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L e t t e r s Ballona Wetlands Records Lawsuit was a TaxpayerFunded Witch-Hunt Re: “Keep a Watchful Eye on the Wetlands,” Letters, March 10 The letter from Mr. Walter Lamb of the Ballona Wetlands Land Trust reminds me of the Benghazi hearings. Congressional committees or panels held 21 hearings investigating the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lost his bid to succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House largely because of his gaffe admitting that the hearings were simply a ruse for Republicans to torpedo Hillary Clinton’s reputation. Rep. Elijah Cummings (DMd.), summed it up nicely: “The core Republican goal in establishing the Benghazi committee was always to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and never to conduct an evenhanded search for the facts.” The Benghazi inquiries cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. It would be provocative to ponder whether the Ballona Wetlands Land Trust’s recent lawsuit against the Santa Monica
Bay Restoration Commission was similarly a vast, evil conspiracy to torpedo the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project, but I’m sure that is not the case. I believe it’s just another bush league move by a vaguely relevant non-profit group to fabricate a government corruption fable, hoping to scare the public into donating to their cause in order to “protect” the public interest. The tactic is understandable and common. When I see SPCA commercials on late-night TV, it takes great restraint to not write yet another check to save the poor pooches shown in Texas puppy mills. The difference here is that the puppy mills really exist, but Bay Commission corruption does not. Also, the SPCA does not force taxpayer dollars to be wasted in order to obtain my sympathy or my money. After reading the judge’s ruling in the Land Trust’s case, which denied many but not all of the Land Trust’s public records information requests, it’s obvious to me there is no story here. The inquiry focused on the relationship between the Annen-
berg Foundation, the Bay Commission and the non-profit arm of the Bay Commission known as The Bay Foundation. To no one’s surprise, the Annenberg Foundation donated money to The Bay Foundation at a time when Annenberg was seeking to construct a controversial facility on the south-easternmost parcel of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, where the 90 Freeway and Culver Boulevard intersect. That proposal died, and Annenberg has since moved on to create their facility in the commercial area of Playa Vista. The Wetlands Restoration Project continues to move forward at glacial speed, sans the Annenberg element, with the support of The Bay Foundation. This should have been the end of the story, except the Land Trust went to trial court seeking documents belonging to The Bay Foundation (including fundraising activities, donors and other information) — presumably to prove some insidious conspiracy to misappropriate federal funds. The judge said “no” to disclosing these documents that are the property of a private foundation
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School Searches for a Home Westchester Secondary wants space at Emerson Adult School .......................... 8
Odd Twist in Suspected Puppy Drowning at Mother’s Beach ........... 9 Venice Mourns the Bernie Baby Internet sensation Oliver Lomas was just four months old . ............................. 10
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Bill Rosendahl, 1945 – 2016
‘Tempest Redux’ adds burst to The Bard ..... 33
The former councilman got his start with Robert Kennedy, whose assassination prompted Rosendahl to dedicate his life to working for the public interest . ............ 14
Art According to Plan Soviet artifacts show the perks and perils of preparing for the future . ...................... 34
Trump Meets a Bigger Mouth Mayan god swallows him whole in boardwalk mural. ................................... 39
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A School in Search of a Home Westchester Secondary Charter supporters pressure LAUSD to make room at Emerson Adult School
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By Gary Walker Already in its second location after launching just three years ago, Westchester Secondary Charter School has had a nomadic existence. The school for grades 6 to 11 is seeking a permanent home in Westchester, but LAUSD officials have only offered it classroom space far from the Westside each of the past two years. While Westchester Secondary currently occupies part of the First Baptist Church of Westchester campus on La Tijera Boulevard, Principal Janet Landon said the stakes are much higher for the future of the school this time. “If we don’t get an offer in Westchester, we’ll probably have to close,” Landon said. State law requires school districts to offer charters unused classrooms at traditional public schools. This year LAUSD offered Westchester Secondary classroom space at Horace Mann Middle School in South Los Angeles, but Landon rejected the offer. “It’s too far for my parents and teachers to go. We’re a very teacher-centered school, and they want to have ownership of their school and they want to be part of this movement,” said Landon, who is also a co-founder of the school. More than 100 Westchester Secondary students, faculty and supporters held a rally on March 23 outside Westchester-Emerson Adult School to urge LAUSD to offer them classroom space on the Emerson campus. “We feel like every year we haven’t had any certainty about space. It doesn’t make sense to us that there’s a building here that LAUSD offered to another charter that’s not going to be coming here, and we don’t know why it can’t be offered to us,” Westchester Secondary cofounder Ann Wexler said. LAUSD officials had debated closing Emerson last year but that plan was scrapped due to pressure from adult students and lack of an environmental safety study.
Westchester Secondary Charter School supporters rally outside Westchester-Emerson Adult School LAUSD spokeswoman Ellen Morgan said the district has not offered space at the adult school to any charter schools this year and referred to a recent court decision on the matter in favor of LAUSD.
“It’s heartbreaking. We have students who are juniors now who might have to be seniors somewhere else. It was all I could do to keep it together,” she said. Westchester Secondary junior
“If we don’t get an offer in Westchester, we’ll probably have to close.” — Principal Janet Landon
Westchester Secondary has sued LAUSD twice for space at existing Westchester schools, both times without success. Last year a judge found that LAUSD wasn’t required to offer the charter school space that isn’t currently intended to serve adolescent students. Landon and Wexler say they feel a sense of urgency because they would be required to obtain a conditional use permit from the city Planning Department — a tedious and time-consuming process — in order to remain at First Baptist Church of Westchester through 2017. Landon said she had to mask her uncertainty while watching several students being feted for making the school’s honor roll, knowing the school may soon have to leave the church with no permanent home in sight.
Simran Chopra, who is from India, says her connection to the school runs deep. “This was the first school that I came to when I came to America in 2013, and the teachers are so caring. That’s why I’m very attached to this school,” she said. Seventh-grader Joshua Sims was impressed by the size of the protest. “I think it’s really cool that everybody came to the rally. I think this would be a good place for our school,” he said. Wexler said she remains optimistic but is frustrated by what she considers LAUSD‘s inaction on helping the school find a permanent home. “We’re taking it one day at a time,” she said. gary@argonautnews.com
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Despite Odd Twist, Mother’s Beach Puppy Drowning Case Remains Open An animal cruelty investigation into the suspected drowning of a puppy at Mother’s Beach remains open despite a man’s claims that the dog died before he tied it to a shovel that was submerged by the rising tide. The brown and white puppy was found dead by boaters on March 16 and presumed drowned by investigators. PETA, the Humane Society, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and two animal welfare nonprofits offered a total of $28,000 in reward money for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of the puppy’s killer. Then late last week Sgt. Larry Ramage of the Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station told the LA Times that a homeless man claimed the dog had been killed by a car earlier and he had taken the carcass to the
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beach to clean it before having it stuffed. PETA responded by calling for further investigation. “It’s possible that this dog’s death was a tragic accident, but a necropsy will show whether the dog drowned or was hit by a car,” reads a statement by PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “The case is still open and active,” said Aaron Reyes, deputy director of the L.A. County Department of Animal Control, which is now handling the investigation. “We’re aware of the conflicting information in this case, but we’re confident of the outcome.” Reyes said the agency is “fairly close to moving forward” to completing its probe.
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the time. “They saw the handle of a gun sticking out of his waistband but they didn’t know if it was real or not.” One of the workers went to the back of the store on the pretense of collecting jewelry and called 911, Tekin said. The suspect was arrested outside the store. Mitchell would not identify the man or say whether he had a real gun. Deputies had received a call earlier about a man with a possible gun near the upscale outdoor mall and were nearby to make the arrest, Mitchell said.
Man Dies after Crashing into Hyperion Treatment Plant A man who police believe had been driving recklessly died on March 23 after crashing his car into a structure on the west end of the Hyperion Treatment Plant in Playa del Rey. The crash at the sewage plant occurred just after 11:30 p.m. at 7650 Imperial Highway.
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“It appears that the driver was driving at a high rate of speed before the crash,” LAPD Sgt. Ben Drucker said, but “the vehicle never got close to any inhabited buildings.” Identification of the driver has not yet been released and no one else was injured.
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‘Bernie Baby’ Died from SIDS Oliver Lomas, just four months old, was growing up near the Venice Canals By Gary Walker Venice’s “Bernie Baby,” who became an Internet sensation after his mother dressed him up as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for campaign rallies, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on Feb. 25. Oliver Lomas was just four months old, said mother Susan Lomas, who lives near the Venice Canals. “He was such a happy baby,” Lomas said. “He was so outgoing. He loved being held by people.” That included his political doppelganger. When photos and videos of Sanders holding baby Oliver — dressed in a white wig, big black glasses and a flannel-pattern tie — appeared online after a campaign rally in Nevada, the Bernie Baby became an election-season meme overnight. Tragedy struck when Lomas discovered Oliver unresponsive in his crib at feeding time. “He had just had a physical recently. It happened so suddenly,” she said. SIDS, the leading causes of death
among infants in America, continues to bedevil doctors and researchers. Because doctors have not been able to determine what causes SIDS, people are often unsure how to react, said Mandi Biesinger, a clinical social worker in West Los Angeles. “It causes a lot of anxiety for everyone. People are often looking for answers but, unfortunately, often there aren’t answers to why a loved one — especially an infant— dies,” she said. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health offers bereavement support resources for families who have lost a baby to a sudden, unexplained death. Those include a peer-parent support group that meets the second Wednesday of each month at the courthouse at 600 S. Commonwealth
Ave., near MacArthur Park. The group is run by Christina Thiele, who lost her infant son to SIDS, and Myia Slaughter, who says her baby son died from “malpractice” at a local hospital. “We do art projects during some meetings. The setting is really relaxed; parents don’t have to share if they don’t wish to,” Slaughter said. “It’s a safe place where we all share each other’s pain. … When you lose a child you lose a lifetime of hopes, dreams, and wishes.” “Support groups are a great resource for people,” Biesinger said. “Often when people are grieving it’s hard to share their feelings with others, but being around people who have had similar experiences can be helpful. Lomas said she is still receiving condolences from people who were inspired by photos or videos of Oliver. “I’m happy that I had the chance to share him with the world,” Lomas said.
