Entertainment
Experience Santa Monica's dynamic entertainment scene through our comprehensive coverage. From the iconic Santa Monica Pier to Third Street Promenade performances, we spotlight the events, venues, and performers bringing life to our coastal city. Stay current with local music shows, theater productions, film screenings, and seasonal festivities that make our community vibrant. Our reporting covers both major attractions and hidden gems, featuring upcoming events, artist interviews, and venue highlights throughout Santa Monica. Whether you're planning a night out or seeking family-friendly activities, trust Santa Monica Daily Press to be your essential guide to local entertainment.
‘The Incomparable Honeybee & the Economics of Pollination’
You read his column “Back to Nature” each week in the Santa Monica Daily Press. He is the voice for...
Read moreAn Interview with Derik Murray, producer of ‘Facing Ali’
Derik Murray, an advertising photographer and TV commercial director, has created large-format pictorial books on topics like the Olympics, Arnold...
Read moreWhen is ‘An Oak Tree’ not really an oak tree?
It’s hard to believe that Peter Gallagher’s performance was never rehearsed, that the actor appeared onstage to read author/actor Tim...
Read more‘The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama’
For those unaware, or for whom memories have faded, the 1960s were perhaps our most turbulent era since the Revolutionary...
Read moreScreenwriting couple make good with ‘Me and Orson Welles’
Success doesn’t happen overnight. Success, it seems, always includes hard work and perseverance. For Vince Palmo and his wife Holly...
Read moreA tale of two nations
Ever since the government permitted Native Americans to establish — and keep the proceeds from — their own gambling casinos,...
Read more‘Through the Fire’
Fire can both purify and destroy. It purifies when it is used to burn away the dross to get to...
Read moreThe Grinch is lean, mean and grean
A musical based on Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” seems like a good idea. A charming holiday crowd-pleaser....
Read more‘Offworld’
This book is another in the suspense fiction genre line put out by Bethany House to address the need for...
Read more‘Open: An Autobiography’
The cover photo of Andre Agassi’s best-selling book “Open: An Autobiography” sets the tone. Agassi’s face is photographed so starkly...
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