Oct. 26: Colorado Esplanade Workshop to Be Held

Greetings, and welcome to The SM AM Report. Despite what , it's now looking to be significantly warmer today.

Here's what we published Tuesday, in case you missed us:

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Now, on to today:

Weather Forecast

• partly cloudy
• high temperature: 67 degrees
• low temperature: 50 degrees
• chance of precipitation: 10 percent
• humidity: 68 percent
• sunrise: 7:08 a.m.
• sunset: 6:07 p.m.

The Main Event

• The Colorado Esplanade project, which would run along Colorado Avenue from Ocean Avenue to Fourth Street, will be discussed at a community workshop. While the meeting starts at 7 p.m. (in Room 104 at the ), a site walk will take place from 6 to 6:45 p.m., starting at Main Street and Colorado Avenue. Go here to read more about the meeting and the site walk.

The Runner-Up

• Assembly District 50 candidates , and will drop by to talk with prospective voters. They'll be at from 7 to 9 p.m.

Other Happenings

• Former Santa Monica Mayor and minister James Conn will be the featured guest speaker at tonight's gathering of the Activist Support Circle. The program starts at 7 p.m., with refreshments served a half-hour earlier, at the .
• The will host an opening reception for Wall Works, a public-art project connecting K-12 students with contemporary artists like Peter Shire. The museum is giving classrooms art supplies and inviting young artists to participate in the project.
• The  warms up for Halloween with a double-feature and discussion surrounding the launch of the new Monsterverse graphic novel Flesh and Blood: Book One, copies of which will be signed at the event. Between screenings of Horror of Dracula (1958) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), Bela Lugosi Jr., publisher/artist Kerry Gammill, editor/screenwriter Sam F. Park, writer Robert Tinnell and special-effects artist/filmmaker Mike Hill will talk. Capping it off, sculptures inspired by Hammer horror films will be on display at the theater.

Last but Not Least

• celebrates its 10th anniversary with a soulful event featuring multiple DJs. The show starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $10.

(Go here for more events happening today.)

This Day in Santa Monica History

• On Oct. 26, 1953, the Santa Monica Air Line saw its last passenger car.

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