Southern California Attractions and Santa Monica Events Calendar

Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party

• Date(s): 11/01/2008 - 11/30/2008
• Recurring weekly on Sunday, Saturday
• Times: 12:30 & 3:00 PM Saturdays and Sundays
• Location: Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage, 1211 4th Street
• Contact: Sandra Zeitzew
• Phone: 3103949779ext1
• Admission: $10.50 (Kids 12 and under): $12.50 (Adults)

“Strongly recommended!” hails LA PARENT. Lovely audience participation helps Alice set a topsy-turvy Wonderland aright in this zany musical comedy for kids ages 2 to 102, presented by the internationally renowned Actors’ Repertory Theatre at Santa Monica Playhouse. Saturdays and Sundays at 12:30 & 3:00, November 1 through November 30, 2008. $10.50 for kids; $12.50 for adults. Call 310-394-9779 ext 2 or visit http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com. Santa Monica Playhouse is located at 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, one block east of the Third Street Promenade.

Late Night Thursdays

• Date(s): 11/06/2008 - 12/18/2008
• Recurring weekly on Thursday
• Times: Stores open until 8:00pm
• Location: Montana Avenue, from 6th to 17th street

Montana Avenue announces Late Night Thursdays. Kick off your holiday shopping on 6th to 17th Street where the shops will stay open until 8pm November 6 through December 18, 2008.

Ice at Santa Monica

• Date(s): 11/07/2008 - 01/19/2009
• Recurring daily
• Times: 10am-10pm
• Location: 5th Street and Arizona Ave
• Admission: $10

The outdoor ice skating rink, one of the popular attractions during Santa Monica's Winterlit Celebration 2008, is located just 2 blocks from the Third Street Promenade. On-site skate rental. Parking at adjacent city lots.

Winterlit "Best Gift Ever" Challenge for PAL

• Date(s): 11/07/2008 - 12/20/2008
• Recurring daily
• Location: Police Substation 1433 Second St and PAL 1400 Olympic Blvd

What was the "Best Gift Ever" that you recieved? Donate that fond memory gift for one of the kids at the local Santa Monica Police Activities League (PAL). Get that happy feeling and drop off an unwrapped gift for a lucky child (ages 6-17) this holiday season. Donations accepted at:

Police Substation - 1433 Second St

PAL - 1400 Olympic Blvd 

Come see Moliere's "Bourgeois Gentilhomme" at City Garage Theatre

• Date(s): 11/16/2008 - 12/21/2008
• Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
• Times: Fridays & Saturdays 8:00pm, Sundays 5:30pm
• Location: City Garage Theatre, 1340 1/2 4th. St in the alley between the Third Street Promenade and 4th Street
• Phone: (310) 319-9939
• Admission: Fridays-Saturdays $20 general admission/$10 seniors & students; Sundays "pay what you can"

The award-winning City Garage Theatre presents Moliere's classic comedy "The Bourgeois Gentleman (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)" filled with music, dance, comedy and the unexpected. The L.A. Weekly calls it a "GO." And the L.A. Times names it Critic's Choice: "This sleek City Garage take on Moliere's satire of nouveau riche pretensions is nominally avant-garde, mainly an unguarded hoot. Director Frédérique Michel and designer Charles Duncombe slyly tailor our times into their tart adaptation. Goaded by Jeff Atik's riotous title climber, the nimble cast has a stylized field day." Want to join in on the fun? RSVP ASAP!

ABS BY Allen Schwartz Annual Thanksgiving Pre-sale event

• Date(s): 11/19/2008 - 11/26/2008
• Recurring daily
• Location: 1533 Montana Ave
• Phone: (310) 393-8770

ABS by Allen Schwartz Annual Thanksgiving Pre-sale event. Our 60% off Thanksgiving Pre-Sale Event will be from November 19 to the 26th. To better serve you, please make an appointment.

