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NEWS
Local News & Culture
INTERVIEW
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Downpour’s Downside
Free Verse
The Dead Man Did It
“Lyrics from Lockdown” changes the dialogue about mass incarceration ...................... 11
Hillside erosion on the Playa del Rey bluffs ... 5 Universal Jewelers theft suspect says she’s a victim ................................... 6
Homeless Parking Reboot Overnight parking guidelines won’t trump existing bans .......................................... 6
INSIDE SANTA MONICA
A Romantic Tradition Dining Out on Valentine’s Day is an American invention . ......................... 17
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS
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Get Down with Dolemite and Eartha Kitt .... 33
Why Warhol Still Matters The art vs. product debate continues in Santa Monica . .................................. 12
SANTA MONICA LIFE
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The Curse of Interesting Times State of the City speakers find opportunity in crisis . ................................................. 8
Finding ‘Fellowship’ An interactive theater experience at the Westside Food Bank ................... 34
OPINION A City Losing its Soul
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Vidiots departs as Santa Monica continues to self-destruct . ........................ 9
VENICE STORIES The Dude Abides The man who inspired “The Big Lebowski” is still kicking around Venice . ..................... 10
Love is a Decision Muses Outside the Box Artists honor the complex identities of Iranian women ............................... 15
Feelings are only part of the deal, so act like you mean it ........................... 38 On The Cover: Andy Warhol’s 1967 screenprint “Marilyn Monroe 31” is part of a Warhol retrospective in Santa Monica. Image courtesy of Ron Rivlin / Revolver Gallery. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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L e tt e r s Racism Disguised as Patriotism Re: The New Resistance,” Cover Story, Feb. 2 I agree with Congressman Ted Lieu. We must not give Donald Trump a chance to further violate our constitutional rights while undermining our domestic and international security. This is why I was compelled to stand with hundreds of “immigrant protectors” outside Tom Bradley International Terminal that Saturday night and to return the next day to join the growing thousands protesting outside the terminal, some of them later sitting in at LAX in front of the foreverclosed door of the customs information office. Live blogging and videotaping on Twitter (@MarcyWinograd or Marcy Winograd on Vimeo) was enormously inspiring as I read responses from India, from England, from around the world: “We’re with you. Thank you.” I encourage those of you reading my comments to do what you can — speak out, show up — to reject nativism, which is racism disguised as patriotism, and to fight to
preserve our democratic ideals and institutions. Marcy Winograd, Santa Monica
anything enforced — they can’t even answer the phone for non-emergencies. If you look at the map, you will see that we are surrounded by independent cities and the county (Marina del Rey); all enforce no overnight parking. Now that L.A. is making it legal in certain areas, there will be even greater overflow than is currently taking place. Shouldn’t we be finding solutions to get people off of the streets instead of encouraging it? And, if the City Council must do this, why isn’t overnight parking being relegated to inland industrial areas? If you want to camp at the beach, get permits or pay for a space at a campground. J.F.
A-OK with #CalExit California is considering secession from the United States. Good! Take New York with you. David Long, Santa Monica
FROM THE WEB Re: “City Error Could Park Homeless in Playa Vista,” News, Feb. 2 Why is this program being rolled out at all? There are no facilities for people to use when they live in their cars. Do the streets become littered with trash and human waste? Parking broken down RVs along the Ballona Wetlands sounds like a really good idea to me. Seems like Playa Vista will get special attention from Mike Bonin, but what about the rest of us? I’m not sure why the yellow would give us an extra layer of protection that we don’t currently have. Police want to stay as far away from the homeless as possible, so good luck having
Re: Letters to the Editor, Feb. 2 Since when did The Argonaut become a political newspaper? Very disappointed in that — even if the articles were well written and unbiased, and I may be curious to read them. Just awful. Vicky Nissen
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A Downside to the Downpour Sudden hillside erosion prompts concern on the Playa del Rey bluffs shallow movement of the surface material, but further investigation needs to be done,” he said. Building and Safety workers strung yellow tape halfway down the bluffs last week below Cabora Road and adjacent to the Ballona Wetlands to provide a perimeter for the slide. That perimeter “is not to be crossed,” Napier warned. Nearby, underneath the tape, nature persists undaunted. Wetland birds frolicked in the pools of water left by the rains, and at night frogs serenaded motorists on Culver Boulevard and guests across the way at the Inn at Playa del Rey. Monday brought more rain, but Napier said without further examination of the bluff his team couldn’t make a determination whether additional rainfall would change the conditions of the hillside. “There is always a chance that there could be more movement when rain is predicted,” he noted.
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By Gary Walker Recent rainstorms may have brought welcome relief for much of droughtstricken Southern California, but resulting mudslides on the Playa del Rey bluffs have startled locals and made it potentially unsafe for some hillside residents to enter their backyards. Grading inspectors with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety visited on Jan. 27 to conduct an investigation of the bluffs below 8124 and 8128 Billowvista Drive, where on Feb. 1 they posted yellow warning placards. “The dwellings can be occupied, but the yellow placards specify there is to be no access to the rear of the properties,” Building and Safety Chief Inspector Jeff Napier explained. The north-facing hillside sits above the Ballona Wetlands, near but not directly above the Southern California Gas Co. natural gas storage field. The slope failure, commonly referred to as a mudslide, has left the land below it in a vulnerable state after a series of sustained January and early February downpours. A rain gauge at LAX
A tarp covers unstable soil on the Playa del Rey bluffs recorded a record-setting nearly three inches of rainfall on Jan. 22, according to the National Weather Service. Napier said the city is still investigating the depth of the Playa del Rey mudslide and whether to be concerned about
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Defense Claims the Dead Man Did It Attorney says woman accused of ripping off Marina del Rey jewelry store customers is herself a victim of shady practices by the deceased owner — who wasn’t really her husband By Gary Walker The woman accused of absconding with more than $400,000 worth of consignments, deposits and other valuables after the abrupt closure of Universal Jewelers in Marina del Rey is actually the victim of a dead man’s malfeasance, her defense attorney told The Argonaut. Yupa Kalayar, 39, was charged with felony grand theft last year after investigators found customer’s missing jewelry in pawn shops throughout the area. Consignments and items left at Universal for repair disappeared after the store shuttered in October 2015 following the death of Arnold Smith, who founded the business more than two decades ago. On Feb. 3, Kalayar — who was married to Smith, or at least that’s what she and customers had believed — pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing at the Airport Courthouse in Westchester.
who would allow you to make that type of arrangement. You’re looking at two to three years in jail with other judges if you get convicted,” Schwartz said. “So if you’re convicted, bring a lot of toothbrushes.” It is not clear whether Schwartz would be Kalayar’s trial judge. She is out on bail and returns to court in March. There are at least two civil cases against Kalayar and Universal, and in recent — L.A. Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz weeks more former Universal customers have publicly blamed her for their lost jewelry. “My client is not guilty of wrongdounusual way of doing business that she Perlis said Kalayar feels for those who ing, and we’re going to prove that in was not a part of.” lost their property due to the way Smith court. My client is a victim here as During Kalayar’s arraignment hearing, conducted business. well,” Perliss asserted. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Keith “Nobody feels good about losing their Perliss also said that Smith tricked Schwartz advised her to make restitution jewelry or money. But my client is a Kalayar into believing the two were to victims of theft in order to avoid serious victim too, and the evidence will prove legally married, and that Kalayar is not jail time. that,” he said. legally responsible for how Smith ran “I’m the only judge in this courthouse gary@argonautnews.com Attorney Sanford Perliss, who represents Kalayar, said he intends to prove that unorthodox business practices by Smith are to blame for customers’ missing jewelry winding up in pawn shops.
