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VOL 48, NO 37
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OPINION
Marina Trader Joe’s – Is it for Real? No one will confirm plans for Pier 44, but there is a a liquor license application . ....... 8
Cops Behaving Badly Former LAPD Pacific Division commander faces public intoxication charge .............. 10
ARTS & EVENTS
‘Not in Venice’ Won’t Work Court rules that homeless encampments must stay put until we provide housing alternatives . .......................................... 14
Believe Your Eyes Master illusionist Arthur Trace creates a whimsical world of joyous deception . .... 18
Playa Hits the Beach Venice Art Crawl hosts its annual wind down from Burning Man .................. 18
This Week
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IN MEMORIAM
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A Vessel for the Muse Frank T. Rios, among the last Beat poets of Venice, embodied a lost way of life ........... 11
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L etters Wisdom is Underrated Re: “Civility is Overrated,” Letters, Sept. 6 I have to agree with fellow reader Arthur Christopher Schaper that there is nothing wrong with being uncivil to save Western civilization. That’s why I, as an American, am standing up against the poseur in the White House. That’s right — I believe in calling a liar a liar. I’m a radical in believing that individuals with intellect and wisdom are always better than leaders who disrespect the people they are given an opportunity to lead. I choose leaders I can respect. I reject those who disrespect me as an American by lying to me daily. Trump is a petty, ignorant wannabe despot. The United States deserves better. Kimra Bendle Venice
mean this law would actually kill people. By lobbying to quash helmet requirements for those riding electric scooters, Bird and other electric scooter companies always appear to place safety behind profit in their business plans. If reducing traumatic brain injuries also reduces ridership, then why worry about them? Their effective pitch: You don’t have to be a helmet-wearing wussy to enjoy the thrill of our ride. And users sign a liability waiver so deaths or lesser injuries don’t cost the company much. Arguments that wearing a helmet is a matter of personal choice ring hollow. In the case of a rider death in collision with an automobile, the driver suffers a lifetime of psychological injury even if not at fault. The family and friends of the dead rider certainly suffer, too. No rider skill is required for authorized scooter rental. Knowledge of safety laws and route restrictions are not tested. Helmet requirements will reduce some of the lifechanging injuries that will
Say No to Profits Over Safety Re: “The Summer of the Scooter,” Cover Story, Aug. 2 Assembly Bill 2989, which as I write is awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, would be a killer law — by which I
certainly occur at increasing rates. Please, Gov. Brown: Don’t sign Assembly Bill 2989. Tim Tunks Santa Monica
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Marina Trader Joe’s – Is it for Real? No one will confirm plans for Pier 44, but the popular specialty grocer is seeking a liquor license By Gary Walker Plans to include a waterfront Trader Joe’s with an outdoor dining patio, dedicated boat slips and adjacent water taxi stop in the impending redevelopment of Pier 44 was the talk of Marina del Rey in 2015. But ever since the Pier 44 project overcame a final challenge before the California Coastal Commission in June 2016, neither the project’s developer nor Trader Joe’s has said a word about it. The truth may come out Tuesday, however, when the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning will consider an application by Trader Joe’s to sell alcohol for off-site consumption at “an under-construction approximately 13,500-square-foot market” at 4675 Admiralty Way (aka Pier 44), according to county documents. The public hearing is set for 9 a.m. on Sept. 18 at 320 W. Temple St., Room 150, in downtown Los Angeles. John Carr, a spokesman for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, also confirmed this
A 2015 conceptual rendering depicts a seaside Trader Joe’s at Pier 44 in Marina del Rey week that Trader Joe’s is seeking a liquor Marina Ventures LLC is developing Pier license for a Marina del Rey location. 44, declined to comment. The popular specialty grocer is still mum Pier 44 encompasses 10 acres of prime about its plans. In response to questions Marina del Rey property being rebuilt about the liquor license application, from the ground up, with five of those Trader Joe’s marketing specialist Rachel acres along the waterfront. Pre-construcBroderick emailed: “While we absolutely tion activities began last year for a master appreciate the inquiry, we don’t have plan that includes an 8,000-square-foot anything to confirm at this time.” restaurant space, a new location for the Michael Pashaie, whose company Pacific West Marine boating supplies store, a new
home for the South Coast Corinthian Yacht Club, a boaters’ lounge with restrooms and showers, a boat repair shop, boat sales offices and a community room. Retired L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe, who represented Marina del Rey when the Pier 44 development was approved, said he isn’t sure what’s happening over there or why no one’s talking. “The only thing that I can think of is they don’t want to attract attention. They’ve always been an aboveboard company and a good corporate citizen,” Knabe said. Potential tenants in the marina tend not to submit applications frivolously, however, because there are fees associated with practically all submissions, said county planner Kevin Frankel. “Also, we would not accept an application for anyone who does not have the right of access or the right to use the property in question,” Frankel said. gary@argonautnews.com
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Former LAPD Pacific Division Commander Charged with Public Intoxication
The Glendale police booking photos of LAPD Cmdr. Nicole Alberca and Sgt. James Kelly She was a rising star in local law enforcement, achieving the rank of commander and reporting directly to then-LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. But now Cmdr. Nicole Alberca, who was in charge of the LAPD’s Pacific Division from 2015 to early 2017, faces a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication after Glendale police found her and an LAPD Sgt. James Kelly allegedly drunk and passed out in an unmarked police vehicle. Alberca, 47, pleaded not guilty on Sept. 5 at the Airport Courthouse in Westchester. Both she and Kelly, who faces drunk driving charges, have been relieved of duty without pay since July pending an internal discipline process. Glendale Police Department spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot said police determined Kelly was the driver of the LAPD-issued Dodge Charger, which touched another vehicle in the early hours of April 27 and then stopped in the middle of the road. A Breathalyzer test of Kelly allegedly registered more than twice the legal limit, according to the complaint by county prosecutors.
Alberca wasn’t given a Breathalyzer test because she was a passenger, Lightfoot said. Community organizer Enrique Fernandez, who worked with Alberca on the Mar Vista Gardens Collaborative to improve relations between police and the community, said he was “shocked” by news of her arrest. Representatives from LAPD’s Police Protective League could not be reached for comment. Cmdr. Michael Hyams of LAPD’s internal affairs division said he could not comment, but emailed that department rules mandate a misconduct investigation timeline of one year, unless the officer is subject to a criminal investigation. “In my experience police generally try and cover up public intoxication cases,” said Michael Haddad of the civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin, which represents the National Police Accountability Project, a nonprofit that studies police abuses. “When it becomes public, that’s usually a tipping point. Then they usually let the prosecution handle it.”
City Attorney Targets Unlicensed Cannabis Shops A coordinated crackdown last week on unlicensed recreational cannabis shops has resulted in criminal complaints against 120 allegedly illegal sales operations, including storefronts in Venice and Westchester. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has filed misdemeanor charges of unlicensed cannabis sales against the operators of The Green Top at 744 Washington Blvd. (not to be confused with Green Dot) and Green Memory Collective at 5716 W. Manchester Ave. “Both operators have been acting
without temporary approval from the city,” said Rob Wilcox, a spokesman with the city attorney’s office. No one answered the phone at The Green Top, and at Green Memory Collective an automated message repeated “We’re sorry, your call did not go through — please try again later.” All defendants could face up to six months in jail and $1,000 in fines. “Our message is clear — if you are operating an illegal cannabis business, you will be held accountable,” reads a statement by L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer.
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Santa Monica’s New Electric Scooter Rules Start Monday A combination of digital tracking technology and shoe-leather code enforcement will provide the muscle behind new electric scooter regulations in Santa Monica that, as of Monday, allow four companies to legally operate as many as 2,000 scooters and 1,000 electric bikes throughout the city. The program deploys a roving code enforcement officer to cite scooter riders in prohibited areas (including sidewalks, Third Street Promenade and the beach bike path) or without helmets, while real-time tracking information empowers city officials to identify nuisance parking and order companies to correct it. Kevin Kozar, Santa Monica’s bike-share coordinator, said crafting rules for electric scooters and bikes has been a crash course in how cities can catch-up with disruptive new technologies.