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By Gary Walker Lifeguards know they may be called upon to save a life at any moment. Two veteran local lifeguards received special honors last week from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for saving a life that had only just begun. L.A. County Lifeguard Capt. Andrew Greger and Ocean Lifeguard Specialist John Van Duinwyk were patrolling the coastline between Marina del Rey and Santa Monica in their rescue boat in September when they noticed a plume of smoke coming from a 40-foot yacht outside the marina. They raced to the yacht and the first thing they saw was two people on standup paddle boards that they had thrown into the water in an attempt to escape the fire, which was rapidly expanding to the rest of the yacht, Greger said. “We saw three more people standing at the bow of the yacht, and one of them was a woman holding a baby,” recalled Greger, a 28-year veteran. “When we pulled up she ended up falling into the water, where she and the baby went under for a few seconds.” Van Duinwyk quickly dove into the water and took the baby from the mother’s outstretched arms.
Ocean Lifeguard Specialist John Van Duinwyk and Lifeguard Capt. Andrew Greger received special honors from L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe for saving six people, including a baby, from a burning boat outside the marina “I’m the lifeguard. I’ve got your baby,” Van Duinwyk recalls calling out to the mother. The five people and the baby, which the lifeguard later learned was a four-monthold girl, were transported to the Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station boat dock and taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
“They didn’t seem like they were hurt, but we wanted to make sure that everyone — including the baby — was OK,” Greger said. Lifeguard Assistant Division Chief Fernando Boiteux said the quick action by Greger and Van Duinwyk likely saved the lives of all six people.
“They recognized that the situation changed very quickly from trying to extinguish a fire to a rescue,” Boiteux said. Once everyone was safe on the rescue boat, Greger and Van Duinwyk helped contain the fire, which had started in the engine room, until a Los Angeles County Fire Department boat arrived to extinguish the blaze. L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe, who represents Marina del Rey, presented an honorary scroll to both men during the board’s March 22 meeting. The recognition was for “courage and dedication,” Knabe said during the presentation. Greger, who regular patrols the coast of Santa Monica, Venice and the marina, was humble about the recognition. “Things worked out well. I’m sure that anyone who had been on duty that day would have done the same thing,” he said. Boiteux said lifeguards know that they could be involved in a rescue every day, but some situations are definitely different than others. “We often don’t get the chance to rescue four-month-old babies,” he said. gary@argonautnews.com
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L e t t e r s and thereby not subject to public records disclosure laws. The judge did order other documents to be disclosed, many of which had already been provided to the Land Trust prior to the trial. Now, back to my Benghazi reference. Since the Bay Commission is a state agency, it was defended in the Land Trust’s lawsuit by the California Attorney General’s office. The Los Angeles County Superior Court hosted the trial, led by a judge and supported by a court
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By Katherine Pease The author is a staff scientist for Heal the Bay. She is responding to concerns raised in the March 10 issue of The Argonaut by the executive director of the Ballona Institute. The California Coastal Commission made the right decision on March 10 to support the removal of invasive iceplant from three acres of the always contentious Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve. Iceplant, a green succulent plant found flanking our freeways, is well-known to many Angelenos. It’s also highly invasive and problematic, now that it’s taken over significant areas of coastal habitat and dunes in California. Iceplant crowds out native plants, creating a monoculture that provides low-value habitat and reduces biodiversity in plants and animals. The California Department of Fish & Wildlife and The Bay Foundation created the plan to place tarps over the iceplant to kill it through solarization. Solarization is a tried-and-true method to remove iceplant in a non-invasive way, and any wildlife would easily be able to escape from underneath the tarps because ample space is left between the garden staples used to anchor the tarps down. Heal the Bay supports this iceplant removal project, which will help to restore ecological function to the degraded wetlands. The benefits that wetlands provide — such as wildlife habitat, water purification, buffering against flooding and recreation — can only be achieved when wetlands are healthy and functioning. According to a 2014 report by The Bay Foundation, more than half of the Ballona Wetlands has been taken over by non-native invasive plants such as mustard and iceplant, creating habitats with reduced ecological, social and economic value. To restore function,
Volunteers remove non-native iceplant from dune habitat in the Ballona Wetlands projects like the removal of iceplant need to occur, along with larger-scale restoration efforts that are planned. Restored wetlands show marked signs of success, such as increased biodiversity, carbon sequestration, improved water circulation and improved water quality. Last year, Heal the Bay joined forces with our partners at Friends of Ballona Wetlands, the Surfrider Foundation and Los Angeles Waterkeeper to craft the Nine Principles of Wetland Restoration, which outline practices of successful scientifically-based wetland restoration projects. A total of 13 respected environmental groups signed on in support of these principles. The proposed iceplant removal project follows the principles of wetland restoration because it is based in scientific evidence, native plants and wildlife will be safeguarded, other alternatives were examined, and monitoring the site
response to the restoration activities will occur. Despite numerous scientific studies showing that the Ballona Wetlands are highly degraded and continue to deteriorate, the project faced opposition led by the Ballona Institute. Sitting in the hearing, I could not believe that an argument was being made to preserve the invasive iceplant. I felt like I was in an alternate reality where up was down, native plants were bad, and iceplant was good. Listening to the opponents’ testimony, I surmised that their evidence was not based in science as I understand it. Their arguments focused on beliefs that iceplant provides important habitat for numerous native species and that animals — the Pacific chorus frog in particular — would be killed by the plastic tarps. Opponents displayed photographs as “evidence” that many native animals
depend on the iceplant as habitat. First, photographs are not scientific evidence, and there was no further evidence showing that native species rely solely on this habitat or really depend on it. Many species are adaptable and will use a habitat that is less than ideal, but this doesn’t mean that they need it or that some other habitat with native plants and animals wouldn’t be better. However, opponents touted the Pacific chorus frog as a species that depends on the iceplant habitat and would be “endangered” by the removal of iceplant. I studied this species of frog for my doctoral dissertation at UCLA. As I said in public testimony, I have a great fondness for this frog, but I also am not worried about them and they are not a species of conservation concern. They are widespread and highly adaptable; among our local native amphibians, they are the most resilient to human disturbance. That doesn’t mean that we should be careless with them, but the proposed iceplant removal project takes care to protect wildlife while tarping — and these frogs move around easily, use a wide variety of habitats and do not rely on iceplant habitat in any way. The opponents of the project stated a belief in the principle of “first do no harm.” Strangely enough, I agree with them on that point, but our conclusions differ: By doing nothing, we are doing harm. The Ballona Wetlands have such great potential but desperately need restoration, whether it is in the removal of invasive iceplant, reconnecting the creek to the wetlands, or removing layers of fill. Sometimes you need to act — smartly and with care — to protect something valuable. Letting nature take its course isn’t wise when manmade impacts are the very thing changing the course of events in our few remaining wetlands.
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clerk and many other public employees who ensure justice on a daily basis. All of these public institutions burned up our taxpayer dollars to defend against this nonsense. This is the Benghazi parallel: the wasting of precious public resources on a frivolous investigation. I could not determine from the court order whether the Land Trust’s attorney was compensated for her troubles with taxpayer money. I sure hope not. David W. Kay, Playa Vista
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Re: “There Goes the Neighborhood,” Opinion, March 3 Rent control has never been a good solution. It creates an adverse relationship with the residents we serve. We do our best to follow the laws and meet our residents’ needs. We regularly improve our building, and twice a year we inspect each unit for deferred maintenance when we do our smoke detector inspections. Any items that are damaged or worn are repaired or replaced.
