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FOSP Board Meeting – Thursday, March 15 – 7 PM
Mt. Olive Church parish hall, 14th & Ocean Park Blvd. – All FOSP members are invited to attend and participate in discussions.

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March 1, 15, 20 — SMMUSD Board of Education – Check agendas for time and location
Agenda: www.smmusd.org/board/meetings.html
Board notes: www.smmusd.org/BoardNotes.pdf

March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – SMC Planetarium shows – 8 PM – Drescher Hall, Room 223 (near elevators on the second floor). For more information, call 310-434-3005 or go to www.smc.edu/planetarium or http://www.smc.edu/AcademicPrograms/Planetarium/Pages/public_shows.aspx
All shows subject to change or cancellation without notice.

March 3 – Composting Giveaway – 7 AM to 2 PM, or while supplies last –
City Yards, 2500 Michigan Avenue — www.smgov.net/r3

March 3 — Woodlawn Cemetery — Living History Tours — 11 AM and 1 PM, commencing at the Mausoleum entrance. Free admission. Costumed guides portray notable women and men interred at Woodlawn and share the stories of astronaut Sally Ride, actor Doug McClure, political activist Tom Hayden, community activist Thelma Terry, and the City’s first librarian, Elfie Mosse. Free parking is available on the cemetery grounds, and limited street parking is available. For more information, visit woodlawnsm.com or call 310-458-8717.

March 4 – VITA Tax Assistance – 1 to 4 PM – Main Library, 2nd floor Multipurpose Room, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. – UCLA students from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program provide FREE tax filing assistance. Appointments are on a first arrival basis.

March 5 – Disabilities Commission – 6:30 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street –
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Portals/AccessibleSM/content.aspx?id=16032

March 5 and 19 – Architectural Review Board – 7 PM – City Hall
Agendas: https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/ —
17ARB-0578: 2311 Lincoln Boulevard: Automobile Service Center
18ARB-0063: 2317 Lincoln Boulevard: Automotive Service Center

March 6, 20, 27 — “Write Away” Workshop – Noon – Fairview Branch Library – Support and encouragement for all writers.

March 6 and 20 – Gentle Yoga – 6:30 PM – Fairview Branch Library – Bring a mat or towel.

March 6 – SMC Board of Trustees – 7 PM — Business Building, Rm. 117 –
Pico at 17th Street. Agendas: www.smc.edu/ACG/Pages/Trustees-Meeting-Information.aspx —

March 7 — Santa Monica Homelessness Steering Committee (SMHSC) – 6 PM —
Roosevelt Elementary School Auditorium, 801 Montana Avenue

March 7 – Planning Commission – 7 PM – City Hall
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards-Commissions/Planning-Commission/

March 8, 15, 22, 29 – Current events discussion – 1 PM – Fairview Branch Library

March 10 — Classics Book Group – “The Sound of Waves” by Yukio Mishima —
11 AM — Fairview Branch Library

March 10 – The History of the Carnegie Libraries – 3 PM – Ocean Park Branch Library – USC Architecture Professor Kenneth Breisch speaks about the origins and philosophy behind Andrew Carnegie’s project to finance the construction of nearly 1,700 public libraries, including the Ocean Park Branch Library, which is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary.

March 12 – Landmarks Commission – 7 PM – City Hall
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards-Commissions/Landmarks-Commission/

March 12 – SMMUSD “Stairway of the Stars” Choir Concert – 7 PM – Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School — https://stairwaychoir18.brownpapertickets.com/ — more information below

March 13 – City Council – 6:30 PM – City Hall –
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/departments/clerk/agendas.aspx
Meetings are broadcast live on CityTV Channel 16.

