271-room hotel set in historic Santa Monica Professional Building By Staff Writer The Santa Monica Proper Hotel will open soon in the Santa Monica Professional Building, a designated landmarked building at 710 Wilshire Boulevard. The Landmark Professional Building built in 1928 was originally designed as a medical building and converted into commercial office space in […]
Largest Graduating Class in SMC History
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to speak at SMC graduation on June 11. By Staff Writer California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will be the 2019 commencement speaker at Santa Monica College (SMC). SMC’s 89th commencement ceremony will be held Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m. at Corsair Field on the college’s main campus, […]
Ron Howard Discusses His Documentary on the Iconic Tenor Luciano Pavarotti
Ron Howard certainly falls into the category of a national treasure beginning with his role as America’s favorite kid, Opie, on “The Andy Griffith Show.” Since that time, that little kid from Duncan, Oklahoma, co-starred in a variety of episodic television shows as well as directing Emmy-award winning programs. He made his feature film directing […]
“Crime and Punishment” at the Edgemar
Before I launch into a review of the staged version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, a few words about this famous Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and philosopher who lived from 1821–1881. Considered one of the world’s greatest novelists, his seminal works include, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers […]
Syrian SMC Student Wins Nation’s Largest Private Scholarship
SMC’s Hesham Jarmakani wins Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship By Staff Writer Santa Monica College (SMC) student Hesham Jarmakani has won the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive scholarship will provide him with up to $40,000 annually for a maximum of three years to complete his bachelor’s degree. Jarmakani […]
Renée Taylor & Joe Bologna’s Hilarious “My Life on a Diet” Performed The Wallis
Hollywood stars of stage and screen including, Diane Canon, Elliot Gould, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss, Joely Fisher, Sharon Gless, and Frances Farmer, all turned out for the Los Angeles premiere of Renée Taylor’s My Life on a Diet, an award-winning one-woman autobiographical theatrical piece written by she and her late husband Joe Bologna, who […]