Walk for Warriors is a fun, community-oriented 5K run/walk to take place on Memorial Day, May 27, 2013 at the West LA Veterans Affairs Campus. Proceeds from Walk for Warriors will help New Directions provide transitional services for returning veterans. By participating in Walk for Warriors, you will help support our nation’s veterans and the thousands of men and women who are currently serving our country.

The Santa Monica Festival offers an eclectic mix of live music and dance, DIY art workshops with recycled and repurposed materials, guilt-free shopping featuring earth friendly artistic wares and local services offered by a variety of City, environmental and local non-profit organizations.

Topanga Days is known for it’s great music, of course, but each year the games become more popular and includes multiple stages of entertainment, fine arts and crafts fair, healing.. Check out the website to see the entire line-up.

Since 1972, the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce has produced Fiesta Hermosa, the ”largest arts & crafts fair in Southern California”. Over 400 artists and crafters are featured, including painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, sculptors, and handicrafters. The festival takes place every Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) in downtown Hermosa Beach, California. With the ocean as a backdrop, Hermosa Beach is an ideal place for a summer festival with temperatures of 80 degrees and balmy sea breezes.

Presented by the Building Industry Association of Southern California, Orange County Chapter and the Urban Land Institute, Orange County/Inland Empire, and sponsored by Union Bank, and USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, featuring dozens of speakers.

Held each Saturday and Sunday on campus (Adams Ave. parking lot) from 8 AM to 3 PM. The swap meet offers a mix of one-of-a-kind used treasures as well as new merchandise and features a colorful array of vendors who sell everything from produce and fresh flowers to unique crafts. Proceeds from the swap meet go to the college’s credit program which funds over 150 course sections each year. Free admission and parking for customers.

Come join us for this once-in-a-lifetime event, an evening of music, love, and the power of redemption. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Homeboy Industries, we are welcoming legendary singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson to Smothers Theatre.

Plácido Domingo Conducts World Premiere of Dulce Rosa The Broad Stage and L.A. Opera have joined forces to co-produce the world premiere of Dulce Rosa, a fully-staged opera by composer Lee Holdridge and librettist Richard Sparks, based on the Isabel Allende short story “Una Venganza” (“An Act of Vengeance”).

Enjoy an extraordinary variety of Oaxacan wood carvings, Mata Ortiz pottery and Zapotec rugs.Meet premier Oaxacan wood carver Jacobo Angeles and master Mata Ortiz potter Jorge Quintana.

The Weisman Museum recently received the donation of a collection of contemporary art from the estate of Peggy and Eric Lieber. This new gift consists of 30 works of art, focusing on contemporary American art, adding to previous gifts of over a dozen works donated by the Liebers beginning in 2001. Their gifts totaling almost 50 works comprise the largest donation of art ever received by the museum.

Make the most of your OUTDOORS experience in the Santa Monica Mountains. Read More to link to the events calendar and search for National Park Service programs in the recreation area near you.

Wear boots or heavy shoes and water. We love our dogs and they love hiking with us but many of our hikes are on trails where dogs are not permitted on or off leash. However children accompanied by adults are welcome. These hikes are usually three or four miles and you can expect to be back at Gateway Park before dark. READ MORE for Complete Schedule…

If you have chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) and a jar of roasted red peppers in your pantry, you are well on the way to a lightning fast, tasty vegetarian dinner salad. Yeah, I said 10 minutes. Dinner is served!