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VOL 46, NO 36

NEWS

Local News & Culture

FALL ARTS PREVIEW

Another Look at Venice Place City planners to consider a hotel on Abbot Kinney ..................................... 8

Theater

Michael Arden shakes up The Wallis .......... 10

Arts Education

The Ayes Have It Property owners vote to form a Venice BID ........................................... 8

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Running Meets Yoga on Santa Monica Pier .......................................... 33

ON THE WATER See Life at Full Sail Catch the Final

Cover Story Technology vs. physical intimacy in a digital world .................................... 16

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Kyla Hansen’s beautiful, meaningful messes ................................ 35

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Uncovering the secret life of Woody Woodpecker ............................ 36

How to paint a beating heart ................... 19

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L e tt e r s We Need Rent Control in the Marina Re: “Cash for Keys,” Cover Story, July 28 After reading your article about payouts to Santa Monica tenants when landlords want them to move out in order to renovate and raise rents, it struck me that Marina del Rey and other unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County have no such rent control protections for tenants. Since many buildings in Marina del Rey were built in the

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1960s, Los Angeles County is requiring landlords to renovate and raise rents accordingly. But when tenants are evicted for upgrades here, no real relocation assistance is due to the tenants. Longtime residents who have been loyal renters for decades are being pushed out of the marina, and the county gives them no consideration. I feel abandoned by our local government. There should have been provisions in place for this situation long before all

these eviction notices started showing up in Marina del Rey. Joanne Feldman Marina del Rey Not Meant to Be Re: “The Party’s Over at Neptune Marina,” Cover Story, Aug. 25 I was very sad to read of the demise of Neptune Marina. I had friends who lived there for many years, and I always had a thought in the back of my mind that someday I’d have an apartment and a boat there too.

It’s the way of the world, I guess. Rusty Austin, Los Angeles Parents Behaving Badly To the parents of Wright Middle School, Cowan Elementary, Kentwood Elementary, Westport Heights Elementary, and other schools in the area: A great way to set a positive example for your kids is to obey society’s rules. While dropping off or picking up your kids at school, don’t stop or park in the red zones, in front of private

driveways or on top of crosswalks. It’s a violation of the law. If there are no spaces, park on the next block. By having kids walk a bit, it would also be a positive step toward reducing childhood obesity Your kids will follow your example, but if that’s not enough incentive, the price of convenience is a $93 parking ticket. André Belotto, Westchester HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT: Send to letters@ argonautnews.com.

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Los Angeles - Are you an “Empty Nest-er” who needs a home for the future? Is it time to downsize or to move into another home more suitable for your glorious re-tirement years? Like thousands of residents in our area, you may be discovering that after years of non-stop child traffic in and out of your doors, toys on the floor, music floating throughout, suddenly you can hear a pin drop over the quiet hum of the refrigera-tor. Your rooms are filled with pictures and memories of this wonderful time of your life, but there are many empty rooms gathering dust now that your children have moved on. The freer years ahead are exciting ones to look forward to, and it’s time for you to move on as well. If you find yourself in this situation, you’re in vast and good company. And what that means is that there are many wonderful opportunities for you to create

this new chapter in your life... if you know what it takes to get the most out of the equity you’ve built up in your current home. To help you understand the issues in-volved in making such a move, and how to avoid the 9 most common and costly mistakes most Empty Nesters make, a new report called “Empty Nester: How to Sell the Place You Call Home” has been prepared which identifies these issues, and shows you how to steer clear of the mistakes that could cost you liter-ally thousands of dollars. To hear a brief recorded message about how to order your FREE copy of this report call toll-free 1- 800-368-1988 and enter 3013. You can call any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Get your free special report NOW to find out how you can fly your empty nest with the most cash in your pocket.

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An architectural rendering of the Venice Place Project, which would reconfigure a block of Abbot Kinney Boulevard to include 84 hotel rooms in a mix of retail, restaurant and creative office space A boutique hotel concept may be headed to Abbot Kinney Boulevard if city planning officials greenlight the plans next week. With a mix of existing structures and new construction, the Venice Place Project would reconfigure the block of Abbot Kinney between Broadway and Westminster Avenue to include 84 new hotel rooms in a mix of retail, restaurant and creative office space. The project’s conceptual centerpiece is a 4,000-square-

foot communal “outdoor living room” surrounded by a new restaurant/bar, an office suite and the new Hal’s Bar and Grill (formerly Primitivo). The hotel portion is three stories. Wending its way through the planning process for more than three years now, the Venice Place Project has gained support since a significant reboot of the design about 16 months ago. Owner Dan Abrams, a film producer and longtime Venice local, tapped Venice architect David Hertz to reconfigure the

former Abbot Kinney Hotel Project into a collection of detached buildings instead of a single structure, creating several pedestrian walkways through the project. The West Los Angeles Zoning Administrator will hear a presentation by Abrams and his team during a public hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, on the second floor of the West Los Angeles Municipal Building, 1645 Corinth Ave., West L.A. — Gary Walker

Venice Property Owners Vote to Approve BID Venice commercial property owners have voted to establish a Business Improvement District — a mechanism for funding neighborhood cleaning, maintenance, landscaping, infrastructure and public safety programs beyond what the city already provides. The BID launches Jan. 1 and includes non-residential properties on the boardwalk, Windward Circle and Main Street as well as Venice Boulevard from the beach to Abbot Kinney Boulevard. The vote tally came in as 85 in favor to 79 against (roughly 52% support). Those votes were weighted, however, according to total property area — owners of larger commercial parcels will pay more into the BID — producing a more decisive 77.2% in favor to 22.8% against. The numbers

suggest greater support for the BID among owners of large parcels and less among those with smaller pieces of land. BID opponents, some of them concerned about a possible private security presence on the boardwalk, quickly filed a complaint with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office that accuses city officials of violating due process. The complaint states that L.A. City Council members closed a pre-vote public hearing on Aug. 23 before at least 18 people who planned to speak against the BID could voice their concerns. Only property owners in the BID area could vote, but anyone could speak during the hearing. “Stakeholders who otherwise have no voice in the creation of the BID and the regulation of public space were present for hours, waiting to be heard,” wrote Shayla Myers, an

attorney with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. “The council’s failure to allow them the opportunity to exercise this right renders the balloting process invalid.” The next step for BID organizers is to select a board of directors. The Venice Chamber of Commerce supports its members in the BID zone and trusts the new board will be proactive to “address any misconceptions or protests as the situation progresses,” chamber President George Francisco said. “We believe [the BID] will be a positive endeavor to provide services that are very much needed locally and involve some of the unique and special aspects of Venice and the boardwalk,” he said. — Gary Walker

Whether tucked beneath a bodysuit, slipped between the frames of a film or coded in a hand gesture, art can thrive in unexpected places. This week’s Argonaut — a special issue dedicated to the arts — scours West L.A. from the lavish boulevards of Beverly Hills to the tranquil bluffs of Westchester for creative experiences that invite discovery this fall. Special event previews flow throughout the issue from page 10 to 37. September 1, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 9

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Los Angeles Theater Finds a Champion Michael Arden brings his knack for the miraculous to The Wallis Photo by Luke Fontana

By Maureen Lee Lenker Michael Arden and Deaf West Theatre rocked the theatrical world when they staged an American Sign Language version of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s coming-of-age musical “Spring Awakening.” In a small Downtown L.A. theater and later on the Beverly Hills stage of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Arden and his Deaf West team did the miraculous — they made the speaking sign and the deaf sing. Hearing actors performed alongside deaf ones, creating a magical mix of music, movement and sign that transcended language barriers and pulled at heartstrings. “If rippling goosebumps are any indication of emotional involvement, this show delivers,” the L.A. Times raved of the production’s 2014 run at Inner-City Arts. The 2015 Wallis production even got the attention of the naval-gazing world of New York theater and made a go on Broadway, garnering Arden a 2016 Tony nomination for his directing. Arden, 33, will bring his pioneering directorial imagination back to the Wallis this fall as its inaugural artist in residence. For his first act in the new role, he’ll helm a production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” that opens in November. “There’s a storm a-coming in Los Angeles theater,” Arden proclaims. “I believe that Los Angeles could be a really dynamic force in the American theater, and I wanted to devote myself to that as much as possible.” It is this belief — what Arden calls his “manifesto” — that led Wallis Artistic Director Paul Crewes to offer Arden the influential role of artist-in-residence. Crewes and Arden will be developing the responsibilities and reach of the position over the course of the 2016-17 season. “We’re sort of inventing a track that other artists can then make their own, add to and subtract from and change and shift,” says Arden. “We’re definitely going to be making it up as we go along.” So far Arden’s plans include leading master classes, helping develop new work for future seasons through readings and workshops, and directing two productions — including a June 2017 staging of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s “The Pride,” which he hopes to make a centerpiece for LGBT community outreach. But first comes “Merrily We Roll Along,” which Arden calls both “one of Sondheim’s greatest musicals” and “an American cautionary tale.” The story follows three friends — Frankie, a successful composer; Charley, his lyricist; and Mary, a writer — backwards in time, unpacking the tumultuous history

