Questions of the appropriate uses for property at the West Los Angeles VA facility continue unresolved as the new year dawns. On December 28, a group of veterans staged their 41st consecutive Sunday rally to […]

Billingsley’s Restaurant in West Los Angeles has been serving grand old dinners since 1946 and has established a reputation for excellent quality, traditional service, and time-honored ambience. This past weekend a friend and I paid […]

If you haven’t gotten into the podcast thing, it’s about time you did.  You don’t really need an iPod or MP3 player to get into the podcast thing, just a computer.  If it sounds like […]

Santa Monica and Venice nonprofit organizations have been recognized for outstanding work in 2008 by various agencies in the past month. The OPCC Daybreak Program won the California Department of Mental Health’s (DMH) 2008 Projects […]

Charlie Lustman was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2006 and now he’s singing about it. Though debilitating illness may not seem a likely subject for a one-man musical, Lustman has lots to […]

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, […]

January 2 Juju Bones, Disarm The Speaker @ Good Hurt Wumbloozo, 1 Away @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch January 3 eEnik, Luke Andrews, Cityzen, Oedipus, Orange Skyblue @ Good Hurt January 4 Chris Mouch Band @ […]

Aah! Scrooge Must Die! a raunchy, NC-17-rated version of the Scrooge story, through January 10, 8pm Thursdays, 8 and 10:30pm Fridays-Saturdays, $20-$25, The Actors Gang, Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., CC, 310.838.4264. Made Me Nuclear, […]

Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration, through January 25, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 310.440. 4500. Ralph Bacerra, A Survey of Late Work, through January 10, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.3866.  Stephen […]

Last Chance Shirley Cannon, The Black Field Paintings, through January 7, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0221. Enrique Martinez Celaya, Daybreak, through January 3, L. A. Louver, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.4955. Nasreen Haroon, […]