The Argonaut

11/19/2025

Oftentimes parents have certain ideas about what their kids will be interested in. An athlete growing up, Cori Goldberg thought her daughter might follow in her footsteps. Instead of track and field, she ran straight for the stage, and Goldberg followed. The mother-daughter duo has landed at Santa Monica’s Morgan-Wixson Theater. Read more at https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/the-young-drowsy-chaperone-santa-monica-students-are-bitten-by-the-acting-bug/article_a3738351-ca6b-4deb-a25c-500a4fb0cfe6.html.

📸: Miriam Billington

11/18/2025

After a two-year hiatus, the Venice Winter Fest is back, transforming Venice Boulevard into a community block party filled with music, art and food on Saturday, Nov. 22. Details at argonautnews.com/news/venice-winter-fest-returns-celebration-supports-local-artists-and-small-businesses/article_396e3ea6-4705-4cd8-8d41-96187263295b.html.

11/17/2025

Santa Monica College’s Emeritus ArtGallery has announced the latest edition of “The Ongoing Moment: Literature and Art from SMC Emeritus,” a collaborative journal and exhibition of original writing and art created by Emeritus Program students in the Autobiography writing class. More at argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/creativity-after-crisis-smc-emeritus-artists-share-stories-of-resilience/article_e5d2fdaa-cc8a-4943-9766-f9446e7695ee.html.

🖼: “A World of Pasted Horizons” (collage, 14.5 x 13 inches, NFS) by Cheryl Lee

11/14/2025

Two interim behavioral housing projects planned for Ocean Avenue were terminated last month, a decision made in response to concerns raised by Santa Monica residents and the city. Details at https://www.argonautnews.com/news/ocean-avenue-projects-halted-santa-monica-boosts-transparency-after-housing-projects-are-terminated/article_ef32b208-601a-4fb7-a431-3f3551ac5a02.html.

11/14/2025

The Santa Monica College Planetarium will resume its live, on-campus Friday evenings on Nov. 14 with two inaugural shows — the Night Sky Show and the Feature Show “Welcome to the Universe,” which explores the cosmic web and the Milky Way. More on this at https://www.argonautnews.com/news/stars-return-to-smc-planetarium-reopens-with-friday-shows/article_162f5748-a8a5-4758-be74-376cc0daf865.html.

11/13/2025

The Santa Monica Police Department has arrested two people in connection with the Oct. 24 hit-and-run on Wilshire Boulevard which resulted in the deaths of two pedestrians and injury to two others.

The Santa Monica Police Department has arrested two people in connection with the Oct. 24 hit-and-run on Wilshire Boulevard which resulted in the deaths of two pedestrians and injury to

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