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Contents

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VOL 44, NO 11 Local News & Culture

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OPINION

Letters to the editor....................................... 5

NEWS

MdR’s Autumn Burke is running for state Assembly...................................................... 6 More than 60 neighborhood council seats go up for grabs in May...................................... 6 Technology and good government go together at YouTube Space L.A.................... 7 Miami Heat scam suspect busted at LAX..... 7

FEATURE

Silicon Beach hotspot Playa Vista will eventually house 13,000 people, all within walking distance of a massive retail complex with traits of both The Grove and Abbot Kinney Boulevard......................................... 8

INTERVIEW

THIS WEEK

John Buffalo Mailer talks about the play inspired by the book he wrote with his famous father ............................................ 15 Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk returns......... 16 Westside happenings................................. 18 Writer Tom Moran’s Venice homecoming..... 26 Suzy Williams kicks up a storm ................. 26 Tracy Lorin turns tragedy into song............. 30 Beyond Baroque toasts the Beats.............. 30 The Aero celebrates the original Mr. Peabody & Sherman................................................. 31

St. Joseph Center head named Woman of the Year The Los Angeles County Commission for Women named St. Joseph Center Executive Director Va Lecia Adams Kellum as one of its 2014 Women of the Year during a ceremony on Monday in downtown Los Angeles. The Venice-based outreach center, founded in 1976 at a Rose Avenue storefront by two Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, provides job training, counseling and housing placement for

FOOD&DRINK

The décor at Sauce on Hampton is minimal but the sense of flavor is exuberant .......... 17

REAL ESTATE

Westside open house directory ................. 19

Venice trends forecaster Maude Standish explains millennials.................................... 12

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Jobs, apartments and more .......................... 32

ON THE COVER: Architectural renderings of the Runway at Playa Vista retail and entertainment complex, courtesy of Brookfield Residential and Lincoln Property Co. DESIGN BY ERNESTO ESQUIVEL

the temporarily and chronically homeless and also operates the Bread and Roses Café, a restaurant-style soup kitchen. Flora Gil Krisiloff (also pictured), a senior field deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, presented the award to Adams Kellum. “Without her incredible, compassionate leadership we would not be as far as we are in solving homelessness,” Gil Krisiloff said.

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To Our Community, We are excited to announce that our distinguished hospital, Saint John’s Health Center, has become a member of Providence Health & Services, Southern California. Renowned for clinical excellence and research, Saint John’s award-winning patient care and programs, including the John Wayne Cancer Institute, will continue serving residents of Santa Monica and the Westside, as well as those well beyond our community. Saint John’s now becomes a leading partner in Providence’s integrated network of physicians, medical offices, urgent care centers and hospitals throughout Los Angeles County. Your support and love for Saint John’s has helped fuel a vision for our future — one that maintains our Catholic tradition and a reputation for state-of-the-art technology and quality, while never forgetting that our true purpose is to serve those who come to us for care. Thank you for your continuing support. Together, Saint John’s and Providence will be creating healthier communities.

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Letters

Don’t let trash ruin our beaches

I recently walked to the beach and found dozens of locals and visitors from around the world expressing alarm at the amount of trash left behind by recent storms and an apparent lack of initiative to clean it up. Current efforts to keep our beaches clean have been insufficient to remove dangerous debris, glass and rubbish that have accumulated since the rain and heavy tides. Pollution is a threat to the health and wellbeing of humans and wildlife — and it’s deadly for tourism. We saw our beloved Marina/Jetty barking seal swim past a large potato chip bag, numerous plastic objects and floating water bottles. A collective effort is required to handle this job. We need both the elected leaders and local residents to work together. Respectfully, I demand that the L.A. City Council step up and require immediate action from whatever departments of the city are responsible for the cleanup of the litter that is currently consuming the beach. I ask that The Argonaut post an invitation for residents to spend some time to help with post-

storm cleanup efforts before all of it is washed back out to sea. All of us working together will promote awareness, build community and ultimately solve this problem. What a great lesson to give to children, our future leaders. I could gather countless signatures to back me up. Instead, I choose to be proactive and encourage residents to act immediately. I want to be a part of the solution. I hope that you do, too. Contact me at JaimiBlakely@ sbcglobal.net. Let me know what I can do

beyond writing this letter, emailing neighborhood councils, contacting city officials and picking up trash myself. Jaimsyne Blakely CEO, Alumni 4 America Marina del Rey

Be kind to your postman

Re: “Marina del Rey post office must relocate,” news, Feb. 27 Anyone who’s gone to the post office lately knows they are seriously understaffed. Lines are long and slow, and sometimes simple things like stamps are not available. When I go I bring a magazine to read and plan for

these things. Hate to break the news, but that’s the reality of the postal service right now. I’m just glad they haven’t closed the Playa Del Rey post office! Also, it helps to be prepared. The post office is not there to provide free packing tape and help you with your packaging. Going at lunch hour is also a bad idea. I am amazed (but not surprised) at how rude customers are when things don’t go their way. Adults act like whining babies when a package cannot be found or they have to wait in line. Get used to it people, things have changed.

Throwing a fit at the post office will not make anything go faster and it won’t make missing items suddenly appear. Taking out your frustrations on the person behind the counter doesn’t accomplish anything. Joe Mock Playa del Rey

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Eight vie for open Westside state Assembly seat Marina del Rey’s Autumn Burke, daughter of former L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, leads the pack in name recognition

Autumn Burke

By Gary Walker You might say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Marina del Rey business development consultant Autumn Burke, daughter of former Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, is one of eight hopefuls vying to represent the area in the California Assembly.

Assemblyman Steven Bradford (D- Gardena), whose 62nd Assembly District includes the marina, Venice, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey and Westchester, terms out of office later this year and will seek a state Senate seat. Former Assemblywoman Betsy Butler’s recent decision to leave the race and run instead for the seat currently held by state Sen. Ted Lieu (who is running to replace retiring Rep. Henry Waxman in Congress) left the Assembly contest without a high-profile candidate. This is the first political campaign for the 40-year-old Burke, whose father is former state Coastal Commission member William Burke, but she says she isn’t seeking office for its own sake or relying simply on the strength of her family name. “I think I have a really good grasp of the district. I have the skills to run in this district, and maybe if I was in another district I wouldn’t have decided to run,” said Burke, who has a background in real

estate and finance. Burke began campaigning last year and has raised more than $168,000, according to campaign statements filed in January with the Secretary of State. Assembly hopefuls meet in public for the first time tonight at a 7 p.m. political forum hosted by the West Los Angeles Democratic Club at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista. Democrats in the race include Burke, West Basin Water District board member and former Inglewood Board of Education member Gloria Gray, attorney Simone Farrise, community activist Adam Plimpton, businessman Paul Kouri and former Inglewood City Councilman Mike Stevens. Westchester real estate broker Ted Grose is the lone Republican in the race, and student Emidio “Mimi” Soltysik has declined to state a party affiliation. Grose, 59, plans to make education reform a dominate theme in his campaign. Although the district is about

60% Democratic, Grose said the pressing concerns of the district’s constituents matter more to them than a candidate’s party affiliation. “Any candidate can win if they have views that are in line with the district,” said Grose, who appears to have strong support in the southeastern portion of the district. Burke called economic development is a priority for the Westside. “We’re on a good trajectory with Silicon Beach and Madison Garden Square Garden Co. [taking over The Forum in Inglewood, also part of the district],” she said. Allen Hoffenblum, a Westside political consultant, said he sees the 62nd Assembly District contest as wide open due to candidates’ relative anonymity. “This district overlaps with the [contested] 33rd Congressional District and the 26th state Senate District, so these voters are going to be bombarded with political mailers,” Hoffenblum said. “It’s going to be interesting to see who can cut through the clutter and

make themselves known to the voters.” West Los Angeles Democratic Club Assistant Vice President Marc Saltzberg said knowledge of the area will help set candidates apart. “I’ll be looking for someone who has made it their business to know the issues of the district and formulate an approach to know how to deal with them,” Saltzberg said. Venice community activist Marta Evry said Burke has been those most visibly interested in Venice issues so far. “Of all the candidates, she’s the only one who’s been proactive in learning about Venice issues — development mostly, but also affordable housing and homelessness,” Every said. Saltzberg expects political endorsements will play an important role during the campaign. “I normally don’t care about them, but in this race I will be paying closer attention,” he said. ª gary@argonautnews.com