Lately we have seen residents try to sell their rights as tenants to others by bringing in a roommate and not telling us. Then the resident leaves and we have a new person in the apartment who says we cannot raise the rent. The rents have not kept up with increasing costs, and our income has gone down. We are considering selling because we can’t continue to keep the building in its current great condition. This explains why others are going out of the long-term rental
business. What I would love to see is rent control replaced by a requirement for owners to provide a percentage for low-income housing. Then when the resident is requalified by the city on a yearly basis, we would all know that the resident who needs the discount would get it, and people would stop cheating. Landlords would have no reason to push someone out just to raise rents, because they couldn’t raise the rents. Bob
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Marietta Bernstorff, Guest Curator at SPARC By Regan Kibbee
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If you’ve driven by the Social & Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) on Venice Boulevard during the last month, you may have wondered about the small banner out front with “43” emblazoned on it in bold black digits. (Hopefully you’re already familiar with SPARC’s historic 1929 art deco building, which originally housed the old Venice Police Station. If not, there’s no time like the present.) The “43” refers to the 43 college students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, believed to have been kidnapped and murdered after their school bus went missing on the way to a political protest in 2014. These young men were memorialized in SPARC’s recent exhibit “Ayotzinapa: A Roar of Silence,” organized by guest curator Marietta Bernstorff. Bernstorff has a history of organizing community-minded art exhibitions. Originally from Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, she grew up in Mississippi and eventually ended up in Arizona running her own gallery. One of Bernstorff’s first shows was an investigation of the Zapatistas, the revolutionary leftist group of mostly rural indigenous people who fought for social and agrarian reforms in Chiapas. Judy Baca, SPARC’s co-founder and artistic visionary, met Bernstorff in 1990 and offered her a job. “I was one of the few Latina Chicana curators at the time. I showed Chicano art, Native American art, contemporary art — a mix of a lot of things. My main interest was always in social issues, which resonated with Judy,” Bernstorff says. Bernstorff organized many shows at SPARC in the early ’90s. Among the larger ones was “The Encuentro,” an exhibit about the European invasion of the Americas and 500 years of Native resistance. She also did shows about Mexican women photographers, the renowned sculptor Luis Jiménez, Malcolm X, the Los Angeles riots and Rodney King. At the time, SPARC was involved in The Great Walls Unlimited: Neighborhood Pride Mural Program. This initiative was an extension of Baca’s earlier communally-created Great Wall of
Marietta Bernstorff at the opening of “Ayotzinapa: A Roar of Silence” Los Angeles, a half-mile long mural in the Tujunga Wash depicting the history of ethnic peoples of California from prehistoric times to the 1950s. Neighborhood Pride artists worked with youth
says Bernstorff. In 1994, Bernstorff went to Mexico to curate an exhibit about the Zapatistas. There she met her husband, documentary photographer Antonio
“Understanding cultural memory is vitally important to breaking away from racism and ignorance.” — Marietta Bernstorff
apprentices and community members to produce more than 100 murals reflecting the multi-ethnic diversity of the city. “I really learned my skills of community activism and outreach at SPARC, watching how they developed neighborhood pride in communities,”
Turok, and ended up staying. They settled in Oaxaca, where she worked organizing traveling exhibitions and became a mom. Last fall, Baca (now working with Executive Director Debra Padilla, whom Bernstorff had introduced to Baca) invited Bernstorff to return to
SPARC for a guest residency. Her first show back after 20 years was “The New Codex: Immigration & Cultural Memory.” Family members created art about the journeys of loved ones who are some of the more than 1 million immigrants to Los Angeles from Oaxaca. Bernstorff thinks it’s valuable for other Angelenos to know where these neighbors came from and the amazing culture they carried with them, and for those from Oaxaca to feel proud of their culture and keep their traditions alive. She talks about the history of California, formerly part of Mexico, and of the prejudice towards immigrants, even though all of us — with the exception of Native Americans — are basically immigrants. “Understanding cultural memory is vitally important to breaking away from racism and ignorance,” she says. SPARC’s next exhibit, “Viral: 25 Years from Rodney King,” opens Saturday, April 9. It continues the dialogue about racism, examining the death of unarmed individuals while under police surveillance. “We’re trying to figure out issues of immigration, issues of education, issues of being black,” Bernstorff says. “SPARC has always dealt with difficult issues.” Bernstorff sees having a community center like SPARC on the increasingly affluent Westside as an asset for exposing all sorts of people to new ideas and experiences. “People who make decisions live here. People who are part of the movie industry live here,” she says. “The great thing about nonprofits is they don’t have to filter what they’re saying for fear of offending someone; you’re going to get straight to the truth.” Walking around Venice these days, Bernstorff sees the gentrification happening as good for some but not for others who are marginalized. She thinks about how to build a connection with those who are “working at Google, driving Audis, building multimillion-dollar houses.” Ultimately, her role as curator is to build bridges that lead people to respect one another and form community bonds, making for a better city.
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Mariah Carey and Brett Ratner take the stage during the Silver Circle Gala The Venice Family Clinic honored filmmaker Brett Ratner with its Humanitarian Award during the nonprofit’s 34th annual Silver Circle Gala on March 7. The prestigious Humanitarian Award is presented to philanthropic leaders in the entertainment industry who have worked to benefit homeless and low-income residents of Los Angeles. For Ratner, getting involved with the VFC happened by chance — “I think most beautiful things in life happen like that,” he said. Ratner had been invited to present the same award a few years ago to Jeff Nathanson, his writing partner for the “Rush Hour” movies, and was blown away after visiting the facilities and learning about the clinic’s work. “Imagine having a child or a mother or grandmother that was sick and you didn’t have a doctor to take them to,” he says. “It does great work, and I’m very proud to be a part of it.” DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg presented the award to Ratner, who described Katzenberg as
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By Gary Walker Over eight years as the Westside’s voice on the Los Angeles City Council and 16 years hosting a local public affairs television program, Bill Rosendahl built the kind of reputation that can’t be taken for granted in politics: that of an honest man. Rosendahl, who was battling cancer, died Wednesday in his Mar Vista home. He was 70. The candor that family, friends and public figures remember of Rosendahl can be traced to formative experiences with America’s most-storied political dynasty — a brush with history that Tom Rosendahl says activated his older brother’s innate political drive. PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT March 31, 2016
As a student coordinator for Sen. Robert Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign, Bill Rosendahl organized supporters in
between the senator and then 22-year-old Rosendahl as campaign brass traveled to the West Coast:
“There were times that I didn’t like Bill Rosendahl, but there was never a time that I didn’t love him.” — L.A. Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff, formerly head of Playa Vista
Indiana (where Kennedy prevailed in the Democratic primary) before being tasked with a similar mission in Oregon. Paul Schrade, who was Kennedy’s labor chair, still remembers a brief exchange
“Bill, how are we doing in Oregon?” Kennedy asked. “Senator, you’re going to lose,” Rosendahl answered, which Schrade recalled with a laugh.
“That was not what you were supposed to say to a Kennedy, because Kennedys didn’t lose. But that’s how Bill is,” Schrade told The Argonaut when Rosendahl’s death became imminent in late February. Rosendahl and Schrade were at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles when Kennedy was assassinated there on June 5, 1968. The slaying motivated Schrade, who was wounded by one of gunman Sirhan Sirhan’s bullets, to help launch the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools on the former hotel grounds. It spurred Rosendahl to pursue a life in public service. “That image has been with me for the
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A B OV E : Rosendahl cheered on athletes during the 2008 LMU Special Games. (Photo by Tim Brown)
COUNCILMAN BILL ROSENDAHL cheers on the crowd of students, athletes and well-wishers Day,� the last the Special Games at Loyola Marymount University. L eat ft:“Big After fighting forday theofre-internment of Native-American remains ( Argonaut photos by T.W. Brown) found at Playa Vista, Rosendahl joined Gabrielino-Tongva descendant
Robert Dorame (left) and Chief Anthony Morales for the burial “Every year, [the Games] have a BY GARY WALKER ceremony. (Photo by Tim Brown) different flavor because there are The campus of Loyola Marydifferent organizers everymount University (LMU) As his brother recalled, “There was somein Bonin said. “He stood up formaking the voicehappen, has largely the decorated for a special occasion whereWestchester, my family was together, less, the thing underdog andbut foritsocial justice.� same undercurrent of volunteer daya with colorful or balloons and liveand someone had microphone a Congresswoman Janice Hahn, with service and fun for the said music, the backdrop forwhom an Rosendahl Dictaphone andlythey werewas asking served on athletes,� the council, Giordano, a history major. “The afternoon of spirited games and everyone to say something. When they recalled Rosendahl’s passion for helping athletes getliving a kickonout friendship for in special-needs athcame to my mother, she said this the homeless andreally others theof Big Day and so do we.� letes and a large crowd Saturday, German accent, ‘I have nothing to say. city’s margins. The athletes were each paired April 26th. with a student/coach who assisted More than 1,000 athletes particthem throughout the games, proipated in the 31st Special Games, viding encouragement, water and which culminated in the last of the coaching. Olympic-style games and a closing A parade of students and the ceremony on “Big Day,� the last of participants kicked off the games three Saturday activities in April the festivities of Big Day. for physicallymentally-chal— Pauland Schrade, political before organizer An Olympic-style torch was carlenged individuals. ried by two of the athletes, reminisThe theme of this year’s Games cent of the Summer Olympic was “We Go Together.� always, always an advocate Bill does all the talking around here.’�a senior at“He was Games. Michael Giordano, last 42 years of my life,� he told The Kennedy was doing. I think he saw for everyone but to especially forBig people In the summerLMU, of 2012 Rosendahl was Prior the start of Day, was one of the volunteer " ! # # Argonaut in 2011. Kennedy as his political idol.� homeless, who Councilman needed help Bill diagnosed with team cancer of thewho ureter, a longwho were Los Angeles City leaders worked Tom Rosendahl picked up at and whoRosendahl, felt they didn’t have a voice in tube that connects thetokidneys to the his brother whose district includes hours help make the event possiMAN IN MOTION the airport when the future councilman city government,� Hahn said. bladder, and announced that he would not Westchester, addressed the students ble. He was inspired two years ago " # fi ! " ! # # Rosendahl won his council seat in 2005 returned to the family’s modest suburban seek a third term. Doctors initially and athletes, as did Father Michael when he heard aboutgave the event despite being financially outgunned in a home in their native Jersey. New him only months to live,the butCrimson radiation Engh, dean of the LMU Bellarman through Circle, a THE stu- OUTSIDER’S INSIDER runoff election. For the “He was devastated. And and chemotherapy the group on Schooladvocacy of Liberalincluded Arts. political denttreatments communitysent service Rosendahl’s that was really hotly " # fi contested ! next seven years he appeared to be a man cancer into remission the beginning of Bill’s political career,� until last fall. campus. interventions to facilitate the reburial (continued on pageof16) in perpetual motion, logging work hours Tom Rosendahl said. Under home hospice care since Feb. 7 Native American remains that had been on weekends and racing from one Bill Rosendahl went on to become and at times unable to walk or talk, exhumed for construction of Playa Vista community engagement to another. chief Illinois fundraiser for Sen. George Rosendahl spent his final days not and stored in a trailer for several years. McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign “He’s this big guy with this very strong chasing people around town but having Robert Dorame, the appointed Most and a Carter administration appointee voice, and he could really light up a friends and former constituents flock to Likely Descendant of the Gabrielinoto the State Department’s U.S. Trade room,� said Los Angeles County Supersee him. Tongva people, said he had almost given and Development Program before visor Sheila Kuehl, who knew Rosendahl Los Angeles City Councilman Mike up hope of seeing his ancestors reinterred relocating to his future council district in for more than 30 years. Bonin, who was Rosendahl’s chief of before he met Rosendahl. the late 1970s. The sixth of eight children to Germanstaff and ran for council with his bless“Without Bill Rosendahl’s willingness Catholic immigrant parents and the “He was a real political animal,� Tom ing, said Rosendahl’s compassion for to support and fight for our ancestors that student body president of his high school, others — especially the less-fortunate — Rosendahl said of his brother. “He % had been removed from their burial site Rosendahl seemed to have been born always mentioned that he wanted to is what drew others to him. % and placed in storage, they might still be model his political life after Kennedy and with a personality tailor-made for the “The thing that has always stuck with % FREE Class retail-style politics of localOne government. how he wanted to carry on the work that % me about Bill is how big his heart is,� (Continued on page 16)
