Wayne Wang arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area from Hong Kong, where he was born and raised, in the late 60s when the racial description of “Oriental” was replaced with a new term – […]

The fourth night of performances at this summer’s Twilight Dance Series featured a quintet of bands at the Santa Monica Pier headlined by The Slackers and Starpool, but opened with a competition of local bands […]

Cool cats bring your pork pie hats to jump and skip along with five modern Ska bands performing at the Santa Monica Pier during week four of the Twilight Dance Series on July 28. The […]

There are two crowds who attend the Twilight Dance Series, the weekly free concerts on Thursday nights in the summer. With the stage set up just east of the iconic carousel, there are those that […]

The Ocean Park Branch Library’s Summer Reading Program used Santa Monica’s own “Mr. Jesse” Nathaniel and his seasonal puppet show to inform the kids of the community of the importance of continuing to read. Branch […]

Australian musicians took to the stage at the third concert of the Twilight Dance Series on July 21 at Santa Monica Pier. Andy Clockwise played an outstanding set to warm up the crowd. Kim Churchill, […]

Thursday marked the second annual Montana Avenue Artwalk in Santa Monica. Art from 45 artists and 15 musicians from the Santa Monica area were on display from seventh to 17th Street on Montana Avenue. Jean […]

Brendan Constantine, emcee at the first annual George Drury Smith Awards banquet, looked out at the audience of poets and remarked “Poets like to receive awards in a setting that resembles their own apartment. When […]

“Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” is a visually stunning, epic film directed by Wayne Wang (“The Joy Luck Club.”) The movie is set in both the 19th and 21st centuries and centers on the […]