I was invited to check out a live music/dining venue in Santa Monica last week, and given that I am a live music fan, I decided to check it out. Angel’s Piano Bar and Supper Club on Wilshire Boulevard and 24th Street is an old establishment that has had a recent face lift and the owners are hoping t
Boy is my face red. And not because of sunburn from our recent heatwave. A year ago I wrote a column about artist Drew Hill, a homeless former football star with 14 seasons in the NFL.
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We have received several e-mails and posts to our website (www.www.smdp.com) regarding the nocturnal art event Glow and how horribly disappointed people were with last Saturday’s event.
SM BAY — If the Santa Monica Pier were a pupil in grade school, it would be moved to the head of the class, finally making the grade when it comes to water quality, according to a report released by environmental watchdog Heal the Bay.
DOWNTOWN — Santa Monica has more than just an art event to glow about. More than 150,000 attended Glow — a biannual nocturnal art and cultural event — on Saturday night, driving a wave of customers into the seats of local restaurants and the beds of packed hotels.
SM BAY — An all-time number of volunteers last Saturday collected more than 100,000 pounds of ocean-bound trash from local waters as part of Heal the Bay’s 21st annual Coastal Cleanup Day.
SM BEACH — As the sun sinks over the horizon and darkness settles over the city, bursts of light dot the beach and Santa Monica Pier. On the corner of Colorado and Ocean avenues, smiley faces and abstract words are projected on the seven-story walls of the Holiday Inn. White balloons the size of a S
• Name: Terry O’Day • Age: 37 • Occupation: Santa Monica City Council member, executive director at Environment Now • Marital status/children: Married, two daughters • Your neighborhood?: Pico neighborhood • How long have you lived there?: 12 years
Election 2010 The Santa Monica municipal elections on Nov. 2 are less than two months away. A number of forums will be held in the coming weeks to keep the community informed and educated on the candidates for City Council, school board and Rent Control Board as well as the measures that will appear
SM BEACH — Santa Monica is giving a whole new meaning to all-nighters. Instead of staying up late and filling up your textbooks with useless highlighting or watching re-runs, head on down to the beach for a night at Glow, the city’s bi-annual art and culture event.
City Hall wants those who plan to attend the nocturnal art event Glow this Saturday to leave their cars at home and take public transit, bike or walk to Downtown since several streets will be closed and the demand for parking in structures around the Third Street Promenade will most likely be high.
