April 24, 2026
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Nick Gabaldon Day Celebrations on the Beach

  Santa Monica Conservancy, in collaboration with the Black Surfers Collective, the Surf Bus Foundation and others, is celebrating Nick Gabaldon Day Saturday June 3 with a host of activities in store. The day will […]

Grab your Paddles and Go!

By Patty Tedesco Art Auctions are taking center stage in the news these days. With an untitled 1982 Basquiat selling for $110 million at auction this past month, both experienced and new collectors are taking […]

Making Poetry Out of Painting

By Sam Skopp   From now to early June, bG Gallery, located at Bergamot Station Arts Complex, will be exhibiting a gallery titled “World Jumble,” with works based on words arranged in into a larger […]

Designing the Perfect Patio

By Sam Skopp   Pacific Patio Furniture first opened their doors in Agoura Hills when it replaced the well-known Berk’s Patio. Since this store was successful from the get-go, the owners decided to open a […]

Soundwaves Concert: Southland’s Oliveros

The Santa Monica Public Library (SMPL) Soundwaves concert series presents the Southland Ensemble performing the work of Pauline Oliveros on Wednesday June 7, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. […]

SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow). Thane Roberts AIA, Architect, Robert H. Taylor AIA, Mario Fonda-Bonardi AIA, Daniel Jansenson Architect, Samuel Tolkin AIA, Phil Brock, Santa Monica Arts Commission.

SMa.r.t.-Housing Über Alles

The current Downtown Community Plan under consideration by the Planning Commission is a good start but could get better. It is single mindedly pro housing expecting to add about 2500 units (approximately 4000 new residents) […]

Memorial Day Weekend Symphony

By Tabitha Hogue   It must have been a dream come true for the young, little known composer Igor Stravinsky when the famous Russian ballet master, Sergei Diaghelev, commissioned him to compose a ballet for […]