What’s Hot:
Café Samo Feb. 4 to 5, 7:30 p.m., Friday 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, $10 Humanities Center Theatre, second floor, English Building, Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico Boulevard, www.samohichoir.org Café Samo is a cabaret […]
This Week:
LAST CHANCE Ain’t, a group show, through Feb. 8, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0211. Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep, a play by Raymond J. Barry, through Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Fridays and […]
Music:
February 4 Audible Mainframe, Con Brio, DJ Steve @ Central Social Aid and Pleasure Club Battlefield Band @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Joey Everett, Jason Heath and The Greedy Souls, Me and Heath, Wooden Robot @ […]
Exhibits:
All of This and Nothing, art exhibit with more than 60 works by 14 artists, through April 24, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 310.443.7016. Stephen Aldrich, The Time Traveler, Yamamoto Kasao, KAWA+Flow, Stephen […]
Community Announcements/Ongoing Events:
ICE at Santa Monica, ice skating through Feb. 15, 12 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 12 to midnight Fridays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays, $10 (includes skates), ICE at Santa Monica […]
Theater:
The Diviners, a play by Jim Leonard, Jr., through Feb. 20, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $16 to $18, Theatre Palisades, 941 Temescal Canyon Drive, Pacific Palisades, 310.454.1970. The Farmdale Avenue Housing […]
Valentine’s Day Massacre: The Worst Gifts To Give Your Valentine:
It is that time of year, when the sonnets reign supreme, flowers are blooming in the hands of eager suitors and partners, and sweetness is expressed in the form of boxes of chocolates. However, it […]
Theater Review: Le Rêve at the Wynn:
In describing Las Vegas, someone once coined the expression “Man’s monument to poor taste,” and while there is unquestionably the garish component to the city, Las Vegas could easily also be described as one of […]
Former Santa Monica Student Heads Wynn Restaurant: Local Chef Cooks His Way To The Top
Jet Tila is the Executive Chef of the beautiful Wazuzu restaurant at the Encore, Las Vegas, the signature resort in the Wynn collection. He is a rising star and expert in Pan-Asian cuisine. The Santa […]
The Galley: Santa Monica’s Oldest Restaurant:
“Captain Ron” Schur, owner of The Galley, believed to be Santa Monica’s oldest restaurant, likes to tell the story of how he came to be the owner. It was all because of the salad dressing. […]
The first protest at René Redzepi’s Noma pop-up at the Paramour Estate (Video)
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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Film Review: Oscars Landscape 2026
My Oscar choices and predictions. The 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15th at 4:00 PM, on ABC, and streaming on...
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