June 23, 2026
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sevendays@smmirror.com Please send information 10 days before your event Last Chance Ray Brown Drawings, FIG, Bergamot Station, through October 7, 310.829.0345. Convergence, group show in various media, through October 8, ArtHouse Gallery TVA, 416 Broadway, […]

What’s Hot:

Country Joe McDonald, October 6, 8pm As helmsman of the psychedelic folk-rock outfit Country Joe and the Fish (the leading left wing band of the ’60s), Country Joe McDonald was dedicated to sharing his political […]

At The Movies: Beyond Good and Evil: The Departed ****

Martin Scorsese’s latest film, The Departed, sets a pace for itself at the beginning and never derails. It hums along like an expert jazz number, hitting all the right notes along the way. Helping Scorsese […]

A Walk With Ocean Park’s Artists:

Santa Monica is blessed with numerous art galleries and even a few museums. Most people know about the galleries at Bergamot Station but are probably unaware that a new “gallery row” is developing on a […]

Bears Bring Smiles to All:

Twelve Lincoln Middle School kids went to the Build-A-Bear Workshop in Westside Pavilion with the sole purpose of making bears for Adams House residents, a shelter for battered women and their children run by OPCC. […]

New Theater at SMC:

(Top) The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new $17 million Theatre Arts Building at Santa Monica College included Perviz Sawoski, SMC theatre arts department chair; Brian Arthur, Turner Construction; Brian Kite, LEO A DALY architecture firm, […]

Can the Tuna:

Question: Several weeks ago my husband started feeding our cat fancy white albacore tuna directly out of the can while he eats his lunch. It appears that both have become addicted to tuna! Unfortunately, I […]

Civic Center Village Design:

The second in a series of workshops held to receive community input for the design of the mixed-use Village at the Civic Center was held at the Ken Edwards Center on Wednesday, September 27. Three […]

Our Apologies:

In last week’s APB, there was an item about a pedestrian hit by a car.  We at the Mirror in no way meant to make light of the situation, by asking the question, “Why would […]

Party on the Pier for Kids:

(Top) Lyndsay Lucas, 13, from Van Nuys, enjoyed face painting at the annual Party on the Pier event for Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA on Saturday, September 30. (Bottom) Morgan Arnett, 4, of Marina del […]