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Contents
VOL 48, NO 46 Local News & Culture
NEWS
Theater of the Surreal
COVER STORY
“I’m Going to Kill the President!” takes audiences out of their comfort zone … 28
A Building within a Building
Rent Control Fight Continues
Google reinvents the Spruce Goose hangar for 21st-century innovation ........... 12
Outgunned at the polls, housing advocates get confrontational in Santa Monica . ........ 8 Photo by Mia Duncans
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ARTS & EVENTS Artist’s Intuition A serious health scare helped C&O restaurants co-owner Debbi Singer find her creativity . ........................................ 14
Malibu Residents Return by Sea Marina del Rey charter service gives free rides home to those displaced by fire ...... 9
For a killer date night, pair Boa Steakhouse with the Coen Brothers’ new Western ......... 17
WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Sing happy birthday to the founding father of Venice . .................................... 26
THE ADVICE GODDESS Best Man for the Sob
This Prank Wasn’t Funny
There’s an easier way for clueless bros to comfort their crying girlfriends .................. 29
Police aren’t laughing about a false report of an active shooter on the LMU campus ...... 10
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Music Without the Noise Venice native Monica Aben’s
Blonde bombshell nurtured Marina del Rey’s library into the millennium . ...................... 11
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L etters Stand Tall, Argonaut Re: Letters to the Editor, Nov. 8 + “The Argonaut’s Nov. 6 Election Endorsements,” Nov. 1 Thanks for having the journalistic integrity needed to take progressive political positions. I know that pisses off the guy who wants to line his bird cage with your paper (though that sounds suspiciously like recycling for new uses — more progressive groupthink!) but those of us not succumbing to the Trumpian Death Star are happy. The Argonaut as “fake news media”! Who’d have imagined that? Phil Brimble, Mar Vista The Conservatives Have Spoken Re: Letters to the Editor, Nov. 8 + “The Argonaut’s Nov. 6 Election Endorsements,” Nov. 1 From your liberal-slanted articles and biased letters each week, it is not hard to realize both The Argonaut and LA Times favor the Democratic Party and its candidates. I wanted to write my letter to the editor after reading your ballot recommendations, but thought I would be a
voice in the wilderness. How refreshing it was to see so much reader pushback against The Argonaut’s Democratic-leaning endorsements, as well as your fallacious and futile “Yes on 10” recommendation that would cause housing developers to stop or reduce new home building here (defeated with only 39% support). Whatever The Argonaut and LA Times recommend, thoughtful readers should vote just the opposite. Roy Reel, Culver City Don’t Waste Time Pointing Fingers Re: Ongoing mass shooting tragedies We as a society need to stop blaming each other for the ills of the country and come together in search of answers. We are wasting time as the problems mount and get worse. When you look at the horrified faces of children running out of a school because of a shooting rampage, it is because we failed to protect them. When young people die while having fun at a club, it is because
we are divided instead of being united for a better cause. If we do not act now for the sake of each other, then we will lose a very precious gift that was given to us by all those who served this nation by being united themselves in great causes. That gift is freedom. George Vreeland Hill, Beverly Hills Janice Hahn Gets It Re: “Mariners Village is Spared for the Wrecking Ball,” News, Nov. 8 May Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s insights into our local housing situation be contagious throughout our county, state and country. Thank you, Janice, for keeping your benevolent attention to trees, wildlife and humanity! Ingrid Mueller, Venice
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Battles Over Rent Control Continue After a defeat at the polls, housing advocates get confrontational in Santa Monica
More than 100 protesters swarmed in and around the lobby of The Blackstone Group, which spent more than $6 million to defeat Prop 10 Story by Gary Walker Photos by Maria Martin After seeing rent control ballot initiative Proposition 10 go down in flames at the ballot box with only 39.3% statewide support, some affordable housing advocates are vowing to wage disruptive protests — even risking arrest — demanding that lawmakers do more to address housing affordability. Activists and at least one local lawmaker say such remedies could include attempts to revise the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, the state law that prevents local governments from expanding rent control, which Prop 10 had sought to repeal outright. Last Wednesday (Nov. 7), more than 100 members of community organizing groups and their supporters stormed the downtown Santa Monica office of private equity and real estate firm The Blackstone Group, resulting in the arrests of several demonstrators who refused orders by police to leave the building.
Outside the building, against a backdrop of flashing red and blue lights, protesters briefly clashed with Santa Monica police officers along Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and Second Street as Rene Maya, a member of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), was arrested and taken away in a police car. ACCE formed during the collapse of ACORN to advocate for state policy changes that would benefit low- and moderateincome families. Amid deafening chants of “Blackstone has got to go!” and “Blackstone, you can’t hide! We can see your greedy side!” demonstrators said they targeted the corporate landlord for its financial contributions of efforts to defeat Prop 10. Of more than $75 million raised by opponents, Blackstone contributed $6.2 million to those efforts, according to campaign finance records. “We’re sick and tired of seeing members of our community get driven out of L.A.
