Purim Carnival, Santa Monica Synagogue, March 8 PXL This 18 Film Festival, March 9 Keith Jarrett/ Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette at UCLA Live! March 11

February 13 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. Jon Hassell and Maarifa Street Band, in concert, 8pm, $15-$42, Royce Hall, […]

The Group 2009, group art show, through February 15, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.829.6990. The Laramie Project, play about the murder of Matthew Shepard and its impact, by Moises Kaufman and members of the […]

Kulov Tea Festival, February 14, 2-8pm, $10-$15, Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice, 310.699.7271. Celebrate Valentine’s Day the British way with a tea party featuring English teas and flavours (as they spell it!). Featured are […]

ARIES You catch a few lucky breaks and for that you are endlessly grateful. You know you can’t give up the things that sustain you, even if, for a time, it seems like you can. […]

National and international events may sizzle, but face it, the real quality of life issues are right here in our local community. Take the trees. A few years ago the Einstein arborists in city hall […]

Dear Editor, The anger towards implementing bike lanes is misdirected and unfounded. Why must it be car vs. bike? Like it or not, City Council has been “urbanizing” Santa Monica for years with no plans […]

The sponsors of last fall’s Proposition 8, which rolled back the recently-won right of homosexuals to marry, are now complaining because some of their targets no longer want to do business with proposition backers. That’s […]

Much as we don’t always want to own up to it, America has a tendency to create and then offer templates that later lead to tragedy and heartbreak. The somewhat lighter, but not any less […]