October 19 Alternate Routes, an exhibition of mapping by artists, opening reception 6-8pm, through November 21, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, 1714 21st St., 310.829.7391 x425. Children’s Family Nature Walk, 10am, $7 donation per family, […]

Aries Partnership will get you through the hard times.  Being trusting opens you up to a world of possibilities.  Grow young with age.  So much more is left to do before you can wrap things […]

Absolutely Halloween, a holiday-themed musical for the family, returns for a five-week run, through October 29, 12:30pm and 3pm Saturdays and Sundays, Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. Dave and Tom’s: […]

sevendays@smmirror.com Please send information 10 days before your event   Last Chance   The Bacchae, a modern interpretation by Charles L. Mee of the classic Greek tragedy, through October 22, Aresis Ensemble at City Garage, […]

Send submissions and other related email to adam@smmirror.com 14 Below 1348 14th St., 310.451.5040, www.14below.com October 20, 9pm–The Procession, 10:15pm–Paleo, 11:30pm–Silent Years, $6 October 21, 8pm–All Marbles, 12am–One Drop Redemption, $10 October 24, 8pm–Per Capita, […]

Home Video & Fauna Flash, October 20, 6-9pm One of the many niceties of enjoying an evening at our wonderful Getty Center Museum is that in spite of being within such close proximity, one tends […]

Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers is as good a movie as the director has ever made. Eastwood proves, in an era where youth is valued so highly, that people do get better, wiser with […]

Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center celebrated its 80th anniversary with a street festival on Sunday, Oct. 15. Julian Lee, 14 months, got to meet Shadow, a therapy dog at the hospital belonging to volunteer Diane Sopher. […]

“When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.” – H.G. Wells My bicycle habit has long been a source of contention between my parents […]

My longtime problem with conspiracy theories is that they attribute great cunning to those who have never proved capable of great cunning.  Some would have you believe that NASA staged the walk on the moon […]