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                                                               photo by Cam Kusaka

Think Globally, Shop Locally
It may be hard to believe that the two Santa Monica holiday marketing campaigns (“There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” and “I Wish I Had an Extra Bedroom”) will compensate...

Books in the Mirror: Some Choice Books To Read, or Give

At The Movies: Eleventh Heaven
Steven Soderbergh has become one of the most reliable directors working in Hollywood. He doesn’t seem capable of making a bad film...

Library To Offer Paper Art Lessons
Middle School students will be offered an introduction to “papel picado,” (Mexican paper cutting) at the Santa Monica Main Public Library...

Bargain CD of the Week: MY TOP 11 ALBUMS FROM 2001
I’m running this list earlier than usual to help you with your Christmas shopping. If you don’t go out and buy some of these CDs, it’s like letting the terrorists win...

Center Stage: Lisa Loeb at the Roxy
With Phil Cody 2/15. This brainy sex kitten was the first unsigned artist to reach Billboard’s Billboard’s #1 spot with...

WISE Schedules Program On Medicare Changes
WISE Adult Day Care Center, 1401 Olympic Avenue, has scheduled a meeting with a representative from the Center for Health Care Rights...

In the Kitchen: Buon Appetito
Santa Monica is home to one of the best Italian restaurants in the world. No exaggeration here, and no arbitrary opinion sharing...

Library Shows Norton Xmas Project
Selections from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects are currently on display in the Santa Monica Main Library’s second floor lobby area...

Starry Skies Above Santa Monica
A few meteor showers come regularly every year, with not much change in hourly rates. Best known among them are the Perseids, flashing in the sky for several nights around August 13...

Exhibit Benefits Abused Children
Photo Impact Santa Monica is hosting a photo exhibition and art sale, opening Friday, December 14, to raise money for the Free Arts for Abused Children program (FAAC)...

Training For the L.A. Marathon X: Form is Everything
More than a few questions have come in regarding how to run hills. This followed last week’s Western Hemisphere Marathon...

Farmers Market Report: Pesto Happens
Locanda del Lago Restaurant on the Third Street Promenade opened its kitchen last week to a group of Samohi students who were invited in to make, taste and learn all about pesto...

Howlett Smith’s Musical At Jazz Bakery
“The Carpenter,” a two-act musical based on the life of Christ by Howlett Smith, will be performed Monday, December 17, at the Jazz Bakery...