Does this sound interesting? There’s music, poetry and storytelling – all live, and all produced in association with the Long Beach Soul Collective and the city’s own low-power community FM station KLBP (99.1 FM; online outside of Long Beach at klbp.org ).

It’s called “Live at Secret Island,” and is held every other Wednesday night at 6:30 at the underground Secret Island Tiki Bar in downtown Long Beach, 209 Pine Ave. Admission is free, though the station encourages donations for the performers.

The shows are two hours long plus breaks.

“They start at 6:30,” said station spokesman Michael Stark, “with the live show airing on KLBP from 7 to 8, followed by a short break, and then they tape the second hour for airing the following week.”

The idea is to highlight local talent and give an

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