Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The grand opening for Belmar Apartments was held on July 31st. Mayor Pam O'Connor called it "an important milestone in advancing Santa Monica's commitment to creating affordable housing opportunities and economic diversity." The affordable housing development located at 1725 Ocean Avenue includes 160 new apartments that are now home to a diversity of households. It is the largest single affordable housing development that the City has helped finance. Most of families in the ne...
WestEdge™ Design Fair returns to Santa Monica's Barker Hangar for its second edition October 16-19, 2014. This newest destination for modern design showcases a curated selection of over 150 leading national and international brands. Attendees will find design inspiration, and be able to shop from leading manufacturers of furniture, lighting, kitchen, bath, outdoor furnishings and other products for the home. The fair caters to trade, press and consumers alike, and offers a c...
Special Olympians gather with Melisse restaurant chef / owner Josiah Citrin at the 2013 Pier del Sol fundraiser. With a "Hollywood" theme, Special Olympics Southern California is holding its 2014 Pier del Sol on Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. on the Santa Monica Pier at Pacific Park. This year's event includes a VIP brunch with spectacular cuisine from nearly 35 of LA's top restaurants, including Chef Michael Cimarusti of Providence, Chef Olivier Rousselle of On Sunset, Chef Tanino Drago...
On September 10th, at 7pm, The Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club will host its ninth complimentary Health Lecture, which is part of our monthly series. Our September Lecture is titled Sleep Update and will be presented by Ravi Aysola, MD. Dr. Aysola is a UCLA sleep specialist and pulmonologist, and will explore the promotion of healthy sleep and treatments of common sleep disorders. This lecture is co-sponsored by UCLA. To RSVP call: (800) 516-5323 Please join us on Wednesday,...
Jazz on the Lawn 2014 August 3 - 31 Sundays, 5-7pm Santa Monica Cultural Affairs presents the 9th annual Jazz on the Lawn summer concert series. Bring a picnic, blanket, beach chair, and family and friends of all ages for a sampling of jazz each Sunday in August. Stewart Street Park Free admission, parking & bike valet Building Bridges Art Exchange Presents “Feminine Mystique” and “Treasures of the 21st Century” Setember 6, 6pm - 10pm Building Bridges Art Exchange Presents “Feminine Mystique” and “Treasures of the 21st Cent...
Want to see live sharks during Shark Week? Visit Heal the Bay's Santa Monica Pier Aquarium to check out three species of sharks on exhibit and the marine center's shark nursery. Special activities to honor the Elasmobranchii (learn what that is and how to pronounce it!) are planned all week long. Watch the sharks eat on Tuesday and Friday afternoons or hear a special presentation about these misunderstood animals while they enjoy their Sunday dinner at 3:30 p.m. The Aquarium,...
Jazz on the Lawn 2014 August 3 - 31 Sundays, 5-7pm Santa Monica Cultural Affairs presents the 9th annual Jazz on the Lawn summer concert series. Bring a picnic, blanket, beach chair, and family and friends of all ages for a sampling of jazz each Sunday in August. Stewart Street Park Free admission, parking & bike valet Cardboard Yacht Regatta August 23, 6:30-9:30pm Join us this summer for our 3rd Annual Cardboard Yacht Regatta! Teams of two construct yachts from corrugated cardboard and duct tape and vie for awards in a...
Building Bridges Art Exchange Presents “Feminine Mystique” and “Treasures of the 21st Century” Setember 6, 6pm - 10pm Building Bridges Art Exchange Presents “Feminine Mystique” and “Treasures of the 21st Century” Opening Reception September 6th at 6pm with exhibit open September 6, 2014 – October 7, 2014. “Feminine Mystique” is a groundbreaking, multi-disciplinary showcase of the magic, beauty and power of Women, and the ethereal, shifting ideal that can never be fully grasped. “Feminine Mystique.” The words by themselves c...
It was that time of year again to put your dancing shoes on (or walking) and join in on the newest craze, dance walking and help end multiple sclerosis. The 2nd Annual Beat MS Dance Walk event is co-chaired by So You Think You Can Dance all-star, the brave and beautiful Courtney Galiano, who was diagnosed with MS in 2012, along with her friend Philip Byron and will honor actress, producer, and television host Ricki Lake. Participants enjoyed dance walking to awesome music,...
Chili Roast at Santa Monica Farmers Market September 6 - 27 Saturdays, 9am-1pm It’s late summer and the chilies are ready for harvest! Join us for a southwest style chili roast at the Pico farmers market located in Virginia Avenue Park. Take these delicious chilies home and whip up something tasty or freeze them to use later. Virginia Avenue Park The Awareness Festival September 11 - 21 The Awareness Film Festival is a dynamic festival promoting the awareness of world issues. Bringing together filmmakers, artists, e...
A fall quilting exhibition will feature the work of the Santa Monica Quilt Guild, along with two other LA-based quilt guilds, beginning Aug. 23 at the Los Angeles LDS Temple Visitors' Center. Jill Gollaher, who organized the quilt display at the Visitors' Center, said the purpose of the exhibition was "to bring greater public awareness to a cherished part of Americana – quilt making – and also to those in our local community who are keeping this wonderful art alive. Each mon...
It’s Fun! It’s Fitness! It’s Free! Save the date: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Red Ribbons Square Dance Club in association with the Santa Monica Community Recreation Division are hosting a free community dance, including square and line dancing. All ages, singles and couples are welcome. If you can walk, you can dance. Try it, you’ll like it! Location is Marine Park Auditorium 1406 Marine Street (6 blocks east of Lincoln) Santa Monica, CA. 90403 Time 7:30 - 9:30 PM For more information, call Kathy: 310-312-0410 Jazz on the...
The Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) presents its sixth annual cultural bike tour, Tour da Arts, vol. 6, on Sunday, August 24. Tour da Arts participants explore the creative side of bicycle culture on a casual, nine-mile ride filled with art, music, and theater. Riders also experience Santa Monica as a car-free community, learning about the City's bike lanes and other bike-friendly infrastructure from Tour da Arts' ride leaders. Participation is free and open to all ages;...
Santa Monica Public Library welcomes Gloria McMillan for the lecture Orbiting Ray Bradbury's Mars on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. With over five hundred published works, author Ray Bradbury's creativity was boundless and his impact far-reaching. Author and educator Gloria McMillan takes a unique interdisciplinary perspective on Bradbury's life in her new essay collection, Orbiting Ray...
The National Park Service invites the public to attend the Summer Star Festival on Saturday, August 2 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Paramount Ranch in Agoura. The free event will feature star-gazing, constellation tours, music and children's activities. "We share a dark sky oasis with those who want to escape the glow of city lights," said Robert Cromwell, park ranger for the National Park Service. "We invite the public to come out and view the Milky Way galaxy in all of its...
Angeleno Magazine will present its 12th Annual Food and Wine event Live and Dine in LA on Sunday July 20, 4:00-7:00 pm at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica. The event celebrates the city’s best chefs who continue to shape and evolve LA’s culinary scene. This year’s event benefits the non-profit Share our Strength. The magazine’s restaurant selections this year includes: Acabar, Adoteca, Al Mare, Bestia, Café Röckenwagner, Caffé Roma Beverly Hills, CAS...
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month, recognizing ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that is enjoyed by 90 percent of the nation's population.* Since nothing beats a cool, refreshing ice cream treat on a hot summer day, the SoCal Honda Dealers are dispatching their Helpful Honda Free Ice Cream truck filled with a colorful assortment of *free* frozen treats for everyone! The Helpful Guys in Blue in their iconic blue shirts will be...
Familiar Santa Monica Latin restaurants La Sandia, El Cholo, and Loteria Grill will be attending East LA Meets Napa & Beyond on Friday, July 18, 6-9 p.m. at Union Station. The food and wine pairing tasting event celebrates the richness of Mexican food and success of Latino-owned restaurants and vineyards in California and beyond. The outdoor event on a warm summer night will let the approximately 1,500 guests pair their favorite foods with distinctive wines to discover their...
Sillage: A participatory scent-scape project about Los Angeles June 28, 11 AM - 6 PM We need your nose! Sillage is a participatory olfactory artwork and collaborative endeavor with artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter, the Institute for Art and Olfaction, SMMoA, and you. Throughout the day, Goeltzenleuchter shares neighborhood-specific scents with SMMoA patrons and creates a collective scent-scape of Greater Los Angeles. Sillage takes place inside the exhibition Robert Swain: The Form of Color, an immersive exploration of color and...
What life will we have after the next Wall Street bubble bursts? What practices are sustainable for our children's children? The first Conscious Voices Bookfair will feature 16 local authors presenting focused ten minute talks, followed with Q&A . Sat. June 28th, 2014, 10am – 5pm, At Gateway 2507-2511 S. Barrington Ave, 2nd Fl., NW Corner of Gateway Bl. & Barrington, by 405, WLA, 90064. Admission $10 at the door, $5.00 with RSVP to 310-280-1176 or Gateway 3...
Santa Monica Public Library is pleased to present what is sure to be one of the most exciting YA (young adult) author events of the year, Books to Bond Over: YA Authors in Conversation, featuring Melissa de la Cruz, Ava Dellaira, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Andrew Smith, Margaret Stohl and John Corey Whaley, on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium. The six authors featured are Melissa de la Cruz (author of the best-selling The...
Los Angeles Waterkeeper will celebrate their Making Waves 2014 Event at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica on June 19. Over 10 years ago, LA Waterkeeper sued the City of LA for sewage spills that contaminated our beaches and waterways. The Collection System Settlement Agreement (CSSA) developed through the case required the City to take drastic measures to clean up their system and eliminate pollution, resulting in the City's 82% reduction in sewage spill overflows...
Santa Monica Public Library is pleased to welcome author Marc Cushman for a discussion of his Saturn Award-winning book series, These are the Voyages: Star Trek TOS, on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. In September 1966, the world of science fiction was forever altered when a heretofore unheard-of outer space adventure series created by Gene Rodenberry debuted on the NBC television network....
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra will resent the “Sounds of Downtown” on Saturday, June 14, at 7:30pm. At the Kirk Doulas Theater. Frank Fetta will be conducting and featuring Soprano Lori Stinson. There will be no pre-concert talk at this concert and a post-concert reception at Kirk Douglas Theatre for ticket holders. . Only Cash or Checks will be accepted at the box office for this concert Admission Charge is $25-General Admission, at Kirk Douglas Theatre starting at 6:30PM, and on the orchestra website or directly thr...
Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for “ORPHANS” by Lyle Kessler on Saturday, July 12, from 12:00-4:00pm and Sunday, July 13, from 6:00-9:00pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester, CA 90045. Production dates are September 12 to October 18, 2014 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm with Sunday matinees at 2pm. The production is directed by Kathy Dershimer and produced by Susan Goldman Weisbarth by special arrangement with Paradigm Talent Agency. “ORPHANS” centers...