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City Cleans Up Homeless Parking Map Playa Vista is no longer fair game for people sleeping in their cars, and guidelines won’t preempt existing restrictions elsewhere By Gary Walker After being inundated with calls from confused and angry Westside residents, Los Angeles city officials have made changes to a map detailing where people who live in their vehicles will and will not be allowed to park. The updated map will continue to evolve and does not supersede existing posted parking restrictions for campers and other vehicles, according to a statement issued Monday by Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin. “I say ‘updated’ and not ‘final’ because it is very important to note that these maps are not at all the final determining factor of where people are allowed to park when sleeping in their vehicles. Rather, posted parking restrictions and the language of the revised law (which prohibits vehicular dwelling within 500 feet of residential areas, schools, daycare centers and parks) is the final, determining factor that says where people are allowed to safely park when living in their vehicles,” reads a statement from Bonin’s office. Short of advertising where people can sleep in RVs or cars, the maps created by city planners, the LAPD and the city attorney’s office are meant to guide PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT February 9, 2017
enforcement of the ordinance. The previous map had suggested that people living in vehicles could park them around the clock in residential and retail areas of Playa Vista, which existing parking restrictions prohibit. It also had RVs parking overnight on Culver
Westchester Town Center Executive Director Don Duckworth. Sepulveda Westway is also open to parking day and night, and the map shows portions of Sepulveda Eastway cleared for parking either during the day or both day and night.
“If [overnight parking] is allowed on Sepulveda Eastway, we will seek a change.” — Westchester Town Center Executive Director Don Duckworth Boulevard alongside the Ballona Wetlands, where no parking is allowed. The updated map would not allow vehicle dwelling in these locations at any time. One community that didn’t see a lot of changes, however, is Westchester. The previous and updated maps designate Sepulveda Boulevard between Manchester Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard — the commercial heart of Westchester — as available to vehicle dwellers both day and night. But this doesn’t add up because overnight parking is already prohibited there, said
“If [overnight parking] is allowed on Sepulveda Eastway, we will seek a change,” Duckworth said. The majority of streets designated for day or night vehicle dwelling are on the neighborhood’s east side, including the horseshoe-shaped group of streets north of Century Boulevard and east of Aviation Boulevard, as well as several light-industrial areas. “The RV map by itself does not tell the whole story,” said Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa President Cyndi Hench. “As the council office indicated, all parking references need to
be taken into consideration before reaching any conclusions.” While much of the Playa del Rey lowlands would be off-limits to vehicle dwellers day or night, the updated map designates a large number of residential streets on the tony Playa del Rey bluffs for daytime parking. In Venice and Mar Vista, overnight parking would be still be allowed along Rose Avenue west of Lincoln and some commercial portions of Venice Boulevard — that is, if current parking restrictions don’t preempt it. Lucy Han, a community organizer in the Playa del Rey lowlands, said Bonin’s office has been responsive to the numerous calls from her and her neighbors about the earlier map. But Han remains concerned about some areas where overnight parking could be permitted, which still includes a few spots along Culver designated for day or night parking. “We want things to be crystal clear so that there’s no confusion,” Han said. “We want the map to reflect what the streets signs say.” See the updated map at argonautnews.com.
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The Curse of Living in Interesting Times
With Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole and former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros at the podium, the Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the City event on Monday took on a philosophical tone. Cole offered an ancient Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times,” noting that the Chinese word for “crisis” includes characters for both “danger” and “opportunity.” The opportunity Cole and Cisneros see is Santa Monica emerging as a national model of a city driven by progressive values — a place that can evolve beyond internecine strife that characterizes the politics of 2017 to harness resources for a society that’s not only productive but also inclusive and diverse. Cole noted Santa Monica has made “real progress” toward key strategic goals (education, transportation, housing, etc.), “but still has a long way to go.” Concurrently, the city released its FY15-16 annual report, offering metrics and digestible milestones, 12-Days-ofChristmas-style: 1,200 street lights repaired, 6% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions over the previous year, 17 new miles of bikeways … (for the full report, see: annualreport.smgov.net). The city’s deal with the FAA to close Santa Monica Airport in 2029 was a triumphant note after the last several weeks of public feuding, and drew several rounds of applause. The “20thcentury economic powerhouse,” said Cole, will be transformed into “a 21st-century environmental treasure” of public parkland — according to Cisneros, who once took flight lessons at SMO, “a very courageous decision.” Cole summed up a lot when he said “the rent is too damn high,” but both he and Cisneros described a need to balance “quality of life with inclusiveness.”
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For such soaring ambition, look no further than recently approved plans to construct a new City Services Building that might rank as the most ecologically sustainable structure in California history. The 50,000-square-foot addition behind City Hall puts LEED Platinum to shame — it would meet the Living Building Challenge, which requires a net restorative impact on the environment. City officials estimate that ambition will cost $75 million, but skeptics and critics call it a vanity project that could run up to $140 million — money otherwise needed for affordable housing.
Keynote Speaker Henry Cisneros: “There’s no such thing as cities planning to stay the same.” Cisneros said that unlike places such as Carmel or Coronado (“these are not real places for real people”) Santa Monica has the right mix of resources and grit. “Not an artificial community, not an elite playground, not dollhouse sterile — but a place where real people can live together and improve their lives,” Cisneros said. “Great cities have to have a mix of housing types, or it becomes an impossible problem.” The former San Antonio Mayor and Univision executive recalled driving through the Palisades one night and seeing working people unable to live near the places they work — “people that look like me,” he said, “mostly Hispanic workers, who had finished serving someone’s meal at a restaurant or finished working someone’s party at their home, getting ready take the buses that would take them somewhere to the San Gabriel Valley or beyond — at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night.” That status quo “is just not right. It’s not fair,” Cisneros said. “We can do better than that.”
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Responding to a discussion prompt by KCRW’s Frances Anderton that “we’re starting to trend old,” Cisneros elaborated on how Santa Monica can face its housing crisis. “There’s land that can be assembled for these purposes … new design methodologies that focus on a little bit more density. There are strategies that allow for new forms of living, congregant style,” he said, suggesting the city repurpose older light industrial buildings and churches. “There’s no such thing as cities planning to stay the same,” Cisneros said, rebuking the idea that Santa Monica should halt growth and development in order to preserve things how they are. For Cole, the key to keeping young people interested in calling such an expensive city home has to do with appealing to millennials’ sense of idealism and creating a sense of common purpose. “How can we create a community that reaches out to vulnerable people and protects our environment? That’s what I
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A norovirus outbreak prompted officials to shut down John Adams Middle School last Friday after nearly 200 seventh-graders were exposed to the hyper-contagious stomach bug during a trip to Yosemite at the end of January. The virus evidently jumped to several students who had not been on that trip, as well as some unlucky siblings. Officials issued an advisory — wash hands with soap and water before and after eating, disinfect surfaces, stay home at least 72 hours after symptoms resolve — and schools were back to business as usual on Monday.
Who is Ms. Santa Monica?
Everyone knows and loves Mr. Santa Monica (aka Nat Trives), whose civil service record extends back more than 40 celebrated years, but Mayor Ted Winterer begged another question during State of the City: Who is Ms. Santa Monica? “It’s time we had one,” he said. Send your suggestions to InsideSM@ argonautnews.com.
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of it.” Improvisational moments and unexpected audience interactions get braided into performances, and the production’s relevance is deepened by post-show talkbacks with guests like “Fruitvale Station” writer/director Ryan Coogler, Actors’ Gang founder Tim Robbins, and organizations such as the Anti-Recidivism Coalition. It feeds an interactive loop of creativity and activism for Bain. The show brought him to UCLA, where last fall he developed a course, “Narratives of Change,” with women prisoners at the California Institute for Women. He continues to work with them, preparing a prison-set “hip-hop theater remix” of “The Wiz” he’ll direct in March — all while freshening “Lyrics From Lockdown” with references to current events. Working to connect it to what’s happening in the world is “the only way,” he says, “it can remain a living, breathing production.”
should be in business schools, law schools and journalism schools as well: the imagination. It reminds us that there is something else that’s possible.
