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 years since the Civic closed, the city has put the word out for proposals and fielded offers ranging from reusing the space as a venue for Broadway shows to a gymnasium for Santa Monica ...

Brian Wilson was an off-stage presence for this 1971 Beach Boys concert, in which L.A. Times Robert Hilburn described the ...

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 ...

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 ...

June 12, 2025 -- Beach Boys leader and composer Brian Wilson, a supreme genius of popular music whose death was announced by his family Wednesday, had long ties to Santa Monica.

SANTA MONICA, CA-It looks like the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium will survive. Now the question is: as what? That was the concensus that emerged from a sometimes-contentious City Council meeting ...

CHECKING OUT THE MERCHANDISE: Ed Broadfield adjusts his display of hand-blown ornaments during the Contemporary Crafts Market at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium last year. (File photo ...