Jeff Merkley won the U.S. Senate race in Oregon against Republican Senator Gordon Smith, a 12-year incumbent. It was the sixth Senate seat won by Democrats in the November 4 elections. Merkley, the former Oregon […]

Sylvia Gibson Phelps, 58, died Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the Phelps family’s summer home in Paradise Valley, Montana. After a 19-month struggle with brain cancer, she passed away while surrounded by her family. Together […]

One could make the claim that Obama’s historic election was a perfect storm of activism, proactive campaigning, technical knowledge, and a public’s desire for dramatic change. Part of this storm, no doubt, was the support […]

The Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross will be hosting one of the Los Angeles County Public Health free flu shot clinics again this year. Flu shots will be given out from 9 […]

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, […]

November 14 The Bobs @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Red Elvises @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch November 15 Steve Ferguson, Robby Longley @ Boulevard Music Westside Voices @ Westchester United Methodist Church Zack Wiesinger Quartet @ Rusty’s […]

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. Desperate Writers, play about […]

The abstract, in art, almost defies criticism. It’s admittedly not for those who insist on form as content. Abstract art creates and/or captures a mood, is open to interpretation, can be decorative or can contain […]

In a profusion of color and sounds that dazzled the senses, Spring Awakening came alive at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre.  Masterfully directed by Michael Mayer, this Tony award-winning rock musical, with book and lyrics […]

Becoming American: Teenagers and Immigration, through January 25, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., LA, 310.440. 4500. Stephen Berkman, Chamber Pieces, through November 23, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, LA, […]