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L etter s Stop the Insanity Re: “Still Standing Tall,” News, Oct. 19 One doesn’t have to look hard to see that the Earth, with its finite space and resources, is overcrowded with people. This reality is especially apparent around large cities, such as Los Angeles. Major problems including pollution, starvation and traffic are directly linked to overpopulation. So the basic answer is not to build more homes, but to have fewer people. By approving the 12444 Venice Blvd. development which will add 77 apartments to Mar Vista, the Planning Commission is sending the message, “We’re not overcrowded here, let’s build more homes.” As a local resident, I say we are overcrowded, let’s not build more homes. And what’s up with the lack of a zoning code for the heights of new structures in these situations? Can our leaders please fix that loophole? Greedy developers don’t care about humanity’s problems; they just want to make a bunch of money by building more housing in whatever neighborhood allows
it. Let’s stand united and not allow it! William Konya, Mar Vista Not Very Neighborly Re: “The Restorative Architect,” Cover Story, Oct. 12 After reading your article on David Hertz, I felt the need to comment on all the disruption he caused in our neighborhood all those years “Californication” was being filmed. I live one block over from that home and, while I agree it is beautiful, he tormented all of us for years with filming trucks, spotlights, catering trucks and actors’ trailers, with giant semi-trucks taking up all our parking during filming. Not once did Mr. Hertz apologize or try and compensate us for the inconvenience. I personally was very glad he left the neighborhood. Donna Ford, Venice
FROM THE WEB Re: “City to Restore Traffic Lanes in Playa del Rey,” Web Exclusive, Oct. 17 This is a great day for Playa del Rey. The vast majority of locals
hated the gridlock, decreased safety, increased road rage and increased pollution of the idiotic road diet. Kent Genzlinger No doubt the Recall of Mike Bonin will continue anyway. Just about everyone that I know in Playa del Rey liked the new cycle lanes and felt that most of the complainants were from Manhattan Beach. This is a very sad day for us. Petria Seymour I don’t know anyone in PdR who liked the road diet, and every cyclist I know thought the cycle lanes were still unsafe and oddly placed. Any one of my friends, colleagues and acquaintances and strangers with a lick of common sense thought the plan was not thoroughly discussed, poorly planned and catered to a tiny population of the community. I cycle on bike paths and roads. This was not the proper way to implement urban transportation planning. David Thomas Newman HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE ARGONAUT: Send to letters@argonautnews.com
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Contents
VOL 47, NO 43 Local News & Culture
NEWS
COVER STORy
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS
The Bulldog Sees Blue
The Real Lebowski
1988 Dodgers pitching ace Orel Hershiser on the magic of 2017 ................................... 6
Jeff Dowd inspired ‘The Dude,’ but truth is stranger than fiction . ........................... 10
Tesla Is Coming to Town
Kate Hudson swings by the Aero Theatre .... 26
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THIS WEEK
Elon Musk’s electric car maker leases four acres in Del Rey for reasons unknown . ....... 6
THE ADVICE GODDESS How to stop your girlfriend from sharing everything online . .................................. 27
The Man Behind the Scream
Arts & Events
Primal Therapy inventor Dr. Arthur Janov had a dying message about life ...................... 8
A Musical That Matters
Photo by David Kent
George Takei’s “Allegiance” anchors the Asian World Film Festival ..................... 29
Halloween Haunts Get your scare on at a zombie pub crawl or canine costume parade .................. 13
Food & Drink Gondos for Life Meet the inaugural members of the Venice High Alumni Hall of Fame . ........... 9
No Tricks, Just Treats Local shops serve up Halloween goodies so good it’s kind of scary ............................. 15
Seafood Synesthesia Vegan YouTube
Chef Nicole Derseweh’s fishfree Mermaid Brunch .......... 29
On The Cover: Longtime Venice resident Jeff Dowd, the man for his time and place, soaks in the vibe on the freewheeling Venice boardwalk. Photo by Maria Martin. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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The Bulldog Sees Blue Dodgers’ 1988 pitching ace Orel Hershiser is optimistic about this year’s World Series team
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By Gary Walker Los Angeles has become accustomed to droughts — the environmental sort, and the sports championship variety. Mercifully, both may have come to an end this year. Back in April, Gov. Jerry Brown declared the end of five years of exceptionally dry weather; last Thursday the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their first World Series berth in 29 years with an 11-1 throttling of the defending champs the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers entered the Fall Classic with the best record in baseball and as odds-on favorites over the Houston Astros. Despite the Lakers, Clippers, Sparks, Kings and the return of two NFL teams, the Boys in Blue remain the darlings of the town — their league-leading season attendance figure of 3,765,856 illustrating the loyalty of the team’s fan base. The 1988 and 2017 Dodgers have a few things in common: both teams tapped outstanding pitching, deep benches and the leadership of inspirational All-Stars on their way to the top. The 2017 Dodgers, Orel Hershiser owned the led by three-time Cy Young Award winner mound in 1988
This year’s team is not only deep but athletic. You had a deep bench, “the Stuntmen,” in 1988. How big an asset
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Body Found in LAPD Parking Lot Coroner says a Venice octogenarian shot himself outside the Pacific Division station Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a Venice man on Monday in the parking lot of the LAPD’s Pacific Division station at Culver Boulevard and Centinela Avenue. The victim, who was in his 80s, was sitting in a car when he was approached by a passerby, according to Los Angeles County Coroner Assistant Chief Investigator Ed Winter. “The witness said the victim looked dazed, and when they asked him if
he needed help the victim pulled out a handgun and shot himself under the chin,” Winter said. The witness then ran into the station and notified police. “Details are limited right now, but there was no foul play suspected,” said Capt. James Setzer, who earlier this month replaced Capt. Dominic Choi as the Pacific Division’s commanding officer. Setzer said the victim’s declining health was likely a motive in his death. — Gary Walker
Grants Support Community Health Airport Marina Counseling Service and Westchester Family YMCA get $20,000 for programs The William H. Hannon Foundation has awarded a pair of $20,000 grants to two longtime Westchester community benefit organizations. Airport Marina Counseling Service plans to use its grant to continue its Hannon Immediate Intervention Program by offering 750 group therapy sessions, training 12 therapists, and providing rapid assessments for at least 50 clients starting next year. The Westchester Family YMCA’s grant will support its Model United PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT October 26, 2017
Clayton Kershaw, bring better pitching, a superior bench and more talent on defense compared to the Astros, writes R.J. Anderson of CBSSports.com. Conversely, few expected the Dodgers to beat the Oakland Athletics 29 years ago. But no one told Orel Hershiser. The Dodgers’ pitching ace had a career season in 1988, winning the Cy Young Award, a Gold Glove for fielding progress and leading the league in wins (23), shutouts (8) and complete games (15). He also broke Dodger great Don Drysdale’s record for consecutive scoreless innings, posting 59 straight during the season. Now a broadcaster and analyst for the Dodgers, the “Bulldog” — so named by Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda because of his tenacity — is heading back to the World Series as a postgame analyst. He spoke to The Argonaut by telephone about how this year’s team stacks up against the 1988 world champs.
Nations Program and its Youth & Government program, a six-month model legislation and court experience for over 120 high-schoolers. “My late uncle believed that organizations like Airport Marina Counseling Service and the YMCA were critical to advancing the physical and mental health of Westchester residents,” said William H. Hannon Foundation President Kathleen Hannon Aikenhead. “Today, their services have expanded beyond just Westchester. My uncle would be proud to see how AMCS and the YMCA have grown.” — Gary Walker
will that be in the World Series? I think the game is a little different now. When I was playing, you had more defined roles. Now you have players who can play multiple positions. Starting pitchers work fewer innings and the bullpens are constructed differently. The game is just completely different. Teams like the Dodgers are more flexible in their rosters, and that allows the manager to have more and different options. So in that respect, having more flexibility and more depth has been a positive this year. Because of their versatility, the Dodgers won their series against the Cubs without starting shortstop Corey Seager. Corey has been an integral part of the team’s success. It’ll be great to have him back, because when the Dodgers go to the [Astros’] park he can be the designated hitter and won’t have to play in the field, so that can relive some of the pressure on his back. It will be fun to have him at full (Continued on page 8)
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Tesla is trying to fill some 400,000 pre-orders for its Model 3 sedan Elon Musk’s electric car company has reportedly leased 130,000 square feet on Alla Road Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is expanding its Westside presence by taking out a seven-year, roughly $30-million lease on a four-acre parcel next to Glen Alla Park in Del Rey, according to real estate news website TheRealDeal.com. The 131,000 square feet of office and warehouse space at 4755 Alla Road (in the city of Los Angeles but also Marina del Rey’s 90292 zip code) sits just a few hundred feet from the 90 Freeway and across the street from residential housing.
Elon Musk’s forward-looking transportation company is currently racing to fill 400,000 pre-orders for its fully electric Model 3 sedans out if its factory in Fremont, Calif. Tesla has yet to announce the purpose of its new Del Rey facility, but some speculate it could be a Model 3 delivery hub for its Santa Monica showroom or a repair facility to service cars on the road. The company currently operates a dealership and repair center on Centinela Avenue in Westchester and a supercharger station at Westfield Culver City.
