The John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary held its 23rd Annual Odyssey Ball last weekend. With New York as its decorative theme depicting familiar landmarks from Broadway to Central Park, over 500 people, bedecked and bejeweled, […]

Global Broadcast for Kids is a brilliant start-up that aims to educate kids on the environment, new technology, books, films, and science with videos that “explore human history and the history of our ever-changing planet.” […]

Film festivals, once purely dedicated to exposing new talent and pushing the boundaries of cinema, have in recent years become shills to the domestic and international marketplace.  Larger venues, such as the LA Film Festival, […]

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month, and Project Nightlight is offering volunteer opportunities for adults, teens, and children to work in programs based on film, fashion, music, and sports. Volunteers are only required to have […]

Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire, comedy about raising parents, by J.M. Barrie, through April 20, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays/3pm Sundays, $20-$25, Pacific Resident Theatre, 705 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.8392. Black and Bluestein, dramedy about ethnic relations by Jerry Mayer, through May […]

Artists Revealed, black and white photographs by Kathleen Buckalew, through April 19, SMC Photography Gallery, Drescher Hall, SMC, 1900 Pico Blvd., 310.434.4289. Don Bachardy, Portraits and Abstractions, Marvin Silver, LA Artists in the 60s, photographs, […]

An elementary school cast performed The Hundred Dresses to a capacity crowd of kindergarten and third grade students at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre on Wednesday, April 2. The Morgan-Wixson partners with SMMUSD Visual and Performing Arts […]

April 11 Chris Hillman, Herb Pederson @ McCabe’s Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin @ UCLA Live, Royce Hall Iris DeMent @ Getty Center April 12 Supersuckers @ Malibu Inn Seattle Symphony @ UCLA Live, Royce […]

“We’re really organic in a lot of ways, without necessarily trying to be,” says bassist Arturo Guzman of Very Be Careful. Guzman and his bandmates – brother Ricardo Guzman (vocals, accordion), Craig Martin (guacharaca), Dante […]

April 12 Environmentally-conscious Santa Monica celebrates Earth Day 10 days earlier than the official date. This event will feature many booths with exhibits about energy conservation and green products (water-less car wash, environmentally responsible investing, […]