Talking Change Over a Game of Dominoes at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
Can turning the antagonistic debates over the social changes facing our communities into a game get people to listen each other?
That is the hope of Missouri-based artist Sean Starowitz, who will be leading “The...
Philz Coffee Expands Out of San Francisco Bay Area to Santa Monica
A new coffee house opened in Santa Monica on Thursday with the lofty goal of not only selling a good cup of joe but revolutionizing the way we envision caffeine beverages.
Philz Coffee, the fast-growing...
Santa Monica Takes to Main Street for Independence Day
The Fourth of July holiday transformed Main Street into a slow-moving celebration of everything Santa Monica on Friday, from community groups to public safety officers, with some pageantry, live music and a little zaniness...
Happy 4th of July from Santa Monica Next
We at Santa Monica Next want to wish you a safe and happy 4th of July weekend. Whether you're heading to the beach, the Main Street parade, or Downtown, leave the car at home...
Join Us for our Next “Vote Local” Event
After our successful first "Vote Local" event on Saturday, we will keep the positive momentum going. Santa Monica Next will host another "Vote Local" event on Thursday, July 17.
Join us at 5 p.m. in...
Santa Monica Celebrates New Pico Neighborhood Library
Saturday’s event at the Pico Branch Library in Santa Monica was billed as a Grand Opening. So there were civic speeches, a ribbon-cutting moment, and appropriate fanfare, including taiko drummers.
All of this, though, was...
Pizza, Art, and Vote Local
Hey! Our first Vote Local event is tomorrow and we hope you can make it! Join us at Bergamot Station for art, pizza, and a mixer, co-sponsored by the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa...
Nonprofit Art Museum Voices Opinion, Building Owner Raises Rent
The most recent casualty of the ongoing – and largely manufactured – controversy over plans to invest millions of private dollars into the Bergamot Station Arts Center on six acres of City-owned land, could...
Video: Celebrating the 23rd Annual Santa Monica Festival
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Locals turned out in droves to Clover Park Saturday for the 23rd annual Santa Monica Festival. The yearly celebration drew thousands to partake in food, live music, and a celebration of sustainable living. The festival...
Events: Santa Monica College Commencement and Make Music L.A.
This week, Santa Monica College honors its grads and Make Music L.A. brings dozens of free concerts to public spaces throughout the region, including a number of the bayside city's parks.
SMC Commencement Ceremony
Santa Monica...
Santa Monica Teens Tackle Hard Topics through Film
Teenagers Riley Beres and Jimmy Deshler were volunteering at a Los Angeles shelter last year when a man staying there approached and asked if he could tell them his story of being homeless.
That chance...
Museum, Arts Activist Stump for Bergamot Revitalization Project
Editor's note: Despite some confusion among its opponents, the Bergamot Station revitalization project is not, in any way, related to the Bergamot Transit Village/Office Park project that will be built across the street. -...
Video: Santa Monica Honors Its War Dead
For 76 years, locals have gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica's Pico Neighborhood for the bay city's annual Memorial Day celebration. This year, along with the usual food, music and military flyover, City officials...
Brief: Santa Monica Pier Announces Summer Concert Lineup
Summer is just around the corner and in Santa Monica that means June Gloom, bustling beaches and free music.
KCRW announced Thursday the full lineup of the 30th annual free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa...
Transforming Bergamot Station
In the middle of Santa Monica's Bergamot Station – a collection of about three dozen art galleries housed in repurposed industrial buildings – there is a patch of green space. It is small, about...
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