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Le ft: Family photos of brothers Tom and Bill, the five Rosendahl men, and Bill at age 11. (Photos courtesy of Tom Rosendahl) R I G H T: Rosendahl stands near a photograph of Robert Kennedy, his first political mentor, as he’s sworn in for his second term on the council. (Continued from page 15)
in boxes,” Dorame said. “Before he offered to help me, I felt bulldozed by some powerful interests.” In 2008 the Gabrielino-Tongva reinterred those remains in what’s now Discovery Park during a private ceremony to which Rosendahl was invited — an honor few non-Native Americans can claim. Rosendahl frequently called the burial his most poignant achievement. Rosendahl, who was studying social work when he joined the Kennedy campaign, worked as a psychiatric counselor for soldiers, sailors and airmen returning from the Vietnam War. His advocacy for veterans continued on the council. That included facilitating a public-private partnership to build the 124-unit Del Rey Square affordable housing complex for ex-military, low-income or formerly homeless senior citizens. “I consider it an honor, but [doing] these kinds of things — helping to bring affordable housing to my communities — is part of my job,” Rosendahl said after a 2013 ceremony naming the building the Bill Rosendahl Senior Housing Community. Former state Assemblywoman Betsy Butler recalled working with Rosendahl to install new lighting and make other improvements in the tunnel at Lincoln and Sepulveda boulevards near LAX. “He helped bring together 14 different agencies to finish that project, and it says a lot about any legislator who can bring that many agencies to the table and get things done,” Butler said. “He was a true PAGE 16 THE ARGONAUT March 31, 2016
public servant. He was such a big part of the community and it was easy to see why his constituents loved him.” Rosendahl backed Westchester and Playa del Rey residents in their fight to prevent an LAX runway from moving closer to homes, and he was also an advocate for mass transit — especially light rail, said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who served on the council with Rosendahl. “He favored a strong transportation network and rightly voiced his disappoint-
But it was in his person-to-person interactions that Rosendahl cast out a lifeline to other gay men, even though — or perhaps because — he struggled to be open about his sexuality early in life. Rosendahl waited to come out to his family until his mother died in the 1970s. “My brother would always have these tall, gorgeous women following him around and going on dates with him, so no one suspected anything,” his brother said. “It floored me when I found
“Bill is 100% the reason that I became engaged in the community.” — Sherri Akers, Mar Vista activist
ment with the lack of a rail connection to LAX. We will make that connection [by completing the Crenshaw/LAX Line], and I thank Bill for never allowing the city council to forget that glaring mistake,” Garcetti said.
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By virtue of being the first-ever openly gay member of the Los Angeles City Council, Rosendahl’s very presence in local politics was a beacon for equality. “He was one of the earliest and bravest voices for equality for the LGBT community. He was a staunch defender of workers’ rights. He is a decent and compassionate human being. Even during times when we disagreed on policy issues, Bill would always bring [wife] Amy [Wakeland] and me eggs from the chickens he keeps,” Garcetti said.
out, but I think my mom knew. Mothers always know.” Kuehl, who is L.A.’s first openly gay county supervisor, said Rosendahl was still struggling with the issue when she first met him. “He was going through a rough time and doing a lot of soul-searching. I thought he was very courageous when he did decide to come out,” she said. Tony Arranaga, who was Rosendahl’s communications director and now works for L.A. City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, said it was Rosendahl who convinced him to be open about his sexual orientation. “When I first started working for Bill, my friends and coworkers knew that I was gay but I hadn’t come out to my family yet. I was trying to find myself as an openly gay man, and he really helped
guide and advise me on my journey,” Arranaga said. “Sharing that experience with my parents helped motivate me to help my younger gay brothers and sisters who are considering coming out. He was more than just a good boss— he was a mentor and a friend.” Arranaga said Rosendahl gave him frequent pep talks that would all come back to the same theme: “It is our nature. It isn’t something we prefer or choose. It is something we are. Let me tell you something about God: God created nature, and it is our nature, and God makes no mistakes!” “He has given inspiration to so many. I’ve had many young gay men come up to me and tell me how he has been their role model,” said protégé Bonin.
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When Rosendahl left the East Coast for Los Angeles, he began what would become a storied career hosting public affairs programs on local cable television. Loyola Marymount University honored Rosendahl’s journalism legacy in 2013 by creating the Bill Rosendahl – Adelphia Communications Collection of Public Affairs Television Programs, an archive of more than 3,450 hours of his interviews from his 16 years of broadcasting. “Everybody who was in public office or wanted to be in public office wanted to be interviewed by Bill. He was unique in the sense that he would ask insightful, probing questions without interrupting you,” Kuehl said. “Bill always did his research, so the questions that he asked always seemed to solicit the most detailed answers.”
ArgonautNews.com Rosendahl’s who’s who list of political guests included California Gov. Jerry Brown back when he was chairman of the state Democratic Party. “Bill is a wonderful guy. I’ve had many good TV conversations with him,” Gov. Jerry Brown said in a brief statement to The Argonaut during Rosendahl’s time in hospice. Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, a frequent guest in the late 1980s and early 1990s, said Rosendahl did a good job of representing his council constituents but will be remembered most for his talk show. “Bill is a larger-than-life figure, a real force of nature. But his real legacy is the TV program. And the archive at LMU is one of the most important set of public affairs archives in the history of Los Angeles. The repository of interviews, the topics that he talked about and the
that have come to represent more than where one community begins and another ends, former Del Rey Neighborhood Council President Mark Redick said. “It created community currency, a newfound reservoir of community pride that you can see at our schools, neighborhood organizations and businesses. It helped us market our community more effectively,” said Redick, now vice president of the Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa.
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Rosendahl did bump heads with constituents and business leaders on occasion. Community activist David Ewing opposed sweeping overnight parking restrictions in Venice that Rosendahl supported, Ewing being among those who felt the rules were designed to target homeless people living in their cars.
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guests that came on his program is one of the richest compilations that we will ever see,” Yaroslavsky said. Yaroslavsky said Rosendahl’s show was a “must stop” not only for officeholders but others engaged in social issues as well as the environment, public finance and transportation. “He was an engaged and politically savvy host,” said Hahn, “and many of us knew that he would do very well if he ever decided to go into public service.”
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Another legacy of Rosendahl’s time on the council is that his enthusiasm was contagious, said Mar Vista Community Council member Sherri Akers, a cofounder of the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase. “Bill is 100% the reason that I became engaged in the community. From the moment that I met him, he was so open and accessible and supportive. He convinced me that we could be heard, and that it would be time well spent,” Akers said. Rosendahl also backed up community opposition to selling off the former Mar Vista fire station, Mar Vista Community Council member Sharon Commins said. “Councilman Rosendahl’s greatest strength as a leader blossomed when the fire station issue surfaced. Once he realized Mar Vistans wanted the station preserved and placed into further service as a community center, he was on board. He kept the station out of auction and backed our efforts 100%,” Commins said. To boost community identity, Rosendahl had the city post neighborhood-identifying signs throughout his district — signs
After the California Coastal Commission sided with parking restriction opponents, relations cooled between Rosendahl and some of his Venice constituents, including Ewing. “But I never got the impression that I couldn’t talk to him about other things after we won at the Coastal Commission, and I still respected him,” Ewing said. Roughly two years after the 2008 reinternment of Gabrielino-Tongva remains in Playa Vista, approval for the second major phase of development in the planned community came before the city council. Rosendahl had long been publicly opposed to those development plans, but announced two weeks before the vote that he had changed his mind and would cast a vote of support. The Argonaut reprinted a pledge to vote against phase two of Playa Vista that Rosendahl had made during his initial city council bid, prompting a flood of calls and letters to his office. And when it came time to vote, Rosendahl kept his original promise. The seesaw took Steve Soboroff, head of development company Playa Vista Capital at the time, by surprise. “There were times that I didn’t like Bill Rosendahl, but there was never a time that I didn’t love him. He was always there to make things better for the people who he represented,” said Soboroff, now a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission. “He had a lot of chefs throwing a lot of ingredients at him — including me — but at the end of the day the cake tasted great.” gary@argonautnews.com
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ously challenging “Not I” for several years when director Walter Asmus suggested they create a one-woman show that also includes “Footfalls” and “Rockaby.” She’s garnered dreamy reviews on
“It’s a great privilege to be not patronized, to be not, particularly as a woman, squeezed into a ridiculous anorexic shaving.” — Lisa Dwan through a very tight poetic prism, if we’re brave enough to peer into the stark reality of ourselves. It’s a real kind of communion. It’s beautiful and at the same time daunting. It’s a very adult space, and it’s a great privilege to be not patronized, to be not, particularly as a woman, squeezed into a ridiculous anorexic shaving.” Dwan had performed Beckett’s notori-
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“Not I” has been its provocative publicity magnet. To honor Beckett’s stage direction (“Stage in darkness but for MOUTH … faintly lit from close-up and below, rest of face in shadow”), Dwan’s face is blackened but for her lips, while her head and body are harnessed to a board with a hole through which only her mouth is visible while she delivers Beckett’s unsettling, rapid-fire streamof-consciousness monologue for nine minutes. In that immobilizing, sensedepriving posture, Dwan says she’s sustained a hernia and neck injuries, and gestures toward bruises and cuts across her body. “Not I’ will always be a beast,” she acknowledges. “But ‘Footfalls’ — there hasn’t been a rehearsal or performance where I haven’t discovered a whole new layer.” She pulls out her cellphone to share a photo of Beckett’s first draft, which (Continued on page 32)
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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A
What tax deductions can we take on our home? Property Tax Deduction – You can deduct on Schedule A the real estate property taxes you pay. If you have a mortgage with an escrow account, the amount of real estate property taxes you paid shows up on your annual escrow statement. If you bought a house this year, check your HUD-1 settlement statement to see if you paid any property taxes when you closed the purchase of your home. Those taxes are deductible on Schedule A too. Energy-Efficient Upgrades – If you made your home more energy efficient in 2014, you might qualify for the residential energy tax credit. Tax credits are especially valuable because they let you offset what you owe the IRS, dollar for dollar, for up to 10% of the amount you spent on certain home energy-efficient upgrades. The credit carries a lifetime cap of $500 (less for some products), so if you’ve used it in years past, you’ll have to subtract prior tax credits from the $500 limit. Lucky
for you, there’s no cap on how much you’ll save on utility bills thanks to your energy-efficient upgrades. Among the upgrades that might qualify for the credit are: biomass stoves, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, insulation, roofs (metal and asphalt), water heaters (non-solar), windows, doors and skylights. To claim the credit, file IRS Form 5695 with your return. Vacation Home Tax Deductions – The rules on tax deductions for vacation homes are complicated. Do yourself a favor, and keep good records about how and when you use your vacation home. If you’re the only one using the home (you don’t rent it out for more than 14 days a year), you deduct mortgage interest and real estate taxes on Schedule A. Rent your vacation home out for more than 14 days, and use it yourself less than 15 days (or 10% of total rental days, whichever is greater), and it’s treated like a rental property.
