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Melissa & Linda Wallem. (Photo: Joe Mello)

A capacity crowd including city officials -- and Grammy Award winner/former LB resident Melissa Etheridge -- attended the Feb. 23 gala opening of the Historical Society of Long Beach's LGBT History Project.

"I loved waking up here on a Sunday morning and going down to Fourth Street," said the two-time Grammy winner and Oscar winner who played several times a week at the lesbian bar Que Sera. "These were the people who believed in me and gave me a job. You supported me, you helped me grow as a musician, you kept coming to hear me play. We were a community," she added. "Thank you for making me who I am."

  
Photos ©Suzi Altman

The National Museum of Women in the Arts held its 25th anniversary fall benefit in Washington D.C. on Nov 4. Melissa received their Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts, toured the Museum and played 4 songs: "The Weakness In Me," Come To My Window," "I Run For Life," and "Me And Bobby McGee."