July 17, 2026
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Junior Named Youth of the Year:

CeCe Cuza-Howard has been named the Boys & Girls Club of Venice’s Youth of the Year winner. Cuza-Howard is a junior at ánimo Venice Charter High School and has been a club member for eight […]

Television: Quarterlife’s Half Life:

Unfortunately, Quarterlife, the web series created by Marshall Herskovitz, which debuted on NBC to the network’s worst ratings in 17 years in that slot, is dead in the water.  It wasn’t all that popular to […]

Comedy Night at JAMS:

Janine Hayes, comic and mom, took fourth place in Nickelodeon’s recent America’s Funniest Mom Contest. For the third year, she organized an evening of stand-up comedy by a group of women (all mothers), to benefit […]

THEATER:

Carnage: A Comedy, a satire about televangelism by Adam Simon and Tim Robbins, presented by The Actors’ Gang, through March 29, 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays/3pm Sundays, $15-$25, Actors’ Gang Theatre, Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd., CC, 310.838.4264. […]

Art Review: Garlic, Lavender, Art, and Rainbows

Artists and craftspeople from around the Southwest gathered at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to display their creations at the Santa Monica Arts Festival. Their spirits were not dampened by occasional rain, strong winds, and, at […]

Music Highlights:

March 7 Eugenia León @ Getty Center Kiosk @ Skirball Center Dennis Jones @ Harvelle’s  March 8 Eugenia León @ Getty Center Battle of the Bands @ The Good Hurt March 9 Buck Howdy & […]

Artist Spotlight: “Pop Violinist” Josh Vietti:

Those who have ever strolled down Third Street Promenade on a weekend afternoon have probably heard the sound of Johann Pachelbel’s famous Canon in D set to a dance beat. That piece, which can make […]

EXHIBITS:

Gunnar Ahmer, Horses, through March 20, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0211. Charles Arnoldi: Wood, through March 30, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, 25255 PCH, Malibu, 310.506.7257. Michael Asher, through April 12, […]

Of Particular Interest:

African-Americans at the Beach March 9 The City of Santa Monica recently installed a plaque at the site of what was once known as Inkwell Beach, the part of the beach where African-Americans swam and […]