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BAM Fest Sept. 24, 1–5 p.m. At the 42-brewery Beer Art Music Fest, the art promises to be edgy — and so does the live music by first-wave feminist Alice Bag and riot grrl collaborator Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Partyline), who’s fronting new band the Sex Stains. 18th Street Arts Center, 1639 18th St., Santa Monica. $20-$50. (310) 453-3711; 18street.org/bam/

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of their friendships and careers in show business. Because of its insider look at the entertainment industry and scenes that play out in Beverly Hills, “I thought it would be a perfect musical for Los Angeles,” says Arden. Though he’s reluctant to give anything else away, Arden says the notion of “how time is both a character and a sort of fatalistic force in the play” is one of the themes driving his interpretation. Arden promises a beautifully-designed show that is “going to be different than any production you’ve ever seen,” even for those who are already fans of the musical. First penned in 1981, “Merrily We Roll Along” has been praised for its score, criticized for its book (the scripted material between songs), reinvented through six major re-stagings and undergone several rewrites over its 35 year history. But in Arden’s imaginative hands the troubled musical may finally find its way.

Arden said he wants to use his upcoming year at the Wallis to showcase both new work and innovative interpretations of previously produced plays. His greatest hope as artist-in-residence is to use the role as a platform for a national clarion call for Los Angeles theater and its potency. “I see no reason that Los Angeles should not be as important of a theater-making entity as New York. The artists working and residing in Los Angeles are truly worldclass and have so much to offer,” Arden says. “I’m hoping to be able to produce work that is seen by Los Angeles audiences — made for them by Los Angeles theater-makers — and can also be seen elsewhere afterwards to show the world we’re a force to be reckoned with.”

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FILM “Mr. Church” @ The Aero Theatre Sept. 9, 7 p.m. A discussion with director Bruce Beresford (“Driving Miss Daisy”) follows a sneak-peek screening of his new coming-of-age story that casts Eddie Murphy in a complex dramatic role.

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Artists in Residence Otis College students will now be able to live on campus Photo by Kristy Campbell

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Go Metro to LA Football The Bruins take over the Rose Bowl and the Rams and Trojans share the Coliseum this fall – Metro wants to get you there. Metro provides frequent bus and rail service to both stadiums, so you won’t get caught in tra;c or miss a minute of the action. To plan your trip and >nd the route that’s best for you, visit metro.net/gameday. By Christina Campodonico Otis College of Art and Design has been a Westside arts enclave since moving to Westchester in 1997, but this semester will be the first that its students can eat and sleep here, too. The private college celebrated completion of a new four-story academic wing and a new five-story residence hall last month, with students moving into the 230-bed dormitory just west of Lincoln Boulevard on Aug. 20. The LEED-certified buildings include a 300-seat auditorium, an expansion of the Millard Sheets Library, an updated dining hall, a student health and wellness center and classrooms to house Otis’ Fashion Design Department, relocated from Downtown Los Angeles. “It’s a game changer,” Otis College of Art and Design President Bruce Ferguson said. “There will be 24/7 activity on the campus, and that’s going to change the ethos and the culture of the campus to a large extent.” During an Aug. 18 ribbon-cutting ceremony, Ferguson said the structures mark the beginning of a new era for Otis. “We’re moving from being a commuter school to one that has residence life,” he said. As one would expect from a school of art and design, Otis tapped a pair of top local

architects for the project: Steven Ehrlich of Culver City-based Ehrlich Architects and Frederick Fisher of West L.A.’s Frederick Fisher and Partners. The architects spoke about their collaboration on the project over a multi-year design process.

home to a significant art community,” she said. For Board of Trustees Chair Emerita Elaine Goldsmith — a champion of Otis since the 1970s and, along with her late husband Bram, the namesake of Otis’ Goldsmith Campus —

“It’s a game changer. There will be 24/7 activity on the campus, and that’s going to change the ethos and the culture of the campus to a large extent.” — Otis College of Art and Design President Bruce Ferguson

“I think the success of a collaboration is when the work is not identified with one person or the other person, but a chemistry is created where there’s something unique that comes out of that collaboration. Personally, I feel like we achieved that,” Fisher said. “We have created a heart, a true center of this campus,” added Ehrlich, who contributed a scenic quad to the center of campus. Anna Kozma, a field deputy for L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, praised the college for establishing a residential program that will give Otis a larger presence in the neighborhood. “Otis has now officially made Westchester its home, and by doing so has made Westchester

the new facilities are an almost unbelievable realization of a long-held vision for the school. “It’s sort of difficult for me to realize I’m not dreaming. I can only tell them that they made it so much better than anything I ever dreamt,” she said. “It makes me cry,” Goldsmith later told The Argonaut. “I’m so overwhelmed with it and so thrilled with everything that’s happening. It’s wonderful to see so many people that not only got involved, but threw their whole mind and bodies into it with so much work.” “And we finished on time,” she added.

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Otis’ new residence hall (left) and academic wing will transform campus life

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Keeping Time for an L.A. Tradition Angel City Jazz Fest tests rhythmic and geographic boundaries (Continued from page 10)

“Labyrinth” 30th Anniversary Screening @ Cinemark Playa Vista Sept. 11, 2 and 7 p.m. A teenage Jennifer Connelly matches wits with Goblin King David Bowie in this cult classic. 12746 W. Jefferson Blvd., Playa Vista. $18.50. (310) 862-5668; cinemark.com

The Other Side: “A Queer History’s Last Call” @ Beyond Baroque Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. Jane Cantillon’s emotional documentary about the last gay piano bar in Silver Lake interweaves personal interviews with archival footage to the tell stories of police raids and entrapments.

Kendrick Lamar bassist Miles Mosley and drummer Tony Austin bring Extreme Bass Night to Santa Monica on Oct. 14 By Bliss Bowen Think of jazz and you might imagine a saxophonist sounding out a harmonic phrase; or a pianist laying down chords behind a torch singer’s melody; or a loose crew trading solos and trying out new ideas at an after-hours jam. Disciplined yet musically elastic, heatedly emotional or coolly cerebral, the form encompasses all those scenarios. In Los Angeles from the 1920s through the 1950s, jazz percolated out of miles of nightclubs along Central Avenue hosting jazz and R&B hotshots like Benny Carter, Buddy Collette, Eric Dolphy, Dexter Gordon, Big Jay McNeely, Charles Mingus and Big Joe Turner, and, later, West Coast cool. Culturally and musically, Central Avenue was unique in the country, and the music scene surrounding it was vital and varied. L.A.’s jazz community is no longer centralized, but its boundary-testing spirit remains. It informs the theme of this year’s Angel City Jazz Festival: “Inside Out,” referencing the constantly shifting relationship between formal structure and improvisation, or traditional and free jazz. Running Sept. 30 through Oct. 16, the fest is comprised of nine concerts at eight venues across Los Angeles — including The Edye performance space at The Broad Stage and the Moss Theater at New Roads School, both in Santa Monica. Angel City’s splashiest concert is dominated by veterans like NEA Jazz

Master Pharoah Sanders, who rose to fame in the mid-1960s blowing tenor sax behind John Coltrane. On Oct. 2 at Hollywood’s Ford Amphitheatre, the free jazz pioneer will be part of the Spirits trio (with oudist Brahim Fribgane and percussionist Adam Rudolph) performing the world premiere of “Our Lady of Los Angeles Suite” alongside drummer José Gurría’s 22-piece Gurrisonic Orchestra, featuring clarinetist Don Byron and Grammy-winning Quetzal frontwoman Martha Gonzalez. The Gurrisonic Orchestra will also salute Ornette Coleman by performing his “Skies of America” with saxophonist Justo Almario and onetime Coleman guitarist Tom McNalley. Also under the Angel City banner: Prodigious avant-garde woodwind player Vinny Golia shares a bill with Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey’s sax-anddrums duo at L.A. City College’s Clausen Hall on Oct. 1. On Oct. 15, alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, a frequent collaborator of pianist Vijay Iyer’s, will front a five-piece band at Clausen Hall and reprise pieces from his Charlie Parker-saluting album “Bird Calls.” Co-headlining that night will be classically trained, gospel-influenced pianist Joshua White, whose set will feature spoken word from Dwight Trible. There’s likely to be more experimentation on display at the Edye, which will host saxophonist Steve Lehman’s threepiece and David Binney’s sax-drums-andelectronics trio on Oct. 7, and Extreme

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Bass Night on Oct. 14. The latter features eclectic local jazz and rock bassist Steuart Liebig, playing solo electric bass and electronics; sometime Kamasi Washington and Kendrick Lamar bassist Miles Mosley; Tim Lefebvre, who usually steers the groove in the Tedeschi Trucks Band; and frequent session bassist and orchestra soloist Mike Valerio, playing contrabass and electric bass. Lefebvre will play in separate duos with beat maker Troy Ziegler and keyboardist Rachel Eckroch; Mosley will be fingering and bowing his bass while working his pedalboard alongside drummer Tony Austin. Democratic trio Thumbscrew — guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Tomas Fujiwara — will close out the festival at the Moss Theater on Oct. 16. They’ll split the bill with guitarist Joel Harrison, who’ll be performing music from his moody album “Spirit House” backed by trumpeter Cuong Vu, bassoonist Paul Hanson and drummer Brian Blade. That’s a lot of jazz for a two-week stretch, little of it geared toward tradition. For listeners who like their music without labels or their jazz flavored with other genres, it’s an opportunity to see some of L.A.’s most creatively curious players in action. The 9th annual Angel City Jazz Festival runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 16 at various venues. Visit angelcityjazz.com for tickets ($15 to $35 for the Santa Monica shows) and more information.