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County or into the streets,” said People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER) Director Bill Przylucki, who participated in the protest. “We’ve had people say ‘I voted against Proposition 10 because I’m for rent control.’ That’s how much close to a $100 million will buy you in confusion and lies,” he said. Los Angeles tenants’ rights attorney Elena Pope said advocates will seek an ally in Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, who did not back Prop 10 but has gone on record as supporting “reform” of CostaHawkins, which limits the application of L.A.’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance to apartments constructed before 1978. “This election was bought,” Pope said, “and we don’t have [the funding] to compete with the opponents.” Los Angeles County Supervisor Shelia Kuehl, whose district includes Santa Monica, applauded the protestors for fighting for the housing affordability cause. “I think people are really up in arms and they need to continue to speak out on the
incredibly misleading advertising by some of the larger real estate groups that opposed Proposition 10. With the millions of dollars that they spent to mislead the public, it’s no wonder Proposition 10 lost,” Kuehl said. Kuehl, formerly a Democratic state legislator, said Sacramento lawmakers should consider modifying the 23-yearold Costa-Hawkins Act in light of how much time has passed since it went into effect. “Maybe instead of using the year 1995 [as a baseline] it could be changed to a later year, like 2010,” Kuehl said. Blackstone declined to address the protest directly, but reiterated the company’s position that expanding rent control would decrease investment in new housing, decreasing supply and thus making units less affordable in the long-run. “We agree steps should be taken to (Continued on page 16)
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Marina del Rey charter service is giving free rides to those displaced by fire Photo by Mia Duncans
By Gary Walker Watching on television as the Woolsey Fire destroyed hundreds of homes and engulfed more than 90,000 acres from Malibu to Ventura County, Milton “Skip” Rutzick thought about what he could do to help some of those displaced by the disaster. A certified charter boat captain and owner of a yacht charger service in Marina del Rey, the power to help was in reach: Capt. Skip, as he’s known in the marina, decided to offer boat rides — for free — to evacuees who wanted to return to their homes or businesses but couldn’t get past road closures. As of Wednesday, Rutzick had ferried nearly 20 people from Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey to various parts of Malibu. “I realized the magnitude of the fires and the limitations that people have on getting there. I knew that people had been displaced and wanted to check on their homes, on their neighbors — wanted to find family and wanted to get supplies in,” Rutzick explained Tuesday as he piloted one of his two charter vessels, a 62-foot powerboat called The Duchess.
Fast-moving flames tore through a Pacific Coast Highway bus stop near Corral Canyon Beach and the Malibu Seafood Fresh Fish Market Rutzick’s first trip was transporting a woman with medical supplies to Zuma Beach on Monday morning. On Tuesday he ferried six people to Latigo Canyon and two people — Zan and Claude Marquis, owners of the Point Dume Plaza Shopping Center — to Paradise Cove. Wanting to check on and assist their
commercial tenants and neighbors, the couple took fire extinguishers, sleeping bags, flashlights and emergency medical supplies. Claude Marquis, a medical doctor, said many of the businesses are “mom and pop type tenants” who have invested their life savings in their businesses. “They’re very
concerned about whether they’ll be able to reopen,” she said. “They’re contacting us to see if they’re still in business or have they been wiped out. We’re getting a lot of phone calls and we don’t know what to tell them,” added Zan Marquis. “So we’re going to see what’s needed and to help.” A couple of miles off the coast from Paradise Cove, the acrid smell of burned hillsides was already apparent. White smoke drifted through the canyons like the tendrils of a lingering ghost and a charred hilltop stood in contrast to surrounding greenery. The vessel has been operating so close to burn zones that The Duchess First Mate David Carter said he’d found some embers on the boat after its first trip. The Duchess wasn’t able to dock at any of its drop-off points, often due to the hazards of rocky coastlines, so Rutzick’s passengers have had to reach shore in creative ways. “Two of the guys that we brought almost to Latigo Canyon swam to shore, a dingy that was in the area took another (Continued on page 27)
