June 21, 2026
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COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEF:

Upward Bound House Receives Major Gift Upward Bound House, a leading provider of housing and supportive services to homeless families in Los Angeles, accepted a major gift from Robert and Marion Wilson. The Wilson Family […]

Santa Monica Improves Parking and Traffic:

Let’s face it, parking and traffic in Los Angeles is no fun. The Westside isn’t excluded from traffic and parking troubles. As the weather gets warmer parking and traffic gets even worse! The Santa Monica […]

Exhibits:

Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., 310.393.7436. Alex Couwenberg, through February 21, William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0909. Dark Star: Art by […]

THIS WEEK:

January 23 Forbidden Broadway: The All-New 25th Anniversary Edition, a spoof of Broadway shows, 8pm, $45, Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 PCH, Malibu, 310.506.4055. The Iron Horse, directed by John Ford, 7:30pm, free, Harold M. […]

Exhibits:

Stephen Courtney, Affair in the Garden, exhibit of fine art furnishings, continues indefinitely, James Coleman Gallery, 1431 Ocean Ave., 310.393.7436. Alex Couwenberg, through February 21, William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.453.0909. Dark Star: Art by […]

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, […]

Maybe We’ll All Have Wet Socks:

Not everything is a metaphor. I believe it was Sisyphus who said that, but he was pretty tired at the time. Still, many shared a sense of something being communicated by the event of that […]

Art Review: The Creative Lens Is Celebrated at Photo LA:

The 18th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition is an appropriately long name for a very big exhibit, big enough to fill Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport for three days. Photographs of […]

THIS WEEK:

January 16 Beau Jest, comedy about a nice Jewish girl’s dating life, by James Sherman, through February 14, 8pm Fridays-Saturdays, 2pm Sundays, $15-$18, Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., 310.828.7519. Hallie Ephron signs her book Never […]