Pacific Park Papers

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 [...]

The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red, green, and white on Thursday, May 5 in recognition of Cinco de Mayo 2022. Although many people mistakenly assume the 5th of May is Mexican Independence Day, that holiday, Día de la Independencia, is observed on September 16. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated to remember [...]

Pacific Park Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month with a special lighting of the Pacific Wheel. Since the early 1990s, the United States has observed Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month each May. The observance is an opportunity for Americans to celebrate Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Pacific Park will […]

Boats and piers go together like waves and the shore. This is why a long-standing exhibit featuring bright orange, skyward-pointing boats is such a fitting sight under a pier. So fitting that you may not even realize it’s actually public art. But art it is. And like all good art, it has a meaningful — […]