My tenant, a lovely 84-year-old woman with a cat, called to tell me that she was being bitten by fleas in her apartment. At first, I didn’t believe her. However, upon entering the apartment, I […]

Santa Monica Girls fast pitch is an ASA recreational softball league that has been providing recreational softball in Santa Monica for nearly 30 years. This year 350 girls played recreational softball at Memorial Park, Clover […]

Hidden away in a courtyard, the Santa Monica Playhouse is a local treasure, offering original productions as well as revivals. This year is the Playhouse’s “Year of the Glass Slipper,” celebrating the 25th anniversary of […]

It’s hard to get one’s mind around the third installment of the Ice Age franchise.  The 3-D aspect (available only at some theaters) breathes some new life into it but you’re dealing with a story […]

Santa Monica has so many things to offer, a rich history, and over 5 million visitors a year.  The “I am Santa Monica” program was developed through a partnership between the Santa Monica Convention & […]

NEA Awards Stimulus Funds to 18th Street 18th Street Arts Center is proud to announce that they are one of the 631 arts organizations in the country to receive stimulus funding from the National Endowment […]

The Executive Director of the nonprofit West L.A. Circle of Friends (CoF) and former Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) Speech Pathologist, Barbara Palilis, was selected by fans through a national vote online as the winner […]

A Streamline Moderne two-story doctors’ office building is Santa Monica’s newest landmark. 2125 Arizona Avenue, built in 1952, features a white stucco exterior, curvilinear walls, casement windows, a flat roof, terrazzo-floored entrance, and a lobby […]

St. Monica senior shortstop Jose Munoz has been named Most Valuable Player of the Camino Real League for the 2009 baseball season. Munoz batted .481 as St. Monica won the league championship. Other Mariners who […]

An expert ensemble parodies the legendary Knights of the Round Table, and all the elements of the Arthurian quest motif become comic fodder in Monty Python’s Spamalot. Winner of three 2005 Tony awards, including Best […]