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Hollywood Home Movies @ Old Town Music Hall Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. Rare footage of celebrities at work and play, including Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich, Betty Grable, James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen. 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8-$10. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org

The Other Venice Film Festival @ Beyond Baroque Oct. 7 – 9 Screenings, premieres, panels and local art embodying the energy and diversity of Venice Beach. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $30-$110. othervenicefilmfestival.com

“Spirited Away” @ The Nuart Oct. 21, 11:59 p.m. Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning masterpiece follows a child’s journey through a dreamlike spirt world. 11272 Santa Monica Blvd., Sawtelle Japantown. $9-$11. (310) 4738530; landmarktheatres.com

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‘Is It Alive Now?’ LMU and Bill T. Jones continue the evolving legacy of a masterpiece Documentary Footage Courtesy of Rosalynde LeBlanc Loo

Ria Live Cinema: “Sex, Death & Technology” @ Beyond Baroque Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Gerry Fialka and Will Erokan curate an art happening with projection performance, live music, dancers, poets and experimental films. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 306-7330; laughtears.com

LITERATURE Viet Thanh Nguyen @ Otis College of Art and Design Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. This year’s Pulitzer winner for fiction sits for a Q+A about his novel “The Sympathizer,” about a Vietnamese communist double agent living in Los Angeles, as part of the college’s Visiting Writers Series.

Bill T. Jones guides student dancers Brandon Mathis and Nicole Closson during a rehearsal in March By Christina Campodonico Bill T. Jones’ “D-Man in the Waters” is not a dance for the faint of heart. Those brave enough to attempt it must be willing to launch themselves into the air, dive onto the floor and free-fall into each other’s arms. Trust is key, says Hailey Loeffler, a Loyola Marymount University dance major performing in the LMU Dance Department’s presentation of the work in November. “You have to learn to trust your partners. Whether you’re being tossed in the air, whether you’re jumping into someone’s arms or falling back in them, you have to trust them,” says Loeffler, 20. “One of the most challenging things about learning the piece is the amount of stamina,” adds student dancer Brandon Mathis, 21. “It’s continuous dancing; you don’t stop.” The dance has a heavy history, too. Premiering in 1989 at the height of the AIDS epidemic, “D-Man” was choreographed in the wake of the AIDS-related death of Jones’ partner Arnie Zane and while one of Jones’ own company members, Demian “D-Man” Acquavella, was battling the disease. Acquavella died a year later, but Jones never replaced him in the dance, creating noticeable absences and asymmetrical groupings in the piece that came to define the landmark work of American postmodern dance. Some of the work’s most recognizable movements are based on “actual gestures that have been taken from the daily struggle of living with this disease,” says LMU Assistant Professor of Dance

Rosalynde (Roz) LeBlanc Loo. She danced in the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1993 to 1999 and, as part of a new partnership between LMU and Jones’ company, is staging the first movement of “D-Man” with student performers. “Where the dancers lift up their arm and look beneath and put their fingers on the inside of their bicep, that was the place of the first lesion that Damien Acquavella got. … And then another is called ‘pinky to wrist.’ It was the location of the I.V., where they continually stuck Arnie Zane,” explains LeBlanc Loo. “Just the act of doing those gestures, you are really invoking this experience of these people living with AIDS, or dying of AIDS,” she continues. At the same time, LeBlanc Loo acknowledges that Jones, who is HIV-positive, has insisted that the dance is not about AIDS. “I’ve never made work specifically about AIDS. I’ve made work about loss, about sex, about death — but never specifically about AIDS,” Jones told writer David Gere. Because of this fraught legacy, a cohesive bond has to form between not only the performers but also the past and the present. As a regular repetiteur of “D-Man,” LeBlanc Loo has had to grapple with the dance’s choreographic complexity and history each time she teaches it to a new crop of dancers. “I continually ran up against the same challenge. … We were in this place where the piece would be ‘stage ready,’ and yet it did not feel like the ‘D-Man’ I

had watched, that I had been in,” says LeBlanc Loo. To educate young dancers about the work, she decided to create a documentary about “D-Man” and the process of staging it on LMU students. Cameras were rolling in March when Jones himself visited to sit in on rehearsal. He not only coached the dancers on the piece’s finer points — “Virtuosity is max speed with max relaxation,” the 64-yearold advised one student — but also turned the tables, asking students what “D-Man” means to them today. “What is ‘D-Man?’ Is it alive now? Is it cautionary? Is it inspirational?” he asked. “What do you share that is so big and tragic to give it body? Is it about ISIS? Race on campus? Income equality? Black Lives Matter? What is it about?” Similarly, LeBlanc Loo observes that even as she attempts to maintain the dance, it’s almost impossible to halt the shifting understandings of it. “Dance is a living, breathing thing and it’s ever-changing. The ‘D-Man in the Waters’ that people saw 10 years ago is not going to be the ‘D-Man in the Waters’ they see in 2016,” she says. For Jones, knowing that his dance is being passed on to a new generation is ultimately miraculous. “It means that one can have an idea that’s bigger than one’s self. One can overcome gravity, the gravity of social convention and even life,” he says. LMU presents “D-Man in the Waters” from Nov. 16 to 19 at the Strub Theater on campus. Ticket information will be posted at cfa.lmu.edu.

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Literary Death Match @ The Hammer Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. Writers Jon Klassen, Nadja Spiegelman, Antonio Scare and Ryka Aoki read their own work for seven minutes or less and are critiqued by celebrity judges. Two move on to a final showdown. 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Westwood. Free. (310) 443-7000; hammer. ucla.edu

Alan Cumming @ The Moss Theatre Sept. 19, 8 p.m. The actor and artist discusses and reads from his upcoming memoir “You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams” as part of the Live Talks L.A. series. 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $20-$95. livetalksla.org

Mehnaz Sahibzada, Armine Iknadossian @ Beyond Baroque Sept. 23, 8 p.m. The Pakistan-born PEN USA Emerging Voices fellow and emerging Armenian-American literary voice give a joint reading of poetry and short stories. 681 Venice Blvd, Venice. $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org (Continued on page 14)

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Women Outside the Frame Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival leaves gender expectations on the cutting room floor (Continued from page 13)

Lummox 5 @ Café 212 Pier Oct. 8, 8 p.m. Readings from a poetry compilation about “isms” — alcoholism, egoism, humanitarianism, etc. 212 Pier Ave, Santa Monica. Free. lummoxpress.com

Santa Monica Review Fall Reading @ The Edye Oct. 9, 5 p.m. Contributing authors read works from the fall issue of the Santa Monica College-sponsored literary journal. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $10. www2.smc.edu/sm_review/

Norman Ollestad @ Diesel Oct. 11, 6:30 p.m. The Venice-based author of “Crazy for the Storm” discusses his new novel “French Girl with Mother,” about an artist traveling in search of the emotional fire missing from his work. 225 26th St., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 576-9960; www.dieselbookstore.com

