Picnic on the Promenade - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

"Picnic on the Promenade" Friday, May 16, 2014. Enjoy a cubicle-free lunch where the active ingredients are sunlight, sea breeze, a vibrant scene, and live KCRW music! Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. introduces Picnic on the Promenade, a patio that pops on Third Street Promenade Fridays beginning May 16 through the summer. From noon to 3 p.m. at the corner of Arizona and Third Street in Santa Monica, picnic tables and umbrellas spring up to create a lively outdoor lunching area for Santa Monica residents and workers wanting to break free from their computers and cubicles. Picnicgoers are welcome to bring their own food, or grab-and-go from their favorite Third Street Promenade eateries. It’s free, and it’s here for the summer to help celebrate Third Street Promenade’s 25th Anniversary.

Santa Monica College students paint during Public Policy Institute's 3rd Annual Spring Symposium at SMC on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. The theme for this year’s community symposium is “Arts and Citizenship: Affecting Public Policy through Personal Narrative.”

Actor Wilson Bethel walks on a slackline at Santa Monica Muscle Beach on Monday, May 12, 2014. Bethel is best known for his roles as Wade Kinsella on Hart of Dixie and as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. 

Festivalgoers take a yoga class at the Santa Monica Pier during Wanderlust Festival - Yoga in the City LA on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Wanderlust brings together the world's leading yoga teachers and top-tier musical performers in settings of breathtaking natural beauty. Wanderlust’s core mission is to create community around mindful living. #WLLA

Journalist test drive the all-new, plug-in-hybrid BMW i8 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium during a press conference on Thursday, May 8, 2014.

Dancers perform at Palisades Park during World Falun Dafa Day on Sunday, May 4, 2014.

America's Got Talent filmed at Santa Monica Place on Sunday, May 4, 2014. 

A girl test rides an electric EcoReco e-Scooter during the Santa Monica Bicycle Expo at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, May 4, 2014.