I NEVER DO THIS! (never say never): 1) recommend a book (though it is within the purview of this NOTEWORTHY column covering mostly music but also other art forms; 2)
Westside Ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker” returns to the BroadStage in Santa Monica this weekend, complete with falling snow, a tree that grows on stage and 34 local dancers.
ANDREW DALTON
Associated Press
Forty seven years after he took the stage at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in a sequined-studded baseball uniform as the world’s biggest pop star,
I’ve probably walked by the Heroic Italian restaurant in Santa Monica 100 times. I never went in to eat there because it looked like it was just a sandwich
KATIE WORKMAN
Associated Press
Editor’s Note: SMDP will be providing recipe hints and recommendations in the coming weeks to help you plan your holiday season.
In some areas of
Pier: The City of Santa Monica welcomed locals and visitors alike for this month’s Locals Night, featuring children’s fun with Books & Cookies at the merry-go-round, interpretive activities from Heal the Bay Aquarium, a live art installation from the Poetry Society of Los Angeles/Typewriters Anonymo
WARNING! The schedule of great live music is about to wind down, until mid-January, at least. Happens every year. Oh, there may be a blockbuster or two in there, or
Without snow and cold temperatures to mark the arrival of the Holiday season, Santa Monica has a host of upcoming events to make sure residents can feel festivity in the
Bed’s Deli, formerly at Ocean Park and 28th, has closed.
Founder and owner Gary Wallack said the landlord of the strip mall that housed the deli raised the rent
R.I.P. JERRY LEE – We finally lost The Killer three days before Halloween, decades after we expected it. He had serious health issues for so long that when his
AIRTO MOREIRA – sadly, the legendary Brazilian percussionist (Miles, Weather Report, Chick Corea Return To Forever) is very ill, losing both hearing and eyesight (hard to comprehend) and stuck in Brazil