March 14 – Commission on the Status of Women – 7 PM – Ken Edwards Center –
Agendas: https://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=31919

March 14 – SMMUSD “Stairway of the Stars” Band Concert – 7 PM – Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School — https://stairwayband18.brownpapertickets.com/ — more information below

March 15 – Housing Commission – 4:30 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th St.
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/HED/Housing_and_Redevelopment/Housing/Housing_Commission_Agendas/Housing_Commission.aspx

March 15 – Recreation & Parks Commission — 7:30 PM – City Hall
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=31987

March 16 – SMMUSD “Stairway of the Stars” Orchestra Concert – 7 PM – Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School — https://stairway2018orch.brownpapertickets.com/ — more information below

March 18 – LA Marathon – https://www.lamarathon.com/
https://mailchi.mp/1270a3d97ad5/service-alert-la-marathon-detours-318?e=5fb015ef79

March 19 – Arts Commission – 6:30 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street
Agendas: http://www.smgov.net/portals/culture/agendas.aspx

March 19 – Task Force on the Environment – 7 PM – Virginia Avenue Park, Patio Building C
https://www.smgov.net/Departments/Clerk/Boards_and_Commissions/Task_Force_on_the_Environment.aspx

March 20 – Women’s History Month — Ella Fitzgerald: A Centennial Celebration – 3 PM – MLK Jr. Auditorium, Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. – Author Geoffrey Mark discusses his new biography of the jazz legend, developed with materials from the archives of the Fitzgerald estate.

March 21 — Child Care & Early Education Task Force – 1 PM – Thelma Terry Center, Virginia Avenue Park
Agenda: http://www.santamonicacradletocareer.org/ectf/
Co‐Chairs: Laila Taslimi at untitledno.1school@gmail.com and Iao Katagiri at iao@rand.org
City staff liaison: natasha.kingscote@smgov.net

March 21 — Commission for the Senior Community – 1:30 PM –
Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=53687097196

March 21 – SMC Board of Trustees — Winter Study Session
Agenda: www.smc.edu/ACG/Pages/Trustees-Meeting-Information.aspx

March 21 – Planning Commission – 7 PM – City Hall
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards-Commissions/Planning-Commission/

March 22 — Rent Control Board – 7 PM – City Hall —
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/Current_Board_Meetings.aspx

March 24 – Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk – 12 to 5 PM – Airport Avenue between
23rd Street and Centinela – www.smgov.net/airportartwalk

March 24 – Women’s History Month Movie: “A League of Their Own” (1992) – 2 PM – Fairview Branch Library – A professional female baseball league springs up in the Midwest during World War II. Starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Rosie O’Donnell.

March 24 – Traveling through Spain: The Music and Life of Isaac Albeniz – 3 PM – MLK Jr. Auditorium, Main Library – Pianist Isaac Friedhoff and guitarist Jason Williams present a program about the celebrated Spanish composer.

March 24 – Santa Monica Symphony – free concert, with open seating – 7:30 PM – Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School. Music by Wagner (Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin), Schubert (“Unfinished Symphony”), and Brahms (Piano Concerto No 1 in D-minor), with conductor Guido Lamell of the LA Philharmonic. 6:30 pre-concert lecture by Russell Steinberg. Parking in the Civic Center parking structure, 4th Street at Civic Center Drive. www.smsysmphony.org

March 26 — Airport Commission – 7 PM – City Hall –
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/departments/airport/commission/default.aspx?id=45320

March 26 – Social Services Commission – 7 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 2517 4th St.
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=31958

March 27 – City Council – 6:30 PM – City Hall – Renewal of Interim Zoning Ordinance
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/departments/clerk/agendas.aspx
Meetings are broadcast live on CityTV Channel 16.

March 28 — Urban Forest Task Force — 6:30 PM – Check agenda for location –
Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/Portals/UrbanForest/content.aspx?id=18947

March 31 – Cesar Chavez Celebration – 10 AM – Pico Branch Library Annex –
Learn about his life and activism — film screening and photo gallery.

April 26 – SMC Citizen Bond Oversight Committee – quarterly meeting – 8 AM
http://www.smc.edu/ACG/CitizensBondOversightCommittee/Pages/Citizens-Bond-Oversight-Committee.aspx

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69th Annual SMMUSD “Stairway of the Stars” Concerts

Nearly 1,000 elementary, middle, and high school students will star in three separate “Stairway of the Stars” concerts at Santa Monica High School’s historic Barnum Hall auditorium. All three concerts will begin at 7 pm. Parking will be available in the Civic Center parking structure on 4th Street at Civic Center Drive.