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The Man Who Taught the World to Scream
Primal Therapy inventor Dr. Arthur Janov leaves an enduring local legacy By Andrew Dubbins In his final months, Dr. Arthur Janov — the father of Primal Therapy — was working feverishly on a new book. With a throat disease limiting his ability to speak, he poured himself into his writing. He’d write wherever and whenever he could, mostly at his home in Malibu, up to 10 hours a day on his computer. When Janov died at age 93 earlier this month, from respiratory arrest following a stroke, he had only a few pages to go. Titled “The Psychology of Everyday Life,” the book summarizes Janov’s five decades teaching and researching primal therapy, which he created in the late 1960s. After his 1970 bestseller “The Primal Scream,” Janov wrote 17 books, none of which matched it in popularity. But Janov’s wife told me he didn’t write for the acclaim. “He knew his work was important,” she said. Janov’s life’s work began with the wail of a patient. During a therapy session in the mid-’60s, Janov asked a patient to cry out for his parents, and the young man released what Janov later described as a “piercing deathlike scream.” Janov concluded that the scream was the product of unresolved trauma from early childhood. He began encouraging other patients to cry out for their parents and staging re-enactments of early childhood experiences to help patients get in touch with their pain and let go of it. The result was Primal Therapy, which Janov introduced to the world in “The Primal Scream.” The book became a cultural phenomenon and drew a myriad of celebrities to his practice. His most
“The Primal Scream” sold more than a million copies and made a celebrity of Janov. famous patients were John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who recorded “Plastic Ono Band” — commonly called the Primal Album — during their five months in therapy with Janov. “The Primal Scream” sold more than a million copies and made a celebrity of Janov. In 1971, an article in the Los Angeles Times went so far as to call him “one of history’s five greatest men (along with Socrates, Galileo, Freud and Darwin).” Primal Therapy fell out of vogue as the years passed, with Janov’s research failing to produce the results necessary to convince mainstream psychotherapists of its effectiveness. “There is no evidence that screaming and catharsis bring long-term emotional relief,” Dr. John Norcross says in The New York Times’ obituary for Janov.
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But Janov remained convinced that primal therapy was a powerful tool for helping people, which he cited as his motivation for pursuing a career in therapy. “My mother had a history of psychoanalysis,” he told The Chicago Tribune in 1983. He chose the field, he said, “to try to cure my mother, so she’d take care of me and get sane.” After serving in the Pacific aboard the U.S.S. Tennessee during World War II, Janov returned to his hometown of Los Angeles where he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s in psychiatric social work from UCLA. In 1968, he co-founded the Primal Institute in West L.A. with his first wife, Vivian Janov. To help patients access early memories, the institute had therapy chambers with props such as teddy bears, cribs, dolls and baby rattles. Treatment lasted about a year, and cost $6,600 in 1978 (about $24,000 today). Janov’s second wife, France Daunic, told me she suffered severe depression — even attempting suicide — before she borrowed “The Primal Scream” from a roommate. “It saved my life,” she said. She moved to L.A., enrolled at the Primal Institute, and eventually became a teacher of Primal Therapy, studying under Janov and his first wife. “Then something happened,” France recalled. “It started with coffee, then lunch — then oy-oy-oy — we fell in love.”
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She and Janov were fired from the institute and, after his divorce, moved to Paris, where they opened the European Primal Institute. In 1989 they returned to L.A. and launched the Janov Primal Center in Venice, in competition with Vivian Janov’s nearby Primal Institute, which remains under her direction. The Janov Primal Center has since relocated to Santa Monica and sees fewer patients, France told me, but still draws individuals from all over the world. Primal Therapy may not have changed the world of therapy, as Janov predicted, but it left a lasting imprint on popular culture. Entries on “primaling” and “having a primal” can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary. Students at university campuses such as Columbia and Northwestern gather each spring for a massive “primal scream.” I recently attended a breathwork class (which seeks to release pent-up emotions through controlled breathing) — and the class concluded with a group primal scream. Breathwork, which is growing in popularity, strikes me as the next generation of primal therapy. France hadn’t heard of it, unaware of this facet of her husband’s legacy. As for Janov’s final book, France gave me a brief overview: “It’s about the importance of love … loving your children, and letting them be who they are, instead of forcing them to be someone else.” She hasn’t decided where to publish the book — perhaps through Amazon or the Primal Center’s website — but she is certain of one thing: “I want it to be free.”
The Bulldog Sees Blue strength in the World Series. And [reserve shortstop] Charlie Culbertson [who filled in for Seager] is someone who has proven that the stage is not too big for him, as he did in the league championship series. A lot has been written about Dodger President Andrew Friedman’s devotion to sabermetrics, the empirical analysis model that measures baseball statistics. Do you think it has played a significant role in the team’s success? Building a successful baseball team requires a lot of scouting, a lot of acquiring and developing talent, a lot of different things. So it’s just another part of the equation.
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through a different prism? I still think like a player. … There’s a lot of energy around this team because it has been a long time since the Dodgers have been to a World Series. So I don’t really know how someone outside the organization would look at this year’s team and the 1988 team.
Third baseman Justin Turner has taken on a leadership role similar to outfielder Kirk Gibson’s in 1988. Do you see similarities? There are some. They are very close in how they lead. Leadership can come in different forms. Kirk had a different personality than Justin, but their leadership styles are similar. They’re both really fine leaders, and Justin Now that you’re an analyst and deserves the recognition that he’s getting. broadcaster, do you see things PAGE 8 THE ARGONAUT October 26, 2017
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Gondos for Life Venice High inducts the inaugural class of its Alumni Hall of Fame Photo by David Kent
By Gary Walker They came from as far as the East Coast and as near as Santa Monica. A famous actor, a skating legend, an astronaut, a local elected official — the one thing they share in common is they’re Gondoliers for life. During Venice High School’s homecoming football game last Friday, the Venice High School Alumni Association inducted the inaugural class of its alumni Hall of Fame. Of the 21 graduates and former faculty chosen, 16 were present for a special halftime ceremony. Three-time Emmy winner Beau Bridges, class of 1959, talked about playing basketball at Venice High and being motivated by a teacher who had an interesting way of reaching his students. “His name was Clinton DeWitt Nye, and at the beginning of the year he put a little gnome on the ceiling and asked us what it meant,” recalled Bridges, the son of Lloyd Bridges and brother of Jeff Bridges. “At the end of the year we talked about it, and he told us that it symbolized how we could be whatever we wanted to be in life. And that was a great motivator for me.”
Actor Beau Bridges, Santa Monica City Councilman Tony Vasquez and retired national championship gymnastics coach George Rose Three-term Santa Monica City Councilman Tony Vasquez, class of 1973, looked back on a time when he couldn’t even picture himself in politics. “Never in my wildest dreams back then did I think that I would even go to college, much less become an elected official,” Vasquez, who spent last year as mayor, said with a smile. “I remember Venice High as being very diverse. It was a lot of fun,” said Vasquez, whose favorite class was woodshop.
Retired Santa Monica College administrator Jeffery Shimizu, who graduated with Vasquez, was captain of the football and baseball teams during his senior year. He was on the 1972 city baseball championship team and returned to Venice High as a coach in 1980 and led his alma mater to city championships in 1984, 1985 and 1986. “In essence, I feel like I’ve never left,” said Shimizsu, who met his wife in high school and whose sons attended Venice
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High. “The best thing about high school was the lifelong friendships that I made.” After the ceremony, the alumni association’s Hall of Fame Committee unveiled member plaques in the main office building, each with a photo and short bio of the inductee. Hall of Fame inductees also include Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham (1950), Cowgirl Museum Hall of Fame equestrian Audrey O’Brien Griffin (1954), singer-actress Donna Loren (1963), Jeff Ho Surfboards cofounder Derrick “Skip” Engblom (1967), former pro baseball player Ken Medlock (1967), Grammy-winning musician John Clayton (1969), original Z-Boy skater Peggy Oki (1973), former pro footballer Dana McLemore (1978), actor Sam Whipple (1978) and theater industry entrepreneur Clifford L. Warner (1980). Posthumous inductees included In-NOut Burger founder Harry Snyder (class of 1932), former Venice High band director and “Mighty Gondolier” fight song composer Billy E. Paney, and actress Myrna Loy (class of 1921), who was the model for the iconic “Inspiration” statue on campus.
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The Real Lebowski Jeff Dowd inspired ‘The Dude,’ but truth is stranger than fiction By Stephanie Case It’s easy to mix up two Jeffs. Just ask the Coen Brothers, who centered their cult-favorite film “The Big Lebowski” on the confusion between Jeffrey Lebowski, the movie’s titular millionaire, and Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, an easygoing stoner. Or, you can ask me. In my own Coenesque comedy of errors, I bumped into Jeff Dowd — the real-life inspiration behind “The Dude” — at an annual house party in Venice called “Jeffest.” To my naive eye, all signs pointed to Dowd being the host: the words “EL JEFE” printed in bold across a sign by the bar, cans of The Dudes’ Brewing Company beers for sale, and a whisper or two as he moseyed through the crowd. It took me 20 minutes (and one can of The Dudes beer) to realize that the man behind the party was Jeff Gilbert, a local musician. Dowd, like his cinematic counterpart, was just a guy at the center of a coincidence. Dowd came to Jeffest for a fun Saturday night. (“It’s a great opportunity to Jeff it up,” he jokes.) He biked to the party from his place, wearing red Chuck Taylors, lime green gym shorts and a tropical shirt, hair mussed like a mad scientist. Dowd’s “Lebowski” link is a fun fact that follows him everywhere, especially at parties like this. But as I came to realize, it’s — give or take — the twelfth most interesting thing about him. This is a man that has gotten stoned with the Stones; tripped on acid with Allen Ginsberg, Stokely Carmichael, and Artie Lange; marketed dozens of hit indie films; helped Robert Redford launch the Sundance Institute; made national headlines for skinny dipping in Mexico; was arrested for a Vietnam War protest; spent nights in county jails and months in federal prison; funded a trek through South America with his bail money; was homeless; and nearly died — twice. Epic experiences are Dowd’s currency, and they’ve made his life rich. He’s
collected stories across continents — from Florence, Italy to Cusco, Peru — but Venice is his current home. Dowd lives enviably close to the sand, a stone’s throw from the boardwalk. The white walls of his pad are decorated with posters, showcasing the greatest hits of his eclectic film career — “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” “Hoosiers,” “The Blair Witch Project,” “Neil Young: Heart of Gold” — plus a life-size promotional shot of Jeff Bridges in his Dude garb.
