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Art and food tasting event to benefit 18th Street Arts Center

The 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica will present CRUSH, an artisanal wine, art and food tasting event benefiting the arts center, from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 19. CRUSH is the complimentary event to the arts center’s&...


The 34th annual Venice Art Walk & Auctions, benefiting the Venice Family Clinic, will feature a silent art auction at Google’s Venice offices and tours of artists’ studios Sunday, May 19.

34th annual Venice Art Walk & Auctions to include studio tours, silent art auction

                      The 34th annual Venice Art Walk & Auctions, featuring artist studio tours and a silent art auction to benefit the Venice Family Clinic, will take ...


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Thursday, 5/16 SANTA MONICA FAMILY YMCA — presents Overcoming Fear and Anxiety, featuring Rachel Fintzy, licensed psychotherapist and workshop facilitator, providing techniques to help you deal with fear and develop greater s...



DANCER Camille Goode will perform as part of the Synapse Dance Theater’s new program May 10-11 in Santa Monica.

SMC Synapse Dance Theater to perform new repertory

                              The Synapse Dance Theater, the contemporary dance ensemble at Santa Monica College, will present a program of new repertor...


My Mother’s Keeper to be presented at the Electric Lodge

The Electric Lodge in Venice will present Jane Press’ play My Mother’s Keeper beginning Friday, May 10 through June 16. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Electric Lodge, 1416...


THE VENICE ARTS GALLERY will hold its 2013 Student Culminating Exhibition featuring student artworks from 2012-13 workshops such as this untitled photo (above) by 17-year-old Angela Francis.

Venice Arts Gallery to showcase student works from art mentoring workshops

The Venice Arts Gallery will present its 2013 Student Culminating Exhibition, featuring student films, photographs, animations, comics, as well as mixed- and multi-media pieces created in the 2012-13 workshops, beginning Saturd...



The 10th annual AltBuild Expo will be held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium May 10-11, featuring over 150 green design and building exhibitors such as Colored Solar (above) displaying innovative 
colored solar panels.

10th annual AltBuild Expo to feature 150 green building, design exhibits

                The 10th annual Alternative Building Materials and Design Conference and Expo (AltBuild Expo), featuring architects, builders, contractors, engineers, and landscapers in g...


THE 20th ANNUAL VENICE GARDEN & HOME TOUR will showcase 30 gardens and homes within blocks of Abbot Kinney Boulevard.

Venice Garden & Home Tour celebrates 20 years benefiting Las Doradas Children’s Center

                        Celebrating its 20th year, the Venice Garden & Home Tour will take place Saturday, May 4, showcasing 30 gardens and homes within blocks of ...


ACTORS Phil Apoian (left) and Harold Dershimer will perform in the British comedy What the Butler Saw at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica.

What the Butler Saw to be presented at Morgan-Wixson Theatre

Joe Orton’s British comedy, What the Butler Saw, will be performed at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica beginning Saturday, May 4 through May 26. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Su...



GLENN RODRIGUEZ will perform in the Global Motion World Dance Company’s “Poverty and Wealth” at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

SMC dance company to perform ‘Poverty and Wealth’ program

                          The Global Motion World Dance Company at Santa Monica College will present “Poverty and Wealth,” a program of choreography from thro...