A reality TV director, an actor, and a former director of operations for events (such as the Academy Awards and American Idol) recently teamed together to create a Santa Monica-based
By Sarah A. Spitz
FARE-THEE-WELLS AND MORE
SHINE, Santa Monica’s inspirational true story-telling series, is taking its final bow. Produced for six years by Isabel Storey, most recently in
By CHARLES ANDREWS
TO ACCOMPANY GREAT MUSIC
Or you can have a fine time just being really close and catching every nuanced note from great jazz musicians, as was the
by Cynthia Citron
Wheeler is an unhappy man, drifting through life without direction, without ambition, without compassion, without hope. A self-absorbed man who recognizes himself as a loser. Yet in
By CHARLES ANDREWS
COUNTRYCLASSICALPUNKJAZZGRUNGEBLUES
And Glass-Reich-Adams-Pärt Minimalism plus however you want to classify the awesome Stanley Clarke — and that’s all on Saturday!! Stay up Friday night and get up
Tuesday was my good friend and Santa Monica resident since 1963, Jerry Rosenblum's 97th birthday. The word that best describes Jerry is “mensch,” Yiddish for a high character,
by Cynthia Citron
At some point in his life the thinking man will usually ask himself three important questions: Who—or what—am I? Where am I? and How did
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — After a year like this, Netflix shows no signs of chilling.
The dominant online video streamer started 2018 with almost 118
By CHARLES ANDREWS
IT’S NEW YEAR’S EVE!
And all the excitement that brings!! Right. OK, here comes the Grinch, but I always thought the huge celebration over a