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Santa Monica City Council announced Tuesday Denise Anderson-Warren as the City’s new City Clerk. A 21-year veteran of the City Clerk’s Office, Anderson-Warren brings vast knowledge of the department to her new role. She has served as Assistant City Clerk for the past five years.

Dance instructor and former chair of Santa Monica’s Arts Commission Suchi Branfman toured 30 states as part of a seven-week mobile residency called Rooted America, hoping to explore communities that have withstood oppression, both historically and currently.

Santa Monica Conservancy will hold their Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards Saturday March 12, at the Grand Pavilion in Saint Monica Catholic Church.

With the California Coastal Commission under the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, Santa Monicans are being asked to take part in shaping Santa Monica’s coastal zone, the first Local Coastal Plan Workshop scheduled for tonight.

Don't head to Hollywood! Street closures info from the Oscars:

A contentious awards season dominated by talk of diversity - or the lack thereof - in Hollywood will conclude tonight with the 88th Academy Awards, and with no clear front-runner in the race for best picture.

Santa Monica was home to its very own Oscar award ceremony, the Oscar Wilde Awards. Held Friday at Bad Robot, awards saw a cast of well-known faces and rising stars attend.

"Carol," the Cate Blanchett romance between a pair of women in 1950s New York, will carry a leading six nominations into today's presentation of the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, which honor the best in independent film.

HaleArts Space will be holding an opening for their latest installment of $100 Art, Friday, March 4th. The event is part of an ongoing initiative that has helped kick-start the careers of many young and unknown artists while also creating excitement for a new generation of art collectors.