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Prank Triggers Shooting Scare on LMU Campus Less than 24 hours after the deadly mass shooting that targeted college students at a popular Thousand Oaks nightspot, LAPD officers responded to reports of a shooter on the Loyola Marymount University campus — false reports, triggered by a prank. The initial call to police just after 5:30 p.m. Friday came from a parent whose
for an hour and evacuated the Del Rey North dormitory on campus, where the report originated. Investigators “spoke with the person who made the original report” and concluded the report “was the result of a prank,” a spokesman said. Goddard, who was a first responder to the 2016 murder-suicide shooting at UCLA, said police weren’t amused. After
“The message I would hope to convey is this is not taken lightly by police.” — LAPD Lt. Randy Goddard son had texted her there was an active shooter on the campus, said Lt. Randy Goddard, commanding officer of the LAPD’s Pacific Detectives Division. Six other calls for service followed — each of them reporting third-party information from text messages and social media posts. At least two LAPD sergeants, 12 patrol officers and one detective searched the campus for an hour but found no evidence of a shooter, Goddard said. A statement by LMU confirmed that LAPD officers closed campus entrances
completing their investigation, detectives may ask the city attorney to file misdemeanor criminal charges for making a false report to police. “This day and age you cannot be doing any type of pranks like this,” Goddard said. “With all the tragedy we see around us in the U.S., let alone just recently in Thousand Oaks, the message I would hope to convey is that this is not taken lightly by police. It’s a serious offense, and it can really do a lot of damage.” — Joe Piasecki
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An early-1960s watercolor depicting the original design study for dredging Marina del Rey harbor is going up for auction this weekend. The 23- by 39-inch painting by the late artist Ben Abril, who also worked as an architecture coordinator for Los Angeles County, was commissioned by the Los Angeles County Harbor Patrol and acquired by private
owners in the 1990s. This unique artifact of Westside history is up for grabs Monday as lot No. 120 in Bonham’s online California and Western Paintings and Sculpture Auction. It’s expected to fetch between $4,000 and $6,000. Visit bonhams.com/auctions/24772 for more information or to register a bid. — Joe Piasecki
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Blonde bombshell nurtured Marina del Rey’s library into the millennium By Rip Rense Virginia Harms, a captivating beauty who ran her own business in the 1960s and later served as a longtime president of the Friends of the Lloyd Taber Marina del Rey Library, died recently after a brief illness. She was 84. Harms was instrumental in securing funds for the reading room and nautical wing of the library, added in 1999, when the building was renamed in honor of its main donor. The nautical wing includes more than 5,000 maritime books and an extensive collection of shipping charts and boating periodicals. As a director of the Marina del Rey Foundation, Harms also “worked really hard to save the library” in the early 1990s, when it was threatened with closure over lack of Los Angeles County funding, said Marina del Rey Historical Society President Emeritus Willie Hjorth. An effervescent fixture in Marina del Rey affairs since 1968, when she moved to the Marina Peninsula from the old Malibu Colony, Harms spent her later years in Marina City Club, where she was a popular and lively figure marked by impeccable couture and a green Jaguar convertible. As Hjorth put it: “She was a gorgeous lady. When she entered the room, you knew she came in.” A petite woman with an explosive laugh and blonde Veronica Lake-style hair, Harms came to Los Angeles with her first husband, an engineer at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, in the early 1960s. The Havertown, Penn., native soon got herself a job at Douglas as a secretary, despite lacking experience. She credited her hiring to having comported herself elegantly, right down to her elbow-length white gloves. In the mid-’60s, Harms left Douglas to open a dress shop called Dina’s (her family nickname) in Brentwood Village, where she served tea and cakes to customers. She employed an in-house seamstress who specialized in popular new Capri sets — fitted bottoms, cropped tops — that proved all the rage. The elegant shop became a local icon of chic, attracting many celebrity clients. Among the stories: The Rolling Stones posed for photos outside, and Lee Marvin, for unknown reasons, occasionally drove his motorcycle inside and parked it there. After a divorce and remarriage, Harms gave birth to son Courtney Harms in 1971, turning her attention to full-time motherhood and, eventually, the Marina del Rey library.
