including marching bands, local personalities and dignitaries, floats representing Long Beach businesses and associations. Lead-ing the parade is Grand Marshall Gene Rotondo, President of the Belmont Shore Business Associa-tion (BSBA) for the past 13 years.

    Bringing the parade to a close is the perennial favorite, Santa Claus. The theme of this year’s parade is It’s a GREEN Christmas - Recy-

    cle, Reuse, Renew! Entries are encouraged to embrace the theme

    through the decoration of their floats and costumes. With an estimated 50,000 people lining the fifteen block stretch of Second Street for the parade, it should come as no surprise the amount of effort and prepara-tion that goes into closing the street to the approximated

    40,000 vehicles that travel it daily. Visit the website for specif-ic street closures and closure times, starting at 2pm.

    No property of any kind (such as chairs, blankets, tables, cool-ers or tape) is permitted on the sidewalk or the center median until 5pm. All such items will be removed and taken to the

    Bayshore Library for pick-up after the event. Most important-ly, areas may not be “roped off”. The City of Long Beach has made this request for the purpose of pro-tecting public safety and allowing pedestrian access along the side-walk.

    No alcohol on the streets and no underage drinking is permitted. These restrictions will be enforced by the LBPD. The parade is made possible by the generous support of its Sponsors.

    The BSBA would like to acknowledge and thank the Asso-ciate Parade Sponsors: Port of Long Beach, Charter Communi-

    cations, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Press-Telegram, Ma-chan Signs, UPS and Run Racing.

    For more information and sponsorship opportunities for the parade, visit www.BelmontShore.org or call the BSBA at (562) 434-3066.

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    Guests get into the spirit at The Pirate Invasion, the conclud-ing weekend event for a wonderful summer of Sea Festival activities.

    The Troup Mayyadah dancers get ready to perform at The Pirate Invasion in downtown Long Beach.

    Nancy Gallagos chairs Uncorked, the marvelous celebra-tion of wine and food at picturesque Spinnaker Bay to ben-efit the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra.

    Kristen Carter and Abby Shields were among the many Pirate Invasion enthusiasts who dressed for the occasion.

    Actor LeeLee Lawler entertained guests on the Big Red Bus on the way to Uncorked, the annual fundraising event for the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra.

    Debby and Phil Brooks, owners of We Olive in Belmont Shore, one of the many generous businesses participating in the Uncorked fundraiser for the LBSO.

  • Watch Anytime: www.StraightTalkTV.com Page 9

    Around Town

    Photo credit: Drew Bowles, Division of Student Services, CSULB

    CSULB Distinguished Speaker Juan Williams addresses the sold out Sponsor Dinner at The Point at the Walter Pyramid preceding his keynote address.

    Actor DeeDee Rescher enjoys the congratulations of fans following her bravura performance to a sold out Opening Night audience for Shirley Valentine. The classic one-

    person show played for a month at the Laguna Playhouse.

    McKenna’s on the Bay staff are all decked out for Hallow-een. Pictured (l. to r.) are Monty, Carolina, Brittany, Vanessa, Katie and Jason.

    Vice President for Student Services Doug Robinson, ASI President Lucy Nguyen, Academic Senate Chair Lisa Vollendorf and President F. King Alexander at the Sponsor

    Reception for the CSULB Distinguished Speaker Series.

    Kevin Spaeth, Scott Ringwelski and Geoff Gatley (l. to r.) portray, respectively, the narrator, the deceased Glen Clark and the reporter at the Clark gravesite for the wonderful Annual LB Cemetery Tour benefiting the Long Beach Historical Society. Glen Clark was a Harbor Commissioner for the Port of Long Beach in the early 20th century when oil was discovered under

    harbor property. His life story embodied the controversy over oil drilling, which resulted in serious subsidence in parts of Long Beach. His opposition to the drilling resulted in his removal from the Harbor Commission by the LB City Council.

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    coffee and donuts at Performance Plus, 3910 Cherry Ave., starting at 8am. Straight Talk Host Art Levine will be the celebrity M/C. This year’s Food Drive will help over 600 needy families in Long Beach through seven community organizations. Please bring us any non-perishable food items to support the food

    drive. Kelly’s is celebrating the First Anniversary of their re-opening on Sunday, November 20. Check out the beautiful mural featuring Kelly’s “regulars” on the wall as you walk in. Visit Kelly’s over the holidays for fine dining, musical enter-tainment and a warm, festive atmosphere.

    Naples Rib Co. is now open weekends for lunch starting at noon. Visit them for dinner during December, and then stroll the Naples canals and enjoy the decorative holiday lights.

    Musical Theatre West brings their holiday show, the Winter

    Wonderettes, for nine performances only starting Friday, December 9 through Sunday, December 18 at the Carpenter

    Performing Arts Center.

    The show is directed by its creator, Roger Bean, who also created the long-running off-Broadway sensation The Mar-

    velous Wonderettes and most recently Summer of Love, the

    hippy musical featuring the powerful music of the late 60’s.