More than 60 seats up for grabs

Candidates start lining up for potentially game-changing neighborhood council elections By Gary Walker And so it begins. A busy 2014 election season on the Westside is off and running, with candidates now able to pull papers to run for dozens of open local neighborhood council seats and a few longtime officeholders announcing they will step down. All seats on the Mar Vista, Venice and Del Rey neighborhood councils — a total of 49 — are up for grabs in a May 18 vote. The election will also determine 15 spots on the 31-seat council for Westchester and Playa del Rey. Elections for neighborhood councils, which function as advisory bodies for the Los Angeles City Council and other city officials, occur every two years. Stakeholders who live, work or own property in those areas have until April 3 to enter neighborhood council races, and so far only a handful have signed up. Venice Neighborhood Council President Linda Lucks said she will be leaving the board this year after serving two terms

as president and two as vice president. Mar Vista Community Council Chair Sharon Commins and Eric DeSobe of the Del Rey Neighborhood Council have also decided to not seek reelection. “I’ve been on the board for 10 years, and now it’s time for someone else to step up and show their commitment to the community,” said Lucks, who also serves as one of seven appointed members to the Los Angeles Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, a policy body for the neighborhood council system. Marlo Richardson, a sevenyear Playa del Rey resident running for an at-large seat on the Neighborhood Council of Westchester – Playa, said she hopes to help build a more cohesive community. “I felt the need to take ownership of where I live. I think we need more community events so that we can get to know one another,” said Richardson, a Los Angeles Airport Police sergeant who had owned the former Berri’s Playa Café. This year’s elections may shape

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up differently than previous contests. A group of Playa del Rey residents say they plan to make controversial development projects a dominant campaign issue. They’re also pushing for reforms to an existing state law (known as Senate Bill 1818) that allows developers to increase the size and density of projects by including affordable housing units. “SB1818 and the overall plan of the city to rezone L.A. should be of concern to all residents, as it will impact so many aspects of our daily lives,” said Julie Ross, an emerging neighborhood leader who rallied opposition to the Legado condominium project on Culver Boulevard and has been critical of the Westchester – Playa Neighborhood Council. Ross is not currently running for a seat on council but is worried that new large developments will drastically alter the character of existing neighborhoods. “The upcoming neighborhood council election is a great opportunity to build on a new level of awareness in our

community regarding all of these impacts,” Ross said. “It is no longer desirable or appropriate to allow a handful of historically development-friendly individuals to determine such important quality of life issues, particularly when the community clearly opposes so much of what our current development-friendly neighborhood council supports.” A key difference from the election two years ago is a change in voter eligibility for neighborhood council races. In the past, people who did not live or work within a neighborhood council’s footprint could nonetheless vote for its members by presenting receipts from local businesses to argue they had a stake in the future of the neighborhood. This year, voters must demonstrate that they live, work or own property in the neighborhood where they vote or have a substantial community interest. For information on how to become a candidate, call (818) 293-VOTE or visit empowermentLA.org. ª gary@argonautnews.com

Linda Lucks will not seek a third term as president of the Venice Neighborhood Council

Marlo Richardson is a first-time candidate for the Neighborhood Council of Westchester – Playa

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Geeking out for good government City Controller demonstrates new open data portal to L.A.’s finances during event at YouTube’s Playa Vista campus By Gary Walker Want to know what the city pays out in overtime, or how much parking ticket money it collects? Find the answers at Control Panel L.A., an online open data portal that uses technology to give the public direct access to the city’s financial records. Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin demonstrated the recently launched website during a March 5 LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce event at YouTube Space Los Angeles in Playa Vista. Controllerdata.lacity.org links to databases that contain detailed reports on city revenue and expenditures, audits, employee salaries and payments to contractors. Special reports include explanations of city spending on health care and overtime costs as well as bonus pay. Users can also submit suggestions for other ways to present the city’s financial records. Galperin said that using the Internet to shed a light on the city’s purse strings is a response to voters’ calls for making government more accessible during his campaign for the office last year. “We don’t believe that this data belongs to us. We believe the data belongs to everyone,” Galperin said. While much of site’s data has already been accessible to the public for years, Control Panel L.A. is the first attempt to consolidate financial records into a single hub that taxpayers can access without

filing record requests. The site’s newest tool, an application called Checkbook LA, provides public access to spending records for each city department. “This addition to our open data site is intended to give the public and decision makers in City Hall more insight into the City’s true payroll costs and payments to vendors,” Galperin said of the feature. Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin joined Galperin onstage to praise the site as an example of ingenuity and good government. “On July 1, something significantly changed in the DNA of Los Angeles,” said Bonin, referring to the date that he, Galperin and Mayor Eric Garcetti took office after campaigns that focused on government accountability. “We are absolutely determined to make sure that we are more transparent, as a democracy should be.” Bonin said that when he began working at Los Angeles City Hall 20 years ago, the concept of opening the city’s financial data to the public would have been “unimaginable.” LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce President Christina Davis said she believes Control Panel L.A. will become an important tool for organizations and the residents they represent. “It can help us as we take policy positions on the city budget and how the city spends its money. I think for many of us it’s a very exciting time, and we’re waiting to see how [the financial data] will

City Controller Ron Galperin demonstrates Control Panel L.A. at YouTube Space Los Angeles in Playa Vista

be used,” Davis said. Davis expects that many members of the Westside’s burgeoning creative technology business sector will become active users of the site. “I think the tech community is going to embrace this very quickly,” she said. Marcia Hanscom, a Playa del Rey community activist with the Ballona Institute, attended the event and came away impressed by the website. She credited news reports such as the Los Angeles Times’ exposé on corruption in Bell as creating greater demand for access to public records. “Yes, it’s good this info is being revealed. But it was a couple of good journalists who led the way to this

happening,” she said. But Hanscom was also disturbed by how much some city employees are earning. According to the site, a Los Angeles fire captain augmented his $115,000 base salary with more than $240,000 in overtime pay last year, and a police officer with a salary of $65,000 received more than $428,000 in additional compensation. “It’s good that Ron Galperin and Mike Bonin have positive attitudes about revealing the info, but how did some of these salary amounts get so out of control?” Hanscom asked. “And how can these amounts ever be changed to reflect some sort of reality?” ª gary@argonautnews.com

Authorities bust alleged fraudster at LAX Suspect is accused of trying to sell fake ownership shares in the Miami Heat to former pro athletes By Gary Walker A yearlong multi-agency probe into an alleged scam involving the sale of fake ownership shares in the Miami Heat to victims that included a former NFL quarterback came to an end last month at Los Angeles International Airport, resulting in the arrest of a suspect who was charged with fraud last week. FBI agents arrested George French Jones, 45, on Feb. 21 at LAX upon his arrival from Miami. The California Attorney General’s Office charged Jones on March 7 with 11 counts of grand theft, fraud and identity theft. Jones faces up to nine years in state prison if convicted and is being held without bail at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles. A March 11 arraignment hearing was

postponed to Friday, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. Jones was initially arrested for violating terms of his probation on a previous auto theft conviction but at the time was also under a joint fraud probe by the FBI, the Los Angeles Police Dept. and the Los Angeles County Probation Dept., said Eric Newby, director of special enforcement operations for the Probation Dept. The investigation began in March 2013 after representatives for the Miami Heat contacted law enforcement with allegations that Jones was selling ownership interests in the organization that he did not own, Eimiller said. During the year-long probe, investigators learned that Jones reportedly targeted former NBA and NFL players, including Hall of Fame former NFL quarterback

Warren Moon. Jones scammed victims out of nearly $300,000, according to his 11-page indictment. According to the document, a representative for Moon told investigators that Jones had promised to introduce Moon to a minority owner of the Heat who was interested in selling his shares. Jones also allegedly sold Moon that minority owner’s courtside seats for $200,000, but Moon’s representative later discovered that an altogether different person owned those seats. Jones allegedly conducted his scams using office addresses in Century City that were obtained through identity theft and fraudulent accounts, according to the document. The Probation Dept.’s Special

Enforcement Operations Unit had an undercover officer who worked with the FBI on the investigation, according to a probation department statement. Newby said the terms of Jones’ auto theft probation had not required him to report to an office and speak with a probation officer, but instead check in at probation kiosk locations. Jones last checked in at a kiosk in December and the following month a warrant was issued for his arrest, Newby said. Eimiller said investigators believe Jones’ alleged scam may have involved offers to other potential victims. The FBI is urging urge anyone with information to call its Los Angeles office at (310 477-6565. ª gary@argonautnews.com March 13, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 7

Building New Angeles Equal parts retail hub, Silicon Beach hotspot and idyllic suburban enclave, Playa Vista approaches the completion of its great Westside experiment is coming back, when technology is soaring,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric We live in an age of rethinking. Garcetti told The Argonaut during the Information arrives not in mailboxes, Feb. 27 groundbreaking ceremony for but through cell phones. Rideshare apps IMAX Corp.’s $45-million West Coast are replacing taxi meters. Currency is headquarters being built in Playa Vista. becoming digitized. Consumers with an Following public remarks that linked ever-expanding global reach are instead Playa Vista with his vision of a can-do demanding their food be grown locally. Los Angeles on the rebound, Garcetti With its campus-style reinterpretation said Playa Vista’s “incredible geography, of the traditional office park, recasting of incredible history and incredible terrain” dense urban housing as Norman Rockwell are a recipe for success. suburb and plans for a pedestrian“I think people like the idea of a livable friendly regional entertainment and retail community that’s also a wonderful place complex to connect the two, Playa Vista is to work,” Garcetti said. rethinking the way Westsiders live, work and play. Five days earlier, models of the first Whether you see its 460-acre, cityhomes for sale in Playa Vista’s second within-a-city footprint as an ordered phase of development made their public oasis among the chaos of a sprawling debut — dozens of two- and three-story metropolis or a plastic reproduction of detached residences in both modern and organic urban life — locals and critics luxury styles, each priced from roughly have argued both ways — Playa Vista’s $1-million to $2-million range and enough rise from the once desolate former to fill a city block. Howard Hughes airstrip along Jefferson Next door and nearing completion this Boulevard has yielded a windfall of highsummer is The Resort, a 25,000-squaredemand commercial and residential real foot glass and steel fitness and event estate in an area erupting with growth. center for phase two residents. “This is probably the most sought-after The first phase of Playa Vista, land in America — the west side of Los Angeles at a moment when entertainment substantially completed in 2008, raised By Joe Piasecki

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their own Los Angeles Public Library branch, fire station, community recreation center and public elementary school. Playa Vista’s next phase will add another 2,600 single-family homes or apartments and 200 senior living units to the mix, said Marc Huffman, vice president of planning and entitlements for Playa Vista master developer Brookfield Residential. The successor to previous master developer Playa Capital, Brookfield plans and oversees construction by other firms but is also building homes. About 420 of the new homes slated for construction over the next three to five years are part of Runway at Playa Vista — a $260-million, 11-acre retail/ entertainment keystone linking the residential neighborhoods of Playa Vista — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to its creative offices campus and the rest of West Los Angeles. On tap for Runway’s 220,000-plus some 3,200 condominiums, apartments square feet of retail are a full-size Whole and townhomes along a half-mile stretch Foods Market (facing Jefferson), a nineof Jefferson from Beethoven Street to screen Cinemark movie theater with its Lincoln Boulevard. In addition to a small own restaurant and bar, a CVS Pharmacy, grocery store, weekly farmers market and two bank branches and new locations for a cluster of storefronts wrapped around Veggie Grill, SOL Cocina, LYFE Kitchen the block-sized Concert Park (one of more and Panini Café. Unannounced occupants will account for another 50% of available than a dozen parks), residents also have

“This is probably the most sought-after land in America — the west side of Los Angeles at a moment when entertainment is coming back, when technology is soaring.”

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Playa Vista, by the numbers: Between 6,500 and 7,000 current residents Housing under construction will add another 6,000 residents,

for a total of about 13,000 people in just a few years

47 Playa Vista’s 460 acres will remain green space The 11-acre, $260-million Runway complex will create 220,000 square feet of new shops and restaurants Source: Brookfield Residential

space, said Brookfield spokeswoman Emily Heidt. “From the commercial perspective, we’re trying to become the poster child for Playa Vista and really be responsive to Playa Vista’s needs and the surrounding area’s as well. You really have a brand new city that’s being created down here,” said David Binswanger, executive vice president of Runway developer Lincoln Property Co. Binswanger said Runway will aim to create an experience that blends the outdoor mall setting of The Grove with a hip, urban feel inspired by Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice. “Abbot Kinney was being called the coolest street in the United States, so we decided to study what it is about it that’s cool. It attracts the millennial crowd, but it’s also where their parents want to shop, and it does that in an organic way that attracts in with nightlife,” Binswanger said. Runway is expected to include 12 outdoor fireplaces to anchor sheltered visitor gathering areas, site-specific public art sculptures and outdoor seating at most if not all restaurants. To split the difference of Abbot Kinney’s busy

thoroughfare and developer Rick Caruso’s pedestrian-only promenade, visitors will drive into Runway along a cobblestone street that winds between large heritage trees “to give the impression this retail center was built around those trees,” he said. As part of Brookfield’s master plan, a 30-foot wide park called The Link extends behind Runway eastward from the resort all the way into the creative office space campus, connecting with several other open space areas along the way. “I think concentrating on the human experience is the most important part of development,” Binswanger said. “We’re going to be fanatical about what you experience.”

For many current Playa Vista residents

and prospective phase two homebuyers, Runway completes the promise of a truly walkable neighborhood. “We love the access to everything. On the weekends, we barely get in a car,” said Matt Spencer, who has lived in Playa Vista with his wife for two and a half years. The 33-year-old investment banker hopes to buy a home in Playa Vista’s second phase now that the couple has a

IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announce the company’s new Playa Vista headquarters

15-month-old son. “It doesn’t feel quite like back home, but there are people on the sidewalk saying hello to each other, out walking dogs and pushing baby carriages,” the Nashville native said. A mother of twin 8-year-old boys, Carla Fansmith and her husband bought a Playa Vista condo six years ago, attracted by the nearness of parks and other amenities. “The appeal is it’s clean, it’s safe, there’s a lot of open space,” Fansmith, 45, said last month during a Sunday visit to Concert Park, which was packed with dozens of young families. “I can park my car on Friday after that long drive and not have to get into it until Monday morning.” Shane Reed, 31, is renting in Playa Vista and hopes to buy. “We used to live at Fifth and Santa Monica, right in the heart of the city,” the movie post-production colorist and computer programmer said while out for a walk with his seven-month-old son. “But this little guy was coming along, and this is such a family-friendly community.” Children, it seems, are everywhere in Playa Vista — but it wasn’t always this way, said Brookfield Residential Marketing Director Alison Banks. (Continued on next page)

“It’s the new frontier for Los Angeles, and we believe that trend is going to continue.” — Liam Collins, head of YouTube Space Los Angeles March 13, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9

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A family strolls past shops and restaurants adjacent to Concert Park

(Continued from previous page) With its high density of mostly one- or two-bedroom apartments and condos, Playa Vista’s original tenants were mostly singles. Then they got married. Then they had babies. And to Brookfield’s surprise, most of these new families wanted to stay. “We thought Playa Vista could be a stop in their housing journey. Instead we found people wanted a forever home,” Banks said. The original plans for phase two housing initially called for a lot of higher-density condominium buildings, she said, but Brookfield shifted the focus to singlefamily homes as the housing market recovered and “to respond to what our market was telling us.” Changing plans have dominated other facets of the Playa Vista story, Huffman said. Following the death of Howard Hughes — real estate broker in 1976, heirs to the Hughes fortune Carl Muhlstein sought a much different development for

“I think Santa Monica is peaking based on its own success and its barriers to entry.”

