TONIGHT! BRILLIANCE AT BARNUM
Tweet Tonight, Tuesday, March 29th, at 7 PM in Barnum Hall, on the Santa Monica High School campus, Jeffe Huls will conduct the Madrigal Ensemble, Chamber Singers and Chorale of Samohi Choir team with students from our amazing orchestra and band programs, and professional soloists, doing Handel’s Chandos Anthem “Let God Arise” and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. It’s Samohi’s annual Masterworks concert, and, by all accounts, it promises to be a brilliant performance. ... Read More
Huge Victory for Santa Monica Residents
Tweet Dear Neighbor, Last Tuesday, the Santa Monica City Council stood up to a powerful developer and said “no.” The Council voted unanimously (with Council member O’Day absent) to reject the Hines company’s proposal for a massive, almost one million square-foot commercial development at 26th and Olympic. Residents’ concerns were heard loud and clear, and Hines was sent back to the drawing board. How Did We Win? The developer asked for a project... Read More
SUNDAY RUN 4 JAPAN RAISES $50,000
Tweet Though Sunday dawned cold and wet, the skies cleared as the Santa Monica Red Cross Run 4 Japan got underway. with 2,500 to 3,000 people taking part. Actor Josh Duhamael, led the run. His wife, Fergie, joined him. $50,000 in cash was raised on the spot. More donations are expected and the sale of T-shirts will add to the total raised for the devastated nation, which suffered another earthquake this morning. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SUNDAY RUN 4 JAPAN RAISES $50,000",... Read More
CORRECTION & AMPLIFICATION
Tweet “SM Transparency Project Discloses Developer’s Donations to Council Members,” which appeared in the Dispatch earlier this week (see below), was a statement prepared and presented at the Tuesday night City Council by Jeanne Dodson, Project spokeswoman, and her Project colleagues. Members of the Santa Monica Democratic Club, Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights, Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City, and all the neighborhood organizations created the Transparency... Read More
PETE SEEGER, THE POWER OF SONG
Tweet Meet at Izzy’s Deli, 15th and Wilshire, b4 film at 5:00 pm on Friday. Friday, April 8, 2011 – 7:00 PM Sunday, April 10, 2011 – 3:00 PM Meet at Izzy’s Deli, 15th and Wilshire, after film on Sunday. Home of Rachel and Jay 601 9th Street, Santa Monica one block east of Lincoln, one block north of Montana Southeast... Read More
MAKING MISTAKES IS EASY
Tweet Making mistakes is easy. Making virtually anything else is hard. Making a town is very hard…right up there with making peace, medical breakthroughs…and sense. Santa Monica is an ideally located, topographically, economically and ethnically diverse, well-made town that is located on the eastern shore of the Pacific ocean, the world’s largest wilderness, and the western border of Los Angeles, one of the world’s leading cities. The ocean is the primary fact of this... Read More
Youth Run 4 Japan Is Sunday
Tweet Actor Josh Duhamel will once again team up with the American Red Cross of Santa Monica to host a “Youth Run 4 Japan” earthquake/tsunami relief fundraiser. The two mile run will be held on the Santa Monica Beach, Sunday morning, March 27 — rain or shine. Everyone of every age is invited to make the two-mile run. Runners will assemble in Dorothy Green Park adjacent to beach parking lot #5 where Ocean Park Boulevard meets the beach at 2600 Barnard Way. Registration... Read More
Governor Signs Massive Budget Cuts
Tweet Governor Jerry Brown signed billions of dollars in budget cuts Thursday that will cut government services, particularly for the old, the poor and the sick. According to the Los Angeles Times, “The governor signed the new laws to tackle $11.2 billion of the state’s estimated $26-billion deficit, even as he scrambled to find Republican support for the other half of his budget plan: a ballot measure asking voters’ blessing to renew expiring taxes. Time is running... Read More
Hearst, Davies In Spotlight Again
Tweet Saturday, March 26, the Santa Monica Conservancy will continue its lecture series on the people and history of the Annenberg Beach House with stories of the site’s vivid personalities. Documentary filmmaker Elaina Archer, a Santa Monica resident, will present her film, “The True Story of Marion Davies” and Beach House Docent Kay Pattison will reveal portions of her research on WR Hearst and Marion Davies and their relationship. The Beach House Lectures will be... Read More
SM Transparency Project Discloses Developer’s Donations to Council Members
Tweet Earlier this month, the League of Women Voters celebrated their annual “Sunshine Week,” proclaiming that “an open and accountable government is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy.” Their efforts are aimed at maintaining the people’s trust and confidence in their leadership and putting the power back in the hands of the public. Many of us share those goals and have joined together as the Santa Monica Transparency Project to help achieve them. The community’s... Read More