“I’ve learned that patience is really important. There was a lot of panic and angst associated with them, but I think we’ve made a lot of progress,” Kozar said. “There were lots of times during the last year where people were treating them as an existential crisis,” added Santa Monica Deputy City Manager Anuj Gupta. “But through a lot of hard work I think we’ve established a good regulatory framework.” Meanwhile, Los Angeles is gearing up to enforce a similar regulatory framework in which operators can seek permits for up to 3,000 devices, plus up to 7,500 additional devices in designated “disadvantaged communities.” L.A.’s program also requires monthly collision reports and for companies to maintain a 24-hour hotline that can respond to complaints about improperly parked scooters within two hours.
Memorial Fund Established for Kayaker Killed in Marina del Rey Friends of Nicole Willett, the Venice woman who was struck and killed by a 50-foot powerboat while kayaking in Marina del Rey on Labor Day, are establishing a memorial fund to pay for her burial, assist her surviving partner and set up a legacy fund in her name. Willett, 46, was chief of staff for the Los Angeles Department on Disability. She died of multiple injuries after the boat struck her near the harbor’s south jetty. L.A. County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the crash but did not initially find evidence of a crime or reckless behavior by the boaters involved. A private memorial service for Willett will be held in Venice, said friend Andy Lipkis, head of the tree-planting and
water-harvesting nonprofit Tree People. He met Willett during a city initiative to repair sidewalks and plant trees. “She was an amazing person. I’m really going to miss her,” he said. Lipkis and his wife, who also knew Willett well and had gone kayaking with her three weeks earlier, had a feeling something might be wrong after Willett had gone kayaking alone and did not return after several hours. “We went to the Marina Sheriff’s station and asked them to search for her. Then we contacted the Coast Guard and they explained what happened,” Lipkis recalled. The couple is raising money through a gofundme.com page and has collected more than $6,600 from nearly 50 donors.
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A Vessel for the Muse Frank T. Rios, among the last Beat poets of Venice, embodied a lost way of life Photo by Pegarty Long
By Kyle Knoll Before he could begin a reading, Frank T. Rios was compelled to offer a benediction to The Lady in the same way he had done for decades. Draped in black and commanding attention with his lilting Bronx accent, the last living member of the Holy Three — beatnik poets who reigned over the long lost Venice West Café in the 1950s, igniting Venice’s national reputation as a mecca of counterculture — invoked the omniscient muse that he, Stuart Perkhoff and Tony Scibella channeled through poetry. To conclude this invocation at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Rios lifted the paper he was reading from, folded it over width-wise a few times, and took out a cigarette lighter. Holding the roll at a slight downward angle away from his hand, Rios lit the paper, maintaining a steady hold on the literal literary torch as fine curls of white and gray smoke curved out above the podium, creating an abstract representation of a female figure. “Do you see her?” Rios can be heard asking in a 2013 video recording of the ritual. Rios died of cancer on Aug. 20 at age 82, and with him went the last living connection to The Lady, the Holy Three and a zeitgeist that sparked, sustained and nurtured the world-renowned creative spirit of Venice. “He’s leaving a way of Venice that went on for years — of artists, of community, of low rents and of people meeting each other on the boardwalk and talking,” said filmmaker Pegarty Long, who befriended Rios during the 1974 memorial for Perkhoff. There are few remaining who can speak firsthand of Venice’s original beat poetry scene — Beyond Baroque itself formed 50 years ago in an attempt to revive it — but Rios continued to command literary audiences with his religious devotion to the muse.
names are forgotten it’s me & you us is big we belongs to everyone i is closer they move mountains together all is possible so vote for vote & you don’t have to remember her name in the sweet darkness nor sign on or off k you can leave the country & come bac without anyone knowing Rios’ — an excerpt from “vote,” in Frank T. t” poe et stre a “memoirs of
“Sometimes you’d get some screams from the audience. The flame would start getting really big, and people would yell at him. And he would yell right back,” said Long, twin sister of the late Poet Laureate of Venice Philomene Long. Rios did not take his responsibilities to the muse lightly. “The Muse is all through history. It’s a concept that goes through every creative act,” Rios told Venice Stories creator Jason Hill in an October 2015 issue of The Argonaut. “You don’t write the poem — you realize, man, you’re just a vehicle and she blows through you … and it’s total surrender.” Given away at birth, Rios bounced around a series of foster homes in New York before taking to a life of
Frank T. Rios invokes The Lady during a 2015 reading at Beyond Baroque
crime in the streets. After becoming addicted to heroin at the age of 12, Rios spent time in prison before discovering poetry after relocating to Venice in 1959. “He would always say, ‘I hung up my gun,” Long recalled. “I see Frankie’s life and work as the hero’s journey,” said S.A. Griffin, a longtime friend of Rios’ and a member of Beyond Baroque’s Curators Council. “He came down a rough road and he spent a lot of his life committed to the poem and to his recovery. I think that it’s an inspiration for a lot of people, including myself.” At that time Rios arrived, the Venice West scene was already in full swing, and poets read their work to each other in their living rooms, on the street and under the colonnades along the boardwalk, said Bill Mohr, a member of Beyond Baroque’s
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nonprofit board and an associate professor of English at Cal State Long Beach. “Through poetry, he found individuals he could really call friends and companions,” Mohr said. “He seemed to have a great deal of inner equilibrium, especially considering the chaos in his life.” Rios was among a handful of poets immortalized on the Venice Beach Poetry Walls in 2014, telling The Argonaut he chose to offer the stanza “I am a man/ who stands against the mountain/ and thinks of pebbles” because “that’s how we build, from the bottom up.” Griffin remembers that the redemptive nature of poetry was the central topic of conversation one of the last times he and a group of poet friends spent time with Rios: “We were talking about how the poem saved us.”
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Living with A Ghost A sudden brain injury turned Cynthia Lim’s husband into a different person, but the power of her love endured
By Stephanie Case “When you marry somebody, how much do they have to change for you to stop loving them?” Cynthia Lim sits on a couch in her Mar Vista home, voicing a question that crossed her mind years ago, when a tragedy dramatically altered her marriage as she knew it. On a summer night in 2003, Lim was winding down in a hotel bed, reading a book next to her sleeping spouse, Perry, when his heart stopped beating. There was a 911 call. Paramedics rushed in, performed CPR. They shocked his chest with defibrillators and rushed him out on a gurney. For 10 days, Perry lingered in a coma. The man that eventually awoke looked like the one Cynthia married, with his thick moustache and wide smile. But his brain was permanently injured, his speech garbled, and his short-term memory all but gone. “It was so frightening,” Lim remembered of her early days in the hospital. “This person that you know and love emerges, and you’re like, ‘Who is this man?’” In her new memoir “Wherever You Are,”
to be released at an event at Diesel Books this Sunday, Lim tells the story of how she learned to love the man that emerged — and how she garnered the strength to brave the new, more complicated future that awaited them both. “When this happened to me, I was looking for a book like this,” she said. “I
bathrooms, wheelchair-inaccessible city streets, careless comments from neurologists that her husband was a lost cause — small things that made her feel like she wasn’t “part of the regular world.” A few years after the heart attack, Lim decided to write the book she’d been looking for.
“I felt like a widow, but he wasn’t dead. I was mourning the loss of someone who was still alive, albeit in a different form.” wanted to know, what happens to families? What happens to spouses?” Lim searched for memoirs written by other husbands and wives. All she found were books of miraculous recoveries and happily ever afters, or tales of celebrity brain injury survivors with seemingly unlimited financial and medical resources. It all seemed so removed from her experience — one of health insurance headaches, cleaning up from her husband’s incontinence accidents in airport
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“People keep saying, ‘It must have been cathartic to write this book,’ but it wasn’t,” says the first-time author, who spent years workshopping her story with a tight-knit group of writers. “It was really painful, because I had to go back and read those journal entries at that moment of shock and relive them in order to write them on the page.” In spite of the pain, Lim doesn’t hold back, unflinchingly putting her darkest moments — the sheer panic of her first
days in the hospital, her deepest kernels of guilt and sadness — on paper. “I felt like a widow, but he wasn’t dead,” she writes of a particularly low day, when Perry’s mind felt miles away. “I was mourning the loss of someone who was still alive, albeit in a different form. This was an entirely different type of grief.” In his three months at a rehabilitation hospital, Perry was lucid one day, hazy and confused the next — at random times pulling off his pants with a “crazy, wild stare in his eyes.” Over time, Lim and other caregivers helped him gain better control of his mind. “His speech therapist used to say, everything is still there, they’re just stored in different file cabinets,” Lim said. “It’s just trying to find the right key to that cabinet to open it.” In her search for those keys, Lim would stumble upon surprises (Perry shouting out “Sarah Palin” as the answer to a crossword puzzle clue) and hit dead ends (Perry annually drawing a blank when asked the meaning of Aug. 15 — their wedding anniversary), but she remained by his side nevertheless. “I think that caregiving is the ultimate
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expression of love, right?” Lim said. “You see people and they go, ‘I don’t know how you do it,’ or ‘I don’t know if I would do it.’ But I think, ‘You know what, you would.’ If you truly love that person and that thing happens, it’s very natural that you would take care of them. That’s what I’ve learned through this whole thing. It was a chore at times, but it’s the person you love.” It was only through the writing of the book that she realized how much she’d grown while caregiving, operating from a place of fear to a place of courage. “I went from this moment of shock — ‘What do I do now?’ — to really coming to this acceptance of, ‘This is what my life is now. How am I going to make the most of it?” Through “Wherever You Are,” Lim details the rollercoaster ride of her love story across 228 pages. But there’s one final piece of the tale that didn’t make the book, save for a brief postscript at the end: Perry’s death. Lim tells me that his passing, this April was “sudden and unexpected” — something she won’t be able to put pen to paper about for some time.