Jason Porath’s real-life “Rejected Princesses” are too awesome for kids’ movies By Eva Recinos As Hollywood continues to grapple with its gender wage gap and lack of diversity both on screen and off, the inaugural Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival is exploring innovative ways to redefine the representation of women in cinema. Happening Saturday at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, the festival presents an eclectic mix of the traditional and unconventional — narrative features, music videos, documentaries, animated films and experimental features and shorts. Festival organizers were thinking specifically about “the use of millennial technologies to be able to expand upon feminism,” says Festival Director Edda Manriquez. “Our desire was to be able to blend both traditional use of cinema, such as 16 [mm film] and Super 8, and then the newer forms that sometimes don’t have an opportunity in most film festivals because of their experimental nature,” she says. “We wanted to incorporate how these films use those millennial technologies to make their message come across.” The festival invited filmmakers from around the world to apply, but Manriquez

also tapped the contacts she made while earning an MFA in Film and Video from Cal Arts. One such filmmaker is Karissa Hahn, who is presenting the short film “Tension,” which riffs off the 1880 William Adolphe Bouguereau painting “A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros,” currently on view at the Getty Center. “Tension” considers themes such as the male gaze and cinematic suspense. “I feel like the title of being a filmmaker [in L.A.] suggests such glamour, when really there is an entirely different ‘underground’ scene revolving under, among and around it,” says Hahn. “I find humor in going to the film lab and dropping off a short 16-milimeter movie of something like a portrait of my left toenail as I watch huge reels of the next mega-blockbuster hit being wheeled in by film interns.” Also attending the festival is Jason Porath, creator of RejectedPrincesses. com — an interactive clearinghouse for his drawings of princesses “too awesome, awful or offbeat for kids’ movies.” Porath’s real-life historical subjects include Red Army snipers, scientists, and a sword-wielding pregnant Viking. A collection of his

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illustrated stories hits bookstores on Oct. 25. Porath is hosting a Rejected Princesses Panel to discuss his work and how to improve the diversity of female characters in media. “The big hurdle [to acceptance] is in giving these characters serious defects, beyond surface-level traits like clumsiness or awkwardness,” Porath said. “Making them unlikeable occasionally — we’ve almost never seen a princess lose her temper. We’ve almost never seen them work through deep personal flaws.” Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, on the other hand, is dedicated to stories — and storytellers — who break the mold. “There are a lot of great strong women who have so much talent, and sometimes they’re not given the opportunity,” Manriquez said. “Maybe with more exposure like this it can open up different kinds of career paths for people.”

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The festival happens from 3 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice. Tickets are $6. For more information, visit lesfemmesinternational.org.

Embodying their tagline “architecture in motion,” Diavolo premieres “Passengers,” a new dance work which navigates a labyrinth of passageways and shifting surfaces,

The man who made Walter White a legend discusses his memoir “A Life in Parts” as part of the Live Talks L.A. series. 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $45-$75. livetalksla.org

DANCE Dance Sundays @ The Wallis Sept. 11, noon Three-time Emmy -winner Debbie Allen and fusion master Lyrik Cruz teach a free outdoor salsa class. 9390 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. Free. (310) 746-4000; thewallis.org

Diavolo @ The Broad Stage Sept. 23-25

alongside their 1999 classic “Trajectoire,” set on a tilting half-circle seesaw. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $40-$80. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com

New Shoes 9 @ Highways Performance Space Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 Highways presents in-development dance and physical theater works by emerging and established artists, including L.A. choreographer Bernard Brown, WHAT Dance Theatre, Keith Johnson/ Dancers and choreographer Annaelee Traylor. 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15-$20. (310) 315-1459; highwaysperformance.org

Deborah Hay @ The Freud Playhouse Oct. 15-16, 4:30 p.m. Dancers perform adaptations of Hay’s experimental work that rocked the dance world of the 1960s. UCLA’s McGowan Hall, Westwood. $26-$44. (310) 825-2101; cap.ucla.edu

Bodytraffic @ The Broad Stage Oct. 27-29 One of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” L.A.’s Bodytraffic has a flair for contemporary, cutting-edge choreography. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $40-$80. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com

Lucinda Childs Dance @ Royce Hall Nov. 5, 8 p.m. A retrospective of the great American choreographer’s work, from her iconic solo “Pastime” to her early silent pieces and the world premiere of “The Sun Roars Into View.” 340 Royce Drive, Westwood. $25-$29. (310) 825-2101; cap.ucla.edu

“Letter to a Man” @ Royce Hall Nov. 18-19 Dance legend Mikhail Barishnikov stars in the West Coast premiere of this theatrical work based on the diaries of famous Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. 340 Royce Drive, Westwood. $25-$99. (310) 825-2101; cap.ucla.edu

THEATER “1984” @ The Actors’ Gang Sept. 8 - 17 Actor, director and screenwriter Tim Robbins steps in to direct an adaptation of Orwell’s masterpiece at the Ivy Substation. 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $30-$35. (310) 8384264; theactorsgang.com

“Wait Until Dark” @ Westchester Playhouse Sept. 9 - Oct. 15 The Kentwood Players present an adaption of Frederick Knott’s thriller about a blind woman’s imperiled escape from her own apartment.

about a Victorian doctor’s new invention for treating hysteria — a vibrator — and the unexpected ways it changes the lives of his patients, his wife and their marriage. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com

“A Taste of Honey” @ Odyssey Theatre Sept. 24 -– Nov. 27 Shelagh Delaney’s taboobreaking play of the 1950s depicts the harsh realities a working-class mother and daughter face as they

Sept. 10 - Dec. 18 When Margie’s parents introduce her to two congressmen from opposite sides of the aisle (who also happen to be running against each other), she has to choose where she’ll cast her vote inside and outside of the bedroom. 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $19.50-$29.50. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com

“Throw Me on the Burn Pile and Light Me Up” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre Sept. 10 – Oct. 2 “Beasts of the Southern Wild” screenwriter Lucy Alibar opens up about her Southern upbringing in a whimsical one-woman show involving a lecherous goat, a clutter of in-bred cats, phone calls from Death Row and her father’s burnpile. 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25-$70. (213) 972-7231; centretheatre-group.org

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The “Body Code” suit gives Tiffany Trenda a unique perspective on the consumption of art in the digital age

Technology as Performance Tiffany Trenda tests the boundaries of physical intimacy in a digital world Story Stephanie Case Photos by Maria Martin “Is she real?” When Tiffany Trenda performs, onlookers — heads cocked, mouths agape — often whisper the question. At first glance, the Marina del Rey artist appears to be more machine than woman. Her face is always concealed. Her body is cloaked head-to-toe in digital technology. She’s worn futuristic jumpsuits adorned with smartphones, strapped speakers across her mouth and cameras to her hands, and donned helmets with television screens. “I was interested in wearable technology before there was really that coined term: wearables,” Trenda explains. In the past few years, it’s gone from Silicon Valley buzzword to common

vernacular; Apple Watches, Fitbits and VR goggles have become everyday accessories, an extension of our bodies. “Technology is becoming part of our skin,” she says. As a performance artist, Trenda runs wild with this idea, taking the fusion of body and gadgetry to avant-garde heights. In one of her pieces, “Body Code,” she wears a sleek, latex catsuit and platform boots, giving her the look of a seductive android. The suit is decorated with dozens of QR codes, running down her legs, arms and torso. “When I first started doing it [in 2012], no one knew how to use a QR code scanner,” says Trenda, who earned a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from UCLA’s

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Design and Media Arts program. “Even when I did it at an engineering convention, engineers were like, ‘How do I do this?’” Four years later, it’s become second nature. When Trenda starts a performance, whether it’s at Italy’s Piazza San Marco or under the neon lights of Times Square, audiences quickly whip out their phones and start scanning. The code leads to Trenda’s website, BodyCodeArt.com, which lists Googled information on hot topics, like manmade chemicals or gun violence. A single performance can draw a hoard of curious passersby, snapping pictures by the second. From inside the suit, Trenda gets a rare vantage of how art is consumed in the digital age.

“People are actually experiencing [my performance] through their cell phone screen — not live, not through their own eyes,” she says. “And it’s interesting, because, do we even look at this footage later on? We rarely record things for meaning now. It’s all about quantifying moments and having as many pictures as possible to document our lives.” And even then, how well can our phones capture the ephemeral beauty of a moment in time? Trenda’s art deals directly with these 21st-century questions. Can technology capture reality? Do gadgets warp our personal interactions, or our bodies? Do they make us less human? In many ways, “Devices are like a veil,” Trenda says. “They’re a separation between two people. Now, you

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don’t meet somebody: you Skype somebody. You text somebody. There’s no longer these intimate spaces for communication. “I think some people are more fearful of touching a human body than they are interacting with technology,” she adds. “We’re okay touching a screen, but touching actual flesh is too intimate.” If anyone can foster intimacy through the veil of technology, it’s Trenda. In another piece, “Proximity Cinéma,” she uses gadgets to create genuine moments of human connection. Forty smartphone screens are attached to her red, synthetic suit. As each audience member steps towards her, warm words of encouragement pop onto the screens, beckoning them closer. “Go ahead.” “Don’t worry about it.” “It’s OK.”

