July 24, 2026
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St. Joseph Opens New Facility:

1. Chef Derek Walker, program manager at Bread and Roses Café and head instructor at St. Joseph Culinary Training Program, shows students how to skin and fillet a salmon. The program has a fully equipped […]

ADDENDUM:

In last week’s Mirror, the review of Spring Awakening did not mention that the play is running at the Powerhouse Theatre, 3116 2nd Street, 310.396.3680. Sorry!

Theater Review: Pericles Redux: From Here to Edinburgh:

Pericles is one of Shakespeare’s more obscure plays, not frequently performed, not even taught as much as his more popular plays. Written late in the Bard’s career, this romance (a mix of comic, tragic, and […]

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS/ ONGOING EVENTS:

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, […]

Music Highlights:

July 18 Afro Funk Festival @ Temple Bar Psych Circus, The Modeens, The Shivas, Ramen Empire and Liquid Owsley @ 14 Below The Medic Droid, The White Tie Affair @ The Getty Museum The Zombies […]

Theater:

And Awaaaay We Go To Wonderland! a musical based on fairy tales, through September 28, Saturdays-Sundays 12:30 and 3pm, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. As You Like It, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy […]

Exhibits:

And Then Again: Printed Series, 1500-2007, exhibit of serial print Brian Asher, art exhibit, through August 2, Sunset Grill, 1701 Ocean Park Blvd., 310.450.7546. Bernd and Hilla Becher: Basic Forms, through September 14, Getty Center, […]

This Week:

Last Chance I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, a Theatre Palisades production of a long-running off-Broadway show, through July 20, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $18-$22, Theatre Palisades’ Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Dr., PP, […]

What’s Hot:

GLOW July 19, Santa Monica Pier and Palisades Park, 7pm-7am, free, glowsantamonica.org. Based on the French Nuit Blanche art nights, GLOW is an evening of art installations, media, and art events that runs into the […]

At the Movies: Meet Dave, on Second Thought, Don’t:

There really is something truly spectacular about a bad movie. Surely the makers of Meet Dave didn’t start out intending to make a bad movie. They probably thought they couldn’t lose: Eddie Murphy doing broad […]