July 9, 2026
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Hordes Take to the Streets:

The 2nd Annual Saint John’s Santa Monica 5000 was held on Sunday, October 21.  The winners are as follows:  5K Race – Men 1st Place: Haron Lagat, 14:05 2nd Place: Richard Kimeli, 14:14 3rd Place: […]

Health & Fitness:

October 29 Santa Monica Boot Camps are now registering for sessions starting October 29 through November 23. Locations are at Palisades Adderly School and Clover Park. Chose any 3 days a week at any session […]

SENIOR LISTINGS:

Adapted Gentle Restoratives for Seniors, Yoga classes for seniors with Bea Ammidown, 310.358.3338. Balance Classes for Senior Citizens every Thursday between 8am and 7pm, Clinicare, 2317 Broadway, Medicare approved, 310.829.2225. Bereavement support group, facilitated by […]

Television: Stephen Colbert for President!

Fake conservative talk show host Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report has fake announced that he plans to run for president this year, tossing his hat in the ring with other conservatives Mitt Romney, John […]

Of Particular Interest:

Tippi Hedren at SMC October 30 If one of your favorite scary movies is The Birds, you’ll enjoy hearing from its star, Tippi Hedren, who will speak about how the effects were done for that […]

Kerouac’s Words Renewed at Beyond Baroque:

Venice’s Beyond Baroque became school, refuge, and gathering place for a loose array of tribes last weekend with a packed marathon 13-hour open reading of On The Road, the famed 1950s beat ur-text by Jack […]

This Week’s Music Highlights::

October 26 Emi Kasai Band, the Atma, Four Minutes til Midnight, Pussy Galore (burlesque show) @ Good Hurt Z-Tribe @ Harvelle’s October 27 John Doe @ McCabe’s Welcome to Venice @ 14 Below DJ Higher […]

Artist Spotlight: Something For Rockets

It can be the most trying thing a band will ever do – record a sophomore album. Not so for LA-based Something For Rockets, who will release One Track Mind as a digital-only album through […]

This Week:

October 26 Robert Carroll and Kim Stafford, poetry, $5-$7, 7:30pm, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.3006. Mars Exploration, 8pm, preceded by The Night Sky Show, 7pm, $4-$5, John Drescher Planetarium, Drescher Hall, SMC, 1900 […]