It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Heavy Load
(1) santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem, Richard Bloom, carries three pumpkins at the Third Street Promenade during the farmers market yearly 'All You Can Carry Pumpkins for $5.00,' on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. (2) Japhy Frolick, 10, and his sister (3) Phoebe Frolick, 6, carry a pumpkin during the event. (4) Siddharth KC, 1, plays in the all you can carry pumpkin patch on Wednesday.
Santa Monica Close-up
Butterfly Wings
(top) Santa Monica College Theatre Students, Tom Jermain (standing) and Joseff Stevenson run through dress rehearsal of the World Premiere, "Butterfly Wings" on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. (above) Aric Martin (left) and Joseph Stevenson rehearse a scene on Wednesday.--- As they prepare for graduation, three college students in wartime America struggle to find a way to live their dreams. But each learns that life has a way of changing in stunning ways. Blending reality and fantasy through words and movement, this play is a story of love, the search for identify and the interconnectedness of us all. The play is written by Bruce Smith and directed by Perviz Sawoski.
Send or Delete
Santa Monica High School Junior and star actress of the student film, "Send or Delete," Briana Miller discusses cyberbullying at Barnum Hall after the screening of their student film on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. The cyberbullying educational program was produced in partnership with the Santa Monica Police Department and the Santa Monica High School film students. "Send or Delete" is an educational video dramatization written, produced, and directed by students for students addressing the issue of cyberbullying; a growing problem in our society. Panelists left to right are: Founder of Safety Ever After, Pattie Fitzgerald; Santa Monica High School Junior and star actress, Briana Miller; Santa Monica Police Officer, David Rynski; and Beverly Hills Police Department Sergeant and Cyber Crime Expert, Mark Miner
Ike and Syndi
PSYCLOPS characters Ike and Syndi, otherwise known as hip-hop dancers Peipei "B-Girl Peppa" Yuan, 18, and Giovanni "BBoy Bailafuco" Avelar, 18, teach kids dance moves at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, October 25, 2008. The event was presented by PuzzleZoo and was promoting the quirky, colorful PSYCLOPS iPod protective cases, each in the likeness of unique characters, unlock a kid-friendly online world where visitors can create the best beats, killer dance moves and have a good time with their friends. At PSYCLOPS Headquarters users can make their own customized PSYCLOPS avatars, music beats and dance moves -- and, for the first time with an iPod-centric product, users can also share their latest music and dance moves by uploading their unique 32 second music video to their iPods and take their creation with them, email the groovy movie to their family and friends or even upload the QuickTime video to their social networking page.
Actors from the London Stage
Actors from the London Stage (left to right) Matthew Douglas, Erin Brodie, Robert Mountford, Eunice Roberts and William Hoyland discuss their craft during an Informal Dialogue at Santa Monica College's Concert Hall on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Actors from the London Stage, a troupe of classically trained Shakespearean performers are in residency on Santa Monica College campus for a full week of seminars, master classes, campus assemblies, and other educational outreach, culminating in an exciting full-length performance of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" on Saturday, Nov. 1, in SMC's new Broad Stage.
The troupe uses minimal props, costumes and lighting effects, the five actors play all the parts in the full-length Shakespeare play, shifting from role to role by gesture, stance, intonation, or the simple use of a skirt or scarf. The actors also cross gender boundaries; for example, Eunice Roberts, the actor playing Paulina, also plays several male roles, including Mamillius and Dion. Started in 1975, Actors From The London Stage has toured colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and is one of the oldest established touring Shakespeare theater companies in the world. The actors' residency is an educational program developed by Homer Swander in 1975 at the University of California, Santa Barbara and founded by renowned British actor Patrick Stewart.
MASTER CLASS
(top) Actor from the London Stage, Matthew Douglas (left), Santa Monica College Theatre Professor, Janie Jones (left) and her students explore Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" during a master classe on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. (above) Actor from the London Stage, Erin Brodie, (right) puts SMC Theatre students through some warm up drills during the master class on Tuesday.
With Children
(top) Actors from the London Stage (left to right) Matthew Douglas, Robert Mountford, Erin Brodie, explore Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" with a group of students from, Roosevelt Elementary School, McKinley Elementary School, and Olympic High School at The Broad Stage on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. The students participated in the scene. (above) The Elementary School students warm up before the play.
With Senior Citizens
Actors from the London Stage (left to right) Eunice Roberts, Robert Mountford and William Hoyland discuss Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale," to a group of senior citizen students at the Santa Monica College Emeritus campus on Friday, October 31, 2008.
Howl-O-Ween Parade
(1) Contestants walk along the Third Street Promenade dressed in their costumes during Three Dog Bakery's Howl-O-Ween Parade on Sunday, October 26, 2008. (2) Sparky, a three-year old Chihuahua mix dressed as a tiger, gets judged during the costume contest. (3) Binky La Rue, a three year-old Chihuahua mix who was born without his two front legs, walks down the Third Street Promenade dressed as the Headless Horseman. Binky La Rue, won the costume contest and received a gift basket from Three Dog Bakery. Proceeds from the costume contest was to donated to Much Love Animal Rescue.
Raingutter Regatta
(1) Coope Brooke, 7, (let) and Jake Roselli, 8, of Santa Monica Cub Scouts Pack 67 use their lungs to push their homemade sailboats during the Raingutter Regatta at First Methodist Church on Sunday, October 26, 2008. The regatta is an annual event held throughout the country by Boy Scouts of America. Cubs build their own boats and decorate them for the race. (2) Cub Scouts enter their boats in the Raingutter Regatta. (3) (left) Jake Brunnell, 10, (first runner up) and (right) Miles O'brien, 11, (winner) blow on their sale boats during the regatta. (4) Nolan Macias-Denham, 6,blows on his sale boat.