March 2, 2026
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SMC Men Absorb Tough Luck Defeat:

The Santa Monica College men lost a basketball game to Bakersfield College Saturday night, 78-74, epitomizing the tough-luck defeat.Coach Trevor Shickman re-defined some players’ roles and the Corsairs played an up-tempo, spirited contest most of […]

Fast Pitch Softball Set To Begin New-Look Season:

Santa Monica youngsters have been participating in the Bobby Sox softball program since 1980.With the 27th season scheduled to begin February 25, the girls will shift from Bobby Sox to a different organization, the ASA […]

Farmers Market Report: Small Bites, Big Delights:

Take a tour through your local farmers’ market in early February and you will see lots of newly emerged plants, coming to market as if through the blanketing snows of winter. The mild climate of […]

Stone Cold Dead Serious At Powerhouse:

The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble and the Powerhouse Theatre Company are staging the Los Angeles premiere of Adam Rapp’s Stone Cold Dead Serious, which the New York Tiimes called “one of the ten best off-Broadway […]

TINY SCREEN: The Super Bowl Commercials:

One of the biggest frauds perpetrated in American culture is how the beer companies somehow turned America’s love of the big football game into a way to sell beer better. It was truer this year […]

Michael Govan Is New Director/CEO at LACMA:

The Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced the appointment of Michael Govan as Director and Chief Executive Officer Friday. He is expected to begin his new job early […]

Mirror Interview: Taylor Branch: Witness to History:

Last August, thousands of impoverished New Orleans residents, mostly African American, suffered for days without food, water or shelter while armed Sheriff’s deputies blocked their way out of the city — where the Red Cross […]

The Wizard of Venice Is Subject of Lecture:

The Santa Monica Historical Society Museum will mark Black History Month on Sunday, February 12 with a lecture and book signing by Venice resident Sonya Reese Davis, whose new book, The Wizard of Venice, chronicles […]

31st Annual SM Gems Celebration Is Feb 18:

On Saturday, February 18, the Santa Monica Gems will host the 31st Annual “A Black Experience,” which honors outstanding African Americans in Santa Monica. Comedian Lewis Dix will emcee the event. Former mayor Nathaniel Trives […]