The Argonaut

11/12/2025

Create Protest has mailed out over 80,000 artist-designed postcards to voters across the country, who have then handwritten notes on and sent them out to more voters across the country. It is what Create Protest does.

Create Protest has mailed out over 80,000 artist-designed postcards to voters across the country, who have then handwritten notes on and sent them out to more voters across the country.

11/12/2025

The Verdi Chorus opens its 42nd season with “Faust — Berlioz, Gounod and Boito,” featuring selections from three operas about the iconic struggle between legendary character Faust the devil.

Making a deal with the devil has intrigued humans for centuries, and few stories have endured more than that of Faust, who bargains his soul for knowledge and power.

11/11/2025

Some would call experimental filmmaker and Venice historian Gerry Fialka a renaissance man. He has presented at 17 salons about the history and culture of Venice at the Venice Heritage Museum and organizes a handful of local annual events, including PXL THIS, a fest featuring films made with the Fisher-Price PXL2000 toy camcorder. Read more at https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/pxl-this-one-of-la-s-longest-running-film-fests-spotlights-experimental-cinema/article_b2f84e35-3c3d-4dc2-bcf5-a85274499cf5.html.

📸: Chris Mortenson

11/10/2025

The Santa Monica Police Department is opening a substation in Santa Monica Place, an investment part of its Realignment Plan.

11/08/2025

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District joined students, staff, families and community partners on Oct. 22 to celebrate two facility milestones at Grant Elementary School: the groundbreaking of the school’s new two-story classroom building and the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently completed Transitional Kindergarten building and play yard.

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) joined students, staff, families and community partners on Oct. 22 to celebrate two facility milestones at Grant Elementary School: the groundbreaking of the

11/07/2025

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order on Oct. 29 to expedite the rebuilding of businesses and commercial properties in Pacific Palisades following the devastating Palisades Fire.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order on Oct. 29 to expedite the rebuilding of businesses and commercial properties in Pacific Palisades following the devastating Palisades Fire. Emergency

11/07/2025

Those who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive partial payments, the Trump administration said on Monday.

Those who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive partial payments, the Trump administration said on Monday, Nov. 3. In a court filing, it said it

11/06/2025

What’s a good patriotic family that just wants to quietly live its life to do when the government shows up with an international crisis and demands compliance? It’s a question City Garage explores in absurdist fashion with the zany black comedy “Border Crisis.” Preview the show at https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/welcome-to-the-border-zone-city-garage-turns-family-life-into-a-geopolitical-battlegrounds/article_5dc37db1-a71b-42a4-bdfe-88c35fe2b045.html.

11/04/2025

When most comedians their age are telling stories from the golf course, the members of “Off the Wall” are still taking the stage — and making up the jokes as they go. Read more at https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/50-years-of-funny-improv-group-still-on-their-game-in-culver-city/article_ee317815-1057-49c3-9258-69d7d01c1f5d.html.

11/03/2025

The small fish in a big pond doesn’t always score attention. However, the Westside Chamber Orchestra won The American Prize in Orchestral Programming.

Read more at https://www.argonautnews.com/news/earning-national-acclaim-the-westside-orchestra-wins-the-american-prize-for-programming/article_e02362f8-d997-4c05-aac1-7731e2a176a1.html.

11/01/2025

Porchfest Los Angeles is a 100% free performance art festival that welcomes residents to turn their porches into performance spaces for members of the community.

Although Porchfest seems like a perfect fit for LA, this is not the fest’s first iteration. Ithaca, New York, was the first city to launch this music festival in 2007.