July 3 Jason Damato, Wild Ginger Kitchen, Lantz Lantzwell @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch July 4 Wumbloozo, Joe Bresler @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch July 9 Joan Baez and Tift Merrit @ Twilight Dance Series

The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov’s play about a Russian family, transposed to the post-Civil War South, through September 26, 8pm Saturdays July 4-18, call for other showtimes, $10-$30, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum,1419 N. Topanga Canyon […]

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. Cast […]

Last Chance Field of Vision, art by students in the SMC Emeritus art program, exhibit 1, through July 3, Emeritus College, 1227 2nd St., 310.434.4306. Ben Jackel, Compliance Solutions, through July 3, LA Louver Gallery, […]

Main Street 4th of July Parade, July 4, 9:30-11:30am, free, Parade begins at Main Street and Civic Center It’s the third year for Main Street’s Independence Day salute, with local organizations and businesses marching with […]

Now that it’s summer, people are thinking “Vacation, happy to get away,” but not everyone has the money for a getaway these days. If a trek through Europe or a week in Cabo is out, […]

California’s budget crisis has brought unprecedented budget cuts to institutions that rely predominately on the state for their funding and Santa Monica College (SMC) is no exception. The crisis will require the College to make […]

Try out this scenario for logic: produce goods that are made for short term consumption, and package them in containers that are then thrown away, made from a material designed to last forever. The plastic […]

There have already been plenty of surprises in the ongoing contest to become the next governor of California, and chances are there will be plenty more. For 2010 marks the first campaign since 1998 with […]

(with apologies to The Onion…) Due to a tsunami of setbacks in just the last six months, Western Civilization announced last week that it is done trying to maintain any veneer of “culture” on the […]