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L e t t e r s ‘Please Keep Doing Your Job’ Re: “The Dirty War on the Free Press,” Editorial, Aug. 16 I have never written a response to an editorial before, but the editorial on the dirty war on the press struck a nerve. It was well written and clearly explained the dangers of attacking a free press.

I agree that the draconian attacks on the press by Trump (I refuse to call him President Trump because his behavior is that of a despot, not of a president) has tarnished the credibility

of the free press. I am always shocked when friends and acquaintances refuse to think for themselves and blindly accept what a leader says. They are not stupid, just lazy.

So please keep doing your job.

It’s imperative that we have a free press in a democratic society.

Josie Jentes, Westchester In Praise of Mike Bonin Let’s talk about what Mike Bonin has done for Venice just this summer: Streets paved

— check. Trees trimmed along medians — check. Police enforcement of scooter rules on the bike path — check. New children’s park in the canals — check. Seems like Bonin has been pretty busy over the last couple of months taking care of his Venice constituents.

Lately our city councilman has come under attack by disgruntled NIMBYs unhappy with the prospect of a temporary homeless shelter in Venice. The homeless problem is complex, involving

not only housing but drug, psychiatric and occupational issues. Getting people off the curb and into decent living quarters is not only the correct first step, it’s also the humane thing to do. I applaud Bonin’s efforts.

Robert Hughes, Venice Ride Within the Rules Re: “The Summer of the Scooter,” Cover Story, Aug. 2 I am in favor of the electric scooters as long as they adhere to DMV regulations that riders wear

helmets, have a valid driver’s license and stay on the street. I walk every day near the intersection of Lincoln and Manchester and have been nearly hit twice by riders not following the rules. If you cannot abide by the DMV’s rules, do not ride the scooters — you are putting yourself and others in danger.

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Contents

VOL 48, NO 34 Local News & Culture

EDITORIAL

COVER STORY

ARTS & EVENTS

Taking the Helm

Too Big not to Fail

Women sailors compete for empowerment and respect this weekend in Marina del Rey ................................... 12

Legado’s first mistake was picking a fight with the residents of Playa del Rey ............. 6

NEWS

This Week

A House Divided

Eclectic Psychedelic Big Brother and the Holding Company headline Venice Beach Music Fest 13 . ...... 29

Men for Others The Blank Minds embrace the trans community and blaze a trail for LGBTQ+ allies .................................... 31

In Venice, the conversation about homelessness is fraught with anxiety and political theater ................................ 8

Two Enchanted Evenings Marina del Rey Symphony stages a free al fresco “South Pacific” at Burton Chace Park ................................. 34

Last-Minute Plea Target of Universal Jewelers theft allegations strikes a deal to stay out of prison ............. 10 Photo by Craig T. Mathew / Courtesy of the LA Phil

The Maker Musician Matt Lorenz, aka the Suitcase Junket,

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS

brings his ‘pile’ of homemade percussion to McCabe’s ....................................... 15

FOOD & DRINK

Musical Milestone The LA Phil and architect Frank Gehry

Heart and Soul

unveil plans for a youth orchestra center in Inglewood ....................................... 10

Flores + Sons serves fried chicken and other Southern fare with California flair ...... 17

It’s Fiesta La Ballona Weekend in Culver City ........................................... 30

ON THE COVER: The all-female crew of Cassiopeia sails Santa Monica Bay ahead of this weekend’s Women on the Water / Women at the Helm Regatta in Marina del Rey. Photo by Southern California sailing photographer Tami Rae / loadedcanon.us.

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Legado could have been disastrous for Playa del Rey, and not just because the four-story complex would have set a precedent of shattering local height limits and privatized portions of public land to make more room for luxury housing. In its present design, Legado would very likely trigger a rush by landlords and developers to tear down existing residential and commercial properties in order to make them taller, denser and a lot more expensive.

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creation. While few aspects of the development process in Los Angeles are straightforward or simple, the Legado Co. has only itself to blame for making this process a lot harder than it had to be — first and foremost by attacking the character of its opponents rather than asking how to win their support.

What really set people off was the developer’s lobbyist/attorney arguing in the press and during public meetings that racism and classism were driving opposition to the project — that opposing new housing on Legado’s terms made you automatically against minorities or low-income families moving into the project’s eight affordable units.

“Saying this is about affordable housing is like a restaurant saying a steak dinner is a vegan option because it comes with a side of broccoli,” L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin told The Argonaut after convincing his council colleagues to uphold the appeal. “If Legado would have stuck to an appropriate height limit on just the land they owned, this project would have been built years (Continued on page 11)

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A House Divided Over Homelessness Venice’s temporary housing discussion is fraught with anxiety and political theater

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A volunteer for the GarcettiBonin temporary housing canvass signs in amid a backdrop of protesters opposed to their effort

came from outside Venice, but the loudest and most organized contingent of the opposition was homegrown.

“More homeless services creates more homeless people,” said Travis Benin, an organizer for Respect Venice, an online interest group created in opposition to the temporary housing proposal. The group’s Facebook profile picture is of two hypodermic needles lying in the sand.

Photo by Respect Venice via Facebook

Many of the people who showed up to support or oppose temporary housing

Temporary housing opposition organizer Travis Benin goes toe-to-toe with a community canvass organizer

Photo by Kyle Knoll

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By Kyle Knoll In Venice there is a widespread consensus about “the homeless problem” among longtime residents, more recent transplants, community leaders and even the homeless themselves: Yes, there is a problem here, and that problem needs to be addressed.

But that’s where agreement tends to stop. Ask Venetians about potential remedies for homelessness and responses can be as multifarious, cacophonous and eccentric as the characters you’d find holding court along the boardwalk on a late summer afternoon.

Fueling discord is that the pervasiveness and visibility of homeless encampments in Venice make the issue a canvass for fed-up homeowners, contrarian activists, community volunteers and the politically ambitious to project their viewpoints and agendas before a regional, even national audience.

The political theater surrounding homelessness in Venice was on full display during a community canvassing effort and counter-protest on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center on Venice Boulevard.

The offices of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin hosted the training event to prepare more than 100 volunteers to canvass Venice in support of city plans for a 100-bed temporary housing facility on the former Metro bus depot at Main Street and Sunset Avenue. Supporters describe the facility as a “bridge” to permanent housing elsewhere in the city; opponents refer to it as a “homeless shelter” and a magnet for public nuisances.

While the event had all the trappings of a made-for-TV photo-op (including a podium that later disappeared), Garcetti and Bonin didn’t turn out. But that didn’t stop dozens of protesters from picketing the event and trying to engage with volunteer canvassers.

Temporary housing opponents carried signs that depicted Garcetti and Bonin in the tacky orange and blue tuxedos in “Dumb and Dumber” or with slogans that compared building a homeless facility near the beach to “putting a rehab facility in a casino.” At one point a presumably homeless woman walked by a poster board with pictures of a homeless encampment and told the man holding it “That’s not me! I don’t look like that!”

The protester replied that homeless people are “cockroaches” that need to be swept off the streets.

A Respect Venice contingent confronts Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Mike Bonin on a Venice walk street

“Why more services here?” she asked, expressing fatigue that Venice has time and again expanded services for the homeless, only to see the homeless population increase. “I feel like Venice has been taken advantage of.”

A week later, Morrison had registered the domain name VeniceSaysNO.com, which she intends to use as a resource for opposition to expanding homelessness-

“They’re getting free meals and living at the beach, living the easy life.”

— Respect Venice organizer Travis Benin Rolling up to the event on a skateboard and wearing a blue striped Henley tank top and a trucker hat, Benin expressed a common sentiment among local temporary housing critics: that people sleeping on the street or the boardwalk are taking unfair advantage of lax community standards to live rent-free in an expensive neighborhood that others who live here must work very hard to afford. A software developer, Benin moved to Venice in 2011.

“Instead of getting a job and living where they can afford to live, they’re simply gaming the system,” Benin said. “They’re getting free meals and living at the beach, living the easy life.”