In an attempt to hop on the bandwagon, Dowd tried to enlist as a 16-year-old junior, but recruiters said no. Within months, Dowd found himself on a different overseas trip — one that would permanently alter his political mindset. His father earned a Fulbright scholarship in Bologna, Italy, and he and his stepbrother came along for the ride, studying poetry, partying with Europeans and experiencing life outside the American bubble.
“The ultimate challenge for people — particularly young people, but pretty much everybody — is this: how ridiculous is it to live our lives in second gear?” — Jeff Dowd
record, “Otis Blue,” jammed for hours and wrote a song about getting high. Dowd spent that summer in London, watching the Stones make music at nearby Olympic Studios by day and hanging out with a wide crew of artists and activists at night. When he finally came back to the United States, Ithaca felt small. “It was a little absurd to be back as a high school senior, coming off the Summer of Love,” Dowd says. “Going back to the cliques and everybody trying to be cool, it was absolutely insane.” Early into the school year, “the English teacher was making some point about the Beats and Allen Ginsberg, and I said, ‘That’s not really what he was about.’ “She was like, ‘How would you know?’ “I said, ‘Well, I was taking LSD with him two weeks ago in London, how about that?’” ***
Sit down on Dowd’s couch — a vintage, terracotta-colored one that really ties the room together — and he’ll tell you that Albert Einstein, a friend of his socialist stepfather, often took naps on that exact cushion. “Maybe if you nod out on this couch, you too will come up with E=mc² in your dreams,” he smiles. *** Dowd was born in Oakland, but spent most of his youth in suburban New York, where kids’ main source of entertainment was sneaking out late and taking neighbors’ Cadillacs on joyrides into the city. As a high schooler in 1966, he watched all of his upperclassmen friends catch the Vietnam bug, shipping off as soon as they graduated. “It was a sociological phenomenon,” Dowd says. “This was the same reason John Kerry and Oliver Stone went to Vietnam. Sure, there was patriotism, but it was like an adventure.”
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“I was there for a year in a totally changed world,” Dowd recalls. “This was going into the Summer of Love, which was the exact opposite of the tough, male war mentality. The cool men had long hair and were amorous. Fate l’amour, non la Guerra — make love, not war — was a big slogan in Italy.” When they weren’t studying, Dowd was bumping into interesting people left and right. On a trip to Florence, his stepbrother met filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli, who then begged him to star in his upcoming “Romeo and Juliet,” calling their house once a day to convince him to take the part. When the Rolling Stones came to town, the brothers dropped off a coded note at the band’s hotel, signing their names as Jeff Grass and David Score. (“We didn’t want to say hash; the Italians would know what hashish was,” Dowd says.) Later that night, the Stones’ road manager invited them upstairs, where they all listened to the latest Otis Redding
Dowd arranged to spend the rest of the year at nearby Cornell University. There, he joined the swelling student resistance against the Vietnam War, taking a stand against the same fight he — just one year prior — had wanted to join. Large swathes of college kids were giving up their student deferments, turning in their draft cards and refusing induction, all to make a political statement. “We were really influenced by what Catholics call ‘moral witness,’ where you are willing to make a sacrifice — like go to jail when you didn’t have to — in order to make a point,” Dowd says. But before his court date, Dowd was charged with a bigger offense. On Feb. 17, 1970, he and six other peace activists were arrested when an FBI-infiltrated antiwar protest outside a Seattle courthouse turned violent. The group was hit with conspiracy charges and dubbed “the Seattle Seven.” Dowd and the six other defendants spoke out during the trial, using it as an opportu-
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Jeff Dowd (with Jeff Bridges on the set of “The Big Lebowski” at lower center) thrives on the exuberance of the Venice Boardwalk nity to practice moral witness and bring light to the horrors of the Vietnam War. Their outspokenness fueled a contentious relationship with the presiding judge. He ultimately declared a mistrial and gave the Seven contempt of court, which Dowd says was a purposeful move to squelch their case. “That’s when I decided it would be a good thing to do something that would make the front page of the papers,” he says. An artistic friend from the Seattle Repertory Theater made them a massive, homemade Nazi flag. To sneak it into the courtroom, an attorney wrapped the flag around his body, underneath his coat. When it was their turn the next day to make speeches about their contempt, Dowd and his crew unfurled the oversized flag, holding it for all to see, and
accused the judge of being a good German. Dowd knew full well the splashy act of rebellion would land them jail time for further contempt of court. “We wanted to f–ing go down fighting,” he says. “We didn’t want to roll over.” *** Dowd ended up with a six-month sentence. When he got out, he stayed in Washington, splitting his time between grassroots organizing and a budding interest: organizing in support of independent films. “When you’re doing elections or the Vietnam War stuff, this is really deep, complex, personal stuff,” he says. “When you’re giving away tickets to a movie that’s really good, how easy is that?” Dowd worked with Seven Gables Theaters in Seattle, putting together free public screenings of indie flicks with
promise, using the test runs as laboratories to hone the marketing message. He eventually established himself as a go-to guy behind the scenes, someone that could give a film the TLC it needed to garner buzz and get distribution. Dowd was in town for the 1983 New York Film Festival — dressed, uncharacteristically, in a jacket and tie — when he first met Joel and Ethan Coen. “They were chain smoking, walking in circles around the conference room, telling me about this picture that was still in [post production]” — a dark comedy called “Blood Simple.” “It wasn’t a particularly great moment. I’m looking like the suit from Fox, right? So, they kind of give me this halfhearted ‘See ya later, maybe we’ll show you the movie when we’re done.’” A few hours later, Dowd was walking through Greenwich, looking a bit more
like himself, when he bumped into them on the street. They grabbed coffee, crossed paths again at a late-night East Village party, and a friendship blossomed. Eventually, the brothers approached Dowd about a special project: a “Raymond Chandler-esque film noir, set in L.A.” They decided to base their unlikely hero — the bowling, joint-rolling Dude — on Dowd himself. “The story is not about me,” Dowd clarifies. And while he and Jeff Bridges’ Dude shares a few unmistakable quirks — a shaggy look and a role in the Seattle Seven — most of it is creative license. (“You can get more jokes out of a white Russian than you can out of a vodka soda,” he says.) But what most closely ties the on-screen Dude to the off-screen Dowd is their (Continued on page 12)
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playground for the undead and those who like a fright. “In the evening it gets a little spookier,” says L.A. County Department of Beaches and Harbors spokeswoman Carol Baker, “and that should be fun for older teenagers and preteens and the young at heart, who like to get scared.” Attractions include two haunted tall ships (recommended for ghouls and goblins ages 13+ and those who don’t mind encountering a zombie or pirate), a cornstalk maze, and fortune telling by a tarot card reader. Dance workshops offer activities that both the young and old can get behind. Embrace your inner beast or extrovert
spirit animal when a “Thriller Dance Flash Mob” takes over the park at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Saturday also offers the chance to sport your Halloween best and win prizes at costume contests for all ages, held at various times from 1 to 8 p.m. The baby costume contest (up to 2 years) happens at 1 p.m., the toddler costume contest (3 to 5 years) happens at 1:30 p.m., youths (6 to 12 years) compete at 2 p.m., teens (13 to 17) at 2:30 p.m., and adults (18+) can strut their stuff at 8 p.m. In the middle of it all, tap into the cultures of ancient Mesoamerica with an interactive music, dance and poetry jam
session hosted by Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc at 1 p.m. Sunday. Another costume contest for groups (i.e. couples, families and pets with complementary costumes) is held at 4 p.m. Sunday. “We wanted to be able to provide something for everyone throughout the weekend,” says Baker. “Marina Spooktacular: Harvest Delights and Nighttime Frights” happens from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 28 and 29) at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. beaches.lacounty. gov/halloween (Continued on page 28)
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$1,299,000 $1,699,000
Jesse Weinberg Todd Miller
Jesse Weinberg & Associates KW Santa Monica
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2/2 Manitoba West w/inside laundry, FP, central air 2/2 Updated condo in great community 6/7 One of a kind view home 4/3 Beautiful home w/ tons of amenities 5/4 Unbelievable view home 5/4 Well appointed Playa del Rey home
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2/2 Gorgeous single level near Concert Park 4/5 Crown jewel single-family home
$799,000 $2,500,000
Jesse Weinberg James Suarez
Jesse Weinberg & Associates Fineman Suarez
800-804-9132 310-862-1761
860 Amoroso Place
2/1 Silicon Beach walk street, live, add on or build
$1,690,000
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Coldwell Banker
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$1,995,000 $1,695,000 $949,000 $2,579,000 $2,145,000 $1,825,000 $488,000 $1,800,00
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Local News & Culture
Call Kay Christy at 310-822-1629 x131
The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A Why Work With a realtor? Why not just do it myself or through an alternative company like Purple Bricks or Open Door?
issues are cut and dried in real estate, such as being moved out before closing, while others are more complicated.
