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Santa Monica 5000
(top) Athletes run on Barnard Way during the fourth annual Lexus Santa Monica 5000 on Sunday, October 11, 2009. (above) Haron Lagat, 26, who hails from Kenya, wins the fourth annual Lexus Santa Monica 5000 with a time of 14:07 on Sunday, October 11, 2009 and received a $1000.00 check. Santa Monica 5000 is sponsored by Lexus and Ed Hardy Sport, proceeds from the race will benefit Saint John’s Health Center.
LIFT-OFF
(top) Joe "The Marine" Montemorra, 34, lifts 231.25 pounds during the Venice Recreation and Park's Special Needs Athlete Lift-off at Muscle Beach on Saturday, October 10, 2009. (center) Matt Eanbbell, 21, lifts 137 pounds during the Venice Recreation and Park's Special Needs Athlete Lift-off at Muscle Beach on Saturday, October 10, 2009. (above) Ara Krakorian, 34, lifts 181 pounds during the Venice Recreation and Park's Special Needs Athlete Lift-off at Muscle Beach on Saturday, October 10, 2009.
RAISING THE ROOF
KOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world.
KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.
The Innocent's journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Pickpocket, and the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.
Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.
HOLY DAY
(1) Student Rabbi Menachem Levitansky from the Chabad House builds a Sukkot at the Fireside Convalescent Hospital on Thursday, October 8, 2009, during a Sukkot party. A sukkot is an outdoor hut that is covered with vegetation. (2) Levitansky gives a "Blessing on the Lulav" to Mr. Shapiro at the Fireside Convalescent Hospital during Sukkot on Thursday. (3) Levitansky sings with Fireside Convalescent Hospital's Jewish residents during a Sukkot party on Thursday, October 8, 2009. (4) Student Rabbi Menachem Levitansky from the Chabad House dances for Fireside Convalescent Hospital's Jewish residents during a Sukkot party on Thursday, October 8, 2009. Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, also known as Sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is harvest festival commemorating the booths in which the Israelites resided during their 40 years in the wilderness, lasting for either 8 or 9 days and beginning on the eve of the 15th of the month.
Sukkot at SMC
Christmas in Beverly Hills
An Italian cast films a scene for the romantic comedy "Christmas in Beverly Hills" at Santa Monica Beach on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. "Christmas in Beverly Hills" is the latest in a series of holiday movies produced for the Italian market by Luigi De Laurentiis which will be released in Italy in December 2009.
BUDding ROMANCE
A Budweiser and his wheatheart walk hand-in-hand along Santa Monica Beach while filming a Bud Light commercial on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Bud Light is the bestselling beer in America.
Pier del Sol's 40th Birthday Bash