1) Matt Gendal, (left) and Ben Hansel of Street Beat, a dynamic, cutting edge urban percussionist group, perform on tin trash cans and plastic water bottles during the Annual Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park on Sunday, May 20, 2007.

People lay on the lawn while listening to The Rhythm Roots Allstars during the Annual Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park on Sunday, May 20, 2007.

Comedy Duo and Filmmakers Tim Heidecker (left) and Eric Wareheim record a scene for their up comming 'Viral Vido' at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, May 18, 2007. The video's message was 'to have fun and not worry about the War' in Iraq. The term viral video refers to video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or IM messages, blogs and other media sharing websites.

PLANE TO SEE:  Model-turned-actress Lauren Hutton (left) meets with Patrick Ramage on Thursday at Santa Monica Airport as part of the ‘Save the Whale’ campaign being waged by Ramage and his 12-year-old son, Henry. Ramage, the head of the International Fund Animal Welfare (IFAW), and his son are in the midst of a 13-day, 13-city campaign to combat commercial whaling. The ‘Whale Plane’ the Ramages are taking to 13 cities in a whaling awareness mission is a Cessna 402 painted by the artist Jürek, who often worked with the Grateful Dead. B) Henry Ramage, 12, un-packs his luggage from the Cessna. 

Santa Monica College student and a member of the  Latin Student Union, Jose Sanchez, 19, AKA 'The Human Juke Box' plays songs for a dollar via his Ipod and portable speakers during SMC's Club Row Festival on Thursday, May 17, 2007.   The annual  event is designed for many clubs at SMC to recruit members and raise funds. Club participants set up colorful booths across the Library Walkway, where    they discussed their activities to prospective members and attract a multitude of students with promises of food and prizes. The event turned out new club devotees and at least a spark of interest in many others.

Students from  Santa Monica College's  Desi Club dance to Punjabi Music while Shahbaz Chaudhry, 20, (right) beats the dhol (drum) during the annual Club Row Festival at SMC on Thursday, May 17, 2007. The annual event is designed for  many clubs at SMC to recruit members and raise funds. Club participants set up colorful booths across the Library Walkway, where they discussed their activities to prospective members and attracte a multitude of students with promises of food and prizes. The event turned out new club devotees and at least a spark of interest in many others.