Bryonn Bain was wrongly jailed for a crime he had witnessed been sounding the alarm for many years. Finally we’ve reached a tipping point and there’s a broader public conversation. Artists get stereotyped as self-centered and unrealistic, yet it’s often artists who “report” first on social justice issues. Do you consider shows like this an avenue for people to access information they aren’t getting in the media? Absolutely. We’re trying to transform the culture. I learned from studying the law at the oldest law school in the country that you can change the law, you can change the legislation, you can change the policy — but if you do that and don’t also change the hearts and minds of people, then you’ve gotta send in the National Guard so little black girls can go to school. You know what I’m saying? We’ve got to really work on reaching the hearts and minds of folks, and that’s what art and culture do better than anything else. Artists don’t have a monopoly on being narcissistic and vain [laughs], because there’s certainly no shortage of that on Wall Street [laughs]. Art highlights this other piece of our humanity that
When “Lyrics From Lockdown” premiered, police brutality had entered the national discussion but not mass incarceration. Now Ava Duvernay’s documentary, “13th,” is nominated for an Oscar, but are people really engaging with the issue yet? It’s the first time it’s actually been part of a presidential election. Hillary Clinton was forced by Bernie Sanders to address it. On the other side of the aisle, Mr. 45, as he’s being called [chuckles], actually talked about bringing back stop-and-frisk — which I think is the link between the prison industrial complex, mass incarceration and policing. How are prisons filled? By foot soldiers on the beat — police officers. The connection has been made. Long before the film, long before Michelle Alexander’s book “The New Jim Crow,” we had Mumia Abu-Jamal and Angela Davis and countless others incarcerated — men and women who’ve
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In your “Walking While Black” essay, you mention a jail officer who “realized how absurd our ordeal was and treated us with the utmost respect.” Have any other officers reached out to you or attended performances? Not only that, we had a warden! [Laughs] A warden came to talk to us and confirmed — and this is one thing folks don’t talk about too often — these systems predate anyone living today. We inherited these systems. Wardens, police officers, correctional officers will tell you we’re operating within a system that dehumanizes even them. They’re looking for ways to be part of the solution and not part of the problem as well. We call out the worst aspects of white supremacy and capitalism and patriarchy — these systems, genocide and slavery, that are as much a part of this country’s history as its rich tradition of democracy and freedom. We also recognize there are allies found in every walk of life. … There are guards who will tell you, ‘Listen, we want help,’ to try to end the reality that the oldest prison for women in California has a suicide rate five times the national average. COs and guards need support to get off the conveyor belt of the trauma they’ve been thrown into, as much as the incarcerated men and women and children need support to figure out a way to end the systemic violence that’s being perpetrated against our families and communities, in prisons and on the streets with the tradition of police abuse that we’re witnessing through cellphone cameras on a regular basis. (Continued on page 14)
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Why Warhol Still Matters The art vs. product debate continues 30 years after his death By Christina Campodonico Andy Warhol’s work can be controversial, contradictory and misunderstood. But no one can deny its iconic nature. His silkscreens of Campbell’s Soup cans, Marilyn Monroe’s multicolored head and re-fabrications of Brillo boxes not only defined Pop Art, they’ve become synonymous with the visual culture of post-war America. The significance of these works is well documented in the annals of art history, but one question persists: Why is the art of Andy Warhol still so popular and ubiquitous, even 30 years after his death? Go into just about any art museum gift shop and you’ll see images that Warhol made famous, reprinted on T-shirts, notebooks, mugs, plates, key chains, postcards and the like. It’s almost Warhol sensory overload, even if that does democratize the act of “owning a Warhol.” And Warhol wouldn’t want it any other way, says Damon Willick, chair of the Art History Department at Loyola Marymount University. “I think he would love it,” says Willick, noting that Warhol favored silk screening because it took his personal hand out of the art-making equation. “In fact, he famously said that he hoped his art would inspire people to silkscreen their own Warhols. He also said that he wanted ‘to
be a machine.’ He called his studio The Factory. He liked this idea of mass production and commercial production. “But I don’t think that’s where his popularity comes from,” continues Willick, commenting that the hipness of
digest it and they like it,” says Willick. “It tastes good. It’s very palatable because it’s so familiar. It sort of looks like the advertisements that people are seeing on television and on billboards. … There’s this appeal to that commercialism.”
“Warhol’s most well-known work has always been popular with the public for all the wrong reasons.” — LMU professor Michael Dooley Warhol’s entourage — an avant-garde gang of gender-benders, actors, amphetamine addicts, hangers-on, socialites and hard-partyers with nicknames like “Viva” and “Ultra Violet” — could be the source of Warhol’s lasting allure. “The Factory and sort of the crew that hung around Warhol were definitely sort of that New York cool,” says Willick. “They have their Wayfarer sunglasses. They look as if they only come out at night. There’s definitely a coolness to them, and I think that also becomes part of Warhol’s appeal beyond the art, beyond the visual objects.” But there’s definitely something savory about Warhol’s art products. “I think people ingest [his art] and
Michael Dooley, an adjunct professor at LMU and Art Center College of Design as well as a contributing editor to Print magazine, agrees that Warhol’s work is highly consumable. “Warhol and his art lend themselves to effective branding and easy marketing,” says Dooley, who nonetheless counters that “Warhol’s most well-known work has always been popular with the public for all the wrong reasons.” Dooley argues that Warhol’s early work in the 1960s — the soup cans and such — was a “critique of consumerism,” but by turning Warhol’s work into purchasable products, we miss the artworks’ original point. “The message is twisted,” says Dooley.
“His ‘Campbell’s’ critiques of consumer culture become safe, flavorless consumables. Their mass-manufacture brings the objects full circle, back onto the shelves. “Those postcards and other products are drained of their danger and become devoid of all resonance.” Merchandising, Dooley says, “reinforces the lack of understanding.” A refrigerator magnet of Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe “has nothing to do with the monumental work” that is Warhol’s “Marilyn Diptych,” a silkscreen of 50 Marilyn Monroe images, half in color, half in black and white. To counteract the “trivialization” of Warhol, Dooley advises people to go see the artist’s work in person. Stand in front of it and take it in. Watch how the colors subtly shift over 50 faces of Marilyn; notice how not every Campbell’s Soup can is exactly the same. “Stop and see,” he says. “And then see how it makes you feel.” Ultimately it’s up to the viewer to decide how they feel about Warhol’s work, says Willick. “People still ask the question, ‘Why is that art? Why is that not an advertisement?’ These are really critical questions for Warhol,” he says, “and I think that intuitively people understand there’s something more going on here, whether they agree with it or not.”
A Valentine to Warhol Infatuated collector shares his treasures in Santa Monica
By Christina Campodonico Serial entrepreneur Ron Rivlin can blame his love affair with Andy Warhol on Mick Jagger. A veteran music industry promoter, agent and manager, Rivlin was at a friend’s house in Toronto four years ago when he spotted a Warhol rendering of the Rolling Stones frontman. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, that’s so cool!’” recounts Rivlin. “So I went looking for one.” He eventually got his Jagger — actually, a set of 10 Jagger silkscreens signed both by Warhol and the rock icon. And then Rivlin’s initial attraction to
Warhol’s work developed into fullblown infatuation. The Jagger silkscreens and more than 100 other Warhols that Rivlin has collected now hang inside Revolver Gallery at Bergamot Station as part of a retrospective exhibit titled “Andy Warhol: Revisited,” which opens, appropriately enough, on Valentine’s Day. “I just fell in love, for lack of better words. I fell in love with everything Warhol — his artwork, his story, how he came from rags to riches, how he was shot, he died and then he came back to life on the operating table and then died again in a hospital,” says Rivlin,
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who maintains an inventory of about 250 Warhols. “This is a celebration of his life through his work.” Arriving nearly 30 years to the day of the artists’ death, “Andy Warhol: Revisited” features a complete signed portfolio of Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup cans, a silkscreen of Martha Graham signed by the artist and the pioneer of modern dance, a Stable Gallery plywood Campbell’s Juice Box formerly owned by the designer Halston, complete signed portfolio sets of Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong and Muhammad Ali — and even a 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow that belonged to Warhol.
Each piece has its own unique history, information Rivlin seeks to record and preserve. “That’s the thing. Most people don’t know the whole story behind these pieces,” says Rivlin. “What I love to do is I fly out to New York, I fly out to Florida, and I get the stories that aren’t in the books.” One particularly colorful yarn relates to “The Wizard of Oz”-inspired “Wicked Witch of the West” silkscreen, part of Warhol’s 1981 “Myths” series. In the portrait, the witch is throwing back her head and cackling.
