You don’t have to be Jewish (Culture Watch)
What's in a name? "Bad Jews" is a provocative title but it's also, according to Variety, the third-most performed modern ...
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SHINE storytellers share true tales of being ‘lost’
Whether it was in a foreign land, or after a major life change, many of us know the feeling of ...
If at first you succeed, do it again
Paul Sand, longtime Santa Monica resident and Tony Award-winning actor, first visited our fair city when he was barely a ...
Sample fine food at Santa Monica Grand Tasting
Chef Susan Feniger of Border Grill heads the festivities as a featured chef at the event along with 100 of ...
The sublime and the ridiculous (Culture Watch)
In 1990, I stepped into the USC Fisher Gallery to view an exhibition called "Celebrations: Sights & Sounds of Being," ...
Love of music — and of Civic duty
STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE! Whatever you had planned for Saturday, cancel — I've got your day and night ...
Momentum never slows in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (movie review)
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" may have hit theaters weeks ago, but it continues to rack up ticket sales well into ...
Free music to celebrate summer in Santa Monica
EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAVE NO SEASONS IN L.A., summer still feels different, doesn't it? A sense of freedom, ...
‘Ex Machina’ is ominous — and Oscar-worthy (movie review)
A gifted computer programmer who works for a powerful search engine corporation wins a contest sponsored by the company's CEO. ...
Music and Moses (Culture Watch)
This Memorial Day weekend marks 70 years of Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra's free community concerts. On Saturday, May 23, at ...
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