June 1-7 each year is National CPR and AED Awareness Week, spotlighting how lives can be saved if more Americans know CPR and how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator.) According to the American Heart Association (AHA), about 70 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in the home. The more people who receive even [...]
Summer’s Better with Books! Save the Children’s 100 Days of Reading Campaign to Keep Kids Reading, Learning all Summer Long Save the Children is launching its annual summer reading campaign in the United States, 100 Days of Reading, to give children fun ways to keep reading and learning this summer, while also helping provide support [...]
On June 4th The Santa Monica Pier is hosting the LA Opera on the Big Screen. Gather your blankets and lawn chairs, pack your picnic and come experience the music and drama of Aida under the stars. This event is free to attend. ABOUT AIDA One of opera’s grandest and greatest works, Verdi’s Aida is [...]
The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, white, and blue on Friday, May 27 to Monday, May 30 in recognition of Memorial Day. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday each May in the United States as an opportunity to recognize military personnel who died in service. The national holiday is [...]