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Andy Warhol’s 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow is the centerpiece of Revolver Gallery’s “Andy Warhol: Revisited,” which also features Warhol silkscreens of Campbell’s Soup cans, Mick Jagger, Marilyn Monroe and more. Photos courtesy of Revolver Gallery
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“At Andy’s local grocery store, he would see the lady who played the witch in the ‘Wizard of Oz’ [Margaret Hamilton] and asked her to be a model for it,” recounts Rivlin of a story told to him by the work’s publisher, Ronald Feldman. As it goes, Hamilton told Warhol to call her agent, but Feldman advised him to simply find another model. But Warhol later saw Hamilton again at the same store, and that second time
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she agreed to pose for a photoshoot. “She showed up in character and she stayed in character, so this was her going, ‘Ha ha ha’ and they caught it,” says Rivlin. Seeing his pleasure in sharing this story, you can tell Rivlin is not your ordinary art dealer — even if he admits to admiring Warhol for his business savvy and commercial success. “I like the Dollar Sign [paintings] because Andy said, ‘Why
have money in the bank when you can have it on your wall?’” says Rivlin, paraphrasing Warhol’s famous quote, “I like money on the wall.” Even so, “I hate selling, in fact. I hate it!” Rivlin confesses. “I have a relationship with every piece. Some pieces I don’t like that much, and my relationship lasts only a day. Some pieces last years. But the more iconic ones that speak to me last a lifetime.”
so it may be easier for charlatans to dress up lies in the bravado of truth-telling. … I think what’s been done in the dark will come to the light. The coalitions that are being built right now will bring forth a new day and a different kind of order — not the Nixon/Trump order, but a new era. Out of the devastating Bush years came Obama; I think out of the Trump years something even greater will be born.
“Lyrics From Lockdown” continues at 8 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 8 p.m. Saturdays through Feb. 25 at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. Tickets are $34.99 on Fridays and Saturdays. Thursdays are pay-what-you can; just show up before 7:30 p.m. to get on the list. Call (310) 838-4264 or visit LyricsFromLockdown.com.
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Part of “Art Brief III: The (Un)Draped Woman,” mixed media artist Shadi Yousefian’s “Social Identity” engages and subverts cultural assumptions
Muses out of the Shadows Advocartsy pop-up honors the diversity and complexity of Iranian women By Stephanie Case Two years ago, Roshi Rahnama looked at Los Angeles and saw something missing: the art of her own culture. The city is home to the largest population of Iranians outside of their home country, but within the walls of L.A.’s art galleries there was no sustained platform for the vibrant Iranian creative scene that Rahnama, an arts advocate and museum consultant, knew so well. Her solution was “Art Brief,” a series of public pop-up exhibitions run by her organization, Advocartsy, that exclusively feature contemporary works from Iranian artists around the globe. “Art Brief III: The (Un)Draped Woman,” the
series’ third show, opens this Thursday at Santa Monica’s Arena 1 Gallery. As its title suggests, the exhibit focuses on depictions of Iranian women in all of their diversity and complexity. “You can’t put the image of the Iranian woman in a box,” says Rahnama. Sandra Williams, the assistant curator of the Art of the Middle East Department at LACMA, agrees. “External appearances, whether fully exposed or not, are rarely a gateway to comprehending female identity,” she writes. “These artists seek to capture a deeper truth: that identity is everchanging, and what is publicly presented is only a partial expression, if that, of
each woman’s — or man’s — true sense of self.” In “The Earth is But One Country (Eastern Bred, Southern Fed),” a woman lies on a couch with a fedora obscuring her face, her skin an artificial tangerine hue. It’s a portrait by Amir Fallah, a Highland Park-based Iranian-American painter who intentionally subverts the conventions of portraiture. “I never paint their skin color the natural skin color; it’s always some sort of artificial color,” Fallah says. When it comes to ethnicity, skin color, gender and age, “I don’t think that stuff tells you much of anything who a person is.” Instead, he lets her personality tell the
story. She’s surrounded by objects that unveil the depth of her identity: an antique hatchet; a Navajo-patterned blanket; a framed photograph of Baha’u’llah, the religious leader of the Bahá’í Faith. It hints at the life of a very interesting woman, straddling traditional Iranian culture and a love of Americana. The real Iranian woman who inspired the portrait — a friend of Fallah’s named Mitra — drives a pickup truck, loves Waylon Jennings songs, frequents food-eating championships and has a tattoo of a hotdog on her thigh. “She has this very spiritual side,” Fallah says, “but then the next day, she’s buying (Continued on page 16)
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a Harley and seeing a country band play in Anaheim.” For photographer Hadi Salehi, born in northern Iran and now an Angeleno, the Iranian woman that sparked his artistic inspiration was a near stranger. “She showed up for 15 minutes for the shoot and then left,” he remembers. Their fleeting encounter is permanently captured in “Surrender,” an analog photograph taken with a large-scale camera. Salehi layered the woman’s portrait with another image, soaking her figure in a warm, distorting glow. “The mix with the other materials makes her quality, her beauty, a little more surreal and dreamy,” almost spiritual, he says. “Maybe women are sacred, in my mind. My mother: she suffered through her life, compromising a lot, just to bring L E F T : Artist in exile Firouz Farman-Farmaian’s “A Woman with a Veil me up as a human being. So women have in Purple” evokes ancestral tales passed down by his grandfather a special place in my heart.” R I G H T : Los Angeles photographer Hadi Salehi’s “Surrender” For artist Firouz Farman-Farmaian, “A is dreamy and surreal Woman with a Veil in Purple” is his ode to a woman he never knew. An Iranian exile who’s spent his life residing across Europe, Firouz is drawn to historical images of 19th-century Iranian nomads, imagining the lives of women long before him, drawn from the ancestral tales passed on by his grandfather. When he stumbled upon an old photograph of a Qajar-era woman cloaked in a ceremonial veil and crown, it reminded
The real Iranian woman who inspired the portrait drives a pickup truck, loves Waylon Jennings songs, frequents foodeating championships and has a tattoo of a hotdog on her thigh.
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him of his great-grandmother, “a woman that was always a figment of stories and memories, who came through the generations to me,” he says. In “A Woman with a Veil in Purple,” he shapes that archival image into his imagination of the past, colored with oil pastels and drenched in a dreamy indigo pigment, giving it an air of imagination. “I’ve always wanted to address the position of the woman in the Muslim world, especially the woman of the nomadic tribes,” he says. “These women, for a long time, have been put in the shadow.” With 11 other artists presenting their own visions of Iranian women, curator Roshi Rahnama hopes that the collection as a whole helps attendees question and broaden their own cultural perceptions. “To take in such a vast array of representations of these women and their experience, and to be exposed to diverse versions of their reality, can thereby expand our reality,” she says. “Art Brief III: The (Un)Draped Woman” opens with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9, and continues from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Feb. 18 at Arena 1 Gallery, 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. A closing reception and talk happens from 3 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 18. For more information, call (310) 820-8529 or visit advocartsy.com.
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Restaurants haven’t always been part of the recipe for romance, but now they’re standard fare for Valentine’s Day stock images
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richard@richardfoss.com It’s once again that time of year when you look at the calendar and suddenly realize you don’t have a restaurant reservation for Valentine’s Day. Somewhere between frantically scanning pictures of interiors to see if they fit your idea of romance, you might start to wonder: Just when did this tradition of going out for dinner on Feb. 14 begin, and why do we associate some restaurant atmospheres with romance? The whole topic is murky, starting with why St. Valentine would be associated with romance in the first place. Valentine was a third-century Roman of whom nothing whatsoever is known except that he was executed and regarded as a martyr, and as early as the year 496 there was confusion about what he had done that was noteworthy. Nevertheless, a pope named Gelasius declared him a
saint that year, while admitting Valentine was so obscure that “his acts are known only to God.” The first detailed stories about Valentine appeared over
a rite of spring that was celebrated on Feb. 15, the day after Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day was associated with romance as early as the
At some of these restaurants, the server would knock or ring a bell a moment or two before entering, which suggests that something more than dining might have been going on inside. 700 years later, and none of them are particularly romantic. Whatever he did to become noteworthy, Valentine would probably be horrified to hear that his feast day is now associated with Cupid, a pagan fertility god whose name means “desire” in Latin. That association of Cupid and Valentine may have come about from the Roman festival of Lupercalia,
1300s, when Geoffrey Chaucer stated in a poem that birds choose their mates then. This did not mean that people sought out candlelit restaurants on that particular day. First of all, restaurants as we know them wouldn’t be invented for another 300 years; and, second, since candles were all they had back (Continued on page 18)
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CULVER CITY
LADERA HEIGHTS
LEIMERT PARK
MARINA DEL REY
Lovely 2 BR 1.5 BA home w/updated kitchen, Family room, Hardwood Floors
Ladera charmer. Gorgeous Red Oak flrs. Remodeled island style kitchen w/ granite counters.