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“I’m journaling about what that experience has been like, being without him, but I haven’t been able to turn that into any kind of story,” she said. “It’s too raw and too soon.” In the years to come, Lim might circle back to tell the story of Perry’s passing and of the next chapter of her life. But her most immediate challenge is her book party at Diesel, where she’ll unveil a story so close to her heart for the public to consume, and all without her husband by her side. It’s another test of Lim’s resilience — a moment where, like the other challenges she’s faced, she could choose fear or courage, grief or love. “It’s just the opening up and being so honest [that’s scary],” she admits. “But I don’t know how to write any other way. I couldn’t tell this story any other way.” The publication party for “Wherever You Are: A Memoir of Love, Marriage and Brain Injury” is at 3 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 16) at DIESEL, A Bookstore, 225 26th St., Santa Monica. Cynthia Lim is discussing the memoir and will sign copies for purchase.
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My wife and I recently put our discomfort aside and decided to bring into our house a young married couple who, until last week, had been homeless and sleeping in their car. They were complete strangers to us until a few weeks ago. individuals who cannot obtain shelter. “Just as the state may not criminalize the state of being homeless in public places,” the court explained, “the state may not criminalize conduct that is an unavoidable consequence of being homeless — namely sitting, lying or sleeping on the streets.” There are about 23,000 homeless people in the city of Los Angeles, which far exceeds the roughly 10,000 beds available in shelters or supportive housing. We need to bridge this gap. The court has told us that until we do, encampments will and must be allowed to persist no matter how much people complain about them. Bridging the housing gap may seem like an insurmountable challenge — particularly in Venice, home to 45% of our city council district’s homeless population — but to do so is in the best interests of both residents and people who are without homes. Residents want to feel safe in their community. They want to eliminate tent encampments, forbid individuals from living in alleys and sidewalks, and get rid of personal property in public areas and human excrement on streets and sidewalks. At the same time, people who are homeless almost unanimously want housing — a bed, toilet and shower — and a safe place to sit, lie or sleep. I submit that these concerns will only be
on the streets in Venice, including people who are mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs, seniors who became homeless because their rents skyrocketed, homeless youth who come from a dysfunctional home and childhood, and women who escaped domestic violence only to now live on the streets. As L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, whose district includes Venice, was quoted after the Martin ruling: “It’s either provide the housing and shelter, or allow people to sleep on public property.” The choice, it seems obvious to me, is for the entire community to work together and proceed to intelligently design and build permanent supportive housing for these real human beings and, in the interim, to provide temporary or “bridge” housing. As it stands now, in Venice there is not one emergency shelter. The Venice Chamber of Commerce agrees. It stated: “We support the city of Los Angeles’ commitment to provide long-term solutions for housing. The chamber supports using the bus yard as a short-term option, as it provides a solution to addressing the immediate needs of housing the homeless.” This article is not intended to advocate for or against using the Metro bus stop; it is to say “enough is enough.” It is time for all of us to understand and accept that (Continued on page 35)
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By Hannah Levy Seven years ago, what’s now the Emerson Avenue Community Garden was “no more than a dirt lot” next to Orville Wright Middle School, recalls John Sharpe, one of several Westchester residents who banded together to transform the derelict property into a neighborhood gathering and activity space. To get the word out about the garden and expand on its mission, a volunteer committee looked north to Venice’s epic Abbot Kinney Festivals and south to El Segundo’s burgeoning art walks for the inspiration to launch the Westchester Arts & Music Block Party. On Saturday, the third annual WAM Block Party returns bigger than ever — an established Westside cultural festival in its own right — with 15 music and dance acts, 16 arts-related vendors, nine food offerings, more than a dozen family-friendly activities (including a petting zoo), a silent disco via wireless headphones, a beer-and-wine garden, an
art bus that festivalgoers can literally paint on and in, and not one but two local high school marching bands. At 10 a.m., Roger Espinoza & Café Fuego kick off an eclectic musical lineup with Latin and rumba beats, followed by surf music by Jet Pack, pop violinist Kiev Morales and country tunes by Ry Bradley. Other highlights include folk artist Jocelyn Wilkinson, West Coast rockers Higuera, blues-rock by The Deltas, innovative indie rockers Trap Door Social (at 5:30 p.m.), and cleancut pop/funk five-piece Undecided Future taking the stage at 6:45 p.m. to close out the day. Spelles, a buzzworthy L.A. singer-songwriter who brings haunting blues vocals to slow-burning indie rock tunes, performs with her band at 12:30 p.m. She recently released an EP titled “Skeleton Coast” and is already working on another batch of songs she’s excited about. “I’m exploring new sounds and trying to add elements that I’ve never done before,”
she says. “I love performing outside. It feels more freeing to be out in the fresh air.” The band roster alone makes for a busy schedule, but a new feature of the WAM Block Party promises to make it an easier day for young families: This year, there’s free childcare. “Parents can actually sit in the beer garden for an hour and relax,” says Sharpe, a professional music rep and a driving force behind WAM. Hours before we spoke, Sharpe received confirmation that both the Venice High School and Inglewood High School marching bands will perform live at the festival, an arrangement he’d been working on with Trapdoor Social. It’s going to be amazing, he says — but complicated. “There are going to be four buses of kids with two trucks of equipment, and they’re all going to be dressed in uniform, and we’re going to try to find a way to get them to the stage with the band for
the last song in their set,” Sharpe says. Later that day, in the Venice High School music room, members of the marching band were taking five from rehearsing that song — an anthemic track called “Fine on My Own.” Trapdoor’s lead singer Skylar Funk was giving notes, while at the back of the room a drum major named Robert was getting nervous. He’d received the sheet music for Funk’s song less than five minutes ago — one with a particularly important tenor drum sequence — and was being asked to play it on the spot. What’s more, the student would be the only tenor drummer performing at WAM, as Inglewood High doesn’t have one. Robert’s first try at the piece wasn’t perfect and his bandmates let him know it. “Hey, don’t be hard on Robert,” Funk shouted over them, half joking. “He just learned the part, and he’s got a lot of pressure on him.” (Continued on page 16)
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Master illusionist Arthur Trace creates a whimsical world of joyous deception By Shanee Edwards There are many situations in life when we desperately hope not to be deceived. Buying a car through Craigslist, a blind date through a dating app, even ordering the wild-caught salmon at a nice restaurant can be dicey. But there is one place where we absolutely expect and maybe even pray to be deceived: a magic show. Master magician Arthur Trace returns to Venice this Saturday with “The Artful Deceiver,” a show that promises to stump even those with the most watchful of eyes. A summer performance was both clever and laugh-out-loud funny, especially when Trace engages with audience members. Probably the most exciting part of the show is that it’s performed in a very intimate space, putting the audience within feet of the charming trickster, who makes you believe objects — like a pair of scissors on a rope — can magically appear out of nowhere. With all eyes on him, up-close and personal, there’s no room for error. But Trace is artful — so artful, in fact, he’s a regular at the famed Magic Castle, where he’s been nominated twice for Stage Magician of the Year. He was also a winner for manipulation at the 2006 World Championships of Magic and has appeared on television shows such as “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” and “Masters of Illusion: Impossible Magic.” While most of us might think of magicians as highly skilled manipulators of
Arthur Trace is a master of manipulation — the magical kind sleight of hand or experts at diverting As sound effects imply, the hum of attention away from where the actual buzzing bees hits the air while Trace deception is happening, Trace thinks of opens up a jar. An invisible swarm has himself as a storyteller, adding his own been released, so he takes a tissue and voice to each piece of classical magic he wraps it around one of the imperceptible invokes. His rope and card tricks all have a insects. The tissue begins to buzz with twist. life, darting around Trace as if a live bee “To me magic is an art form and not just were inside. The result is a cheeky game a craft — and by art form I mean a way that delights the audience while offering of expressing myself, my creative side. I no clues as to how the tissues are enjoy showing the audience my world and moving. things I’ve come up with,” he says. As masterful a storyteller as Trace is, During the show, Trace shares that as a sometimes the story goes in an unexpectkid he was inspired by the H. G. Wells ed direction. This was the case at a recent book “The Invisible Man”: “I wasn’t able show at the Magic Castle where he called to make myself invisible, but I did have on a lady from the audience to assist him some luck with East African bees.” with a trick. To his surprise she burst into
tears. When he asked why she was crying, she told him that ever since she was a little girl, she’d always wanted to be part of a magic show. She’d always wanted to be deceived. “She had this emotional, instinctual reaction. It transfixed the entire theater,” recalls Trace. “They knew this was something important to be a part of. It was wonderful for me to be honored with that moment as well.” The magician’s current show culminates with his award-winning bit that involves a magical post-modern painting that’s full of surprises. Here, at this moment (without giving away the details), Trace’s creativity is on full display as is his joy for magic. He has found his bliss and hopes the audience does, too. “At the end of the show hopefully these pieces, this insight into my imagination, will entertain and wow the audience, allowing them to forget their worries. Hopefully, I’ve transported them into my world, a more whimsical, not literal, world like the one we currently live in. Whether being divided by politics, or if you were just diagnosed with cancer a week ago, hopefully art can do that, and that’s what I aim for with my magic.” “The Artful Deceiver” is at 8 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 15) at Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. Tickets are $40, or $55 for the front row, at arthurtrace.com.