Once they’ve crossed the final threshold and are face-to-face with Trenda, she embraces them like an old friend: cupping their cheeks, stroking their hair. Some are shy to return the affection, but many are sucked into the tender moment like a magnet. “For me, it’s really about the one-onone, getting the audience to be close to me, bringing them into my space,” Trenda says. The closest she brings them is in “Ubiquitous States,” her most recent — and most intimate —performance. In it, Trenda transforms into a vision of darkness. “I’m this intimidating creature,” she explains — “a walking sculpture that’s completely black.” A 3D-printed mask and dress cover

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The intricate wiring and circuits behind Trenda’s “Body Code” mask (Continued from page 17)

her body like armor, shrouding the soul inside. When an audience member grasps Trenda’s gloved hands, she senses their pulse. Suddenly, a television screen embedded in her dress turns on. Shards of color gently fall down the screen, in sync with both of their heartbeats. Through headphones, both can hear the

rhythmic thump of their pulses — humanity distilled to its very essence. For a moment, the digital veil has been lifted, and questions of “Is she real?” are put to rest. Underneath the layers of hi-tech gadgetry, two hearts beat together. Tiffany Trenda posts to Twitter and Instagram as @tiffanytrenda. Find performance updates at tiffanytrenda.com.

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Hands grasping in terror steady themselves to the rhythm of life in Pam Douglas’ “Letting Go”

The Body Electric ‘Rhythms’ traces human experience through the pulse of a beating heart By Kelby Vera What makes a heart clench? In her new Bergamot Station exhibit “Rhythms,” artist Pam Douglas — renowned for her ability to seamlessly intertwine drawing and assemblage with painting — uses heartbeats to explore the tensions and pleasures of the human experience. During a doctor’s office visit, Douglas became fixated on how an electrocardiogram (EKG) machine translated a heartbeat into the peaks and valleys of a graph. The lines “made me think of the stresses and strains and joys of life on our bodies, and how that looks as a rhythm. … We’re really all a heartbeat in time with each other,” Douglas said. Using these lines as a starting point, Douglas focused on how rhythm creates a universal link between ourselves and nature. Thick lines and patterns define the narrative of each piece. The artist’s palate is neutral but sings with a warm vitality. Douglas chose the materials for the nine-painting series carefully. “In these paintings, the raw energy of the patterns and their strength felt like they required something denser, more

three dimensional, something tougher,” she says. Rope, fabric, paint and pumice combine for this effect. The painting’s natural

ominous headlines. As the painting progresses from left to right, however, clenched fists become open palms filled denoting optimism instead of fear.

that you didn’t know were possible to happen right in front of you. I am thrilled when a painting is not what I told it to be and it decides on its own.” In a piece called “Mandala,” Douglas combines paint and pulverized pumice to “When you’re working, if you really just hang striking effect. Radiating from the center, lines forming heartbeats are carved deeply loose spiritually, mentally, psychologically and the sand. Quietly, primary colors glow artistically, you allow ideas that you didn’t know into beneath the thick layers of sediment. Both were possible to happen right in front of you.” the material and the title are a nod to Buddhist mandalas and the ephemeral art — Pam Douglas of Tibetan sand paintings. Douglas textures and large scale gives the work an There are pulses of life and death invokes the sands of time to underscore organic depth that seems removed from throughout Douglas’s imagination as well. the sameness of human experience. the gallery. In a piece called “The Final Cadence,” “Rhythms” ultimately speaks to the Not all of the pieces are EKG patterns. smoky strokes of mountainous charcoal unavoidable beats and rests of life, From heartbeats, rounded waves of sound fade into the background of light canvas drawing ideas from the spiritual, technical also emerge. In “Measures of Serenity” as an EKG pattern spikes dramatically for and physical to keep its visual energy in small lengths of cream-colored string its final heartbeat before the stark white step with time. Each piece moves with a form the curves of a sound wave. The line falls flat. The painting provokes a different emotional cadence, but the result pattern marks the consistent thump of a sense of acceptance and calm in its is as steady as a beating heart. heartbeat and its ever-present push. Here, simplicity. Douglas engages a variety of sensations While creating the series, Douglas found Pam Douglas’ “Rhythms” is on view with her imagery. great joy in experimenting with new mate- through Sept. 24 at TAG Gallery in BergaThe painting “Letting Go” shows hands rials. The process allowed her take mot Station Art Center, 2525 Michigan made of newspaper that twist and grasp chances and work instinctually. Ave. #D3, Santa Monica. A reception for atop a subtle blackness. The spikes of a “When you’re working, if you really just the artist happens Sept. 10. Call (310) red heartbeat cross the canvas, at times hang loose spiritually, mentally, psycho829-9556 or visit taggallery.net and Pamstabbing through hands covered in logically and artistically, you allow ideas DouglasArt.com for more information. September 1, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 19

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“I grew up in a family always looking at things from a different perspective — not seeing a building as a building, or a yacht as a yacht, or a lawn as a lawn,” he says. “Whatever you do — the way you dress, the way you put pots and pans together in your home, how you arrange your office — affects the way you look at things. Kaygusuz draws from international influences in equal measure. His father is Turkish, his mother is Dutch South African, and he’s worked in kitchens around the world: Dubai, Singapore, London, New York City and Cape Town, to name a few. From street food in Asia to spices from Africa to whatever’s fresh at Santa Monica’s Wednesday farmers market, Kaygusuz mixes it all up to create dishes that make jaws drop and mouths drool. What inspires you? I am inspired by the colors of the different seasons. I focus on the fresh and what is around us: water, the beautiful colors when the sun sets here on our patio. … You get nice tones of cantaloupe, with red, blue and tones of yellow. It affects the way you look at the food. We’re

always surrounded by this beauty. Wherever I go, I’m influenced by my surroundings, the local culture, their habits. I was in New York, and it’s fast-moving, hip, the eclectic cuisine from Brooklyn. When I was in Singapore, there was a different look of the city. Here we are very lucky to have beautiful weather. There are not many seasons, so we get beautiful tomatoes all year. It’s a gift. You can’t get that anywhere else. With cooking, is it possible to run out of ideas? How many different ethnic groups, cultures are there? Pick a tiny little influence from any culture and you get into learning that thing, and that adds flavors and cooking methods into your dishes. The possibilities are endless. It’s more about catching up — constantly updating yourself and getting new ideas, and traveling and seeing the world and what is happening out there. What dishes are so popular that you keep bringing them back? We put a different version of the avocado toast on the menu every summer. This season we (Continued on page 22)

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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

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Give buyers space. There’s a term for parents who tend to over-parent. It’s called helicopter parenting–appropriately named because these parents hover over their children and essentially smother them. This could apply to sellers who tend to linger while buyers are viewing their home. This makes buyers uneasy. Often they feel like they have to cut short their visit to the home. They don’t feel comfortable to talk openly about the things they like or don’t like about the home in the presence of the owners. The lesson here is don’t hover.

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Emotionally detach. Remember, when you’re selling your home it’s just a product to a potential buyer. They will see the things you loved about your home but they also will see the things they don’t love about it and they’ll share those things with their agent. So, it’s likely you’ll hear criticism about your home. They may criticize the very things you love. Here’s where you detach and let the criticism wash over you. If you need to take action, such as repairing something, do it. If it’s just a matter of opinion, don’t become emotionally caught up in it. This isn’t personal...it’s business. Sometimes that’s hard to remember because with real estate, the home we buy is, in the end, our personal sanctuary but at the time of the sale – it’s business. Keep the emotions out of it and detach to sell your home. This week’s quesTion is answered by bob & Cherly herrara, Professional Real Estate Services 310.985.5477

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WAKE UP TO THE OCEAN! 7203 Rindge Ave, Playa del Rey 90293 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3,153 sq ft, Listed at $1,549,000

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“This spacious penthouse offers ocean views, a rooftop deck, and private two-car garage,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The penthouse includes two large bedrooms, and a loft that is being used as a third bedroom. Other amenities include Viking appliances in the all-new kitchen, updated bathrooms, white oak hardwood ﬂoors, LED lighting and distributed audio throughout. Enjoy the ﬁreplace, formal dining room, and convenience of the side by side laundry. Just minutes to the beach!”

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“Welcome home to this stunningly re-built home, completed in 2015 by the current owner-occupants,” says agent Janet Jung. “This home offers many new modern features, including an entryway with vaulted ceilings, a picture window sitting area, and a beautifully landscaped yard. Both the kitchen and bathrooms feature custom-built soft-close cabinetry and chrome Grohe ﬁxtures. Other features include new maple hardwood ﬂoors, LED lighting, and new roof, plumbing, and electrical systems.”

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“Experience this remarkable Cape-Cod-meets-California residence with sweeping Paciﬁc views and serene mountain vistas,” says agent Juliet Oman. “The open-concept chef’s kitchen boasts stainless appliance and a built-in breakfast nook. Entertain in the adjacent dining room or dine al fresco on the backyard deck with built-in spa. Savor sunsets from the second ﬂoor terrace or retire inside to the fully customized entertainment room. Three additional bedrooms complete this view home.”

“This one-bedroom, one-bathroom home offers fantastic panoramic views of the city and the surrounding mountains,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Amenities include an upgraded kitchen with granite counter tops, recessed lighting and new appliances.”

