I’m going a long way back, but I recall Jerry Buss once saying he wouldn’t pay NBA luxury taxes because exceeding the non-tax limit would hurt competitive balance. In other words Buss wouldn’t want an […]
Noah Gottlieb, the fifth-leading scorer in Santa Monica College basketball history, has transferred from Chaminade University in Honolulu to College of Idaho for his senior season. Gottlieb will be eligible to play immediately as he […]
Sheldon Philip-Guide, the new Santa Monica High baseball coach, has seen some of the Vikings’ players in action since he recently accepted the job. “It looks like we’ll have good pitching and defense,” he says […]
Who: Xiong Pao Her of Her Produce. Where: 25 acres in Fresno. What: Xiong Pao was a soldier for the CIA in Laos from 1969-1975 and left Laos for Thailand in 1979. After the American […]
It won’t be long before all of the major players on American Idol are long gone. Simon Cowell has stated he may be leaving the show sooner rather than later. Idol’s host Ryan Seacrest just […]
The 5th Annual Topanga Film Festival, August 6-9, began five years ago as a homegrown film festival in the backyard of Urs and Sara Baur. This year the festival will be celebrated as a four […]
“These people [who’ve] been out there a long time-they got caught up out there and couldn’t reel themselves back in.”-Rebecca Curry, photographer in the exhibit Got Caught Up Out There. Curry is one of a […]
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, […]
Bach at Leipsig, through August 23, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $25, Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, odysseytheatre.com. The Chairs, a tragicomedy by Eugene Ionesco, through September 13, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 5:30pm Sundays, $25, Sundays […]
Martiros Adalian, Awakenings, Chris Mason, On and Off the Wall, through September 6, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.829.6990. California Regionalism: Oils on Canvas, through August 23, California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., 310.392.8537. Capturing […]
