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L e t t e r s Monster on the Median I’m mad as hell and if I don’t vent my frustration, I’m going to explode.

It’s about the horrendous proposed development at Venice Boulevard and Pacific Avenue, commonly referred to as the Monster on the Median — a monstrosity that would completely destroy the character of Venice, the seaside community I’ve been visiting since Pacific Ocean Park, and a place that I love.

Politicians, even ones I called friends and supported both emotionally and financially, won’t listen to me or anything but what they want to hear.

Even going so far now as to propose that laws be made lax so they can build whatever they want without restrictions like required parking and, most importantly, public input (see SB 827).

I was so hopeful when I saw state Sen. Kevin de León, one of the most powerful individuals in California politics, on a news program saying that he didn’t want these monstrosities being built in our communities

changing the character of our neighborhoods.

It turns out he was talking about a smaller development in Boyle Heights, not something big like in Venice. Still, he said he’d speak to our councilman, even though he had no jurisdiction. Recently I saw the two of them standing in circle with a few other people knowing there’s nothing he can do or will do. But if he believes in his statement, he could make it a campaign issue in his monumental task of unseating Sen. Dianne Feinstein — I’m sure this is happening all over California.

I’ll keep looking and joining in endeavors to preserve Abbot Kinney’s vision of Venice as a seaside community, a place of fun and frolic where the only thing that stands out is the smell of ocean air.

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FROM THE WEB Re: “East Venice Squeeze,” Cover Story, Jan. 25 It’s not the size of these houses that’s so bad. It’s the hideous

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Athina Doria Re: “A Bigly Idea,” This Week, Feb. 8 Ann Telnaes’ hit list of political cartoon satire subjects seems a bit one-sided — aimed only at Republicans. Evidently there is nothing to satirize about Bill and Hillary, Al Gore, John Kerry or Barack Obama.

Tony in Marina del Rey Oh, you poor thin-skinned snowflake.

Gary Palmatier Re: “What Does Black History Month Mean in 2018?” Westside Voices, Feb. 22 Dr. Stefan Bradley offers an in-depth perspective on the pressures facing black America.

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Contents

VOL 48, NO 9 Local News & Culture

COVER STORy

NEWS

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS

Woman Warrior

Trump wants to slash funding for the West Coast earthquake warning system ..... 6

CODEPINK founder Jodie Evans fights for a peace economy in Venice . .................. 10

Beyond Gun Control

THIS WEEK

Santa Monica College panel explores whether social responsibility can prevent mass shootings ....................................... 7

Let There Be Rock Westside Revival is organizing concerts to reactivate the local live music scene . ....... 13

OPINION Photo by John Lamb

Please Stand By …

Indecision bug infects the California Democratic Party Convention . ............... 8

Photo by Ted Soqui

On Shaky Ground

FOOD & DRINK Local legends tell true Santa Monica stories at Woodlawn Cemetery .............. 26

THE ADVICE GODDESS Don’t be a Ghost It’s usually better to say you’re not interested than to just disappear . ........................... 29

Homeless by Choice?

Poseidon’s Envy Coni’Seafood Restaurant expands

Encampments proliferate because Los Angeles refuses to provide shelter .............. 9

the reach of Inglewood’s famous pescado zarandeado .......................... 15

On The Cover: International anti-war activist Jodie Evans is leading the campaign for a local peace economy from the CODEPINK house in Venice. Photo by Steve Appleford.

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On Shaky Ground Trump wants to slash funding for the West Coast’s earthquake warning system

By Gary Walker The Trump administration is playing politics with people’s lives by threatening to slash federal funding for the West Coast’s earthquake warning system before its initial public rollout, local leaders say.

With current funding levels, the U.S. Geological Service’s nascent ShakeAlert system could begin functioning in a limited capacity before the end of the year. ShakeAlert uses a network of ground sensors to track seismic “P waves,” which travel like sound waves ahead of the larger-amplitude “S waves” that cause damage during a quake, in order to predict the occurrence and intensity of a quake several seconds before shaking begins. A similar system warned Mexico City residents 30 seconds ahead of a Feb. 16 quake.

“An effective earthquake early warning system would save lives. With that extra time, Californians could have critical moments to take cover and brace themselves for an earthquake. In those valuable seconds, conductors can slow down trains, doctors can pause surgeries,

ShakeAlert, which tracks seismic “P waves” that travel faster than damaging “S waves,” could warn Los Angeles up to a minute ahead of shaking from a major quake on the San Andreas Fault drivers can stop their cars, and people can take the necessary steps to protect themselves. This could be a matter of life or death,” reads a statement by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), a vocal Trump critic who represents Westside neighborhoods.

Trump’s proposed budget would cut $10.2 million earmarked for the earthquake warning system and 15 workers who operate the program. Last year Congress blocked a similar request, and Lieu pledges that he and other West Coast

representatives will fight for it again, initially by lobbying members of the House Appropriations Committee.

Funding a ShakeAlert rollout similar to child abduction Amber Alerts “will significantly contribute to the resilience of the citizens in California, Oregon and Washington during an earthquake,” said USGS scientist Robert de Groot, who is based at Caltech.

“Ten or $15 million is a very small investment for a very large payoff,” he said.

In January the California Geological Survey released revised fault zone maps that show the Santa Monica Fault — capable of producing a magnitude 7 quake — stretching along Santa Monica Boulevard from Beverley Hills to Santa Monica, then jutting up to Pacific Palisades.

“The bottom line is that the early detection system is a critical tool in ensuring our citizens, workforce and visitors can take the necessary steps to protect themselves in the event of an earthquake. Minutes and seconds of notice can absolutely save lives,” said

Santa Monica City Hall spokeswoman Constance Farrell.

“Essentially it buys us extra time to make sure everyone can try to get to a safe place,” said Jill Barnes, head of LAUSD’s emergency services unit, who hopes to deploy ShakeAlert throughout the district.

Josh Bashioum, founder of the Santa Monica startup Early Warning Labs, has been working with the USGS to develop an app that would broadcast ShakeAlert warnings from users’ smartphones.

He plans to roll out a beta test this summer, but isn’t worried that budget posturing will destroy the program, which has received additional funding from state agencies, universities and foundations.

“The federal dollars are very important to us. It would be good to have that funding. But the program has always been underfunded, so that’s why it’s not of tremendous concern for us. The system has always been funded by a variety of sources,” Bashioum said. gary@argonautnews.com

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“Through forensic evidence, including a sizeable amount of — Gary Walker

Westchester Airport Post Office to Close As LAX initiates construction of a new light-rail connected ground transportation hub in what used to be Manchester Square, the L.A.-Airport Finance Station Post Office at 9029 Airport Blvd. is going to have to get out of the way.

The U.S. Postal Service has been tight-lipped about relocation plans but will host a public discussion about the move at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the current post office’s Passport Room.

LAX officials notified USPS officials

of construction plans a year ago, airport spokesman Mark Waier said.

“The relocation project will consist of procuring a suitable substitute location, preparing for the new location to serve as a post office and then transitioning the retail services to the new location. The Post Office has not identified any replacement locations at this time,” wrote Post Office leasing specialist Dean Cameron in a Feb. 10 letter.

— Gary Walker

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Guns, Violence and Social Responsibility Faculty and students of Santa Monica College — where a former student wielding a semi-automatic rifle killed five people during a 2013 shooting rampage — hope to expand public conversation about mass shootings from a focus on legislative solutions to include issues of personal and social responsibility.

The March 1 panel discussion “Beyond Gun Control: What Can Be Done to Reduce Violence in Our Society?” convenes student trustee Chase Matthews, SMC sociology professor Rebecca Romo, SMC psychology professor Karen Gunn, former FBI agent Chris Woiwode, Santa Monica Police Lt. Saul Rodriquez and Black Collegians Program organizer Evan Fields to consider what families, institutions and individuals can and should be doing.