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‘A Building within a Building’ Google reinvents Playa Vista’s historic Spruce Goose hangar for L.A.’s booming 21st-century tech industry By Joe Piasecki In 1947, aerospace tycoon Howard Hughes’ storied H-4 Hercules — an experimental wooden “flying boat” with a wingspan of 321 feet, more than 120 feet greater than a Boeing 747 and still the longest of any plane ever flown — emerged in giant pieces from a cavernous, four-story aircraft hangar along a dirt runway that’s now the ground below Playa Vista. Nicknamed the Spruce Goose (though actually made of birch), the aircraft still ranks among the greatest technological achievements of its time. Seventy-one years later, the hangar that gave birth to the Spruce Goose has been reconfigured as a workspace for today’s leading innovators in digital technology: Google, along with sister company YouTube. Last Thursday, Google officials led Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin, LAUSD Board of Education member Nick Melvoin, beneficiaries of its charitable grant program, and local media on a tour of its recently completed adaptive reuse of the 450,000-square-foot Spruce Goose hangar. The result attests to an ambitious architectural and design effort to preserve the integrity of the original structure while constructing multiple levels of contemporary workspaces inside of it — “a building within a building,” explained Kristi Paulson, a principal at ZGF Architects. Look up from the polished concrete ground floor and you’ll see the hangar’s original wooden beams, curved like the bottom of a massive ship turned upside down, sanded down to the rich, warm brown of unpainted Douglas fir. Thirdstory windows that had been boarded up for decades and newly cut skylights flood the space with natural light. Newly constructed workspaces (not included on the tour) are staggered one to three stories above the floor, set back from the hangar’s original walls and ceiling by at least 20 feet in order to preserve the expansiveness of the space. It’s a concept driven home by unobstructed hallway views of the east and west walls 750 feet
apart — a distance of more than two football fields. “We knew this was going to be a wooden cathedral. The space, the scale — you wanted to still be able to feel the hangar, even though we were going to build something new on the inside,” Paulson said. “It was also very intentional to make sure the new architecture had a very distinct look from the old architecture so that they were understood as separate things, although now they are intrinsically connected through the circulation.”
legacy of innovation with Google’s but also to speak about the Westside’s burgeoning tech industry as both an engine for economic growth and an opportunity for greater economic equity among Los Angeles residents. Tech industry critics blame its rise for a spike in housing and cost-of-living increases, particularly west of the 405 Freeway, displacing low-income and minority residents whose demographics are underrepresented throughout the industry nationwide.
“We had good aerospace jobs and lost them. Do we not want to replace them with good middle-class jobs?” — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
The narrow engineering offices that divided the original space in two along the length of the structure have been repurposed as collaborative workspaces connected by open stairways and bridges, allowing occupants to weave through a building spine that might otherwise be divisive. “Google is not a static company,” said Paulson. “This is not static office space.” Both Google and YouTube employees — there are already about 1,000 in Los Angeles, including the Binoculars Building in Venice and YouTube Space L.A. adjacent to the hangar — are expected to utilize the space for a variety of creative, sales and operational purposes, a spokeswoman said. The company is not disclosing its financial investment in the property. *** Garcetti, whose office helped mediate lease discussions between Google and the hangar’s owner, used opening remarks to not only connect Hughes’
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Through various city- and LAUSD-supported technology education, enrichment and internship programs as well as the recent Annenberg Foundation-backed venture capital diversity initiative PledgeLA, Garcetti said the city is redoubling efforts to ensure that the next generation of L.A.’s tech workforce more closely mirrors the city’s diversity. “We’re creating tech jobs faster than any other city in America. In 2017 alone we brought in $5.6 billion in venture capital for startups. So we’re moving quickly, but we’re also looking backwards to make sure we’re not leaving anyone behind. … Folks who are traditionally underrepresented — women, people of color — must be able share in this innovation and creation,” Garcetti said. “A city like Los Angeles is like a company like Google,” he said. “We are now such a tent pole, people will come to us no matter what. But we have to look right in front of us, too, to make sure we’re bringing up those who grow up here as well, and who look like this city.” Prior to the tour, Google’s Head of
