Donned in dresses, blazers, suits and ties, students, professors and admirers of art came out to the Santa Monica College Pete & Susan Barrett Gallery to see the Faculty Art Exhibit on Friday night. Although the open reception started at 6 p.m., many people came sooner and made their way to the gallery, a bright and bustling landscape. Cameras snapped,...

Like a hungry beast, the wave rises in a storm of liquid and foam, ready to devour the figure riding a glistening surfboard through its predatory curl. This and other impressive images were projected for viewers attending the screening of Jamie Budge's documentary "The Living Curl," which is about southern California surfers in the 1960s, presented by ZJ Boarding House...

For the eighth time, TAG Gallery hosted the annual California Open Exhibition at Bergamot Station Arts Center from Aug. 14 through Aug. 19. The competition, which is curated by a different juror each year, was founded by Valeries Mendez in 2005 and was originally limited to Californian artists, but is now a nationwide exhibition, according to Laura Korman, director of...

National and ethnic boundaries disappeared Sunday night at the Broad Stage when the Yuval Ron Ensemble set it alight with music that celebrated the diversity of Middle Eastern culture, while at the same time promoting a message of peace for a darkened world. The Yuval Ron Ensemble, which was featured in PBS "Holiday Celebration" and honored with the Los Angeles...

As the hot summer nights are winding down and classes are picking up, the Santa Monica Pier continues to hold free concerts on Thursday nights. Even in its 29th year, the Twilight Concerts at the Pier still manage to attract crowds that make their way to the weekly event. Santa Monica's traditional concert series started on July 11 and showcases...

Despite last week's high temperatures, Saturday's slightly overcast, breezy weather was the perfect setting for the Second Annual Broad Fest at Santa Monica College's Performing Arts Center. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Broad Stage invited festival attendees to take part in various family-friendly activities, watch free performances, and try different food vendors. According to Eric Bloom, Broad Stage...

Thousands of dollars of debt, domestic problems, bank robbery, murder and suicide. These are only a few possible consequences of gambling addiction. Dr. Timothy Fong, associate professor of psychiatry and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, said that he has had patients who drained all their life savings in a matter of months, were left by their spouse, neglected...

On May 23, the theater department at Santa Monica College will preview their interpretation of the Tony Award-winning comedic musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie," directed by theater professor Janie Jones. Set in 1922, the show features a girl from Kansas named Millie, who has just arrived in New York City. Determined to be "modern" during the times when women started to...

Work, motherhood, art, change, and friendship. These are the themes in Mary Trunk's documentary "Lost in Living," which showed the lives of four women and their daily ups and downs as mothers, artists, daughters, and friends. Between work, family and change, they are "lost in living." On May 9, Trunk screened her documentary, which she directed and produced with Ma...

They tell the stories of those who dwell in self-built shacks made of old billboard placards, who sleep in doorways, or sell their shirts to buy food. Journalist Dale Maharidge, Pulitzer Prize winner and associate professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, collaborated with photographer Micheal Williamson on the book "Someplace Like America," detailing the lives of impoverished Americans. They...