On December 1, the 50th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks, a small, middle-aged African American seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give her seat on city bus to a white man, Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus reserved the first seat on each of its buses in her name.
Parks’ arrest sparked a bus boycott that, in turn, set the civil rights movement in America in motion.
Parks died two months ago.
Cinderella, return of the popular musical, through 2009, Saturdays-Sundays 12:30, 3, and 6pm, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779. 45 Minutes From Broadway, world premiere of a new play by Henry Jaglom, through […]
Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH) will hold its annual multi-family yard sale Saturday, October 8, to raise funds to support its progressive curriculum. Housewares, clothing, toys, and many other items will be on sale. […]
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