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the airfield that birthed the Spruce Goose — high rise offices and a conventional shopping mall, plans that triggered a series of environmental lawsuits following their approval in 1985. Settlements recast the project as a residential enclave surrounding a shopping mall and resulted in the 2003 sale to the state of 600 acres that became the Ballona wetlands preserve. Plans made in the mid-1990s for an “entertainment media and technology district” initially envisioned DreamWorks Animation as an anchor tenant, but the deal fell through. Instead, Silicon Beach came knocking.

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production suites, the 41,000 square-foot YouTube Space Los Angeles occupies one of 11 renovated Hughes airfield buildings within the much larger footprint of Playa Vista’s creative office space park, dubbed

The Campus. Also on The Campus are offices for social media giant Facebook, web operations for Fox Interactive Media, video game makers Konami, USC and UCLA technology research centers, advertising agencies, consumer electronics and even the Internet governing body ICANN. “Playa Vista is one of the places we believed more and more technology and innovative media companies were planting a flag on. It’s the new frontier for Los Angeles, and we believe that trend is going to continue,” said Liam Collins, head of YouTube Space Los Angeles. YouTube arrived in November 2012. The facility provides resources to help YouTube content creators optimize their use of the video-sharing website. “We wanted to take away impediments to someone trying out an ambitious new idea with the platform,” Collins said. “It’s

intended to be a resource for the creative community. I think of us as a crossroads for creative people to come together.” Fifteen years ago, when Playa Vista was still basically an open field, it was difficult to imagine the place as a center for cutting-edge ideas. “This was business Siberia,” Deutsch L.A. CEO Mike Sheldon said of moving the advertising agency from Santa Monica to across the street from what would become Playa Vista in 1998, during a period of rapid expansion for the company. Deutsch L.A. first arrived at a former pharmaceutical building that has since been replaced by the Home Depot at Jefferson and Alla Road. The agency soon moved a block east to its current location at Jefferson and Beethoven Street, the 90,000-square-foot former home of the Southern California Institute of Architecture. “At the time, nobody thought of this as a sort of legitimate business area,” Sheldon said. “What we were attracted to was being on the Westside without the Westside pricing. … Really, it was a great happy accident to be able to find something on this side of town.” A similar dynamic to what drew Deutsch L.A. to the area remains in play: namely the presence of large-scale, customizable office buildings that lease for far less than equivalent spaces in more established Westside areas — that is, if you can find them, said veteran commercial real estate broker Carl Muhlstein.

Muhlstein, managing director at Jones Lang LaSalle and formerly a vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield, was the original creative office space broker for Playa Capital. He’s also been a leasing agent for The Reserve — a 370,000-square-foot former U.S. Postal Service distribution center across from Playa Vista that was recently converted into a creative office space campus. The Reserve opened in May 2013 with its first tenant, the entertainment media giant TMZ, and welcomed Microsoft in September. Shortly before IMAX announced it would leave behind its outgrown Santa Monica offices for its new Playa Vista headquarters, Sony Computer Entertainment’s video game-making Santa Monica Studio announced it would relocate next year to The Reserve. “I think Santa Monica is peaking based on its own success and its barriers to entry,” said Muhlstein. “With single-digit vacancy, there’s virtually no expansion possibilities for the bigger uses, and these are all growth companies. That has also caused rental rates to exceed 2007 peaks, so it’s getting very expensive.” Muhlstein also said pushback against further development in Santa Monica — including calls for a ballot referendum to overturn city approval of the planned Hines light rail transit village near Bergamot Station, which would create some 375,000 square feet of office space — means “nobody knows what can be built or when.”

Sheldon is worried the rapid growth of Playa Vista and its surrounding areas will bring increased traffic congestion. “I’m curious what all this will look like 10 years from now, when Playa Vista is built out,” Sheldon said. “Unless we get some sort of flying Jetsons space cars, we could be in trouble around here.” But for now, as Deutsch L.A. continues its expansion into web development services, there’s a big advantage to being where the action is. “We’re trading employees with Facebook, Google and other ad agencies. We almost joke that there’s an underground tunnel that runs from one to the next,” Sheldon said. IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond said his company’s increasing emphasis on digital delivery systems makes its coming West Coast headquarters a great fit among Playa Vista’s Silicon Beach crowd. “There were two reasons for Playa Vista. We needed green-field space where we could construct our own building — we’re constructing two [private] full-sized IMAX theaters, and you can’t find that in an office building,” Gelfond said. “The other thing is we like the community around here,” Gelfond continued. “There are companies in the content business, like YouTube and Electronic Arts, and also companies in the technology business, like Google. We like the vibe of being in an area where people are creative. That’s a good thing.” ª joe@argonautnews.com

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Venice-based millennial trend forecaster Maude Standish on how social media is impacting off-line behavior Maude Standish makes it her business to know what teens and twentysomethings want — even before they do. Standish, 29, studies the unarticulated aspirations and desires of history’s most technology-fluent generation as managing director of Tarot, a millennial trend forecasting group based in Venice. Alongside parent company Mistress Creative — a Venice advertising agency where Standish also serves as director of social media — Tarot advises corporate clients on how shape and promote their brands in ways that will connect with the trickiest and most coveted of market demographics. The team includes experts in emerging digital technologies, business development, music and even mixology. Standish, a native of Chicago, entered the world of trend forecasting at 17 after she was tapped for a research panel that led to a consulting gig. After college she worked as a lead writer and editor of the Cassandra Report, a syndicated quarterly study of youth attitudes and buying habits that’s distributed by The Intelligence Group, a division of Creative Artists Agency. On Tuesday, Standish took part in a South by Southwest panel discussion of how social media is changing the way people interact with each other in offline situations. Search #sxsw #overshare on Twitter for highlights of the discussion. — Joe Piasecki How are the Facebook “like” button and other social media tools changing the way people communicate face to face, especially when it comes to millennials? Research shows that when people ‘like’ something that you’re doing on the Internet, you get a little rush of dopamine in your brain. Some people think you can get addicted to that constant positive feedback which I agree with. You see people’s addiction to that by the way they can’t put their phone down. But you also see it in the way people are starting to have conversations with each other. If you’re used to constantly being ‘liked’ on the Internet and you’re getting these little pleasure rushes anytime somebody does that, you start to create situations where you can get those pleasure rushes in real life. Millennials are already this really optimistic, positive generation. But what you’re seeing, I think, are feedback loops of positivity, where people are getting more and more uncomfortable saying anything negative or saying no to anything or maybe saying a divergent opinion that isn’t necessarily positive. You can even see this in the way people structure opinions. It used to be ‘No, I don’t agree with that,’ and now people are saying ‘Yeah, but.’ What you’re doing is flipping something that is a negative into a positive and imitates that ‘like’ button interaction. Aside from online habits, what sort of other things does Tarot track? One of the things that I really wanted to do differently was to not have a bunch of people sitting in front of their computers trying to find trends online. We hire people that are active in their category to report on trends. We have experts in music, experts in millennial activation in PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT March 13, 2014