California Public Affairs Rebecca Prozan awarded two $50,000 charitable grants related to education and economic equity — part of nearly $4 million given to L.A. area schools and nonprofits since the company’s 2011 arrival in Venice, she said. Katherine Johnson STEM Academy, an LAUSD/Loyola Marymount University partnership middle school located on the Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet (formerly Westchester High School) campus, received funds to renovate, equip and supply its campus science, technology, engineering and mathematics laboratory. Santa Monica-based job-readiness nonprofit Chrysalis received funding to support transitional employment programing for low-income and formerly homeless residents, including the cleanup crews that contract with the Venice Beach Business Improvement District. “We want to make sure that growing and giving back to the community is part of our DNA,” Prozan said. *** Facing questions after the tour about the sustainability of tech-industry growth amid a housing shortage and affordability issues, Garcetti told reporters that Los Angeles would not go the way of San Francisco. Space to build new housing is far less constrained, he argued, and growth is manageable if concentrated along an expanded public transportation infrastructure. “We had good aerospace jobs and lost them. Do we not want to replace them with good middle-class jobs?” Garcetti said in response to a question by Peter Kiefer of The Hollywood Reporter. “This is very different than smaller cities where a huge company comes in and suddenly blows up. Our housing crisis isn’t caused by tech companies; it’s caused by not building enough [housing] for so many years.” joe@argonautnews.com
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Google’s adaptive reuse of the Spruce Goose hangar preserves the historic structure around contemporary workspaces (Photo by Connie Zhou) B elow : H-4 Hercules construction in the 1940s; the empty hangar in 2015; and Melvoin, Garcetti and Bonin last Thursday with a Googlecommissioned hanging sculpture honoring the Spruce Goose A bove :
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An Artist’s Intuition How a serious health scare helped C&O restaurants co-owner Debbi Singer find her creative voice By Kathy Leonardo Debbi Singer had always loved art. Surrounded by artists in her daily life, the Venice resident admired their creative spirit, but as a busy mother and co-owner of C&O Trattoria and C&O Cucina, she never gave a second thought to making her own art. Working in the restaurant business was her creative outlet. “I always admired their skill and it looked so much fun, but I never had the courage to pick up a brush,” she says. “Feeding people definitely felt creative and satisfying.” But in 2008, while preparing to go on her honeymoon, Singer began feeling pain in her right lower abdomen. After numerous medical office visits, doctors discovered an ovarian cyst that they initially thought to be benign, but Singer’s intuition told her to have it removed. “Lo and behold, I spent my honeymoon and beyond at Cedars-Sinai, having treatments for six months. ‘If you want to make God laugh, tell her your plans,’” Singer says with a chuckle. After six months of chemotherapy and an all-clear diagnosis, Singer’s intuition told her to insist on a second surgery to remove her other ovary, and doctors were shocked to find cancer cells that had gone undetected. During her recovery, Singer — always a believer in the power of positive thinking — began posting affirmational sayings around the house. To make them more visually appealing, she taught herself Photoshop and started designing her own affirmation cards. Making colors pop lifted her spirits. “I just started to play, and the affirmations and visualizations became so much more powerful,” she says. Then Singer started playing with stencils, acrylic paint and oil pastels, and over time she began creating her
For C&O’s Debbi Singer, a battle with ovarian cancer opened up a window into her creative soul own fine art canvases. Ten years after her initial diagnosis, Singer paints several hours a week and is preparing to launch a solo exhibition of her work on Sunday at The Upper West in Santa Monica. “I feel like a kid in a sandbox surrounded with her favorite toys,” says Singer of her newfound life’s work as a fine art painter. “After I picked up a paintbrush, I discovered that the healing continued and has intensified through the process of laying layers of paint on my canvas.” “Forgiveness,” one of Singer’s more abstract canvases, shows an effluence of warm reds flowing from a dark cloud that appears to be hanging over the hand
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intensified, so did my anger, and at the bottom part of the painting I found my voice. It was a transformative process.” Singer, who is donating proceeds of painting sales to the Ovarian Cancer Circle and Safe Place for Youth, says art is teaching her to embrace the fullness of life. “Vulnerability is a strength, so I am willing to share my journey, and now my art, without fear of judgment,” she says. The opening reception for Singer’s “AffirmSheArt” exhibit is from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 18) at The Upper West, 3321 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Call (310) 586-1111 or visit debbisingerart.com.
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By Christina Campodonico At her shows, singer-songwriter Monica Aben wants you to feel comfortable — in your skin and with your feelings. In order to do that, she has a bit of an unorthodox method. Over the past year, the fourth-generation Venetian has invited friends, friends of friends, and community members to show up at her family’s Rose Avenue home in sweatpants — or whatever makes them feel comfortable — for concerts she’s dubbed “The Sweatpants Series.” During these intimate house shows, Aben and one or two of her singer-songwriter friends play original songs and regale audiences with the tales behind them. It’s the 25-year-old’s way of not only sharing her music (her latest single, “The Beginning of Things,” launches Friday during a special “Sweatpants Series” showcase at Amiga Wild), but also creating community in a neighborhood that’s seen rapid change over the last five years.