Tickets are available online on a first-come, first-served basis until noon on the day of each concert. Remaining tickets for each concert will be on sale at the Barnum Hall box office from 6 to 7 PM. There will be assigned seating. Proceeds from the ticket sales go right back into the district’s award-winning music programs.

Choir Concert – Monday, March 12, 2018
https://stairwaychoir18.brownpapertickets.com/

Band Concert – Wednesday, March 14, 2018
https://stairwayband18.brownpapertickets.com/

Orchestra Concert – Friday, March 16, 2018
https://stairway2018orch.brownpapertickets.com/

The 2018 Stairway Honor Award will be presented to Tessa Vinson, a member of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. After graduating from Santa Monica High School in 2001, she attended UC Santa Barbara, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, and joined the “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in 2008. On January 20, 2009, Tessa participated in the inaugural ceremony and parade for President Barack Obama before an estimated crowd of 1.4 million people.

There will be a different guest conductor for each of the three Stairway concerts.

Choir Concert Guest Conductor — Lou De La Rosa is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies and Chairman of the Department of Music & Dance at West Valley College in Saratoga, California, and his choirs have performed at the Kennedy Center and at Carnegie Hall. The choir concert will feature music by Handel, Beethoven, Rossini, Schumann, Smetana, Aaron Copland, and Maria Eugenia Leon.

Band Concert Guest Conductor — Dr. Emily Moss is the Director of Bands and Director of Instrumental Music Education at California State University, Los Angeles. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning at Cal State LA. The band concert will feature music by John Philip Sousa, Gustav Holst, Dmitri Shostakovich, film composer James Newton Howard, and Grammy Award-winning jazz band leader Gordon Goodwin.

Orchestra Concert Guest Conductor – Dr. Thomas Loewenheim is Professor of Cello and Director of Orchestras at California State University, Fresno, as well as Music Director of the Youth Orchestras of Fresno. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, his master’s degree at the University of Michigan, and his doctorate at Indiana University. The orchestra concert will feature music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Leonard Bernstein, and Astor Piazzolla.

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Reminders:

1. City of Santa Monica Government Outreach Customer Service Center: https://www.smgov.net/sm_go.aspx

2. Police – www.SantaMonicaPD.org
   a. Non-emergency dispatch – 310-458-8491
   b. Neighborhood Resource Officer – Richard Verbeck – Richard.Verbeck@smgov.net
Phone: 424-200-0683
   c. Crime Prevention Officer – Myesha Morrison — Myesha.Morrison@smgov.net
Phone: 310-458-8421
   d. Homeless Liaison Program – Report ongoing homeless-related issues – 310-458-8953
   e. Crime mapping: http://www.crimemapping.com/map/ca/santamonica
   f. SMPD Community Affairs video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFScj6m8k6U&feature=youtu.be

3. Turn in unused or expired medication for safe disposal — A permanent prescription drop-off box is located in front of the Public Safety Facility at 333 Olympic Drive. (It looks similar to a mailbox.) For more information, call SMPD Community Affairs at 310-458-8474.

4. Eathquake Preparedness:
Office of Emergency Management: http://www.smgov.net/departments/oem/
Sign up for SMalerts at http://www.smgov.net/Departments/OEM/Stay_Informed.aspx

5. Santa Monica Airport – http://www.smgov.net/Departments/Airport/
   a. Noise Hotline – 310-458-8692
   b. Email noise complaints to: Noise@smgov.net – List date, time, your location, and complaint.
   c. Online noise complaint form: http://www.smgov.net/departments/airport/form.aspx?ekfrm=8886

6. Santa Monica College – www.smc.edu – 310-434-4000
    1900 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90405

    SMC Police Department – http://www.smc.edu/StudentServices/police/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx
    1718 Pearl Street
    Non-Emergency Calls: (310) 434-4608
    Emergency Calls: (310) 434-4300 or 9-1-1
    Hours: Monday – Thursday, 7 AM to 8 AM. Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM
    Email: smcpd@smc.edu (Tips or Comments)

7. Lost Pets – If you lose a pet, or find a lost pet, contact the Animal Shelters:
   a. Santa Monica — 1640 9th St. — 310-458-8594 — shelter@smgov.net
   b. West Los Angeles — 11361 W. Pico (near Sawtelle) — 888-452-7381