“Sometimes it’s necessary for an everyday person to say something, to do something — like call the school psychiatrist. … We need to bring attention to mental health and social responsibility,” says panel organizer and associate professor of English David Burak, whose class would have been in the path of the 2013 shooter

SMC panel looks beyond gun control had he not given a take-home exam that day.

Burak posits that students expelled for dangerous or threatening behavior should be subjected to a mandatory psychiatric evaluation.

The event is open to the public and takes place at 11:15 a.m. in Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture Hall 165 on the SMC Campus, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Call (310) 434-4100 for more information.

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Please Stand by …

Indecision bug infects the California Democratic Party Convention California is where you can’t run any farther without getting wet.

— Neil Morgan Perhaps it was serendipitous that on the first day of the California Democratic Party Convention last week, San Diego’s temperature couldn’t reach 60 degrees.

A biting chill greeted thousands of fired-up delegates, statewide candidates, politics junkies and activists last Friday as they converged on the San Diego Convention Center for the Comic-Con of political geeks.

For the top-ticket 2018 statewide candidates, most would find that reaching 60% support of assembled delegates — the magic number that bestows official party endorsement status and the bounty it unleashes — to be equally elusive.

“I didn’t expect an endorsement in most of the races,” said San Diego County Democratic Party Chairwoman Jessica Hayes. “We have so many amazing candidates — an embarrassment of riches.”

The snarled knot of hopefuls vying to become California’s next governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general all failed to garner enough support to earn the party endorsement and a ticket to campaign riches. Delegates also could not settle on their pick for U.S. Senate — no doubt an awkward position for the long-time sitting incumbent, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s oldest member at 84. Doubly awkward is that her opponent to the left, state Sen. Kevin de León narrowly missed nabbing the party nod with 54% backing.

A lack of consensus about key races is not necessarily a bad thing this early in the game, said Venice activist Linda Lucks, an elected party delegate for Autumn Burke’s 62nd Assembly District.

“This was an interesting litmus test for where the candidates stand. It’s a long time before June, and a lot more information will become available by then,” said Lucks, who ended up backing former California Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin for the party’s gubernatorial endorsement, based on Eastin’s progressive politics and engaging presence.

“The convention was not as contentious as I thought it might be,” she said, “given that it’s an endorsement event and people get crazy about their chosen candidates.”

Thwarting the spasmodic Trump agenda was on everybody’s mind, naturally, but oddly that did not translate into the availability of any overtly anti-Trump paraphernalia.

“You didn’t see people wearing it,” Hayes concurred, suggesting this exemplified the “fundamental difference” between Democrats and Republicans.

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L e f t : Venice activist Linda Lucks gets some face time with Gavin Newsom; legislative answers to the housing crisis

“We’d rather move forward, take one issue at a time,” Hayes said. “If you get sucked into the rhetoric of hate that Donald Trump has for mocking, deriding, being sexist, misogynistic, homophobic and everything else that his presidency has embodied, we would never accomplish anything.

“Our goal is to accomplish something.”

By contrast, the Democrats — despite the inability to coalesce behind one

back burner over the three-day confab.

One local party insider, speaking privately, didn’t push back on that sentiment but preferred to point out that a potential ideological bloodbath was avoided.

Added the insider: “There could have been some really contentious stuff, but common ground was reached.” An example? A potential platform fight over Israel was averted by compromise “at the last minute.” Hey now.

Convention observers would later note that California’s housing crunch seemed to be relegated to the political back burner over the three-day confab. candidate on multiple occasions — “felt to me very cohesive,” Hayes said. Despite some calls for candidates to drop out for the sake of unity, no one was biting.

“The Republicans, they can squeeze candidates out,” she added. “I don’t know how they do it, but they do it really well.

For us, every candidate believes they can win. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the race. You can’t take that away from them, because it is the juice on which candidates run.”

That’s not to say it was all beer and Skittles even on the convention’s first day. The voices of rent-control advocates boisterously echoed through the convention corridors early on with the chant, “The rent, the rent is too damn high!”

Some convention observers would later note that California’s housing crunch seemed to be relegated to the political

But not everyone felt the need to play nice at what is typically a mellow affair of reunions and impromptu candidate sightings with their contrails of exuberant supporters.

Outside, a youthful delegate from Los Angeles puffed on a cigarette and said he was most excited about an upcoming raffle drawing for a basket of cannabisrelated products. The basket was courtesy of the Brownie Mary Democrats, long-time advocates of marijuana legalization who, along with CannaDems, were the only pot-oriented organizations to have booths at the convention.

The delegate lifted up an “I Stand with Black Women” T-shirt to reveal another one underneath proclaiming, “Solidarity

By Any Means Necessary.”

He chose the shirt, he said, “because I feel like we’re fighting too much as a

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party right now. I used to give a lot of f*@ks about things, but because everyone’s fighting, I’m like let’s see who makes it into the top two and then fight hard. Right now, it’s a shit show.”

Before I could get his name, the delegate opened up his backpack and pulled out what appeared to be an aerosol can. “I gotta go back in,” he said. “I’m trying to get Gavin Newsom in a picture with this.”

He displayed the can, labeled “Back Off Harasser Repellent,” which was available for sale at a “convenience store” art installation at the convention (along with “Don’t Tell Me to Smile” mouthwash), perhaps the most visible nod to the #MeToo movement along with a “catcall” booth that some male candidates endured.

Veteran convention attendees did seem to notice a more subdued atmosphere. As one put it, “The joke going around was that there would be a lot less drinking than at conventions past.”

And for a city that now boasts a significant number of recreational-marijuana dispensaries, there were no indications that the convention became a den of pot smoke. The Brownie Mary Democrats did request a toking area, founder Lanny Swerdlow said, but was denied.

But as I left the convention on Friday night, just as Gavin Newsom’s bright red “Nurses Trust Newsom” bus circled around for the umpteenth time, a delegate did ask me for directions to Harbor Collective just down the road.

“Need it for the weekend,” he sighed before hopping the trolley.

John R. Lamb covers politics for Argonaut sister paper San Diego CityBeat, where this story also appears.

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Homeless by Choice?

Encampments proliferate because Los Angeles refuses to provide shelter

By L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin In nearly every corner of Los Angeles, there are homeless encampments — collections of flimsy tents, usually within mere feet of a school, a park, a business, or someone’s home. Their presence invariably sparks a neighborhood debate, with loud voices proclaiming that “those people” are there by choice.

It’s not politically correct to admit it, but it’s true: Most people in Los Angeles are homeless by choice.

Our choice, not theirs.

Many major cities have a large homeless population, but only in Los Angeles does such a large percentage sleep without any sort of roof, seeking refuge on cold, hard pavement. That may not be by design, but it’s also not accidental, or unforeseeable.

In 2006, a federal court told the City of Los Angeles it was “cruel andLorem unusual ipsum punishment” to forbid people from sleeping on sidewalks unless the city offered sufficient housing and shelter as an alternative. For a decade, rather than provide housing or shelter, the city effectively said, “Let them eat asphalt,”

and encampments proliferated nearly everywhere. By refusing to choose shelter, we chose sidewalks.

In the past two years, elected officials and the electorate said “enough.” We developed a comprehensive homelessness strategy, approved new dedicated funding, and

help the people sleeping in a tent tonight.

Call it crisis housing, bridge housing, or interim housing. Call it shelter, if you want. We need places where people can sleep next week, next month, and even next year until enough housing is available. Not bare-bones, one-size-fits-all

been two years since the City Council adopted a comprehensive homelessness strategy calling for an increase in and transformation of shelter — and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority still has no strategy to get thousands of people off the street any time soon. Bureaucratic inertia is at least as big a hurdle as neighborhood opposition to specific projects.