Classic Spanish style home. 3BR,fam rm, rear yard w/ fruit trees. Upgraded bath+kitchen
Open Sun 2/12 1-4p. Charming 2bd/2ba twnhm w/ocean views on walk street on MDR Peninsula.
Carla & Ray Lowe (310) 435-0520
Janet Singleton (310) 722-0679
Olivia Ramirez (310) 694-7581
Ann Yellin (310) 666-1316
PLAYA DEL REY
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PLAYA VISTA
Just completed gorgeous 4bd/4ba Contemporary Mediterranean w/ breathtaking ocean views!
Open Sun 1-4p. Elegant & Updated Traditional w/ inviting open flr plan on top of PDR Hill.
Move-in ready condo, 1 bd, 1 ba, fplc, new flooring & upgrades
One-of-a-kind 2BR 2.5BA home w/ views from every room. Gourmet kitchen, lg patio,fireplace
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Alice Plato (310) 704-4188
Bob Waldron (310) 780-0864
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PLAYA VISTA
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SANTA MONICA
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2-level townhouse style condo. 2BR 3BA | curb appeal, stylish interior, remodeled kitchen
Light+bright 1BR 1BA, open flr plan, upgrd laminate flrs, spacious patio, granite counters
1818 18th Street- Triplex. Large 7,772 SF Lot. Units delivered vacant. Open Feb 11-12, 14.
Spacious 2bd/2ba single level condo w/ private patio steps to 3rd St Promenade, & ocean!
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Sam Araghi & Rudi Behdad (310) 415-1118
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6402 Wynkoop St | 4BD/3BA | Stunning custom home in prime Upper North Kentwood
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ESTATE PROPERTIES Congratulations to the Twenty Top Producers of 2016
Bill Ruane
Rob Freedman
Charles Le
Jane Sager
Denise Fast
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Rory Posin
Maggie Ding
Jane St. John
Igor Nastaskin
Wendy Sun
Judi Reimer
Steve Smith
Darren Pujalet
Gabrielle Herendeen
Dennis Hartley
Norm Lucas
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ESTATE PROPERTIES Congratulations to the #1 Top Producer in Each Office for 2016
Beverly Hills
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Rob Freedman
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Malaga Cove
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Silver Spur
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Dennis Hartley
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Congratulations to the 10 Top Teams
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#1 for properties soLd in marina deL rey 2010-2016
IN ESCROW
FOR SALE 13650 MARINA POINTE DR. #PH1906,MDR 2 BD/2.5 BA + DEN 2,354 SQ.FT. $2,799,000
13700 MARINA POINTE DR. #PH1906, MDR $1,975,000 2 BD/2.5 BA 1,993 SQ.FT.
6602 PARA WAY, PLAYA VISTA 3 bd/3 bA + DEN 2,444 Sq.ft.
$1,699,000
$1,325,000
211 VENICE WAY,VENICE 2 bd/1 bA N/A Sq.ft.
IN ESCROW
FOR SALE $899,000
OPEN SUN 1-4 4730 LA VILLA MARINA #L, MDR $725,000 2 bd/2.5 bA 1,456 Sq.ft.
4115 GLENCOE AVE. #308, MDR $875,000 2 bd/2 bA 1,370 Sq.ft.
JUST SOLD 13650 MARINA POINTE DR. #802, MDR $2,175,000 2 bd/2.5 bA 2,509 Sq.ft.
FOR SALE
13700 MARINA POINTE DR. #1812,MDR 5700 SEAWALK DR. #6, PLAYA VISTA $1,375,000 2 bd/2 bA 3 BD/ 3 BA + OFFICE 2,135 SQ.FT. 1,227 Sq.ft. $1,365,000
OPEN SUN 1-4 $1,199,000
FOR SALE OR LEASE
629 PALISADES AVE.,SANTA MONICA 13600 MARINA POINTE DR. #PH1901, MDR 3 BD/2 BA 1,706 SQ.FT. $2,299,000 2 BD/2.5 BA 1,950 SQ.FT. $2,195,000/$8,500
OPEN SUN 1-4
FOR SALE
IN ESCROW
13245 FIJI WAY #J, MDR 3 bd/2.5 bA 1,932 Sq.ft.
$2,299,000
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
1 IRONSIDES ST. #11,MDR 2 bd/2 bA 1,267 Sq.ft.
849 DICKSON ST., VENICE 4 BD/3 BA 2,230 SQ.FT.
IN ESCROW
6020 CELEDON CRK #2, PLAYA VISTA $1,135,000 2 BD/ 2.5 BA 1,640 SQ.FT.
IN ESCROW 4730 LA VILLA MARINA #A, MDR $799,000 2 bd/2.5 bA 1,456 Sq.ft.
JUST SOLD 687 WASHINGTON BLVD., MDR $1,620,000 3 bd/3 bA 2,184 Sq.ft.
IN ESCROW 4342 REDWOOD AVE. #C203,MDR 2 bd/2 bA 1,929 Sq.ft. $965,000
OPEN SUN 1-4 4730 LA VILLA MARINA #J, MDR $759,000 2 bd/2.5 bA 1,456 Sq.ft.
JUST SOLD 13249 FIJI WAY #F, MDR 3 bd/2.5 bA 1,582 Sq.ft.
$850,000
Kw-SiLiCon beACH bRe #02004120 AGent doeS not GuARAntee tHe ACCuRACy of tHe SquARe footAGe, Lot Size oR otHeR infoRMAtion ConCeRninG tHe ConditionS oR feAtuReS of tHe pRopeRty pRovided by tHe SeLLeR oR obtAined fRoM pubLiC ReCoRdS oR otHeR SouRCeS. buyeR iS AdviSed to independentLy veRify tHe ACCuRACy of ALL infoRMAtion tHRouGH peRSonAL inSpeCtion And witH AppRopRiAte pRofeSSionALS. February 9, 2017 At Home – THE ARGONAUT’s Real Estate Section PAGE 25
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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases miD-Century Cottage
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“Relish in exceptional sweeping views of the Marina Harbor, ocean, and Catalina from this highly renovated two bedroom home,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The kitchen offers quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances, while the bathrooms feature glass mosaic tile. The large living area is ideal for entertaining and extends to a generous patio with unobstructed view of the Marina. Luxuriate in thoughtful finishes, modern aesthetic, recessed lighting and wood floors throughout.”
“Situated at the end of a charming Kentwood cul-de-sac, this airy cottage is not to be missed,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Beautiful landscaping, mature foliage and a charming covered porch welcome family and friends inwards. Inside, natural light floods the open-concept living space. Enjoy brunch on the patio while cheering on backyard games. The spacious layout is completed with three bedrooms featuring built-in organizational systems, one full bath and a powder room.”
“This spacious two-bed, two-bath, condo is on quiet street on the Marina del Rey Peninsula,” says agent Ann Yellin. “Steps from the sand, this two-level home offers ocean views. The master bedroom is located on the main level, and features a large bath with a Jacuzzi tub. A large, private patio is great for outdoor dining and entertaining. The freshly painted unit comes with two-car direct access parking. Other features include lots of storage, a central sound system throughout, and a great floor plan.”
“This highly upgraded one-bedroom, one-bathroom home offers fantastic panoramic views of the coastline, ocean, city, and surrounding mountains,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy the hardwood floors. The kitchen and bathroom boast granite counters, recessed lighting, and tiled entryways. The kitchen offers upgraded stainless appliances. Moreover, you have immediate access to all the amenities of the Marina City Club, including pools, a fitness center, a full restaurant and bar, 24-hour gated security, and much more.”