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Venice Art Crawl hosts its annual Burning Man event It’s that time of year again — when Venetians fresh off of Burning Man shake the Nevada dust off their “playa clothes” and bring back any surviving art cars to Venice Beach for a seaside after party. The Venice Art Crawl’s Venice Afterburn — founded by Venice local Daniela Ardizzone in 2014 — returns, this time for three days (Sept. 21 to 23) at Windward Circle and as an official regional Burning Man event. Previous renditions of Afterburn have featured a fire-breathing art car, glowin-the-dark art installations and beats curated by deejay Eduardo Manilla (aka LoboMan) — so expect rad music, larger-than-life artistic creations (in the form of crazily decorated “mutant” cars) and unique opportunities to commune with your fellow Afterburners. This year, day three (Sunday) offers a number of “healing arts” activities, including sound baths, yoga, meditation and community-oriented workshops on social issues and the environment. To make this all happen, the organizers of the Venice Afterburn are asking
Afterburn combines the free-spiritedness of Burning Man with that of Venice for donations at gofundme.com. True to its Burning Man roots, the Afterburn follows the principle of “decommodification” and does not accept sponsorships, which means would-be participants and well-wishers are welcome to chip in to help keep the event free and fund things like city permits and power for the event. As of press time, a little over $3,200 out of $6,000 had been raised.
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But before this psychedelic carnival gets off the ground, you may want to check out the closing reception for photographer Dotan Saguy’s “Venice Beach: The Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise” on Thursday, Sept. 20 at Venice Arts. The event, which kicks off the Venice Art Crawl, includes Saguy speaking about his National Geographic-recognized photographs of Venice Beach’s disappearing
boardwalk culture and signing copies of his book on the subject. “Some see free-spirited people doing hedonistic things, enjoying themselves. … And some see a dirty circus,” Saguy told The Argonaut earlier this summer. His photographs aim to capture both sides of Venice and the layers in-between. For those looking to learn more, his talk on Thursday will no doubt illuminate and help bring the exhibition’s run (which ends on Friday, Sept. 21) to a close. — Christina Campodonico The closing reception for “Venice Beach: The Last Days of a Bohemian Paradise” happens from 7:30 to 9:30 Thursday (Sept. 20) at Venice Arts, 13445 Beach Ave., Del Rey. Visit venicearts.org. Venice Afterburn happens from 2 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday (Sept. 21 and 22) and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 23) at Windward Circle, Venice. Free. Visit gofundme.com/veniceafterburn2018 to make a donation or veniceartcrawl.com to learn more.
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Kentwood HoMe
“Sensational city and mountain views are offered by this renovated two-bed, two-bath home,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The kitchen offers custom cabinetry, quartz counters, and a farmhouse sink. The generously-sized living room leads to a spacious patio overlooking the renovated Oxford Basin, panoramic cityscape, as well as sunset vistas. Additional features include floor-to-ceiling windows, ample storage as well as tile and marble flooring. Enjoy all the Marina City Club has to offer.” Offered at $589,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980
“Experience luxury living in this open five-bedroom home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Ascend past finely manicured landscaping to the covered porch entry. Finely tuned details such as recessed lighting and walnut flooring create a dramatic first impression. Behind the kitchen, an intimate outdoor patio with mature lemon tree is perfect setting for morning coffee. Upstairs, the master suite features a private balcony and gracious en-suite. This home offers inspired living in the Silicon Beach.” Offered at $1,694,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020
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“Extensively renovated, this two-bed, two-and-a-halfbath, town-home is located in the Villa San Remo,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The unit offers a great open floor plan with new tile floors throughout the first level, vaulted ceilings, and glass doors that open to an expansive patio. Off of the renovated kitchen is a bonus room perfect for an office as well as in-unit washer and dryer. The upstairs master suite’s private patio overlooks the courtyard. The complex has a pool and beautifully landscaped courtyard.” Offered at $999,000 Jesse Weinberg KW Silicon Beach 800-804-9132
“This stunning ocean-front condo is set on a southwest corner,” say agents Debra Berman and Pat Kandel. “Striking ocean views are offered from the kitchen, dining area, and living room. The master bedroom has a custom walk-in closet and a marble bath with a Jacuzzi tub. Other features include the hardwood floors, Fleetwood double paned windows, and bar area, complete with wine cooler. A washer and dryer are inside the unit. Don’t miss this chance to live right on the sand in Marina del Rey.” Offered at $556,500 Debra Berman & Pat Kandel RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-424-5512
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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A Is the real estate market going down? Is it too late to sell? a $10,000 deduction. Again, this is a I have been asked this question by virtually factor that impacts each buyers’ bottom every homeowner and buyer with increasing line- their monthly expense budget for levels of concern recently. The old adage homeownership. “What comes up must come down”, combined with the pain and suffering so • Lack of affordability. Beyond increase many endured in the not so distantly past in interest rates and therefore mortgage recession, is certainly making some people payments, buyers are simply having trouble nervous. Let’s calmly reflect and analyze the affording the high prices of todays’ market. question and its impact on our local market While your home values have gone up, the and on you. pool of buyers out there have not been able to increase their wages by even close to In the long term, real estate investment may the real estate rate of appreciation. Their be one of the surest bets. Yes, there are options decrease as home prices rise, almost guaranteed ups and downs- everyone and many are forced to sit out of the real is jubilantly celebratory of the ups, but some estate market, striving to save more down are unable to stomach the downs. Are we payment money, higher earnings, and headed for a downturn, and if so, what does hoping for better prices. that mean for you? Here’s what we do know: • Sellers’ market slowdown indicators: • Interest rates are continuing to rise. They According to new reports, this is the do remain relatively low as a result of slowest market for sales of existing Federal measures taken to get us all back homes in 20 months, with supply on our collective feet after the recession. levels up and sales transactions down. Low interest rates mean lower monthly ReportsOnHousing, who tracks such real payments on a mortgage and/or the ability estate activity, reports we have already to stretch your money to afford a more moved from a “Sellers’ Market” to a expensive home. The Fed has been slowly “normal” market. In LA County, compared raising those interest rates, easing us back to a year ago, there are 20% more houses into reality. We can expect a couple more on the market, while the number of rate hikes in the next year alone, and with properties in escrow has declined 13%. each one, the target price of many buyers Marketing time for an existing home has shrinks. Combine that with the beating increased from an average of 60 days to California has taken in tax reform- once 85 days in the same period.. completely tax deductible, our relatively high property taxes are now limited to How does this impact us locally? Here are PAGE 26 At Home – THE ARGONAUT’s Real Estate Section September 13, 2018
the statistics for our local neighborhoods, single family homes and condominium sales combined, per the MLS:
days.
