June 28, 2026
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Television: Bourdain Throwdown:

There are people who watch the Food Network, people who don’t watch the Food Network and people who loathe the Food Network. That last group is very likely the smallest one of the three. Most […]

This Week:

March 9 Biloxi Blues, Neil Simon’s comedy, through April 14, $16, Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester, 310.645.5156. Postcards From Jupiter, 8pm, preceded by The Night Sky Show, 7pm, $5/$9 for both, John Drescher Planetarium, […]

Words & Music:

14 Below 1348 14th St., 310.451.5040, 14below.com March 10, 11:30pm–Sun Cloud, call for cover March 13, 9pm–Ocean Tribe, call for cover March 14, 9pm–Eternal Triangle, call for cover March 15, 9:30pm – Houston, 10:30pm–LUVA BOY, […]

Live on Stage:

Audition! The Musical, through June 10, 7pm Saturdays/6pm Sundays, $25.50, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x1. Cinderella for the whole family, 6pm most Fridays through May 11, 6pm, $12.50 adults, $10.50 […]

Calendar:

Last Chance Ilana Bloch, Mitchell Friedman, Betty Green, Carol Ann Klimek, Jamie Sweetman, through March 10, reception March 4, 3-5pm, Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery at Mount St. Mary’s College, 12001 Chalon Rd., LA, 310.954.4360. Marlene Capell: […]

What’s Hot:

Richard Thompson, March 15, 7pm Richard Thompson is one of the more interesting talents of the last 40 years. He is a terrific guitarist and singer/songwriter who spent the late sixties and early seventies playing […]

Obituaries: Local Activist Dies at Home in Santa Monica:

Stephen Alpert, 61, a Westside political activist, died quietly on Friday, February 23, in his home in Santa Monica, the city he loved. A founder of Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (SMRR), friends recalled that […]

Medicare Part D Shows Path for Healthcare:

A new government study forecasts that America’s healthcare spending will almost double by 2016. Assuming prices don’t drop, healthcare will account for nearly 20 percent of the U.S. economy within the decade, and taxpayers will […]