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WEEKEND EDITION, FEBRUARY 24-25, 2007
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RENEWAL HAPPENS HERE! First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica EVAC annual pancake breakfast and planning meeting
Worship Service Every Sunday 8:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. 1220 Second Street, Santa Monica Between Arizona and Wilshire For more information, please call 310.451.1303 E-mail us at info@fpcsantamonica.org Visit us at www.fpcsantamonica.org
2450 Ashland Ave., 9 a.m. Emergency Volunteer Air Corps invites new and prospective members to attend. Meet fellow airport volunteers and learn about the EVAC program. To RSVP, contact Captain Tom Riegner at (310) 450-9029. For more information, visit www.evac.org/smo.
‘Junk Drawers’ 3301 Pico Blvd., coffeehouse hours Photography by Richard Gilbert will be on display at the UnUrban Coffeehouse through March 20. For more information on the exhibit, visit www.osmarea.com.
‘Open the Bottle Night’ 101 Wilshire Blvd., call for times The Grille will launch its monthly ‘OTBN!’ dinner series where guests are encouraged to open any bottle of wine that they have been saving. For more information, call (310) 576-7777.
Edison Language Academy’s silent auction and family dance
YOU ARE INVITED TO A COMMUNITY FORUM ABOUT DRIFTING TOBACCO SMOKE IN APARTMENTS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS! (How about non-smoking sections in apartment buildings?)
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:30pm-8:30pm Santa Monica Public Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401
2425 Kansas Ave., 4 p.m. — 9 p.m. This free community event will feature the live music of Argentinean tango quartet, Tango Nuevo, and salsa, cumbia and other Latin dance lessons. There will also be authentic global food, children’s crafts, Mexican Lotería and a raffle for a chance to win $500 and a video iPod. The silent auction to benefit the school features dinners at local restaurants, hotel packages and gym memberships. For more information, contact Yoly Gutierrez at (310) 828-0335.
Brazilian Carnaval 2007 at the Queen Mary 1126 Queen’s Hwy., Long Beach Harbor, 8 p.m. — 2 p.m. All ages are welcome to this Brazilian festival event at the Queen Mary featuring the musical group Sambada, the Oya Brasil Samba Show and Katia Moraes with Pure Samba. Tickets are $48 (at the door). For tickets and more information, call (818) 566-1111 or visit www.BrazilianNites.com.
African-American Arts Festival at STAR ECO Station 10101 W. Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, 10 a.m. — 4 p.m. This free outdoor event includes live music, dance performances, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, world-class capoeira, food, vendors, crafts, games and more. For more info, visit www.ecostation.org, or call (310) 842-8060.
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007 St. Monica kindergarten open house 1039 Seventh St., 8:30 a.m. — noon Tour the kindergarten classroom and the computer lab. Teachers and staff will be on hand to answer questions.
‘A World of Music’ 1900 Pico Blvd., 3 p.m. The Santa Monica College Emeritus Band will present an eclectic program featuring Ravel, Rossini and Wagner. The free concert will be held in the SMC Concert Hall.
Seniors Against Investment Fraud seminar
Sponsored by Santa Monica A.P.S.A.C. (Alliance for Protection from Secondhand Smoke in Apartments and Condominiums), S.A.F.E (Smokefree Air For Everyone) and Campaign for Smoke-free Choice in Multi-Unit Housing For more information and reservations: (818) 363-4220 or Email smokefreeapartments@pacificnet.net This material was made possible by funds from Proposition 99 tobacco tax initiative from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
601 Santa Monica Blvd., 1 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. WISE Senior Services presents SAIF, Seniors Against Investment Fraud, a program to educate seniors on how to spot and avoid falling victim to investment and telemarketing fraud. A reception will follow the presentation. For more information on any of the events listed, log on to smdp.com and click the “Events” tab for the given day’s calendar.
CORRECTION In a picture portraying workers assembling the tent for this weekend’s Spirit Awards (Feb. 22, page 14), the caption should have stated that the temporary structure was located south of the pier. In the Feb. 19 article “High school students prepare ‘selves for big test by any means necessary,” (page 1) Loyola Marymount University’s director of undergraduate admissions should have been identified as Matthew Fissinger.