Culver City- Number of homes for sale increased by 41.8%, with pending sales Marina del rey- compared to this time last down by 28.6%, but days on the market year, the number of homes on the market has down by 7.1%. increased 30.1%, with the number of new listings up 64.7%!! While pending sales are santa Monica- Number of homes for sale increased by 38.6%, with pending sales down 28.1%, the number of days to sell a property averaged only 15, down 21.1% from down 54.9% and days to sell increased significantly by 53.8%. the past year. Venice- only a slight increase in new listings, To get the best picture, you really need a personalized analysis of your property, but pending sales are down 69%, and days including condition, neighborhood, and price to sell were up more than 100%. range. (These statistics are for the entire MLS westchester- Overall number of homes for area referenced, and your sub-neighborhood may be different. Contact me any time for sale up only 6.3% but new listings are up more specific statistics for your particular 26.5%. Pending sales are slightly down by property.) 6.7% along with days to sell, averaging 17 days, down by 20% from last year. Playa del rey- a 9.4% increase in homes for sale, although average days to sell was up T h i s w e e k ’ s q u e s T i o n by more than 33%, and number of pending w a s a n s w e r e d b y sales down by 25%. Lisa PhiLLiPs, esq real estate Collective Playa Vista- a marked increase in Lisa Phillips is an active properties on the market, up 56.5% from Realtor in the Los Angeles last year, with pending sales down by 60%. area, with more than twenty Good news is days to sell are down by 35% years as a practicing real on average. estate broker and attorney. Palms/Mar Vista- Homes for sale up by 39.1%, with pending sales down more than 50%. Again, good news with days on the market remaining at a stable average of 15
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legal advertising FICTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT FILE NO. 2018 199638 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHUL ON THE BEACH. 726 Rose Ave. Venice, CA 90291. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Pacific Jewish Center, 726 Rose Ave. Venice, CA 90291. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Alan Danziger. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Pacific Jewish Center. 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: 8/30/18, 9/6/18, 9/13/18, 9/20/18 FICTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT FILE NO. 2018184722 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SARAH DAYE; 4712 Admiralty Way 1104 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sarah J Szewczyk,
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HOME SALES INDEX AVERAGE PRICE
-13.3%
+7.2%
AUGUST ‘17 Homes Sold
Average Price
AUGUST ‘18 Homes Sold
Average Price
Culver City
43
$1,010,100
44
$980,300
Marina del Rey
41
$1,265,200
48
$1,161,200
Palms/Mar Vista
41
$1,324,100
36
$1,485,700
Playa del Rey
23
$912,700
16
$1,080,900
Playa Vista
18
$1,492,900
16
$1,261,700
Santa Monica
71
$1,672,500
44
$2,210,100
Venice
21
$1,873,100
24
$2,083,000
Westchester
48
$1,117,100
37
$1,235,000
Total
306
265
The Argonaut Home Sales Index is presented the first week of each month. Figures are sourced from sales reported to MLS as of 9/10/18. Argonaut Home Sales Index © The Argonaut, 2018.
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residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 9/13/18, 9/20/18, 9/27/18, 10/4/18 FICTITIOUS bUSINESS NAmE STATEmENT FILE NO. 2018219371 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CAROLINE COUTURE; 12053 Clover Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Caroline Vance, 12053 Clover Ave. 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: 08/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Caroline Vance. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: August 29, 2018. NOTICE ñ in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 9/6/18, 9/13/18, 9/20/18, 9/27/18
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change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 9/13/18, 9/20/18, 9/27/18, 10/4/18
Public noTices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAmE Case No. YS030414 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of TISHA MARIE REICHLE, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Tisha Marie Reichle filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Tisha Marie Reichle to Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 11/2/2018. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: B. The address of the court is 825 Maple Avenue Torrance, CA 90503. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles Weekly. Original filed: September 7, 2018. Eric C. Taylor, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 9/13/18, 9/20/18, 9/27/18, 10/4/18
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Swarm Feelings I’ve been flirting with two guys all year. I feel a connection and chemistry with both, but neither’s asked me out yet. This weekend I’m attending a goingaway party for a grad student we all know, and I’m nervous that they’ll both show up and ask me out. (There’s also a third guy who seems interested.) What should I do? I wouldn’t want to be one of somebody’s many options. — Feeling Unfair The first few dates are the free trial period of romantic relationships. Think of it like accepting a sample of lox spread at Costco. You’re seeing how you like it; you aren’t committing to buy a salmon hatchery. It sounds like you instead see a date as a Wile E. Coyote-style trapdoor dropping you into a relationship. You and the guy have sex for the first time, and assuming he doesn’t fake his death afterward or ditch a burner phone he’s been texting you from, you two become a thing — right on track to sign up for those cute side-by-side burial plots. This is like getting into a relationship with the first stranger who sits down on the bus next to you. You’re skipping an essential step — the “see who the guy is and decide” part. Even when the guy
isn’t just some Tinder rando — even when you’ve known him for a while — you need to see who he is as a boyfriend and how you work as a couple. Also, making matters worse, if you’re like many women, sex can act as a sort of an executioner for your objectivity, leading you to feel emotionally attached to the man you’ve just slept with. Psychologists Cindy Meston and David Buss speculate that this may come out of the orgasm-driven release of oxytocin, a hormone that has been associated with emotional bonding. (In men, testosterone goes all nightclub bouncer, blocking oxytocin so it can’t get to its receptor.) To keep sex from drugging away your objectivity, try something: unsexy broad-daylight dates with various guys for just a few hours each. Yes, various guys. It’s not only OK to date more than one guy initially; it’s ideal. (A man with rivals is a man who has to try harder.) Meanwhile, having options should curb any tendency you might have to go all needypants on a guy who, say, doesn’t text you right back — even if his competition’s texts are more preventive distraction than romantic ideal: “What are u wearing? Also, are u good w/ Excel?” Or “I know u like fashion. Here’s my penis in a beret.”
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I’m a 35-year-old guy who’s been texting with this girl. She got out of a seven-month relationship two months ago and is still kind of emotional about it. We’ll make plans to go out, but she always cancels at the last minute, claiming that she’s “still a mess” and adding,“Hope you understand!” Should I just keep texting with her and see where things lead? — Limbo Think about the guys women get stuck on — those they can’t get to text them back, not those who put out lighted signs visible from space: “iPhone’s always on! Call 24/7! Pick me! Yaaay! Over here!” Consider FOMO (fear of missing out) or, in scientist-speak, the “scarcity principle.” That’s psychologist Robert Cialdini’s term for how the less available something is the more valuable (and desirable) we perceive it to be. This is not because it actually becomes more valuable but because scarcity triggers a motivational state — “grab it or lose it!”... “don’t let it get away!”
Contrast that with how available you are to a woman who doesn’t seem ready for a relationship but is up for the emotional perks that come with. So she sucks up the consoling texted attention she gets from you but ducks out of any in-person get-togethers that could eventually lead to your trying to, well, console her with your penis. Consider shutting off the therapy spigot and making yourself scarce until she’s ready to date. Tell her you want to take a timeout from texting and give her a little time to heal ’n’ deal and then go on a date. Pick a night — about a month from now — and ask her to put it on her calendar, explaining that it’s fine if she needs to reschedule if she still doesn’t feel ready. Putting it on the calendar makes it tangible, but putting it in the future, with an option to push it forward, takes the pressure off. And your disappearing for a while is probably your best shot at shifting your, um, zoological category from an emotional support animal in a Hello Kitty diaper to a potential “animal in bed.”
Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter and visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.
