Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Dear esteemed SMMUSD Board: I am writing in response to this request that all district parents received today regarding a consulting firm that you have hired to run a focus group of parents regarding the district’s commitment to "infusing DEI across all aspects of the district." I am writing in extreme opposition to such a plan, particularly when it involves two unions, one of which doesn't even involve teachers, and is a large national service employees union, and involves costs related to...
April 26, 2023 - Santa Monica Auctions, a longtime art business in Santa Monica, will be holding a two-day auction which will include the original canvas artwork for the iconic “Hope” poster of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for president. Two later versions of the image were created by Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey, but that to be auctioned is the sole original work of art for the campaign poster. Of the later versions, one is in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait...
On Saturday evening APRIL 15, 2023 the Alzheimer's Association 'Purple Spring Gala' The Magic of Music was held at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, with "The Office" star, Kate Flannery as host. The evening was filled with live musical performances, cocktail reception, beautiful original artwork auction, dinner, and honorees presentation There were exciting live musical performances from Dave Damiani & The No Vacancy Orchestra, Sal 'The Voice' Valentinetti...
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum opens its 50th Anniversary Summer Season with two of William Shakespeare's most mystical offerings: the thrilling supernatural tragedy, Macbeth, and that most magical of romantic comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream. There's no better place to commune with the spirits than Theatricum's spectacular outdoor amphitheater, carved into the rustic hillside and surrounded by the Topanga woods. Opening night for Macbeth is Saturday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. Audiences are...