Ryan Smolar on Swoop’s World Late Night

Ryan Smolar

On Wednesday January 29, 2014 at 8pm/PST (10pm/CT, 11pm/ET) we are happy to welcome Ryan Smolar back to Swoop’s World Late Night. Ryan has just launched a petition seeking support to become the Interim Director of the Arts Council for Long Beach. Join us as we have this opportunity to talk to Ryan about his petition and vision for the Arts Council. Of course we’ll be up to all of our usual fun with our Brewskis beer tasting segment, TBones Timeout, as well as crazy insights into any interesting news stories of the day. We are also simulcast by AM1670 – Dewberry Jam Community Radio – San Antonio, TX. Swoop’s World Late Night is on Wednesday’s from 8pm/PST – 11pm/PST tune in at Swoopsworld.com.

Ryan Smolar
Smolar has worked for the Arts Council for Long Beach since 2009 in various roles including marketing, project development and event production, designing project budgets, fund development and coordinating staff under direction from former Executive Director Craig Watson and current Executive Director John Glaza.

Smolar is best known to the greater Long Beach community for leading projects like downtown’s University by the Sea festivals, which re-opened the historic Jergins Pedestrian Subway in partnership with Downtown Long Beach Associates and Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau; producing “Book by Authors: North Long Beach Anthology” community writing/art project in partnership with Connected Corridor; creating events website LimelightLB.com with DOMA Properties; writing for the Gazettes Newspapers; creating Bixby Knolls’ superhero the Knolls Ranger with BKBIA Executive Director Blair Cohn; and spearheading the Goods Gallery, a temporary art gallery made out of cargo containers constructed in partnership with Mike Donelon, MHP Structural Engineers, the Port of Long Beach and the former Long Beach Redevelopment Agency.