Ten years ago that’s a question that would not be seriously asked, but with today’s technology it’s one I hear frequently when I take new appointments. I usually respond with a question myself, if you need surgery are you going to attempt to do it yourself?
Another client of ours had inherited the home in a trust from his father who passed away years ago; however, when we dug up the trust, several old girlfriends of his father were also named trustees. We located them for our client and persuaded them to grant full ownership to our client.
I’m a firm believer in technology and the greatness it can unlock for society, but I also believe you get what you pay for in life. We Realtors offer full service representation to our clients, and like many of my colleagues I highly value my clients.
That home was also originally built in the 1920s and many additions had been made to it since. In order to proceed with the sale we needed to dig up every permit and determine what could be built or added onto the home from city planning.
It’s not just marketing and market knowledge you pay for. We take care of our clients and know what land mines to avoid. For instance, one of our last clients had lived in their home for 30 years and had tons of furniture and personal items to get rid of; on the day we were closing escrow they still had not moved out.
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My brother and I drove over as fast as we could and made sure everything was gone. They would have faced litigation and financial loss had we not been there. Some
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We, of course, went on to do those things and got our client the highest offer at the time. Realtors have been around for over 100 years servicing their clients, and I think that means something.
I went from Courthouses to Dream Houses, bringing the wins HOME for my clients! If you are thinking of buying or selling real estate, don’t settle for anyone else. 301.701.2407 · Lisa@LisaPhillipsEsq.com www.LisaPhillipsRealEstate.com CA Bureau of Real Estate License #01189413
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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases Beautifully Remodeled unit
epitome of elegance
Offered at $530,000 Charles Lederman, Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980
Stephanie Younger, Compass 310-499-2020
“This highly renovated one-bed, one-bath, condo boasts extraordinary city and mountain views,” says agent Charles Lederman. “Enjoy a gourmet chef’s kitchen with stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry, and gorgeous quartz countertops. The bright living space and bedroom have floorto-ceiling window overlooking the cityscape. Additional features include ample storage and closet space, new wood floors, fresh paint throughout, modern track lighting, and a spacious patio, ideal for entertaining.”
azzuRRa luxuRy
“Welcome to elegant living in this recently built North Kentwood craftsman,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The grand foyer and custom-built staircase transition to an airy living room. The backyard includes two covered decks and a built-in brick barbecue. A guest bedroom, perfect for a home office, and an additional entertaining room complete the main level floor plan. Upstairs are four large bedrooms. Designed with style, and craftsmanship, this home was built with the most discerning buyer in mind.” Offered at $1,995,000
SilveR StRand Home
“This stunning two-bed, two-bath home offers 180 degree marina and ocean views in the full service Azzurra,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The unit boasts natural light, full walls glass, and complete privacy. The spacious kitchen features granite counter tops, a breakfast bar, and stainless appliances. The master offers a luxurious bathroom with a separate tub and shower. The unit also offers an washer and dryer, central heat and air, and more. HOA dues includes cable, internet, water, and resort-style amenities.”
“An absolutely pristine estate in the Silver Strand neighborhood, this beautiful home is equipped with everything desired in a luxury property,” say agents Debra Berman and Patricia Kandel. “Close to the main channel, offering total privacy, this home boasts significant architectural upgrades, and a designer gourmet kitchen. The gorgeous master suite offers a fireplace, sitting area, large balcony, and remodeled master bath. Amenities include an elevator, three car garage, theater room, and a separate entrance.”
Offered at $1,425,000 Jesse Weinberg, Jesse Weinberg & Associates 800-804-9132
Offered at $3,675,000 Debra Berman & Patricia Kandel, Berman Kandel 310-424-5512
Kagel canyon Home
“Welcome to this three-bed, two-bath home at the base of Kagel Canyon,” says agent Madison Heath. “This home includes a spacious living room with a wood burning brick fireplace, beautiful hardwood floors, and double doors opening into the oversized backyard. An updated kitchen features solid wood cabinetry all topped with finished concrete countertops. The true draw of this home is the expansive back yard with fruit trees, showcasing an additional one-bed, one-bath fully permitted back house.”
two gReat oppoRtunitieS
“Here are two adjacent homes in North Inglewood which offer excellent investment and development possibilities,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “Each of these homes are probate sales and they are zoned R2. Choose if you want to purchase them separately or jointly.” Offered at $294,000 and $389,000 Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia, Coldwell Banker 424-702-3010
Offered at $575,000 Madison Heath, Coldwell Banker 424-288-6643
MARINA CITY CLUB Eileen McCarthy With on-site office
SANTA MONICA Location is CLOSING! ONE BEDROOM
FOR SALE
1 Bed/1 Bath Ocean/City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . .S. .O. L. .D. . . . $469,900
TWO BEDROOM
2 Bed/2 Bath Ocean & Marina Views Upgraded . .NEW . . . . .LISTING . . . . . . . $765,000 2 Bed/2 Bath Marina Views, Highly Upgraded . . . . . . . . .SOLD . . . . . . . . $749,000 2 Bed/2 Bath Ocean/Marina Views, Upgraded . . . . . . . . S. .O. L. .D. . . . $765,000
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3 Bed/2 Bath Marina Views, Highly Upgraded . . . . . .NEW . . . . . .LISTING . . . . . . . . $899,000 3 Bed/2 Bath Marina & Ocean Views . . . . . . . . .CLOSED . . . . . . . . . .ESCROW . . . . . . . . . . $999,000 ONE BEDROOM
FOR LEASE
1 Bed/1 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LEASED . . . . . . . . . . $2,800/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath Ocean/City/Mountain, Furnished . NEW . . . . . LISTING . . . . . . . . $4,000/MO
TWO BEDROOM 2 Bed/2 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . . NEW . . . . . LISTING . . . . . . . . $4,300/MO 2 Bed/2 Bath Ocean & Marina Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LEASED . . . . . . . . . . $4,750/MO
THREE BEDROOM 3 Bed/2 Bath Marina Views, Highly Upgraded . . NEW . . . . . LISTING . . . . . . . . $5,595/MO 3 Bed/2 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . NEW . . . . . LISTING . . . . . . . . $5,000/MO
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Robert was the owner of Harbor Room in Playa del Rey. He passed away at his home surrounded by family on October 1st, 2017. He is survived by his wife, JoAnn. Siblings Warren, Marilyn, George, Kenny, Elizabeth, and his daughter Lisa. Along with three step-sons, Brad, Mark, Scott, and daughter-in-law, Janice. He leaves behind three grandchildren Adam, Amanda, and Brianne. Robert grew up in Slaterville Springs, Tomkins County, New York. In 1957 he served in the Charleston Air Force base in South Carolina for the 1608th air base group, as a computer operator, wiring and operating IBM, prepared passengers and cargo. After serving with the air force, he attended the University of Maryland in 1960 and studied math, AFB and history. From 1960 to 1961 he attended Ithaca college in New York as a business major. In 1961 Bob worked as a programmer aiding in the development of major system engineering, wrote programs in auto coder and submitted programs to operations for actual processing. In 1965 he worked as senior programmer for Keenan Pipe & Supply. Bob was passionate about golf and loved the sport. For years he would travel with his wife Joann to various places and play at world renowned golf courses. Bob also loved playing with his fellow members of the Del Rey Golf Club. He will be deeply missed. Bob also indulged in his fair share of chocolates and black licorice. There will be a memorial on Saturday, November 4th, at 1pm at the Elks Lodge in Playa del Rey, 8025 W Manchester Ave, Playa del Rey, CA, 90293.
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REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR AS-NEEDED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors is seeking qualified and experienced Vendors to enter into Master Agreements to provide, on an as-needed basis, environmental consulting services to ensure sensitive biological resources are protected at the beaches and in Marina del Rey and that water quality compliance standards are met for protection of the environment and human health. Selection of vendors will be based on the qualifications of the firms submitting Proposals. Vendors submitting Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) must have at least a Bachelor’s degree in their field of specialty and a minimum of two years of relevant experience performing bird nesting surveys and/or working in marine environments. The County may require additional minimum qualifications. The deadline for submitting SOQs will be 2:00 p.m., November 22, 2017. Further information regarding the RFSQ is available at: http://camisvr.co.la.ca.us/lacobids/BidLookUp/BidOpenSt_art. asp . To view and print a copy of the RFSQ, please visit: http://beaches.lacounty.gov/ request-for-proposals/, and click the ``Request for Proposals`` link. The County reserves the right to cancel the RFSQ and to modify any and all terms and conditions of the RFSQ, including minimum requirements. For further information, email Miguelangel Tamayo at MTamayo@ bh.lacounty.gov.
FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017 278807 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Cotton and Clove 10316 Cheviot Dr. Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Dave Stein 10316 Cheviot Dr. Los Angeles, CA. 90064. 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)). Dave Stein Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Sept. 28th 2017. Argonaut published: Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017 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.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION CONSULTANT SERVICES The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors is seeking qualified and experienced Vendors to enter into Master Agreements to advocate, on an as-needed basis, the County’s interests on matters pending or to be brought before the California Coastal Commission. Firms submitting proposals must have a minimum of five years’ experience in consulting with public and private sector developers on California Coastal Commission proceedings on Local Coastal Program Amendments and coastal permits. County may require additional minimum qualifications. The deadline for submitting proposals will be 2:00 p.m., November 22, 2017. Further information regarding the RFP is available at: http://camisvr.co.la.ca.us/lacobids/BidLookUp/BidOpenSt_art. asp. To view and print a copy of the RFP, please visit: http://beaches.lacounty.gov/ request-for-proposals/, and click the ``Request for Proposals`` link. The County reserves the right to cancel the RFSQ and to modify any and all terms and conditions of the RFSQ, including minimum requirements. For further information, email Miguelangel Tamayo at MTamayo@bh.lacounty.gov. CN942375 11-21-17 Oct 26, 2017
FIcTITIOUS bUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2017 279379 The following persons is (are) doing business as: LA Maison Real Estate 2452 Horseshoe Canyon Rd. #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90046. Monica Rohrer 2452 Horseshoe Canyon Rd. #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90046 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 05/1998. 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)). MONICA ROHRER Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Sept 28, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the project described below. You will have an opportunity to testify, or you can submit written comments to the planner below or at the public hearing. If the final decision on this proposal is challenged in court, testimony may be limited to issues raised before or at the public hearing. Hearing Date and Time: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. Hearing Location: 320 West Temple St., Hall of Records, Rm. 150, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Project: RPPL2017006692 Project Location: Countywide CEQA Exemption: This project is statutorily exempt per Public Resources Code Section 21080.17. Project Description: Proposed ordinance to establish new development standards and case processing procedures for accessory dwelling units pursuant to section 65852.2 of the California Government Code. For more information regarding this project, contact Ayala Scott, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning (DRP), 320 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Telephone: (213) 974-6417, Fax: (213) 626-0434, E-mail: ascott@planning.lacounty.gov. Case materials are available online at http://planning.lacounty.gov/adu/ord inance, at all County libraries, and at the Calabasas Library located at 200 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA 91302, and Altadena Library (Main Library) located at 600 East Mariposa Street, Altadena, CA 91001. All correspondence received by DRP shall be considered a public record. If you need reasonable accommodations or auxiliary aids, contact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator at (213) 974-6488 (Voice) or (213) 617-2292 (TDD) with at least 3 business days’ notice. Si necesita más información por favor llame al (213) 974-6427. 10/26/17 CNS-3062739# THE ARGONAUT
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legal advertising FIctItIOUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt 2017 303549 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Reconnect Consulting 8534 Walnut Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90046 Julia Storm 8534 Walnut Drive Los Angeles, CA. 90046 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/2017. 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)). JULIA STORM Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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 2017 305588 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Pup Wash 3008 Greenfield Ave. #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90034 Sabrina Keep 3008 Greenfield Ave #1 Los Angeles, CA. 90034 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)). SABRINA KEEP Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Oct. 23, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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 2017 305624 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Beauty Selection 13351 Riverside Dr. unit H Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423 The Beverly Collection Inc. 13351 Riverside Dr. unit H Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423 This business is conducted by a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/1/1997 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)). The Beverly Collection Inc. Title Secretary This statement was filed with the county on Oct. 23, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 2017 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 2017 284634 The following persons is (are) doing business as 1) Law Office of Kristen D. Wong 2) Seasons Estate Planning 4640 Admiralty Way suite 500 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Kristen D. Wong 4640 Admiralty Way suite 500 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/17. 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)). Filed Oct. 3, 2017 Kristen D. Wong OWNER Argonaut published: Oct. 5, 12,19 , 26, 2017 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
FIctItIOUS bUSINeSS NAMe StAteMeNt 2017 286103 The following persons is (are) doing business as: Destiny X 5960 Airdrome Street Los Angeles, CA. 90035. William Cahalan 5960 Airdrome Street Los Angeles, CA. 90035. 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)). William Cahalan Title Owner This statement was filed with the county on Oct. 4, 2017 Argonaut published: Oct. 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 2017 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.
NOtIce OF PetItION tO ADMINISter eStAte OF Michel Jean cariou aka Michael Jean cariou case No: 17StPb08810 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, Petition for Probate has been filed by: Richard Einhorn in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles The Petition for Probate requests that: Richard Einhorn be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Oct. 30, 2017 at 8:30am. in Dept 99. Address of court: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA. 90012. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Braden R. Leck SBN 93596, 427 E. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Telephone: 805.963.9721, Fax: 805.966.3715. PUBLISHED: Argonaut 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 2017
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Financial Strategies for Freelancers and the Self-Employed, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. This lunchtime workshop with Ameriprise Financial offers financial planning strategies specific to your industry, including tips you can use before the end of the year to keep more of what you make during tax time. LAX Coastal Chamber Office, 9100 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste. 210, Westchester. (310) 645-5151; laxcoastal.com Venice Jam Session and Music Workshop: Exploring the Blues, 2 to 4 p.m. A new program for musicians, the Venice Jam Session encourages the community to bring their instruments and play. Israel Levin Senior Adult Center, 201 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. $5 monthly fee. (310) 396-0205; jfsla.org
Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets on the first and last Thursdays of each month to discuss land use and planning issues in Venice. Oakwood Recreation Center, 787 California Ave., Venice. venicenc.org
‘Sons of Anarchy’ family and friends The Reluctant Apostles play edgy Americana at McCabe’s. SEE SATURDAY, OCT. 28. Seniors Club meets for trips, tours, speakers, bingo and live entertainment. Ages 50+. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 559-7798 or (310) 351-9876
prove your talent, then stay to support your fellow singers and musicians during the open mic each Friday at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to participate. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com
Digital Media Speakers Series: Rebecca Lorenne Doppelt, How to Get Booked, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Doppelt is a director and producer known for “Bugbaby,” “Take a Bow” and “Stage 5.” The Forum at Otis College, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. (310) 665-6800; otis.edu
Hot Jazz Fridays, 8 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet plays early jazz and ragtime music, then DJ Jedi spins soul, funk, hip-hop, disco and dance music after 10 p.m in The Del Monte. DJ Anthony Valadez gets things moving in the Townhouse bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
Venice Pop-Up Park, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Bring a meeting, lunch or project, use the free Wi-Fi and enjoy. 1021½ Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. Free. venicechamber.net Mat Pilates, 11:30 a.m. Work out your core muscles and stretch away stress at Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org First United Methodist Church Holiday Bazaar, 5 to 8 p.m. This bazaar benefits the church and mission projects. This is a festive way to jump start holiday shopping with handmade goods, casseroles, fudge, baked goods and attic treasures. First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica, 1008 11th St., Santa Monica. $5 entrance. (310) 393-8258; facebook. com/santamonicaumc
Actress Kate Hudson discusses her new book, “Pretty Fun,” at the Aero Theatre. SEE MONDAY, OCT. 30. West L.A. Hike, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A community of friendly people gathers each Thursday for one of five West L.A. routes. Check website for weekly location. meetup.com/los-angeleshiking-group/events
Friday, Oct. 27 Mar Vista Seniors Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Each Friday the Mar Vista
Front Porch Cinema: “Rogue Elements,” 6 p.m. The Santa Monica Pier becomes a cozy setting for the extreme action sports film “Rogue Elements” with food, themed drinks and family activities prior to the 7:30 p.m. screening. Free. frontporchcinema.com Toasted Fridays Workshop Open House, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Improve your public speaking skills in a relaxed and enjoyable 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 SongWriter Soiree, 7 to 11:30 p.m. (Sign up at 6:30 p.m.) Show up and
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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
Saturday, Oct. 28 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 9 to 10:30 a.m. A 12-step program for anyone struggling with their relationship with food. Hulu Center, Colorado Center Community Room, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica. Free. (310) 902-3040; foodaddicts.org “Mary McScary” and “Creepy Pair of Underwear” Storytime, 11 a.m. Bestselling authors R.L. Stine and Marc Brown join forces in the wildly funny story “Mary McScary,” featuring a fearless anti-heroine. Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown team up for a hilarious story of a brave rabbit and a very weird pair of underwear. Activities follow the reading. Barnes & Noble, 13400 Maxella Ave., Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 306-3213; barnesandnoble.com Poetry Slam 3: Pumpkin Poems and Rotten Rhymes, 2 p.m. Calling all funny, scary and witchy word lovers for a Haunted Halloween Poetry Party Jam to recite their original creepy crawly chants for an audience of ghouls and ghosts. Each poet gets three minutes to recite or rap an original poem or lyric. One poet from each age group receives a $25 Children’s Book World gift certificate and other participants receive a $5 gift certificate. Ages 7 to 14. Children’s Book World, 10580½ Pico Blvd., West
Saturday Dinner Cruise, 7 p.m. With unforgettable views, DJ entertainment, dancing under the stars and a four-course dinner, this two and a half hour cruise is a romantic getaway. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $55.77 to $92.95; reservations required. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com Jazz Funk Fest, 7 to 10 p.m. In the tradition of the Venice West Café, local Venice musicians celebrate the rebellious liberation of tuneful creativity. Black Shoe Polish performs at 7 p.m. and Eric Ahlberg’s Jazz Workshop begins at 8:30 p.m. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com
Single Seniors Book Club and Potluck, 10:30 a.m. Seniors can make new friends while enjoying good food and good books. Address supplied upon request. Free. Alan Ross at alanzip@gmail.com Music and Comedy at UnUrban, 1 to 7 p.m. Performances by Almost Vaudeville (1 to 4 p.m.) and Mews Small and Company (4 to 6 p.m.) precede the Screenwriting Tribe workshop Meetup group at UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com
We Are The West Underground Concert Series w/ Particle Kid, Boys School, and Lollieworks, 8 p.m. to midnight. Particle Kid, a solo project of Insects vs. Robots’ Micah Nelson, joins inventive folk-pop five-piece We Are The West in the next installment of their Underground Series — parking garage concerts that happen each Saturday before a full moon. 701 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. facebook. com/wearethewestmusic Particle Kid, a.k.a. Micah Katalyst Collective, 8 p.m. Inglewoodbased future funk, soul and jazz band Katalyst Collective brings their beats to the Del Monte Speakeasy, followed by DJ Shiva spinning soul, funk, hip-hop, electronic and dance music. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
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West Coast Swing, 6:30 p.m. Move your body and free your mind with a swing class and open dance. Intermediate swing dance classes start at 6:30 p.m., followed by beginner and intermediate/advanced classes at 7:30 p.m., and open dancing at 8:30 p.m. $15 includes the class; $10 just to dance. Westchester Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester Ave., Playa del Rey. (310) 606-5606; philandmindiadance.com
Vicente Chamber Orchestra, 4 p.m. Conductor Zain Khan leads the Vicente Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante” in E-flat major and “Haffner” Symphony no. 35. First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. $20. vicentechamberorchestra.com
noon. UCLA Prof. Emeritus Jack Rothman presents his new book about finding his family’s forgotten shtetl in the Ukraine. Rothman pieces together clues to the life of his family and the region. Doors open at 10 a.m. Westside Neighborhood School Campus, 5401 Beethoven St., Mar Vista. Free. sholem.org
Nelson of the Venice band Insects vs. Robots, joins folkpop five-piece We Are The West for a Santa Monica parking garage concert. SEE SATURDAY, OCT. 28.
