Ashley Napier, Special to the Daily Press A foster husky was given a fair chance at life and found
Story by Kailyn Forbes Southern California is no stranger to the rollercoaster, in fact, it’s the
IN SANTA MONICA! I keep waiting, and anticipating in this column, prematurely, the full blown return
LIFE IS STRANGE And doesn’t death define it, in the end? Puts the frame on the picture, rolls the
SITTING HERE IN LIMBO
Waiting for the tide to flow. Like a bird without a song. (Jimmy Cliff, from “The Harder They Come,” the essential reggae movie, Jamaican-made.)
Everything in
STILL NOT ENOUGH NOTEWORTHY Shows to go back to the endless delectable listings of the week’s must
REMEMBER THE OLD NOTEWORTHY? I hope so. The pre-COVID one, where every week I would scour the listin
50 YEARS OLD, AND…LIVE! I’ve been praying for it, foreshadowing it, hinting at it, calling it fo
DON’T MISS! I’m not going to wax poetic about concerts by our own Santa Monica jazz legend, drum
ON STAGE, PUBLIC SCRUTINY I have always encouraged everyone to pursue their art. But as soon as you
VAX, LAX, ERSKINE A magician’s wand might look like drumsticks, if in the hands of Santa Monica’
WITH MUSIC IN THE AIR SAM FIRST — “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” (“Jabberwocky,” Carr