Later, inside the training session at Beyond Baroque, Benin had a heated confrontation with a staffer wearing an “Eric Garcetti @MayorofLA” T-shirt after he asked Benin, who was recording the training session on his phone, to refrain from taping the volunteers in attendance.

MaryJane Morrison, a Canadian-born artist who moved to Venice 23 years ago, shared many of the sentiments expressed

by Benin.

related infrastructure in Venice.

In response to homeless advocates’ arguments that Venice needs more homeless services to address the concentration of homeless people already here, Morrison says that “just because homeless people show up in a neighborhood doesn’t mean you have to put the services there. … There’s no logic in that.” *** Mic’d-up lectern wired to large audio speakers illuminated by gorgeous mid-morning natural sunlight? Check.

Local art deco landmark with a weathered, neutral paint job for use as a backdrop? Check.

Volunteer signup sheets on staffed tables under a Bonin-branded popup tent?

Volunteers in those black Garcetti T-shirts? Check and check.

The only missing piece from this photo op were the mayor and councilman themselves, who abandoned the press conference — as well as clashing with demonstrators — and by 10:45 a.m. had

gone straight out to personally canvass Venice’s walk streets.

Bonin, who describes temporary housing as an organized way to get people out of Venice encampments and on track toward permanent housing, said he had hoped to circle back to Beyond Baroque to speak with volunteers about what they’d heard on the beat, but was unable to do so after being approached by Respect Venice on the Park Avenue walk street.

“We’ve been doing a lot of outreach on this,” Bonin said later. “Despite noise on social media, we’ve found that people are really, really hungry for a solution to homelessness — particularly to the problem of encampments in our neighborhoods in Venice.”

Bonin and supporters of temporary housing took heat during an information open house in June at Westminster Avenue Elementary School, where several locals expressed concern that the city hadn’t completed an architectural plan for the site.

The Venice Neighborhood Council Homeless Committee, which has opposed Bonin’s plan to let local homeless store their belongings at the former Westminster Senior Center, gave temporary homeless housing a 7-0 endorsement on July 30.

Amid strident public comment this Tuesday, however, the full council postponed a final vote pending additional information about the facility’s design and how it would operate. *** Not all of the demonstrators outside Beyond Baroque objected to temporary housing as increasing the presence and visibility of homeless in Venice. A number of homeless rights activists fear the (Continued on page 11)

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Guilty Plea Ends Universal Jewelers Trial Former store director strikes last-minute deal to avoid jail time

By Gary Walker After months of denying any role in the disappearance of more than $400,000 worth of jewelry from Universal Jewelers in Marina del Rey, former store director Yupa Kalayar pled guilty last Friday to one count of misdemeanor grand theft.

Kalayar, 40, faced charges of absconding with customers’ valuables after Universal abruptly shuttered following the October 2015 death of owner Arnold Smith. She will receive three years of probation under the plea arrangement, L.A. County Deputy District Attorney Mougeh Tala-Ahmari said.

County prosecutors and defense attorney Sanford Perliss reached the plea deal at the Airport Courthouse in Westchester shortly before a jury trial was set to begin.

Kalayar has been sued in small claims court by former Universal clients who were shocked by the store’s closure and given no opportunity to recover rings, bracelets or watches they’d left at the store on consignment or for repair.

Anita Eisenschiml, a Playa Vista resident

Customers’ jewelry disappeared when Universal abruptly closed in 2015 who’s still missing two gold tennis bracelets, was the sole victim to whom Kalayar was ordered to pay restitution.

Eisenschiml had won a small claims verdict against Kalayar, and Perliss handed her a $2,500 cashier’s check prior to Kalayar’s sentencing.

“It seems like crime does pay after all,” Eisenschiml lamented after the plea deal was announced.

Venice resident Jeannie White, whose

husband lost a Cartier watch he had left at Universal to be sold on consignment, was furious when she learned Kalayar would not receive jail time.

“Unbelievable! I think we have an abysmal judicial system,” said White.

“It’s very disappointing that this was taken so lightly. Those people were complete scam artists.”

Perliss denied that his client had stolen the jewelry or committed fraud, even though victims say Kalayar had misrepresented herself as Smith’s wife and a co-owner of Universal.

During a February 2017 arraignment hearing, Perliss stated that Kalayar was not a co-owner of the store, that Smith had tricked her into thinking they were legally married, and that the jewelry went missing because Smith “had a very unusual way of doing business that she was not a part of.”

“Nobody feels good about losing their jewelry or money. But my client is a victim too, and the evidence will prove that,” he asserted at the time.

Perliss declined to comment on his

client’s plea agreement outside court.

Tala-Ahmari confirmed that the conviction could affect Kalayar’s immigration status.

Late last year L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies recovered some Universal consignment jewelry that had been sold to various pawn shops throughout Los Angeles, said Det. Randy Lopez of the department’s Fraud and Cybercrimes Bureau. Victims were allowed to view photos of the recovered jewelry, and Eisenschiml identified some of those pieces as hers.

“Even after I won in small claims court, I wasn’t going to give up. I don’t like being ripped off, especially by someone that you trusted and had done business with for so long,” Eisenschiml said of why she decided to attend what would have been the first day of Kalayar’s criminal trial.

“The lesson here,” she said, “is to be careful who you trust.” gary@argonautnews.com

A Musical Milestone The LA Phil unveils plans for Frank Gehry-designed youth orchestra center

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Photo by Craig T. Mathew / Courtesy of the LA Phil

By Christina Campodonico The Los Angeles Philharmonic is putting down roots in Inglewood.

Last Wednesday, the symphony orchestra (celebrating its centennial this year) unveiled plans for the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center @ Inglewood, a 25,000-square-foot youth orchestra training and performance facility at 101 S. La Brea Ave., a mile east of where Manchester Boulevard crosses the 405.

The $14.5-million construction project, expected to break ground next spring, will transform a former Security Pacific Bank into a state-of-the-art concert hall (with acoustic design by Disney Hall acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota), practice studio and choir room for YOLA, the LA Phil’s flagship youth orchestra program.

The initiative provides free instruments, intensive musical training and academic support to over 1,200 children from underserved communities across L.A. “It’s a historic day for the LA Phil,” said CEO Simon Woods during Wednesday’s press conference and unveiling, held adjacent to YOLA’s future home. “It’s a day when we plant the seed for a big, beautiful tree that will grow leaves and fruit and provide an enormous amount of inspiration for many years to come.”

The man behind 101 S. La Brea’s forthcoming transformation, architect Frank Gehry, and YOLA’s champion,

Frank Gehry, Gustavo Dudamel, Inglewood Mayor James Butts and LA Phil CEO Simon Woods discuss the future Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center @ Inglewood LA Phil Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, shared their visions for the future of the center, as did Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts.

“The minute a child is taught to play an instrument he or she is no longer poor,” said Dudamel, himself a product of Venezuela’s El Sistema music education

program. “This center will give us the ability to touch thousands more lives. …

It is a metaphor that says beauty matters.

It will function as a building, but it will also act as a catalyst in transforming our children.”

Butts expressed his excitement at the establishment of a new cultural focal

point in Inglewood’s Civic Center.

“It’s next to what will be our version of Old Town Pasadena: Market Street, which used to be our main business district. It’s within less than a mile of the sports and entertainment district, and it’s easily accessible by four freeways,” Butts told The Argonaut. “It’s just ready for primetime. … This will definitely be a big step towards revitalization of what used to be downtown Inglewood.”

But “it’s not about gentrification,” said Gehry, whose firm is located just south of Playa Vista in Del Rey, “it’s about inclusivity.”

He later told The Argonaut that his main goal for the center is to inspire young musicians through architecture: “I really wanted to make sure the room acoustics would take a full orchestra … so they would feel the reality of playing a real concert.”

The center has the capacity to serve as many as 500 kids from Inglewood and surrounding neighborhoods, according to the LA Phil. Butts hopes to have at least 300 directly from Inglewood.

“This is more significant than the reopening of The Forum, the migration of the NFL [teams] to Inglewood, the potentiality of an NBA team playing here.

It’s far more significant because this speaks to the cultural enrichment and development of our children,” he said.

