CIVIC CENTER — For over a quarter of a century, an eclectic mix of skilled artisans from across the country have trucked their wares to the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for the Contemporary ...

In the summer of 1958, Santa Monica inaugurated its dazzling concrete, glass and steel Civic Auditorium, an emblem of the mid-century modern International Style then popular throughout the world ...

For the last 55 years, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium has had all types of boring conventions, cat shows and craft fairs. But it's also held some amazing concerts; truth be told, its importance ...

Welton Becket’s 1958 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, once a beacon of midcentury optimism, this weekend shuttered its doors. The bending, intricately ornamented auditorium hosted several Academy ...

Though known to host the occasional concert (Aviici, the Beach Boys, Rilo Kiley have all played here), this multi-purpose 1950s-era venue is better known as an ...

After attending the recent Alt Build Expo in Santa Monica it became clear to us at AN that the aging Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, a Decorative Modernist structure designed by Welton Becket back ...

SANTA MONICA, CA-In an <b>UPDATE</b> to an earlier story, the aging Santa Monica Civic Auditorium will survive. The question is: as what?

SANTA MONICA, CA-The city council here will review proposals on June 11 about the future of the landmark Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.. The faded auditorium, a 3,000-seat venue which once hosted ...

Outside the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Friday, just before the Swedish producer/DJ Aviciiperformed the first of his three concerts this weekend, a guy passed out on the lawn. The fellow ...