Nothing signals the beginning of summer quite like peach juice dribbling down your chin. The first peaches and nectarines have arrived at the Santa Monica Farmers Markets and it looks like we are in store […]

There is no time like the present to take a glance back at the unprecedented events in 2000 that resulted in the Supreme Court decision to, in effect, hand the presidency over to George Bush. […]

1. Jake Sawyer, 30, Runner Up, hit an “Overhead Abdominal Pose” during the 2008 Muscle Beach International Classic at Venice’s Muscle Beach. 2. Ana Brown, 28, Figure Tall Class winner, poses during the 2008 Muscle […]

Santa Monica High School’s (SAMOHI) Barnum Hall is going to really rock this Saturday night with the sounds of Jackson Browne, Venice (the band) and a special classic rock mystery guest in a benefit concert […]

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, […]

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, a play set in Ireland, through June 8, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays/6pm Sundays, $20, Malibu Stage Company, 29243 PCH, Malibu, 310.589.1998. I Gelosi, play about Italy’s first traveling theatre troupe, presented by […]

And Then Again: Printed Series, 1500-2007, exhibit of serial print imagery, through July 13, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., WW, 310.443.7020. David Ashwell, Out of Malibu, through June 21, Patricia Correia Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.1760. […]

Last Chance Black and Bluestein, dramedy about ethnic relations by Jerry Mayer, through May 31, 3 and 8pm Saturdays, $25, The Other Space, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 800.838.3006. John Coulter, The New Mythology, […]

100% OTHER: ARTISTS AND PSYCHO-DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONS This ambitious group show continues a year-long examination of electoral issues at 18th Street Arts Center. The exhibition tracks the connections and separations between America’s changing cultural landscape and […]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull did no harm to the storied franchise but certainly didn’t elevate it either. The first film set the bar too high, perhaps, as the sequels haven’t […]