July 31, 2026
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Exhibits:

Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration, through January 25, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 310.440. 4500. Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 […]

Mark Your Calendar:

Santa Monica Homeless Count, January 27. “Mystic” at Electric Lodge, January 29-February 1 Joan Baez at UCLA Live! February 19

THIS WEEK:

January 16 Beau Jest, comedy about a nice Jewish girl’s dating life, by James Sherman, through February 14, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $15-$18, Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., 310.828.7519. Hallie Ephron signs her book Never […]

Last Chance:

Ice At Santa Monica, real ice skating rink, through January 19,10am-10pm, $10 for skate rental, 5th St at Arizona Ave., 310.393.8355. Wall Works, large-scale installation by Martin Kersels, through January 17, Santa Monica Museum of […]

what’s hot:

24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration January 19, 9am, free, SGI-USA Auditorium, 525 Wilshire Blvd., 310.434.4303. The 24th annual celebration of Dr. King’s birthday takes on an additional poignancy this year as […]

Media: Why the Globes Failed on Most Levels:

The Golden Globes telecast received its lowest ratings since 1996. Whether this number reflects TIVO’d Globes or not, it isn’t good for the Hollywood Foreign Press, especially since their live show was canceled last year […]

Dennis Hopper Talks at Cinematheque:

Not every actor can sell out a theatre for a screening of a film in which he doesn’t even have the lead role. But the audience who came to the screening of Elegy at the […]

Beach Gourmet: Shanghai’d in Fisherman’s Village:

Late on a Saturday afternoon in Fisherman’s Village, Marina del Rey, there is to be found a cornucopia of casual relaxation. Ice cream parlors ply their tasty wares, and a fairly decent jazz band creates […]

Art Review: The Creative Lens Is Celebrated at Photo LA:

The 18th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition is an appropriately long name for a very big exhibit, big enough to fill Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport for three days. Photographs of […]