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Your expenses are deducted on Schedule E. Rent your home for part of the year and use it yourself for more than the greater of 14 days or 10% of the days you rent it, then you must keep track of income and expenses, and allocate them based on how often you used and how often you rented the home. Homebuyer Tax Credit – This isn’t a deduction, but it’s important to keep track of it if you claimed it in 2008. There were federal first-time homebuyer tax credits in 2008, 2009 and 2010. If you claimed the homebuyer tax credit for a purchase made after April 8, 2008 and before January 1, 2009, you must repay 1/15th of the credit over 15 years, with no interest. The IRS has a tool you can use to help figure out what you owe each year until it’s paid off. Or, if the home stops being your main home, you may need to add the remaining unpaid credit amount to your income tax on your next tax return.
Generally, you don’t have to pay back the credit if you bought your home in 2009, 2010 or early 2011. The exception: you have to repay the full credit amount if you sold your house or stopped using it as your primary residence within 36 months of the purchase date. Then you must repay it with your tax return for the year the home stopped being your principal residence. The repayment rules are less rigorous for uniformed service members, Foreign Service workers, and intelligence community workers who got sent on extended duty at least 50 miles from their principal residence. THis wEEk’s qUEsTion is answErED by
brian Christie, Agents in Action! team, The Real Estate Consultants, (310) 910-0120.
The ArgonAuT press releAses EXPANSiVE Views
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offered at $599,900 Eileen mcCarthy, Marina Ocean Properties, 310-822-8910
offered at $1,300,000 Bob waldron and Jessica Heredia, Coldwell Banker 310-337-9225 310-913-8112
“This two-bedroom, two-bathroom home offers fantastic panoramic views of the city and surrounding mountains,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy luxury throughout this highly upgraded condo. Moreover, you have immediate access to all the amenities of the Marina City Club, including pools, six tennis courts, a gym and fitness center, a full restaurant and bar, 24-hour gated security, and much more.”
“This property is situated in the Westport Heights area of Westchester,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “The project consists of plans for two single family residences. The two houses, both of which are two-story residences, each boast four bedrooms, four baths, with an attached two-car garage. This welldesigned project will offer luxurious urban living within close proximity to many cultural attractions in Playa Vista, and Marina del Rey. ”
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“A quiet tree-lined street and a quintessential white picket fence greet you at this artfully updated Westchester home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The smartly designed kitchen has been elevated by modern cabinetry and overlooks the spacious living area. Enjoy the comfort of the spacious master suite, featuring an updated bath, and French doors opening to the private backyard that boasts fruit trees and rosebushes. An additional full bath and light-filled bedroom complete the floor plan.”
“This high floor one-bedroom, one-bath home offers panoramic marina and city views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The entry way leads to a renovated kitchen, boasting custom cabinetry. Adjacent is the great room with floor-to-ceiling windows, and access to a tiled patio, ideal for enjoying the Marina activity. This home has been freshly painted and features marble floors throughout. This is a very rare opportunity to find a marina view unit on a high floor.” offered at $524,500 Charles Lederman, Charles Lederman and associates 310-821-8980
offered at $969,000 Stephanie younger, teles Properties 424-203-1828
urban Jewel OF KENTWOOD
entertainer’s DREAM
offered at: $1,595,000 Kevin and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs 310-410-9777
offered at $2,349,000 amir Zagross, e-Broker 310-780-4442
“Tucked away on a Westchester cul-de-sac is this brand new plantation home,” says agent Amir Zagross. “Completed in 2016, this home offers the best of So-Cal living, as traditional design is melded with modern amenities. The entry floor offers living areas, including a custom kitchen. Downstairs is the main level, with a laundry room, and two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms. Upstairs is a family room with two viewing decks to take in the views, as well as the master suite and two more additional bedrooms.”
“Exquisite style, contemporary flair and smart details abound in this one-of-a-kind Kentwood home,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “Stunning kitchen with marble counters and a casual breakfast bar. Family room highlighted by a fireplace and large glass doors that open to the backyard. Master suite on the 2nd floor with extra walk-in closet. Three additional bedrooms, two baths and a laundry room complete this fabulous floor plan representing the pinnacle of indooroutdoor modern and stylish California living.”
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4033 Astaire Ave. 10828 Braddock Dr. 9305 Summertime Lane 4028 Huron Ave. 3149 S. Bentley 2544 Tilden Ave. 6199 Canterbury Dr. #203
4/3.5 Masterfully renovated home in Studio Estates 4/2 Gorgeous home in Veterans Park 3/2 Condo in best complex 2/2 Tudor-style home with guest house 3/2 Remodeled Mid-Century home 3/2 Contemporary Mediterranean home 1/1 Bright unit w/spacious living room 757 sqft
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mArinA del rey Sun 2-5 4351 Alla Rd. #2 Sun 2-5 4804 LaVilla Marina #K Sun 2-5 4051 Via Dolce
2/3 Awesome TH in Villa Marina, lots of upgrades 2/2.5 Bamboo flooring, central air plenty of upgrades 3/2.5 Add finishing touches to Silver Strand home
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Stephanie Younger
Teles Properties
424-203-1828
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$1,849,000
Jesse Weinberg
Jesse Weinberg & Associates
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6651 Seabluff Dr.