Live Talks Los Angeles: Marc Maron, 7 p.m. As the creator of the The Reluctant Apostles, 8 p.m. “Sons hit podcast “WTF with Marc Maron,” stand-up comedian and host Marc of Anarchy” family and friends — Maron has interviewed Barack Obama Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson) on bass and vocals, about the presidency and Amy Schumer about her parents’ divorce. Phil Shenale (Tori Amos, Jane’s Addiction) on keys, Billy Harvey (Patty He collects interviews like this in his latest book, “Waiting for the Punch,” Griffin, Charlie Mars) on guitar and which he discusses with his executive vocals, Michael Urbano (Cracker, producer and Emmy winner Brendan Smash Mouth) on drums, Bob Thiele McDonald. Ann and Jerry Moss on vocals and guitar (Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples) and actress Katey Sagal Theatre, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $20 to $45. livetalksla.org singing and playing guitar and percussion — The Reluctant Apostles Investigative Journalism Meetup, play edgy Americana music at 7 p.m. How can we deeply research McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico the truth as politics becomes more and Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) more a branch of entertainment? 828-4497; mccabes.com Gerry Fialka probes news reporting and the exemplary George Seldes with Sunday, Oct. 29 rare film clips and a fiery discussion. Music at the Farmers Market, 10 a.m. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., to 1 p.m. The Standards play an eclectic Venice. Free. (310) 306-7330; mix of favorite tunes that’ll take you on laughtears.com a musical tour of the 20th century. Santa Monica Farmers Market, 2640 Latin Fever: Halloween Edition, Main St., Santa Monica. smgov.net 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. A night of salsa, bachata, merengue and burlesque with “Searching for Butsnevits: A Shtetl Tale” Book Discussion, 10:15 a.m. to (Continued on page 29)
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thing, a desire that probably evolved out of our need to protect our reputation. In ancestral times, having a bad reputation could lead to a person being booted from their band and made to go it alone, back when “fast food” would’ve been all the zippy small animals they couldn’t catch while they were starving to death. Contrary to your girlfriend’s notion that “relationship” is just another way of saying “two-person surveillance state,” you have a right to privacy. This is a fundamental human right, explained Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren in the Harvard Law Review in 1890, and it comes out of our right to be left alone. So, yes, you are entitled to
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evolved to help us keep tabs on how well we’re doing relative to our rivals. As evolutionary social psychologist Abraham (“Bram”) Buunk and his colleagues explain, envy pushes us to dial up our game so we can “narrow the gap” between ourselves and “the superior other” (aka that annoying co-worker who likes to start sentences with “Well, when I was at Harvard…”). So envy is basically a social alarm clock: “Yoo-hoo … Get cracking, girl! That witch is about to get that promotion, and you’ll be lucky to end up executive vice-scullery maid.” Buunk and his team explain that there are actually two kinds of envy: malicious envy and benign envy. Each kind motivates people to try to shrink that “status gap” between themselves and others. The difference is in how. Benign envy pushes people to work harder in hopes of matching or beating the competition. Malicious envy is the nasty kind — the kind that motivates a person to loosen
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For more thrills and chills, check out these local Halloween-themed events: Thursday, Oct. 26 LAX Coastal Young Professionals’ Boos Cruise 5:30 to 8 p.m. Happy Halloween! Join the LAX Coastal Young Professionals for a Halloween-themed happy hour with spooky spirits. Costumes are encouraged but not required. Hornblower Cruises & Events, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $25. RSVP at laxcoastal.com VR Haunted Carnival Get spooked in virtual reality as you make your way through CTRL Collective’s tech-infused fun house of virtual reality and augmented reality experiences. Food trucks, open bars, live music, deejays, an interactive photo booth, studio art displays, carnival games, mazes and a Ferris wheel complement the IRL experience. 10 % of proceeds benefit the CSSSA Foundation, which raises funds for The California State Summer School of the Arts. CTRL Collective, 12575 Beatrice St., Playa Vista. $35 to $110. Search “CTRL Collective Presents VR Haunted Carnival” at eventbrite.com
Open School Fall Festival 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Family-friendly fun includes a fairyland, bouncers, face painting, cakewalk, bake sale, raffle, dunk tank, crafts, carnival games and fun prizes. Open Magnet Charter School, 5540 W. 77th St., Westchester. opencharter.org Spooky Saturday Noon to 5 p.m. Come out for another year of family-friendly spooky fun and fundraising with class booths, giant inflatables, pumpkin activities, an eerie 3D blacklight experience, an unearthly petting zoo, food and a costume parade. Coeur D’Alene Elementary, 810 Coeur D’Alene Ave., Venice. $25 to $45. facebook.com/cdavenice
Friday, Oct. 27 Roosterfish: Back From the Dead 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Don’t miss the Westside’s biggest gay Halloween party. This spooky spectacle benefitting Venice Pride features deejays, dancing, a costume contest, a roaming photographer, cooling fans and free Wi-Fi for instant selfie posting. Best costume wins $500 (contest starts at midnight). 21+. Roosterfish, 1302 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. $10. showclix.com/event/roosterfish-backfrom-the-dead Halloween Headlamp Night LAX 8 p.m. to midnight. Turn the lights out and the headlamps on for spooktacular climbing. Enter the costume contest from 8 to 10 p.m. for a chance at prizes for scariest, funniest, most creative, best duo/group and best handmade costume. Lead climbing only allowed on The Torch. Discounted day pass after 8 p.m. Sender One Climbing Los Angeles, 11220 Hindry Ave., Westchester. facebook.com/ events/529724834036420 Admission Halloween Party 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Put on your Halloween costumes and kick off the weekend at Wilshire restaurant. Sounds provided by KYWO, Troy Kurtz and Bianca Lewis. Wilshire, 2454 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $700. facebook.com/admissionla
Saturday, Oct. 28 Bear Scare Carnival & Car Show 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beethoven School presents a kid-friendly community event. Support your local school and enjoy carnival games, a haunted house, jumpers, live music, food and vendor booths. Trophies awarded for best in show and kid’s choice. Beethoven Street Elementary School, 3711 Beethoven St., Mar Vista. $20 car registration. friendsofbeethoven.org
A tractor ride for tiny tots Harvest Hoopla 1 to 5 p.m. Celebrate Halloween and the arrival of autumn with this annual open house and fundraiser. Enjoy sourdough pizza baked in a wood-fired oven, learn contra dancing at 2:30 p.m. after a costume parade, and bring the kids for games and singalongs. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. holynativityparish.org Edison’s Fall Festival—Día De Los Muertos 1 to 5 p.m. Come out to experience a traditional Day of the Dead — a fun, multicultural, family-friendly festival with live music, dancing, carnival rides, games, prizes, arts and crafts, face painting, inflatables and delicious Mexican and Central American food. Edison Language Academy, 2402 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. Free admission. (310) 463-4565; edisonamigos.com Menace Beach 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Creative collective Coldhands hosts its first Halloween bash with good vibes and good music: deep Delta blues by Cristina Vane and DJ sets by DSD, Edit Murphy and Mood Ring. Must RSVP to attend. Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice. coldhands.life/menacebeach 5th Annual Santa Monica Zombie Crawl 6 p.m. to close. Zombies take over Santa Monica, crawling from bar to bar for deejays, dancing, contests and more. Food and drink specials last all night with wristband. Must dress like a zombie. Makeup artists will be on hand to help zombify the first 100 participants. $12 to $15. Search
