A tech start-up known as the “Uber for helicopters” has launched a new service at the Santa Monica Airport, beginning this weekend with quick trips to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The New York based on-demand helicopter service, Blade, is also brokering trips to Palm Springs, Ojai, Santa Barbara and San Diego in under... Read more →

  Rated PG-13 101 Minutes Released April 7 Anyone who is a Bachelor/ Bachelorette addict (it’s OK ... read on, you don't have to admit it) will remember that the term “emotional intelligence” was annoyingly overused in the last installment. However, that concept is actually a vital and often overlooked element of our... Read more →

A Comedy I must admit I was dubious about a production called “The Complete History of Comedy (abridged)”. I anticipated a barrage of “chicken crossing the road” jokes. And so there was. But these chicken jokes were rendered with the accents and attitudes of many different cultures, and they were hilarious! The jokes and... Read more →

  Rated PG 129 Minutes Released March 17   It's not blind luck that Disney’s newest Beauty and the Beast has been a huge success at the box office. This movie has superb production value – razor sharp depth of focus, a visual banquet of rich vibrant colors, tremendous performances, and a rich musical score. The... Read more →

Rated PG-13 124 Minutes Released March 31   The Zookeeper’s Wife is a truly beautiful and inspiring movie based on a true story of a Polish couple who ran a zoo in Warsaw during the German occupation in World War II. Antonia and Jan Zabinski secretly smuggled Jews to safety from the ghetto into their villa inside the zoo... Read more →

Santa Monica’s beloved, tucked-away-taco shop Tacos Punta Cabras is on the move. Enthusiasts who headed to their Santa Monica Blvd location with hopes of grabbing a fish taco or a cup of ceviche this week were met with an empty restaurant and a “closed” sign instead. A post on the restaurant’s Facebook page gave a few more... Read more →

    Well, I did it again! Saw two movies this weekend: one good, one dreadful… The good one is “A Quiet Passion,” a beautifully mounted biography of 19th century poet Emily Dickinson. The dreadful one is “The Leveller,” a bleak English drama that is both tedious and unfathomable. Let’s start with the good one.... Read more →

  Not Rated/ Comedic Horror Film/ Not for Kids 88 Minutes Released March 24   Prevenge is definitely a unique horror film. The movie has been nominated for several festival awards and has won two. To really appreciate this film you should know the circumstances of the creation of this comedic, totally... Read more →

  Grab your hooks and needles - about two thousand like-minded “fiber artists” are about to descend on Southern California Thursday for the 2017 LA County Yarn Crawl. The event comes at a time old-school crafts like knitting and crochet are experiencing a resurgence. “You start and you cannot stop,” Teri Artinyan said,... Read more →

I’ve often wondered why writing about art must be so complex, so ponderous, so filled with grandiose vocabulary and overly-intellectual concepts. Not so with Kohn Gallery’s catalog, “Joe Goode: Paintings, 1960-2016.” What’s great is the direct language in which it’s written, including verbatim interviews with Goode himself. Ed... Read more →

  Four of the best actors I’ve seen this century appeared on stage last weekend to present playwright William Mastrosimone’s timely and chilling play, “Cat’s Paw.”  The actors are truly amazing, and so is the play. It involves a political activist named Victor (Sean McHugh), the founder of a militant group called Earth... Read more →

Week of March 27   Wastewater Main Replacement Project For the week of March 27, the Contractor will continue removal and replacement of the sewer main on 9th Court between Marguerita Ave and Georgina Ave. The contractor will continue cleaning, video inspection and lining of the sewer main on Ocean Front Walk from Bay Street to... Read more →

      Editor’s note: This review contains significant spoilers for the movie “Arrival” If you could see the future, would you want to? If you could have a child, knowing that she would die at 12, would you forego the joy of having her in order to avoid the pain of losing her? These are a couple of... Read more →

  To say Rain Pryor had a complicated childhood doesn’t come close to being an understatement. She tells her funny, harrowing, poignant and ultimately uplifting story in her one-woman show “Fried Chicken and Latkes,” a production of the Jewish Women’s Theatre at the Braid Theatre and Art Gallery in Santa Monica. She had a... Read more →

  When the Los Angeles Marathon returns to Santa Monica on Sunday, March 19 it will bring 24,000 runners along San Vicente Blvd and onto Ocean Ave. City officials are warning residents to prepare for several hours of road closures along the route and budget extra time in their day for travel to accommodate the changes. The first... Read more →