“Just steps from the newly built phase II Playa Vista development, this west-facing townhome is filled with natural light,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “Gather around the family room, just off the open kitchen. Dark rich wood floors are on the first and second levels. The master suite and second bedroom boast vaulted ceilings, ample closet space with custom closets. The direct-access two-car garage and huge storage in sub-floor area under living room. Too many Playa Vista amenities to mention!”
“This home, once owned by Carmen Miranda, is perfect for indoor and outdoor entertaining,” says agent Jane St. John. “There is a full bedroom suite on the first level, as well as three bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs. Renovations in the last year include a new garage roof, a new balcony, renovated bathrooms forced air heat and air conditioning, and interior and exterior paint. This property combines original 1929 architectural elements, such as handcrafted tile and stained glass with modern features.”
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016 315842 The following person is doing business as 1. Suzi’s Suites 8352 Stewart Avenue/ 8744 Liberator Avenue Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Susan Maria Stefanski 7296 W 85th St Los Angeles, CA. 90045 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 12/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Susan Maria Stefanski Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Dec. 30, 2016 Argonaut published: Jan. 19. 26. Feb. 2, 9, 2017. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2017 010312 The following person is doing business as: 1) Ahsome Life 6440 W. 83rd St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045 Lori B Locicero 6440 W. 83rd St Los Angeles, CA. 90045 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/2007. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: LORI B LOCICERO OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 13, 2017 Argonaut published: Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 2017 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017 027931 The following person is doing business as: RETURNINGSPRING INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SERVICES 2) RETURNSPRING ASIAN HOLISTIC HEALTH 3) RETURNINGSPRING ACUPUNCTURE & INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 8701 Truxton Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. Registered owner(s) Joseph M. DE STEFANO II L.AC. 8117 Naylor Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90045-3911This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 09/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Joseph M. de Stefano II L.A.C. Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2017 Argonaut published: Feb. 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2017. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See
Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2017 012526 The following person is doing business as: Damian Gerard Curran Associates (DGCA) Registered owners: DGCA Consulting INC. 8055 West Manchester Ave. #600 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293 This business is conducted by an a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: DGCA CONSULTING INC. PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 2017 Argonaut published: Jan. 19. 26. Feb. 2, 9, 2017 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code
On Stage – The week in local theater c o m p i l e d b y C h r i s t i n a ca m p o d o n i c o
Chita Chita Bang Bang: “Chita Rivera” @ The Broad Stage Tony Award winner Chita Rivera recreates signature moments from her illustrious musical theater career, including songs from “West Side Story,” “Sweet Charity,” “Chicago,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Bye, Bye, Birdie” and “The Rink.” One performance only: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $75 to $110. (310) 434 3200; thebroadstage.com
Washed Up: “L.A. Woman – The Confession” @ Beyond Baroque An actress at the end of her rope (Robin Ray Eller) recounts her life and career in this staged reading of a new work by playwright/novelist Richard Setlowe and directed by Tony nominee Marcia Rodd. One performance only: 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Ven-
ice. $6 to $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Life Songs: “Debussy: His Letters and His Music” @ Odyssey Theatre Soprano Julia Migenes explores the life of the famed French composer in this new stage biography combining Debussy’s letters and compositions. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 26 at Odyssey Theater, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to $30. (310) 477-2055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com Photo by Laura Maria Duncan
Comedy Duo: “We Don’t Know Either” @ Miles Memorial Playhouse HBO Def Poetry & Def Comedy alum Joe HernandezKolski teams up with beat boxer Joshua Silverstein for an evening of jokes, spoken word and magic for Fireside at the Miles, with comedian Mattio Martinez and magician Elizabeth Messick as special guests. One performance only: 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130
Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to $10. RSVP to (310) 458-8634 or milesplayhouse@smgov.net.
Chita Rivera recreates highlights from her life on Broadway, including songs from “West Side Story,” for one night only in Santa Monica
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Mind Games: “Grimly Handsome” @ City Garage Julia Jarcho’s Obie-winning play about a pair of Christmas tree salesmen wreaking havoc on NYC, a detective duo bent on catching a killer, and a young woman drawn into a vicious game of cat-and-mouse makes its West Coast premiere. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 26 at City Garage, Bergamot Station T-1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25, or pay what you can at the door on Sundays. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org Dance on the Edge: “New Shoes 11” @ Highways Performance Space This ongoing series showcasing new and in-development dance and physical theater works by emerging and established artists features works by Dalel Bacre of arteNÓMADA, Heisue Chung-Matheu and Grace Hwang, Chard Gonzalez Dance Theater and Juliene Mackey. Two performances only: 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12, at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th
St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org Hypochondriac: “The Imaginary Invalid” @ Westchester Playhouse The Kentwood Players present Moliere’s outrageous satire of medicine, its practitioners and the patients who rely on laxatives, bloodlettings and quacks for medical treatment. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 18 at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org Speaking Truth to Power: “Lyrics from Lockdown” @ The Actors’ Gang Hip-hop theater innovator Bryonn Bain shares his incredible true story about being wrongly jailed while a student at Harvard Law School. Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays and at 9 p.m. Fridays through Feb. 25 at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $30 to $34.99. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com
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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, Feb. 9 West Coast Swing, 6:30 p.m. Move your body and free your mind. Celebrate swing with a class or open dance. Intermediate swing dance classes start at 6:30 p.m., followed by beginner and intermediate/advanced classes at 7:30 p.m., and open dancing with deejays at 8:30 p.m. $15 includes the class; $10 just to dance. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; philandmindiadance.com Venice Mystery Book Club, 6:30 p.m. Each month join fellow readers for a discussion on a chosen mystery. This month’s selection is “The Daughter of Time” by Josephine Tey. Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org
New Shoes 11, 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11. This is the eleventh installment of an ongoing series of new and in-development dance and physical theater works by various choreographers and ensembles. Highways Performance Space & Gallery, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 315-1459; highwaysperformance.org
Friday, Feb. 10 Mat Pilates, 11:30 a.m. Work out your core muscles and stretch away stress at the Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org
Venice Mardi Gras King’s Ball, 7 to 10:30 p.m. Celebrate the crowning of Mardi Gras royalty, Queen Toni & King Ravi Kristin. Funky formal attire. The Venice Beach Bar, 323 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. (310) 392-3997
Writing & Revision Strategies, noon to 1:30 p.m. You’ve made it through National Novel Writing Month with a completed draft of your novel. Now what? Learn about revision strategies from novelist and short fiction writer (and former Annenberg writer-in-residence) Jennifer Caloyeras. She’ll guide participants through the revision process from line edits to overall tone, as well as the next steps in the writing process: querying agents and publishers. Participants leave with a roadmap for revising their drafts. Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. $10. apm.activecommunities.com
Jeni’s Ice Cream Party, 7 to 11 p.m. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, the
The Conscious Life Expo, Friday through Monday, Feb. 10-13.
West L.A. Hike, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A community of friendly people gather each Thursday for one of five West L.A. routes. Check website for weekly location. meetup.com/los-angeleshiking-group/events
Joe Hernandez-Kolski and Joshua Silverstein lead an evening of comedy, spoken word and magic featuring special guests comedian Mattio Martinez and magician Elizabeth Messick. Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 458-8634; milesplayhouse@smgov.net
brainchild of James Beard Awardwinning cookbook author Jeni Britton Bauer, is now open at the corner of Rose and Rennie avenues. The all-natural ice cream brand is offering a free scoop from 7 to close, with the first 50 people in line also getting a Jeni’s swag bag. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, 540 Rose Ave., Venice. (310) 314-2024; jenis.com
Documentaries about “Dolemite” star Rudy Ray Moore and the enigmatic Eartha Kitt screen at UnUrban Coffee House. SEE MONDAY, FEB. 13. Experience the life-changing, world-shifting wisdom of an inspiring gathering of international visionaries to explore advancements in science, spirituality and healthy lifestyles. Featuring musicians, filmmakers, authors, artists and thought leaders with live music, organic foods, a film festival, five exhibit halls and 200 workshops or panels. LAX Hilton Hotel, 5711 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. See web for prices. (800) 367-5777; consciouslifeexpo.com Unkle Monkey, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Local favorites perform rock and reggae along with their own original music. Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge while having a brew and win prizes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m. (Sign up at 6:30 p.m.) Show up and prove your talent, then stay to support your fellow singers and musicians during the open mic each Friday at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to participate (310) 315-0056; unurban.com
Gina Rodriguez of The CW’s “Jane the Virgin” emcees the annual Westside Family Health Center fundraiser. SEE SATURDAY, FEB. 11.
