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November 6, 2008

What’s Hot:

Ice at Santa Monica, November 7- January 19, 2009

10am-10pm daily, $10 (includes skate rental)

1324 5th St, at Arizona, 310.393.8355.

For the second year, Starbucks presents Ice – not just in their coffee, but ice that you can skate on. In beautiful downtown Santa Monica, across from the Post Office, you can skate in the mild early winter weather. Bring your kids or be a kid again.

Bye Bye Birdie, November 8-December 13

2pm Saturdays-Sundays, $15

Morgan-Wixson Theatre

2627 Pico Blvd., 310.828.7519.

This is the musical that first satirized Elvis mania, as a teen idol named Conrad Birdie comes to a small town and causes havoc with every age group. The Morgan-Wixson’s cast for this production features students from Samohi, JAMS, SMASH, St. Monica’s, and other local schools, as part of the Y.E.S. youth cultural program.

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