French-born guitarist Stephane Wrembel will performs his beautiful, complex, and fiery gypsy jazz this Thursday night, July 19, at 7:00 pm, as part of Culver City Music Fest. This one, I'm looking forward to! If Wrembel looks familiar in this clips, it may be because he performed his original theme to the Woody Allen film "Midnight…

Each Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 for the rest of the month of July, the Culver City Public Theater is performing "A Servant to 2 Masters," a new adaptation of a play by Carlo Goldoni. Then during the first three weekends in August at 2:00 the troupe will perform an adaption of "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder.

Each 2:00 performance is preceded by a performance of the Children's Popcorn Theatre at 12:00 performing an adaptation of The Odyssey. The show pulls in a…

At its next regular meeting, Monday, July 16, the Culver City Council will consider placing a half-cent sales tax increase measure on the November ballot.

The Culver City Chamber of Commerce, which supports the half-cent sales tax increase as long as it is accompanied by a five-year sunset provision, makes the following argument:

• A half-cent increase will…

The Actors’ Gang is premiering OY!, the work of author, professor, theorist and critic Hélène Cixous, best known as a playwright of epic work with Le Théâtre du Soleil. 

The story of two German Jewish sisters who compare memories of their experiences of the period of Nazism in Europe, here's how the Actors' Gang describes the…

Shoes for the Homeless -- a non-profit organization founded by local podiatrist Ira Diamond that provides "gently used" and new shoes free of charge to the homeless -- has organized one of its semi-regular "shoe processing" date for today, Friday, July 13th from 4-5 pm. They could really use help with this task and are requesting volunteers. The shoe processing will take place at 4123 Jackson Avenue in Culver City.

If you're reading this too late to help -- not to worry,…

Artist Eric Fortune's new show, "A Life to Leave" -- flowing and color-saturated paintings -- opens at LaBasse Projects in Culver City this Saturday, July 14th. The opening reception is from 6 pm to 9 pm, and, as always, the public is welcome.

"Fortune’s soft but riveting lighting effects are produced with a technique called ‘glazing’ -- a…

Argentinian rock band Los Pinguos will headline this Thursday's Culver City Music Fest kickoff this Thursday -- free and outdoors in the courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Opening will be "the original Los Angeles party band," The Bonedaddy's. The music starts at 7 pm, and ... well ... if this kind of music's not your thing, at least it should be nice warm…

This Thursday the Culver City Orchestra will begin its summer-long series of outdoor concerts at Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey with their presentation of "Opera at the Shore." The finalists and winners from the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition in arias and ensembles will perform arias from some of the best-loved operas. 

The show begins at 7:00 pm, but you should arrive early. These events are very popular. 

Bring a blanket for the grass, or…

Only few days left for tickets to Culver City Hist Soc Annual Picnic.

- Santa Maria BBQ TriTips & Chicken

- RAZZMATAZZ Dixieland Jazz Ensemble

- Lots of gifts & door prizes

Wed, July 18, 5:30-7:30pm, Veteran Memorial Park

Reservations (310) 253-6941 or…

Gas executives and allies have long argued that since the hydraulic fracking process takes place miles and miles under the ground, there is no way that the practice could contaminate shallow drinking water aquifers. Now a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of…

Two Culver City non-profit organizations received California Community Foundation grant awards this June. Best Buddies California received $60,000, and Exceptional Children’s Foundation received $85,000 as part of the Human Development grants.

The Los Angeles-based California Community Foundation awards…

Watch this fun video made by Billy Vasquez, who blogs as the 99 Cent Chef, about the new food options that are available to Culver Citizens now that the Expo Line extends to our town.

Grub Street Los Angeles is reporting that the under-construction development at the corner of Washington and Sepulveda in Culver City will be home to a Chipotle restaurant. Pretty disappointing considering that there already is a…

The Exchange Club of Culver City and the City of Culver City invite you to attend the club's annual Fourth of July fireworks show at Culver City High School. Gates open at 5PM, entertainment begins at 6:30PM, and the fireworks start at 9PM. There is a suggested donation of $3 per person for the…

The Culver City Unified School District Board of Education has announced that it has selected David LaRose to be the new CCUSD Superintendent.

LaRose has served for the past four years as the superintendent of the South Kitsap School District in Washington State. He was recently named South Kitsap’s 2012 Man of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce, and received…

Last week, I happened to be riding in the same Expo Line car as Culver City Councilman Jim Clarke.

Clarke says he tries to take the train a couple of times a week as he commutes to his job in Los Angeles City Hall. He serves as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Grants for the City of Los Angeles, helping to secure federal, state, non-profit, and foundation…

You live in Culver City and haven't checked out the Summer Music Series in Marina del Rey's Burton W. Chace Park, you're making a big mistake.

This series of fee outdoor concerts - which begins on July 12 - is held in one of this area's the most spectacular waterfront settings: Burton W. Chace Park. Four classical music concerts featuring the 75-member Marina del Rey…

STAR Education

10117 Jefferson Blvd.

Culver City, CA 90232

June 25, 2012

To our Community Partners, the gardening community and all interested parties,

In response to the overwhelming interest in the Culver City Community Garden, STAR Education has joined together with several other organizations to strive towards providing an alternative option to Culver City’s current community garden’s shortage of available plots and extensive…