During recent fires, officials opened emergency shelters within hours of deploying first responders. Victims of natural disasters are not left to sleep on our streets, but refugees from economic shelters that feel like prisons and become hardship, gentrification, a housing shortage, domestic violence, sexual permanent warehouses for people. We abuse, addiction and mental illness need specialized, welcoming centers or are left to fend for themselves. That is shared housing for couples, for families unacceptable and intolerable. with children, for teenage runaways, for We must insist on a range of immediate veterans and others. options for housing and shelter — Our bureaucracies and our institutions even if it means using every available have a hard time with that. They know city facility and every church or how to approve development. They are temple in Los Angeles. If we don’t, accustomed to the slow, complex financencampments will proliferate, and ing systems, and the arcane rules. They men, women and children will continue are not used to urgency. They operate at a traditional speed when we sorely need to live on our streets by choice — our choice. an emergency response. It has

The city effectively said, “Let them eat asphalt.” started housing people at an impressive, record clip. Yet homelessness increased and encampments proliferated.

Part of the reason is that public officials, foundations and service providers are making the perfect the enemy of the good. We are so determined to build permanent supportive housing — which is expensive and can take years to bring online — that we fail to address the here and now. We desperately need thousands of units of permanent supportive housing (and I have proposed hundreds of units in my district), but that doesn’t

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Woman Warrior CODEPINK founder Jodie Evans fights for a peace economy in Venice

By Stephanie Case

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ne day in June 2003, from a sky-high balcony of the Century Plaza Hotel, Venice activist Jodie Evans gave President George W. Bush the

remembers. “That sense of bold and powerful and big and playful: it just totally inspired them. When we came down, we were like superheroes.”

“People just went numb. Dead.

Silent. Confused. Hopeless. And that moment was when we needed to be screaming.” pink slip — both figuratively and literally.

As Bush’s motorcade rolled through Century City, a lacy fuchsia negligée fit for a giant unfurled from the balcony railing. The 30-foot slip hung down the hotel’s façade, on full display to the thousands of anti-war protesters on the ground. Painted across the bodice in bright white letters: “Bush: You Lied. You’re Fired.”

“When we dropped it out of the hotel room, we watched what it did to that crowd,” Evans

Evans and the women of CODEPINK — the grassroots anti-war movement she cofounded 15 years ago — are famous for these big, playful acts of protest, whether it’s crashing Senate hearings dressed as hotpink Lady Liberties or occupying the street corner outside Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s home with feather boas and megaphones.

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Texas ranch to ask “what noble cause” he died for and received no answer, she and CODEPINK set up a makeshift camp a few blocks from the ranch. Over the course of a month, thousands of people joined them — even Republicans.

“Cowboys would come walking in to Camp Casey, and I’d think, ‘Oh God, I’m going to get yelled at,’” Evans remembers. But then, they’d surprise her.

“They’d say, ‘That’s wrong. That’s wrong to do to a mother who lost her son who fought in a war.’

“You’ve always got to find the apple pie,” she adds. “You know it’s, ‘What’s the most human thing?’ And then you can speak to anyone.” ***

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panache, is rooted in a fight to preserve what makes us human. Evans and her colleagues are fierce advocates for peace and compassion in a world that’s become increasingly violent, fear-driven and transactional. It’s a fight that has taken them across the globe and back home again: from flying peace delegations to occupied Iraq, to walking across the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, to working to grow a local “peace economy” in Venice. *** CODEPINK started coming together in November 2002, when Evans and dozens of other women, enraged by the possibility of an Iraq invasion, met while protesting outside the White House.

“We showed up because we knew the cost of war,” Evans says. “Many of us had been through fathers who’d come back from war damaged, husbands who’d come back from war damaged, [or had seen] the damage of war in our communities, and knew that it’s the women and children who always pay.”

For four months the women held daily vigils in ice-cold winter weather, bundled

up in bright pink parkas. On March 8, 2003, 10,000 people encircled the White House in an International Women’s Day protest. Twenty five women — including Evans, CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin, and authors Alice Walker and Maxine Hong Kingston — were arrested for the demonstration; they sang the words “peace, salaam, shalom” in unison as police put them in handcuffs.

Neither the arrest, nor the months shouting in the cold, rattled Evans.

“I wanted to throw myself outside of the White House with my primal scream, so that some other woman out there who was watching the mob and feeling [the same thing] in her heart could remember that she was feeling right,” she says.

The mob was big; at its peak, upwards of 12 million people protested in cities across the world. Standing alongside a sea of people who were resolute against the impending violence, Evans says she never felt alone.

“The day after we bombed Iraq? I felt alone,” she admits. “Then, people just went numb. Dead. Silent. Confused.

Hopeless. And that moment was when we needed to be screaming.”

*** In the nearly 15 years since the Iraq War began, Evans and the CODEPINK women have only amped up their ferocity, bringing themselves face-toface with the global cost of American war. Evans has met Korean grandmothers whose arms had been cut off by U.S. soldiers and Pakistani fathers whose sons died in U.S. drone strikes. She carries the gravity of these experiences back to the U.S., challenging Americans to confront their support of war in ways that cannot be ignored.

Some peace demonstrations, like the giant pink slip, lead with playfulness. At a 2005 protest against war profiteering outside a Halliburton board meeting, CODEPINK brought a “truck-sized, papier-mâché Cash Cow” — with IRAQ painted across its side — “whose udders dispensed $100 bills when milked.” For a 2008 event, dozens dressed up as pageant queens in punny sashes that read “I Miss America.”

Other demonstrations lead with heart.

When Cindy Sheehan, whose U.S. Army specialist son Casey Sheehan died in the Iraq War, knocked on the door of Bush’s

Still, some people aren’t ready or willing for their heartstrings to be pulled at.

On the day the Iraq War began, the CODEPINK gang “dressed up as grieving women with blood all over us, and rags, and baby dolls hanging over our arms, and we wailed. Just wailed. And it freaked people out,” says Evans. “They were mad at us. But we were like, ‘What do you think war is?’ We didn’t [commit the violence]. But you’re mad at us for bringing it close to you.”

CODEPINK lined the walkway to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton’s office with baby shoes, each tagged with the name of a child who died in the violence, in an emotional appeal for her to stop supporting federal war funding. For Pelosi, they set up couches and chairs by her house for a six-year “occupation.”

“She hated it,” Evans said. “And I’m like, ‘How do you think the Iraqis feel?’”

Politicians’ frustration only fueled CODEPINKers’ action.

“It’s like the Gloria Steinem quote: ‘The truth will set you free. But at first, it will piss you off,’” Evans says. “So, when we’re telling the truth in Congress, we know that it will eventually set them free; but first, they’re gonna be pissed off.”

Evans should know. She was once a political insider, too. But an activist first.

In 1970, Evans was 16 and working as a maid in the defunct Dunes Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip when she took a leadership role in a successful campaign to unionize. That led to organizing work for the 1972 presidential campaign of Sen. George McGovern, which introduced Evans to Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, future California Gov. Jerry Brown and her future husband, the late billionaire venture capitalist Max Palevsky.

Evans held cabinet positions in Brown’s first two administrations, and she would later manage Brown’s 1992 presidential bid and late activist Tom Hayden’s 1997 campaign for mayor of Los Angeles.

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convinces you you’re alienated and you live in scarcity, when in reality, people live from connection,” Evans explains.

Two years ago, CODEPINK started a new initiative to reverse this trend and foster peace locally. The campaign — called “A Local Peace Economy” — centers on the idea that neighbors can

ment,” she says. “Jerry [Brown] really loved Cesar Chavez but the powers that be, the farmers, were getting in the way of him signing the farm labor bill.

