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sevendays@smmirror.com, PLEASE DO NOT SEND attachments!! TEXT only. Last Chance Black and White Photos of Santa Monica, Venice, Gloamings exhibit, through September 16, Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Dr. at Santa Monica Airport, 310.397.3244 or […]

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Summer Strummer Music Festival, September 17, noon With exciting acts such as The Donnas, John Doe, The Vacation, Matthew Sweet and Agent Orange on tap, the Upcoming Summer Strummer Music Festival is certain to be […]

At The Movies: All Dressed Up, Nowhere to Go:

Hollywoodland “***” Ben Affleck has been kicking around Hollywood for years, even decades. His early career carried with it the kind of promise careers are made on. But when Ben met Jen everything changed. Suddenly […]

Annual Event Honors Sister Craig:

Sister Maureen Craig is the recipient of this year’s Ellen Cooperman Angel Award from the John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary (JWCIA) at the organization’s annual membership luncheon. Sister Craig is chaplain of Sisters of Charity […]

Facts on Childhood Cancer:

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. Here are some facts from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. For more information, go to www.alexslemonade.org. Fact #1: Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related deaths in children under the […]

Back to School Breakfast Basics:

Well it’s that time of year again, the time for students of all ages to break away from the fun of summer and return to school. As we leave the dog days of summer behind, […]

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Angelides Barking up the Wrong Bush:

Virtually all the television commercials aired in the last several weeks by and for Phil Angelides, the underdog Democratic candidate for governor, seek to link sitting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with the increasingly unpopular President Bush. […]

Politics, Political Theater and My So-Called Reality:

If you’re flying on a commercial airliner and the cockpit door swings open and you see clearly that Curly from The Three Stooges is flying the plane, your issue with that situation is not “political.” […]

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Last night, September 7, I went to a meeting of the Friends of Sunset Park (FOSP) to support a plan for group housing for seven members of Step Up on Second, the Santa Monica nonprofit […]