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“Santa Monica Zombie Crawl” at eventbrite.com. Boos & Booze Costume Party 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Join all the local ghosts and ghouls at this all night party with drink, music and costumes. Prizes awarded for sexiest, scariest and most creative. Doors tribute band Peace Frog kicks off the night at 7 p.m. DJ Sean Q starts spinning at 10 p.m., and a costume contest begins at midnight. No cover with costume. Masks and face paint allowed, but you must be able to be identified with matching photo I.D. Surfside Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. facebook.com/ SurfsideVenice Trick or Beatz Halloween Beatbox Battle 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. A beatbox battle with a Halloween theme with one simple rule: you must be in costume. Win $100 cash plus merchandise. Open mic follows. Timewarp Records, 12204 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. $6 spectator; $20 to battle. (310) 636-8360 Thriller Night Halloween Bash 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The Westside’s largest Halloween bash takes over 1212 Restaurant on Third Street Promenade. Two floors of bars, dancing, video mash-ups, costume contests and food and drink specials. 1212 Santa Monica, 1212 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. $20 to $40. westsidethrillernight.eventbrite.com Nightmare on 5th Street Halloween Bash 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. West End hosts its sixth annual Halloween party with EDM deejays, bars, a giant dance floor, glow party favors and more. Costume required. West End, 1301 5th St., Santa Monica. $15+. facebook. com/events/614015978988672 Venice Thriller 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. JOJX production company hosts another Halloween party with deejays and multiple art galleries going all night. Profits go to the National Compassion Fund to Support Victims of the Las Vegas Shooting. $20 to $50. Budman Studio, 361 Vernon Ave., Venice. venicethriller.com Halloween 2017 @ 41 Ocean 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Celebrate Halloween on Saturday night with this premium
Kids can take their costumes to the next level at the Marina Spooktacular face-painting booth open-bar ticketed event. Deejays Mark Hill and Toon keep the music spinning. 41 Ocean, 1541 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. $130 to $3,000. Search “Halloween @ 41” Ocean at eventbrite.com. LAPD Haunted House 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. The West Los Angeles Community Police Station hosts a “Frightfully Fun Halloween Haunted House.” Come ready to be thrilled, but leave the costumes at home. West Los Angeles Civic Center, Room 209, 1645 Corinth Ave., West L.A. Free. (310) 444-0737; westlacommunitycoalition.org Haunted Canal 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Canal Club throws their 19th annual Halloween party, featuring a photo booth by Venice Paparazzi and $500 gift card giveaway at midnight. 2025 Pacific Ave., Venice. No cover. canalclubvenice.com
Sunday, Oct. 29 Makai’s Very Scareoke Costume Party 8 a.m. to midnight. Celebrate Halloween karaoke style. Try out your costume before Halloween and croon a spine-tingling tune. Compete for prizes. $5 spooky punch. Makai Lounge, 101 Broadway, Santa Monica. facebook.com/thekaraokekidla Poor Dawg’s Howl-O-Ween Dog Walk and Costume Contest 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Dog lovers join up to take a communal dog walk, play games and socialize. Complete each leg of the walk to win a prize. Starting at Annenberg PetSpace, the walk makes a few stops in Playa Vista, ending at HopDoddy in Runway at Playa Vista. Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, 12005 Bluff Creek Dr., Playa Vista. Free. poordawghowl.eventbrite.com
There’s a baby costume contest at 1 p.m. Saturday in Burton Chace Park
Uncle Chuck’s Dog-O-Ween 4 p.m. to sunset. Prance your pup around in their Halloween best for this
annual costume contest, offering prizes for Best in Show, Funniest, Most Creative and Best Family costume. 23rd Avenue and Ocean Front Walk, Venice. venicepaparazzi.com
Tuesday, Oct. 31 Nightmare on Main Street Halloween Bash 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Bareburger partners with Ellas and Fellas for a Halloween Night party featuring a haunted photo booth, tarot card readings, live music by local party/tribute band Weekend Celebrity, a costume contest, a deejayed dance party, drink and food specials and an outdoor horror movie screening. Costume contest begins at 10 p.m.; 21+. Bareburger, 2732 Main St., Santa Monica. $15 to $150. Search “Nightmare on Main Street” at eventbrite.com. Insects vs. Robots Annual Halloween Special 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Freaks are welcome at Insects vs. Robots’ “Electric Ghoul Aid Acid Test V,” where the uniquely Venice five-piece premieres their new music video for “Theyllkillyaa” during an entrancing evening of “hints of folk, jazz, a few seconds of punk and then extended moments of spacy, tripped out weirdness.” Venice folk-punker Sunny War opens. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. 21+. $10. townhousevenice.com EAT ART Halloween 6 p.m. to midnight. Wabi Sabi is teaming up with RYOT, Gem & Bolt mescal and local artists for a silent auction benefitting oazacatenecesita. com’s Mexico earthquake disaster relief efforts and featuring collectible Ben Cooper Halloween masks, as well as Halloween-themed artwork by Venice artist Rohitash Rao. DJ Toons spins beats, specialty cocktails are on the menu, and a remembrance altar decorated by local artists will be on display. Wabi Sabi, 1635 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 314-2229
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A Musical that Matters
George Takei’s ‘Allegiance’ anchors Culver City’s Asian World Film Festival The Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling blockbuster “La La Land” may have made the movie musical cool again, but “Star Trek” star George Takei’s “Allegiance” has firmly returned the genre to social relevance. Starring Takei and loosely based on his youth in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, the musical had a brief run on Broadway from November 2015 to February 2016 before finding a second act in the world of cinema. When Fathom Events screened a filmed version of the musical on Dec. 13, 2016, the premiere was the company’s highestgrossing Broadway musical event at that time and brought in more than $1 million in tickets sales, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. Subsequent screenings, spurred by popular demand, have followed. Plus a 2018 theatrical production of “Allegiance” by Los Angeles’ East West Players is in the works. On Thursday, Nov. 2, a screening of “Allegiance: The Broadway Musical on the Big Screen” is the grand finale for the Asian World Film Festival, which opened
public service with the Japanese American Citizens League and the Japanese American Museum in Los Angeles. While The New York Times’ Charles Isherwood pooh-poohed the original Broadway production of Takei’s “Allegiance” as “a singing history lesson,” the popularity of the musical post-Broadway and its thriving after life has proved that the story’s message has resonated more with the public than one critic’s remarks. “My intention was for this story to be known by all Americans — it’s our Constitution that was egregiously violated,” Takei told The New York Times in a 2015 interview about the show. Considering the political times we’re living in, “Allegiance” likely has more left to say. George Takei’s “Allegiance” follows a Japanese-American family forced into a World War II internment camp Wednesday and continues with screenings of films from more than 50 Asian countries throughout this weekend at Culver City’s ArcLight Theatre. Before the screening, Takei — who was
best known as Starship Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu before renewing his fame as a celebrity activist and social media personality — will be honored with a lifetime achievement award for his
— Christina Campodonico “Allegiance: The Broadway Musical on the Big Screen” screens at 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 2) at ArcLight Cinemas Culver City, 9500 Culver Blvd., Culver City. $80. Visit asianworldfilmfest.org for tickets and full festival schedule.
