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PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Yes, in this very spot! Book your In Home Design Consultation today! Call for details (310) 458-7737 AUGUST 16-17, 2014 Volume 13 Issue 232 Santa Monica Daily Press BULGER APPEAL SEE PAGE 6 We have you covered THE LAST VACATION WEEKEND ISSUE City Hall to open up some data Greatest hits BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON easily accessible to residents through two tures through charts and graphs. album from Daily Press Staff Writer online software programs. Much of the data, including police logs, The first, Socrata, is for the local number business licenses, Wi-Fi coverage, is already CITY HALL Looking for information on crunchers. It will make available data sets available in various corners of City Hall’s Santa Monica when planes take off at Santa Monica about, among other things, public safety, website, smgov.org, but these programs Airport? Want to peruse the salaries of city public assets, and transportation. would bring that data to one place and add employees? Interested in tracking City Hall’s The second, OpenGov, is for the visually more information. born band revenues and expenditures? inclined city wonks, allowing users to look at City Hall plans to make these things more City Hall’s budgeted revenues and expendi- SEE DATA PAGE 6 BY MATTHEW HALL Editor-in-Chief MAIN STREET There are many ways folks outside of town learn about Santa Monica, some hear about it through television or movies, some see photos online but for thousands of fans nationwide, Santa Monica is known as the home of Gaelic Storm and the band is back at work converting new fans with the release of their 10th album. Gaelic Storm, a five piece Celtic-rock band born in Santa Monica, just released a retrospective album, Full Irish. The album recently went to #1 on the Billboard World Albums chart and pulls from the band’s last six albums, or 10 of their 17-year history. “Full Irish pays tribute to the group’s diverse journey. The album features sea shanties and drinking songs, traditional tunes and originals, instrumental workouts and vocal showcases,” said their release announcement. In addition to their big hits, it includes sev- eral previously unrecorded songs that have special meaning to the band and its fans. Founding member Steve Twigger said his favorite track on the entire album is their cover of Whisky in a Jar, a song they had previously avoided. He said the song is almost everyone’s introduction to Celtic music and it was time to put the band’s stamp on the standard. “It’s sort of a gateway song and I never get tired of hearing it and I think we’ve got a NEW YEAR really nice version of it.” It also includes “Irish Party in Third Matthew Hall [email protected] Class,” a song that made the band famous after they performed in the movie “Titanic.” Will Rogers Learning Community Twigger said they has resisted playing the held a back to school barbecue to movie-song for years as a means of building introduce new students and parents their own reputation but he said fans love it to the school and principal Elizabeth and the album’s reception is a sign of how Cochran. 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Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica 6th Annual Texas Hold Em’ Poker Tournament Saturday August 23, 2014 What’s Up at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel 5-11 PM Westside $125 Buy in (Includes $2000 in chips & a buffet dinner) OUT AND ABOUT IN SANTA MONICA Proceeds benefit youth oriented programs and grants including academic and music Saturday, August 16 photos and stories as we look forward scholarships through Kiwanis Charities to our upcoming remodel. Materials 9 Major prizes awarded to the final table! Children’s Hands-On History shared may be posted to SHARE Santa Santa Monica History Museum Monica, a local history-sharing website BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE - Collared shirts 1350 7th Street, 11 a.m. hosted by the Library. and slacks required for gentlemen. The Santa Monica History Museum No jeans, gym shorts, or t-shirts. invites children and their parents to their The Elements of free monthly Hands-On History series, to Mystery Author Panel be held at 11 a.m. on the third Saturday Main Library morning of every month. Children, ages 601 Santa Monica Blvd. 2 - 4 p.m. TO BUY IN – Call 6 and up, are invited to participate in a Join us as we wrap up our season of related hands-on craft activity following Adult Summer Reading with a fun and Eula Fritz @ 310-458-8988 Or email [email protected] the lesson. RSVP is requested; registra- free-wheeling author panel of mystery Kathy Irby @ 310-882-4800 x 2239 Or email [email protected] tion is available at the door. For more writers, including moderator Naomi Or visit www.kiwanisclubsm.org information contact Danielle, (310) 395- Hirahara (Murder on Bamboo Lane), Kim 2290 or [email protected]. Fay (The Map of Lost Memories), Samuel W. Gailey (Deep Winter), Rachel Class reunion Howzell Hall (Land of Shadows) and Don Santa Monica Beach Club Passman (The Amazing Harvey). The talk 201 Palisades Beach Road, 6:30 p.m. will be followed by a book sale and sign- The SAMOHI class of 1969 is having ing and author meet ‘n’ greet. their 45th reunion Aug. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Nothin’ But Sand Beach Cleanup Free rock show Dockweiler State Beach McCabe’s Bar & Grill 12501 Vista Del Mar, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 2455 Santa Monica Blvd., 9 p.m. Monthly Nothin’ But Sand cleanups are Spend your Saturday night at McCabe’s public events open for all to join. This is Bar & Grill for drinks and live local music. a great opportunity for you and your Featured acts are Enemy Proof, Shindig family, friends or associates to get Avenue, Sounds Of Era, and Mother involved. We take care of the setup, all Rose. This event is free. Play Pool, you need to do is show up. 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Bring a picnic, blanket, etables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, trees, beach chair, and family and friends of all soils, composting, pests and harvesting. ages for a sampling of jazz each Sunday The Master Gardeners of Los Angeles in August. There will be food trucks at visit the Pico Farmers Market on the each concert. third Saturday of each month The 26th Annual Poetry Fest SHARE Santa Monica Workshop Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library Fairview Branch Library 11820 San Vicente Blvd., 2 p.m. 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., 3 - 5 p.m. Featuring local poets reading their origi- Share your memories of Fairview’s role in the community and in your life with SEE LISTINGS PAGE 3 For help submitting an event, contact us at 310-458-7737 or submit to [email protected] Inside Scoop Visit us online at www.smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, AUGUST 16-17, 2014 3 COMMUNITY BRIEFS Malibu ing forward to being part of the exhibition. more info about the band, see FB page at the 39 Steps, all the while trying to avoid Two Diverse Artists “When I first saw Malibleu Gallery, sur- www.facebook.com/TheCountryLegends. being framed for murder (and being tossed Show at Malibleu Gallery rounded by plants and containing a tree in Malibleu Gallery is located at 21201 Pacific from a speeding train). the middle of the room, I felt an apprecia- Coast Hwy. @ Las Flores Canyon, in the THE 39 STEPS has been seen by over Malibleu Gallery presents an opening tion for the uniqueness of the spaces Cosentino’s Center. 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