politics, even mixologists. The main thing we’re looking at is the psychographic trends of millennials. What’s a psychographic trend? A macro trend is a trend that’s touching multiple categories in multiple types of people. You can look at things like local — that’s a macro trend, because there’s local food, there’s local clothing. Psychographic is the step before the trend. It’s the reason why somebody would want that, the desire swelling up in people, the emotional connection. You get a swell of people feeling ‘I’ve had all this bigmarket stuff; everything that I’m buying is from 2,000 miles away,’ and all of sudden you get this psychographic trend of people wanting things to be closer. It’s these unarticulated desires that become articulated in words, in products, in marketing campaigns. If so many are broke and living at home, how influential are millennials on the economy right now? They’re actually very influential. Millennials are often referred to as the echo boomers, because their size echoes the Baby Boomers’. Large generations tend to exert more influence, but in addition to that you have a hyperconnected generation. Millennials were the first generation that never had to leave their friends behind when they moved or went to college. We stayed connected with email, Facebook. Because our group is so important to us, we tend to try to assert influence in purchasing choices: ‘We’re Apple people; we want our whole network to be Apple people as well.’ Millennials also tend to pass up new trends to their parents. If a millennial has an iPhone 4 and then the iPhone 5 comes out, they pass their

“If you’re used to constantly being ‘liked’ on the Internet and you’re getting these little pleasure rushes anytime somebody does that, you start to create situations where you can get those pleasure rushes in real life.” — Maude Standish iPhone 4 to their parents and all of a sudden you have a new Apple customer. Millennials are also being semi-financially supported by their parents, so even though they may not be making the most money, they have access to a lot of it.

want to be famous, but according to Pew research, 86% say fame is not important to them at all. The most important thing to them is family and friends, having a good marriage, career and then being respected by friends and family. The myth comes from the idea that millennials are trying You’ve written that married millennial to actively create personal brands, but that women are more likely to take their doesn’t have much to do with fame. The husband’s name than their mothers thing is that because they graduated into were, probably due to a renewed emphasis on preserving the family unit. the recession, they don’t trust traditional What are some other surprising trends? paths to success. Our own president says the jobs of the future don’t yet exist. So I think the strangest thing about how do we train for that? How do we millennials is they’re actually a very become successful? The only thing we’re conservative generation, in terms of 100% sure of being in our futures is lifestyle choices. We talk about them as being square. Everyone thinks millennials ourselves.

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‘The Big Empty’ comes full circle in ‘Two Mailers’ The book John Buffalo Mailer co-wrote with father Norman Mailer comes to life on a Santa Monica stage brawl with actor Rip Torn caught on film and seriously wounding second wife Adele Morales with a pen knife, for which he was temporarily institutionalized. Reactions to his father’s wilder moments have occasionally dogged Mailer. So imagine the daunting task that awaited John Buffalo Mailer — Norman’s son with his sixth wife, the late writer Norris Church Mailer — when he decided to take up the family profession. “I knew I was going to take a lot of shit,” he said. But “Growing up in Norman Mailer’s house, you grow up learning how to fight.” The younger Mailer, who has written several works for stage and screen, said he tends to ignore the inevitable comparisons to his father. “I don’t think any relatively young author would compare himself to Norman Mailer,” he said. “At the same time, he taught me how to write. I was 17 when I first had the balls [to show him writing].” That Dad “thought it was good enough to tear it apart” confirmed to John Buffalo that he was on the right professional path. As writers, father and son boasted “different strengths and weaknesses,” Mailer said. “He was always taken with my ear for dialogue.” Currently writing his first novel (a take on the world’s religions), Mailer recently adapted one of his plays into the script for the film “Hello Herman.” His acting work has included a role in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” and he co-founded the production company that developed the 2008 Best Musical Tony-winner “In the Heights.” “It’s tough to make a living in theater these days, but given the less and less tangible things become, I do think theater is more important and will always be around,” Mailer said, alluding to the Internet and studio CGoverkill. “We are inundated with images. No one cares anymore. You see a car crash in a movie and you’re desensitized.” Mailer is young enough to have embraced technology, but he

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By Michael Aushenker “Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker and Bad Conscience in America” was the subtitle of “The Big Empty,” the 2005 book co-written by the late literary giant and cultural provocateur Norman Mailer and his youngest son, author and actor John Buffalo Mailer. A meditation on any one of those subjects could have easily run book-length, but leave it to the larger-than-life Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Naked and the Dead” and “The Executioner’s Song” — and his progeny — to cram it all into one epic tome. “The Big Empty” is the source material for “Two Mailers,” a new play by Ronald K. Fried that brings this father-son dialogue to life on Saturday with a special reading at the Edgemar Center for the Arts. Actor Paul Sorvino of “Goodfellas” fame plays Norman, Jordan Belfi (Ari Gold’s nemesis in “Entourage”) plays John Buffalo, and actress Tanna Frederick (who has performed in Edgemar productions of “The Rainmaker” and “45 Minutes from Broadway”) also stars. “Paul Sorvino does the best Norman Mailer impression I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Mailer, 35. And Belfi — “we were college buddies [at Wesleyan University]. He knows me very well.” The play, he said, is “Norman Mailer 101 for those not familiar with his ideas and work.” Like many young writers, Brooklyn-based Mailer grew up a fan of his father’s work, but the two also shared a deep familial bond. “He was 55 when I was born. We were already very close [before the ‘Big Empty’ collaboration]. He was my best friend, largely because of the age difference,” Mailer said. Mailer, who died at 84 in 2007, gave detractors and the general public many distractions from his written word through welldocumented antics that included a New York City mayoral campaign, a televised tête-à-tête with author Gore Vidal, a public push to free convicted murderer Jack Abbott (who killed again six weeks after his release), a vicious

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By Michael Aushenker Artist Oscar Lopez’s creative journey had an unlikely starting point: his younger brother Antonio’s graffiti art. While attending University High School, Lopez became awestruck by what the boy three years his junior was achieving with typography. Now 20, Lopez is among 30 students in a Santa Monica College art class participating in the eighth annual Airport Art Walk this Saturday at Santa Monica Airport. While still blossoming as an artist, Lopez has applied a sophisticated, old-soul style to images such as a portrait of his friend Erika, a still life of a skull, and the painting “Music Mixed Media” (featuring sister Leslie) that transcend the apparent art-school assignments. Those oil studies — along with “Red Ranger,” depicting his youngest brother Andres in a luchador mask (“It goes back to my childhood,” Lopez said) — will be on sale during ArtWalk. The afternoon event features live music, food, art workshops and tours of open studios housed within the airport’s converted hangars, which serve as studios for more than 60 artists. Ruskin Group Theatre is performing highlights from their monthly improvised L.A. Café Plays series, and the Museum of Flying is displaying artifacts of the Douglas Aircraft Company, which was once based there. The airport’s ARENA 1 Gallery is exhibiting “Alternate Realities,” spotlighting 14 photographers, and there will also be Raku firing demonstrations and communal ceramic art projects for kids.

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Lopez, who intends to make a living as a fine artist, credits his SMC painting instructors Nathan Ota (who also teaches at Otis School of Art & Design in Westchester) and Mark Trujillo for helping him advance his oil techniques. Currently painting a five-by-three-foot mural of downtown Los Angeles for a Hollywood Hills patron, Lopez may soon be shopping around for a workspace at the airport. Creating art, he said, “is like therapy for me. It’s what I like to do.” ª The ArtWalk runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Santa Monica Airport, along Airport Avenue between 23rd St. and Bundy Drive. Admission and parking are free. Visit smgov.net/airportartwalk. michael@argonautnews.com

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The second annual outing for the Venice Japanese Community Center’s Young Adults Club returns to Aki in West L.A. By Michael Aushenker It couldn’t be a more perfect venue to signify one generation imparting institutional knowledge to the next. Three generations in, Aki restaurant, established in 1974, remains the longest-running Japanese-owned business on the Westside. Last April, the Venice Japanese Community Center’s Young Adults Club threw its inaugural Sake Social at Aki. Attendees ate and drank well, but that wasn’t really the point. Out to encourage young Japanese Americans to get in touch with their culture, the club hopes to grow its membership to preserve the legacy of the graying Venice Japanese Community Center in Del Rey, which dates back to the early 1900s, when the Westside was home to a more highly concentrated JapaneseAmerican community. “We’re trying to bridge gaps between the generations,” said Young Adults Club President Steven Sako of Saturday’s second annual Sake Social, also at Aki. “It’s important to preserve the culture,” event chair Valerie Harada added.

