April 23, 2026
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Mr. Rosenthal: I wanted to correct a piece of misinformation in your otherwise delightful nostalgic “Food Tour.” Max Von Sydow, not Jeff Chandler, portrayed Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told. Jeffrey Hunter had the […]

Spring, When Our Thoughts Turn to Prison…:

Steve Stajich, Mirror Contributing Writer No, they don’t.  Easter hats, tulips, prison overcrowding…?  Not a likely sequence of thoughts at this, or any other time of the year.  Which might be part of the problem.  […]

Four-Dollar Half-Gas, Half-Latte:

Steve Stajich, Mirror Contributing Writer “Pain at the pump.”  Or, alliteration makes punchy, people-pleasing prose.  Either way, we’re now officially mad at the price of gasoline.  Or are we? The current gasoline price gouging (Come […]

History, from the Waist Down:

Steve Stajich, Mirror Contributing Writer It’s a little bit awkward, this idea of revising or improving history.  It seems only right to revise textbooks so that they accurately reflect the genocide-for-land tragedy of the Native […]

A Cup of Coffee with…: Mark Gold of Heal the Bay

Headquartered in Santa Monica since 1985, the non-profit environmental organization Heal the Bay uses research, education and advocacy in its mission to make Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy […]

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I enjoyed reading the article of Mr. Steven Hill, “E.U. Solution to U.S. Illegal Immigration.” However there are some comparisons that are almost in the area of science fiction and reveal partial ignorance. Readers can […]

Elsa Longhauser, Santa Monica Museum of Art:

Elsa Longhauser has been the Executive Director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art since June, 2000. To begin a new Mirror series on interesting and influential people who work in our city, Steve Stajich […]

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To Steve Stajich:Thank you for being a voice in the wilderness concerning guns and America.Here are some sobering statistics: Vietnam (1964-1972) 58,000 lives lost.U.S. (1999) 30,000 lives lost to guns.Every two years we experience the […]

Disingenuous:

To the editor: I found Steve Stajich’s recent Bay City Beat more than a little disingenuous. The photo of the new condos on the corner of Main Street and Marine Street seems to have been […]

Performances:

Ascension, through Sunday, October 9. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm; Sundays at 7pm at the Electric Lodge Theatre, 1416 Electric Ave. in Venice. $20.00 ($15.00 for students and seniors). There is […]