Last Chance Expressions, paintings by artists Yvette Martini and SooSan Suryawan and porcelain sculptures by Tali Ilan, through December 30, Schomburg Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.5757. Gajin Fujita: Twilight Blush, exhibit of art, through December 30, […]

Cubensis, December 31, doors open 8pm This New Year’s Eve, come and get beautiful with amigos both old and new while twirling to one of the top Grateful Dead tribute bands around. For nearly two […]

Aries You need to look before you leap as the new year blooms. Your usual full steam ahead behavior might get you in hot water. Being headstrong makes you attractive to others but can also […]

The Departed. Martin Scorsese has made some great films. He’s also made just okay films and maybe one or two bad ones. Now that he’s lost the Best Picture Oscar two times at bat, he […]

Kwanzaa, the newest of all the December holidays, was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga as a way of uniting the African-American community after the Watts riots. Kwanzaa is based on different African harvest […]

The residential real estate market in Santa Monica is stable in terms of prices, but the volume of homes bought and sold is down – that seems to be the judgment of real estate professionals […]

Emilio Cardenas, 3, from Mexico, enjoyed the decorated fire truck, candy canes and firefighters hats that the Santa Monica Fire Department provided with their “Share of the Holidays” toy drive (a SMFD Local 1109 union-funded […]

Another political year has ended, so maybe Californians can get a welcome respite from the constant barrage of complaints by conservative politicians about this state’s business climate. Of course, after those same politicians have been […]