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ELIZABETH SAUL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on July 13, 2016 Argonaut published: August 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code FICtItIOUS bUSINeSS NAme StAtemeNt File No. 2016 193277 The following person is doing business as: Lana Lena 10274 Corte Fina Lane Bellflower, CA. 90706 Registered owners: Manichaya Mangsuwan 10274 Corte Fina Lane Bellflower, CA. 90706 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. (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: Manichaya Mangsuwan Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 2016 Argonaut published: Sept 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICtItIOUS bUSINeSS NAme StAtemeNt File No. 2016 196812 The following on is doing business as: Cuddly for you 5100 Via Dolce #211 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 Registered owners: Diane Merendino 5100 Via Dolce #211 Marina del Rey, CA. 92092 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

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by a limited liability partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 6-14 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: David Zlotolow Manager. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on August 12, 2016 Argonaut published: Aug 18, 25, Sept 1, 8, 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code FICtItIOUS bUSINeSS NAme StAtemeNt File No. 2016 204406 The following person is doing business as: LG Studio 4342

Alla Road Los Angeles, CA. 90066 Registered owners: G2 Studioworks 4342 Alla Rd. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (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:G2 StudioWorks This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on Aug 16, 2016 Argonaut published: August 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8, 2016 NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code

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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Ballona Iceplant Removal, 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 1, 6 and 8. The Bay Foundation is seeking volunteers to hand-pull invasive plants from the Ballona Wetlands, giving native species a chance to grow back. Closed-toe shoes required; sunscreen and hat recommended. Also happening on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and again on Thursday, Sept. 8. santamonicabay.org Beach Eats, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. The weekly festival of food trucks with a scenic harbor backdrop returns to Mother’s Beach, Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; lotmom.com/beacheats Line Dancing Workshops, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 726-4128; beaches.lacounty.gov Wine Tasting Fundraiser, 4 to 8:30 p.m. Free wine tasting, with bottles and food available for purchase, with a percentage going to support the Westside Family

Thursday of each month at Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Salsa Night at Wokcano, 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Dance teachers Nicole Gil and Charlie Antillon lead a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., an intermediate class at 9 and social dancing from 10 until close every Thursday at Wokcano, 1413 5th St., Santa Monica. $8. facebook.com/DanceSalsaLA

Friday, Sept. 2 Gateway Convention, noon Friday to 6 p.m. Monday. More than 2,000 tabletop game lovers gather to learn, watch, play and buy board, card, miniature, collectible and role-playing games from a library of more than 700. There are sessions for beginners, special activities for families and tournaments with prizes. $15-$60. Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. strategicon.net Jimmy Brewster, 6:30 p.m. to close. Get the full American steakhouse and

Saturday morning through Oct. 1. This week’s instructor is Elise Joan of elisejoanfitness.com. Meet under the Santa Monica Pier sign at the top of the ramp for a warm-up with a brisk run on a two- or five-mile course. Walkers welcome. Bring your own mat. santamonicapier.org Open Wetlands Tour, 9 a.m. to noon. The Los Angeles Audubon Society hosts its monthly tour of the Ballona Salt Marsh, with binoculars available for borrowing. Enter through the gate at the northeast corner of the parking lot behind Alkawater/Gordon’s Market in the 300 block of Culver Boulevard in Playa del Rey. No baby strollers. cindyhardin@laaudoubon.org Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free rhythm & blues concert by the band Friends. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Unurban Open Mic Showcase, 7 to 11 p.m. The best performers from Thursday’s open mic night return for a special show the first Saturday of each month. Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com “I’m Still Here” Tasty Words Anniversary Show, 7:30 p.m. Stories from the road to Hell and back from people who lived to tell the tale. Moss Theater, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $25. tastywords.com Harbor Tours & Sea Lion Adventures, noon to 12:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This narrated tour of Marina del Rey harbor offers historical insights and a special focus on sea lions and other creatures that live in the harbor. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $6 to $12; kids 3 and under free. hornblower.com

The Bay Foundation needs volunteers to hand-pull invasive iceplant from the Ballona Wetlands on Sept. 1, 6 and 8. SEE THURSDAY, SEPT. 1. Health Center. Thyme Café and Market, 1630 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 399-8800; thymecafeandmarket.com Mar Vista Artwalk, 6 to 10 p.m. The one-mile stretch of Venice Boulevard between Inglewood Boulevard and Beethoven Street hosts an arts celebration with live painting, spoken word, indie bands, demonstrations, handmade arts and crafts, mural creation and more. facebook.com/ marvistaartwalk Unknown Mortal Orchestra + Steady Holiday, 7 p.m. Live indie, garage and psychedelic rock on the Santa Monica Pier. Free. tcs. santamonicapier.com Unurban Live Music Showcase, 7 p.m. A showcase for local live music and an open mic happen the first

classic cocktail bar experience featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tom Jones and The Beatles each Friday night at Dear John’s, 11208 Culver Blvd., Culver City. (310) 397-0276; dearjohns.net SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m. Prove your talent at an open mic night and stay to support fellow musicians each Friday at Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Sign up in person at 6:30 p.m. unurban.com Sofar Sounds: Venice, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Venice. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com

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Nudists, cowboys and natural wonders color a photo exhibit at Bergamot Station. SEE GALLERIES & MUSEUMS. to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

Monday, Sept. 5 Mahalo Mondays, 8 p.m. Alton Clemente, Dorian Bey, DJ Vinyl Don and Record Surplus take over the Townhouse with live entertainment, tiki cocktails, Hawaiian and Polynesian vinyl, plus special guests. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice.

Karaoke at Melody Bar & Grill, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Six-dollar mai tai cocktails loosen up vocal chords and inhibitions on Monday nights at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com

Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of some of the city’s best food trucks gathers each Tuesday at the Sky View Parking Lot, 6101 W. 98th St., Westchester. gatewaytola.org

Aqua Aerobics, 8:15 and 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Build strength and endurance during the early shallowwater workout or the later deep-water workout at the Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $2.75 to $11. (310) 458-8700; santamonicaswimcenter.org/ adult-fitness

Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, a diverse array of tent vendors and gourmet food trucks takes over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org

Music and Comedy at Unurban, 2 to 8 p.m. performances by Almost Vaudeville (2 to 5 p.m.) and Mews Small and Company (5 to 6 p.m.) precede the “Funny Feminist” Comedy Show from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com

The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues

Paul McDonald Big Band, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Piano, bass, drums and sax make for a uniquely old-school evening. Typhoon, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop S, Santa Monica. $10 cover. (310) 390-6565; typhoon.biz

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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

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Bachata Night at Wokcano, 8 p.m.to 1:30 a.m. Dance teachers Nicole Gil and Charlie Antillon lead a beginner lesson at 8 p.m., an intermediate class at 9 and social dancing from 10 until close every Tuesday at Wokcano, 1413 5th St., Santa Monica. $8. facebook.com/DanceSalsaLA

One of several of artists participating in the Mar Vista Artwalk, Outi Harma will be live painting her colorful works on Venice Boulevard. SEE THURSDAY, SEPT. 1.

Sofar Sounds: Santa Monica, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Santa Monica. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com (Continued on page 34)

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Wednesday, Sept. 7 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

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Community Meeting on Homelessness, 7 to 9 p.m. L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin discusses his 18-point plan to end homelessness in Venice. Westminster Avenue Elementary School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. RSVP requested. (310) 575-8461; taylor. bazley@ lacity.org

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Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Acoustic soft rock each Wednesday at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com NAMI Family-to-Family, 6:30 to 9 p.m. A free 12-week course for adult family members or caregivers of a people with mental health conditions. The course provides information on how to manage a crisis situation, current research related to the biology of brain disorders, treatment options, medications and side effects. Course runs through Nov. 16. Visitation Church Parish Center, 6561 W. 88th St., Westchester. RSVP to Paul Stansbury at (310) 892-8046 or pstans5@aol.com. Splitopia Improv, 8 p.m. Author Wendy Paris reads short selections from her new book “Splitopia: Dispatches from Today’s Good Divorce and How to Part Well” before an improve troop acts them out. M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica. $10. westsidecomedy.com

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Serving Up Comedy, 7 p.m. A fresh lineup of standup comics performs at 7, followed by an open mic at 8:30 p.m. The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; servingupcomedy.com

Ballet dancer turned mindbody fitness expert Elise Joan leads a free morning Roga (run and yoga) session at Santa Monica Pier. SEE SATURDAY, SEPT. 3. day a swing band leads a dance party hosted by noted swing dancer Rusty Frank at the Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. $15. $10 after 10 p.m. (310) 606-5606; rustyfrank.com Velvet Guerilla Cabaret, 9 p.m. Open mic poetry each Wednesday at Unurban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com

