Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans)  blooms along the  Santa Monica Beach Boardwalk  on Friday, March 28, 2008. Pride of Madeira is a large evergreen shrub-like woody perennial with small white or purple blossoms in dense 20" long cone shaped clusters; this plant flowers through spring and ends by the start of summer. Pride of Madeira is from the borage family (boraginaceae) that grows up to eight feet in full sun.

Fiberglass sculpute titled "Infinite Dance" by Vladimir Goryachev seen here at Santa Monica College on Saturday, March 15, 2008.

Harry Perry, worlds most famous street performer, rollerblades along the Venice Boardwalk while singing and playing the guitar on Friday, March 14, 2008. Perry is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and began performing on Venice Beach in 1974.

(1) Santa Monica College  Teacher Assistants (TA) Jeff Crum and Sheryl Tompkins throw clay during the Second Annual Santa Monica Airport Art Walk on Saturday, March 29, 2008. (2) Teresa Amanfu (SMC volunteer) works on her slab clay formation. (3) SMC ceramic student Stephanie Matthias, 24, removes her egg shapped sculpture from the Raku Kiln. (4) SMC Art Students Javonte Gray, 27 (left) works on his oil painting while Dondi Aguirre, 22, builds his sculpture. (5) SMC Art Students Stephany Price (left) and Natalia Valle work on their art pieces. (6) Actors form Ruskin Group perform a "10 Minute Cafe Play" during the artwalk. (7) SMC art student 'Vida' shows her artwork from her laptop computer to Virginia Ball during the artwalk. (8) Art enthusiasts walk through the hall at Santa Monica Art Studios. (9) Ceramics stored at SMC.