(left to right) George Abe, Johnny Mori and Danny Yamamoto of 'Japanese Festival Sounds' perform on their Taiko drums during the Santa Monica Public Library (main branch) 1,000,000 Visitors Celebration on Saturday, April 14, 2007. The program focused on the uniqueness of the ancient musical art form, the cultural fusion of ancient and modern techniques, and the full impact of Taiko through sound and movement.

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People check out the 'Smart Car' during the 'Earth Day on the Promenade' festival on Saturday, April 14, 2007. The Smart Car is manufactured by the Mercedes Group and is air-cooled, turbocharged and has a  three-cylinder, 698cc (0.7 L) rear-mounted engine. It and can reach speeds of 80 miles-per-hour  and gets 40 mpg with an average combined city-highway driving.

Dr. Gary Shapiro, Ph.D., Chairman and Cofounder of Orang Utan Republik displays his puppet 'Princes' during the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's Nonprofit Festival at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday. Orangutans are the largest arboreal ape. They are found only in Sumatra and Borneo. Orangutans are in grave danger of extinction because their rainforest habitat is being converted for human use - the biggest threat is pemanent agriculture in the form of palm oil plantations and more recently illegal logging within protected areas. Orangutans are the most arboreal of the great apes, spending nearly all of their time in the trees, making a new nest in the trees every night.

(1) Angi Neff holds up her five year old daughter Eleanor while she hangs up a Sadako crane on to the 'Crane for Piece' altar during Edison Language Academy's  Fourth Annual Day of the Dead Exhibit on Monday, October 30, 2006. (2) Forth grade students from Grant Elementary School look at the alters at Edison Language Academy during their Fourth Annual Day of the Dead Exhibiton.