December 19, 2025
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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 […]

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Top City Salary Nearly 300k:

The City of Santa Monica released City employees’ salaries amid a flurry of budget reform and pay scandals that have swept through state and municipal governments this year. Santa Monica City workers are part of […]

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Community Meets to Plan Pico Library:

Residents of the Pico neighborhood always dreamed of having their own library branch and now that dream will soon become a reality. On September 11, the first of four planning meetings for the new Pico […]

A street sign on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica.

Pico Shopping District Weathers the Recession:

The prolonged economic downturn has hit all of Santa Monica’s commercial districts, but the Pico district hasn’t been hit as hard as the rest. Jennifer Taylor, the City of Santa Monica’s liaison to the Pico […]

You Are Invited to the Mirror’s Hometown Forum:

Hometown Forum is a 90-minute, question-and-answer debate in which each candidate for the Santa Monica City Council will have a chance to state their views and goals, and to offer solutions to the issues facing […]

This Week:

September 10 Combustione: Alberto Burri and America, plus Italian Artists’ Books (in the Project Room), members’ preview 6-7 p.m., reception 7-9 p.m., Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, 310.586.6488. Graham Dechter Quintet, jazz, 7 […]