I went down with Cesar to Delano and I marched back to the governor’s office with the farm workers. And I sat outside the governor’s office with the farm workers and thought, ‘I never want to be inside power again.’ … It’s hard to operate out of a value system, because it’s all coming at you and it’s very distorting.”

“Everything has to be solved with what’s in the room, not money. Because we run to money, we run to the transactional all the time,” Evans says.

Instead of throwing money at local issues, people get creative, which opens up a sea of possibility. One Venice circle decided to clean out their neglected

“Right now, I feel like I’ve got company. …

People want to do something, and they want to do something concrete.”

*** A decade and a half after CODEPINK began, many aspects of Evans’ anti-war campaign seem farther and farther from the finish line. The largest slice of Americans’ tax dollars still goes to the Department of Defense. The Guantanamo Bay prison camp remains open. Last May, the Senate backed a $350-billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia. President Donald Trump has traded saber-rattling words with Kim Jong-un on more than one occasion.

These, Evans says, are all facets of the war economy: America’s continued investment in and proclivity towards global violence.

“The war economy thrives because it

build self-sufficient communities that aren’t reliant on competition, greed or violence, with the hope that these values will eventually grow to the national level.

Evans is still traveling the world, but she’s focused now, more than ever, in sowing seeds for peace here on the Westside. Her garden to tend is Venice: the neighborhood she’s called home for decades; “the place that still had a human heartbeat in this city.”

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She pauses, then laughs: “Boy, I can make a lot of people really mad.”

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“I just do my work for the people who want to listen,” Evans says. “I know I work at the edge. I know it’s not cut out for everybody, but since I seem to be made up that way, I feel more responsible. I mean, I guess I feel like I can never drop the ball. Some days, I wish I could have a day off, or sleep, or not have my heart broken every day.

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Eastside gigs during rush hour with his former band.

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Mendoza also wants to bust the common L.A. myth that the Westside live Mendoza’s passing out fliers for Westside “Here we’re looking at the beautiful music scene “sucks.”

Revival, a monthly music show he curates sunset. We’re at the Venice Sign,” he says. “I was like, well, if that’s true you gotta at The Townhouse & Del Monte Speak“Who wouldn’t want to go to the beach, start something,” says Mendoza. “I don’t easy that brings together bands from hang out during the day and then go see a like the fact that the Westside doesn’t get across L.A. for a night of indie music in show at night?” any love in the indie music scene.”

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Gourmet kitchen anchored by a large center island, and generous family breakfast nook with custom made cabinets and high end stainless steal appliances. The entire house is wired with

Adobe 5 Wi-Fi control surround sound system, surveillance camera system, low voltage and media lines. Both floors enjoy 10 feet coffered ceilings and soffits with decorative LED lighting throughout. Super spacious backyard with tall fence and hedges, and outdoor seating. Plenty of room for pool and spa addition. Make this home your paradise. $2,895,000

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Coastal Modern Cape Cod — Resort Living

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Completely renovated in 2017, this coastal modern Cape Cod single level home is a classic beauty located in the most sought after street in the North Kentwood community. Featuring 4 bedrooms + 3 baths w/2,300sf of living space on an oversized 7,500sf lot.

Open floor plan with gourmet kitchen

anchored by a large center island, and family breakfast nook with custom made cabinets and high end stainless steel appliances. Master bath with European tub & steam shower. Dual fireplaces; gas burning in living room & wood burning in dining room. Heated saltwater pool/spa w/Baja/water fea-

tures w/remote control. Complete gourmet outdoor cooking system and seating with fire pit. Adobe 7 surround sound system. HDT full Wi-Fi controlled sound system. 4” LED lighting and dimmer system throughout. Complete house water filtration system. Security camera surveillance system with

DVR & alarm system. New 8’ fence throughout. Tankless water heater system. 360sf of detached rec-room/ office built in 2008, with half bath and ready to be converted to legal ADU (Accessory dwelling unit). This is an entertainers’ paradise with a resort lifestyle. $2,099,000

For a list oF upcoming new properties please call

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Marina City Club foR LEasE 1/1 $3,200/Mo

4141 Glencoe Ave • Marina del Rey Gorgeous 1+1 loft with lots of light, indoor/outdoor living space with collapsible doors to x-large patio. Modern kitchen w/Viking appliance, large bath with soaking tub & walk-in shower. Laundry in unit. Will consider pets. Furnished or unfurnished. Close to Abbot Kinney,movies, beach. $4,250/mo.

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2/2 $5,200/Mo

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2 Bed/2 Bath Ocean & Marina Views . . . . . . . . . . in . . .EsCRoW . . . . . . . . . $765,000 STUDIO City Light Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nEW . . . . . listing . . . . . . . . $2,200/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . .lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . . $3,000/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath Studio Furnished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath City Mountain Views, Highly Upgraded . . . . $3,200/MO 2 Bed/2 Bath Marina Views, Furnished . . . . .nEW . . . . .listing . . . . . . . $5,500/MO

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How to Save for a Home While Pursuing Other Financial Goals If you’re like many Americans in their 20s to 40s, chances are you have multiple life transitions and goals you’re pursuing at any given time. You’re likely focused on growing your family, changing jobs, paying off debt, saving for retirement, building a college savings plan, buying a home, and more.

Purchasing a home and saving for a down payment can seem like a pretty lofty idea when you have so many conflicting goals pulling on your income; however it doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are some easy steps to take in saving for your home purchase, while pursuing other goals.

1. Prioritize You can do it all, but you can’t do it all at once. Brain dump a list of the goals you’re currently working towards (short- and longterm) and then prioritize. If you’re married, do this separately from your spouse and then come together for a conversation.

Determine: • What’s most important for you to get done right now.

• What’s important to get started.

• What you can reduce or even eliminate completely for now.

If a home down payment is a top priority, look how you can still make progress with paying down your debt and saving for retirement.

2. Determine Your Savings Goal Your home purchase price will depend on the area you want to live in and the type of home you’re buying. Research to determine the average price point for a home in your desired area and then, how much mortgage payment (including principal, interest, taxes, and insurance) that your budget can afford while still pursuing other financial goals.

You’ll then be able to see if you should aim to put a 5%, 10%, 20%, or more down payment on your new home. This down payment amount will be your savings goal.

3. Open Separate Savings Accounts If you’re serious about saving for a new home, you need to keep the money separate from other goals. Open a separate “down payment” savings account, and open accounts for any other big goals,

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such as an emergency fund or travel fund.

to follow the 50/30/20 rule. Apply:

This will allow you to specifically designate amounts you want to save towards each goal on a monthly basis and see what you have earmarked for each at any given time.

• 50% toward debt pay down • 30% toward savings goals • 20% toward a splurge

4. Decide How Much to Put Toward Consumer Debt vs. a New Home If you have consumer debt or student loans, you should know that the balances owed and payments due will impact what you’re able to be approved for on a mortgage.

If the thought of trying to tackle the balances in full before beginning to save for a home down payment makes you uncomfortable, review your budget and determine what you have available for extra savings and debt pay down each month. Divide that extra amount in half and put 50% towards paying more than the minimum due on your debt and 50% towards building up your home down payment fund.

5. Have a Plan for Extra Cash Whether it’s bonuses, tax returns, or gifts, if you end up with extra cash on hand, plan

If you have enough discipline to curb the splurge, throw the extra 20% towards your savings goal as well.

6. Review and Adjust as Necessary You’re likely in a stage of life where things are constantly changing. Make a note to review your budget, savings goals, and progress on a monthly basis. Note areas where you can cut back, where you’ve spent more than planned, where you can save more, and where you can make improvements.

Don’t be afraid to tweak things, reduce savings in certain areas for a fixed period of time, and seek out new ways to save additional funds.

