James Cooper has turned pro. Cooper, the quarterback on Santa Monica High’s 2001 CIF championship football team and a three-year baseball starter at Loyola Marymount, signed with the New York Yankees, who recently selected him […]

Monday, July 18, kicks off the new season of night-hikes in the local Santa Monica Mountains. With daylight saving time in full bloom, the hikes are really more aptly described as “early evening,” as only […]

It was a long day of waiting, but UCLA’s Dijon Thompson and Alex Acker of Pepperdine learned they will each have an opportunity to play in the NBA. Both players were chosen late in the […]

As part of its off-season preparation, Santa Monica High is playing in various summer basketball leagues. Last week, the Vikings advanced to the championship game of the War on the Floor tournament at Taft High […]

Most of us played kickball as kids. Now the sport is growing among adults, and a new Westside league is being launched. Kickball is so big in the East that a national tournament is held. […]

Anastasia’s Asylum – 1028 Wilshire, Santa Monica. (310)394-7113 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center – FREE Workshops & Readings. (See Spoken Word/Performances section). Ongoing: Monday Night Fiction, 8pm, with Jason Mahanes. Tuesday Night Creative Non-Fiction, 8pm, […]

Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party, as part of the special family theater summer series, Santa Monica Playhouse, through July 10, 1211 4th Street, (310) 394-9779. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, the […]

Celluloid Hagiography: Looking at Rembrandt on Film This three-part film series, curated by Thomas Y. Levin, associate professor of German at Princeton University, media theorist and curator, and 2004-2005 Getty Scholar. The series complements the […]

* Recommended Submissions to the calendar should be directed to mirrorcalendar@yahoo.com; music and poetry events should be sent to groovesmirror@yahoo.com PLEASE DO NOT SEND attachments. The Asian Poster, through July 23, The recent Asian graphic […]

A.R.T.S. Anonymous, a support group for creative people, meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Wild Oats Community Room, 500 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 836-1495. Ballroom Dancing every Saturday in the auditorium of the Felicia Mahood Senior […]