November 9, 2025
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Homeowners To Be Fined for Leaf Blower Ban:

City Council piled up more potential violators in a leaf blower ban that will now punish homeowners for allowing yard maintenance workers to use the outlawed machine. The move is in an effort to puff […]

Many Debates for Upcoming Election:

With the November’s election approaching, candidate forums are planned for sites across Santa Monica for the public to hear city council and school board candidates stances on issues. With so many sponsors grappling for dates […]

Strut Your Mutt

What’s Hot:

Strut Your Mutt September 19, 8:30 a.m-1 p.m., free Santa Monica Pier, http://bfas.org/lastrut This festival should only happen to a dog! It begins with a one-mile fundraising walk at 8:30, followed by entertainment, doggie massages, […]

This Week:

LAST CHANCE Just 45 Minutes From Broadway, world premiere of a new play by Henry Jaglom, through September 19, starring Tanna Frederick, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 5 p.m. Sundays, $25, Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 […]

Theater:

All Join In: A Fairy-Tale Sing-Along Afternoon, through September 26, 12:30 and 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, $10.50-$12.50, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 310.394.9779 x2. All My Sons, Arthur Miller’s family tragedy, through October 2, 8 […]

Music:

September 17 The Boneshakers featuring Sweetpea Atkinson @ Harvelle’s Eliza Gilkyson @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Rival the Giant @ Trip K J Walker, Willie Ames, The Reflectacles, Suzy Skarulis @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch September 18 […]

Exhibits:

Phoebe Beasley, retrospective, through November 6, M. Hanks Gallery, 3008 Main St., 310.392.8820. Combustione: Alberto Burri and America, plus Italian Artists’ Books (in the Project Room), through December 18, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot […]

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, […]

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Theater Review: Sophocles’ Elektra:

The tale of the cursed family of the House of Atreus is one of the most popular themes in Greek myth. Of the many dramatizations by Greek and other playwrights, Sophocles’ version of the myth, […]

Star Gazing

Star Gazing:

BY RAVEN NIGHTWOOD MIRROR ASTROLOGER All is going well at the moment with you and your significant other. You may certainly enjoy this but don’t get bogged down worrying that it is only a temporary […]