December 21, 2025
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Theater:

Ain’t We Got Fun, a vaudeville tribute with Ben Hensley and Michael Montiel, through December 19, 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, $10, Promenade Playhouse, 1404 Third Street Promenade, www.brownpapertickets.com. Annie, the musical about the little orphan girl […]

Star Gazing

Star Gazing:

RAVEN NIGHTWOOD, MIRROR ASTROLOGER ARIES Did you spend too much money on Black Friday? Then this week you need to do Frugal Friday. Go over your expenses and your savings and find the perfect compromise. […]

Music:

December 3 Angelo de Augustine, Darryl Morris and Other Shady Characters, The Fudogs, Pinhead @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Katie Garibaldi @ Talking Stick December 3-4 Jacks*t @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop December 4 Little Sista, Bone […]

Holiday Happenings:

December 3 Montana Avenue Holiday Walk, shopping deals, entertainment, and warm drinks, 5 to 9 p.m., Montana Avenue between 7th and 17th Streets, www.montanaave.com. The Music West Singers, holiday concert featuring songs of the 1940s […]

Exhibits:

The Art of Ancient Greek Theatre, through January 3, Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, PP, 310.440.7300. William Brice, Drawings 1960-1985, through December 31, LA Louver Gallery, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, 310.822.4955. California Artists in Mexico, […]

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS/ONGOING EVENTS:

Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (AFICE) is looking for individuals to work as Community Representatives, who will find host families for international students and will work with them and their families. Call Anne Ring, […]

A Christmas Carol ReadingDec. 4

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A Christmas Carol Reading Dec. 4, 6 to 9:30 p.m., free The Christian Institute of Spiritual Science 1308 Second St., 310.394.4178. In what is becoming an annual tradition in Santa Monica, the Christian Institute presents […]

An abandoned couch in the alley way between Pearl Street and Cedar Street in Santa Monica's Sunset Park neighborhood.

Alley Dumping Prompts Pickup Policy Change:

Residents have found large items such as couches or desks that have been illegally dumped in alleys throughout Santa Monica for years, but some residents in Sunset Park have complained to the city that the […]