The Westside Repair Café returns to the Camera to connect folks with broken household items to volunteers who will demonstrate repairs - diverting goods from the landfill and increasing community skills. Bring your small household goods and see if their useful lives can be extended! Please RSVP to give us a sense of how many people to expect but note that repairs are made first come, first served.

Drop off larger items curbside right out front before parking. No gas powered appliances allowed onsite. If you know how to fix something please send email to ourtimebank@gmail.com; they welcome volunteers!

Volunteer-staffed repair tables include:

Appliances/ electrical

Bike repair with Santa Monica Bike Center

Computers/ tech

Furniture/ wooden items

Gardening advice

Garment repair/ sewing

Hair trimming

Misc Repair advice

Special events:

Seed exchange with Christy the GardenNerd - bring your seeds! Discussion at 2pm.

Practical 3D Printing with the Santa Monica Public Library: chat with Librarian Kelly Wortham and get ideas for using 3D printing to create replacement knobs, buckles, or other parts for your repaired items

Note for bicyclists: the Santa Monica Bike Center's mechanic will be on hand to help change tires, give advice and do short repairs; for long repairs and from-scratch assembly please patronize your local bike store.

Donations accepted for consumable materials used in repairs. There will also be an informal giveaway table if people have useful items to swap.

Repair Café is presented in conjunction with Our Time Bank (http://ourtimebank.communityforge.net/), Transition Culver City (http://transitionculvercity.org), and the City of Santa Monica's Resource Recovery Program. (http://facebook.com/santamonicarrr), and is based on the format of Repair Cafe International (http://repaircafe.org).

Camera Obscura Art Lab is a program of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs #ArtSaMo

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Directions: The Camera Obscura Art Lab is at 1450 Ocean Ave on the west side of Ocean just north of Broadway. By Metro - 4th St. Santa Monica Downtown stop, walk two blocks west to Ocean and 1.5 blocks north from the Pier entrance. Parking is $6 or less for 3 hours in Parking Structure 6 (2nd between Broadway and Santa Monica), and $5 on weekends at the Civic Auditorium lot just down Main Street at 333 Civic Center Dr. Meters on Ocean Avenue; $2/hr maximum 3 hours. More info: smgov.net/parking. Buses: visit bigbluebus.com or metro.net for more information. Bike share lockup just south of us in the park; for personal bikes remember to bring a strong lock.

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Accessibility: Camera Obscura workshop spaces are wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant. If you require any special disability related accommodations, please contact us at culture@smgov.net, call us at (310) 458-8350 or TDD: (310) 458-8696 at least 5 days prior to the event.

Registration: Fee-based workshops: we encourage reserving online with a credit card. Free events: RSVP on our eventbrite page. Some classes accept drop-ins. Bring cash to cover material fees, if applicable. Refunds/Transfers: Full refunds are given if class is cancelled before taking place - enroll online with confidence. For student withdrawals for any other reason, $15 processing fee for each multisession activity refunded; one-time classes & expended material fees are nonrefundable. Requests must be made in person, by mail, fax (310-899-0840), or email to communityclasses@smgov.net within 24 hours of first class meeting. All class dates, times, locations, and instructors are subject to change.

A program of City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs: Santa Monica Cultural Affairs (SMCA) supports the arts and the artists of one of the world's most exciting coastal destinations. SMCA produces, presents and facilitates access to cultural events for residents and millions of annual visitors, helps anchor the diverse creative sector that enriches our cultural and economic base, and promotes Santa Monica as a major cultural destination. This includes managing the City’s extensive collection of public art ranging from murals to interactive installations, with new projects being developed in conjunction with most Santa Monica public works projects, as well as offering four grant programs for Santa Monica-based arts and culture organizations, schools and individual artists, an array of artist residencies and festival and workshop programs. santamonica.gov/arts #ArtSaMo

Camera Obscura Art Lab offers arts, crafts and culture classes year-round. Polish your writing, take a better picture, learn how to make paper, knit, sew, and find a community of artists and movers! Weekly hangouts with artists through our ongoing studio residency program as well as workshops and one-off experiences bring insight into a variety of artistic work. Our community practice space offers room for you to develop your own creativity and learn from others. It all happens at 1450 Ocean Avenue in Palisades Park, where our mid-century building houses the iconic Camera Obscura mechanism and offers lovely views of the ocean, steps from the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier. Visit santamonica.gov/camera or check our current list of events.