“Here’s my opinion on the whole situation that has become Venice,” she says. “I think it’s great that things can boom and bloom … but I think at the same time, I feel like it’s created a wildfire for a lot of other issues.” Among them a lost sense of community and a rise in homelessness, which is why 70% of the proceeds from every “Sweatpants Series” show benefits homeless youth services center Safe Place for Youth. “I think they are such a special thing that exists in Venice,” says Aben, who adds that a special guest from S.P.Y.’s music program will also be playing on Friday. “I’ll support them forever. … The only way I feel comfortable about promoting my music is if I can feel I can make a dent in the world and not add to the noise. I want to give back to the place that built me.” Even so, Aben’s relationship with Venice has not always been easy. When she was growing up the neighborhood’s then-gritti-
er nature was a turnoff for high school and middle school friends from ritzier zip codes. And for a time, Aben herself “fell off the Venice map” as she dealt with the aftermath of a severe allergic reaction during high school and, later, her friends moving away from the area to attend college. Even now, she sometimes finds Venice’s newly glammed-up status alienating. “It almost reminds me of New York,” she says, “and I know that’s really extreme to say, but you know when you walk around and you kind of feel like you’re invisible? I don’t like that there are parts of Venice that feel like that. … All of it has changed so much. I feel like I’ve moved, but I haven’t.” Yet music has always been a saving grace for Aben, who as a teen found great comfort in strumming her guitar for her friends in — you guessed it — sweatpants. “I would like to sit on my bed with
some friends and I would play them a new song I wrote about a boy that I liked, or something a 15-year-old me would do,” she reminisces. Since recreating that comfy vibe through “The Sweatpants Series,” Aben’s discovered a newfound sense of community in Venice that she hopes to share with others. “You know, when people are comfortable physically, it kind of brings up this thing within them to be like, ‘I’m comfortable, I want to share,’” she says. “And so far, it’s just been really magical.” “The Sweatpants Series: Monica Aben Single Release Show” happens from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday (Nov. 16) at Amiga Wild, 2124 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. A $10 donation is suggested. RSVP at sweatpantsseries1116. eventbrite.com or visit sweatpantsseries.com for more info.
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By Angela Matano A little escapism can be a healthy thing, and who better to help you take a mental break from reality than directors Joel and Ethan Coen. Their formatbusting new film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” is an anthology of six short films that are not related in any way, except that each is of the Western genre. The movie opens with the insert of a book cover, and with the commencement of each different tale a page turns — a conceit that manages to be somehow both cozy and subversive. The opening vignette finds Tim Blake Nelson crooning his heart out in between (at times even during) shootouts, the tradition of the Singing Cowboy never having looked quite so cheerful and immaculate, while at the same time projecting pure ruthlessness. As in most of their movies, the Coens love to mash up themes, tones and plot lines in such a way that I often leave the theater wondering what exactly has just hit me. The genre-bending continues with Tom Waits as a prospector, James Franco as a bank robber, and Liam Neeson as an impresario. Each segment of “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” celebrates a different kind of Western, culminating in a finale that pays homage to the classic John Ford picture “Stagecoach.” While the movie will be playing simultaneously in movie theaters
and on Netflix, I very much recommend venturing out into the night to soak it up on a big screen. Bruno Delbonnel’s cinematography is astonishing, and the best way to take in the world of the Coens is to completely absorb yourself in their strange, wonderful universe — cell phones off, distractions be damned. And to complete your evening of escapism, indulge in a 40-day dry-aged New York strip at Boa Steakhouse in Santa Monica. While this glamorous restaurant is not exactly ye olde saloon of yore, this is the place to get a seriously manly steak. For those who dream of the open range, order up a Tomahawk or a Porterhouse and go cow-wild. (P.S. I recently sat next to an aging movie star who played a cowboy or two, a footnote out of central casting.) In addition to serving a mean steak, Boa delivers side dishes and appetizers to die for. Choices like the decadent goat cheese baklava and the crab and black truffle scalloped potatoes could very well bring you to your knees. If you’re trying to keep from bustin’ a gut, the smashed broccoli sacrifices nothing in flavor, while getting you your vitamins. The chipotle-lime corn is similarly light, but yummy, with just the right amount of umami. A full-throated night out at Boa calls for a drink. A big, bold red
wine, like the Buehler Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, puts a little swank in your meal. Another direction to go in is a cocktail, and there are two that will pluck your dreadnought guitar strings. The Smoke Show, a mix of Wild Turkey Longbranch Bourbon, maple syrup, orange bitters and actual Applewood smoke, comes dressed up in a highball, waiting for your server to pour a billow of smoke out of a beaker, a welcome addition of molecular gastronomy. Another great choice to drink is the Fire and Smoke, an adventurous blend of mezcal, pineapple, pink peppercorn, honey, lime and firewater bitters. While the lure of the Platinum Age of Television continues to give us reasons to stay at home, sometimes a night out reminds us of who we are. If you’re lucky, a night out might even remind you why you love your spouse, or your date, or your best friend. Of course we could fry up the steak ourselves and watch the movie on our TV, but, really, where’s the fun in that? “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” is now playing at the Landmark, 10850 Pico Blvd., West L.A. Call (310) 470-0492 or visit landmarktheatres.com. Boa Steakhouse is at 101 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Call (310) 899-4466 or visit innovativedining.com for reservations. November 15, 2018 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 17
