December 21 Midnight Theory @ Malibu Inn December 22 Sleigh Belles Spin with Karin Bash, Holly Adams, Fucsia @ Air Conditioned (SM) December 23 Cubensis @ 14 Below Big Manny Band @ Liquid Kitty December […]

Santa Monica might not be known as a mecca of house music, but the city did serve as ground zero for the development of one of the genre’s most prominent DJs. Marques Wyatt was bit […]

Airport Dog Park Permit Tags are required by January 1. To obtain a 2008 non-resident permit tag for use of the Airport Dog Park you must furnish the following items for your dog: copy of […]

@Heart, play about family life affected by war and the military, by J. Powers, through January 20, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays/2pm Sundays, $15-$20, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., 310.397.3244. No Shame Theatre, plays conceived in one […]

Extraordinary Deceptions: A Magical Holiday Extravaganza Through December 30 Everyone loves magic, and what could be better than a magic show in a small venue in your own neighborhood. With 1940’s-era Christmas music playing before […]

Lita Albuquerque, through January 15, Deborah Page Gallery, 1028 Montana Ave., 310.458.4400. Clytie Alexander, Diaphans, and Andy Warhol, Portrait Drawings, through January 1, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.264.0640. Francis Alys: Politics of Rehearsal, art […]

Last Chance Always But Not Forever, new play by Henry Jaglom, through December 22, 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays/2pm and 5:30pm, Sundays, $20, 310.392.7327. Art After White People: Time, Trees & Celluloid, William Pope.L, through December 23, Santa […]

Medusa & Feline Science December 22, 9 p.m., $10-12 Temple Bar, 1026 Wilshire Boulevard, 800.594.8499 A veteran of the ’90s hip-hop scene that spawned the careers of the Black Eyed Peas and Macy Gray, Medusa […]

It is difficult to write a review on Paul Thomas Anderson’s bravely mounted epic, There Will Be Blood, because it requires one’s own impression and that impression is supposed to be true and it’s supposed […]

Snow was trucked in for one day and children had a great time at Snow Hill on the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, December 15. photo by Margaret Molloy