Fishermen call a massive halibut pulled from the Pacific Ocean a ‘barn door.’ Weighing hundreds of pounds and looming over their proud purveyors, the world’s largest flatfish certainly looks
Sadly, for Shores residents, the much-beloved Bill and Flo Kaufman have recently passed: Bill in 2016 at age 94 and Flo in January of this year at 89. Thankfully,
GREEN AND SWIFT
Green Lantern? Green Arrow? My boyhood fave superheroes, not marquee so I figured they needed more love than Superman and Batman.
Actually, I’m referring to the
Dysfunctional relationships seem to be becoming more dysfunctional with each new play. Dysfunctional and disagreeable. Despairing and depressing. As presented in playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by the
Remember “The Graduate,” when Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) is told that there is just one word he needs to know: “Plastics”? I honestly believe that now, other than AI, VR or
SO SHOULD SANTA MONICA
Why? Why should we have term limits for City Council members? Because we don’t like them? Well, there is that…. I’M KIDDING! (They’ll
After two weeks in New Zealand where I spoke at the Global Speakers Summit, I’m home. I believe that one should see the world to better understand one’s
Dear EarthTalk: How did the Global Climate Action Summit coming up later this year in San Francisco come about and what do organizers hope to accomplish?
—Jamie Smith, San Jose,
This weekend may be one of your last chances to hold a Buddha’s hand at a Santa Monica farmers market. Murray Family Farms is one of the few California
During his first 406 days in office, Donald Trump has told over 2,000 lies or misleading statements. (Frankly, that figure seems low.) This doesn't include the 2016
DOES THIS SQUEEZEBOX
Make me look fat?
I coulda been a rock star.
The timing was perfect. I was in high school when the British Invasion hit. No one was
I spent last weekend with two very different artists. The first was Alberto Giacometti, played by Geoffrey Rush with a perpetual frown and a constantly lit cigarette, in the Sony
