December 19, 2025
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Music:

MUSIC October 15 Eric Anderson with Van Dyke Parks @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Dennis Jones @ Harvelle’s Soul Minded, Uncle Charlie, HYIM, High & Dry @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch Ian Whitcomb @ Boulevard Music, CC […]

Keir Gilchrist and Zach Galifianakis star in It's Kind of a Funny Story.

Movie Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Movie:

Actor Zach Galifianakis steals the show from his first on-screen moment in “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”. The new dramedy by writer-director duo Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden (“Half Nelson,” “Sugar”) is imperfect in […]

Exhibits:

Sam Amato: New Paintings: Meditations on Nature, reception October 16, 5-7 p.m., through November 13, FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.829.0345. The Art of Ancient Greek Theatre, through January 3, Getty Villa, 17985 PCH, PP, 310.440.7300. […]

Theater:

Loveland, solo show with Ann Randolph, through November 13, 8 p.m. Thursdays, $20$25, Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., 800.838.3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com. The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare’s comedy, presented by KCRW’s Globe Theatre, through […]

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, […]

Beach Gourmet: Kaido: Ninja Sushi!:

Kaido Sushi restaurant is a Japanese (no, really?) restaurant, and sushi bar located on Santa Monica Boulevard at Yale, in one of those somewhat innocuous corner mini-malls which always appear to offer very little, but […]

Risks of Work Without a Permit:

“We plan to remodel our bathroom and save some time by not getting a permit from the city. Our contractor said he would do all the work according to code, but our neighbor warned us […]

Alert: Police Blotter:

Car Chase On Friday, October 9, at 7:10 p.m., officers were called to go to the area of 4th Street and Broadway regarding an auto burglary in progress. While they were en-route to the scene […]

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Santa Monica-Malibu PTA Rallies for Measures Y and YY:

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Parent-Teacher Association is recruiting volunteers to make some 20,000 phone calls directly to voters in support of Measures Y and YY on the Nov. 2 ballot. The measures, if passed, […]