By Misti Kerns
While the Academy Awards garner international limelight, Santa Monica also celebrates cinema with a celebration of its own with the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Held annually the
By Paul Rosenstein
I hope the judge’s order for district elections is stayed during the city’s appeal. This decision is undemocratic and a version of voter suppression.
The
By CHARLES ANDREWS
I USED TO BE FAIRLY NORMAL
Then I started writing this column, seven years ago.
Now I never know what to think, or what anyone else in
Editor:
The court’s decision in the at-large elections case (Pico Neighborhood Association et al. v. City of Santa Monica) is unambiguous. The City is in violation of California
Daylight Savings Is Coming
We’re on the verge of having a new schedule, again. The changing of the clocks is coming this weekend. It’s that “Spring Forward, Fall
By Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Ph.D.
March is Women’s History Month, a time when we acknowledge and learn about the achievements of women history-makers. But even as
by Jack Neworth
Michael Cohen and Cadet Bone Spur
By the time you read this, Donald Trump will have returned from his summit with Kim Jong-un in Vietnam and
By Sarah A. Spitz
A Fevered Dream: Nat “King” Cole
It’s the last night for the first African-American host of a nationally broadcast television show. Nat “King” Cole,
By CHARLES ANDREWS
DID I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE?
I’d be remiss to not mention an extraordinary music event I witnessed last weekend.
My wife Diane Michelle, a spellbinding
Editor:
Having attended the special council meeting on Thursday night (Feb.21) as a listening member of the audience. I was appalled by the arrogance of council members to allow
by Cynthia Citron
It's difficult to watch Barra Grant portray her mother in the biographical play that she authored without remembering the devastating biography that Christina Crawford wrote