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A House Divided Over Homelessness (Continued from page 8)

Nick Antonicello, a 25-year Venice resident and L.A. City Hall critic who’s leading a campaign for Venice to become an independent city from Los Angeles, interjected during our conversation that city leaders are trying to “contain” homelessness in Venice to keep it from spreading into Pacific Palisades, Mar Vista, Westchester and other neighboring communities.”

“There’s homelessness all over the city, not just in Venice,” answered Dogan.

homeless people on the street.

“Freedom. They found freedom,” he replied. “They say, ‘You know what? I’m going to lay back here on the beach, smoke my joint, drink my beer.’ … We have to deal with that mindset in the community.”

me two stories: one that punctuates the tragedy of isolation, the other about the elevated personal dignity that comes with being seen. proposal is intended to erode the rights of Pickett believes fear is the primary homeless people to sleep in cars or on the motivation of homeless services street; they argue the city should legitiopponents, and that fear is infectious and mize homelessness in Venice, not try to divisive. He spoke of being good friends eradicate it. *** with the head of his local neighborhood “It’s an affordable housing issue. …

One might argue that the vitriolic watch until a recent exchange about We’re going to have to regularize and exchanges and feelings of abandonment, homelessness. Long story short, a legalize some camping areas,” said David abuse and neglect expressed in arguments woman messaged the group that she was Busch, a homeless advocate who’s been going to call the police on a person sleeping on the streets of Venice for a rowing a boat in the canals who apdecade. Wearing a green skirt, he has the peared to be homeless. Pickett shot back deeply wrinkled skin, inconsistently a tongue-in-cheek request to establish a toothless smile and long, weathered hair dress code to help identify homeless of someone who has not been living the rowers, hoping people wouldn’t mistake easiest of lives. “We’re ground zero him for one in his usual rowing attire of between the community that has tradition“a torn tank top, unshaven, and a dirty ally had the most affordable housing at the hat.” The watch captain refused to beach and the rich people who now want — Volunteer canvasser Alan Pickett disseminate Pickett’s response, and the to own everything in California.” two haven’t spoken since.

General Dogan, a member of the Los The other story is what happened when Angeles Community Action Network who reportedly ripped up a mayoral commen“Homelessness is the No. 1 political issue about homelessness — not just in Venice, Pickett said “good morning” to a disheveled man sitting on the ground dation for working to establish public not just in Venice, but in the whole damn but across the city — suggest that alongside the boardwalk: “He looked up restrooms on Skid Row, accused Garcetti state of California.” neighborhoods are becoming less like at me and said, ‘Nobody talks to me. of “kicking the can down the road” by Benin introduced me to Ted Hayes, a communities and more like people living investing in temporary housing he equates homeless community activist for three in silos, unable to see past the increasingly Nobody talks to me.’ And I sat down and talked to him,” Pickett recalled. to a homeless shelter. decades who previously ran the defunct taller walls outside their homes.

“People look at homeless as if they’re “The bridge homes are a bridge to Dome Village in downtown Los Angeles.

Alan Pickett, a resident of the Venice invisible,” he said. “One of the most nowhere,” said Dogan, who was born and He wore a matching white linen pants and Canals for more than 30 years, describes raised on Skid Row. He wore a black mesh shirt combo, a hard-thatched safari hat, life on the canals as an indefinite vacation. important things you can do is just talk to these people and let them shirt, a black hat and a “black power” dark sunglasses, a Star of David necklace When we met at a coffee shop near the tattoo on his neck. “When the shelters are and an American flag bandana around his boardwalk to discuss his participation as a know that you recognize them as over with, then what?” neck. I asked him what he believes keeps pro-bridge housing canvasser, Pickett told a human being.”

“One of the most important things you can do is just talk to these people and let them know that you recognize them as a human being.”

Too Big not to Fail (Continued from page 6)

ago, before I even took office. Instead, the developer decided to pick a fight in the community and add insult to injury by calling people names.”

We could leave it there, but the conflict between Legado and Playa del Rey activists demands a few other points be made.

For Bonin, otherwise a resolute proponent of affordable housing construction, the situation typifies a lot of what’s wrong with the development

approval process in Los Angeles: “This developer, like so many developers in Los Angeles, thought the rules should bend to him instead of the rules applying to him.”

For The Argonaut, it’s an opportunity to admit that we could have done a better job of covering this issue, particularly when the chips were down.

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By Sarah Davidson When photographer Margie Woods completed the 2016 Singlehanded TransPac, a biennial sailboat race in which solo sailors travel from San Francisco to Hawaii, she was the only woman competing. She used a GoPro and iPhone to document her 17-day voyage in “Journey Back to Myself,” a short documentary that appeared in film festivals including last year’s No Man’s Land Film Festival. Alone on board, Woods found companionship in her camera. She spoke straight into it, bolstered by the emergence of wind, rainbows and whale tails, but frustrated by low-wind days and squalls that left her cabin drenched or trashed.

“I love sailing by myself because it really is the only time I feel completely in the present moment and completely myself and completely unapologetic for myself and where I am,” Woods said.

“Whether I’m being really big and strong or whether I’m being vulnerable and emotional, I feel 100% un-self-conscious about that.”

But Woods was struck by the fact that she was the only woman going through the experience that year.

“That spurred me to want to do it again, and get more women to the starting line with me in 2020,” she said. So when she got back, Woods started racing with an all-female crew on Wednesday nights in the California Yacht Club’s Sunset Series aboard her boat, Cassiopeia.

“The goal was to bring people together — not just to connect them, but so that we can all lift each other up and inspire each other and teach each other what we know,” Woods said. “And it’s turned out to be just the most incredible experience with these women. It has just surpassed every expectation.” *** This weekend Woods and her crew will participate in the 2018 Association of Santa Monica Bay Yacht Clubs’ Women on the Water / Women at the Helm PAGE 12 THE ARGONAUT August 23, 2018

Regatta, a two-day, female-focused series of races in which sailors compete for three prestigious trophies: the Cheryl Rembert Memorial, the Robert S. Wilson Perpetual, and the Women’s Sailing Association Perpetual.

The regatta was first held in 1980, after an early ’70s series gave women the chance to race to Catalina Island and spurred a more widespread trend of local clubs offering women-only races.

Eventually those races were consolidated into the WOW/WAH Regatta.

Because her crew is all women, Woods will compete in the Women on the Water (WOW) division. By contrast, Women at the Helm (WAH) division crews can be co-ed, competing in WOW/WAH only if a woman is the skipper, or boat leader, that weekend.

Why the distinction between the divisions?

“We needed more boats, and there were more men that owned the boats,” said Jana Davis, junior staff commodore of the Women’s Sailing Association of Santa Monica Bay and a 2018 WOW/ WAH participant.

Co-ed teams allow more women to participate, since securing an all-female crew can be difficult, especially for a skipper who’s racing a borrowed boat.

The vessels’ high cost can make boat owners hesitant about lending them out without at least one familiar crew member aboard. Often, Davis said, those boat owners and crew members are men.

summer, Ayme Sinclair and her crew of sailors from different countries and backgrounds were featured in CNN’s “Great Big Story,” shining a much-needed spotlight on sailing’s lack of racial and gender diversity.

Waves of change can take a while to crest, though.

“There’s a lot of mansplaining on these boats,” said Hollie Stenson, a 2018 WAH division skipper. Sailors, she said, are very eager to help other sailors learn. But that eagerness to share knowledge can often tip over into ego, though less so on her own boat these days.

“It’s almost inadvertent,” she said. “I know on some boats it’s not, and it could be more outwardly sexist, but when it’s happened to me in the past it’s good guys who are trying to be chivalrous but misinterpret the line.”

Some women feel that there is a more aggressive or intimidating energy to sailing with a male-dominated crew.

Being part of a co-ed crew often means women must advocate for themselves and set boundaries, since they sometimes use different physical techniques to accomplish the same tasks as men on board.

“One of your male crew might jump in, thinking that they’re just helping get it done,” Davis said.

