November 2007 The District Weekly| Heavy Metal Vomit Party is Awesome by Chris Ziegler

September 2006 La Times by Steve Baltin Koo's in Long Beach has art in the front room, a thriving music scene in the back- and teenagers everywhere.

August 2005 | Press Telegram | Quick takes for 10 | | Excerpt:

The room is large and hollow and shaped something like a rectangle. A daunting plain red curtain acts as a backdrop for a small wood-stained stage. Rows of chairs are filled with eyes and ears intensely focused on the ensuing performance. The PA system is crisp, and every sound — ranging from clapping to sneezing to tiny and not-so-tiny mistakes — is heard. And then there's the clock.

Facing the stage, small in size but gigantic in stature, its second hands shine directly into the hearts, souls and fears of those who dare brave the sensory overload that is the tenbyten Performance Lab. It's like a disapproving mother reminding her child that this bedroom needs to be clean before they leave or there will be no cake for dessert.

Ten minutes might not sound like a long time, but for the artists who participate in the tenbyten Performance Lab, which takes place the first Wednesday of each month at Koo's Art Center in the East Village Arts District in Long Beach, a dozen would be two too many.
July 2005 | Grunion Gazette | The DIY Fashion Fight Is On! | Excerpt:

When she was in high school, Lynn Van Brocklin didn't have a lot of money for clothes. She shopped at thrift stores where she encountered a typical dilemma: here's something that I'd like to wear but, of course, it's the wrong size. How'd she solve her problem? She started altering the clothes to fit her

What was once a way for Van Brocklin to expand her own wardrobe has now turned into a full-time job. Her creations are known as...

July 2005 | OC Weekly | Electric Blues: Cole Gerst gets lit by Chris Ziegler
May 2005 | Grunion Gazette | Koo's Wins Entertainment Permit Without A Fight | Excerpt:

Koo's Art Center vs. City of Long Beach III looked to be a rematch worth watching when the sides faced off in the City Council chambers last Tuesday night over granting the art and music center a permanent live entertainment permit. In the first bout, back in January 2004, supporters of the art and music center on Broadway near Linden Avenue packed the house to fight for a live entertainment license in the face of opposition from the Long Beach Police Department, which cited noise...
May 2005 | OC Weekly | Koo’s Can’t Lose : LB art center wins live-entertainment permit by Chris Ziegler
April 2005 | Grunion Gazette | MySpace To Gallery Space | Excerpt:

Chris Dziobecki of Koo's Art Center scoured the Web for talented visual artists and - under the thin coat of distracting pornography - she found something. Utilizing the online social network MySpace.com, Dziobecki discovered a community of local artists using their online profiles as makeshift galleries.

"Once I found an artist, I followed the vein to wherever it took me," Dziobecki said of her search for the next Renoir with a GMail account...
March 2005 | OC Weekly | Is That a Charcoal Stick In Your Pocket? by Chris Ziegler
November 2004 | OC Weekly | Do It Again: ‘Manufactured Inspirato’ Loves Repetition by Chris Ziegler

September 2004 | Press Telegram | City panel may allow nude art models by Don Jergler

September 2004| OC Weekly |MONKEY BUSINESS Koo’s bring you Potus. Fear him! BY Rebecca Schoenkopf

June 19, 2004 Los Angeles Times A drawing class-or adults-only fare BY SUZANNE MUCHNIC Times Staff Writer
or adults-only fare?
January 2004 | OC Weekly | Koo’s Coup: Another Year With Nothing To Do—Again? by Chris Ziegler
December 2003 | La Indy Media | Long Beach All ages Venue under threat by LBPD by jizzeb