Last year’s Sake Social attracted participants who ranged in age from their mid-20s to late 60s, Sato said. Scott Hada, part of Aki’s third-generation ownership, led 18 attendees in a tasting of a dozen types of sake. Gyoza, chicken wings and sumi salad accompanied the rice wine to cleanse the palate between tastes. “It was a very basic intro class, but I did learn about the ratings that every sake gets: the range is from -5 to +10. The lower the number, the sweeter the sake. I [found] most of the drier sake to be delicious,” said Young Adults Club cofounder Jennifer Yamamoto. Hada is also leading the tasting at this year’s social. “I’m hoping to see the same gang that joined us last time and some new faces,” Yamamoto said. ª The second annual Sake Social is at 8 p.m. Saturday at Aki, 11513 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles. Cost is $30 for appetizers and sake, or $25 without sake. Email vjccyac@gmail.com to RSVP. michael@argonautnews.com

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item by comparison, with pleasant natural vegetable flavors but nothing that really stood out. Nothing else on our table hit the brilliance of the combination of mole and spinach, but it was all quite good. The burger was gigantic and rather messy — whoever had added the aioli and Dijon mustard had gotten a bit exuberant , and I’d ask them to dial it back a bit the next time. Besides the turkey, zucchini and avocado, there was tomato, spinach and red onion, resulting in a variety of flavors and textures. The roasted yellow sweet potatoes were excellent and filling, and we ended up taking half the burger and sides home. The chicken schnitzel looked like the standard German variety but didn’t taste like it — the breading was more highly seasoned and had a slight peppery tang. Chimichurri sauce was provided, but we actually forgot about it because the chicken was good enough on its own. Desserts were offered, but we didn’t partake because the dinners had been so ample. They were modestly priced, too — most entrees are $16 or less, and only two things on the menu are over $20. The décor at Sauce on Hampton may be minimal, but the sense of flavor here is exuberant. This is one side street wonder that is ª worth searching out. Sauce on Hampton is open from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily. Street parking only. No alcohol sold, but you may bring your own (two bottles maximum) after 6 p.m. without paying corkage. A 15% service charge applies to dine-in orders. Menu is online.

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Westside Happenings — Compiled by Jennifer Boucher Thursday, March 13 Art of Good Posture, 7 -8 p.m. Learn how to alleviate back and neck pain with physical therapist Nora BarZiv at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 4588600; smpl.org The Listening Room, Gypsies and Judges, Jade Hendrix, Keith Burnstein and James Clay Garrison, 7 p.m. Live jazz, R&B and acoustic music at Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com Johnny Stachela, Mark Knight and Duane Betts, 8 p.m. House, techno and rock music at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Ultra Love, 8 p.m. Eclectic local band performs a mix of hip hop, R&B and rock at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $5. 21 +. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com Ruby Rey, Aaron Lindstrom, Wooden Bones and The Constant Change, 8 p.m. Folk, rock, acoustic and bluegrass music blend at Good Hurt, 12249 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. $5. 21+. (310) 390-1076; goodhurt.com Hot Pacific, 9 p.m. Pharoahs, Secret Circuit, DJs Heidi & Valida and special guests perform pacific vibrations, soul, blues, funk and rockat Townhouse Venice, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $8. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Friends of Braddock Elementary Online Charity Auction. Proceeds go to support programs impacted by budget cuts. Place bids through March 21 at biddingforgood.com/ friendsofbraddock.

Friday, March 14 WISE and Healthy Aging Volunteer Orientation, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Learn how to use your skills for good as a nonprofit volunteer at 1527 4th St., 3rd Floor,Santa Monica. Call (310) 3949871, ext. 450, to register. Casey Abrams, The Gingerbread Band, Kristy Hanson and You Wanna, 7 p.m. Celebrate Friday with pop, rock and country music and a performance by an American Idol finalist Abrams at Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com Friday Night Jazz and Off the Wall, 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. Live classic jazz from the Barry Zweig Trio plus funk, blues, rock, electro and more by DJ Alfred Hawkins each Friday at Townhouse Venice, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 3924040; townhousevenice.com Cuicani, Tina Vonn Soul Band and Nostatic Trio+, 8 p.m. Soul, jazz and world music at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310)

Friday and Saturday: Circa, a Brisbane-based troupe that blends acrobatics, dance, lighting and music in attempting to redefine the circus experience, performs at 7:30 p.m. at The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $47 to $75. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit thebroadstage.com 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Dessy DiLauro’s Neo Ragtime Jamboree, 8 p.m. Listen to what DiLauro calls her “Feathered FroHawk Futuristic Art Deco Centric Harlem Renaissance Hep Music” at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. 21 +. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Handbiter, The Left Overs, Tiger Stir and Mas Ke Ruido, 9 p.m. Punk rock and 70’s metal music at Good Hurt, 12249 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. 21+. (310) 390-1076; goodhurt.com The Spreewells, sMALL TIME and Stone Theory, 9:15 p.m. midnight. Live rock and alternative music at Rusty’s Surf Ranch, 256 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. $7. (310) 393-7437; rustyssurfranch.com

Saturday, March 15 Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, 9 a.m. - noon. Supports the Emerson Avenue Community Garden at the United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 8065 Emerson Ave., Westchester. $3-$5. The Reluctant Dragon, 11 a.m. Based on the story by Kenneth Graham, a new show at The Little Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. $10. Performances on Saturdays and Sundays until April 20. (310) 622-4482; the blackboxtheater.org Bookmaking for Beginners, 2 3:30 p.m. Create a handmade book with an accordion spine and textured covers to hold pictures at Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Call (310) 458-8681 to RSVP; smpl.org Alice and the Wonderful Tea Party, 2 p.m. Join Alice in visiting her friends in Wonderland with this musical comedy at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $10.50-$12.50. Continues at 2 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays through

March 30. (310) 394-9779, ext. 2; santamonicaplayhouse.com Pinocchio, 2 p.m. Back by popular demand, experience this theatrical hit about a puppet that comes to life at The Little Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles. $10. Performances on Saturdays and Sundays until March 23. Puppetry Faire on March 22-23 at 3:30 p.m. for $30. (310) 622-4482; theblackboxtheater.org Barbara Siegel Carlson’s “Fire Road,” 4 p.m. Author shares her new poetry collection followed by a Q&A at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $6-$10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Paddy O’ Party, 5 p.m.-midnight. Celebrate the luck of the Irish with this 2nd annual and largest St. Patrick’s Day bash on the Westside. Features a live band, DJ, green beer, Irish food and drink specials and more at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $10-15. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com SUPERNAKED, The Roustabouts, Alfa and Leaping Lizards, 7 p.m. A variety of musicalgenres like swing, blues and rock at Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4792; witzendlive.com Aftergloam, Wax Children, Massenger and Washing Machines, 8 p.m. Listen to garage rock and psych-pop at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Dennis Jones, 8 p.m. A “rockin’ blues guitarist” at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. 21 +. (310) 395-1676; santamonica. harvelles.com Hot Jazz Saturday, 8 p.m. Join Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet playing early jazz and ragtime followed by DJ Jedi spinning hip hop, disco, dance and more at Townhouse Venice, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-

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The property is offered at $1,497,500. Information, Williamson and Pagan, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 722-4200. March 13, 2014 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 19

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“This classic two-story home in Cheviot Hills has great warmth,” says agent Mitch Hagerman. “Crown moldings and rich mahogany hardwood floors make this a very special property. The living room has a fireplace and serene garden vistas, and an elegant dining room leads to a gourmet kitchen. The family room has French doors to the patio. A powder room and en-suite bedroom complete the lower level. A gracious stairway leads to the master suite with a private balcony, two large en-suite bedrooms, and a laundry room.” The property is offered at $2,350,000. Information, Mitch Hagerman, Coldwell Banker, Venice/Marina del Rey, (310) 963-4358.

