“More Trees, Less Bush” will be the theme of a New Year’s Eve peace and environmental celebration e on Monday, December 31, at 7 p.m. at The Church in Ocean Park.
The celebration will feature the “Pre-Primary Comedy Review,” with comedians Rick Overton, Denise Munro Robb, David Zasloff and Larry Hankin.The all-activist band The Peace Tree with Steve Fine, Dennis Davis and other longtime peace and environmental activist musicians will play. Singer and KPFK-FM radio host Maria Armoudian and “singer/songfighter” Ross Altman will also perform . Jerry Rubin will be master of ceremonies.

There will be an all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffet dinner, complimentary champagne and reserved parking.
A “Save the Trees” midnight “unity ceremony” in support of Treesavers has been scheduled.
The group has launched a campaign to save than 50 native Ficus trees in downtown Santa Monica that the City wants to remove.
Admission is $30 per person and $20 for low income individuals. Proceeds will benefit the Alliance for Survival peace and environmental group that Rubin heads.
For advance reservations, call the Alliance for Survival at (310) 399-1000. For Treesavers information, visit www.treesavers.blogspot.com.
The church is located at 235 S. Hill Street in Santa Monica.