Ohio Players + Holy Ghost, 7 p.m. The 1970s funk, soul and R&B legends give a free outdoor concert (following openers Holy Ghost) to close out the Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier. (310) 458-9801; tcs.santamonicapier.org

Galleries & Museums “Questionable History,” ongoing. Objects from the museum’s collection of Cold War artifacts are presented in way that highlights what we don’t know, either due to lack of information or contradicting sources. The exhibit raises questions about history and how museums present it. The Wende Museum, 5741 Buckingham (Continued on page 39)

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The Marina del Rey Historical Society presents TRIBUTE! A fundraising gala evening celebrating the career and achievements of Supervisor Don Knabe. This is the ofﬁcial Marina del Rey celebration for retiring Supervisor Knabe, honoring his 20-years of service, especially his dedicated concern and oversight to Los Angeles County’s unique property of Marina del Rey

Friday, September 23, 2016 5:30 p.m. VIP Reception; 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception; 7:00 p.m. Dinner Individual Tickets: $250.00 includes VIP Reception. Pre-dinner Reception and Dinner: $150.00 per person . Table Sponsorship Packages Available WHERE: Marina del Rey Marriott (Bayview Room); 4100 Admiralty Way Business or formal attire requested; Valet parking available ($12) CONTACT: For tickets, sponsorships, program advertising, please contact Willie Hjorth, president of the Marina del Rey Historical Society, at 310-822-9344 or visit www.marinadelreyhistoricalsociety.org/ Proceeds beneﬁt Marina del Rey Historical Society (MdRHS), a 501(c)3 non-proﬁt organization, dedicated to sharing the history of our cherished Marina with visitors, and future generations, through digital archives and Fisherman’s Village Gallery exhibits.

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By Matt Stromberg Rib Mountain formed more than a billion years ago, when glaciers eroding the landscape of what’s now central Wisconsin left behind a tall formation of an extremely hard, granular rock called quartzite. Its peak stretches 1,924 feet above sea level — about as tall as mountains get in Wisconsin — and scaling it became a popular feat of masculine prowess a century ago. Rib Mountain is also the mythological burying place of Paul Bunyan, an American folktale twist on the biblical story of Eve springing from Adam’s rib. Rib Mountain is also the title of Los Angeles sculptor Kyla Hansen’s first solo exhibition, which opens this fall at the Santa Monica underground contemporary art space Five Car Garage. The name fits, given that Hansen’s work investigates natural wonders, American history, personal narrative and gender. Science and myth each find expression in Hansen’s works, which combine found objects with papier-mâché fabric and industrial materials. Her messy, DIY constructions reflect a folksy domesticity, as if assembled by a renegade summer camp art instructor. Hansen, 33, grew up in small-town Nevada, and much of her work channels a kind of nostalgia for the rural desert of the American West. “I still love looking at the way certain things are put together in small rural towns — the aesthetics of some backwards, makeshift way of getting something done,” she told Blouin Modern Painters for a recent profile of up-andcoming artists. She scours thrift stores for discarded items — textiles, clothing, ceramics, furniture — that embody stories of their previous lives when they were loved and used. Incorporated into her assemblages, these objects get a new life as formal elements, while also hinting at unknown personal narratives. Although inanimate, these objects have tales to tell — many that the viewer can only guess at, adding another layer of storytelling to her works. Hansen does not simply throw these found objects together; she transforms them with paint, silicone, foam and other industrial materials. For her work “On the Beach,” Hansen has combined a crocheted afghan, stool and cowboy boots with carpet padding, wallpaper and a painted tree branch. Atop the stool sits a faux tree stump made from polyurethane foam, at the center of which lies what appears to be a crystalline geode. Upon closer inspection, this geode reveals itself to be completely manufactured out of resin, pigment and lace — a backyard scientist’s attempt to fast track

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“The Trump Card” @ The Broad Stage Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Storyteller Mike Daisey takes on Donald Trump in this one-man show about the charm, bullying and one-line explosions that make him tick. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $32+. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com

“The American Revolution” @ The Wallis Sept. 30 - Oct.9 Two feet above ground and on 21 square feet of space, seven actors recreate the American fight for independence in 50 minutes flat with rowdy physical theater. 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. $20. (310)746.4000; thewallis.org

“Phoebe Zeitgeist Returns to Earth” @ City Garage Sept. 30 – Nov.13 An artificial intelligence robot in the form of a shapely young woman is sent to Earth to create a first-hand report on mankind. Unfortunately, she lands in the U.S. during an election year. Bergamot Station T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. $20-$25. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org

Fabric piece “Cave Bacon” (upper left), found-object construction “Jewel” (upper right) and a glimpse of Hansen’s studio the process that takes nature millions of years. (Hansen actually discovered this “fake geode” technique when mixing resin with a pigment that was too heavy, resulting in this successful failure.) Crudely constructed, flirting with bad taste and brimming with vitality, the sculpture is more than the sum of its parts. In addition to found objects and industrial materials, text plays a large role in Hansen’s practice. Her interest in text stems from its slippage between object and narrative, formalism and content. For Rib Mountain, she’ll be exhibiting text quilts made from uneven scraps of fabric that spell out various phrases. “Cave Bacon” does just that, depicting the evocative phrase in a clunky style that recalls both geometric modernism as well as the homespun American craft tradition. And then there are those words — Cave Bacon — that reference geology at the same time as it suggests a kind of visceral, interior landscape. This textual reference

echoes the very physical voids at the center of her shiny geodes. This brings up the way Hansen confronts gender, especially at it deals with the American landscape. Historically, the vast plains, rivers and Western desert have been seen as feminized frontiers meant to be subdued or colonized by men. They are referred to as either barren or fertile. Hansen engages with this problematic characterization, recasting the void and emptiness of the desert not as something to be overcome, but as a site for generative creation on its own terms — with all the messiness, wonder and weirdness that goes along with it. Kyla Hansen’s “Rib Mountain” is on view from Sept. 10 to Nov. 2 at Five Car Garage in Santa Monica. Call (310) 497 6895 or email info@emmagrayhq.com for location information and to schedule a visit.

“The Model Apartment” @ The Geffen Oct. 11 – Nov.20 In this play by Pulitzer-winner Donald Marguiles, a retiring couple attempts to live out their golden years in Florida unitl their old life catches up with them. 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. $60-$82. (310) 208-5454; geffenplayhouse.org

“Underneath” @ Odyssey Theatre Oct. 13-30 Irish monologist Pat Kinevane ponders questions of beauty as a disfigured woman from beyond the grave in this L.A. premiere. 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $15-$34. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com (Continued on page 36)

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The Secret Life of Woody Woodpecker LMU exhibit uncovers subliminal abstract art slipped between the frames of a 1940s cartoon Image courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC

By Brian Welk Woody Woodpecker was one of the wackier and more mischievous cartoon characters of the mid-20th century, so it’s only fitting that one of his cartoons would contain the ultimate animation prank. While watching “The Loose Nut,” a Woody Woodpecker cartoon from 1945, Loyola Marymount University Animation Professor Tom Klein noticed something unusual. When Woody barrels through a door on a steamroller, the ensuing chaos is not random colors and lights but something more abstract. Director Shamus Culhane (billed as James Culhane) had inserted his own avant-garde fine art into individual frames of the cartoon — and never told a soul about his experiment. You can practically hear Woody laughing now. “This was kind of amazing. It’s unquestionable when you slow it down, he really made an effort to stack all of these modern art images,” Klein said. “Something this close to his heart and his artistic sensibility, I found it interesting that he hadn’t told that story. And I don’t know why!” A new series curated by Klein and hosted by LMU’s Laband Art Gallery seeks to unveil the secrets of these cartoons in September. “Woody Woodpecker & the Avant-Garde” will offer the rare chance to see original storyboards and animation cels as well as view newly restored HD versions of the cartoons, screened in full at ¼ and 1 /16 speeds to more fully illuminate Culhane’s painstaking efforts. “Before the digital age, think about the work and time that was involved in sketching these storyboards,” muses Carolyn Peter, the Laband’s director and curator. “You see how radical Culhane was because there was a stringent process they were working within.” During World War II, Walter Lantz Productions, the studio that created Woody Woodpecker, was also responsible for making military training films in addition to cartoons, and that led to everyone experimenting. “The left hand didn’t always know what the right hand was doing,” Peter said. Even though Culhane had secretly placed subliminal abstract images in his films, Klein said Culhane’s work started to change how artists drew cartoons and audiences viewed them. Cartoons became more musical, more violent and edited for a more rapid pace. Culhane’s influence can be felt in the more Modernist shorts of the 1950s, as well as in the similarly manic cartoons of Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry.

