Actress Alfre Woodard (r) and Liberty Hill Foundation CEO Kafi Blumenfield address the crowd in support of Santa Monica’s largest public foundation.

Oprah pulled out the stops last week to help rehabilitate Tom Cruise’s nearly dead career. After one public relations disaster after the next, Cruise is finally poised to emerge as a phoenix rising from the […]

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, […]

May 9 Everest @ McCabe’s May 10 Hirth Martinez @ McCabe’s Manganista, International Farmers @ Rusty’s May 11 Gurupada Chitrakar and Nadita Palchoudhuri: The Sounds of Bengali Scrolls @ Fowler Museum at UCLA Santa Monica […]

In a profusion of colors, textures, fabrics, and innovative styles, students in the Santa Monica College Fashion Program unveiled a dazzling collection of outstanding designs in its annual “LA Mode 2008” fashion show. The presentation, […]

Alan Adler, a Topanga screenwriter and novelist, has written a compelling noir novel with petty gangsters and a menacing mountain lion. Adler’s novel, Night and the Cat is about redemption, says the author, the founding […]

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. Dietrich and Chevalier, romantic play by Jerry […]

Elena Allen and Joe Romano, paintings, through May 24, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.5757. Sam Amato, A Selection of Recent Paintings, through May 17, FIG, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345. And Then Again: Printed Series, 1500-2007, exhibit […]

Ralph Nader Campaign Rally May 10 This event is bound to stir up some sparks. Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez will discuss issues important to many voters: ending U.S. involvement in Iraq, single-payer healthcare, […]

Last Chance Don Bachardy, Portraits and Abstractions, Marvin Silver, LA Artists in the 60s, photographs, through May 10, Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.6410. Amadea Bailey, Gary Komarin, Steven Seinberg, and Sabine Tress, through May […]