3/2 Penthouse condo in prime Santa Monica
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3/2 Beautiful duplex, 2 blocks from Boardwalk 3/2.5 Superior Craftsman and soaring ceilings
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Coldwell Banker Coldwell Banker
310-266-3502 310-403-0306
3/2.5 Prime N. Kentwood location 4/3 Kentwood’s new contemporary urban jewel 3/1.5 Kentwood enlarged home w/great layout+den 4/3 Kentwood classic on huge lot 3/2.5 Tropical oasis in the city 4/2 Freshly updated classic residence 3/3 Fabulous quality and style 5/3 Spacious Mid-Century in prime location
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California Yacht Club Luncheon, noon. The CYC welcomes Lt. James Matthew Hurtt of the U.S. Coast Guard to share his experience commanding the Marina del Rey home-ported USGC Halibut, a Marine Protector class patrol boat. Hurtt will also speak on what boaters can do to safely enjoy their vessels, improve marine environments and avoid disasters while dockside and afloat. The USCG Halibut will be available for on-board visitation at the CYC Guest Dock. Happy hour begins at noon, the luncheon at 12:20 p.m. and the presentation at 12:40 p.m. California Yacht Club, 4469 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $20. RSVP to reservations@calyachtclub.net. (310) 823-4567 Santa Monica READS, 4 p.m. The community reading program invites Santa Monica residents to read and discuss “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel in free book discussions and events throughout the city. Get started at the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Line Dancing Workshops, 5 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday during any of three line dancing workshops — a 5 to 5:45 p.m. class for beginners, a 6 to 6:45 p.m. intermediate class, and an advanced class from 7 to 8 p.m. Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 726-4128; beaches.lacounty.gov Soluzion & DJ Vinyl Don, 9 p.m. The funk, soul and psychedelic group is on at 9 p.m. followed with DJ Vinyl Don’s jazz, funk and rock. DJ Erica Fairchild takes over the Townhouse bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $5. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Friday, April 1
Mar Vista Senior Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday for speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties, trips and tours for people 50 and up. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 351-9876 “April Pho Day,” noon to 6 p.m. No joke, all pho is buy one get one free
after you check in or tag Le Cellier MdR in a post on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Le Cellier, 417 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. (424) 228-5491; lecelliermdr.com PEEPSapalooza Diorama Contest, 2 p.m. Children under 17 can enter the second annual contest with a homemade diorama made of Peeps candy and a shoebox. Entries must be based on a book and will be available to take home after the judging. Prizes will be awarded. Bring dioramas to the Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8621; smpl.org Del Rey Community Jazz Band, 4 to 6 p.m. The Del Rey Community Jazz Band plays the Del Rey Farmers Market at Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla Road, Marina del Rey. delreync.org Global Dance Arts Free Preview Friday, 7 to 10 p.m., U.S. Samba Queen Gisella Ferreira opens her new dance/fitness/arts studio with an evening of art, free dance demos and lives performances by Ferreira and dance company Samba Soul, Tahitian soloist Leolani Gallardo, Samba Reggae percussion band Batalá and music by DJ Chris Brazil. Global Dance Arts, 4206 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. facebook.com/ globaldancearts/; gisellasambista@ gmail.com “The Night Sky Show” / “New Space Update,” 7 p.m. An evening at the planetarium begins at 7 p.m. with “The Night Sky Show,” offering recent news in astronomy and a family-friendly tour of the constellations. At 8 p.m. hear about the new and longtime companies leading the space launch and aircraft industries. John Drescher Planetarium at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 434-4767; smc. edu/planetarium Grant-Lee Phillips and special guest Peter Mulvey, 8 p.m. Americana, jazz and folk musician Peter Mulvey plays with alternative acoustic rock singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $22.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Jason Boyd Band, 8 p.m. Live rock and roll from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by DJ Vinyl Don spinning soul, funk,
hip-hop, disco and dance. DJ Doomz takes over the Townhouse upstairs bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com “Gold Diggers of 1933,” 8:15 p.m. Friday and 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Four showgirls during the Great Depression scheme for their next Broadway roles in this 1930s comedy classic. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8 to $10 cash or check. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Jairus Mozee and special guests, 9 p.m. This jazz guitarist, songwriter and producer works with industry big names. See him live at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com
Saturday, April 2
“Open Wetlands,” 9 a.m. to noon. The Los Angeles Audubon Society hosts its monthly “Open Wetlands” event at the Ballona Salt Marsh. Borrow a pair of their binoculars, take a stroll through the sand dunes and creek, and explore your neighborhood wetlands. Enter through the gate located in the northeast corner of the parking lot behind Alkawater/ Gordon’s Market in the 300 block of Culver Blvd. in Playa del Rey. No baby strollers. cindyhardin@ laaudubon.org Marina del Rey Fun Paddling, 10 a.m. Free show-and-go flatwater paddles of three miles, one mile and 500 meters for paddlers of all types, including kayaks, canoes and standup and prone paddleboards. Meet on water at least 10 minutes before at the south of main channel entrance to Basin D (leads to Mother’s Beach). More info at facebook.com/groups/ mdrpaddlers and tinyurl.com/ mdrpaddlers. “Wake up with the Waves,” 10:30 a.m. to noon through April 30. The children’s concert series returns for its 10th year, with live music and interactive activities for children ages 1 to 8 each Saturday morning until May. This week former TV star Heidi Swedberg brings a music party to the Santa Monica Pier. (310) 458-8901; wakeupwiththewaves.com Natural Healing with Dr. Lori Deutsch 1 p.m. Learn how to rejuvenate and heal both your body and mind, regardless of age or current health status, and reach higher levels of wellness. Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 821-3415
Saatchi Art opens a new exhibit of portraits by local artists. SEE GALLERIES & MUSEUMS.
Starrfish Dance Academy Celebration, 2 to 3 p.m. A community celebration and screening of the new “Be A Little Angel” music video featuring dancers from Starrfish Dance Academy and music by Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips from their new album “Love is Everywhere.” Enjoy a free sundae bar and enter a raffle to win a birthday party from
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Thursday, March 31
Take a tour of the USGC Halibut (seen here during the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade). SEE THURSDAY, MARCH 31. Starrfish Dance Academy. Donations benefit the M.S. Society. Love Dome Venice, 200 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. R.S.V.P. to starrfishdance@gmail.com. For more details visit starrfishdance. wix.com/venice. Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free outdoor R&B concert by Jimbo Ross & The Bodacious Blues Band. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com “The Beginnings of the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Before Station Eleven,” 3 p.m. Cal State LA literature professors Robert Latham and Jeffrey Hicks discuss the pioneers of post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction at the Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Unkle Monkey, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Local favorites perform rock covers and originals at Hinano Cafe, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com “For Young Musicians,” 8 p.m. Three young pianists from Culver City Symphony Orchestra’s concerto competition join conductor Frank Fetta to perform de Falla, Beethoven, Dvorak and Schumann at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. $5 to $10. culvercitysymphony.org Mike Peters of The Alarm, 8 p.m. The vocalist and guitarist of the acoustic rock and punk group plays McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $24.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Mattson 2 & Deejays Jedi and Shiva, 8 p.m. Pacific grooves and electric guitars by Mattson 2 at 8 p.m., followed by DJ Jedi at 10 p.m. with soul, funk and hip-hop. DJ Shiva takes over the Townhouse bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Pompous Highman, 10 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Mission IMPROVable, 10 p.m. Each Saturday brings an unpredictable
evening of high-energy improv comedy with audience interaction at M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. 21 and over; $12. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com
Sunday, April 3
Mar Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet your neighbors, pick up some local eats and see what’s going on in local business. 3826 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista. marvistachamber.com Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free outdoor jazz and funk concert by Chazzy Green aka The Funky Sax Man. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com U.S. 99, 4 to 10 p.m. Live blues and rock featuring Big Harmonica Bobat Hinano Cafe, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. hinanocafevenice.com Environmental Racism Workshop, 6 to 8:30 p.m. In light of national news about Flint’s water disaster, the Committee For Racial Justice holds a workshop in environment and resource inequality with guest speaker Niki Okuk, who founded Rco² Material Reuse, a tire waste upcycling company that diverts tens of millions of gallons of petroleum waste from landfills into new products while providing numerous green-collar jobs in Compton. Potluck supper begins at 6 p.m., followed by the presentation and discussion at 6:30 p.m. Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Building, 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 422-5431 Ethan Johns and special guest Allison Pierce, 8 p.m. Acoustic guitarist and vocalist Allison Pierce opens for rock singer-songwriter Ethan Johns at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at (Continued on page 35)
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But like any honest actor, she also listens. Intense and direct, she draws thoughtful parallels between Beckett’s themes and the modern paradox of isolation spurred by social media connectivity. “Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, Snapchat, Twitter … [It’s] a window. A window looking for another and another window. Just look at the endless lines of ‘Rockaby.’ [Shakes head.] I mean, never was that more true. Never were there any more endless empty windows, looking for another.” Beckett’s unsentimental poems, essays and plays (including “Waiting for Godot”) breach conventional perceptions of identity and society to offer what Dwan calls “a very guttural, visceral, human experience,” but they don’t promise light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. The “great sense of defiance” she prizes isn’t light, though it does yield benefits she believes “far outweigh any of the darkness.” But they exact an exhausting toll. The self-described “control freak” estimates she does 40 minutes of yoga before each show and meditates two to three times a
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she likens to music; with its graphs and notation, it does resemble musical composition. A former ballet dancer, Dwan says physical discipline alone isn’t sufficient: The poses Asmus directed her to maintain enabled her to access breathing rhythms necessary to plumb the depths of Beckett’s language “without any sentimentality, histrionics or emotional gangster-ish behavior or any of that kind of falsity, to just take me on the dry, straight road to one of the harshest, toughest, loneliest routes of all: I am my own other. I am my own other living soul. I’m going to have to face this alone. … “The text is just one tiny aspect of Beckett. It’s the visual poeticism as well as the musicality.” She borrows a phrase from Harold Pinter while saluting Beckett’s integrity, saying, “The gorgeous thing about Beckett is there’s nothing to buy here. He’s not standing over us with his hand over his heart.” Of course Dwan is selling or, more accurately, promoting Beckett — an irony she’s likely the first to appreciate.
In Dwan’s staging of “Not I,” only her mouth is visible on stage day to boost concentration and energy. Dwan, who’s staying in Venice during her Broad run, next tackles a production of Beckett’s prose pieces that will debut in London in September. Now acknowledged as one of the premier interpreters of Beckett’s hard, meaty writing, she says she chuckles to herself when reading film scripts whose female characters are merely “a reflector board for a guy’s
witty line or insightful observation or psychological journey. “It’s not the casting director’s fault. If these are our fictions and fantasies where we lay out our possible futures, if we’re harnessing our imaginative powers, and making them extremely bland and insipid, what are we trying to do? If they’re going to be that narrow in the world of our imagination, what’s that doing to our reality? … “Beckett wants us to have this extraordinarily large landscape, society wants us to eat less, be less. … I’m not saying Beckett was a feminist; I don’t think he was. But he put his greatest personality and self and philosophies in his female characters.” Lisa Dwan stages her “Beckett Trilogy” at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday and Friday (April 7 and 8), at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday (April 9), and at 2 p.m. Sunday (April 10) at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $60 to $80. Call (310) 434-3200 or visit thebroadstage.com. Follow Dwan at facebook. com/lisa.dwan.5.
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Eat and Greet Holy Nativity fires up its new outdoor bread oven for a community pizza bake By Bonnie Eslinger Craving some homegrown food with a side of community? On April 9, Holy Nativity Episcopal Church in Westchester is hosting a community pizza bake that will fire up its new outdoor public bread oven, and everyone is encouraged to join in on the feast. Pizza lovers are invited to bring dough and toppings (sauce will be provided) to make their own Italian pie, working side by side with other community chefs. A family-friendly event, experienced pizza makers will be on hand to help folks roll out and shape their dough and load the culinary masterpieces into the church’s earthen wood-fired oven. Oven firemaster Paul Morgan said the temperature in the oven gets so hot that the pizzas cook in just minutes. “You can see it right there in front of you browning and bubbling — and smell it too,” Morgan said. “Also, that sense of it being a communal thing, a collaborative experience is really what makes it work for people.” And while traditional toppings are always a safe bet, participants might want to consider thinking outside the PAGE 32 THE ARGONAUT March 31, 2016
makers will be given the opportunity to pop their homemade loaves into the oven. Pizza prep starts at noon, with bread baking expected to start about two hours later. The rounded cobb oven, completed in the summer, was created by the church and community volunteers in the same spirit as the parish’s community garden: to feed and nourish people’s bodies, but also their souls by giving them a place to gather. “It’s a spiritual thing more than a culinary thing,” said Morgan. There is no charge to participate in the bake, but contributions to the firewood fund are always appreciated, say organizers. And if you can’t make it this time, community baking events are expected to continue each second Saturday of the month, Morgan said. Christy Wilhelmi, founder of the Westside organic gardening blog gardenerd.com, bakes an artisan loaf at the Holy Nativity community bread oven pizza box and come with an interesting cheese or fresh seasonal vegetable. “I think asparagus and some home
grown broccoli was the best pizza I ever tasted,” Morgan said. After the pizzas have been baked, bread
The Westchester Wood-Fired Oven Community Bake starts at noon on Saturday, April 9, at the Holy Nativity Episcopal Church Garden, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. Free. If you want to bake pizza or bread, RSVP to WestchesterCommunityOven@gmail.com.