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THE ARGONAUT PRESS RELEASES CLASSIC WESTCHESTER HOME

VILLA MARINA EAST

Offered at $1,550,000 Stephanie Younger, Compass 310-499-2020

Offered at $959,000 Jesse Weinberg, Jesse Weinberg & Associates 800-804-9132

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Offered at $539,900 Eileen McCarthy, Marina Ocean Properties 310-822-8910

Offered at $1,495,000 Bob Waldron & Jessica Heredia, Coldwell Banker 424-702-3000

“Nestled among tree-lined streets stands this classic home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Enter to a bright living room with large bay windows that infuse the room with light. Dinner parties in the adjacent dining area are a breeze thanks to the updated kitchen. Relax in the family room, or step outside to the adjoining backyard’s lawn and patio space. The master suite opens to the backyard and features an updated en-suite. Two more bedrooms and one bath complete the floor plan of this residence.”

“This single-bed, single-bath home offers city and mountain views,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Floor-toceiling windows open to a large patio with views of the city lights. Highly upgraded, this home is highlighted by wood flooring, stainless steel appliances, and recessed lighting. The Marina City Club has six tennis courts, three swimming pools, racquet ball and paddle tennis courts, and a gym. Other Amenities include a restaurant, café, convenient store, a dry cleaning service, and much more.”

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“Treat yourself to this fabulous two-bed, two-bath unit, at one of the Marina's most sought after resort-style 24hour guarded and gated communities,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “This airy residence showcases high ceilings, two fireplaces, and an updated kitchen. The bright living room opens to a terrace perfect for al fresco dining.

The romantic master suite offers a fireplace, spa tub and wardrobe closets. The unit also includes an in-unit laundry, ample storage and two-car parking.”

“Perfectly positioned on the bluff of Playa del Rey, this mid-century home was custom-built by the current owner,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “The upstairs open floor plan features an abundance of picture windows allows natural light to stream in. The living area includes a living room with a spacious deck, inviting family room, and an office area. The downstairs foyer leads to the master bedroom suite and bath, as well as a private deck with city lights and mountains views.”

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COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201800910401.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hair Poppin LLC, 311 No. Labrea Ave. Inglewood, CA 90302.

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THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. 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. /s/ David Rice. TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Hair Poppin LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 29, 2018.

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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).

Publish:The Argonaut. Dates: 2/8/18, 2/15/18, 2/22/18, 3/1/18 FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018036192 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GGíS HEALTHY ENTERPRISES; 3943 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Eugenia Williamson, 3943 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. 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. /s/: Eugenia Williamson. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: February 12, 2018. NOTICE ñ 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). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 2/15/18, 2/22/18, 3/1/18, 3/8/18 ORDER TO SHOW cAUSE FOR cHANGE OF NAME case No. NS034028 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of ZOE-JANE BRATCHER by and through Shawntee Cardwell, for Change of Name.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: Shawntee filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Zoe-Jane Christian Bratcher to Zoe-Jane Nicole Cardwell 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file

a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 3/23/2018. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 27 The address of the court is 257 Magnolia Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Argonaut Newspaper. Original filed: September 19, 2017. Ross Klein, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: Argonaut Newspaper 2/15/18, 2/22/18, 3/1/18, 3/8/18 SUMMONS (Family Law) cITAcIÓN (Derecho familiar) cASE NUMBER (NÚMERO DE cASO): 17PSFL00186 NOTIcE TO RESPONDENT (Name) AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): TEQUILA TANAY MOORE You are being sued. Lo están demandando.

Petitioner’s name is Nombre del demandante: John Kevin Villanueva Deasis.

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children.

You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

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California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

Tiene 30 días corridos después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica no basta para protegerlo.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas.

Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO: Las órdenes de restricción que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.

NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees.

AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manutención, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todas las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a petición de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas.

1. The name and address of the court are (El nombre y dirección de la corte son): Pomona Courthouse South, 400 Civic Plaza Pomona, CA 91766 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are (El nombre, dirección y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Christopher Brandon Lewis, The Lewis Law Group, APLC 505 N. Tustin Ave., Suite 155 Santa Ana, CA 92705 Date (Fecha): February 8, 2018, Sherri R. Carter, Officer/Clerk, by (Secretario, por) D.L Silva, Deputy (Asistente) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIÓ LA ENTREGA: Esta entrega se realiza PUBLISH: The Argonaut, 2/22/18, 3/1/18, 3/8/18, 3/15/18

FEBRUARY‘18

Homes Sold

Average Price

Homes Sold

Average Price

Culver City

17

$828,100

11

$1,050,900

Marina del Rey

24

$1,213,200

24

$1,391,800

Palms/Mar Vista

23

$1,394,300

27

$1,551,300

Playa del Rey

11

$692,500

15

$1,107,600

Playa Vista

11

$1,428,900

5

$1,077,000

Santa Monica

40

$1,697,900

35

$1,875,700

Venice

18

$1,837,100

18

$1,926,500

Westchester

24

$1,088,600

22

$1,356,000

Total

168

157

The Argonaut Home Sales Index is presented the first week of each month. Figures are sourced from sales reported to MLS as of 1/31–2/27. Argonaut Home Sales Index © The Argonaut, 2018.

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Food Fare 2018, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Planned Parenthood Los Angeles’ 39th annual Food Fare returns for eating, drinking and shopping in support of community health, education and wellness. The gastronomic event showcases over 150 of Southern California’s best chefs, restaurants, caterers, wineries, breweries and retail merchants. Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $150 to $350. (213) 2843300; pplafoodfare.com Duvel 100 Celebration, 6 to 9 p.m.

Raise your glasses to celebrate Duvel’s perfect 100 rating, declared by Draft Magazine, with specially priced beers, giveaways, pouring competitions and great food. Wurstküche, 625 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $11.42. (213) 687-4444; facebook.com/wurstkucherestaurant City of Champions Toastmasters Club, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Practice the art of public speaking and hear amazing speeches and inspiring stories. The club is open to everyone and meets the first and third Thursday of every month. Faithful Central Bible Church, 333 W. Florence Ave., Inglewood.

Free. (213) 200-5429; pgb914@ hotmail.com Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets on the first

and last Thursdays of each month at Oakwood Recreation Center, 787 California Ave., Venice. venicenc.org Mar Vista Community Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets every first Thursday of the month at the Mar Vista Public Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. marvista.org Women Code Meetup, 7 p.m. Secure the skills necessary to thrive in today’s innovation economy and learn to code with Javascript. Install Google Chrome and ATOM text editor on your laptop and bring a power cord. Antioch Univeristy, 400 Corporate Pointe, Rm A1018, Culver City. meetup.com/ WomenCode-in-SoCal

Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) and Rossini’s Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $25 to $50. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.org FNTN, 8 p.m. Taking inspiration from performers as diverse as The Pixies, Drake and The Doors, guitar-forward indie rockers FNTN gig at The Basement Tavern below The Victorian, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. 21+. (310) 396-2469

6th Annual Los Angeles Dance Festival: “Women Rising,” 8 p.m.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Celebrating Women’s History Month, “Women Rising” features contemporary dance performances through the lens of female choreographers. Theater Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W. Pico “The Masters of Wisdom and Transmission Meditation,” 7 to 9 p.m. Blvd., West L.A. $15 to $25.

LADanceFest.org This is an energetic universe. At this moment of accelerated change, learn to Comic Books and Comedy, 8 to 9:45 powerfully support the Masters of p.m. This packed show features past Wisdom by helping them saturate the favorites, new comedians, special planet with benevolent cosmic energies. guests and prizes. Hi De Ho Comics & Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Books, 1431 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free.

