Fun Things To Do In Santa Monica and the Westside

Fun Things to do in Santa Monica and the Westside in October Be happy then everything will fall into place Become a volunteer SM city ambassador. Classes this month are what they call the "I am Santa Monica" class Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 / 6pm-9pm Broad Stage 11th St.Getty, Hammer, Museum of the American West (Autry), all free Oct 3-4. Hammer 10/21 free movie "Yes Men Fix the World", also see archive film program, lunch art talks all free. .Autry Museum of American West, Griffith Park has Dreamers of Los Angeles exhibit showing founders and stars who made LA; Southwest Museum (first exit off the n. Pasadena Freeway) offers lecture on the Mayan End of the World supposedly Oct 12 2012; Getty Villa, 10/ 24, 2 pm. lecture on Herculaneum, also take the Garden tour 10:30 am Sat. plus weekend art talks, always free. Main Getty 10/10 concert free 6 pm Dent May (Brazil and 50's?), and LA's DJ Nobody; LACMA offers great films, at their Bing Theatre Fri Sat night 7:30 and 9:30 tickets 10 $7 for members. Comedy 1404 3rd St. Promenade SM Fridays 9 pm, Sat 8 and 10pm shows $12. Pumpkins get out of town, drive to Santa Clarita 29527 Bouquet; Canyon Road 661 296 8697, after 10/8.Calabasas Pumpkin Festival , 10/17-18 on Lost Hills Rd. 818 222 5680. Also, Pumpkins at the Wed Oct 28. Farmer's Market all you can carry for $5 all you can carry regular Wed. am. Farmer's Market October 28 Painting on the SM Pier Sat Oct 11 8:30-1:30 all levels welcome, bring your own materials and learn. Cirque du Soleil opens with KOOZA in the SM Pier parking lot October 16SM Conservancy Landmarks of Santa Monica bus tour Oct 4, 2pm, $35;Weekly SM walking tours Sat 10 am, starting at 1436 2nd St. Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: 10/3 Chinatown LA Central Plaza. Pico Art Walk and Car Show Oct. 16 10 am to 5 pm; Antique market 4th Sunday each month from 6 am to 3 pm at SM Airport enter from Bundy $5.Alt Car Expo Santa Monica Civic Center October 2 and 3, Fri Sat. 10 am to 5 pm, you can drive those cars Speak Your Mind Sun Ocean at SM Blvd soap box offered anyone who cares to speak.The Annenberg Community Beach House, just n. of Calif. Incline 415 Pacific Coast Hwy Look for Tuesday 6:30 pm programs: http://beachhouse.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/2009sep.pdf (hopefully they will update their web site soon). Great casual restaurant open 8 am to dark.Plays: Edgemar Ctr. 2437 Main St. SM for $25 after Oct 3 see "45 Minutes From Broadway"; SM Miles Theatre on 7th St. Lincoln Park offers Asian Pacific Islander Performing Artists 10/22 8 pm and 10/25 Sun 2 and 7 pm; Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., 310 455 3723. Plays this summer include Julius Caesar, Cymbaline, The Cherry Orchard, The Miser and Midsummer Night's Dream, tickets start at $20Yoga on the Pier free 8:30 am Saturdays; Animals Blessed, Oct 4 at 3 pm Reed Park, Santa MonicaSkate at ICE in Santa Monica begins Oct 30 $10 includes skates 10 am to midnight on weekends. Grand Opening of the Venice Beach Skate Plaza October 3 @ 11 AM –go to Windward and the beach. See local art movies Laemmle Theatre see sneak previews for free http://www.laemmle.com/sneak.php One of Santa Monica's neighborhood org.'s is Wilmont for Wilshire Montana: Join for $10 annual dues and vote on parking and construction projects for this area. The non-profit corporation was organized more than 17 years ago; it represents the 25,000 residents who live between the Ocean and 21st. and Wilshire and Montana. Telephone is 310 840 2257, meetings are 3rd Mondays each month 7 pm at the Ken Edwards Cr. At 1527 4th St., parking is free. Learn to be self sustaining free 6 session classes by city: 6 Tuesday MeetingsStarting Tues 10/6, 6:30pm -8:00pm 1454 Euclid; Wed 10/7. 7-8:30 pm Library-for more see sustainableworks.org.Protect our Oceans and Beaches get involved with the WLA Malibu Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.See the web site: Surfrider WLAM www.surfriderwlam.org Santa Monica Chamber has their great mixer Wed. Oct. 21 at 5:30 at the Yard 119 Broadway and Speed not dating but networking is October 27 at 5 pm. Cars in garage broken into; put Community Police Officer Mike Boyd on speed dial; call him at 310 458 2201x 4134 cell 424 200 0684 Maralee Grantham and Associates In Pursuit of Your Dreams Sotheby's INTERNATIONAL REALTY maralee@maraleegrantham.com cell 310 570 6100