Stenson, outreach officer for the Venice Neighborhood Council, said she has had to explicitly tell male crew members to stop stepping in and doing her job for her in the heat of a race.

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While sailing is, stereotypically, a (white) boys’ club, that may be changing.

This year was the first that women were members of the team that won the infamously challenging Volvo Ocean Race, in which racers travel about 45,000 nautical miles around the world. This came after a rule change that incentivized crews to include women. It’s also the first year that a woman skipper won the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race, which is similar to the Volvo. And this

Biased assumptions about gender can surface in calmer waters, too. Woods said that despite the fact that she owns her own boat and has completed the Singlehanded TransPac, men in the sailing community will still see her next to her boat in the harbor, walk up to her and begin making suggestions about boat maintenance or sailing technique.

“People look at you like you’re a zoo animal,” Woods said. “I go into Catalina by myself a lot, and people watch you,

like, ‘Oh, let’s just see if she can really do this.’ I feel like it’s not that big of a deal.

It’s just me doing the same thing that other guy just did over there. I bet they didn’t watch him pick up his mooring.”

Stenson was recently featured on the cover of a special “Learning to Sail” issue of Sailing Magazine, and chose two other women crew members to appear with her.

But commenters online thought that she and the other women were hired models, not real-life sailors.

“We actually sail the boat when we’re on the water,” Stenson said. “There’s not a man hiding underneath, sailing the boat for us.” *** While there are plenty of men who are allies to women in the boating community — generous boat lenders, teachers and friends — Del Rey Yacht Club Vice Commodore Laurie Romanak said she thinks women boaters don’t have many role models.

“We need to envision ourselves behind the helm,” she said.

That’s why the women (and men) behind the WOW/WAH are committed to getting women on the water.

“Events like this are crucial because, yes, it is still a male-dominated activity and sport,” Davis said. “There’s no doubt.”

Davis and Woods both described the communication and camaraderie among the all-female crews they’ve sailed with as being unparalleled; those groups tend to be more collaborative and kind-spirited.

Plus, there’s no mansplaining.

“When we see other women docking a boat and taking the helm and taking apart an engine, it really encourages us to do it,” Stenson said. “You can’t be what you can’t see.”

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The all-female crew of Cassiopeia is a regular during the California Yacht Club’s Sunset Series and will compete in this weekend’s WOW/WAH Regatta in Marina del Rey Photos by Tami Rae / loadedcanon.us

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By Bliss Bowen It’s an odd vernacular quirk in our culture that when we’re heading to a concert, we generally say we’re going to “see” a band instead of, more logically, to hear their music. But in the case of Matt Lorenz, aka the Suitcase Junket, it’s a truer statement than usual because he has a history of building his own instruments.

At home in Massachusetts, not far from where he grew up in Vermont, Lorenz is known as “a magnet for broken things” (including the guitar he clutches underwater in the video for his song “Earth Apple”). Onstage he wisecracks that his job description is “pile driver” — thus the in-joke title of last year’s “Pile Driver” album — because of the size of the rig he hauls around and sits on while performing.

In the past that included stringed and wind instruments he built, but right now it’s primarily constructed from homemade foot drums and percussion, and the suitcase he’s repurposed as a drum throne.

“There are a couple of can drums that work on bass drum petals, basically,” he explains. “One’s an old gas can, one’s a cook pot; they’re sort of mounted up on these old chair parts. You hit those together with the left foot to get a snare sound. Then there’s a circular saw blade — if you hear something that sounds like a boxing bell in the music, like a loud ding, that’s what that is. It serves as the crash cymbal. I sit on the suitcase, which I play as the bass drum with the right heel.

This box of bones and silverware and trinkets works as a hi-hat; there’s a wooden box that serves as the bottom cymbal, and the top cymbal is like an 8-millimeter film reel with a bunch of things hanging off of it. Push the hi-hat pedal and all those objects drop into the box and create this great crunching, clicking sound.”

The guitar he usually plays is a junker ferreted out of a dumpster at his alma mater, Hampshire College in Amherst; he

says he keeps it in open C tuning because “it’s the only place the guitar sounds halfway decent.” Like his junkyard percussion, it also imparts an earthier, freer feel to bluesy tunes such as “Swamp Chicken,” “Busted Gut,” and the coloroutside-the-lines encouragement of “Seed Your Dreams” (“Seed your dreams/ With a long slow walk and a cup of coffee/ …

Open up your eyes a little bit/ To the great unknown”).

“I love stumbling across new sounds or new forms — pushing the edges of my abilities so that I make mistakes, and then oftentimes the mistakes are more interesting than the plan,” he says. “So you sort of dig into those. I like that idea of music as an assemblage kind of thing; it’s a favorite hobby of mine to come up with different analogies for songwriting [laughs]. It’s such an interesting process, because there are a lot of different ways you can go about it and think about it.”

A curious and thoughtful songwriter,

Lorenz generally performs solo on the road, with friends sitting in like guitarist/ pedal steel player Eric Heywood, with whom he recently played while opening for Tift Merritt. He’s currently touring behind a new EP, “Live With Others;” the title’s first word can be interpreted as either an adjective or a verb (a double reading he says he especially appreciates “in these times when people get pretty worked up about others”). Released in May, it’s his sixth solo album in eight years, and captures performances from a Boston club residency he held a couple of winters ago. For the eerie, Joplin-esque “Spell On You,” he’s joined by one of his favorite collaborators: sister Kate (katelorenzmusic.com), his erstwhile bandmate (along with Zak Trojano) in folk-rock trio Rusty Belle.

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Amal Flores saw his chance and took it. In 1969, Amal’s father Gene exhibited metalwork here when it was the Greenson Gallery. The show was such a success that it ran for years, propelling his father’s fine art career. The space went through several owners and purposes before Amal got his hands on it in 2013. He decided that Flores + Sons would buck current trends by serving modern variations on Southern cuisine, at first with star chef Brian Dunsmoor.

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in the trunk I’d scanned the menu at Flores + Sons and convinced them to follow me inside.

The patio would have been alluring earlier or later in the day, but the afternoon sun convinced us to choose a quiet table in the back of the restaurant. (Quiet is a relative term on Sawtelle, of course, but Flores +

the other important business of ordering drinks: hard cider from Honest Abe Ciderworks and a glass of white wine, with a hefe to follow, all reasonably priced at five bucks for a decent pour.

The first plate to arrive was the spring chopped salad, which contained kale, radicchio, asparagus, peas, carrots, corn and a slightly salty queso fresco

The batter was crisp and greaseless, while the chicken inside was very moist — exactly what I’d hoped for.

Sons is a lot more chilled out than most other restaurants in the area.) The room has odd architecture with an open bar space facing cozy nooks and a row of tables — modern but comfortable.

Dining early allowed us to order some of the restaurant’s signature dishes at a substantial discount. In addition to an Asian chicken salad from the regular menu, we chose a happy hour “spring chopped salad,” cheese fries, Brussels sprouts and fried chicken.

If you squint a bit, that can be mistaken for a well-balanced meal. At least that’s what we told ourselves as we attended to

with a lemon vinaigrette. That sounds like someone tossed in just about everything in the vegetable bin, but it was actually a nicely calibrated set of flavors.

The sweetness of the corn and fresh peas balanced the kale and radicchio nicely, with the light coating of vinaigrette tying everything together. I don’t know how much longer they’ll be serving this spring item, but if you want a fine shared starter or meatless light meal this is a good choice.

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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases Westchester hoMe

Marina arts District

“Situated on a prime corner lot, this spacious residence strikes a balance of craftsmanship and conveniences,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Soaring ceilings and oversized windows bathe the two-story foyer with natural light. A formal living room and dining room lead into the open kitchen, which opens to the private backyard. The adjacent family room with a fireplace, study, and wet bar provides extensive space for hosting. Located close to the Westside, this home is not to be missed.”

Offered at $1,789,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020

“Enjoy sunset views from this penthouse loft in the desirable WestEnd building,” says agent Jesse Weinberg.

