Patty Polinger wasn’t crazy about sharing the news that it is tough times for the video store she’s owned and operated with her friend Cathy Tauber in Santa Monica since 1985. After a lean couple […]

You don’t need to travel far to find plenty of Irish spirit on St. Patrick’s Day. In Santa Monica these Irish pubs and restaurants are gearing up for the big celebration on Thursday. Here’s a […]

Remember those songs we all sang as children, like “Three Blind Mice” and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider?” These and other children’s songs have been revamped with a funk groove on the new CD “Groove Kid […]

Borders just filed for bankruptcy. Authors have taken to self-publishing their great American novels online. People read the classics on their Kindles. So in this sad literary climate why would anyone want to open an […]

The filmmakers behind the documentary project “All My Friends” take their love of the band LCD Soundsystem pretty seriously – and they’ve got the tattoos to prove it.  Taking fandom seriously, a few of the […]

The controversial Bertold Brecht-Kurt Weill musical “The Threepenny Opera” is not the usual fare for a high school production. Originally produced in Berlin in 1929 and banned by the Nazis, this adaptation of the earlier […]

The Santa Monica Pier Board decided to push their final decision to the April 12 City Council meeting. The thought of having Cirque du Soleil back at the Pier in 2012 has various businesses gearing […]

America, David Crosby, Richard Page of Mr. Mister, and Venice (the band) took the stage at Santa Monica High School’s Barnun Hall Saturday night to raise funds for the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation’s (SMMEF) “For […]

The day was chilly and gray, and the smell of bacon–wrapped hot dogs, Got Tacos, and Kettle Korn wafted through Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica on the afternoon of March 6 as crowds gathered […]