April 16, 2026
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SM.a.r.t Column: SPRING IN SANTA MONICA?

Our city is currently coming through a cycle of decline, hoping to enter a more ascendant phase. But it is encountering two major headwinds that, in spite of everyone’s best efforts, do not augur well […]

Noteworthy 4/8-15/26: FROM PIANO TO POETS

By CHARLES ANDREWS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: “BLUE KISS,” Ruskin Group Theatre – How can I highly recommend something I haven’t seen yet? See Library Girl. See Jazz Bakery. Track record and integrity. More next week, but […]

Noteworthy 4/1-8/26:STEPHEN MILLER, DON’T GO HOME

By CHARLES ANDREWS NO KINGS!! Organizers estimated about 8,000,000 people took to the streets Saturday for this one. The previous one was pegged at 7M. Those seem like big numbers, but considering the U.S. population […]

Curious City 3/27/26:THE BRUTISH ARE COMING!

By CHARLES ANDREWS OK, KIND OF A CLEVER HEADLINE, BUT INACCURATE They’re here for more than a year, and “brutish” is far too mild a descriptive adjective. (Anyone remember parts of speech?) I think many […]

Noteworthy 3/25-4/1/26: MILLIONS WILL MARCH

By CHARLES ANDREWS GOT LUNCH PLANS FOR SATURDAY? Do they include saving our democracy, maybe the entire planet? (Never forget, he’s got the nuclear codes.) Standing up for immigrants, in this nation built on immigration? […]

Noteworthy 3/18-25/26: SHAME, SANTA MONICA!

By CHARLES ANDREWS VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER A week from Saturday, March 28, is the second NO KINGS PROTEST, and it almost feels larely like this might be our last shot, to show overwhelmingly, millions and […]