“This unit, illuminated by natural light from two stories of floor-to-ceiling windows, offers a chef’s kitchen as a part of the open customizable floor plan. Two large bedrooms are separated on different stories, offering perfect privacy. The unit also includes two parking spaces and in-unit laundry.

Building amenities include guest parking, EV parking, bike storage, gated security, and more.”

Offered at $1,199,000 Jesse Weinberg KW SIlicon Beach 800-804-9132

Venice Beach triplex

Marina sunset VieWs

“This huge building offers an upper ocean view loft unit, now vacant,” says agent Alice Plato. “The sun-filled top floor offers two bedroom plus a loft. It also boasts 25 foot ceilings and a huge roof deck. The lower unit is a singlebed, with a den that offers a fireplace. There is an open kitchen plus a wet bar, a second kitchen, a side patio and huge gated front patio draped in bougainvillea. A recently redone studio unit is on an upper level next to the vacant unit. The building comes with four parking spaces.”

Offered at $2,399,000 Alice Plato Coldwell Banker 310-704-4188

“This stunning Marina City Club condo offers two bedrooms and two baths,” says agent Eileen McCarthy.

“Floor-to-ceiling windows provide Harbor, Marina, and sunset views. The large open floor plan, which leads to a spacious patio, is perfect for entertaining. The kitchen and both bathrooms have been renovated.”

Offered at $825,000 Eileen McCarthy R. E. Inc. 310-822-8910

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“Take in unobstructed cityscape, mountain and Ocean views, as well as vistas of the lush Oxford Basin,” says agent Charles Lederman. “This is one of the best located units in the Marina City Club. Enjoy an open living space that leads to a large patio overlooking the city lights.

Additional features include ample storage and wood floors throughout. Revel in all the amenities of the Marina City Club, including a huge executive gym, three swimming pools, a restaurant and bar, all creating a priceless lifestyle.”

Offered at $675,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

“This four-bed home is in highly sought after area known as the Golden Triangle,” say agents Bob and Cheryl Herrera.

“Downstairs are two bedrooms, one of which opens to the backyard via sliding glass doors, and a full bath. The upstairs area features the master bedroom suite and its balcony, and one other bedroom and three-quarter bath.

Features include hardwood floors, high ceilings, a fireplace, stainless steel appliances, a backyard deck, and Zen landscaping with a shaded cozy relaxation area.”

Offerd at $1,679,000 Bob & Cheryl Herrera Professional Real Estate Service 310-985-5427

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THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Premjit Panicker. TITLE: Member, Corp or LLC Name: Media Aggregators, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 19, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018 185812 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MILKT, MILKT FILMS, MILKT MADE. 578 Washington Blvd., #411 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

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The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Lindha Narvaez. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Moniker Films, Inc., Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 27, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts

set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 7/26/18, 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018 188372 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OCEAN AIRE REALTY. 4337 Marina City Dr., #539 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: C1455881.

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This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 31, 2018.

NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18, 8/23/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018185851 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE EDGE OF VENICE; 171 Pier Ave., Apt. #309 Santa Monica, CA 90405. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Robert Wayne Seay Jr., 171 Pier Ave., Apt. #309 Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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Jr. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 27, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/2/18, 8/9/18, 8/16/18, 8/23/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018191957 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SPIKES PLANT LAB; 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., #110-91 Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Christine Allison Kelley, 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., #110-91 Los Angeles, CA 90045.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Christine Allison Kelley.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 3, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/9/18, 8/16/18, 8/23/18, 8/30/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018198555 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ORCHESTRATIONS; 7564 W. 81st. St. Playa Del Rey, CA 90293. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Andrea Comsky, 7564 W. 81st. St. Playa Del Rey, CA 90293. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Andrea Comsky. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 7, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business

and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/16/18, 8/23/18, 8/30/18, 9/6/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018198991 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CALIFORNIA SAILING MERCHANT MARINER ACADEMY; 12043 Havelock Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90230. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Wendy Dawn Sarnoff, 12043 Havelock Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90230. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Wendy Dawn Sarnoff TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 7, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/16/18, 8/23/18, 8/30/18, 9/6/18 FICTITIOUs BUsINEss NAME sTATEMENT FILE NO. 2018202170 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RELIABLE PLUMBING SERVICE; 1637 W. 71st. Street Los Angeles, CA 90047, PO Box 470381 Los Angeles, CA 90047. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Celestino T. Cruz, 7564 W. 81st. St. Playa Del Rey, CA 90293. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/2003. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Celestino T. Cruz. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 9, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 8/16/18, 8/23/18, 8/30/18, 9/6/18

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“Cheap Thrills” is an enduring testament to a music community and a cultural moment

By Bliss Bowen Everything old is new again, as the old saw goes. The artwork and lineup for Saturday’s Venice Beach Music Fest certainly reflects an appreciation for psychedelic sights and sounds, as well as vintage music and seasoned musicianship.

Along with headliners Big Brother and the Holding Company, veteran sidemen schooled in classic rock, country, funk and blues backbone the ranks of the Disreputable Few, Moonalice, Samba Soul, the jammy Venice Philharmonic Orchestra, and Maureen and the Mercury 5. Local rock trio Looner and BOA (aka multiinstrumentalist Chris Noonan) are also onboard for the festivities planned for Windward Plaza Park.

Big Brother and the Holding Company, of course, achieved their greatest, most lasting renown as Janis Joplin’s band — even though when they first met, amidst San Francisco’s fervid mid-’60s psychedelic scene, Big Brother was peer to the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane and Joplin was just a bell-bottomed, love bead-wearing Texan with granny glasses and a wail like Bessie Smith’s. How things change.

BBHC’s 1968 R. Crumb-illustrated album “Cheap Thrills” is an enduring testament to that community and era,

though barely four years later Joplin was gone, and guitarist Peter Albin and drummer David Getz were touring with Country Joe & the Fish; not until the late 1980s did Big Brother reunite in earnest.

But they’ve stayed faithful to the muscular, guitar-driven sound they developed back in the day. Albin will be plucking bass Saturday alongside Getz and guitarist Tom Finch, who shares front-of-stage duties with singer Darby Gould; she approximates Joplin with her raspy tone but leaves the flash to Finch’s note-bending runs up the fretboard.

The musical merrymakers are joined by participatory dance performances, visual art displays highlighting local artists, and some of those earnest civic groups so easily overlooked at festivals. The Westside Food Bank, for example, will be collecting canned food (as well as tax-deductible donations through a button on the festival homepage).

The L.A. County Registrar will be on hand too, registering voters for the Nov. 6 election because this year, more than ever, it matters.

Venice Beach Music Fest 13 happens from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 25) in Windward Plaza Park, 1 Windward Ave., Venice. Free, Visit venicefestivals.com.

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Free. venicepopuppark.com Marina del Rey WaterBus, 11 a.m. to midnight Thursday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Enjoy a water’s-eye view of Marina del Rey with eight boarding stops throughout the marina for opportunities to shop, dine and recreate. Bikes and strollers allowed. No pets. Service extends through Sept. 3. $1 each way. (424) 526-7900; visitmarinadelrey.com/ transportation Beach Eats: Cali Conscious, 4:30 p.m. Thursdays. The weekly festival of food trucks with a scenic harbor backdrop returns to Mother’s Beach with live music by laid-back surf rock band Cali Conscious from 6 to 8 p.m. Mother’s Beach, Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 526-7900; visitmarinadelrey. com/beacheats Wine & Paint in the Park, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Drink and paint in this beautiful outdoor setting. Wine and supplies provided. Ballona Discovery Park, 13110 Bluff Creek Dr., Playa Vista. $25; ages 21+. facebook.com/ BallonaDiscoveryPark Break the Spell Workshop, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Artist Darrell Fusaro teaches the five most valuable things not taught in art school. Create a self-portrait on a stick. All materials provided. ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. Free. (424) 277-1020; esmoa.org Summer Sunset Cocktail Cruise, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays through Oct. Cruise the harbor alongside summer sailing races and under the evening sky. Boarding begins at 5:30 p.m. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $37. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com

West Coast Swing, 6:15 p.m.

Move your body and free your mind with a swing class and open dance.

