Going to the Pier Concert Tonight? Here’s How to Avoid Driving
Who doesn't love a free concert? But, also, who doesn't like waiting in traffic on their way to or from a free concert? We suspect the answers are almost nobody and almost everybody respectively.
The good...
Discovering Santa Monica: The Rustic Canyon Family of Restaurants
If you’ve spent any time in Santa Monica, chances are you’ve at least passed by one of the half-dozen locally-owned eateries in the Rustic Canyon Group of Restaurants.
From the Sweet Rose Creamery on Pico...
The Santa Monica Life: Urban Cycling Scavanger Hunt, Gear Up! for Bike Month, and...
We’re living the Santa Monica life this weekend. Will you join us?
There’s an urban cycling scavenger hunt, a special festival to kick off bike month, Yallwest, the weekend-long celebration of young adult literature, is...
Dominoes, Development, and Trains at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
With election season in full swing, the community discussion about development and the future of Santa Monica has gotten more hostile than usual.
At a candidate forum put on by a local anti-development group Monday,...
Join Us for our Next “Vote Local” Event
After our successful first "Vote Local" event on Saturday, we will keep the positive momentum going. Santa Monica Next will host another "Vote Local" event on Thursday, July 17.
Join us at 5 p.m. in...
Vision Zero L.A.: Using Art To Make Streets Safer For Everyone
(Streetsblog Los Angeles, L.A. Walks and Place It! are competing for your vote for an #la2050 grant to bring a Vision Zero street safety campaign to Los Angeles. James Rojas, Place It's founder, explains...
USC Students Reimagine Santa Monica Airport in Art Exhibition
Writers Boot Camp Gallery at Bergamot Station will host an upcoming exhibition exploring what Santa Monica's airport could become, if it were repurposed into public open space.
On Thursday, October 23 from 6 to 9...
Coming Up: BUSted! Returns, Meet the New City Manager, FAA’s New Plan Unveiled
BUSted! is back in Santa Monica this week, a new city manager takes the reins, and a new plan by the Federal Aviation Administration could impact Santa Monica Airport.
BUSted! A Free Storytelling Show About...
Mapping the Culture of Santa Monica’s Pico Neighborhood
The colorful mural painted on two long concrete walls under the Santa Monica Freeway along the Stewart Street underpass in Santa Monica tells the story of the Pico neighborhood surrounding it.
The mural was created...
The Santa Monica Life: Raising the Minimum Wage, Tar and Roses Reopens, Bike-Share Community...
“The Santa Monica Life” is a weekly roundup of the local fun, food, drinks, and lifestyle goings-on in Santa Monica. When the fun is so close, it’s easy to leave the car at home...
Happy 4th of July from Santa Monica Next
We at Santa Monica Next want to wish you a safe and happy 4th of July weekend. Whether you're heading to the beach, the Main Street parade, or Downtown, leave the car at home...
Santa Monica City Council Decides Bergamot Station Art Center’s Future, Sort Of
After listening to about 100 speakers over four hours, the Santa Monica City Council picked a developer team to advance plans to revitalize the Bergamot Station Arts Center Tuesday night.
The City Council voted 5-to-1...
SMC Announces June Concert Schedule: Jazz Vocal, Symphony, Musical Theatre, and More
Via press release:
The Santa Monica College (SMC) Music Department is pleased to present a variety of spring performances in June in The Broad Stage or The Edye at the SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street (at Santa Monica Boulevard), Santa Monica. The...
Santa Monica Celebrates New Pico Neighborhood Library
Saturday’s event at the Pico Branch Library in Santa Monica was billed as a Grand Opening. So there were civic speeches, a ribbon-cutting moment, and appropriate fanfare, including taiko drummers.
All of this, though, was...
Tour da Arts Returns to Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station
Tour da Arts, the annual summer festival that combines art, music, and dance with community cycling, returns to Bergamot Station for the sixth year running this August.
The Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) is...