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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A I’m thinking of selling my home, but worried that this isn’t a good time of year- should I wait? This year, I’m getting this question even more than usual. My response is based on current and projected market conditions. In the past several years, I often encouraged my clients to wait to sell in the spring. This year is a little different. While our “Silicon Beach” area homes are still benefitting from record sales prices, we have already seen a slowdown in the real estate market. It has been more pronounced outside of our immediate area, but it is here. There has been less buyer activity, more homes for sale and more rentals on the market. The majority of economists have predicted this slowdown, and that we are moving toward a recession, expected in 2019- 2020. Therefore, my current advice to potential Sellers is- if you think you may need or want to sell in the next few years, don’t wait. If you aren’t sure, and you are able to hold out for several years if the market takes a hit, then you don’t need to panic. Encouraging for those trying to take advantage of the premium sales prices we’ve been getting, and worried that those days are already passed- you are just in time for a little upswing due to the elections being behind us. We are getting
more calls from buyers and renters alike, who were waiting for at least some perceived certainty. The election brought good news for homeowners when Proposition 10 was defeated! The uncertainty of new rent control provisions being applied to single family homes and condominiums was putting off buyers concerned that over-regulation of their ability to rent would translate to a direct loss in property value. Contrary to popular belief, people buy homes year round! The holiday season is one that inspires people to create a home to celebrate in with their family, and many really want to be in their new home in time to entertain and make holiday memories, or to start a fresh year. Adding some tasteful holiday cheer and twinkling lights is a great opportunity to convey the beauty and warmth of your home at its best. An experienced real estate broker can advise you on what décor items add that special touch and which items might be too much. For my Sellers, the end of the year is often a desirable time to close a chapter, with people excited to move to their own new
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locations, closer to family, down-sizing, up-sizing, traveling, time off from work to make a move, and/or financial freedom for the holiday and new year. Many people are choosing to simply sell before the anticipated recession and have cash in hand for their next buying opportunity. Whatever your reason, you haven’t missed out yet. I hope spring sellers are not disappointed by lower prices, and that we continue to have the stability that we’ve finally just grown used to again. However, the future is always uncertain, and we know that todays’ values are a gift in hand. I also want to take a moment to recognize all of the property owners throughout California who have suffered terrible losses from these devastating wildfires. Our close neighbors in Malibu, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village are suffering, and we all have friends and colleagues who no longer have a home to celebrate the holidays. Some are displaced temporarily, others without a home to return to. Some were in process of selling or buying a home, dreams burned to the ground. Of course, devastating as the property loss is, it is nothing compared to
the loss of life. While Southern California has been lucky enough to have few human fatalities, the number of fatalities in Northern California is heartbreaking. This is a reminder to never take for granted our beautiful neighborhoods and California lifestyle, and to reach out to our suffering neighbors. The American Red Cross and the Humane Society are both great organizations, on the ground now in these areas, providing assistance with the overwhelming needs of people and animals in need. Please consider donating or volunteering to help our neighbors.
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Venice Art Crawl Mixer, 6 to 8 p.m. Discuss art, culture and entertainment at this Venice Boardwalk landmark of 40+ years and meet local artists and merchants. The Sidewalk Café, 1401 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. $5. venicechamber.net Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa Airport Relations Committee, 6:30 p.m. The committee meets at the Loyola Village Public Library
Soundwaves Series: “Garlands for Steven Stucky,” 7:30 p.m. Emmywinning concert pianist Gloria Cheng performs selections from her program dedicated to the late Steven Stucky, L.A. Philharmonic composer-in-residence for 21 years. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Sofar Sounds: Culver City, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. A carefully curated set of live music, kept secret until showtime, at a secret location in Culver City. Get instructions at sofarsounds.com Turtle Races at Brennan’s, 9 p.m. Each third Thursday of the month, local Irish pub Brennan’s resumes its 45-year tradition of turtle racing. Brennan’s, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. No cover. (424) 443-5119; brennansla.com
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Mar Vista Senior Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Ages 50 and over are welcome to
The White Blinds, 8 to 9 p.m. Enjoy the soul jazz sounds of trio The White Blinds as they pay homage to the music of the ’60s and ’70s with a splash of New Orleans groove and Afro-funk. Record Surplus, 12436 Santa Monica Blvd., West L.A. Free. (310) 979-4577; recordsurplusla.com Venice Vandals Comedy Show, 8 to 10 p.m. Sit under the stars and enjoy some of the best Los Angeles comics at this monthly Venice comedy showcase. BYOB. Lone Wolfs, 2545 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $8 to $10. venicevandalscomedy.brownpapertickets.com DJ Jedi & Anthony Valadez Dance Party, 9 p.m. Deejays are on the decks spinning new and old soul, funk, blues, rock, hip-hop, beats, breaks and anything else that gets the dance floor going. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com