The beginner class is at 6:15 p.m., the intermediate at 7 p.m., and the intermediate/advanced at 7:45 p.m., followed by open dancing with deejays at 8:30 p.m. $10 per class; $15 for class and open dance.

Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; philandmindiadance.com

Beach Movie Nights: “Up,” 8 p.m.

Retired balloon salesman Carl Fredericksen fulfills his lifelong dream by tying thousands of balloons to his house to fly away to South America.

When he discovers stowaway Russell, the real adventure begins. Bring a blanket and watch this adventure right by the waves at Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. Free. (310) 726-4128; beaches. lacounty.gov Sofar Sounds: Playa Vista, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Playa Vista. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

Jimmy Brewster with Suzanne Taix, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Singing all the classics from Sinatra to rock-n-roll, Jimmy Brewster and Suzanne Taix perform each Thursday at Billingsley’s Prime Rib & Steak House, 11326 W. Pico Blvd., West L.A. (310) 477-1426; billingsleysrestaurant.com Summer Concerts in the Park: “South Pacific,” 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday. Enjoy a fully-staged production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” a musical that candidly explores race. Enjoy a free Tahitian dance lesson before the Saturday showing from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. beaches.lacounty.gov/ concerts Main Street Mixer, 7 to 10 p.m.

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RSVP to be a NOW Santa Monica guest to enjoy special cocktail pricing, access to the Tasting Booth and access to all three levels. The Victorian, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. Free. Main Street Mixer on eventbrite.com Surfside Summer Sounds, 9 to 11 p.m. Enjoy live music from Back of the Hand All-Stars. Surfside, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover.

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Fiesta La Ballona brings food, fun and carnival rides to Culver City. SEE FRIDAY, AUG. 24.

Friday, August 24 Beach=Culture: Under the Umbrella, 11 a.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Sunday.

Artist and environmental activist Therese Kelly leads a tour of the Annenberg Beach House grounds, discussing facts about water usage, treatment and ecology and showcasing a hybrid project beginning with a series of placards popping up in unexpected places. Guests can participate in a Shibori (Japanese tie-dye) workshop.

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Free. annenbergbeachhouse.com Intro to Social Media for Small Businesses & Freelancers, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lisa Paris presents how to leverage social media channels to promote your small business or work as a freelancer, discussing brand story development and how organic versus paid reach works on social media.

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Graves team up for a laid-back afternoon on the Rose Café patio, featuring good vibes, great food and a music playlist curated by Neroni. Rose Café, 220 Rose Ave., Venice. $125. lafw.com Fiesta La Ballona, 4:30 to 10 p.m.

Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. This annual Culver City summer festival features live entertainment, carnival rides, games, a food court, a beer & wine garden, booths, and an artisan marketplace. Veterans Park, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free admission. fiestalaballona.org Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge while having a brew and win prizes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover; after 9:15 p.m. $10. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Toasted Fridays Workshop Open House, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Improve your public speaking skills in a relaxed atmosphere with food and drinks at this weekly open house. Marina City Club Quasar Room, 4333 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Mark at (562) 5080260; facebook.com/toastedfridays Cathleen Pineda Quartet, 8 and 9:30 p.m. Cathleen Pineda (piano), Kris Tiner (trumpet), Dave Tranchina (bass) and Tina Raymond (drums) perform two sets of jazz at Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd., Ste 180, Westchester. $15. (424) 800-2006; samfirstbar.com Friday Dinner Cruise, 8 p.m. With breathtaking views, deejay entertainment, dancing under the stars and a four-course dinner, this two and a half-hour cruise makes for a quick romantic getaway. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $95; reservations required. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com

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Tyler Ramsey, 8 p.m. Band of Horses guitarist and co-writer Tyler Ramsey performs songs from his fourth solo album at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

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Saturday. One the most iconic gangster flicks, “White Heat” stars James Cagney as a ruthless criminal who breaks out of jail to pull off a heist. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $10; reservations recommended. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org DJ Jedi & Anthony Valadez Dance Party, 9 p.m. Deejays are on the decks spinning new and old soul, funk, blues, rock, hip-hop, beats, breaks and anything else that gets the dance floor going. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice.

No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Unkle Monkey, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Groove to live rock and reggae covers and Unkle Monkey originals at Prince O’Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826

Saturday, August 25 Bay Foundation’s Volunteer Event, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Malibu Creek Watershed is home to birds, fish and other important wildlife. Help remove invasive vegetation that crowd out and compete with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Malibu Lagoon. Gloves and tools provided. Wear closed-toed shoes. Malibu Lagoon State Beach, 3999 Cross Creek Rd., Malibu. (310) 400-4531; santamonicabay.org SMPL at the Beach, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Santa Monica Public Library pops up with Seaside Story Time, nautical crafts, music lessons, hula hooping and more at Dorothy Green Park, 1 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 434-2608; smpl.org/beach Music Day Hooray! Mini Concert, 10:30 a.m. Music Day Hooray! founder Teacher Davis plays songs in this interactive, education show. Children’s Book World, 10580 ½ Pico Blvd., West L.A. Free; Ages 3 to 7. (310) 5592665; childrensbookworld.com Artists & Fleas, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Men for Others Culver City’s The Blank Minds embrace the trans community and blaze a trail for LGBTQ+ allies

By Sarah Ahern The final years of high school are often filled with angst and heavy emotions as teens ready for college, careers and adulthood. For Culver City-based indie pop-rock band The Blank Minds, those years involved more than the usual transitions — namely reforming the band after the departure of their original bassist, and lead singer Flynn Namala coming out as a transgender man.

The Blank Minds play contemporary alt rock that sounds reminiscent of Twenty One Pilots, but with ska breakdowns comparable to Reel Big Fish. This summer they’ve been touring the state to promote their new EP titled “Becoming Him,” a project that reflects on both Namala’s experience coming out and the quartet’s other members’ personal journeys from boys to men.

The band is also organizing and headlining a concert for this weekend’s Becoming Us Fest in downtown Los Angeles, featuring 15 queer, femalefronted and/or LGBTQ-friendly indie music acts. The effort taps their ability to convey positive messages both on stage and in social media, which has been a sanctuary for Namala.

“When I was a closeted trans kid, I was on Instagram all the time because it was the only place where I saw people that looked like me and went through the same troubles as me,” says Namala, a UCLA junior. “When I was coming out, I looked at trans guys on Instagram for how to transition, and I looked up to them — they were some of my favorite people even though I’d never talked to them.”

Namala’s aspiration to use social media as a guiding light for others has also propelled the band to not only greater notoriety, but also a deeper connection with fans.

The Blank Minds are organizing and headlining this weekend’s Becoming Us Fest, which plants the seed for an LGBTQ-friendly music community “When they [direct message] us and say, ‘This is the first project I’ve heard that feels like it’s for me and about me,’ that’s super powerful,” he says.

Lopez, drummer Drew Castellanos and guitarist Ryan Silver hope to show the band’s straight following what being an ally to that community looks like.

“We find ourselves growing up and growing into a world that a lot of us might not agree with …”

— bassist Nathan Lopez The Blank Minds’ music is not intended solely for the LGBTQ+ community — in fact, Namala is the only member of the band who identifies queer. Bassist Nathan

“You don’t have to be trans or queer to understand their struggles or support people,” says Lopez. In an Instagram promo for “Becoming Him,” he adds:

“… we find ourselves growing up and growing into a world that a lot of us might not agree with, so in order to make our message heard and spread that positivity, we have to become the people that we want to become.”

Becoming Us Fest puts those words into action. Held in partnership with L.A. Counterculture (a monthly art show promoting local teen artists) and Point of Pride (a nonprofit resource group for trans individuals), the show’s ticket proceeds will help purchase safe chest binders for young trans men who can’t afford them — helping them flatten the appearance of their chest and cut a more masculine figure without endangering their physical health.

“The festival is really all about promoting the scene, and us helping bands take the steps they need to reach success and help push them,” Namala says.

In a media-saturated world, the band recognizes — and demonstrates — that messaging can be just as important as the music itself, which is unique enough to stand out from the crowd but still relatable for anyone who’s willing to give it a listen.

