Mommies, Mummies, M&Ms
Japan has created "robots with a heart" to keep the elderly company. Perhaps this is what inspired playwright Jordan Harrison to write "
CITYWIDE — For 31-year-old George, finally moving into his own apartment in Santa Monica was a hard-fought victory.
After a car accident left him with slowed speech and reflexes at age
CITYWIDE — E-cigarette smokers, the clock is ticking. You have about a month left to puff those battery-powered vaporizers while riding the Ferris wheel, sitting at a bar, or on the
PLAY TIME — There's a happy ending, except nearly everybody dies.
It all happens in the grubby underworld of Brooklyn, where men new to the crime scene in America
CITY HALL - What do the former home of the Omelette Parlor, the Georgian Hotel, and a joint serving chocolate chicken have in common? They all got expanded alcohol permits
PLAY TIME — Sam Shepard's plays are almost always a little weird. His people live in a world of their own, usually hostile and dysfunctional. And so it is
CULTURE WATCH — With Bergamot Art Station redevelopment leading the headlines, it's nice to remember what Bergamot actually is: a pretty darned great collection of galleries and a local
MAIN STREET — As first reported in the Daily Press on Sept. 11, the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office has successfully concluded the prosecution of the local restaurant Brick
EDGEMAR — A Main Street restaurant has pleaded no contest to 14 misdemeanor counts for, among other things, violating City Hall's alcohol permits.
Brick + Mortar, located in the Edgemar
WILSHIRE BLVD — Santa Monica restaurant groups are supplementing healthcare costs for their workers by adding a 3 percent surcharge to every bill.
Josh Loeb and Zoe Nathan, part owners of
CULTURE WATCH — There's something distinctive about a Neil Simon play; the quick patter, the complex relationships, the neighborhood (Brighton Beach especially), and sometimes these elements play out poignantly