Monica. Free. facebook.com/ (310) 314-7511 comicbooksandcomedy Colburn Orchestra: Youth and Triumph, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Joachim Becerra Thomsen, the youngest-ever principal player in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, performs Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, Beethoven’s

Friday, March 2

Westchester First Fridays at the Triangle, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Food trucks, live music and family-friendly

fun along the 6200 block of 87th Street, Westchester. facebook.com/ WestchesterFirstFridays Abbot Kinney First Fridays, 5 to 11 p.m. A monthly festival of food trucks, fashionable people and fun activities along Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice. abbotkinneyfirstfridays.com French Festival, 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy music and food on the water with breathtaking views during sunset. Santa Monica Windjammers Yacht Club, 13589 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 827-7692 Unplug Venice, 7 to 11 p.m. Disconnect to connect. For one night only enjoy unplugging from your handheld devices with live music, on-demand poetry, board games, photo booth, arts and crafts and food trucks. Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $18. facebook.com/opentemplevenice Cheese 101, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Learn the history, origin and the basics about cheese with plenty of samples to taste.

Andrew’s Cheese Shop, 728 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $40. (310) 393-3308; facebook.com/AndrewsCheeseShop “It Happened One Night” Screening, 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m.

Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. This 1934 romantic comedy stars Clark Gable as a reporter who helps spoiled

Showman and author Charles Phoenix leads a Kodachrome tour of American kitsch. SEE SUNDAY, MARCH 4. heiress Claudette Colbert escape from her family. Every show begins with pipe organ music, an audience sing-a-long and a comedy short followed by a 15-minute intermission and then the feature screens. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $10. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Rusty’s Rhythm Club Swing Dance, 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Big Sandy &

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Maximum Creativity:“Max 10! with Female Filmmakers” @ The Electric Lodge Ten female filmmakers and screenwriters share comedy shorts or scripts in-progress for up to 10 minutes each. Hosted by Electric Lodge founder Dr. Joel Shapiro.

One performance only: 7:30 p.m. Monday (March 5) at Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave. Venice. $10. electriclodge.org/max-10 “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” @ Santa Monica High School Move over Daniel Radcliffe.

Samohi Theatre brings the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that recently starred the “Harry Potter” star to Barnum Hall. J. Pierrepont

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Last Stand:“The Alamo” @ Ruskin Group Theatre Eight working class Bay Ridge natives fight to keep their local bar afloat as artists and gentrifiers move into the neighborhood and aim to make the hangout their own.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 18 at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $30. (310) 3973244; ruskingrouptheatre.com

Kelsey Griswold and Milica Govich star in “The Alamo” Finch is a lowly window washer who vaults to the top of the corporate ladder, tackling such familiar workplace obstacles as backstabbing coworkers, coffee addiction and the ever-dreaded office party.

Closing soon. Last shows are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday (March 2 and 3) at Samohi’s Barnum Hall, 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $15. samohitheatre.org

wife. Everything goes awry when his protégé and ward turns the tables on him.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through April 1 at City Garage, Bergamot Station T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25, or pay what you want at the door on Sundays. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org

MRS Degree:“The School for Wives” @ City Garage City Garage remounts its acclaimed 2009 production of Moliere’s comic masterpiece about a rich merchant who believes he can train the perfect

Two Peas in a Pickle:“An Illegal Start” @ Santa Monica Pier The merry go-round in Santa Monica’s historic Looff Hippodrome serves as the backdrop for this Santa Monica Public Theatre production about two young men who find refuge

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in an abandoned amusement park and strike up an unlikely friendship.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March 10 at the Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. $30. (310) 4588901; Search “An Illegal Start” at eventbrite.com Priorities Check:“Two Fisted Love” @ Odyssey Theatre In this new dark comedy by David Sessions, Hollywood A-lister Caroline Connors navigates a multiple sclerosis diagnosis and complicated relationships with her idealistic daughter and ultra-conservative husband.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.

Sundays through March 11 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $15 to $34. (866) 8114111; odysseytheatre.com Shared Histories:“The New Colossus” @ The Actors’ Gang Tim Robbins directs this bold play featuring ancestral stories from The Actors’ Gang ensemble that delve into 300 years of struggle, survival and forced migration.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through March 24 at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $20 to

$34.99. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com Love Story:“Alright Then” @ Pacific Resident Theatre Comedy legend and Venice Canals local Orson Bean follows up his critically acclaimed one-man show “Safe at Home” with a tale for two: Bean and actress Alley Mills (“The Wonder Years,”“The Bold and the Beautiful”) recounting the unlikely events that led to their happy marriage.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays through March 25 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $34. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.org Highs and Lows:“A Love Affair” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Jerry Mayer’s comedy examines the ups and downs of a 38-year marriage, from the successes and disappointments to the traumas, sex, children and everything else in between.

Now playing at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays through March 25 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $35. (310) 394-9779, ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com

ArgonautNews.com His Fly-Rite Boys play joyful, danceable tunes of the rockabilly, rock ’n’ roll, honkytonk, R&B, soul and doo-wop variety. Vintage Western is the theme, should you wish to dress up. A half-hour beginner swing dance (no partner needed) class happens from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $20 cover, includes the class. (310) 606-5606; rustyfrank.com

Saturday, March 3 Compost Giveway, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thank you to all the Santa Monica residents for putting food-spoiled paper, yard debris and other organics into the green collection cart. Now it’s time to collect compost. Bring your own bag. Santa Monica Resource Recovery & Recycling, 2500 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. facebook.com/SantaMonicaRRR Open Wetlands at Ballona, 9 a.m. to noon. The Los Angeles Audubon Society hosts its monthly Open Wetlands event at Ballona Salt Marsh.

Take a stroll through the sand dunes to the creek and explore your neighborhood wetlands. Enter through the gate in the northeast corner of the parking lot behind Alkawater/Gordon’s Market in the 300 block of Culver Boulevard in Playa del Rey. No baby strollers. (310) 301-0050; losangelesaudubon.org

Flip the House Party, 10 a.m. to noon. Venice Resistance hosts this take back the House party. Bring friends, neighbors, laptops, phones, snacks, drinks and get ready to mingle and make calls. 555 Rose Ave., Venice. facebook.com/ veniceresistance

Victoria Goring Story Theater, 10:30 a.m. Victoria Goring creates new stories live from children’s suggestions. Wizards fly vacuum cleaners and pirates love to bake.

Anything could happen with these improvised stories. Children’s Book World, 10580 ½ Pico Blvd., West L.A.

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Eclectic Guitars Indie rockers FNTN tap The Beatles, ’90s Britpop and Frank Ocean for a unique, evolving sound Photo by Grace Muth

By Sarah Ahearn It may seem like a bad idea to weave covers of Drake, The Doors and The Pixies into a single set list, but somehow FNTN pulled it off. During their show at the Silverlake Lounge in December, the recent college grads successfully fused their 1960s surf rock and Beatles-influenced sound with their mutual love of pop and alternative rock — the music that brought them together from the start.

The four piece began with lead vocalist Gray Whisnant and guitarist Lucas De Oliveira meeting in their Virginia high school jazz band, then starting a Strokes and Rolling Stonesmodeled rock band called Sweet Sunday, after the Steinbeck novel.

“Fourteen-year-old me thought, ‘Oh, this is so deep,’ but everybody else was like ‘That’s a terrible name,” said Whisnant, now a Westchester resident.

But it wasn’t until attending the University of Virginia that they met Topanga native Zeke Reed and, after a successful dorm jam session, began to nail down a sound of their own. They played lots of covers to figure out what kind of songs they wanted to write and ended up naming the band after Whisnant’s sophomore-year roommate, the band’s biggest booster and resident sage.

“We thought for one gig as a tribute we’d name the band after him,” says Whisnant, “and then all these people started referring to the band as Fenton, so it kind of just stuck.”

Local indie rockers FNTN gig at the Basement Tavern.

They’ve now rebranded as FNTN, removing the vowels to help listeners find them more easily on music streaming services.

