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In honor of the 7th annual Arts, Culture & Creativity month, check out specials from the artists, galleries, and businesses celebrating creativity in its varying forms.<\/p>\n

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Arts, Culture & Creativity Month launch
\n<\/strong>Sunday, April 6 from 2PM – 4PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Join the City of Santa Monica, Cultural Affairs Division for the local launch of April’s Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month with a celebration in partnership with Arts for LA. Stop by Maison de plage de la communaut\u00e9 d'Annenberg<\/a> for printmaking, an art exhibition tour, workshop, and more. The event will include a printmaking activity. Get tickets ici.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Arts & Literacy Festival 2025
\n<\/strong>Saturday, April 26 from 10AM – 2PM<\/em><\/p>\n

The City of Santa Monica, in collaboration with SMMUSD presents the annual Arts & Literacy Festival at Parc de l'avenue Virginia<\/a>. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cDinosaurs!\u201d and the event will host over thirty different community organizations offering games and activities that align with the Santa Monica Cradle to Career Building Blocks for Kindergarten (BBK) campaign. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Art-making in Community for Healing
\n<\/strong>Samedi 19 avril de 10h \u00e0 12h<\/em><\/p>\n

Enjoy a community art-making gathering focused on safety, connection, and healing, entitled Art-making in Community for Healing at Centre d'art de la 18e rue<\/a>. This open studio-style gathering provides space to process our experiences as a community through creative expression, with licensed mental health and trained arts healing practitioners available for support. En savoir plus.<\/a>
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Bergamot Comedy Fest<\/strong>
\nMonday, March 31 through Saturday, April 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Bergamot Comedy Fest is a week-long comedic arts festival at Bergamot Station Arts Center<\/a> where comedy and culture collide through curated programming. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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La folie de la basse-cour avec les trois petits cochons
\n<\/strong>April 12 – June 29<\/em><\/p>\n

Rejoindre Santa Monica Playhouse<\/a> for family musical comedy, Saturdays at 2PM and Sundays at 12:30PM. Audience participation, photo opportunities, and a fun, zany musical experience.<\/p>\n

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Healing Through Dance & Poetry
\n<\/strong>Sunday, April 27 from 11AM – 3PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Join a day of healing and self-expression through the power of dance, music and poetry. Learn Afro-Cuban orix\u00e1 dance with Laroye A\u00f1a, West African dance with Jahanna Blunt and enjoy a poetry workshop with Get Lit. Let the rhythm move you and the melodies soothe your soul as we come together to connect and rejuvenate through the universal languages of movement, words and sound. Taking place at Maison de plage de la communaut\u00e9 d'Annenberg<\/a>. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Intersection with Debra Disman
\n<\/strong>Tuesday, April 1 & 15 from 5PM – 7PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Please join Centre des arts de la 18e rue<\/a> to create & learn, express & enjoy together! Debra Disman will lead the making of fun and fantastic \u201cFlag Books\u201d, made of an accordion-folded spine and intimate flag pages onto which you can inscribe your own text, found or otherwise, imagery or any combination of these to tell your own story of the present moment as you are experiencing it. All materials will be provided but if you would like, please bring ephemera and memorabilia to personalize to your book. En savoir plus.<\/a>
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Montana Branch Book Group
\n<\/strong>Thursday, April 17 from 6PM – 7:30PM<\/em><\/p>\n

This community-led, monthly book discussion group meets in person at 6PM on the third Thursday of the month at the Biblioth\u00e8que annexe de Montana<\/a>. This book group discusses a mix of fiction and nonfiction titles, often on topics chosen from current events. To register, email library@santamonica.gov. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Puppets & Poems
\n<\/strong>Wednesday, April 9 from 3:30PM – 4:30PM<\/em><\/p>\n

