Happy Bike Month, Santa Monica!
May is Bike Month and there are plenty of ways to celebrate! Join Santa Monica Spoke, City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Bike Center, RideAmigos, and many others and leave the car at home. One of the best ways…
Category Events
Upcoming events in the city of Santa Monica.
Event: Next and Santa Monica Spoke to Screen “Dogtown and Z-Boys” at Vidiots
Join Santa Monica Next and Santa Monica Spoke for a screening of Dogtown and Z-Boys, a look back at the Santa Monica and Venice of the 1970s where skateboarding was invented. Join us from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at…
Midweek Update: Party with the Santa Monica Ed Foundation; More Bike-Ped Safety Ops
There’s a party at the Pier this Sunday to benefit the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation and SMPD announced there will be two more bike-ped operations this Friday and Monday. Pier Party Join Santa Monica Next and many other members of the community…
Santa Monica Bike Center Sponors Free Tickets to the SQAs (for Those Arriving by Bike)
Next week, Santa Monica will celebrate its most environmentally-friendly local businesses at the 20th annual Sustainable Quality Awards and the Santa Monica Bike Center wants to sponsor the first 35 people who pledge to arrive on bike. On Thursday April…
Santa Monica to Celebrate Earth Day with Kidical Mass Bike Ride
It’s time for another Kidical Mass bike outing, Santa Monica. This time, we’ll ride in celebration of Earth Day. “Grab your bikes and kids and head to Memorial Park April 18th for a special Earth Day themed Kidical Mass family-friendly…
Celebrate the Women Who Shape Santa Monica with the League of Women Voters
Join the local chapter of the League of Women Voters Thursday at 7 p.m. to celebrate the Women Who Shape Santa Monica. This year, the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica will honor four influential community members, including Julie Rusk, a…
Santa Monica Announces Finalists for 2015 Sustainable Quality Awards
The Chamber of Commerce, city of Santa Monica, and Sustainable Works, announced Tuesday the finalists for the 20th annual Sustainable Quality Awards (SQA). The 19 local businesses, who are chosen for “making significant achievements in sustainable economic development, social responsibility and…
Some Highlights From Yesterday’s Live Ride Share Conference
Editor’s Note: This is cross posted from Los Angeles Streetsblog. Joe Linton contributed to this article. Yesterday, the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), TransitCenter, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Move L.A., and the Shared Use Mobility Center, joined forces…
Event: Santa Monica Next and Gehl Architects Urbanism + Placemaking Happy Hour
Save the date, folks. On March 11, Santa Monica Next will host an urbanism + placemaking happy hour with Gehl Architects from 6 to 8 p.m. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Gehl Architects will be in town that week for the West…
Coming Up: House Party for Streetsblog Los Angeles and Live Ride Share
It’s a short week this week, which means we won’t have to wait so long to get to the fun stuff coming up, like Streetsblog Los Angeles’ 7th birthday party and Live Ride Share, Southern California’s first shared-use mobility conference.…
Up For Solving Santa Monica’s Affordable Housing Crisis on Valentine’s Day?
Santa Monica, like the rest of the region, is experiencing a historic housing crisis that is driving up prices and forcing working and middle-class families out of town. While Santa Monica requires about 30 percent of all new housing built to be permanently subsidized, there…
Coming Up: New Bus Stop Seats, Help Save Santa Monica’s Civic Center, and Big Blue Bus Service Changes
Mark your calendars, Santa Monica. The Big Blue Bus wants your feedback on the agency’s newly redesigned bus stop seats, which will be at different locations around the city over the next three weeks; there will also be some important changes to bus…
Coming Up: BBB Answers Your Questions About TAP and City Hall Could Get a “Living” Building Add-On
Welcome back from the weekend, folks. We hope you had a chance to unwind and enjoy the sunny weather before the rain comes. This week is a full one. Join Big Blue Bus for its inaugural Reddit AMA (Ask Me…
Coming Up: FutureBuild 2015, Help Save the Santa Monica Civic, and Another SMPD Road Safety Crackdown
Mark your calendars, Santa Monica. There are few important events coming up, including FutureBuild2015: Powershift, a chance to have a hands-on role in saving Santa Monica’s historic Civic Auditorium, and yet another SMPD crackdown on reckless road users. FutureBuild 2015:…
Event: Santa Monica’s Annual State of the City Breakfast
It’s a new year and that means it’s time for Santa Monica’s annual State of the City breakfast. Billed as an “networking and educational event,” the breakfast is a chance to hear from business and community leaders — including Santa…