Santa Monica High School

L.A. Film Fest Continues: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *L.A. Film Fest: The Best Movies to See Friday, June 21 On Friday at the Grand Park's Performance Lawn downtown, in honor of the original 1988 Hairspray's 25th anniversary, the L.A. Film Fest and Dance Camera West want you to do the Mashed Potato with Trac ... More >>

Will President Obama Swing by Santa Monica High School Graduation?

A group of seniors at Santa Monica High School think it would be cool to have President Obama at their graduation Friday. So they started a campaign hash-tagged "Get Obama to the Greek" by making a video. Two seniors at SaMoHi, Sam Modabber and Nikki Bell, both 17, cajoled the President to come to ... More >>

Kelvin Ramirez: Santa Monica High Aide Sexually Battered 15-Year-Old Girl, Cops Say

Santa Monica police today announced that Kelvin Ramirez, a part-time special education aide at Santa Monica High School, has been charged with suspicion of sexual battery. A 15-year-old girl Ramirez was working with on-campus came forward Dec. 20 and alleged that "she was grabbed on the buttocks" b ... More >>

Hamlet at the Broad Stage and The Morini Strad at Colony Theatre, Reviewed

Hamlet

Santa Monica Spends Earthquake Plum on Ritzy Projects

Chianti Morgan, Young TV Assistant, Goes Missing in Hollywood

Updated at the bottom with Morgan found. First posted at 8:07 a.m. Monday. Friends and family are looking for a petite young woman who they say never returned after taking out the trash Saturday morning in Hollywood. Chianti Edward Morgan, who calls herself Chianti Love, says on her Facebook page ... More >>

GOOD Food Festival: Events Overview

Guzzle & NoshThe Sunday Santa Monica Farmers Market.​The GOOD Food Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Santa Monica Farmers Market, not the anniversary of our favorite food-based radio show. The four-day festival includes a film screening, ... More >>

Santa Monica Farmers Market Q & A, Part 2: Laura Avery Discovers a Farm in Compton Her Favorite Fall Produce

City of Santa MonicaSanta Monica Farmers Market Manager Laura Avery.​ Laura Avery has seen a lot change and evolution in farmers markets since she started managing the Santa Monica Farmers Market back in 1982. In part one of our interview, Avery gave us a window on some of the bigger changes ... More >>

Good Food Festival: Celebrate the Santa Monica Farmers Market 30th Anniversary

A. ScattergoodLong-stemmed strawberries.​ We all know someone who, when they shop at a farmers market and see the season's first batch of tomatoes/figs/strawberries, they lose all sense of self control and start celebrating amongst the stalls. Imagine this person -- and let's face it, it's pro ... More >>

Black Santa Monica High Student Says Wrestling Teammates Hung Noose, Chained Him to Locker, Shouted 'Slave for Sale!'

Is Samohi breeding bigots?​Updated after the jump: The L.A. County Sheriff is now investigating administrators who knew about the hate crime and didn't report it to police -- technically breaking the law. Looks like there's still some unabashed racism in paradise: The Los Angeles Times was ju ... More >>

Santa Monica Council Launches Inquiry Into Police Investigation Of Latino School Board Member Oscar De La Torre

Oscar de la Torre.​The Santa Monica City Council has agreed to look into possible police misconduct after authorities put a school board member under suspicion for child endangerment and then dropped the investigation. The Santa Monica Police Department opened an investigation into Oscar de la ... More >>

Stage Raw: Getting Our Fringe On

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. GETTING OUR FRINGE ON I've heard it said at numerous receptions and parties that the reason L.A. has so much bad theater is because it has so much bad theater - that less would be more. Fringe Fe ... More >>

Rock Picks: The Dirtbombs, Robyn, Dizzee Rascal

And other May 15-22 shows

Rock Picks: Slick Rick, Tapes 'n Tapes, Kate Nash

And other May 8-15 shows

The Dragons: Diggin' in the Sand

Ninja Tune records uncovers a psychedelic-pop album with a curiously circuitous back story

Come Back Into the Dark

Silent Movie Theatre’s Cinefamily is a gym for the mind

Heat and Light: A Pan-American Music Marathon

The Miseducation of Ericka Griffin

Ericka Griffin figured she was finally getting her big break when she got a teaching job at an exclusive Santa Monica private school. Instead, the school’s elite taught her the lesson of her life.

Snaking Through the Garden of Delight

Life’s a Beach

To Protect and to Serve Political Art

Return of the Native

David Robertson's excellent new-music adventure