The Saunders Intergeneration performs at Santa Monica City hall’s lawn during City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division's 6th annual Jazz on the Lawn concert series on Sunday, August 7, 2011.

Sri Lanka Day - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

The "Pageant of Lanka" parades through the Third Street Promenade with beautifully dressed Sri Lankan performers and theatre elephants during Sri Lanka Day at Third Street Promenade on Saturday, Aug 06, 2011.

Benjamin Steers colors at the Santa Monica Pier during the 27th annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, July 28, 2011.

Nelson Marquez & The Moderators perform at the Santa Monica Pier during the 27th annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 4, 2011.

Nelson Garcia Marquez appeared on three Grammy award-winning recording projects and has performed at such legendary places as the Hollywood Bowl (Playboy Jazz festival), supporting one of his musical mentors Israel Lopez "Cachao". He has produced for Virgin recording artist Crystal Sierra and has licensed many of his own original compositions to numerous film and television projects. He has performed through out the world, appeared on many television broadcasts including "The Late Show", and "Fiesta Broadway" for the Telemundo network. For many years, Nelson was bandleader of the Venice Beach-based latin/soul/funk band, "Mango Bang" and released their projects on his own label. For years, he also did acting on the side, and achieved credits in many films. However it was his appearance with his Godfather,Andy Garcia, in the film "The Lost City" which allows the hyphenate "musician/actor."

Members from the Santa Monica Family YMCA and the Santa Monica Police Activities League take photos from atop Joyce Kohl’s public art sculpture entitled "Ocean Park Segue" (1988), during Santa Monica Bay Human Relations Council's Kids With Cameras Summer Photo Workshop on Wednesday, August 3, 2011.

Children watch as the Swell Sharks get fed at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (SMPA) during Heal the Bay's annual Ocean Appreciation Celebration on Sunday, July 31, 2011. The sharks are fed twice weekly on Tuesdays and Sundays at 3:30PM. This year's annual tribute to the ocean at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium focused on the four habitats of the Santa Monica Bay: the sandy bottom, the kelp forest, the rocky shore and the open ocean.

Children spray water onto the Watershed Diorama at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (SMPA) during its annual Ocean Appreciation Celebration on Sunday, July 31, 2011. The diorama, which was custom made for Heal the Bay by Andrew C. Aguilar, is designed for pollution education and to illustrate storm water runoff. This year's annual tribute to the ocean at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium focused on the four habitats of the Santa Monica Bay: the sandy bottom, the kelp forest, the rocky shore and the open ocean.

(left to right) Mia Fernandes, 2, Giuseppe McGrouther, 3, and his brother Adrian, 2, play a  Zodiac during the 28th Anniversary of National Night Out at Olympic Drive on Tuesday, Aug. 02, 2011.

National Night Out  involved 37 million people in 15,110  communities from all 50   states, U.S. Territories, Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide. The goal of the Santa Monica Police Department is to build upon the good relationship our police and community share along with celebrating that partnership which makes the city of Santa Monica such a safe place to live, work, and visit. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for and participation in local anti-crime efforts and strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships.