Changing the System in Santa Monica
With resident rumblings centering on the efficacy of Santa Monica City and its Councilmembers in recent months, a bold move to shake up the voting system and limit sitting terms saw almost 20 thousand petition […]
Music for Memorial Day Weekend
Santa Monica Symphony Concert to commemorate the end of WWI. By Tabitha Hogue This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the WWI Armistice. The Santa Monica Symphony (SMS) will be paying homage to those who […]
Art + Walk + Wellness = Olympic Art Trail
Thousands of cars inch along Santa Monica’s Olympic Blvd each day. Lanes separated by a center median that was, at one time, Red Car train tracks, have a heavy traffic load that for hours allows […]
Review: Mary Shelley
Rated PG-13, 120 Minutes, Released May 25 Although she lived from 1797 to 1851, Mary Shelley has her own IMDB page (that’s the entertainment industry’s “encyclopedia.”) Few artists of the early 1800s can boast of an […]
Get Outdoors with Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society!
If you’re in the mood for heading outdoors, the the Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society (SMBAS) may have just the outing for you! Monthly field trips to the Malibu Lagoon are held on the 4th Sunday of every month, […]
Santa Monica Chamber’s New Chapter
A new board will take the helm of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce June 13 as is hosts its 93rd Annual Installation Dinner at the Fairmont Miramar. Alongside the dinner will be a showcase […]
Need CPR Training? Just in Time for Summer
UCLA Health is offering free CPR training at their CPR Palooza! Explaining to The Mirror that the center is often inundated with inquires for CPR, UCLA is teaming up with sponsors LA Lakes, KABC 7 and […]
Five Santa Monica Businesses Finalists in Entrepreneur of the Year
Finalists in EY’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year competition have been announced and five of them are from Santa Monica. Nadine Watt, President of Watt Companies; Rich Pierson, Co-founder and Ceo and Andy Puddicombe, Co-Founder […]
Hot Flash! My Last Official Birthday
In two weeks, I’m going to have my last official birthday. I will be 59. Shhh, don’t tell. I certainly don’t act like 59, and most people guess my age to be 49. I have […]
Ocean Park Art Block
This spring, flowers are not the only things that are blooming, a new row of art galleries along Ocean Park Boulevard are popping up; the first of which is the bG Gallery. Now in its […]
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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