By Nick Boyd “Manchester by the Sea,” a film starring Casey Affleck as Lee and Lucas Hedges as his teenage nephew Patrick, is a heartbreaking exploration of grief. Early on, Lee learns that his brother […]

Concurrent with the Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the Santa Monica Art Studios, located at 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, is holding a casual open studios called More Art Here, Friday, Jan. 27 – Sunday, Jan. 29. More than 24 artists will open their studios while they work to allow […]

By Beverly Cohen   Anytime you see Cohen Media Group in the opening credits, you can be quite sure that you are about to see a quality foreign film. Among some of the films in […]

By Sam Skopp On Jan. 4, the Camera Obscura Art Lab began hosting Grace Hwang as its newest resident artist, and will continue to through April 15. Hwang’s past work has been focused on movement, […]

By Sam Skopp   Born and raised in Cuba, Kati Hernandez explained that she grew up learning salsa dancing simply because it was something that they did in her neighborhood. Now a resident of Los […]

By Sam Skopp Participants in the Fun-A-Day LA program have committed to creating art every day for the month of January, culminating in an art show on Feb. 11 at which their final works will […]

­The Santa Monica Symphony (SMS) is proclaiming its excitement about its upcoming concert commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to be held at SGI Auditorium tomorrow, Jan. 14. This year’s program includes three works: Adolphus […]

Santa Monica added 2.78 acres of green space to its Parks’ portfolio Tuesday evening at a regular City Council meeting. The newly-constructed and almost-opened 2.5-acre Ishihara Park on Exposition Boulevard between Stewart Street and Dorchester […]