(1) HERB KATZ, a five-term City Councilmember and Mayor in 2007-2008, passed away January 7 after a long-term battle with cancer; he was 78. Mayor Ken Genser mourned Katz as “one of Santa Monica’s great […]
City unreal. Looking back over 2009, no Santa Monica saga is stranger than the curious case of Paul Pearson. Pearson is a 56 year old electro-mechanical genius of sorts who some years ago converted a […]
Kunu Shofu. Santa Monica High’s 6-foot-6 all-Ocean League center last season is now in the starting lineup at Fullerton College. Shofu is playing forward, and in an 86-77 win over Victor Valley he had 25 […]
The Crossroads girls basketball team won the Providence Tournament by defeating Pasadena Poly in the championship game, 65-58. Nadine Byers, Megan Baer and Shannon McQueen of the Roadrunners were named to the all-tournament team. Michelle […]
The Santa Monica High girls basketball team has two weeks off and won’t play again until January 9. But when the team resumes practice on January 4 Coach Marty Verdugo said he expects everyone to […]
Photo Contest: Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium invites all underwater photographers to enter its Underwater Parks Dayphoto competition, a contest designed to highlight the undersea world just off the Southern California coast. Entries […]
45 Minutes From Broadway, world premiere of a new play by Henry Jaglom, through February 28, starring Tanna Frederick, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 5pm Sundays, $25, Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., 310.392.7327. The Browning […]
The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis, through February 7, 2010, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310.443.7016.8 The Chimaera of Arezzo, sculpture, through February 8, 2010, The Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, PP, 310.440.7300. […]
December 31 Gino Matteo @ Harvelle’s January 1 Souls of Love, Adam Lasher Band @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch January 2 The Deltaz, Zen Boogie @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Raquel Ramos @ The Dakota Lounge
Last Chance Ned Evans, Inside the Prism, through January 2, William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0909. Shannon Hansen, Handbroken, , through January 3, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.829.6990. John Petrey, Costume Party, through January […]