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    C ensorship in America is always a difficult problem. On the one hand, we love our country and want to keep it safe. We don't like it when people say things that might en-

    courage our enemies and demoralize our troops fighting in foreign lands. Furthermore, we accept the fact that it is neces-sary to censor and/or punish certain communications. Treason is punishable by death, and “fighting words,” like yelling fire in a crowded theater, are grounds for prosecution. Defamation is saying something untrue that harms a person’s reputation, and opens you up to a civil law suit. More contro-

    versial is the censorship of obscene material, which is diffi-cult to define and harder to show to be harmful. The Su-preme Court has established a heavy burden of proof to demonstrate that material is obscene. It must 1) be without any redeeming literary or social value, 2) offend community standards, and 3) appeal to prurient (sexual) interests. A law written to prohibit obscenity must be very specific and de-

    scribe in detail what is not to be depicted. On the other hand, the government, whether state or federal, has at times imposed censorship in an arbitrary and danger-ous way. During World War I, President Wilson created a committee to censor motion pictures that criticized the war effort. That committee in various iterations lasted into the

    1950’s, and only ceased to exist when Hollywood introduced self censorship though its own motion picture code. In 1948 when President Truman required a loyalty oath of all federal employees, the state governments followed suit. Pro-

    fessors and teachers in California and across the nation were fired if they did not take the oath. Other professors were fired when they exercised their First and/or Fifth Amendment

    rights and refused to give up friends before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). People who worked in Hollywood, particularly screenwriters, found themselves on blacklists if they failed to cooperate with the Committee. Dashiel Hammett, the author of "The Maltese Falcon" and who served in World War II, was incar-cerated in federal prison for raising funds for the "Hollywood

    Ten," who had argued before HUAC that the First Amend-ment protected them. Dalton Trumbo, who would provide the script for "Spartacus" in 1960, was forced into exile in Mexi-co in 1949. While working on the set of his movie "High Noon," Carl Foreman was fired and fled to England, never to return, though he provided scripts for "Born Free" and "Bridge on the River Kwai." How many others fled the coun-

    try is difficult to estimate, but the impact on the arts in Amer-ica was significant. Despite the fact that this nation was founded by people who advocated the violent overthrow of British rule in the colo-nies, in 1940 it was made illegal in America to advocate the overthrow of the government. The law was not struck down

    until 1957, but not before many people had been incarcerated for simply belonging to an organization that advocated the overthrow of the government. (Continued on next page)

    Censorship in America

    by

    Dr. Craig Smith, CSULB

    Page 12 Straight Talk Magazine

  • In Fond Memory

    Larry Allison

    1934-2011

    “It’ll All Work Out”

    Watch Anytime: www.StraightTalkTV.com Page 13

    During the McCarthy era, libraries came under attack for car-

    rying books on Marx, Lenin, or even Russian history. After McCarthy's chief henchman Roy Cohn traveled to Europe to visit State Department libraries, books were pulled from the shelves and burned. Even today, under one provision of the US Patriot Act, librar-ians must turn over records of library users to the FBI without letting the users know. And to return to the issue of indecen-

    cy, every year or so groups seek to censor material by conflat-ing violence with indecency. In the 1980’s, Senator Paul Si-mon sought to curtail violent cartoons. Today various advocates seek to prevent the sale of computer games containing violence. But unless a measurable harm can be shown, such censorship is unconstitutional. It also runs the

    risk of slipping into other forms of entertainment. In “Hamlet" there is a suicide, a couple of stabbings, and some poisonings. In "King Lear" some eyes are gouged out. We need to be careful in our own time to see that the government does not become the parent. Whether looking at the past or the present, we see that censor

    ship is always with us. Even on our college campuses, where

    the pursuit of academic freedom is encouraged, we face the threat of censorship for being politically incorrect, whatever that means. And so the battles go on, created by the tension between those who want to protect national security at all costs and those who seek freedom of expression without lim-it; between those who would allow aggressive debate on the way to the truth, and those who would prefer to have civil conversation where no feelings get hurt.

    I find the situation to be more complicated than those two extremes. Thus I'm often caught in between these groups in trying to arbitrate a solution that will both protect our free-doms but also provide for a secure America. It’s not easy, but I don't think the founders meant it to be.

    Censorship (continued from page 12)

    Professor Smith is the Director of the Center for First Amendment Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is also a participant in the B-word Project, an 18-month

    three semester campus wide program focusing on censorship. For more information, visit www.bwordproject.org.

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    Customer loyalty has taken us through 80 years and we look forward to many more years of service to the Long Beach community. Join us for our big-gest sale of the season, the Miracle on 2nd Street Sale, which takes place December 13th - 24th.

    McCarty's is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00am - 5:30pm.

    Happy Holidays from all of us at McCarty's Jewelry!

    5011 E. 2nd Street

    Long Beach, CA 90803

    (562) 438-1581

    Owner Page Henley and the McCarty’s Staff

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