Dermalogica Ultimate Holiday Bash

• Date(s): 11/20/2008
• Times: 6:00pm-8:00pm
• Location: Dermalogica on Montana - 1022 Montana Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90403
• Phone: (310) 260-8682

Dermalogica on Montana is holding the ultimate holiday bash for our closest friends. Enjoy a night of fun, festivities, and exclusive holiday skin health sets that are great to give, and better to receive!
- For every $150 spend on holiday gift sets or skin kits, recieve a stress relief candle for free.
- Preview and purchase limited edition holiday gift sets perfect for everyone on your list.
- Enter to win a stress relief gift basket just in time for the hustle and bustle of the holiday season!
- Take a seat at Skin Bar for your free Face Mapping skin analysis, and get your customized prescription for healthy winter skin.
- Enjoy hours devours while interacting with our skin health experts and friends.
- Take home a special gift bag os skin health favorites.
We'd love to know if you can join us, so please RSVP on or before November 17 by calling (310) 260-8682.

Main Library Docent Tours

• Date(s): 11/21/2008
• Times: 12:30pm
• Location: Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd

Docents will lead tours of the Main Library. Not only the library collections, but also history, sustainability, art and architecture!

Theo Bleckmann with Kneebody

• Date(s): 11/21/2008
• Times: 7:30pm-9:30pm
• Location: 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
• Phone: (310) 434-3200

American composer Charles Ives gets the progressive jazz treatment from genre-bending recording artist Theo Bleckmann singing with sonic powerhouse quintet Kneebody. The cutting-edge Bleckmann, lauded by The New York Times as "a singer who has only recently fallen to earth," takes on an American master in an evening of musical surprises.

For info and tickets: www.thebroadstage.com.

American Cinematheque Screenings: Aero Theatre

• Date(s): 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008
• Recurring daily
• Location: Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, SM

Movie presentations by American Cinematheque, a non-profit, viewer-supported cultural organization, dedicated to the public presentation of the moving picture in all its forms, from classics to the outer frontiers of the art form. Weekly screenings of art, independent and classic films. Also sneak peaks of upcoming movies with celebrity guest appearances and discussions with film-makers. Call for program information: 323-466-3456. Tickets $10 or $7 for members.

Farmers Markets

• Date(s): 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008
• Recurring daily

Santa Monica's four weekly farmers markets are widely considered to be among the best on the west coast and feature field-fresh produce, hundreds of kinds of vegetables, brilliant cut flowers, breads, cheeses, delicious foods, live music and more. WEDNESDAYS: Arizona Ave & 2nd St. 8:30am - 1:30pm. SATURDAYS: Arizona & 3rd St. 8:30am - 1:30pm and 2200 Virginia Ave 8:00am-1:00pm. SUNDAY: 2460 Main Street 9:30am-1:00pm.

Ruskin Theatre: L.A. Cafe Plays

• Date(s): 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008
• Recurring daily
• Location: Ruskin Theatre, 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA90405

Cafe Plays gives directors, actors and writers the chance to create a one-act play from scratch in 10 1/2 hours before presenting it the same evening to a live audience. Five one-act plays, bound by a common theme and locale, are staged each night. The 3

Santa Monica Conservancy Saturday Walking Tours

• Date(s): 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2008
• Recurring daily
• Times: 10am-12 noon
• Location: Downtown Santa Monica

Tours every Saturday morning. In approx. 2 hours and six blocks, the walk traverses more than 130 years of Santa Monica History, from its Wild West frontier beginnings to the sophisticated metropolis of today. Starting with the growth of the city, experie

The People's Voice

• Date(s): 01/06/2008
• Recurring weekly on Sunday
• Times: 10am-12noon
• Location: Palisades Park at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulveard and Ocean Ave.
• Admission: Free

Emulating the centuries-old tradition of Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park, the People's Voice puts up a weekly soap box and microphone for anyone to freely speak his or her piece. The sky's the limit! Free. Every Sunday.

Made Me Nuclear, the Operetta - Extended through Dec. 27

• Date(s): 11/21/2008 - 12/27/2008
• Recurring weekly on Friday, Saturday
• Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm
• Location: Santa Monica Playhouse, The Main Stage 1211 4th Street
• Contact: Sandra Zeitzew
• Phone: 3103949779ext651
• Admission: $20.00

Charlie Lustman's "sweet, sad and humorous one-man show", a pop music operetta about surviving cancer. LA Times Critics' Choice Written/performed by Charlie Lustman Directed by Chris DeCarlo Extended through December 29, 2008 www.MadeMeNuclear.com 866-463-3399