FILM THEATRE INDIE FILMMAKERS GET SOME SCREEN TIME PAGE 12 PLAY IS COLD AND BOLD PAGE 15 Visit us online at smdp.com FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008 Volume 7 Issue 100 Santa Monica Daily Press GOP MATERIAL? SEE PAGE 4 Since 2001: A news odyssey THE TAKING IT TO THE STAGE ISSUE It’s all in a name and now the Westside will have its own pre- Known for generosity, miere performing arts venue. We need to ensure the sustainability of our city’s cultur- Broads make a $10M al offerings, and this endowment will enable The Broad Stage to have the necessary gift to new arts center resources to maintain first- rate perform- ances for the public.” BY KEVIN HERRERA The gift, made from the Eli and Edythe Editor in Chief Broad Foundation, will benefit a new mod- ernist steel, stone, glass and wood perform- MADISON CAMPUS Philanthropists Eli and ing arts center that is currently under con- Edythe Broad on Thursday announced a $10 struction. The complex, designed by Santa million donation to create an endowment Monica-based architect Renzo Zecchetto, is for programming and arts education at the scheduled to open Sept. 20. new performing arts center at Santa Monica The stages cost $45 million to construct, College’s Madison Campus. and were financed with money from two Kevin Herrera
[email protected] In honor of the endowment, the theater bond measures passed by residents of Santa BIG GIVER: Thanks to the generosity of Eli (center) and Edythe Broad, the performing arts center will be named The Broad Stage and its 99- Monica and Malibu, and $5 million from at Santa Monica College’s Madison Campus is expected to draw renowned artists and world-class seat theater, which opened in August, will be private donors.