"Silver Linings Playbook," by far one of the most enjoyable movies I've seen this year, does a wonderful job of creating believable characters and an un-sappy
STEWART ST — Joy Womack is used to headlines.
As the first American woman accepted to the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow at the age of 17, she's
MONTANA AVE — Filmmakers and aficionados alike will flock to the Aero Theatre this Saturday for the Santa Monica Film Festival, an annual tradition in the city by the sea that
It's literature gone wild! A laugh-out-loud story by Grace Paley is converted into a world premiere play at the Geffen. Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol&
ANNENBERG BEACH HOUSE — Author Charles Hood has been selected as the fourth writer-in-residence at the Annenberg Community Beach House, city officials said last week.
Hood will work through February on
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre seems to be the resident visiting theatrical troupe at The Broad Stage. They've presented several inventive annual productions with cast members playing multiple
Since I've just lived through the week from H-e-double-hockey-sticks, I didn't have a chance to see or hear anything that I can report on personally. So
DOWNTOWN — The Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra is back in action.
After announcing that it would have to cancel its 2012-13 season because of a need to reorganize and raise funds,
BERGAMOT STATION — In an effort to save Pulitzer-Prize winner Paul Conrad's sculpture "Chain Reaction," the famous cartoonist's family will be auctioning off a bronze
This is the week that Robert Mapplethorpe is being honored at both the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Getty Center. A major photographic talent, the late Mapplethorpe