For FNTN, emotional impact extracted from their songs is key to making their music appealing to audiences — specifically, allowing for a layer of interpretation from their listeners.

“You need a personal connection with things that the artist does, instead of just their proficiency,” De Oliveira says.

Whisnant, who writes the band’s lyrics,

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ground. Woodlawn Cemetery, 1847 14th St., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8717; woodlawnsm.com Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a reggae and ska concert by Upstream.

Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com George Drury Smith, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Beyond Baroque founder George Drury Smith gives a personal reminiscence and history of the literary arts center in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free.

(310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Purim Funhouse, 5 to 7 p.m. For kids by kids. Come in costume and win a

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Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. RSVP at (310) 306-1854 or info@opentemple.org Bingo Night Fundraiser, 6 p.m.

Venice-Marina-LAX Lions Club’s 13th annual barbecue dinner and bingo fundraiser benefits Venice’s Safe Place for Youth, Westchester YMCA, Salvation Army, Airport-Marina Counseling Center, Mychal’s Place (helping children and adults with developmental problems) and various vision programs.

Participate in a silent auction, win door prizes and enjoy a no-host bar. Knights of Columbus Hall, 8049 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $55. (310) 306-9191 or (310) 823-7449 Epic Music by Master Composers, 7 p.m. The El Segundo Concert Band performs cinematic scores, highlighting

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says that the words are the last piece of the puzzle: “I try to explain what the song is about emotionally first, then put the lyrics in after the fact. … A lot of the relationships in my life have revolved around music, and I think all of those songs are kind of wanting to connect with people and maybe not necessarily being able to.”

FNTN’s first EP, “Indigo,” contains somewhat cryptic lyrics that De Oliveira describes as “impressionistic” — completely up to the listener’s

interpretation and mood.

“There are moments and glimpses and you kind of see what the emotions are that are working behind them,” De Oliveira says. “There’s a theme that runs through it, but it’s also not hitting you over the head with it.”

Their latest EP, “Lucid Dreams,” differs in that there is a more narrative thread between within each song, yet both contain what Whisnant describes as “mission statements” that are very clearly influenced by bands like The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

What’s next for FNTN? After bringing in a new drummer this past fall, Amit Gilad, who has a background in both reggae and metal, Whisnant and De Oliveira want to focus on incorporating both more dissonant and rhythmic sounds into their new music.

But keeping their live shows engaging for new audiences remains critical, so expect a comingling of covers and originals that tap modern R&B influences like Frank Ocean and SZA as well as the energetic Britpop of Blur and Oasis.

“We’re always trying to challenge ourselves,” says Whisnant. “When I feel like I’ve nailed something, part of me is like ‘Now that we’ve done it, we’ve got to do something different.”

heroic deeds, hair-raising adventures and historic moments from films including “North by Northwest,” “The Patriot,” “Ben Hur,” and “The Godfather.” El Segundo Performing Arts Center, 640 Main St., El Segundo.

Free. (424) 242-3722; sbmusic.org 2018 Brazilian Heart Celebration, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The 7th annual Brazilian Heart Music Celebration, created and produced by Kátia Moraes, pays homage to renowned artists from Brazil. This year, eight Brazilian female singer-songwriters interweave poetry and stories with Brazilian music in honor of International Women’s Day. The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $20 to $25. electriclodge.org

Sunday, March 4

Music at the Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Traditional Irish band

The Praties (slang for potato) play jigs, reels and polkas. Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net 16th Annual Carnival at the Pier, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Play and laugh while giving back. Enjoy private use of the park, lunch and snacks. Funds go towards the Children’s Bureau, helping to prevent child abuse. Pacific Park, 380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. $50 to $90. all4kids.org/carnival Yoga + Beer, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Take part in a 60-minute detoxifying yoga class and follow it up with a refreshing brew. El Segundo Brewing Co., 140 Main St., El Segundo. $15 to $35. (310) 529-3882; facebook.com/ extraordinarylifeproject Greyhound Show ‘n’ Tell, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet retired racing greyhounds

in need of a loving home. Not requiring a lot of exercise, greyhounds are quiet, non-shedding and already socialized.

PETCO, 8801 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 645-8143; fastfriends.org STEAM Machines & Rube Goldberg Contest, 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This daylong festival of activities spotlights STEAM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) to inspire the next generation of innovators and science leaders.

Interactive booths include 10 Rube Goldberg contraptions, robotics activities, a Hyperloop virtual reality experience, turn-trash-into-art stations, ice cream made with liquid nitrogen and a panel featuring Uber Elevate — the company’s plan for flying cars.

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— Postponed Putting things off is a relief in the moment but usually costs you big-time in the long run — like when you procrastinate in going to the dermatologist until the mole on your neck has a girlfriend and a dog.

Procrastination — the “See ya later, alligator!” approach to problem-solving — is defined by psychologists as voluntarily delaying some action we need to take, despite our knowing that doing this will probably make the ultimate outcome much worse. Procrastinating seems seriously dumb, right? But consider the sort of tasks we put off. Chances are, nobody needs to nag you 45 times to eat cake or have what you’re pretty sure will be mind-blowing sex.

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Fuschia Sirois and Timothy Pychyl suggests that procrastination is a form of mood management, a knee-jerk emotional reaction to emotional stress that involves putting “short-term mood repair over long-term goal pursuit.”

I know — not exactly the stuff Valentine’s Day cards are made of. But focus on the “knee-jerk” aspect of the mood management response. Psychologist Daniel Kahneman explains that our brain has two systems: an instinctive, fast-responding emotional system that jumps right in and a slower rational system that we have to force to do its job.

That’s because reasoning — applying judgment to some dreaded problem — takes what Kahneman calls “mental work.” We have to make ourselves focus on the problem and then put cognitive energy into figuring things out. That’s a grim chore — the antithesis of a mood booster. And that’s probably why there’s a term “pay attention!” but there’s no “pay emotion!” Emotion is auto-

matic. It just busts out, all “An issue to discuss? Oh, wouldja look at the time?! I believe I’m five minutes late for moving to Florida!”

Because personality traits tend to be consistent over time and across situations, chances are that your wife has a habit of ducking all sorts of emotionally uncomfortable stuff. Understanding this, as well as why we procrastinate, can help you see her ducking as a human flaw rather than a sign that a particular human doesn’t love her wife.

To keep resentment from poisoning your relationship, when she says “tomorrow…” say, “Awesome, babe. What time works for you?” Maybe even have a regular weekly wine ’n’ chat. Ideally, the conversations should mostly be lovey-dovey, not the sort she prefers to have on the third Tuesday in never: “Okay, I could have my toenails pulled out with rusty pliers or have this conversation. This isn’t to say I’m dreading it; I just want to give some thought to how attached I am to wearing open-toe shoes.”

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— Nice Dude It’s disappointing when a prospective relationship isn’t working, but it’s much worse when it just disappears. Can you imagine coming home one day and your stove is just

… gone?

“Ghosting” somebody you’ve been dating — vanishing forever, sans explanation — cues what psychologists call the “Zeigarnik effect,” which describes the mind’s habit of annoying us (over and over and over) to get “closure” when we have unfinished business.

Some people “ghost” because they have all the conscience of a deer tick; others believe (or tell themselves) that it’s kinder than laying out exactly why they’re done. But consider that when moving on, you only need to communicate one essential thing: There will be no more of

you in their future.

Should a woman press you for further info, stick to vague explanations — “spark just wasn’t there” — instead of going into detail about, say, how her breath reminds you of a decomposing gerbil. Also to be avoided are explanations that give a woman hope that your vamoosage is temporary — for example, telling her you have to end it with her because you still aren’t over your ex. That can lead to a closure of sorts … of the zipper on the tent she’s pitched on the grassy area in the middle of your cul-de-sac. (Stalker? Um, she prefers “watchful urban camper.”)

Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter and visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

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Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, 1600 Ocean Front Walk, Santa Monica.

Events on pier free; aquarium $5.

(310) 393-6149; facebook.com/ SantaMonicaPierAquarium Knit Sunday Brunch, noon. Join fellow knitters for Sunday brunch.

Bring projects and snacks to share.

The Knitting Tree, 1031 W. Manchester Blvd., #2, Inglewood. Free.

(310) 395-3880; theknittingtree.com Charles Phoenix: ‘Addicted to Americana,’ 2 to 3 p.m. Showman, tour guide and author Charles Phoenix discusses classic and kitschy American life and style as celebrated in his book “Addicted to Americana” — a Kodachrome odyssey of roadside attractions, crazy car culture and space-age artifacts. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org

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Harmonica Bob at Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover.

(310) 822-3902 Oscar Viewing Party and Fundraiser, 4:30 p.m. Sara Fay and Cameron Iverson roll out the red carpet for their fifth annual Oscar party with ballot contest and silent auction. 25% of evening sales benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Upper West, 3321 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica.

Suggested donation $20; reservations Find out how Uber plans to operate flying cars during recommended. (310) 586-1111; theupperwest.com Santa Monica Pier Aquarium’s annual STEAM Machines Peace Frog’s Jim Morrison Venice Rooftop Experience, 5 to 8 p.m.

The Morrison’s Venice Beach rooftop.

Doors tribute band Peace Frog performs “An American Prayer” and “Celebration of the Lizard” as well as Doors hits. Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $24.95.

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“The Art of the Haggadah,” 2 to 4 p.m. Filmmaker Jim Ruxin presents a short program about haggadot from around the world, including a screening of his documentary “In Every Generation: Remaking the Szyk Haggadah,” showing the history of how Polish artist Arthur Szyk’s haggadah was republished with digital printing to recapture its magnificent illustrations. A light brunch follows.

The Braid, 2912 Colorado, Ste 102, Santa Monica. $20. jewishwomenstheatre.org

Monday, March 5

Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a dance music concert by Elements.

Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com

Tuesday, March 6

U.S. 99 Band, 4 to 10 p.m. Groove to the sounds of Sonny B’s U.S. 99 Band as they perform early rock ‘n’ roll, rockabilly and surf music with Big

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Office, 9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste 210, Westchester. Free. (310) 645-5151; laxcoastal.com Meals on Wheels “Burger Bite,” 5 to 10 p.m. Drop your receipt in the box as you leave and 20% of your bill is donated to the Culver Palms Meals on Wheels. The Counter, 4786 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 559-0666; mealsonwheelsculverpalms.org

Joint VNC Board & Discussion Forum Committee, 9 a.m. The committee meets on the first Monday of each month at The French Café, 2321 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. venicenc.org

Mar Vista Community Council Education, Arts and Culture Committee, 6 p.m. The committee meets on the first Tuesday of each month at Mar Vista Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. marvista.org

Suzy Williams & Brad Kay, 7 p.m.

Enjoy a night of live jazz with Suzy Williams and Brad Kay at Surfside, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. Free. (424) 256-7894

Marshall McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club, 6 p.m. This open reading club meets the first Tuesday of each month for literary discussions. Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 306-7330; laughtears.com

Five Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. From hiring and firing to big sales or no sales, nothing can prepare you for the highs and lows of building a small business. Ryan Choura of Choura Events shares his top five mistakes and how they became his top five breakthroughs. LAX Coastal Chamber

Relocation of the Los Angeles Airport Finance Station Post Office, 6:15 p.m. The United States Post Office holds a free community meeting on why the post office is being moved, possible new sites and a proposal under consideration. 9029 Aiport Blvd., Passport Room, Westchester.

Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa Meeting, 6:30 p.m. The city-certified advisory board meets every first Tuesday of each month at the Westchester Municipal Building Community Room, 7166 W. Manchester Blvd., Westchester. ncwpdr.org “This Golden State” Play Reading, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Playwright Luis Alfaro presents his work-in-progress “The Golden State, Part I: Delano,” exploring Pentecostalism and religious revival through the story of a minister and his flock in the San Joaquin Valley.

Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica.

Free; reservations required. (310) 458-4904; facebook.com/annenbergbeachhouse

Wednesday, March 7 Westchester Life Stories Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Do you want to write your life story? Share your memoirs with a group and receive feedback from fellow writers Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. sonnihelmer@sbcglobal.net

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Pick up Your Sticks Knit Night, 6 to 8 p.m. Bring your projects to work on and snacks or salad toppings to share for this weekly knit night. The Knitting Tree, 1031 W. Manchester Blvd., # 2, Inglewood. Free. (310) 395-3880; theknittingtree.com Venice Chamber Happy Hour, 6 to 8 p.m. Make new connections and build relationships over delicious dishes and drinks. Hal’s Playa Vista, 12751 Millennium Dr., #140, Playa Vista. $5 members; $10 guests. (310) 822-5425; venicehamber.net Homelessness Steering Committee, 6 to 8 p.m. Homlessness is a regional crisis that no one group or city can solve alone. Join the community-led Steering Committee for its first quarterly public meeting. Roosevelt Elementary Auditorium, 801 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. facebook.com/ cityofsantamonica

Learn local history from costumed guides portraying notables buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. (Pictured: Chiara McCarthy and Widget Moore portray 1940s women’s league baseball players Faye Dancer and Pepper Paire, whose legacies inspired the film “A League of Their Own.”) SEE SATURDAY, MARCH 3.

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Rusty’s Rhythm Club Swing Dance, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Whether you call it traditional jazz, early jazz, hot jazz, Dixieland jazz, New Orleans jazz or vintage jazz, Big Butter Jazz Band’s repertoire is full of infectious energy and a pulsing rhythm you can’t help but dance to. A half-hour beginner swing dance (no partner needed) class

happens from 7:30 to 8 p.m. $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, 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. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Thursday, March 8 Del Frisco’s International Women’s Day Celebration, 5 to 8 p.m. Del Frisco’s Grille celebrates International Women’s Day by bringing innovative Westside women together for a networking-style mixer, featuring appetizers, wine tastings, manicures, massages and raffle giveaways from local businesses. A portion of the proceeds benefits Westside Family Health Center’s Reproductive Health Services Program. 1551 Ocean Ave. #105, Santa Monica. $35. (310) 395-7333; womensdayatdfg.eventbrite.com.

Serving Up Comedy, 7 to 9 p.m. A new lineup of standup comics performs each second Thursday of the month.

An open mic follows. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover; suggested donations to benefit first responders. (310) 823-5451; servingupcomedy.com Del Rey Neighborhood Council Meeting, 7:15 p.m. The local advisory body to the Los Angeles City Council meets the second Thursday of each month at Del Rey Square, 11976 Culver Blvd., Del Rey. delreync.org Sofar Sounds: International Women’s Day, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m.

A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Sana Monica. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS “Art for Hearts,” 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 2. Robert Berman Gallery hosts Pico Youth & Family Center’s 9th Annual Art for Hearts fundraiser, featuring Valentine’s Day-themed work by over 75 artists. Bid on works during a silent auction, listen to live music and enjoy hosted food, wine and tequila during this colorful and cause-driven event. Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., #C2, Santa Monica. $25 to $40. (310) 396-7101; picoyouth.org “Before They Go: Venice Artists Group Show,” opening 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 3. Venice photographer Debbie Zeitman assembles artwork from 29 artists featured in her “Before They Go” portrait series, also on view, for an intimate evening of local art. The Hängar, 3472 S. Centinela Ave., Mar Vista. (310) 915-9977; RSVP to thehanger.la@ gmail.com Send event information at least 10 days in advance to calendar @argonautnews.com.

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