Video: Exploring the 11th Annual Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJP8Beg7pE
About 60 artists who work out of studios at the Santa Monica Airport opened their creative spaces to the general public last Saturday. The event was the 11th annual Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk, sponsored by...
Video: Young Adult Readers Turn Out in Droves to Celebrate Yallwest in Santa Monica
https://youtu.be/xlY7JMV9n8o
Fans of young adult fiction turned out in droves this past Saturday for the Yallwest Festival at Santa Monica High School. More than 100 YA authors were on hand for book signings and giveaways,...
Santa Monica Lawmaker Wants to Make April California Craft Brew Month
A whole month dedicated to celebrating California's bounty of craft beers? That's what Santa Monica's representative in the State Assembly is hoping for.
Assemblymember Richard Bloom, who represents Santa Monica as part of AD50, is...
Previewing This Week’s New Urbanism Film Festival
This week the annual New Urbanism Film Festival returns to Los Angeles. The grand opening is Thursday night! There are plenty of screenings, plus walking tours, storytelling, and more. Event details at NUFF website.
Below are five...
Santa Monica to Celebrate Parks Day on February 25
Via the City of Santa Monica.
On Saturday, February 25, 2017, the City of Santa Monica will host Parks Day, Come Play! a community event celebrating:
The grand opening of Ishihara Park, a new 2.35-acre...
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...
Santa Monica Moving Forward with “Creative Crosswalks” Pilot Project
Walking in Downtown Santa Monica is about to get a little bit more fun.
Santa Monica is moving forward with a “creative crosswalks” pilot program that could transform two intersections in Downtown Santa Monica into colorful...
Santa Monica Teens Tackle Hard Topics through Film
Teenagers Riley Beres and Jimmy Deshler were volunteering at a Los Angeles shelter last year when a man staying there approached and asked if he could tell them his story of being homeless.
That chance...
Coming Up: Jazz on the Lawn, Celebrate GoSaMo, Family Dance Jam at Tongva, Sonic...
Summer may be almost over, but there is still plenty to do. This week, join PUBLIC Bikes + Gear to celebrate GoSaMo, the city’s multimodal initiative; head to Stewart Park for more Jazz on...
Museum, Arts Activist Stump for Bergamot Revitalization Project
Editor's note: Despite some confusion among its opponents, the Bergamot Station revitalization project is not, in any way, related to the Bergamot Transit Village/Office Park project that will be built across the street. -...
A day at SMMoA’s Tour da Arts, Vol.5
Sunday afternoon was another beautiful Tour da Arts on an equally beautiful Santa Monica summer day. For 5 years, the Santa Monica Museum of Art has been putting the culture in bike culture by...
Newswire: “Weird Al” Yankovic to Perform at Santa Monica-Malibu Ed Foundation Benefit Concert
Via the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation
Five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald (formerly of the Doobie Brothers), special guest Amy Holland, and three-time Grammy winner “Weird Al” Yankovic will be joined by Richard Page (of Mr....
Little Free Libraries Thrive in SaMo
The death of the printed book—you know, those bound volumes of static pages that you have to manually flip through to read—has been foretold for years.
But like some creature from gothic literature, printed books...
Santa Monica High School Tackles Relevant Race Issues in ‘Zoot Suit’
Via Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District press release.
Times change, but sometimes the headlines don’t. Luis Valdez’s groundbreaking play set on the streets of East Los Angeles depicts the lives of Mexican American youth who...
Santa Monica Public Library Hosts Mini How-To Festival at Reed Park
Via the city of Santa Monica website.
Santa Monica Public Library is taking its popular How-To Festival on the road! Celebrate National Parks Month at Christine Emerson Reed Park, 1133 7th Street, on Saturday, July 22, 2017 from noon to...