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“The Colonel and the Birds” @ Highways Performance Space Oct. 7-29 Six patients and a young doctor face their own battles in a Balkins psychiatric ward as war rages on outside. 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $20-$25. (310) 315-145; highwaysperformancespace.org

“Vicuña” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre Oct. 23 - Nov. 20 In this hot-off-the-presses satire, a tailor to A-list clientele reexamines his role in remaking the image of a blustering real estate tycoon and reality TV star turned presidential nominee. 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25-$70. (213) 972-7231; centretheatregroup.org

VISUAL ART “enTANGLEment” @ Trunk Gallery Through Sept. 25

A still from the hidden-art crash scene in “The Loose Nut” (1945) But Culhane wasn’t the only one finding radical inspiration during this period. Starting in 1945, Culhane attended the American Contemporary Gallery in Hollywood, which featured screenings, paintings and sculptures from avant-garde European and Russian artists such as Man Ray and Oskar Fischinger. Peter described it as a hub for intellectual immigrants displaced by the war that had wide-reaching effects on Los Angeles’ art world and on animation in particular. Klein also observes a connection between Culhane and other avant-garde work from the period. In addition to Culhane’s cartoons, “Woody Woodpecker & the Avant-Garde” will showcase works by many of the Los Angeles artists who attended the American Contemporary Gallery in the 1940s. The mix includes abstract films, photographs and water colors by Ray and Fischinger as well as Knud Merrild, Byron Randall and Jules Engel. “What I really wanted to do was have the heart of the show be the avant-garde films and fine art, and have in close proximity the evolving nature of the Woody Woodpecker cartoons directed by Shamus

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Culhane,” Klein said. “It creates this spiral where the inspiration is at the center, and the pop art surrounds the whole gallery. I’m hoping that when people walk through this exhibit they’ll be able to feel how these things are connected and reach their own conclusions.” The Woody Woodpecker exhibit is part of a larger donation to the university pledged by the Walter Lantz Foundation, a gift that will include a new building for LMU’s film school. The gallery space, meanwhile, offers a greater appreciation for how animation is put together and how even the strangest works of art can serve as inspiration. “All art forms can and should be on your radar as possible influences,” Peter said. “Putting those all together can bring about amazing results that are much greater than one separate art form.” “Woody Woodpecker and The AvantGarde” runs from Sept. 22 to Nov. 20 at the Laband Art Gallery on LMU’s campus, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester . Call (310) 338-3087 or visit cfa.lmu.edu/ labandgallery.

An eclectic group of artists and scientists exhibit collaborative NanoArt, encaustics, mosaics and photography. 12818 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 483-7221; trunkgallery.org

“MATTER” @ ESMoA Through Sept. 25 German artist Michael Sistig mixes geometry, numbers, painting and sculpture to examine eternally changing scientific theories for his first solo show in the States. 208 Main St., El Segundo. (424) 277-1020; esmoa.org

David Hockney: “The Yosemite Suite” @ LA Louver Through Oct. 1 A series of iPad drawings by famed British painter David Hockney interpret the Yosemite Valley’s landscapes and monuments. 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-4955; lalouver.com

“London Calling” @ The Getty Center Through Nov.13 Drawn from the Tate Galley’s hold-

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“A Minor” @ C.A.V.E. Sept. 3 - 23 Stencil, aerosol and wood cutout street artist Joe Iurato and Brooklyn muralist Rubin 415 co-exhibit. 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 450-6960; cavegallery.net

Mark Grotjahn: “Sign Exchange 1993-98” @ Blum & Poe Sept. 10 - Nov. 5 A unique look into the L.A.-based artist’s lesser-known body of work, a series of paintings of hand-made commercial signs. 2727 La Cienega Blvd., West L.A. (310) 836-2062; blumandpoe.com

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“The Trans List” @ Annenberg Space for Photography Sept. 24 - Feb. 26 This first installment of Timothy GreenfieldSanders’ “List Portraits” series features intimate photographs of members of the transgender community. 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City. (213) 403-4000; annenbergphotospace.org

Roy Lichtenstein in L.A. @ Skirball Cultural Center Oct. 7 - March 12 A collection of iconic and lesser-known prints traces how the Pop Art vanguard made fine art more accessible to the American public. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Brentwood. $0-$10. (310) 440-4500; skirball.org

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Prophets of Rage @ The Forum Sept. 15, 7 p.m. The emergence of this supergroup featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill came during an election season so off-puttingly surreal even Hollywood wouldn’t produce such a farce. 3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood. $69.50. (310) 330-7300; prophetsofrage.com

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Deeply schooled in country and folk, Shea’s neatly constructed melodies hit that sweet spot of poetry and heart that makes fellow songwriters take notice, while his clean-but-meaty solos compel other guitarists to head home to the woodshed.

Arsanios’ first exhibit in L.A. examines Beirut’s real estate boom and mounting garbage crisis through architectural renderings, models, video and topographic maps. Herb Alpert Award-winning ceramacist Leigh pulls from visual traditions of the Caribbean, the American South and Africa to examine black female subjectivity. 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. (310) 443-7000; hammer.ucla.edu

“Face (Geometry) (Naked) Eyes” @ Ben Maltz Gallery Sept. 24 - Dec. 4 Polly Apfelbaum exhibits a vibrant carpet installation in Otis College’s gallery, where visitors can take their shoes off and experience the art. 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. otis. edu/ben-maltz-gallery

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Look Park @ McCabe’s Sept. 23, 8 p.m. “The soul is gone and so is the song/ The one spoke to me now feels so wrong”: Former Fountains of Wayne frontman Chris Collingwood spreads his solo wings, ditching power pop for moodier yet still buoyant tunes. 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; lookparkmusic.com

“An evening of intimate jazz” from two disciplined yet free-spirited individualists who’ve made their reputations with bold statements that push the frontiers of jazz a little further out. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $70-$110. (310) 434-3200; bradmehldau.com, joshuaredman.com

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Maná @ The Forum Sept. 24-25 + Nov. 12-13 Guadalajara’s multiple Grammy-winning roc en espanol veterans may, like many of their fans, now need to hire babysitters before heading out to the show, but bringing their Latino Power Tour to town offers some testimony to said fans’ loyalty. There’s more dancing than rocking on their latest, “Cama Incendiada,” but with tracks like “Somos Más Americanos” the difference is incidental. 3900 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood. $86-$1,145. (310) 330-7300; fabulousforum.com

Angela McCluskey @ The Troubador Sept. 30, 8 p.m. There was a time in the ’90s when critics and L.A. insiders were tripping over superlatives praising resilient Scottish-born songstress McCluskey and her folk-rocking band the Wild Colonials. She’s since logged a lotta miles with solo projects and big-name collaborations (Kendrick Lamar, Robbie Robertson), and now she’s reuniting the Wild Colonials for one night to celebrate her fourth album, “The Roxy Sessions.” 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. $30. (310) 276-1158; angelamccluskey.com

The formally trained Italian pianist has a gift for opposites, making the classical sound contemporary and electronica feel warm. Last year’s “Elements” stirs maximum emotion with minimalist composition. UCLA Campus, 340 Royce Drive, Westwood. $29-$59. (310) 8252101; ludovicoeinaudi.com

Santa Monica Symphony @ Barnum Hall Oct. 9, 7 p.m. Longtime Santa Monica resident and LA Phil violinist Guido Lamell conducts the first concert of the Symphony’s 72nd season. 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica.Free. (310) 395-6330; smsymphony.org

Joey Alexander @ The Broad Stage Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. Maybe you missed the standing O this Bali-born keyboard phenom received at the Grammy Awards in February, and his press (“60 Minutes,” “Today Show,” The New York Times). Maybe you live under a rock. Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Wynton Marsalis are fans, he’s performed for President Obama, and he’s releasing his second album (“Countdown”). And he just turned 13. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $60-$95. (310) 434-3200; joeyalexandermusic.com

Chatham County Line @ McCabe’s Oct. 16, 8 p.m.

Burt Bacharach @ Royce Hall

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to get involved. “All the major yacht clubs have sign-ups for skippers wanting crew and crew wanting skippers. Another thing that you can do, if you want to get on a boat, is to hang out at the yacht club a couple of hours before a race’s start, at the front entrance, and somebody will be coming in looking for crew. Then say, ‘Here are my skills, and I also brought a bag of chocolate chip cookies.’ It’s a lot of fun. Stick your neck out and try it,” Maronich said. Sunset Series races break down into eight classes: a single one-design class of Martin 242s (nearly identical boats competing against each other), five Pacific Handicap Racing Fleet classes, and two cruising classes. For the latter classes, each boat’s rating is reevaluated after each race through an elaborate system of handicapping to give sailors an equal shot at sailing glory. “A beginner would start in Cruising B — less experience, less pressure, just cruisers figuring out how to race. … They are out for the fun of it,” Maronich said. “Then you can work up to various race classes that get hypercompetitive. The Martins are just like a pack of dogs,” he continued. “Everybody has a good time. Even the competitive people, we joke with each other.” Sept. 7 marks the 22nd and

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