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Shakespeare with a Bounce “Tempest Redux” punctuates The Bard with unexpected bursts of physical drama Photo by Enci Box
By Christina Campodonico Shakespeare’s plays are known for their linguistic leaps — playful puns, rhythmic rhymes, beautiful sonnets and eloquent soliloquies — but when director John Farmanesh-Bocca does Shakespeare, he adds even more acrobatic stunts. In his “Tempest Redux,” an interpretation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” now playing at the Odyssey Theatre, the monster-slave Caliban tumbles and rolls; the ethereal spirit Ariel leaps and turns. On the mysterious island where magician and ousted duke Prospero orchestrates an elaborate plan to shipwreck old foes and restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place in society, flips are as commonplace as twists of tongue. But how exactly does one choreograph to a Shakespearean play, or for that matter “redux” it? “That is really the ultimate question, isn’t it,” muses Farmanesh-Bocca. “How do you choreograph to words? How do you choreograph to Shakespeare without it being dance for dance sake? … “But that question you just asked has been a 15-year journey for me,” adds Farmanesh-Bocca, who founded his Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble, which has previously “reduxed” Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” and “Pericles,” to figure out such conundrums. For “Tempest Redux” Farmanesh-Bocca is working with lead Jack Stehlin (Prospero) and his New American Theatre, but these questions haven’t gotten old for the NYU and Juilliard-trained director, who approaches every “redux” he does — a combination of movement and drama with some scene, setting and casting shifts — with fresh eyes and intense curiosity. “We pretend we found the play under a rock and that we’ve never seen this play before and immediately try to get away from old tropes associated with that play. … You just examine it bare bones,” explains Farmanesh-Bocca. “What happens is you get in there and you get under the hood and you discover a lot of really, really cool things.” Then they “‘visceralize’ it,” he says. “We do movement narrative alongside the words.” In physical theater, that could mean reaching for a glass of juice on a table or picking up cereal with a spoon while reciting lines, but it could also mean chucking someone’s body across the stage and catching it while also delivering a monologue. “All movement forms are welcome,” says Farmanesh-Bocca. “Everything is incorporated and movement becomes such a heightened language in physical
Jack Stehlin plays Prospero in a version of “The Tempest” that puts heightened emphasis on physical movement theater that it cannot be mistaken for regular theater — regular theater being two chairs and a table and somebody does a play, right? So it’s really the crossover of straight plays, musicals and formalized dance. We throw everything in the kitchen
fanciful and wonderful and have a dance, and with ‘The Tempest’, it’s not so much that I took time out to have dances as much as I found a lot of places on this crazy island to incorporate movement. Again, not for the sake of incorporating
“While we’re honoring the words and honoring the tradition of the play, we’re also breaking a lot of other rules at the same time.” — John Farmanesh-Bocca, director
sink. Basically everything in the kitchen sink becomes physical theater.” Yet for Farmanesh-Bocca “reduxing” a Shakespeare play does not simply mean adding movements to Shakespeare’s words, or “physical Cliff Notes,” as he says, but integrating those words with movements so that the story comes alive through a completely natural and necessary bodily language. “Shakespeare’s words in most plays, they have caesura in them, they have little birthing moments or estuaries in the stream, where you can choose something
movement, but for every jump, every leap, every reach of the body it is only to further continue the story,” says Farmanesh-Bocca. “We try to make everything as essential as possible and it’s not an easy task.” For “Tempest Redux,” Farmanesh-Bocca has streamlined the play even further by paring down the cast to ten and expanding certain roles to accommodate more players. Some actors play multiples roles, while some parts are played by two or three actors. With two actors, Caliban (Willem Long and Dash Pepin) trans-
forms into a two-headed, shape-shifting monster. Ariel, played by three dancers (Shea Donovan, Brianna Price and Emily Yetter), is able to swirl about the stage like a trio of ballerinas. Farmanesh-Bocca has also arranged his cast so that new character dimensions, alignments and conflicts are exposed. He considers Prospero not a royal, but a refugee and uncovers even more foils between characters. Shakespeare purists may find Farmanesh-Bocca’s take on “The Tempest” a little unorthodox, but Farmanesh-Bocca is more interested in cracking the play wide open in order to keep the Bard’s stories alive, rather than simply obeying expected Shakespearean conventions. “While we’re honoring the words and honoring the tradition of the play, we’re also breaking a lot of other rules at the same time,” says Farmanesh-Bocca. “Breaking rules are the tradition.” “Tempest Redux” continues its run at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through April 23 at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. Tickets are $15 to $34. Call (310) 477-2055, ext. 2 or visit odysseytheatre.com. March 31, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 33
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Art According to Plan Soviet artifacts intermingle with artistic expression to explore the perks and perils of preparing for the future
Martin Gale portrays an empty East German carnival in the oil painting “Der Gespenst” (“The Ghost”) By Christina Campodonico What do artists and the Soviet Union have in common? More than you might think — at least according to Bernhard Zünkeler and Joes Segal, curators of the El Segundo Museum of Art’s latest exhibition experience, PLAN, now on view through May 22. From medals of valor made in anticipation of World War III to spontaneous contour drawings by famous artists, PLAN brings together artifacts from The Wende Museum’s Culver City-based Cold War archives and mixes in art pieces from ESMoA’s collection to juxtapose the divergent ways in which artists and administrators plan for the future. “I wanted to show that there are fundamental differences between artists’ balanced way of planning and economic or administrative-controller ways,” Zünkeler, ESMoA’s chief curator, wrote in an email from Germany. “Artists do not shy away from openly showing erased lines or dirty backgrounds.” PAGE 34 THE ARGONAUT March 31, 2016
Or improvising, he explains. To demonstrate this idea he cites Austrian figurative painter Egon Schiele’s drawing of a reclining nude (“Female Nude with
Madonna shows similar boldness in an unexpected exhibition appearance. Nude pre-stardom photos of the singer show a carefree young woman reveling
The large brushed-metal lettering is scattered throughout the gallery in syllabic chunks on the floor — LEH-MAN-BRO-THERS. Once a symbol of the invincible strength of American financial institutions, it’s now a relic of a bygone era in banking history, totally museum-i-fied. Stockings”) executed in one pencil stroke: “Schiele draws the whole complex body of a woman with just one line, feeling totally comfortable doing this within seconds, trusting his competence and knowing he would be able to make the right corrections if necessary.”
in her voluptuous body, unworried of the impact such photos might have on her later life. She’s in the moment, enjoying the camera’s gaze upon her. Such spontaneity, however, is not so apparent in the historical Soviet-era objects and artworks on display, says
Segal, The Wende Museum’s chief curator. “A lot of political life in Eastern Europe was planned — the five-year plans, the seven-year plans, etc. Everything was going to go according to plan,” he explains, pointing out an East German poster of a man in front of a field of cows that’s titled “Die Besten unserer Zeit” (“The Best of Our Time”). A yellow seven wreathed in garlands is emblazoned on the corner like a victory badge, signifying the bountiful plenty that arises when things go according to plan — except of course when they don’t. “One of the major issues in the East Bloc was there was this paper reality on the one hand — how things should go — and then the actual reality on the other hand,” says Segal. “There was a big gap between them.” For instance, a golden Blüher medallion on display was part of a series of medals commissioned in 1968 to honor military heroes for valor in the seemingly
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An anonymous artist’s painting of Vladimir Lenin and his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya includes a bullet hole through Lenin’s head
Viktor Konstantinovich Dorokhov and Valentina Egorovna Dorkhova’s 1990 tempera painting on board “To Each Family an Individual Apartment” comments on the changing shape of the Soviet Union A postcard with a view of Stalinallee in Berlin during the Cold War inevitable future war between the Cold War’s Eastern and Western power blocs. Another item from the Eastern German secret service labeled “top secret” shows plans for an invasion of West Berlin. Yet nuclear bombs didn’t drop; in 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, marking the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Some artists, such as Viktor Konstantinovich Dorokhov and Valentina Egorovna Dorokhova, used art to comment on the changing state of the Soviet Union. One image from 1990 (“To Each Family an Individual Apartment”) shows doorbells and nametags for an apartment building. Yet instead of family surnames on the plaques there are flags of the Soviet republics. But something more is askew. “This was made in 1990, when Lithuania already declared independence. You see here, the Lithuania flag is falling off the hinge,” says Segal. “And the other Baltic States, Estonia and Latvia, are also considering breaking away, so they lost their hammer and sickle.”