“Passing Solo,” 8 p.m. Starring Nancy Cheryll Davis, the production is based on Nella Larsen’s novella & awardwinning, critically acclaimed Towne Street Theatre play “Passing.” Set in 1920s Harlem, Irene Westover Redfield is drawn to childhood friend Clare Kendry Bellew, who’s suddenly reappeared in her life. Both share a secret. Their birth certificates read “Negro” but they can — and do — pass as white. A memory play, “Passing Solo” explores the conflicting demands of race and friendship. LMU Murphy Recital Hall, 1955 Ignatian Circle, Westchester. Free. (310) 338-2389cal. lmu.ed “We Don’t Know Either,” 8 p.m. Presented by “Fireside at the Miles,”
between the Arctic seas and the warm lagoons of Baja California. This migration takes the whales past the Santa Monica Pier, sometimes within viewing distance from the pier’s west end observation deck. Try to spot one and participate in a host of whalerelated activities at Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, 1600 Ocean Front Walk, Santa Monica. (310) 393-6149; healthebay.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a blues concert by Jimbo Ross and The Bodacious Blues Band. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com
Saturday, Feb. 11 Orchid Growing, 9 a.m. Learn what it takes to care for orchids. It’s much easier than most people think. Armstrong Garden Centers, 3226 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 829-6766; armstronggarden.com Del Rey Yacht Club’s Midwinter Regatta, 10 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. Boaters, test your mettle at the 2017 SCYA Optimist Midwinter Regatta SCYYRA Carrie Series No. 4. $45 entry fee per boat. DRYC, 13900 Palawan Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4664; dryc.org Mindful Loving & Valentine’s Day Dharma, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This workshop for couples and singles teaches that meditation can jumpstart your love life by cultivating the skills that maintain connection and passion. InsightLA, 1430 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $55+. (310) 450-1821; insightla.org “Love Yo Self” Pop-up Event, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 & 12. Shop ethical brands from the Westside Collective vintage 1979 trailer and participate in workshops on yoga, macramé, spiritual fitness and love foods at Juice Served Here, 609 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. thewestsidecollectivetruck.com Wider than the Sky: Teen Poetry Workshop, 11 a.m. Aspiring teen writers join the Santa Monica Library for a poetry workshop and open mic led by published author Ashaki M. Jackson. Lunch provided. Pico Branch Library, 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8684; smpl.org Free Kids Activity: Making Dreamcatchers, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your little ones to Miki Miette Flagship Store to unleash their creativity and make their very own dreamcatcher. Materials provided. Miki Miette, 9434 Washington Blvd., Ste. A, Culver City. Free. (424) 361-5220; mikimiette.com For the Love of Whales, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12. Each winter Pacific gray whales complete one of the longest migrations of any species, traveling 10,000 to 14,000 miles round trip
Actress Lydia Cornell emcees the return of Serving Up Comedy in Marina del Rey. SEE THURSDAY, FEB. 16. Open Mic for Musicians, 2 p.m. Hang out with musicians, jam on stage and enjoy a cold one. Open to all. First come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Film Shorts Showcase, 2 to 5 p.m. The West L.A. Independent Film Productions, a nonprofit coalition of filmmakers, presents their film “shorts” with Q&A following. Lloyd Taber Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 821-3415; colapublib.org How to Be Happy: The Art and Science of Turning Blahs into Ahhs, 3 p.m. Happiness has been described as “a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind.” Santa Monica psychologist Dr. Jackson Varady discusses sciencebacked, practical techniques to brighten your mood, lower stress, strengthen relationships, cultivate joy and foster life-long happiness. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Time-Lapse Animation, 3:30 p.m. Guest artist and animator Crystal Jow shows kids how to do time-lapse animation on an iPhone using dish soap, milk and art supplies. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Ages 6 to 16. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org Media Ecology Soul Salon, 4 to 6 p.m. Gerry Fialka interviews artist Gordon Winiemko about his
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Santa Monica Life Pleasures, Pastimes & the Spirit of the City Photos by Brian Biery
The Santa Monica History Museum, now featuring a Girl Scouts exhibit, offers free admission from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9. santamonicahistory.org Have a whale of a weekend at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, with cetacean-related activities and possible whale sightings on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12. healthebay.org Local psychologist Jackson Varady drops into the Santa Monica Public Library at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, to discuss practical, science-backed techniques to foster happiness. smpl.org Janice Anderson and the Hot Medusa Quartet D’amour perform live jazz at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. mtolivelutheranchurch.org
Find “Fellowship” @ Westside Food Bank Can a sandwich make a difference? Attend a performance of Cornerstone Theater’s “Fellowship” and you’re asked not just to ponder the question, but to play it out.
During a recent staging of the immersive theater piece, audience members at the Westside Food Bank must wash their hands, string on an apron and put on a pair of plastic gloves before taking a seat at one of the tables at the center of the nonprofit food distribution facility in Santa Monica. The cast, playing food bank volunteers, begin to sing and shimmy to Sly & the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” as they prime the audience for the task at hand: making 120 sandwiches and sack lunches. PAGE 34 THE ARGONAUT February 9, 2017
Throughout the evening, as the actors philosophize about food access, insecurity and volunteerism — “What does it take to make volunteering cool in L.A.?,” asks one volunteer — pass out the ingredients for the sandwiches — “bread, turkey, lettuce and cheese” — and swap their own stories about struggles with food and hunger, you and your fellow audience members assemble a sack lunch for someone in need. You lay out the bread, dole out the turkey and put on the lettuce as the dialogue and music of the play surrounds you, inviting you to turn your head at dramatic highpoints or get lost in thought while you draw a doodle on a brown paper bag or write a friendly note to the lunch’s recipient. (Continued on page 36)
Pacific Park will light up its Ferris wheel in red, pink and white and serenade riders with a live violinist from 6 to 10 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. pacpark.com The Santa Monica Chamber hosts a Biz @ Sunset mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at One West Bank on Wilshire Boulevard. smchamber.com
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Your actions are simple, but not inconsequential. At the end of the play these sandwiches won’t be tossed away like used props, but actually distributed to the hungry in Santa Monica through The People Concern (formerly known as the Ocean Park Community Center, OPCC). Tonight, you’re not just a theatergoer. You’re actually putting in some time and labor. That idea really jumped out to “Fellowship” director Peter Howard. He’s a founding member of Cornerstone Theater, which makes plays like this in concert with communities and brings them to neighborhoods throughout California. “Fellowship” is part of the company’s “Hunger Cycle,” a six-year commitment to producing plays addressing food equity issues, and is being performed not only at the Westside Food Bank but also at the Pico Union Project near downtown L.A. and MEND in Pacoima. For Howard, the idea that making a sandwich could drive a play’s dramatic action was unique as well as engaging. “We’re not just asking people to observe or to listen,” says Howard. “We’re actually asking people to do.” Weaving audience participation into the action was on playwright Julie Marie Myatt’s mind early in the creative process. “I felt like if you’re going to talk about hunger, you should also include the
solution in the play, or some small bit of the solution, and maybe take some passivity out of the experience,” says Myatt, who volunteered at food banks while developing the work. Making one sandwich, or even 120 of them, may not make a big dent in solving the widespread problem of food insecurity in Los Angeles. According to a 2016 report by the Food Research and Action Center, the 2015 food hardship rate in Los Angeles was 16.7% — slightly higher than the national rate, which the report called “an unacceptable long-term food hardship problem.” But the cast and crew of “Fellowship” hope that audiences’ participation in the play will make people rethink how they can help people in need, even if it’s just a small gesture of goodwill. “I always had a struggle with how to help people that I crossed paths with in the street,” says actress Paige Leong, who plays Rita in “Fellowship.” “But Rita says to Roy [another volunteer in the play], ‘One sandwich makes a difference. It’s more than food. … It’s love and hope and belief in that person.’” — Christina Campodonico This weekend’s final performance of “Fellowship” is sold out. Cornerstone’s next play in the Hunger Cycle, “Magic Fruit,” premieres this fall. For more info, visit cornerstonetheater.org.
