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Holiday Cookies 101:: Easy Baking with a Cookie Press

Home-baked goodness is the most economical and heartfelt choice for gifts and entertaining, but rolling out dough and cutting decorative cookies can be time consuming and messy. With a cookie press, bakers can achieve gift-worthy […]

Theater Review: Tale of a Teacher:

An aging, unpopular teacher reaches a crossroads at which life’s big questions stare him down en masse. The Browning Version,– Terence Rattigan’s 1949 play, follows English schoolmaster Andrew Crocker-Harris (an entirely breathtaking Bruce French) on […]

Horoscopes: Laura Wilde, Mirror Contributing Writer

ARIES Don’t worry if everything doesn’t go exactly according to plan. The mistakes are sometimes the most beautiful things life can offer. Keep your much needed things close by so that you won’t forget where […]

Community Announcements/ Ongoing Events:

Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (AFICE) is looking for individuals to work as Community Representatives, who will find host families for international students and will work with them and their families. Call Anne Ring, […]

Theater:

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 […]

Exhibits:

The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis, through February 7, 2010, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., LA, 310.443.7016. 6488 Tel The Chimaera of Arezzo, sculpture, through February 8, 2010, The Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, […]

Music Highlights:

December 18Joe Bresler, Alma Desnuda @ Rusty’s Surf RanchJessie Payo Band @ Harvelle’sDecember 19Blowin’ Smoke @ Harvelle’sJazz Funk Fest @ Talking StickTom Nolan @ Rusty’s Surf RanchDecember 21Kirk Fletcher @ Harvelle’sStormin’ Norman and Suzy Williams […]

This Week:

Last Chance Jane Austen Unscripted, an improv show based on Austen’s characters, through December 20, 7:30pm Fridays, 2 and 4:30pm Saturdays-Sundays, $35, Edye Second Space, SMC Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th St., 310.434.3200. Robbie Conal […]

What’s Hot:

First Annual Santa Monica Pub Craw Dec. 19, 5 p.m. Donation of one non-parishable food item requested. Various bar and restaurant locations. santamonicapubcrawl.com. Event is a fundraiser for Westside Food Bank, with local bars and […]