In some cases, art was even corrected to look more like life, suggests Segal. Two nearly identical paintings in the exhibit show a girl being approved for admission
Yet PLAN does not simply focus on the decline of the Soviet Union; it also shines a light on how American capitalism is equally susceptible to the pitfalls of
A golden Blüher medallion on display was part of a series of medals commissioned in 1968 to honor military heroes for valor in the seemingly inevitable future war between the Cold War’s Eastern and Western power blocs. into KomSoMol, the Soviet youth movement, but with one noticeable difference. The first, painted around 1949, shows a bust of Stalin watching the proceedings. In the second, painted after 1953 (the year of Stalin’s death), the fearsome leader of the USSR is absent, reflecting not only his exit from the times but fall from grace and history.
planning … or not. “That’s not something that’s unique to Eastern Europe. We experience it here with the Wall Street crash and banks going down, etc.,” says Segal, referring to the 2008 financial meltdown and pointing out Lehman Brothers’ corporate sign. The large brushed-metal lettering is scattered throughout the gallery in syllabic chunks
on the floor — LEH-MAN-BROTHERS. Once a symbol of the invincible strength of American financial institutions, it’s now a relic of a bygone era in banking history, totally museum-i-fied. While Soviet-era objects, modern art and capitalism may not immediately mesh, the theme that unites them all is that the future is always unknown. “We were both very much interested in why people plan the future and what can go wrong and what are the surprising side effects of planning,” says Segal of his collaboration with Zünkeler and ESMoA. If PLAN leaves us with any advice, it is this: As much as we try to plan ahead, we can never know the whims of fate. PLAN is on view from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (and by appointment Mondays through Thursdays) through May 22 at ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. Call (424) 2771020 or visit esmoa.org. christina@argonautnews.com March 31, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 35
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Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy and friends, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance music light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com
Monday, April 4
Coffee and Create, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Start your morning with creative art exercises at ArtSpace, 419 Main St., El Segundo. $25 includes art supplies and coffee. (424) 277-1460; artspace-la.com Seated Breath Meditation with Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. Mondays. The focus of the class is on breath, mudras (hand seals) and simple seated-movement to develop balance and rhythm. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439-9445; lapl.org/branches/venice Mar Vista Laughter Club, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Each Monday night laugh away your stress, boost your immune system and make new friends in a laugher yoga session led by Kim Selbert. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 11555 National Blvd., West L.A. (310) 849-4642
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Free Zumba Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. A combo of fun and fitness led by Cammie Richardson at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (310) 726-4128; beaches lacounty.gov NAMI Peer-led Support Group, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The National Alliance on Mental Illness’s Westchester Family Support Group of South Bay offers a free monthly confidential support session for families dealing with mental illness in their homes. Visitation Parish Center, 2nd floor, 6561 W. 88th St. Westchester. namisouthbay.com Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. This weekly stand-up comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Santa Monica READS, 4 p.m. The community reading program invites Santa Monica residents to read and discuss “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel in free book discussions and events throughout the city. Get started at Barnes & Noble, 1201 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org SCAQ Swim Workouts, 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays,
and 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Southern California Aquatics welcomes swimmers of all abilities for one-hour themed sessions. First-time attendees are eligible for a free week and a videotaped swim evaluation. Santa Monica Swim Center, Santa Monica College, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. Learn more at (310) 390-SWIM or swim.net.
“Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA,” 6 p.m. Occupy Venice Beach hosts a screening of the documentary about the impact of guns on Americans and the billions of dollars made off of them. A Q&A with Regina Clemente of Brave New Films follows at 8:45 p.m. Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. Free. occupyvenice.net/doccupy-film-series
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Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of the city’s best food trucks each Tuesday. Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. Park and enter on 98th Street. gatewaytola.org Playa Vista Teen Coding Club, 4 p.m. A space for people age 12 to 18 to explore interests in technology, computers and coding. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/branches/playa-vista Gourmet Food Truck Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse tent vendors and gourmet food trucks take over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. This week’s lineup includes Jogasaki Sushi Burrito, PostcarsCAS, Canvas Food Truck, Say Fish Taco, Kakigori Kreamery, Curb Appeal Food and Made in Brooklyn Pizza. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections in your community each Wednesday at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for breakfast reservations; or for more information call John Marcato at (310) 740-6469 or Michael Warren at (310) 343-5721. Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967
grades 1 to 6 learn strategies from chess expert Ben Eubanks each Wednesday. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl. org/branches/playa-vista Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Acoustic soft rock and island music each Wednesday at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com NAMI Family-to-Family Program, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through May 25. Sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness, this 12-week course is for adult family members and caregivers to learn important strategies and information about caring for loved ones who live with mental illnesses. Visitation School, 8740 S. Emerson Ave., Westchester. Free. (310) 892-8046; pstans5@aol.com
Thursday, April 7
Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to overcome your public presentation nerves at this weekly meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, Room 230A, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131
Daybreaker LA, 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. Kick off your morning with a yoga-dance party with live DJ entertainment. Free Calfia Farms Cold Brew, healthy smoothies and breakfast treats provided. Hornblower Cruises and Events, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $31.90 to $42.20. daybreakerla.eventbrite.com
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Global Music: “High Voltage” @ Electric Lodge This month’s “High Voltage” performance brings together music and voices from around the world, including Brazilian singer-songwriter Kátia Moraes, L.A. experimental vocalist and contemporary composer Odeya Nini, Brazilian comedian Mariana Leite, Greek folk music singer MariaElena Kolovos and Argentineborn L.A. singer, composer and arts activist Erica Rey for an evening of sonic world tours and experiments. One night only: 9 p.m. Odeya Nini performs as part of a global music Friday, April 1, at the Electric showcase at the Electric Lodge Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Ven703 Venice Blvd., Venice. ness. Coached by late actress ice. $5 suggested donation. (310) 822-8392; pacificand Beckett muse Billie electriclodge.org resident-theatre.org Whitelaw, Dwan will be retiring this program soon. Generation Gap: Beckett Blackout: Five performances only: “Autumn and Winter” “Beckett Trilogy” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and @ Pacific Resident Theatre @ The Broad Stage Saturday (April 7, 8, and 9), and Translated from Swedish, this Here’s your chance to see 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday play by Lars Noren about an internationally-acclaimed (April 9 and 10). $60 to $80. The the relationship between an production before the curtain Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., (310) older couple and their two falls for good. Irish actress Lisa 434-3200; thebroadstage.com adult daughters makes its Dwan performs a trilogy of oneU.S. debut. woman Beckett plays — “Not I,” The Toe-Tapper: “All Shook Up” Preview performance at “Footfalls” and “Rockaby” — one @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. of them in total blackout darkIt’s 1955 and a guitar-playing $12. Pacific Resident Theatre, PAGE 36 THE ARGONAUT March 31, 2016
roustabout rides into a little town, shaking things up with a hip-swiveling, lip-curling, bluesuede-shoes-groovin’ musical fantasy of Elvis classics such as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” Closing soon: Last performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (April 1, 2 and 3) at MorganWixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $23 to $28. (310) 828-7519; morgan-wixson.org The Quixotic Dreamer: “The Man of La Mancha” @ The Westchester Playhouse Based on Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century masterpiece “Don Quixote,” this 1966 Tony Awardwinning play within a play retells the tale of the man who chooses to become a knight as a multi-destination musical tour. Continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 16 at The Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $25. (310) 645-5165; kentwoodplayers.org The Internet Meme: “Women Laughing Alone with Salad” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre
Based on the viral Internet meme of smiling women eating salad solo, Sheila Callaghan’s madcap new play about a man named Guy and three women in his life whose obsession with salad may border on the unhealthy make its west coast premiere. Closing soon: Last performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday (March 31 to April 3) at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $55. (213) 972-4444; centertheatre-group.org The Tragic Windfall: “A Gambler’s Guide to Dying” @ Ruskin Group Theatre A boy’s grandfather wins a fortune on the 1966 World Cup but gambles it all on living to see the year 2000 after he’s diagnosed with cancer. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through April 29 at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (310) 397-3244; ruskingrouptheatre.com
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under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (a registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to section 17913 of the Business and professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). registrant signature/ Name: Onofrio V. Bertolini. title: secretary/treasurer. this statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los angeles on: March 2, 2016. argonaut published: March 31, april 7, 14, and 21, 2016. NOtICeIn accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a New Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. the filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and professions Code). FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016072727 the following person is doing business as: Go sailing and Go Boating 5301 Beethoven st. #265 Los angeles, Ca. 90066. registered owners: american sailing association 5301 Beethoven st. #265 Los angeles, Ca. 90066 . this business is conducted by a Corporation. the registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (a
registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to section 17913 of the Business and professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). registrant signature/Name: Cynthia shabes. title: president. this statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los angeles on: March 24, 2016. argonaut published: March 31, april 7, 14 and 21, 2016. NOtICeIn 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). NOTIcE OF APPLIcATION FOR POLIcE PERMIT Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Board of police Commissioners for a permit to conduct a (tYpe OF BUsINess): Massage establishment. NaMe OF appLICaNt: Grandmaster Michael Milsungbark DOING BUsINess as: Ocean Massage LOCateD at: 11957 West santa Monica Blvd., #101, Los angeles, Ca 90025. any person desiring to protest the Issuance of this permit shall make a written protest before april 7, 2016 to the LOs aNGeLes pOLICe COMMIssION, 100 West First street, Los angeles, Ca 90012. Upon receipt of written protests, protesting persons will be
notified on date, time, and place for hearing. BOarD OF pOLICe COMMIssIONers. argonaut published: March 31, and april 7, 2016. FIcTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016067830 the following person is doing business as: Kinetic studio 3701 W. 54th st. Los angeles, Ca. 90043 and 6118 s. Mansfield ave. Los angeles, Ca. 90043. registered owners: LUV2BFItNHeaLtHY, LLC . this business is conducted by a Limited Liability Corporation. the registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (a registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to section 17913 of the Business and professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). registrant signature/Name: LaNiecia Vicknair. title: Owner. this statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los angeles on: March 21, 2016. argonaut published: March 31, april 7, 14 and 21, 2016. NOtICeIn accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a New Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. the filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and professions Code).
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