“Just because I write about an experience that isn’t the mainstream one doesn’t mean that experience can’t be [somehow] applicable to everyone,” Namala continues. “And just because I’m highlighting a community that you don’t personally connect with, that doesn’t mean you can’t create your own connection with it.”

Becoming Us Fest happens from 4 to 11:59 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 25) at The Vortex, 2341 E. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. The show is all ages and tickets are $10 at theblankminds.com and eventbrite.com.

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Kelsey Joyce, Paige Segal and Nina Brissey in “Paradise — A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy” Shared Histories:“The New Colossus” @ The Actors’ Gang This bold play based on the ensemble cast’s ancestral stories of immigrant struggle and survival returns for a single summer night encore.

One performance only: 8 p.m.

Saturday (Aug. 25) at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $50. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com New Moves:“New Shoes 19” @ Highways Performance Space This showcase of work by emerging dance artists returns with performances exploring womanhood, stillness, spirituality and coming out.

Limited engagement: 8:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday (Aug. 24 and 25) at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20.

(310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org *Editor’s Pick MTV Live: Dana Foglia Dance @ The Actors’ Gang When she’s not working with Beyoncé, VMA-award winning choreographer Dana Foglia (one of the masterminds behind the movement in Queen Bey’s “Formation”) is nurturing the future of dance through her eponymouslynamed dance company. Her troupe brings the sleek sophistication and raw street style for which Beyoncé’s moves have become known to the Actors’ Gang for an evening-length work, which promises to dazzle — just like Beyoncé’s music videos, but in IRL. Limited engagement: 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug. 27, 28 and 29) at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $34.99. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com.

Ingénue:“Baby Doll” @ Pacific Resident Theatre Based on Tennessee Williams’ controversial screenplay, this sexy dark comedy focuses on the love triangle between two rival cotton gin owners and the virgin bride teasing them both.

Run extended. Shows continue at 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 2 (plus a one-off Friday show at 8 p.m. Aug. 31) at Pacific Resident Theatre, 707 Venice Blvd., Venice. $20. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com

Literary Legacy:“Aleichem Sholom!” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Veteran actor Chris DeCarlo tackles the “father of modern Yiddish literature” in this musical based on the loves and losses, travel and travails, letters and stories of Sholom Aleichem.

Now playing at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays through Sept.

23 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $35. (310) 3949779; santamonicaplayhouse.com Superhero Shakespeare:“Much Ado About Avengers” @ Media Park The worlds of Marvel comics and the Bard meet for this free, outdoor take on Shakespeare’s wickedly funny and romantic “Much Ado About Nothing.” Caricatures of Thor, Black Panther, Captain America, Iron Man, Gamora, Spiderman and Black Widow are all involved.

Last show: 11 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 25) at Media Park (adjacent to the Ivy Substation), 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. Free, but RSVP at theactorsgang.com.

Beauty Queen:“Miss America’s Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me” @ The Edye In this autobiographical show, writer Barra Grant opens up about her complicated relationship with her mother, the first and only Jewish woman to wear the Miss America crown.

Last shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 24, 25 and 26) in The Edye at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $55. (800) 838-3006; missamericasuglydaughter.com Hillbilly Elegy:“Paradise – A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy” @ Ruskin Group Theatre When a southern coal-mining town goes from boom to bust, a charismatic preacher arrives to offer salvation along with his bombshell beauty sidekick “rescued” from a stripper pole. But a bigtime Hollywood reality TV show producer has different ideas about how to make this town great again.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 23 at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $35. (310) 397-3244; ruskingrouptheatre.com

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Free. artistsandfleas.com “What is Acupuncture?” 1 to 2 p.m.

Traditional Chinese Medicine master’s student Molly Rhoads discusses the ancient origins of acupuncture and the present-day use to relieve pain and treat illnesses. Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 821-3415; colapublib.org Swing Set Band, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Listen to live music, nibble on light refreshments and dance the afternoon away. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Culver City Senior Citizens Center, 4095 Overland Ave., Culver City. $5. (310) 253-6700 Open Mic for Musicians, 2 p.m.

Hang out with musicians, jam on stage and crack open a cold one. First come, first play. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Ride for Refugees, 2 to 5 p.m. Join Threads 4 Thought and GenR Leaders on a bike ride to benefit the International Rescue Committee. Begin at Ride! Venice heading towards Santa Monica, then turn around and end at James’ Beach (60 N. Venice Blvd.) for an after party. Ride! Venice, 1915 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. Donate and RSVP to join. facebook.com/IRCLA Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a pop rock concert by Thin Ice. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com 7th Annual Cardboard Yacht Regatta, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Watch two-person teams race their homemade yachts of corrugated cardboard and duct tape across the beach house pool.

Awards given to fanciest yacht, most likely to sink, most spirited crew and people’s choice. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica. (310) 458-4904; annenbergbeachhouse.com Don’t Tell Comedy, 7:30 p.m. Don’t Tell Comedy is a secret comedy show in living rooms, backyards and other intimate settings around Los Angeles.

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Pianist Otmaro Ruiz performs two sets of jazz with his trio at Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd., Ste 180, Westchester. $20. (424) 800-2006; samfirstbar.com Katalyst Jazz, 8 p.m. Inglewoodbased future funk, soul and jazz band Katalyst Collective brings their beats to the Del Monte Speakeasy, followed by a DOT DOT DOT dance party with DJ Canyon Cody spinning Latin, African, hip-hop, mashups and more.

DJ Shiva spins upstairs at 10 p.m.

Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover.

(310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Sofar Sounds: Mar Vista Outdoor Show, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Mar Vista. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

Sunday, August 26 Malibu Lagoon Field Trips, 8:30 a.m. Beginner and experienced birdwatchers join the Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society the fourth Sunday of each month for a two- to three-hour walk exploring the lagoon and coastal region in search of 40 to 75 bird species. A shorter walk for families follows at 10 a.m.

Park near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Cross Creek Road, and meet at the metal-shaded viewing area next to the lot. smbasblog.com Team TBG Champion Paddle, 9 a.m. to noon. Champion Paddle celebrates healthy bodies and the tremendous women who have battled breast cancer.

Sponsored by ProSUP Shop, participants who come out to support survivors and pre-vivors can enjoy discounted paddleboard rentals. Please bring a gift donation that could be helpful or uplifting to a newly diagnosed patient. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 989-9444

Bagels & Bestsellers: “The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time,” 10 a.m. to noon. Author Leslie Schwartz discusses her new memoir about her descent into addiction and her path to recovery. The Braid, 2912 Colorado Ave., #102, Santa Monica. $20 includes light brunch. (310) 315-1400; jewishwomenstheatre.org Yoga with Puppies, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bark and bend on Sunday in this invigorating dog yoga class with adoptable pups from Forte Animal Rescue. Brennan’s, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. $15. facebook. com/BeautifulStrongfit Killer Rides Car Show, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hotrods, classics, exotics and motorcycles gather alongside the harbor for a family-friendly car show with live music and hot dogs aplenty.

Prizes awarded to best of show, best hot rod, best classic car, best muscle car, best modern muscle car and best motorcycle. Killer Shrimp, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free to attend or to exhibit with RSVP. (310) 578-2293; killershrimp.com Dog Days of Summer Training Class, 11 a.m. to noon. This one-hour class helps your four-legged friend learn new tricks and behaviors, from how to sit and leave-it to walking politely on a leash. Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, 12005 Bluff Creek Dr., Playa Vista. Free; RSVP required. facebook.com/AnnenbergPetSpace Outdoor Yoga Class, 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. Maria Noe leads an outdoor yoga class to recharge your mind and body.

Bring a yoga mat. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Donations accepted. (424) 256-7910; facebook.com/gethealthyvibes Sunday Boat House, noon to 6 p.m.