F r om ‘ Hot L ips ’ to Y ou r Ea r s Animal advocate, painter and former “M*A*S*H” star Loretta Swit talks feminism, activism and art Loretta Swit is best known for her role as Maj. Margaret J. “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the acclaimed 1970s and ’80s TV sitcom “M*A*S*H,” but her life’s work has been to protect animals. Swit — not only still acting but also painting at age 79 — heads to the Santa Monica Public Library on Monday to discuss her new book “SwitHeart,” a collection of her watercolor portraits of animals and the stories of animal activism behind them. With each painting, Swit tries to “capture the feeling of the animal,” she says, “so that people can look into their eyes and see the soul.” All proceeds from sales of the book go to support her nonprofit SwitHeart Animal Alliance, which channels funding to animal welfare nonprofits around the country, including the Wildlife Waystation in Los Angeles and various efforts to rescue farm animals and stop puppy mills.
Loretta Swit’s book uses art to advocate for animals Swit may also be open to discussing her portrayal of Houlihan: “an ambitious, tough, intelligent woman,” she says, who in the show’s Korean War field hospital setting “was a feminist before we knew the word for it.” — Joe Piasecki Loretta Swit speaks from 6 to 7:45 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. Call (310) 458-8606 or visit smpl.org.
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work, which reexamines otherwise transparent and comfortable social structures. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Mardi Gras Zydeco Party, 7 to 11 p.m. Celebrate “Fat Tuesday” with good food and featuring the music of David Souza & the Zydeco Mudbugs. St. Jerome Parish Hall, 5550 Thornburn St., Westchester. (310) 703-2519 Westside Family Health Center Fundraiser, 7 to 11 p.m. Gina Rodriguez of The CW’s “Jane the Virgin” emcees the center’s annual I Heart WFHC fundraiser at The Mark for Events, 9320 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. $100+. wfhcenter.org Sofar Sounds: Culver City, 7:45 to 10 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Culver City. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com
Sunday, Feb. 12 Team TBG Champion Paddle, 9 a.m. to noon. This monthly 90-minute group paddle is a unique effort to support breast cancer awareness. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. tbgmd.com Music at the Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. From Jelly Roll Morton to Tom Petty, The Standards play an eclectic mix of hit tunes that takes listeners on a musical tour of the 20th century. Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an R&B and dance concert by Floyd & The Flyboys. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Music and Comedy at UnUrban, 1 to 6 p.m. Performances by Almost Vaudeville (1 to 4 p.m.) and Mews Small and Company (4 to 6 p.m.) precede the Screenwriting Tribe workshop Meetup group at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com “Two Seasons, Two Brandenburgs,” 2:30 p.m. Orchestra Santa Monica presents its second concert of the season featuring two of Vivaldi’s ever-popular “Four Seasons” concertos, “Winter” and “Spring” paired with the same seasons from Astor Piazzolla’s “Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas” (“The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.”) Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 open and close the concert. Moss Theater, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $30. (310) 828-5582; orchestrasantamonica.org U.S. 99 Band, 4 to 10 p.m. Groove to the sounds of Martin Bennett’s U.S. 99 Band as they perform their early rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly and surf music at Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902 Jazz at Mt. Olive, 5 p.m. Janice Anderson and the Hot Medusa Quartet
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D’amour perform live jazz at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 suggested donation. (310) 452-1116; mtolivelutheranchurch.org Sofar Sounds: Venice, 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Venice. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com African-American History Month: A New Look at Black Films, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nonprofit public benefit organization the Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center is designed to advocate, educate, research, develop and preserve the history and future of black involvement in the film and television industries. The group joins the Committee for Racial Justice for a workshop about broadening the types of movies people go to see. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. after potluck supper. Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Bldg., 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 422-5431
Monday, Feb. 13 Catwoman Meets Dolemite, 4 p.m. Following a two-hour program of free jazz, Henry Schipper’s engaging documentary on Eartha Kitt screens at 6 p.m. The life and career of the actress, singer and activist has been wrapped in mystique since she burst on the scene in the 1950s, singing instant classics like “Santa Baby” and “C’est Si Bon.” Her turn as Catwoman in the 1960s Batman series brought her mainstream acclaim. At 6:45 p.m. screens the second documentary about underground legend Rudy Ray Moore, who nailed his legacy in the mid-1970s with a series of films built around the funkiest superhero of the Blaxploitation era, Dolemite. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com
“Heart Disease and Stroke: A Cardiovascular Connection,” 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 16).Featuring physicians of Providence Saint John’s Health Center, this forum explores topics related to heart disease and stroke prevention, atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, brain aneurysms, cardiovascular medications and a nutrition heart-toheart on salt. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 829-8453 Valentine Crafts, 4 p.m. Kids can come out and make their own special Valentine’s Day crafts. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org Mar Vista Community Council Meeting, 7 p.m. The elected neighborhood advisory body to the Los Angeles City Council meets at the Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. marvistacc.org “Healing Pen Ink” Class, 7 to 9 p.m. Get inspired by connecting with others at this retreat-like weekly writing class. One free introductory class happens the last Tuesday of each month. The Farmhouse, 2629 Purdue Ave., Mar Vista. $35. (310) 848-4918; writeyourlifela.com Romantic Valentine’s Day Dinner Cruise, 7 to 10 p.m. Love is in the air and on the water. Enjoy a private candlelit table and five-course seated dinner with romantic views on Hornblower cruise ship departing from Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $149. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com
Accent Reduction Class, 6:30 p.m. For those who write and speak English well but would like to speak “standard” American English better. Students must have access to the internet. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org
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contemporary musical styles and the experience of his collaborators as this trio interprets compositions from across his career. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org House of Kin, 8 to 10:30 p.m. This Venice-based band plays bluesy rock each third Wednesday of the month at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Rusty’s Rhythm Club Swing Dance, 8 to 11:30 p.m. Enjoy this special Valentine’s Day evening of swing dancing to live music featuring Fabulous Esquires Swing Orchestra. A half-hour beginner swing dance class (no partner needed) happens from 8 to 8:30 p.m. and is followed by a DJ and live music from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Wear red and white. $15 cover, includes the class. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; rustyfrank.com Venice Underground Comedy and Bootleg Bombshells Burlesque Show, 9 and 11 p.m. Start the night with some of L.A.’s best comics, and finish it with a burlesque show featuring Bootleg Bombshells. No cover. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Thursday, Feb. 16 Venice Art Crawl Mixer, 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy art, culture, entertainment and (Continued on page 39)
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Theo Bleckmann finds freedom in restraint Vocalist and composter Theo Bleckmann defies expectations of the genre Like serious jazz players, vocalist and composer Theo Bleckmann is adept at improvisation, although he does not scat like trad jazz singers; the sonically shapeshifting music created by the onetime art student and his
flexible backing combo lives somewhere between vocal jazz, cabaret and ambient pop. His sober reading of Stephen Sondheim’s normally jaunty “Comedy Tonight” (from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”) is an illuminating demonstration of how he upends expectations, as well as his knife-edged skill at extracting complex feeling from a seemingly uncomplicated lyric. Broadway show tunes are not uncommon in the Germanborn New York resident’s repertoire; Bleckmann frequently reaches beyond the jazz canon for material. He has collaborated with artists as diverse as Laurie Anderson and John Zorn, and his recordings with previous band lineups have featured interpretations of songs by an eclectic array of artists: Kate Bush, Allan Holdsworth, Joni Mitchell, Thelonious Monk, Mother Goose, Schumann and Kurt Weill, among others — a reflection of his desire to
rehab and personalize vocal jazz “standards” for the 21st century. On Bleckmann’s fine new album “Elegy,” the existential darkness of “Comedy” is counterbalanced by the sweet hope of “To Be Shown to Monks at a Certain Temple” and the theatrical romance of “Take My Life.” For much of the album he sings without words, layering his silky tones over pianist Shai Maestro and guitarist Ben Monder’s instrumental dialogue with sublime control. It is those delicate moments, when he finds freedom in restraint, that are paradoxically the most calming and exciting. — Bliss Bowen Theo Bleckmann performs at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $35. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com; theobleckmann.com
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