The Leslie Sacks Gallery was host to Bruce Cohen for an opening reception titled, “Studies,” Saturday, June 9. The artworks featured in the exhibition included still life vistas, home interiors, and other familiar scenes. Inside […]

Rated PG-13, 110 Minutes, Released June 8 Can a movie draw you in with almost no violence, no explosions and no sex scenes? “Ocean’s 8” will do just that – and you will also have fun with […]

Moguls & Movies of Old Santa Monica It’s time for the first lecture in Santa Monica Conservancy’s Summer Speaker Series at the historic Rapp Saloon.    Photo: Hollywoodphotographs.com Illustrated with archival photos, noted film historian Marc Wanamaker will […]

Santa Monica Public Library is welcoming back local theater company, Santa Monica Rep, for a reading of the Tony Award-winning play God of Carnage Saturday, June 23, at 2 p.m. in the Main Library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 […]

Local residents, organizations and out-of-towners celebrated Pride, Venice-style, during the third annual Venice Pride weekend June 2 and 3. The event included dance, music, a beach cleanup and rainbows as far as the eye could […]

 I was excited about seeing the L.A. Premiere of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of “The Color Purple”. Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and the 1985 Warner Brothers film, this is the play […]

  A favorite at Sundance 2018, “American Animals” is a fascinating mix of documentary and classic heist story. Interviews with the real four protagonists of the 2004 event are interspersed with performances featuring actors playing […]

The Beach House summer season begins Saturday, June 9, 2018 and continues through Labor Day, Monday, September 3, 2018, Santa Monica City announced this morning. “All are invited to enjoy daily recreational swimming in the historic pool (reservations […]

    “The Gospel According to André” is a magnificent study of one of the most fascinating figures of fashion over the past 40 years, André Leon Talley. This bio film, directed by Kate Novack, […]

Dete Meserve, award-winning author, filmmaker and television producer will discuss her new book, Random Acts of Kindness at The Braid, home of Jewish Women’s Theatre’s (JWT) in Santa Monica, on Sunday, June 24 from 10am to noon. The “Dialogue on Stage” event […]