Children build cardboard sculptures at Cardboard City in Santa Monica Place on Friday, August 5, 2022. Cardboard City, by reDiscover Center, is a 5,000 square foot pop-up community art center with an exhibit of 25 LA-area artists, hands-on family activities, daily classes, and the Cardboard City Shop. Experience the hands-on fun of transforming simple cardboard into cool creations. Facilitators and Artists will be available to assist your making experience in the free Activity Zone! reDiscover has searched the world for the best cardboard tools that are kid-friendly and versatile. Come to Cardboard City with an idea of something you want to make or follow one of our prompts to create a project like a hat, a figurine, or architectural model, to take home or contribute to one of our collective sculptures. Classes at Cardboard City are offered every hour on the hour, giving participants ages 8+ a chance to go in depth with cardboard artmaking, learn new skills in cutting, forming, and building with cardboard. Led by reDiscover's talented Program Facilitators, these classes incorporate tinkering, play, creativity, and lots and lots of cardboard. Each day's schedule includes classes on costuming, sculpture, and modelmaking, as well as special classes developed by Cardboard City's Artists-in-Residence. Check out the day's schedule at the Cardboard City Info Desk upon arrival. This free public program celebrates creativity and sustainability through cardboard art. Cardboard City is open daily except for Tuesdays from 12:00 to 6:00 PM, and runs through August 14, 2022, at Santa Monica Place. Admission is free #cardboardcity #cardboardart #tinkering #rediscovercenter #kidsmakerspace @rediscoverctr reDiscover's mission is to develop children's creativity through hands-on making with sustainable materials It's Vision is for all people to have an outlet for acquiring and donating reusable materials, and a resource to develop skills for employing them in a variety of ways. As reDiscover meets this need, we move closer to a culture where all waste materials can be recognized for their educational and creative value. reDiscover achieves its mission and vision through strategic initiatives: community engagement utilizing its reuse warehouse, programs focused on education and creative expression, and shaping the next generation by working with children at its center, at schools, and in the community.

Pastor Moody Ko from Father's Table Mission was in Santa Monica Friday, August 5, 2022. Paster Ko is traveling to 49 States in a RV to provide homeless outreach and share the gospel. Father's Table Mission is a charity that exists to serve the weak, lonely, and marginalized homeless in the L.A. area. @FathersTableMission

Highlights from Santa Monica Police Department’s (SMPD) National Night Out celebration at City Hall on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. This year’s theme is Behind the Badge. SMPD would like all of our community members to meet the personnel that help keep our neighborhoods safe. Several local businesses, neighborhood organizations and city departments have helped sponsor the event and were in attendance. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and builds neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, and a better place to live, work and play. Neighbors participate across thousands of communities from all 50 states, Canadian states and military bases worldwide. Residents are also asked to turn on their front porch lights that evening as a display of unity.

Highlights from the 10th Annual Killer Rides Car Show at Killer Shrimp in Marina Del Rey on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

Heal the Bay Aquarium employees show-off sea life related items at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Heal the Bay’s work is all about protecting the people and animals who call the Bay home. With over 100 local species on exhibit, hands-on activities for small frys, and daily educational programs, the award-winning Heal the Bay Aquarium is the perfect place to immerse yourself in marine science without getting wet. Plus, you can visit the Shop at Heal the Bay Aquarium for zero-waste goodies, plushies, green travel items, limited-edition Heal the Bay gear, and more! Heal the Bay is an environmental nonprofit established in 1985 that is dedicated to making the coastal waters and watersheds in Greater Los Angeles safe, healthy, and clean. They use science, education, community action, and advocacy to fulfill their mission.

Highlights from Chalk the Park at Reed Park on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Chalk the Park was presented by @neighborhoodash and @lananegretesantamonica

Confess your sins at #Venice Beach for $1, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Confession booth provided by @okopshow.

Gladiators at the Third Street Promenade promote HISTORY Channel's new series entitled, "Colosseum," on Saturday, July 16, 2022.The new series premieres July 17 at 9/8c on The HISTORY Channel. The eight-part series vividly brings to life the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the lens of one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity–the Colosseum. From the savage truth of a gladiator’s life as a slave-warrior to the fascinating ways Rome’s Emperors used the vast amphitheater to demonstrate total power, “Colosseum” offers viewers a unique and personal look inside history’s most iconic empire. Each episode pinpoints one of eight key and diverse characters–all based on real people from history. Spanning several hundred years, the series unfolds chronologically, from the arena’s astonishing opening day to its very last games. “Colosseum” utilizes dramatic live action sequences and special effects to infuse excitement into the personal narrative of each historic character. The premium series features commentary with leading experts, world-renowned scholars and more. #Colosseumhistory