December 19 A & M 4th Annual Christmas Party @ Good Hurt Second Wind Bluegrass, The Idle Kings @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch December 20 Also, Blackleaf @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch The Witcher Brothers @ Boulevard […]

Made Me Nuclear, a one-man musical about surviving cancer, written by and starring Charlie Lustman, through January 31, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, $50 opening night, $25 thereafter, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 866.468.3399. Musical Mystery Dinner-Shows, […]

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. Shirley […]

The Puppetry Center is the perfect inexpensive, multi-age and non-denominational destination for the holidays, with a sing along and free treats after every show! Holiday Show Times: December 20 – January 4, daily at 2:00 […]

December 16-24 Las Posadas, Mexican Christmas traditional procession and celebration, with pinata contest for kids, refreshments, and music, 5:30-8:30pm, free, Olvera St., LA, 213.625.5045. December 19 Christmas Concert, with Trinity Choir, 7:30pm, free, Trinity Baptist […]

Last Chance The Bourgeois Gentilhomme, by Moliere, translated and adapted by Frederique Michel and Charles Duncombe, through December 21, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 5:30pm Sundays, $10-$20, Sundays are pay-what-you-can, City Garage, 13401/2 4th St., citygarage.org. Patricia Childlaw, […]

49th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration, December 24 Although this annual holiday entertainment marathon takes place in downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica is well represented this year, with local performers Namaste Women’s Choir (pictured), Los […]

Clint Eastwood made one good movie this year with Changeling, though it will go down as the less remembered of the two, probably because he doesn’t star in it. Gran Torino, his second film this […]

Santa Claus arrives at the Douglas Park in a red convertible during the annual Santa Monica Firefighters and Police “Candy Cane Drive” on Saturday, December 13. Santa visited children at Douglas Park, Reed Park, Third […]

Bob Martin played hooky once, and he’s not ashamed to admit it. Instead of going to school, he and a few friends took the subway to Manhattan for the day, ending up at the Paramount […]