“This one-of-a-kind three bedroom, three bath corner penthouse is nestled in the quietest section of Carabela,” says agent Erik Flexner. “This spacious unit is beautifully designed to the last detail, including many upgrades. Wonderful natural light comes in from every angle. Take in summer’s Concerts in the Park from either of two private balconies overlooking Concert Park and the retail district, and wander through the Farmer’s Market. Close to the upcoming Phase 2, with new shopping, restaurants and entertainment.” The property is offered at $899,000. Information, Erik Flexner, The Flexner Group, Coldwell Banker, (310) 422-2278.

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“This two bedroom, two bath condo offers sweeping views of the Marina and the Channel from its floor-toceiling windows,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The tiled foyer leads to a kitchen with granite counters. Enjoy all that Marina City Club offers: a gym with free classes (yoga, stretch, cardio, spinning & more), 3 swimming pools, six tennis courts, two paddle tennis and three racquet ball courts, gourmet restaurant and bar, cafe, room service, car wash, 24-hour gated, guarded security and more. Walk to beach and many restaurants.” The property is offered at $595,000. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty (310) 821-8980.

“This home has panoramic canal views and a newly landscape private yard,” says agent Debra Berman. “The grand entry has marble flooring and a chandelier. Entry level features a large bedroom and en-suite bathroom, opening up to the yard, along with direct access to a fourcar garage. The open plan living area is an entertainer’s dream, with hardwood floors, a balcony, dining area and gourmet kitchen with stainless appliances and granite countertops. The master retreat has sliding glass doors, a private balcony with canal view and his/ her bathrooms each with its own walk-in closet.” The property is offered at $3,499,000. Information, Berman Kandel, RE/MAX Estate Properties, (310) 424-5512.

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A literary homecoming ‘Fantasy by the Sea’ author Tom Moran returns to Venice to read new works in the place that inspired him to write

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By Justin Chapman For author Tom Moran, taking the podium for a reading of his recent work on Friday at Beyond Baroque marks a long overdue homecoming. Although Moran spent the majority of his life in Venice, he hasn’t been back in years and is looking forward to becoming reacquainted with the place that

influenced and inspired so much of his writing. Dubbed an evening of “true stories and tall tales from the not-that-distant past,” Moran’s reading will focus on recently penned creative nonfiction that is based on his personal experiences and has been published in literary journals including Stone Canoe, Brevity, Reed, Penumbra, and Rind. “Venice, for some reason, captivated me,” said Moran, who now teaches professional writing at the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. “When I lived there, the history and the past just seemed to live right alongside me.” Moran “has a really dynamic way of telling the tale,” said Richard Modiano, director of Beyond Baroque. He’s also a bit of a legend around Venice, where he lived until 1995 and wrote extensively about the community. In all, Moran has written 13 books, including “Fantasy by the Sea,” a photo history of Venice that was published by Beyond Baroque with a National Endowment for the Arts grant. In 1972, Moran began a column for The Argonaut called “In Venice,” which covered local happenings, personalities and history. He later served as editor

of Ocean Front Weekly, a paper that was also operated by Argonaut founder David Asper Johnson, and contributed articles to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, LA Weekly, Washington Post and Seattle Times. Despite the rich history of the region, life in upstate New York hasn’t quite inspired Moran’s typewriter the same way Venice did, he said. “Of course, upstate New York has a rich history, with Susan B. Anthony, the Erie Canal and all these things, but it just hasn’t reached out to me. I haven’t been enamored with it as I was with Venice history,” Moran said. Currently on sabbatical, Moran recently spent time in Hawaii researching the archives of multi-media artist Tom Sewell (a collaborator on “Fantasy by the Sea”) for a book about Sewell’s life and work. Moran is also working on a memoir about his own time in Venice. The wealth of material for that book includes his stint as a community liaison for then-Los Angeles City Councilwoman Pat Russell, the first woman to serve as the council’s president. Moran worked with Russell on airport ordinances, including aircraft noise regulations. He later wrote a book about the history of LAX, aptly titled “Los

Angeles International Airport.” “There was so much romance to those old pilots and their single-engine planes carrying the mail that seems so different from the mechanized cattle-moving that airports are today,” Moran said. Moran also knows that Venice has become a different place than the one he left behind nearly 20 years ago and is eager to explore those changes. “When I come back it will be a new sort of thing,” he said. “Of course it’s changed dramatically. It’s much more upscale, much livelier, much more crowded … [but] I think Venice is probably still a wonderful place to live. You’ve got the ocean and you’ve got a sense of community that has an awful lot of verve, if you will.” Despite his extensive local history, this will be Moran’s first reading at Beyond Baroque. “It will be very interesting for me to be at Beyond Baroque because they’re in that old Venice City Hall, and for many years my offices with Pat Russell were in that building,” Moran said. “It’ll be great fun to go back.” ª Tom Moran reads at 8 p.m. Friday at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. Call (310) 822-3006 or visit beyondbaroque.org.

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By Michael Aushenker There’s a certain glamour to the 1940s and ‘50s that has always appealed to Venice’s Suzy Williams, leader of the band Suzy Williams & Her Solid Senders. “I’m a noir fan. I’ve always loved 1947,” Williams explained. “It was all about the cars, the clothes. There was some money coming in, people coming back from the war battered up and insane — the dark undercurrent.” The era just seemed to fit hand in glove — or leg in stocking. “I look great in Forties clothes,” she said. “I just have a body made for it.” On Tuesday at Typhoon Restaurant in the Santa Monica Airport, Suzy and Her Solid Senders will perform some covers but mostly originals written in the style of the period. Songs with cheeky titles and lyrics such as “Tijuana Bible Thumpin’ Mama,” “Knuckledown, Knucklehead!,” “Swingin’ on the Swing Set,” “A Fast Ticket to Thrillsville” and “Hurry Hurry Quick Quick” capture the energy of a bygone zeitgeist. “My real specialty is melody,” Williams said, before breaking into her ditty, “Hard Shine:” “I shine with, Oh, what a sheen! You know what I mean, I think you

doooo.” Lyrics just start flowing when Williams meditates on a song title idea in the shower — words and melodies she takes to pianist Brad Kay, who hammers out the chords, and arranger Dan Weinstein, who gives the numbers body. The eight-piece band includes a horn section and two additional singers, including Williams’ protégé, Nikki Knupp, who will perform three songs at Typhoon. Knupp will wear an auburn Bettie Page wig to match Williams’ black one. Originally from Northern California, Williams headed east and spent 17 years singing early jazz in New Work’s West Village. Returning to the Golden State in 1994, she devised a persona of “a torch mistress,” a calculating vixen spouting off about the futility of love — the very opposite, in fact, of her romantic nature. “I just wanted to put on another hat,” she said. ª Suzy Williams & Her Solid Senders perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Typhoon Restaurant in the Santa Monica Airport, 3221 Donald Douglass Loop South, Santa Monica. $10. Call (310) 390-6565 or visit typhoon.biz. michael@argonautnews.com

