August 17 Madagascar screens, 2pm, free, MLK Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.458.8751. Waiting List, Cuban comedy screens as part of Cuban Film Series for the Cuban 5 Defense Fund, […]

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.  Bob and Ed’s Discount Enlightenment Warehouse, an irreverent comedy […]

Last Chance Rogue Wave ’07, 12 Artists from LA, through August 18, LA Louvre Gallery, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.4955. Sensuality in the Abstract, Lynda Benglis, Richard DeVore, Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, Ken Price, […]

Fabulous Fiber Fest 2007, August 17-18 from 10am-6pm and August 19 from 10am-4pm Knitters and weavers and quilters, oh my! Workshops of all kinds – including rug hooking, lace knitting and “Spinning Sock Yarn with […]

Venice and Toronto are still major launching pads for Oscar hopefuls. Only one film released so far this year has a chance to go all the way, and it was launched, like Little Miss Sunshine […]

Angharad Jones is opening the Urban Craft Center in Santa Monica. Her different sides are revealed by the tones of a serious businesswoman, thoughtful and passionate about her new venture, coupled with an easy warmth […]

The J. Paul Getty Museum has agreed to return over 40 objects from its antiquities collection, housed at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, to Italy. The Italian government has contended that many art objects […]

On a recent hot Saturday afternoon, a group of parents and children beat the heat at a matinee of the Virginia Avenue Project’s play Force of Habit at the 24th Street Theatre near USC. It […]

Groundbreaking for Santa Monica College’s Madison Project, now known as Madison Music & Performing Arts Campus, took place on January 19, 2005. After two years of construction, the Music Department is finally moving in, just […]

Skye Englund, Special to the Mirror Cloris Leachman, a supremely gifted and versatile actress, was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Mother of five, grandmother of six and now a great-grandmother, she continues working while writing […]