Featuring deejays, weekly themed events and luxury cabana rentals, this Sunday pool party is back by popular demand to refresh you through the summer. Through Sept. 2. Marina del Rey Hotel, 13534 Bali Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-1000; marinadelreyhotel.com Liquid Kitty Punk Rock BBQ, 1 p.m. Mike Watt and the Secondmen, The Last, Lawndale, Pedal Strike and

Full Moon Dinner Cruise, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday. With breathtaking views, deejay entertainment, dancing and a four-course dinner, this two and a half-hour cruise makes for a quick romantic getaway under a full moon.

Boarding begins a half hour before launch. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $99; reservations required. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com The Suitcase Junket, 8 p.m. With a sound conjured from American juke joints, back porches, honkytonks and rock clubs, The Suitcase Junket plays

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Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Last Sundays, 1 to 7 p.m. Head down to Main Street the last Sunday of the month to enjoy merchant sidewalk sales, giveaways and extended happy hours from restaurants and bars. Main Street, Santa Monica. facebook.com/ mainstreetsm

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Two Enchanted Evenings Marina del Rey Symphony stages a free al fresco “South Pacific”

By Brian Marks There’s nothing more appropriate for the island love tale of “South Pacific” than to perform it on the shores of the actual Pacific, which is exactly what the Marina del Rey Symphony and a talented group of actors and singers will do this Thursday and Saturday during a free and fully-staged production of the musical in Burton Chace Park.

There’s a good chance you already know Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” whether through its stage version (one of the longest-running Broadway musicals of all time), the critically-maligned 1958 film, or through its enduring songs, which quickly joined the ranks of popular standards following the musical’s 1949 debut.

The story is simple enough: a tale of two couples clinging to the oasis of an unnamed island in the South Pacific away from the devastation of World War II. As American service members wait for their next conflict with Japanese forces, Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse from Arkansas, begins to fall for Emile de Becque, a French plantation owner living on the island. Unfortunately she bears the prejudices of her upbringing, and Emile’s children from a previous marriage to a now-deceased Polynesian woman arouse racist fears that threaten to scuttle their romance. Meanwhile, Marine Lt. Joseph Cable finds himself attracted to a young Polynesian woman named Liat, but their courtship is cut short when he’s given a new mission.

The show’s most popular song, “Some Enchanted Evening,” is being sung in the Marina del Rey production by Zeffin Quinn Hollis, who plays de Becque and also directs the production. Hollis is a multitalented performer, an opera singer who also regularly acts and directs.

Previously, the Marina del Rey Symphony exclusively performed operas as its season finale (all directed by Hollis),

Hollis can barely contain his excitement about this year’s show.

“It’s just the best and most incredible music ever,” he raves.

“I always joke that I’m dead inside, but I’ve been in these rehearsals and just giggled and cried and screamed because these actors are the most amazing singers and actors I’ve ever worked with. One of the highlights of my life.”

The show’s cast is rounded out by Madison Claire Parks (Nellie Forbush), Devin Archer (Cable), Miyuki Miyagi (Liat), and MaryAnn Hu as Bloody Mary, a Tonkinese trader and Liat’s mother.

Hu, a late Rogers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” one of addition to the Broadway’s longest-running musicals, gets a rare fullcast, is a native orchestra production at Burton Chace Park Angeleno who lives in Marina but “South Pacific” will be the organidel Rey. She has previously portrayed zation’s first musical. This year’s Bloody Mary in multiple productions, production required extensive negotiaand was featured in the critically actions with Actors’ Equity, the union claimed Broadway production of representing stage actors, but the new “Sunday in the Park with George” that conditions allowed for a second starred Jake Gyllenhaal. performance date — a first for the Part of the thrill of seeing a classic Marina del Rey Concert Series.

American musical like “South Pacific” with the Marina del Rey Symphony is hearing it performed with a full-size orchestra. It’s far more common for contemporary productions to use significantly diminished orchestrations to save money, sometimes under the guise of a new artistic direction. But anyone who has seen a George Gershwin musical performed with only a handful of musicians, or a Stephen Sondheim show with a single anemic piano, knows that bigger is often better.

“When these musicals were originally conceived in the ’40s and ’50s, they used large orchestras,” says Marina del Rey Symphony Music Director Frank Fetta. “Many people have told me how happy they are that we’re doing ‘South Pacific’ with a large orchestra. So often it’s done with a synthesizer and a cello here and a clarinet there, and you don’t get the grandeur of the score. This [production] harkens back to the way the composers originally intended these musicals to be done.”

Seeing a classic American musical is usually a treat, but the Marina del Rey Symphony’s free production makes it especially hard to pass up the opportunity.

“This is super high level and free, so take the plunge,” says Hollis. “You can’t normally experience high level entertainment like this while you’re having a lobster roll from a food truck and just enjoying yourself. If it’s not your cup of tea, just go. It’s not like the Ahmanson, where you’ve paid $165 for a ticket and you’d feel embarrassed to leave. It’s the perfect thing to take a risk on.”

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Ira Gershwin. The program includes home movies of vintage Disneyland and 1920s Los Angeles. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $10; reservations recommended. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Jazz on the Lawn, 4 to 7 p.m.

Ten-piece big band orchestra Orquesta Tabaco y Ron performs high-energy salsa music mixed with a tropical sound. Pre-concert games start at 4 p.m. and a free salsa dance lesson begins at 4:30 p.m. Bring a picnic or grab a bite from The Gastrobus (farmers market bistro with locallysourced dishes), Tacos Super Gallito (burritos, tortas, quesadillas and tacos) or King Kone (ice cream). Gandara Park, 1819 Stewart St., Santa Monica.

Free. smgov.net/jazz “Hot Chicks on Broken Scooters,” 4 to 7 p.m. Dance to classic rock and vintage surf songs from Skeeters Pool Party. All drummers are invited to show up and play “Wipeout” on a communal drum. Guitarists welcome to jam on “Rockin in the Free World.”

Bring your own sticks or guitar. Go-go dancers and guest musicians round out the festivities. Venice Beach Bar, 323 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. No cover when you mention the band. (310) 392-3997; thevenicebeachbar.com PlantLab x Outsite Cookery Demo, 6 to 8 p.m. Plant-based culinary school PlantLab gives a dinner demo. BYOB and chill out as you learn all about vegan cuisine. PlantLab, 1009 Abbot Kinney, Venice. Price provided upon RSVP. plantlabcookerydemo. splashthat.com 7 Dudley Cinema, 7 p.m. “Meaning of Louie” producer-director Eric Predoehl screens rare film clips and probes the history of one of the world’s coolest rock ‘n’ roll songs “Louie Louie.”

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versions of this Richard Berry party song. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org The Venice Electric Light Parade, 7:15 p.m. Mr. Sebastian “The Light Man” strings LED wheel lights on bikes until 7:45 p.m. and then this family-friendly bike ride travels from Venice to Santa Monica and back, covering about eight miles. Meet at Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. facebook.com/VeniceElectricLightParade

Monday, August 27 ProCon @ The Pier, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

This nonpartisan debate series is for those looking for vetted information and civil discourse. Experts debate “Immigration: Abolish ICE?” Enjoy music, interactive civic engagement activities, a pop-up library and more before the live debate, starting at 6:30 p.m. West end of the Pier, Santa Monica. Free. smartpeopleinchairs.com

Tuesday, August 28 “Icons & Influences,” 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Writ Large Press invites writer and podcaster Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, sound artist Alan Nakagawa and comedian Jenny Yang to read, show and perform work that profoundly influenced them and then present one of their own works. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica. Free. annenbergbeachhouse.com

Wednesday, August 29 Summer at the Point Music Series-Pink Roach, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Weekly summer music series features rock, soul and blues band Pink Roach for an end of summer party. The Point,

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Tuesday, Aug. 28. This art and music showcase features work by incredible young S.P.Y. artists. Enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres and live music. Proceeds go to the youth artists and the S.P.Y. Healing Arts program. Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station B3, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. RSVP to codym@safeplaceforyouth.org.

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All in all, the best lie detector you probably have is context — racking up a good bit of time and experiences with a man and seeing how well the walk matches the talk. You might even wait till the threemonth benchmark before concluding that the I-love-yous are likely to be for real … and aren’t, say, the best possible air bag forwhat might come shortly afterward: “I got you a little something on my work trip.

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