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Compiled by Nicole Elizabeth Payne Thursday, Sept. 13 Beach Eats, 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 steel drum band Upstream from 6 to 8 p.m. Mother’s Beach, Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 526-7900; visitmarinadelrey.com/ beacheats Mar Vista Community Public Health and Safety Committee, 6 p.m. The committee meets to discuss enhancing safety, improving emergency preparedness and evaluating quality of life in the community. The Windward School, 11350 Palms Blvd., Mar Vista. marvista.org Bay Cities Coin Club Meeting, 6 to 9 p.m. The club meets on the second Thursday of each month to announce coin shows, present a show-and-tell or host a guest speaker. The club is open to the public. El Segundo Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. baycitiescc@gmail.com
Judy Moody Tea Party, 4 p.m. Megan McDonald presents her new book “Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party,” in which Judy learns she may be related to the Queen of England. Wear your tea party hats or make one at the crafts table. Treats and party favors for all. Children’s Book World, 10580½ Pico Blvd., West L.A. Free; ages 6 to 10. (310) 559-2665; childrensbookworld.com
The Night Owl Players, 7 p.m. Immerse yourself in live music, art and poetry. While the band’s guitarist plays and sings, a poet writes to the rhythm of the music and painters create a new canvas painting. The evening ends and is sprinkled with spoken word performances. Atmosphere Mar Vista, 12034 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. No cover. (310) 437-0144; atmosopheremarvista.com
Friday, Sept. 14 ESMoA Drawing Club, 10 to 11 a.m. This informal group meets every Friday. Start with warm-up drawing exercises and then draw, taking inspiration from the featured artworks. All skill levels welcome, but adults only. ESMoA (El Segundo Museum of Art), 208 Main St., El Segundo. Free. (424) 277-1020; esmoa.org
Saturday, Sept. 15 National Cleanup Day, 8 a.m. to noon. YMCA staff and members host localized neighborhood beautification projects to clean up litter from beaches and schools. The beach cleanup begins at 10 a.m. and happens at Dockweiler State Beach, Tower 49, 12001 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. The school cleanup happens at Orville Wright Middle School, 6550 W. 80th St., Westchester. ymca.org/NationalCleanUpDay Theatre Fare Reads “California Suite,” 10 a.m. This special class features a reading of Neil Simon’s famous comedy “California Suite,” set in four playlets. Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-8392 Unique LA, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This modern pop-up marketplace gives a platform to independent designers, artists and emerging brands, providing one-of-akind goods to the community. Enjoy complimentary drinks and live music. Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Free admission. RSVP at “Unique LA” on eventbrite.com for a free tote bag.
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Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an R&B concert by Soul Brothers. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Genius Loci Fest, 2 to 9 p.m. Relax by the pool for an afternoon of chill vibes and good music, featuring Alex Cruz, Lonely Boy, Henry Pope, Allen French and Nukreative. Liquid Frequencies Pool & Terrace, Custom Hotel, 8639 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10 before 3 p.m. with RSVP.
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) 508 0260; facebook.com/toastedfridays Dead Rock West, 8 to 10 p.m. Combining elements of country-rock and power-pop, Dead Rock West perform their eclectic sound at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com
The Dudes’ Brewing Company Grand Opening, 6 to 9 p.m. The Dudes’ Brewing Company opens its newest Westside location, celebrating with 27 rotating beers on tap and rock band Unwritten Law providing the tunes. Santa Monica Place, 395 Santa Monica Place, Level 3, Santa Monica. $10 to $45. thedudesgrandopening.com
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Critically-acclaimed poet Morgan Parker stops by Otis to discuss her literary oeuvre and what’s next. SEE WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19. WAM-Westchester Arts and Music Block Party, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Emerson Avenue Community Garden Club hosts this third annual familyfriendly celebration featuring live music and dance performances, art and commercial vendors, a beer and wine garden, a variety of food trucks and activities for all. Emerson Avenue will be closed between 80th Street and 80th Place. wamblockparty.org Isabel Brazon Spanish Music Fun Mini-Concert, 10:30 a.m. This fun, educational mini-concert with the creator of Baila Baila Spanish music for kids features singing and dancing as part of language instruction. Children’s Book World, 10580½ Pico Blvd., West L.A. Free; ages 3 to 7. (310) 559-2665; childrensbookworld.com Claiming Creativity, 11 a.m. to noon. Lisa Wedgeworth leads a discussion on why creative impulses are important, powerful and necessary. Learn how to nurture all forms of creativity in your life. Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-2239; smgov.net/camera
School, 601 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 395-3204 ext. 71564 Frau Fiber’s Sewing Rebellion, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Frau Fiber empowers people to stop shopping and start sewing by making new items and mending old. Sewing machines and sewing tips included. This month make a fabric book cover or bookmark. Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-2239; smgov.net/camera The Strikers 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 The Velvet Frogs Barbershop Quartet, 2 p.m. This popular quartet performs “old style” songs reminiscent of the early 1900s. El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. Free. (310) 524-2728; eslib.org
Indian Classical Dance, 2 to 3 p.m. Samohi All Class Reunion, 11 a.m. to Aparna Sindhoor teaches the basic 2 p.m. Santa Monica High graduates movements of Indian classical dance celebrate the Viking spirit with an Bharata Natyam, composed of award ceremony, featuring special rhythmic footwork, musicality, guests. The Samohi marching band, lyricism and expressive techniques. cheerleaders and choir perform. Bring a Wear comfortable clothes and shoes to picnic lunch. Santa Monica High move in. Camera Obscura Art Lab,
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Meet Me at Reed: Troubadour Theater Company, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Family-friendly, circus clowns “The Funky Punks” put on a high-energy show featuring puppetry, stilt-walking, juggling, dancing and trampoline tricks at 5:30 p.m. Pre-show games precede the performance. Bring lawn chairs, picnic blankets, food and drink to this outdoor show. Christine Emerson Reed Park, 1133 7th St., Santa Monica. smgov.net/reed El Segundo Auxiliary Wine Festival and Silent Auction, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Stroll through the gardens, enjoying beer, wine and light refreshments. Bid on auction items to help the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. International Garden Center, 155 N. Pacific Coast Hwy, El Segundo. $50 donation. (310) 640-2822; elsegundoauxiliarychla.org The Catholic Comedy Show, 7 to 10 p.m. St. Monica welcomes Don Friesen, Mary Gallagher, Scott Vinci and Carl Kozlowski to tickle your funny bone with clean comedy. Proceeds benefit the church’s older adult ministries. Show begins at 8 p.m. St. Monica Catholic Community, 725 California Ave., Santa Monica. $30 to $35. facebook.com/StMonicaCC725 Hushfest, 7 p.m. to midnight. Listen to some of Southern California’s finest deejays playing the best music hip-hop has to offer and enjoy an old-fashioned hip-hop battle between East and West Coast sounds with Dirty South thrown into the mix. (Continued on page 32)
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All the Way Home Dynamic transcontinental collective Bokanté enliven the new Twilight series on Santa Monica Pier By Bliss Bowen Time and home are fascinating, paradoxically mutable concepts with Bokanté, and not just because of the transatlantic collective’s magnetic polyrhythms. There’s the history engrained in their blues foundation, and then there are the more prosaic temporal demands placed by competing schedules. Bassist and composer Michael League is also bandleader for the Grammy Awardwinning jazz-funk group Snarky Puppy, with whom frontwoman Malika Tirolien has recorded. Bringing eight or nine active musicians together always bears some resemblance to the proverbial herding of cats — a fact substantially magnified when said musicians come from different continents and cultures. Tirolien, who grew up in Guadeloupe (she sings in Caribbean Creole and French), is in Canada, while other members reside in cities across North America and Europe. When Bokanté performs Wednesday night on Santa Monica Pier, League and Tirolien will be accompanied by a seven-piece band, including four players — pedal steel guitarist Roosevelt Collier, guitarist Bob Lanzetti, and percussionists Weedie Braimah and André Ferrari — who were featured on Bokanté’s forthcoming album “What Heat,” due Oct. 5 from RealWorld. It’s a young band —only two years old, with two albums to their credit already. (“Strange Circles” came out last year.) League and Tirolien’s creative connection precedes Bokanté’s inception; Tirolien’s belted out the R&B lament “I’m Not the One” on Snarky Puppy’s 2013 album “Family Dinner Vol. 1,” after sitting in with them during a concert series a year or two before that. With all the scheduling conflicts posed by members involved in myriad projects, they’ve made the most of time spent together. In a broad sense, the music remains blues-based, with a defining percussive thrust and Tirolien’s expressively limber vocals centering each song’s emotional call. It isn’t “pure” blues, as Americans might consider it, but rather blues that
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Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. $12 to $50. facebook.com/HUSHconcerts Arthur Trace: The Artful Deceiver, 8 p.m. World Championship of Magic award winner Arthur Trace performs an intimate and interactive show with a series of imaginative scenarios and sleight of hand. Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave.,
