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# Hamp Simmons: Santa Monica's arts scene and a call for Citywide Reads picks
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/hamp-simmons-send-comments-to-editor-smdp-com-the-art-palette-20070804/
- Published: 2007-08-04T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:31:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

WHETHER YOU’RE LOOKING TO GRAZE IN THE GRASS, CHECK OUT NEW THEATRE and daring visual art or just curl up on a couch with a book, once again Santa Monica is the place to do it. And last, but certainly not least, the Santa Monica Library is looking to you for a suggestion for this year’s Citywide Reads.

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*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 4, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)