Tales From the Turn Lane: The Road More Traveled
I received my first driver’s license just after my thirty-first birthday...

At The Movies: The Oscar Race: Anyone’s Game
There hasn’t been such a topsy-turvy Oscar year as 2001 in recent memory. A clear best picture frontrunner didn’t emerge until after the Golden Globes...

“Slavery” Chosen For Kennedy Center Festival
“Slavery” — a play with music by Santa Monica College student Jonathan Payne — has been selected from more than 360 plays at colleges and universities throughout the nation to be performed ...

UCLA Event Looks at The New American Reality
Six months after the 9/11 attacks, UCLA Extension will devote most of a day to a discussion of “The New American Reality...”

Lemvo, Makina Loca To Perform at Madison
Afro-Cuban musicians Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca, whose fusion of African and Latin music has been dubbed “the future of salsa,” will perform a free outdoor concert 2 p.m. Saturday...

In the Kitchen: Not Cookbooks, but…
In my role as food columnist, I receive lots of cookbooks, some that stretch the very definition of cookbook to the limit...

Books In The Mirror: A Case For How Sept. 11 Changed The World
Belgrade teenager Gavrilo Princip tried to strike a blow for Serb nationalism in the summer of 1914, and instead triggered World War I...

Bargain CD of the Week: Power Pop And Cajun Blues
Supremium is the brainchild of Bruce Witkin, who’s worked over the years with a variety of folks like New Waver Adam Ant and roots rocker James Intveld...

Starry Skies Above Santa Monica
On Wednesday. March 20, we will have the Spring Equinox! Most people believe that March 21 is the proper day for the equinox, but...

“Images of Women” at SMC Tues.
“Images of Women,” a spoken-word performance piece by Jeanne Marie Spicuzza, will be staged at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday...

Senior Prom Will Be Held March 23
The City of Santa Monica will host the 25th Annual Senior Prom at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main Street, on Saturday...

Pulitzer Nominee Makes Two SMC Appearances
Pulitzer nominee Ricardo Pau-Llosa, a poet and art critic, will make two appearances in Santa Monica next week...

Academy Has Fewer Seats, More Ticket Requests
The move of the Academy Awards back to Hollywood and into the new Kodak Theatre is causing Academy officials more ticketing headaches than usual...

Farmers Market Report: The Perfect Shopping Trip
Here’s how it begins. Maybe it was something you saw on television but can’t remember what show it was...

Dancers Perform Twice Next Week
Just back from the American College Dance Festival in Arizona, Santa Monica College student dancers will perform repertory from the festival and discuss their experiences at 11 a.m., Tuesday...