With members from around the world, Bokanté is a truly international band considers how blues has evolved through- in the album, and the second being the fact that it’s fully acoustic.” out the African diaspora. “The way the two albums were written “As an American, the blues is basically and recorded are different,” Tirolien the lens through which I see music,” League says during an interview conduct- concurs. “The first one was written over email and recorded with everyone at the ed via email so he could rest his vocal cords between rehearsals in Europe. “This same place at the same time. The second one was (mostly) written on a trip in Spain band deals with that vision a bit more directly. I think that there is endless room and recorded separately (percussion/ guitars first, then orchestra and finally for exploration within the context of the vocals). Stylistically, the albums are blues, and you see that when looking at different too. The first one is more tranceartists like Jimi Hendrix, Maalem Hamid El Kasri, or Robert Johnson. It’s so open, oriented while the second one is more arranged. And obviously, the biggest and gives you so much.” difference is that the second album is in That said, “What Heat” is notably collaboration with the Metropole Orkest, different from “Strange Circles.” The so the direction and sound are very latter’s jammy quality reflects artists in different.” the just-met stages of learning each The Netherlands-based Metropole Orkest other’s musical shorthand (“We really was already familiar with League, as the started from scratch,” League notes). Grammy-winning jazz-pop orchestra had The more polished “What Heat” is a previously worked him on Snarky Puppy’s collaboration with Metropole Orkest 2016 album “Sylva.” Buckley’s elegantly and arranger Jules Buckley. layered arrangements discernibly enhance “As composers, ‘What Heat’ is a bit more intricate compositionally, a bit more the scope and depth of this project, dynamically articulating the varied parts of specific,” League observes. “As musicians, we’ve really discovered a lot about the whole. But as lyrical statements, what works and what doesn’t in the group Bokanté’s songs are rooted in League and — instrument combinations, vocal Triolien’s creative connection. harmonies, etc. As far as the defining “I’ve always loved Malika’s writing, her observations of society, and her perspecdifference, it’s two-fold: one being Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest’s role tive on life,” League says. “And the way in
which she communicates these things through song is powerful.” Tirolien credits their collaboration to League’s “vision” for the band. She brings her own ideas, but when he sends her music she tries to write words “matching the color of the music.” “Lyrically, I either have a concept in mind or go with what the music inspires,” she explains. “It depends on the song. Per example, on the first album ‘Strange Circles,’ I wanted to write about the cycle of life (‘Zyé ouvè zyé fèmé’) and family (‘An Ni Chans’ and ‘Héritier’). But ‘Roudesann’s’ music inspired me — the fall of a society and the denial of the people at the top of this society concerning its demise — and ‘Vayan’ was inspired by the movie ‘Black Panther’ from the ’90s. It is a song to celebrate the activists and warriors fighting in the dark for global equity and justice.” “All the Way Home,” the first single from “What Heat,” carries those themes forward into politically relevant realms with voices rallying around an anthemic chorus over ominous frame drums. The video for the song gives visual emphasis to its universal message as well as Bokanté’s musical strengths, in striking scenes depicting dancers spinning and writhing on sets and urban streets across Istanbul, New York and Spain. They were staged by League’s longtime friend, Alvin Ailey choreographer/dancer Hope Boykin, and feature a dance group he befriended last year in Istanbul, Kardes Türküler. “Our music is groove-based, so having dancers involved in a project has been something I’ve wanted since the beginning of the group,” League explains. “We chose to film in these three countries because each has experienced the consequences of elected officials with authoritarian tendencies, and that runs parallel with the message of the song.” Bokanté performs as part of Twilight on the Pier, happening from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Free. See the full schedule at santamonicapier.org/twilight.
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Venice Beach Movie Locations Walking Tour, 9:30 a.m. Venice has been part of 100 years of filming. Author Harry Medved leads a two-hour walk to Venice historical landmarks and locations from the days of Charlie Chaplin to Oliver Stone. Wear comfortable walking shoes. Rose Café, 220 Rose Ave., Venice. $15. (310) 967-5170; venicehistoricalsociety.org
Porsche Gathering Swap Meet & Collectibles, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come to the first Porsche Gathering at the Automobile Driving Museum, featuring Aircooled Porsches, collectibles display and the 914 model. 610 Lairport St., El Segundo. $5; kids free. (310) 909-0950; CLAW Discussion, 10 a.m. Citizens for Los Angeles Wildlife (CLAW) automobiledrivingmuseum.org
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co-director Andrew Lasken discusses the ways local citizens can help wildlife and how CLAW has worked to preserve existing wildlife corridors with freeway overpasses. Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop, 12433 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. (424) 272-9000; santamonica.wbu.com Hollywood’s First Hidden Getaway, 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Explore Santa Monica’s scandalous past during a beachfront tour of the
Gold Coast. The low stretch of oceanfront below the craggy Palisades features 30 homes designed by California’s most noted architects and once owned by the most powerful men and women of 1920s Hollywood. Wear comfortable walking clothes. Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy, Santa Monica. $21.69. facebook.com/atlasobscura (Continued on page 34)
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California Sway After finding love and hitting the road with the Dixie Chicks, Smooth Hound Smith return to their Santa Monica roots By Bliss Bowen Smooth Hound Smith — multi-instrumentalist Zack Smith and singer/sometime percussionist Caitlin Doyle — have logged upwards of 150,000 miles across North America and Europe and encountered a wild new world of fandom with their stomping, organic folk while opening arena concerts for the Dixie Chicks and roadhouse shows for Jamestown Revival, Lindi Ortega and the Record Company. But Santa Monica native Smith says their “craziest tour stories” are grounded in L.A. “Honestly, the craziest shit happened when we were playing in L.A.,” he says, laughing while recalling a raucous episode involving a rope, a tip jar, and two drunks at Hollywood’s Sassafras saloon. “We used to play the Basement [Tavern] in Santa Monica all the time and people would just go crazy. For a while they had cocktail tables set up with nice, metal candelabras, and we were playing late on a Wednesday night and this woman grabbed one of those things and was trying to stab some guy she thought stole her purse in the middle of our set. We just kept playing. “I miss those LA gigs. … Sometimes.” Smith, who grew up taking guitar lessons at McCabe’s and later worked at Big Foot West, played standup bass in local bluegrass bands and was sitting in with Dustbowl Revival during its formative days, when Doyle was singing in DR’s revolving lineup. Despite mutual attraction, not until Smith relocated in late 2011 to Nashville, and Doyle visited, did they connect as a couple. After he ping-ponged back to L.A., Doyle’s pristine, jazz-trained tones balanced Smith’s gritty slide guitar and foot percussion as they “buckled down” and played high-energy sets almost daily at L.A.-area bars, restaurants, parties — whatever gigs they could book, sometimes
East Nashville-based Smooth Hound Smith has still got that California cool three a day. “If my left foot fell asleep, then there went the snare drum,” he jokes. That frenetic time yielded Smooth Hound Smith’s self-titled 2013 debut, whose Mississippi country blues-inspired sound and harmony-laced songs found an early champion in Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines, who later sang on 2016’s “Sweet Tennessee Honey.” Doyle and Smith became bona fide road dogs, sleeping in their van and crashing in fans’ homes. Now married “and still best friends,” per Smith, they return to McCabe’s Sunday with their full band. Alongside new music from their third album, due next year, they’ll introduce “Blaze,” which
they haven’t yet recorded and whose relaxed grooves belie its “touchy” subject: mass shootings. Smith, who says he’d like to play it more often to “at least attempt a deeper dialogue,” was inspired to write the chorus after last year’s deadly Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas: “Burn a hole right through the darkness That permeates your soul Did you get what you wanted From the lives that you stole” “It hit really close to home because Caitlin and I could have been playing that festival,” he explains. “I put it aside, [thinking], ‘This is gonna happen again, and that’s when we’ll finish it.’ And the two of us did finish it the next time [a
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Smooth Hound Smith perform at 8 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 16) at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3010 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Tickets are $15. Call (310) 828-4497 or visit smoothhoundsmith.com.
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Culver City Historical Society Founder’s Day Picnic, noon to 3 p.m. Celebrate 101 years of Culver City with a BBQ lunch, music and new archive displays. Veterans Memorial Park, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. $10 to $30; advance tickets only. culvercityhistoricalsociety.org El Grito, noon to 4 p.m. Celebrate Mexican Independence day and the cultural diversity of Venice with an Aztec ceremony and live mariachi band. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on. Oakwood Park, 767 California Ave., Venice.