April is National Poetry Month! Enjoy a poem-filled puppet show at Ocean Park library Branch<\/a>, then make your own poetic puppet and try it out on our puppet stage. For ages 4 – 11. En savoir plus.<\/a>
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Take A Moment: An Unplugged Event
\n<\/strong>Sunday, May 18 from 11AM – 5PM
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\nRejoindre Maison de plage de la communaut\u00e9 d'Annenberg<\/a> for an unplugged series of free all-ages events focused on healing and community. Each offering invites you to luxuriate in an offline space designed for you to be in solitude or in community while you read, knit, draw, write, play games, color or… In addition to designing a space where you can simply be, we encourage you to browse a book collection curated by Friends of the Santa Monica Library. En savoir plus.<\/a>
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A Taste of Jordan: Exploring Jordanian Food<\/strong>
\nSaturday, April 5 from 11AM – 12:30PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Chef Chris Sayegh of Layla Restaurant invites you Main Library<\/a> for to join a seat at his table where he tells the story of Layla, a first-generation Jordanian cook and how she made the best food for her grandson and would inspire him to bring centuries of Jordanian cuisine to fine dining here in Santa Monica. A reception where you can taste these stories and flavors to follow. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Teen Darning Workshop<\/strong>
\nMonday, April 7 from 4PM – 5:30PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Join the Rediscover Center at Main Library<\/a> as they teach creative and aesthetic ways to mend clothes to extend their life and to add personal flair to your much-loved fashion pieces. For ages 13 – 18. Space is limited. To register, email library@santamonica.gov. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Adam Norton: Visiting Artist in Residence
\n<\/strong>18th Street Art Center through May, 2025
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\n<\/strong>Adam Norton is an Australian artist based in Sydney. He is interested in the effects of technology and place on the human condition. His work reveals an influence in technology, science fiction, ufology and the historical presentations of these ideas. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Art for Renewal: A Benefit Art Sale for Fire Recover
\n<\/strong>18th Street Art Center through May 18, 2025
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\n<\/strong>All the proceeds will go to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund and every purchase directly benefits artists who have been affected by the fires, helping them rebuild and continue their vital contributions to our cultural landscape. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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FORT\/ LA: The Healing the Heart of LA Design Competition
\n<\/strong>18th Street Art Center from April 28, 2025 – May 2, 2025
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\n<\/strong>Curated by Matthew Nevin & Ciara Scanlan, this exhibition showcases a range of visual art forms, including performance, digital media, sculpture, and print, offering visitors a glimpse into the cutting-edge talents of contemporary artists based in Ireland and Los Angeles. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hilla Toony Navok: Visiting Artist in Residence
\n<\/strong>18th Street Art Center through May, 2025
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\n<\/strong>Hilla Toony Navok is a Tel Aviv-based artist working across sculpture, installation, drawing, and video. Ranging from monumental sculptures to small paper pieces, her work is inherently modular, balancing between growth and collapse. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Maj Hasager : Artist Residency
\n<\/strong>18th Street Art Center through April, 2025
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\n<\/strong>Maj Hasager is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work deals with power structures, identity, memory, architecture, and the construction of history, looking at how these interlinked phenomena are interpreted and represented culturally and spatially. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n

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REFRACTIONS: Contemporary Indigenous Art
\n<\/strong>Annenberg Community Beach House through May 11, 2025<\/p>\n

<\/em>Refractions, Contemporary Indigenous Art is a collection of contemporary artworks by Native and Indigenous artists from or connected to the Los Angeles region. Their work provides a deeper understanding of the present-day experience of Native and Indigenous communities, influenced by pop art, graffiti, nostalgia, and the beauty found within \u201cthe in-between\u201d spaces of identity. En savoir plus.<\/a>
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This Suspended Moment: Redux by Jeff Beall
\n<\/strong>18th Street Art Center through June 30, 2025
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Emmet Cohen Trio live at BroadStage
\n<\/strong>Thursday, April 4 from 7:30PM – 9PM<\/em><\/p>\n

Esteemed jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen makes his BroadStage<\/a> debut alongside his trio, The Emmet Cohen Trio! Hailed by All About Jazz as \u201cone of the finest piano players to emerge in decades,\u201d Cohen’s dynamic and charismatic performances showcase his extraordinary talents. En savoir plus.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n

Check back often! Specials and Events will be added until the end of April.

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7TH ANNUAL ARTS, CULTURE & CREATIVITY MONTH<\/div>

Community Events<\/h1>

This April, Santa Monica invites you to celebrate the arts with us!<\/p>\n

Join us at one (or many!) of the events happening in support of our creative community. Let\u2019s make this year\u2019s celebration of the arts in Santa Monica the biggest and brightest yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See What’s Happening<\/a> <\/div>\n

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