Hey, Gov. Schwarzenegger, you say you want to root out big-time government waste to solve budget problems? Well, listen up. You’ll be amazed at how much regular folks know about this and how they’ll expose […]

Will life imitate art?  In the 1979 then-futurist comedy film Americathon, a bankrupt United States of America must stage a telethon in order to raise money, or Native American leaders will get all their land […]

February 12 marked the 200th anniversary of the births of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, a remarkable historical coincidence if ever there were one.  Lincoln, of course, is huge even among the pantheon of […]

The man who has been at the top of the Santa Monica Police Department’s “Most Wanted” list for 10 years was arrested last week on Thursday, February 12, in Kingston, Jamaica, and is in custody […]

The California Interscholastic Federation has expanded its basketball playoffs, resulting in more Westside teams being selected to participate.  The tournament is scheduled to begin Wednesday, February 18, with second round games set for Friday night. […]

Alephonsion Deng, February 24, 11:15am, free, Art Lecture Hall, SMC, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4303. In honor of Black History Month, SMC is proud to present Alephonsion Deng, one of the “Lost Boys of Darfur.” With […]

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, […]

This Week’s Music Highlights February 20 Blue Rodeo @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Minibar @ O’Brien’s Jared Young, The Wildcat @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Z-Tribe @ Harvelle’s February 21 Café R &B @ Harvelle’s Missy Raines […]

Burn This, play by Lanford Wilson, through March 22, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $15-$20, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave, 310.397.3244. Cinderella, return of the popular musical, through 2009, Saturdays-Sundays 12:30, 3, and 6pm, $10.50-$12.50, […]

Lloyd Cameron: Surrealism and Abstracts in Acrylics and Oils, reception February 28th, 3-5pm, through April 30, Senior Arts Foundation, 632 Arizona Ave., 310.393.0701.   Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, […]