PLAY TIME — "Whiplash" is a misleading name for this film. It conjures up deadly car chases and crashes and someone paralyzed for the rest of his life. But
CULTURE WATCH — The Tara Gallery in Santa Monica pursues a rare mission: to show works by contemporary Iranian artists, a tricky business thanks to the sanctions against Iran.
Tara Gallery
PLAY TIME — When May Lee Davis was looking for a pizzazzy name toreflect her ascending career as a standupcomedian, she was suddenly inspiredby a large neon sign that identified the
CULTURE WATCH — Santa Monica has its own Nutcracker! Westside Ballet of Santa Monica, now in its fifth decade, returns to the Broad Stage, in collaboration with Santa Monica College Symphony,
CITYWIDE — Visitors from Europe's biggest economy spiked this fall.
Sales among German travelers rose 8 percent for the month of September and 4.2 percent for October, according
CULTURE WATCH — Although I'm a three-decade-plus resident of Santa Monica, I hesitate to admit that I've never set foot inside the beautiful and beloved St. Monica&
PLAY TIME— If you wanted to write a play to honor your father, it mightbe a bit inappropriate to portray him asa scoundrel. But that's what Henry Jaglom
CITYWIDE — Leave it to a Santa Monica band to find soul in a parking garage.
We Are The West has played shows in a mineshaft and an abandoned convent but
WILSHIRE BLVD — The city's most enigmatic developer is bringing in a slew of new eateries early next year.
Mendocino Farms, Sidecar Doughnuts, and Juice Served Here will open
CITYWIDE — Biking is on the rise across the nation but especially in Santa Monica.
A report released by City Hall earlier this month - an update on the progress of
PLAY TIME — Okay, so we all have dysfunctional families.And their doppelgangers have been runningrampant,loving and hating one another, as in "August--Osage County," orattempting to provide hilarityonstage