“Side by Side by Sondheim” offers a little night music Classic Comedy:“Broadway Bound” @ Miles Memorial Playhouse Neil Simon’s quasi-autobiographical play about two comedy-writing brothers striving for their big break is presented by West Coast Jewish Theatre. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and some Thursdays (Oct. 11, 18 and 25) and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 28 at Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $25 to $40. (323) 821-2449; wcjt.org
Female Empowerment:“Men-OPause — Ages of the Color of Love” @ The Willie Agee In the tradition of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” and Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf,” this stage play by Tymeka Coney explores love, menopause and relationships as Menopause Awareness Month gets underway. Limited engagement: 7 and 9 p.m. Friday and 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 14, 15 and 16) at The Inglewood “Willie Agee” Playhouse, 714 Warren Lane, Inglewood. $25. Search “Men-O-Pause” at eventbrite. com. Musical Oeuvre:“Side by Side by Sondheim” @ Odyssey Theatre Take a tour through the work of one of Broadway’s greatest living songwriters and composers with this musical revue, featuring songs from “Follies,” “Company,”“A Little Night Music” and more. Closing soon: Last shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sun-
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 3 p.m. Sundays (starting Sept. 16) and 8 p.m. Saturdays (plus some Fridays) through Sept. 30 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 707 Venice Blvd., Venice. $20. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Queen Bee:“School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre In this updated off-Broadway transplant of “Mean Girls,” Paulina is the most popular girl at her exclusive Ghanaian boarding school, but the arrival of a bookish yet beautiful new student threatens her chance at the Miss Universe pageant. Now playing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 30 at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25+. (213) 628-2772; centertheatregroup.org Psychological Thriller: “Dangerous Obsession” @ Westchester Playhouse On a sunny afternoon, a mysterious man shows up at the door of the Driscolls’ luxurious home. Sally does not recognize him, but her husband Mark soon realizes that someone has a very strange fixation. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 13 at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $20 to $22. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org
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Casino Royale Yacht Party, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Dress upscale Monte Carlo for a luxury Marina del Rey yacht party worthy of James Bond, with 10% of net proceeds benefitting nonprofit efforts supporting local women in crisis. This upscale harbor cruise with dinner, dancing, professional singers and fashion show is hosted by Launch Your Infinite Power Worldwide, which helps business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs reach their goals. Tickets are $129 to $199 at LYIPinternational.com/ yachtparty.
ing tour will have you dancing in the streets. Wear workout clothing and sneakers. The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $25 to $30. soundoffexperience.eventbrite.com Samohi Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Brunch, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For the first time since 2004, the Samohi Alumni Association inducts new distinguished alumni into its Hall of Fame ranks. The whole Samohi community is invited to attend this celebratory brunch at the Santa Monica Elks Lodge, 1040 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $40+. samohialumniawardsbrunch.bpt.me
Monday, Sept. 17 “Cocktails with Zimmy,” 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Piano man Zimmy performs contemporary classics and musical rarities for the old and young alike. Casa Ado, 12 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey. Password “Swordfish” for free admission. (310) 577-2589 Paint & Pint, 7 to 9 p.m. Create your very own painting by following step-by-step instructions. No experience necessary. All materials included with pint purchase. Three Weavers Brewing Company, 1031 W. Manchester Blvd., #A-B, Inglewood. facebook.com/malinsart
Tuesday, Sept. 18
Venice Yappy Hour, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Bring your pup to yappy hour for a GROOV3 Thru the Streets of Venice, free toy, while you enjoy a free drink. Enter the raffle to win prizes. Proceeds 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Combining an benefit A Purposeful Rescue. easy-to-follow choreographed routine and a curated playlist, this guided walk- Bluestone Lane, 523 Rose Ave.,
Venice. $15. layappyhourbarkxbluestone.splashthat.com Margaritas and Mistletoe, 5 to 7 p.m. Get into the holiday spirit early this year with an evening of margaritas under the mistletoe. Sing carols by the fire and enjoy a candy cane. If you’re nice, Santa may make an appearance. Aloft El Segundo, 475 Pacific Coast Hwy, El Segundo. Free admission. facebook.com/AloftElSegundo Civil War Talk: Thaddeus Lowe and the U.S. Balloon Corps, 7 p.m. Clothed in Civil War period attire, Steve and Patrice Demory describe the Civil War Union Balloon Corps founded by scientist, inventor, aeronaut and patriot Prof. Thaddeus Lowe. He achieved a record number of innovations including first use of airborne telegraph, aerial artillery spotting and improvements to scientific map-making. The Demorys also discuss Lowe’s post-war achievements and contributions to Southern California. Los Angeles Family Search Library, 1631 E. Temple Way, West L.A. Free. lacwrt.org
Wednesday, Sept. 19 Art & Chill Night, 5 to 10 p.m. Create art in this relaxing environment. Bring your own beverage and art supplies. Amiga Wild, 2124 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. Free. amigalosangeles.com Twilight Concert Series: Island Vibes, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Exploring different cultures and the rich diversity within those cultures, the Twilight concert series features the sounds of reggae with Judy Mowatt (who
Kybele Dance at The Broad Stage
Kybele weaves Turkish cultural influences into its contemporary dance work Inspired by Sufi philosophy and 1940s film noir, L.A.-based Kybele Dance Theater’s Sept. 14 performance at The Broad Stage (1310 11th St., Santa Monica) weaves Turkish images and cultural references with contemporary dance.
Spearheaded by Turkish-American choreographer and Santa Monica College faculty member Seda Aybay, the company has been making work in Los Angeles for 15 years, but its Broad Stage debut offers the opportunity for those unfamiliar with the
troupe to get to know their athletic and emotive brand of dance. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $40 to $70 at thebroadstage.org.
Courtesy of Kybele Dance Theater
Playful Paranoia:“The Marriage Zone” @ Santa Monica Playhouse In this comedy, three couples converge at an open house and learn they have so much in common it’s surreal. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 17 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $20 to $40. (800) 838-3006; santamonicaplayhouse.com
day (Sept. 14, 15 and 16) at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $17 to $37. (310) 4772055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com
Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a country-rock concert by Jimi Nelson & The Drifting Cowboys. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com
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Thursday, Sept. 20 Westchester-Playa Democratic Club, 7 to 9 p.m. UCLA Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning Martin Wachs discusses the pros and cons of one of the most contested California ballot measures Proposition 6, which would reverse last year’s fuel tax and vehicle fee increases. Also, meet the candidates for LA County Superior Court. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. $5 suggested donation. westchesterplayademclub.org KCRW’s Left, Right & Center, 8 to 10 p.m. KCRW’s acclaimed radio show and podcast is for people on all sides of the political spectrum. Host Josh Barro brings together experts and top thinkers for a civilized look at the day’s news, politics and pop culture. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $80. thebroadstage.org
Museums and Galleries “Elemental,” opening reception 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Andy Moses, Jen Stark, and Kelsey Brookes take viewers on a transcendent journey, exploring elements of the natural world with vibrant color and pulsating rhythmic forms. Exhibit runs through Nov. 3. William Turner Gallery, Bergamot Station E1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 453-0909; williamturnergallery.com Wende Exhibitions’ Opening Reception, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. Celebrate the opening of three new exhibits. “War of Nerves: Psychological Landscapes of the Cold War” addresses the various layers of mutual suspicion and mistrust between the Soviet Bloc and the Western world. “Red Shoes: Love, Politics, and Dance” uses ballet as an example of the high drama between the U.S. and the USSR during the Cold War. Artist Semra Sevin’s exhibit “Someone to Watch Over Me” features a series of migrant children portraits, which change depending on the viewer’s position. The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City. (310) 216-1600; wendemuseum.org
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‘Not in Venice’ Won’t Work Anymore
we must work together for “beds not sidewalks.” My wife and I recently put our (Continued from page 14) discomfort aside and decided to under the Martin case, unbring into our house a young housed people will be able to married couple who, until last continue to live in and around week, had been homeless and our streets. “Not in Venice” sleeping in their car. They were should no longer be a battle cry; complete strangers to us until a
few weeks ago. This young man works full-time, and his wife just began a 15-week training program to prepare her for a good job. The plan is for them to save enough money so they can afford to move into their own affordable housing unit in
three or four months. In the meantime, they are now safe from those who might want to harm or intimidate them, and now have the basic elements of life that most housed people take for granted: a bed, a toilet and a shower.
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