June 23, 2026
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Santa Monica Events Calendar Feb. 3-9: Events, Art, Theater, And Music:

LAST CHANCE Home.Sweet.Home: Gerald Slota and Neil LaBute, Robert Berman Gallery concludes Home.Sweet.Home: a collaborative exhibition of images by artist/photographer Gerald Slota with captioning by celebrated playwright/filmmaker Neil LaBute this Saturday, Feb. 4. 2525 Michigan […]

More EV charging stations will be installed around Santa Monica like this one on Montana Ave.

New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Coming To Santa Monica:

New, publicly-accessible EV charging stations at seven sites and numerous residences throughout Santa Monica will be installed by EV Connect, a leading provider of electric vehicle infrastructure solutions. The new publicly-accessible stations are in high […]

Steve Stajich, Columnist

The Third Street Promenade: Our Downtown Street:

Our digital-age Santa Monica Mirror has a great new web page video feature called the Santa Monica Beat, and it will be refreshed every Monday morning. Maybe mentioning that constitutes product placement in my column, […]

Karen Ginsberg has been promoted to Director of Santa Monica’s Community and Cultural Services Department.

Karen Ginsberg Named Community And Cultural Services Director:

There is yet another changing of the guard at City Hall, as Santa Monica’s Community and Cultural Services (CCS) Department announced the internal promotion of Karen Ginsberg to department Director. Formerly the department’s Assistant Director, […]

Barbara Stinchfield.

Hometown Hero: Barbara Stinchfield:

“I came to Santa Monica at a time of high activism in the City. There were many ideas being discussed and many people interested in the things I was interested in: child-care advocacy, youth services, […]