Ice Cream Social with the Oceanaires, September 8. Taste of Santa Monica, September 16. The Smothers Brothers, Pepperdine’s Smothers Theatre, September 15. Heal the Bay Coastal Cleanup Day, September 15. Abbot Kinney Festival, September 30.

August 31-September 3 If you can’t attend the tribal rituals of Newport and Monterey, this local annual jazz smorgasbord is available – with something for everyone. A music lover can enjoy traditional jazz and swing […]

Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward, 8pm Fridays/4pm and 8pm Saturdays/7:30pm Sundays, through September 29, $20-$25, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, 310.455.3723. Dracula, adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic, through September […]

All Aboard: The U.S.S. Friendship, a musical mystery by Evelyn Rudie, Friday 8pm/Saturday 2pm, through September 1, $17.50-$20, The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. Architecture of the Veil, an […]

Brushstrokes in Light, photographs by Ram Bilgrai, through September 29, La Foto Gallery, 806 Pico Blvd., 310.664.1563. Cut, and The Slave Ship, two exhibitions of paintings by David Settino Scott, through September 12, Frank Pictures […]

Grassroots Acoustica featuring Kevin Fisher, Mark Luna and others Saturday, September 1, 8pm, free Synergy Café & Lounge, 4437 Sepulveda Blvd., CC, 310-482-3490 Mark Islam’s Grassroots Acoustica nights at Synergy Café & Lounge have only […]

With four stages and over 30 bands, most of which might ring wholly unfamiliar to the average concertgoer, the second annual Summer Strummer Festival at Bergamot Station might seem a bit overwhelming at first. With […]

The Broad Humor Film Festival started last year, according to its founder, Susan di Rende, because “I wanted to find the answer to the question: Are women funny? Do they make funny films?” The answer […]

Although a full schedule of high school football games won’t begin until September 7, three Westside teams will start their seasons this weekend. Venice will play at San Fernando Thursday, August 30, in a game […]

Last football season Brentwood relied on its passing game at the outset, ultimately developed a running game, and qualified for the CIF playoffs. This season the blueprint is the same, except that the passing game […]