Be sustainable this season and do your holiday shopping at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Markets. While doing your weekly produce shopping, you can find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list. There are all […]

The Daily Show is off the air just when we need it most. The Writers Strike shows no sign of ending any time soon, which is putting quite a kink in things, especially American politics. […]

Last Friday, on a cool evening in the heart of Venice, friends, art lovers, and passersby shared wine and snacks to celebrate the opening of the James Caprell Gallery. The space, a recently renovated bungalow […]

Adopt An Animal (lazoo.org/support/ adopt/) and “Name An Animal” (lazoo.org/support/nameananimal/index.html) can be given as holiday gifts, 323.644.6035. Airport Dog Park Permit Tags are required by January 1. To obtain a 2008 non-resident permit tag for […]

Always But Not Forever, new play by Henry Jaglom, through December 22, 7:30 Fridays-Saturdays/2pm and 5:30pm, Sundays, $20, 310.392.7327. @Heart, play about family life affected by war and the military, by J. Powers, through January […]

December 14 A Christmas Carol, an improvised version by the Transformers, 8pm, $10, Empty Stage Comedy Theater, 2372 Veteran Ave., LA, 310.470.3560. Also December 15. Trey Nichols’ A Lesson in Proper Bow-Fluffing Technique, humorous one-man […]

Hip-hop artist Pigeon John performs with a sense of energy that is hard to miss. He works the stage in a spry fashion that could compel even those seated at the bar to move up […]

December 14 Big Bill Morganfield @ Harvelle’s December 15 The Get Down Saturday Night @ Air Conditioned SM Pastilla, Leo Machado @ Westchester Bar & Grill Venice @ Malibu Performing Arts Center December 18 $2 […]

A Day Without A Bag December 20 At the request of Heal the Bay, the City of Santa Monica has officially proclaimed December 20 as “A Day Without A Bag.” Holiday shoppers are encouraged to […]

Exhibits 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, […]