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PINKAPALOOZA

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1,2,3) The Fall Out Boys  perform on L.A.’s legendary Santa Monica Pier during Victoria’s Secret PINK'S PINKAPALOOZA on July 17. 2008. Victoria’s Secret PINK is celebrating the launch of their back-to-school collection. 4) Danny Masterson (AKA DJ MomJeans) spin everyone’s favorite summer tunes during PINKAPALOOZA. Masterson is an actor known for his role as Steven Hyde in 'That '70s Show.' 5) A girl and her mother check-out Victoria’s Secret mascot on the Santa Monica Pier. 6) The Pacific Wheel's LED reader board promotes  Victoria’s Secret PINK'S PINKAPALOOZA  event.

Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:34AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Economic Outlook

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1) Santa Monica City Manager Lamont Ewell discusses the 2009 budget  during Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's 'State of the City II: Economic Outlook' at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel on Thursday, July 17, 2008. The panelist  discussed the economic outlook for the City of Santa Monica. 2)  Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem, Richard Bloom, talks with Ewell about the economic outlook of Santa Monica  3) Panelists (Left to Right) Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem Richard Bloom; Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau President/CEO Misti Kerns; and Chamber President/CEO Laurel Rosen share a laugh during the panel discussion. 4) Bloom and Kerns 5) Laurel   Rosen talks with Chamber  Past Chairman Tom Larmore 6) (Left to Right) Bayside District Corporation President/CEO Kathleen Rawson, Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation Executive Director Ben Franz-Knight and Ewell. 7) Moderator Nat Trives ask the panelists questions during the economic forum. 8) Santa Monica Fire Chief Jim Hone (left) and Santa Monica Police Chief Timothy J. Jackman, (center) listen to the panel discussion at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel.

Hannah Montana

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(ABOVE) Actress, singer, and songwriter Miley Cyrus, AKA Hannah Montana, is interviewed at the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday, July 19, 2008, while filming an episode for Disney Channel's hit television series. (TOP)  A Hannah Montana double stands in for a scene.  Hannah Montana is an Emmy Award-nominated American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006, on Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night. Concealing her real identity from the public, other than her close friends and family.

Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 12:01AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Emily Osment

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Actress Emily Osment, 16, who plays Lilly Truscotton  on Disney Channel's hit television series, 'Hannah Montana,' signs autographs, takes photos with her fans and poses for a portrait at the Santa Monica Pier  while filming an episode  on Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 02:42PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Solar Koi

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Artists Dave Quikand tests out his wearable art piece, 'Solar Koi' at Palisades Park on Monday, July 14, 2008, in preparations for Saturdays all night art show, GLOW.  The GLOW event will feature an array of live art exhibitions, entertainment, and music, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. July 19, and glowing through the night until 7 a.m.  This unique event is free to the public and will introduce a new way of participating in, and experiencing art.  GLOW is presented by the City of Santa Monica in partnership with Bayside District Corporation, Pier Restoration Corporation and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:15PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

GLOW

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Artists from ReDiscover, Mary Beth Trautwein 43, (right) and Shiva Mandell, 32, (left) assemble their art installation, "Camera Projecta" on Monday, July 12, 2008, during a rehearsal at the Santa Monica Senior Center in preparations for Saturdays all night art show, GLOW. Situated in the building that houses the famous Camera Obscura on Palisades Park, this project invites the public to enter into the artmaking process. Using reclaimed materials obtained through the non-profit organization reDiscover, visitors will be able to engage in visual storytelling through the manipulation  of various materials, all placed on the flatbed screens of opaque projectors. The images created at ten projector stations will be broadcast onto the large windows facing west and north, acting as a kind of reverse Camera Obscura.
The GLOW event will feature an array of live art exhibitions, entertainment, and music, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday. July 19, and glowing through the night until 7 a.m.  This unique event is free to the public and will introduce a new way of participating in, and experiencing art.  GLOW is presented by the City of Santa Monica in partnership with Bayside District Corporation, Pier Restoration Corporation and the Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 05:19PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Picture perfect

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(TOP) Art instructor  Millie Greene (left) teaches a plein-air  oil painting class to Cathryn Sacks (center) and Rhanda Nelson (right) at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, July 08, 2009. En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is particularly used to describe the act of painting in the outside environment rather than indoors (such as in a studio). (ABOVE) Millie Greene's oil painting on Wednesday, July 08, 2009.

Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 02:22AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Surf or Swim

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Los Angeles County lifeguard Carla Cano, 36, installs a Surf/Swim sign at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, July 08, 2008. Cano has been a lifeguard for the past 15 years.
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 07:52AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint