Art for All at Samohi
As the oldest art gallery on the westside (over 100 years, in fact), the Roberts Art Gallery has a served as a professional gallery on the Santa Monica High School campus...

Opportunity, One Kid at a Time
Unlike many non-profits, the name is not overly cheerful or charming. It doesn’t have to be...

Freddie Ravel To Perform Here Thur.
The American Academy for Dance and Kindred Arts in Santa Monica will present Latin jazz pianist/volcalist and composer Freddie Ravel in “An Evening at the Academy” on Thursday, January 31...

SMC Student’s Play Chosen For Kennedy Center Fest
“Slavery” — a play with music by Santa Monica College student Jonathan Payne — has been selected for the 2002 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival’s regional competition...

Samohi Students To Appear In Benefit Concert
Students in the Choral Studies Department at Santa Monica High School are currently spending their lunch breaks in rehearsal for the department’s annual fundraiser, Café Samo, a cabaret show...

At The Movies: Up the Down Staircase
Apparently, 76 year-old Robert Altman still has some pent-up bitterness toward Hollywood, and rightly so, for in its own way Altman’s latest, Gosford Park...

Books In The Mirror: LOVE CONQUERS ALL FOR TROUBLED SOULS
Francesca Lia Block writes like a gardener coaxing flowers to bloom. Her words evoke seductive jasmine and fruity earth scents on the page...

Books in the Mirror II: MCCORKLE EXAMINES HUMAN NATURE
Jill McCorkle sees people for who they really are: imperfect, damaged, and vulnerable creatures who often resemble animals...

Bargain CD of the Week: FROM IOWA TO TEXAS
I’ve written here more than once about Slewfoot Records out of Missouri as demonstrating the right way to start up a small label...

Center Stage: Dick Dale at Amoeba Music
1/31. Wax up your surfboard, paddle out into the tumbling surf, find a spot to watch and wait, then slip down inside the adventure of a roaring tube...

Starry Skies Above Santa Monica

New Round of Kidpower Classes Is Announced
Santa Monica’s Powerhouse Theater’s children’s theater program will begin another series of classes for children of all ages...

Farmers Market Report: I Just Want to Stay Home and Make Soup
Cold, blustery days and nights with reports of impassable, snowy roads just make me want to hunker down in the kitchen and rummage through the cabinets and fridge...