Seafood Synesthesia
Vegan YouTube Chef Nicole Derseweh uses her imagination to make meat-free creations “How can a lobster bisque soup not have lobster?” people ask Nicole Derseweh. But for this vegan YouTube chef, the key to making meatless meals is a little imagination. At her plant-based Mermaid Brunch, happening at Feastly’s Venice event space on Sunday, a fondant fishtail sprouts out of a donut, an oats sand castle swims in a moat of blue macadamia milk, and a marinated bell pepper, shaped like an octopus, curls up against a bed of “sea greens.” For these whimsical creations, Derseweh looked to the ocean and ancient mermaid legends for inspiration but, true to her vegan self, kept crustaceans and their fishy friends in their natural
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Forbidden Roses Burlesque Troupe, Salerosas, guest artists and DJ Tito El Guayaco spinning beats with Roman Vasquez as MC. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $5. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues
habitats by using foods that are plantbased, organic, gluten-free and “actually dolphin-friendly,” she says. For her Peachy Ceviche, she cuts up hearts of palm and grilled peaches as a substitute for shrimp. And her “un-tuna” sandwich — made with cashews but “none of the mercury or cruelty” — is the centerpiece of an “Octopus Garden” entrée, with a marinated red bell pepper octopus adorning the side. As for that lobster-free bisque soup, Derseweh won’t reveal the source of her magic but divulges that lobster mushrooms and heirloom tomatoes serve as a base. She also hints that there will be a “surprise performance” at the brunch,
which is also benefitting hurricane disaster relief in Puerto Rico. Who knows, maybe a mermaid, or something like that, will show up! ;) — Christina Campodonico Chef Nicole Derseweh’s Mermaid Brunch is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 29) at Feastly Venice. Address provided upon ticket purchase. $54. Visit bit.ly/2gcJVtd for tickets or follow @nicolederseweh on Instagram for more info. Chef Nicole Derseweh’s Peachy Ceviche is fruity rather than fishy
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Monday, Oct. 30 Seated Breath Meditation: Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. This class aims to calm and clear the mind through controlled breathing, mudras (handseals) and simple seated movements
that promote balance and rhythm in our emotions, thoughts and physical bodies. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org “Handling Our Chaotic Times: A Hidden, Hopeful Future Vision,” 7 to 8:30 p.m. As multiple crises reach a tipping point, we have to ask what kind of world we want to live in. Can a world based on our common humanity
and love be built? A group of master teachers emerge into the everyday world to inspire people to choose wisely. Mystic Journey Crystal Gallery, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., 2nd floor, Venice. (310) 314-2222; mysticjourneyyoga.com Mahalo Mondays, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Alton Clemente, 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. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Live Talks Los Angeles: Kate Hudson, 8 p.m. Golden Globe-winning actress and founder of Fabletics active wear Kate Hudson shares her (Continued on page 30)
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philosophy behind hosting unique and personalized gatherings and discusses her latest book “Pretty Fun,” a guide to mindful entertaining. The Aero Theater, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $55. livetalksla.org Salsa Night, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. World champion dance instructor Cristian Oviedo leads a beginner salsa class from 8 to 9 p.m. and a beginner bachata lesson from 9 to 10 p.m. followed by live music and social dancing until 2 a.m. West End, 1301 5th St., Santa Monica. $12. 21+. (310) 451-2221; facebook.com/westendsalsa
Tuesday, Oct. 31 Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa, 6:30 p.m. The council meets on the first Monday of each month in the Westchester Municipal Building Community Room, 7118 W. Manchester Blvd., Westchester. ncwpdr.org Unkle Monkey Hinano Halloween Party, 7 to 11 p.m. Live music and a 10 p.m. cash-prize costume contest at Venice’s favorite dive bar. Hinano Café, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. hinanocafevenice.com Go Club Beginners and Open Mic Komedy, 7 to 10 p.m. Learn to play Go with Santa Monica Go Club who meet here every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Open Mic Komedy begins at
Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections and discover ways to give back to your community while having breakfast at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $25. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for reservations; playavenice.org
Comedian, actor and WTF podcast host Marc Maron discusses his book about the podcast at New Roads School. SEE SUNDAY, OCT. 29. 9 p.m. Sign up at 8:45 p.m. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Tuesday Night Jazz, 9:15 p.m. Every Tuesday night The Julian Coryell Trio hard grooves for two sets of organ trio jazz at TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com
Wednesday, Nov. 1 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, 7 to 8:30 a.m. A 12-step program for anyone struggling with their relationship with food. Unitarian
Venice Baby and Toddler Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Nurture a love of the library and learn about the five early literacy skills through stories, songs and playtime. Babies through 3 years old. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This memoir-writing group meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea Club, 11 a.m. to noon. In this workshop to develop better presentation skills, experienced Toastmasters present the fundamentals of public speaking in the relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere of a Toastmasters meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, 12000 Vista del Mar, Conference Room 230A, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131; toastmastersspeakersbythesea@gmail.com
Yoga for Adults, 12:30 p.m. Bring a mat and get ready to breathe, stretch and relax. Open to all levels. Venice Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 821-1769; lapl.org
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Unkle Monkey Show, 6 to 9 p.m. Local favorites perform acoustic music and comedy each Wednesday in the Tiki Bar with special guest appearances including an Elvis impersonator. The Warehouse Restaurant, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com Grand View Market Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. Each Wednesday night, anyone can sign up to do a four-minute comedy set or perform two songs. There is an open mic strictly for musicians on Friday nights. Grand View Market, 12210 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 390-7800 Zen Buddhist Meditation, 7 p.m. Ocean Moon Sangha Zen practice group offers mediation practice and instruction each Wednesday, with instruction for beginners prior to meditation periods at 7:25 and 8:45 p.m. The Hill Street Center, 237 Hill St., Santa Monica. Free. oceanmoon.org
Los Angeles Audubon’s Speaker Series, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Paul Fox discusses world travels or why birding is not just about birds. Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, 6300 Hetzler Rd., Culver City. Free. laaudubon.org Live Talks Los Angeles: Brené Brown, 8 p.m. Social scientist Brené Brown discusses her new book “Braving the Wilderness:The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone” and work on courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame and empathy, chronicled in her New York Times bestselling books and the one of the five most-watched TED Talks, “The Power of Vulnerability.” Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $40 to $55. (Advanced tickets sold out.) livetalksla.org Pop Quiz Team Trivia, 8 p.m. Each Wednesday, take part in a friendly game of trivia while enjoying a burger and any of 20 beers on tap. Tompkins Square Bar & Grill, 8522 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. No cover. (310) 670-1212; t2barandgrill.com
Mar Vista Trivia Night, 7 to 9 p.m. Louie’s hosts this weekly familyfriendly night of trivia with seven rounds of questions covering pop culture, history, science, sports and entertainment. First place wins a cash prize. Louie’s of Mar Vista, 3817
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 Venice Underground Comedy and Bootleg Bombshells Burlesque, 9
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Solo Acts: The BFF (Binge FreeFestival) @ Santa Monica Playhouse This free theater festival featuring over 50 productions by more than 100 theater artists continues into its second week and final weekend. Singer-songwriter Monique DeBose explores her African- and IrishAmerican identity in her one-woman show “Mulatto Math” at 7 p.m. Friday; actor-musician Jeremy Ebenstein takes audiences through his humorous and inspiring story of living with Asberger’s in “Pain in My Asperger’s” at 1 p.m. Saturday; and Deane Bar-
one tells her story of growing up as a first-generation American in a Midwest religious enclave in “Meta Fam” at 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 29 at 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. Free. Call (310) 394-9779, ext. 1, or email theatre@ santamonicaplayhouse.com for reservations; visit santamonicaplayhouse. com for complete schedule. Return of a Classic:“Otello” @ Miles Memorial Playhouse Vineyard Touring Opera Company presents a fully staged performance of Verdi’s “Otello,” the opera master’s take on Shakespeare’s “Othello,” with live music. Two performances only: 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 28) at Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $20 to $30. (855) 575-0005; vtopera.org A Screaming Good Time: Impro Theatre’s “Horror Unscripted” @ The Broad Stage This master improv troupe taps into universal fears, drawing on psychological horror films of the 1970s and the audience’s (scary) suggestions to create completely improvised plays on the spot.
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Worlds Apart:“The Red Dress” @ Odyssey Theatre With Berlin as its backdrop, Tania Wisbar’s new drama — based on her parents’ love story and divorce — explores the intersection of politics and art in the years between the Treaty of Versailles and the rise of fascism in Europe. Opens Thursday (Oct. 26) and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 19 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $20 to $30. (323) 960-5521; plays411.com/reddress
Laura Ligouri and J.B. Waterman in “The Red Dress” Limited engagement: 8 p.m. Friday, 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 27, 28 & 29) at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $45. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.org The Art of War:“A Picasso” @ Promenade Playhouse Against the backdrop of WWII occupied France, Pablo Picasso is caught in a treacherous game of cat-and-mouse with a beautiful Berlin “cultural attaché” who’s questioning the authenticity of three of his paintings. He enters into a fraught negotiation to save two
of his “children” from burning in the Nazis’ exhibition of “degenerate art.” Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 11 at Promenade Playhouse, 1404 Third St., Santa Monica. $30. (310) 656-8070; promenadeplayhouse.com All That Glitters:“Captain Greedy’s Carnival” @ The Actors’ Gang Four people blinded by the promise of instant riches fall for the bait of a legendary con man in this musical satire of predatory capitalism. Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Nov.
11 at The Actors’ Gang, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $20 to $34.99, or pay what you want at the door on Thursdays. (310) 838-4264; theactorsgang.com Mystery Box:“Red Sand” @ Santa Monica Playhouse A revolving series of stories rotate through the various facets of loss and hope in this experimental, nonlinear work of physical theater. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays through Nov. 17 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 394.9779, ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com Tortured Souls:“The Dance of Death” @ Odyssey Theatre On an isolated island, a military captain named Edgar and his wife Alice live a bitter life at each other’s throats. Tensions rise as their 25th anniversary approaches and Alice’s cousin Kurt arrives, becoming tangled in their fierce battle of wills. Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 19 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $25 to $34. (310) 4772055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com
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and 11 p.m. Start the night with some of L.A.’s best comics, and finish it with a burlesque show featuring Bootleg Bombshells. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com TRiPTease, 10 p.m. See a different show each week featuring burlesque dancers from all over Los Angeles, singers, comedians, magicians and more. Live music begins at 8:30 p.m. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com
Thursday, Nov. 2 City of Champions Toastmasters Club, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Practice the art of public speaking and hear amazing speeches and inspiring stories. The club is open to everyone and meets the first and third Thursday of the every month. Faithful Central Bible Church, 333 W. Florence Ave., Inglewood. Free. (213) 200-5429; pgb914@ hotmail.com Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets on the first and last Thursdays of each month at Oakwood Recreation Center, 787 California Ave., Venice venicenc.org Community Jam, 7 to 10:30 p.m. Join Jenny & Chris for a jam night the first Thursday of each month. Bring your songs and instruments. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover. (310) 315-0056; unurban.com Mar Vista Community Council Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 7:30 p.m. The committee meets at St. Bede’s Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista. marvista.org Del Rey Neighborhood Council Education Committee, 7:30 p.m. The committee meets on the first Thursday of each month at Del Rey Square, 11976 Culver Blvd., Del Rey. Delreync.org
ranging from colorful abstraction to monochrome figuration. L.A. Louver, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-4955; lalouver.com “Surfin’ the Range,” through Nov 4. Reine River exhibits his paintings, prints and ceramics. Trunk Art Gallery, 12818 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 483-7221; trunkgallery.org “Fiber Trails,” through Nov. 5. Local
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Bradford J. Salamon, through Saturday, Oct. 28. Salamon paints portraits as well as vintage object paintings, showcasing his signature texture, boldness and economy of brush strokes. California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
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