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.
Another winner from Fugard
You might think that a 77-year-old playwright who has written a highly-acclaimed, prize-winning play nearly every year for 53 years...
Read more‘Urban Worrier: Making Politics Personal’
This is a book for all who live and do business in the city of Santa Monica. Have you ever...
Read more‘Tender Grace’
Each of us grieves in our own way. We all need time. We also need an outlet for our grief....
Read morePainting cultural facilities green
DOWNTOWN — For theaters, galleries, dance studios and the like, the phrase that it’s not easy being green should no...
Read moreFade to blue
AIRWAVES — Broadcast television viewers all over Santa Monica — and the nation for that matter — woke up today...
Read more‘Miracle’ of a production
Surely a child abandoned in the forest and raised by wolves would not grow up to be as wild and...
Read more‘The Wicked Wit of the West’
To historians of American comedy, the name Irving Brecher, ought to be included among the legends. At 24 Brecher was...
Read more‘A Promise for Spring’
When I received this book I was glad to see the name Kim Vogel Sawyer. In her previous books, “Where...
Read more‘I Need to Be Safe: I’m Worth It’
Read the papers. It happens around us. You can’t seem to not see at least one story of a child...
Read moreThe soft shriek of truth
Lydia R. Diamond’s new play, “Stick Fly” is “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” turned inside out. You all remember the...
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