December 30, 2025
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North of Montana Association (NOMA) Meets Thursday:

Meet Bill Walker, Santa Monica’s new Fire Chief at North of Montana Association (NOMA’s) monthly community meeting Thursday, July 7, at 7 pm at the Montana Branch Library, 1704 Montana Avenue, with reception and refreshments preceding at 6:30 pm.

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All-Girl Teen Band Rocks The Mint LA:

KiKstart is a teenage band with a heart. Started in 2013, these young girls formed a band just to share their passion for music with other people. They have always sung in talent shows since Kindergarten, but they did not discover that they had a natural talent in playing instruments until a variety show in their freshman year in high school.

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Indigenous American Music Fills Tongva Park:

Through October at Santa Monica’s Tongva Park, a number of cultural events are scheduled as part of Santa Monica City’s Family Saturdays. To kick off the events, award-winning musician and composer Martin Espino held an interactive workshop and demonstration of indigenous American instruments for families this past Saturday.

YWCA: Building the Character of a City:

You can’t save everything. Ask someone who has been involved in an intervention for a person who does save everything… and as a result has turned their own home into a health risk and something of a mental health gazebo. Two weeks ago I asked if I could store some props backstage at a theater. As I was led backstage, I was amazed at how little room remained. And this was a tightly-run, professionally- managed theater. They weren’t kidding: There was virtually no room for my meager set pieces.