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Sunday, March 16 90th anniversary of the First Successful Around the World Flight, 2 p.m. Listen to an oral presentation about this historic flight by Douglas World Cruisers, learn about the history of the Douglas Aircraft company and view a documentary on the World Cruisers’ journey at the Museum of Flying, 3100 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 398-2500; museumofflying.com Things to Know about a Course in Miracles discussion and meditation, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Insight from author and transformational coach Veronica Gabrielle La Barrie at Mystic Journey Bookstore, 1624 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. $15 suggested donation. (310) 399-7077; mysticjourneybookstore.com The Writers Round, 7 p.m. Join four emerging writers as they read and discuss their work and participate in art auction at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $7. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org Dirty Little Secrets and Rock ’n’ Roll Burlesque, 8 p.m. Music and performance at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 3969010; tripsantamonica.com The Toledo Show, 8 p.m. A “soul singer jazz man” performance at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. 21 +. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

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Poetry as performance

Literary theatre troupe Man Poems helps Beyond Baroque celebrate Beat poets Kerouac, Ferlinghetti and Curso By Justin Chapman Poets may die, but their work lives on forever. The Venice literary arts center Beyond Baroque continues a tradition of honoring poets’ birthdays on Saturday with a tribute to poets born in March — specifically Beat poets Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Curso, as well as former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Lowell. Titled “A Poets’ Birthday Celebration: Beats Meet Lowell at the Five and Dime,” the event features the theatre-based performance group Man Poems, who will sculpt those writers’ works of poetry and prose into live performance. Man Poems formed a little over a year ago as a poetry reading group that soon morphed into a performance troupe of up to six actors at a time. “We started it as sort of a girl’s book club but we were reading poems,” said co-founder William Burns, who has a master’s degree in theatre and works as a sound editor. “Then we decided to record them in my friend’s basement studio. This live performance stuff just came up. We didn’t really have any intention of doing that, but here we are.” Recordings of their poetry performances are posted at soundcloud.com/man-poems. Four months ago, Man Poems did a performance for Susan Hayden at the Ruskin Theatre Group called “Library Girl.” Beyond Baroque Director Richard Modiano and Special Events Director Carlye Archibeque were in the audience. “We thought they would be really good to do all of the Beats, because they’re basically a performance ensemble. They memorize all

of their work and they actually prepare in advance, so what we’re going to be seeing is a pretty sophisticated performance,” Modiano said. “Carlye came up with the birthday celebration idea, and it’s a great idea because she pairs poets who don’t necessarily have anything in common except they were born in the same month. So it’s a great contrast to hear these different kinds of poetry crashing up against each other,” Modiano said. Now about that title … “There’s a famous play called ‘Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.’ A Five and Dime was the ‘60s/’70s version of the 99-cent store. Given the poor nature of the Beats — they were the beaten generation — I thought the idea flowed nicely,” Archibeque said. Beyond Baroque also traces its roots back to an attempt to connect with the Beats, Modiano said. Originally founded as a magazine in 1968 by George Drury Smith, Beyond Baroque expanded into a Wednesday night poetry workshop that continues to this day. “In Venice there was an entire Beat scene that had existed in the ‘50s, but it had died out as a movement, unfortunately, by the time George arrived,” Modiano said. “The reason that George originally started the Beyond Baroque magazine was because he wanted to revive the connection with the Beats.” ª “A Poets’ Birthday Celebration: Beats Meet Lowell at the Five and Dime” begins at 8 p.m. Saturday at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. Call (310) 822-3006 or visit beyondbaroque.org.

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Singer Tracy Lorin invested emotions from a real-life tragedy into the Gothic-tinged duo Carmella By Michael Aushenker Tracy Lorin’s sister Jaime was only 32 when she died of a pulmonary embolism. Despite Jaime’s history of drug use, she had been clean for a year when it struck. “I was already in another project [called Moon Child]. I had started writing new material and when it happened I needed to shift into this new project,” Lorin said. That new endeavor became Carmella, which the singer-songwriter describes as “electro luxe cemetery pop.” A big fan of Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Sigur Ros and Bat for Lashes, Lorin lets her falsetto float on top of an ethereal, electro-pop ocean of ambient sound and muted beats. Think Enya without the ennui. To form Carmella, she got together with her former Moon Child bandmate RickEy Lumpkin II, a bassist who co-writes and produces her songs. A Philadelphia native who has lived in Santa Monica for six years, Lorin gives Lumpkin credit for structuring her material. “It feels totally magical for me,” she said of their process. “I come in with pieces — lyrics, sparse chords. He takes it and blows it up for me. He helps

me create the sound. RickEy is this person who is inside my head almost.” Lumpkin said the pair had talked about doing music before Lorin’s sister died and didn’t get far, but songs came bleeding out of Lorin’s heart after the tragedy, many of them connected to losing her sister. “They have different moods to them,” Lumpkin said. “It translates well live. A lot of the emotions behind the songs are meant to get out there.” On May 24, Carmella will throw a record release party for their first and as yet untitled EP at Hotel Café in Hollywood. But for now, they’re focused on cathartic live gigs, including a March 20 show at Witzend in Venice. “It’s really good to get the stuff out,” ª Lumpkin said. Carmella performs at 10 p.m. on March 20 at Witzend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. Doors open at 7 p.m. for an all-ages bill that also includes The Listening Room, Rob Roth and Tamara Laurel. $10, plus one item minimum purchase. Call (310) 305-4790 or visit witzendlive.com. michael@argonautnews.com

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By Michael Aushenker The birth of television cartoons started not with a big bang but with a runaway truck. As legend has it, Jay Ward was miserable working at a Berkeley real estate agency when, one day, an ill-parked truck came barreling down the hill, crashing into Ward’s office and smashing his legs. Ward soon used money compensating him from the incident to pursue his true passion: animated cartoons. Last week DreamWorks Animation released “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” a CGI feature film based on two of Ward’s greatest characters, time-traveling canine genius Mr. Peabody and his boy, Sherman. Meanwhile, Ward’s original characters— which also include George of the Jungle, Super Chicken, and, of course, Rocky & Bullwinkle — will be honored with an American Cinematheque program on Sunday at Santa Monica’s Aero Theatre. Prior to screenings, authors Darrell Van Citters (“The Art of Jay Ward Productions”) and Jerry Beck (“The Art of Mr. Peabody & Sherman”) will be on hand to sign their books. “Jay Ward’s cartoons didn’t take themselves so seriously,” Beck said. “The verbal humor was ramped up. The point of view was to parody fairy tales, spy dramas, history, and current events. The drawings were stylized and intentionally funny-looking.” “They soared on the wit, keeping it short and sweet because they didn’t have the time or the money,” said Van Citters. During the event, Van Citters will moderate a panel featuring 96-year-old June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale; Ward cartoon writer Allan Burns, later of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”; and Ward’s main background and publicity artist, Sam Clayberger. Until Ward’s arrival, animated shorts had served as warm-up acts in movie theaters. Beginning with 1949’s “Crusader Rabbit Show,” Ward, who worked out of a cramped animation studio on the Sunset Strip, created cartoons expressly made for the emerging television medium, pre-dating larger animation houses such as Hanna-Barbera. With writer Bill Scott (also the voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose) and vocal talent including Foray, Edward Everett Horton and Paul Frees, Ward overcompensated for limited (translation: cheap) animation with double entendres simultaneously appealing to children and tickling adults. The Aero is screening a smorgasbord of shorts, including “The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show,” “Fractured Fairy Tales,” “Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties,” “Aesop & Son” and “Peabody’s Improbable History” — all boasting Ward’s madcap formula of pop culture spoofing, groan-inducing puns and inside jokes. Clayberger, 83, recalled working for Ward three days a week from his Mount Washington home. “I just cut out shapes for the backgrounds,” Clayberger recalled. “I’d paint on the back of some of them. Just real fast because he wanted it done quick. I’d take a sponge and sponge in a great big shape and go back into painting, add a line drawing with colored pencil.”

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