Fans of young adult fiction turned out in droves this past Saturday for the Yallwest Festival at Santa Monica High School. More than 100 YA authors were on hand for book signings and giveaways, as well as author panels and…
Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica held its third annual Living History Tour on Saturday as 14 actors stood by the graves of noted people buried there to deliver monologues highlighting their lives. The community was invited to talk a walking…
About 60 artists who work out of studios at the Santa Monica Airport opened their creative spaces to the general public last Saturday. The event was the 11th annual Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk, sponsored by the city’s Cultural Affairs Division. Many…
Step off the Metro train at the 17th Street/SMC stop in Santa Monica and you’re greeted by an uninviting industrial scene dominated by a large city maintenance yard. Memorial Park is off in the distance, obscured by unattractive lines of…
When Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House opened in 2009, among the many amenities offered to the public was a fitness center with a variety of exercise equipment. The thinking was that Annenberg visitors would engage in strenuous bench presses…