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Venice Community Housing Chalk Art Festival, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participate in a large-scale community
Happy Birthday, Abbot Kinney! Show your Venice Pride on Friday and Saturday No Los Angeles community wears local pride on its sleeves more than Venetians do, and honoring the colorful history of Venice Beach is part of what sets the true believers apart. Two fun events this weekend call on locals to enjoy the present while celebrating the past. Friday, Nov. 16, marks what would have been Venice of America builder Abbot Kinney’s 167th birthday. Event photographers and community boosters Venice Paparazzi have organized a
number of local restaurants to lead patrons in singing happy birthday to Venice’s founding father at 8:30 p.m. sharp. Participants include the Canal Club, Hama Sushi, Hotel Erwin’s High Rooftop Lounge, James’ Beach, Sidewalk Café, Simmzy’s, Surfside Venice and the Venice Beach Suites & Hotel. For details and updates, visit abbotkinneyday.com. On Saturday, Nov. 17, Venice artist Jason Hill releases the second volume of his Venice Stories collection during a book sale and signing from 4 to 7 p.m. at Surfside Venice (23 Windward Ave.). Hill’s cre-
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ative graphic story panels run about once a month in The Argonaut, most of them interviews with prominent local figures bearing witness to Venice history still in the making. Interview subjects included in this volume include C.J. Gronner, Patrick Johnston, Beth Allyn, Tonan Ruiz, Guy Okazaki, Marty Liboff, Josh “Bagel” Klassman, Lacey Kay Cowden, Harry Perry and Jeff “The Dude” Dowd. Volumes 1 and 2 are also available for $20 each at washedupvenice.com. — Joe Piasecki
Indigenous womxn artists take center stage in ESMoA’s “Matriarchs.” SEE MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. chalk art piece. Music, kids’ activities and food trucks will be on hand. Located at the parking lot on Pacific Avenue between North Venice and South Venice Avenues. No admission. vchcorp.org
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6th Annual Full-Circle Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This handmade holiday show and fundraiser celebrates the season with locally made arts and crafts by a group of artists and artisans, featuring a raffle benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Full-Circle Pottery, 12023 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. (310) 502-3115; full-circlepottery.com Claiming Creativity, 11 a.m. to noon. Lisa Wedgeworth leads a discussion on the freedom of embracing accidents and mistakes, and why the notion of perfection is paralyzing when it comes to creativity. Learn how to nurture all forms of creativity in your life. Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-2239; smgov.net/camera The Strikers Band, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Listen to live music, nibble on light refreshments and dance the afternoon away. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Culver City Senior Citizens Center, 4095
Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a salsa concert by Charangoa. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Hedgehog Swing Concert, 2 p.m. Long Beach-based band Hedgehog Swing performs European-style acoustic jazz, combining American and Gypsy jazz. El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. Free. (310) 524-2728; eslib.org “New Works,” 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. This culminating exhibit features new interdisciplinary and performance works by studio residents Aparna Sindhoor and Lisa Diane Wedgeworth. Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-2239; smgov.net/camera Jammin Reggae Cruise, 6 and 9:30 p.m. Dance the night away while deejays play reggae and dancehall music on this two-hour Jamaican (Continued on page 30)
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Del Rey Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee, 7 p.m. The committee meets on the third Thursday of each month at Del Rey Square, 11976 Culver Blvd., Del Rey. delreync.org
Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge while having a brew and win prizes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover before 9:15 p.m.; $10 after. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com
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Bay Cities Coin Club Meeting, 6:30 to 9 p.m. The club meets on the third Thursday of this month to announce coin shows, present a show-and-tell or host a guest speaker. The club is open to the public. El Segundo Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo. baycitiescc@gmail.com
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“I’m Gonna Kill the President!” takes audiences out of their comfort zone By Christina Campodonico In spite of, or perhaps because of its audacious name, “I’m Gonna Kill the President! A Federal Offense,” is the kind of play that cloaks itself in mystery. The work, which first appeared during the Iraq War resistance of the George W. Bush years and is back for a Southern California run during the Trump era, is the creation of anonymous playwright Hieronymous Bang and his guerilla theater troupe Imagination Liberation Front. Every show takes place in a secret location. And those bold enough to attend are asked to make sure they are not followed — at least that’s what HB tells me over the phone in his vaguely Southern accent. “It’s a lot of fun, and it’s going to be outside your comfort zone,” he says. So on Sunday night, I slipped out of my house — leaving only word of my whereabouts with my editor should things get dicey — and headed to the corner of 11th Street and San Vicente in Santa Monica to meet my fellow comrades for this clandestine theatrical event. Getting there early, I parked my car on a dark corner and waited for signs that I was in the right place. I notice a couple sitting inside one SUV eating or talking and a black town car with darkened windows parked behind them. As the appointed meeting time approaches, the black car, which looks like the kind an undercover agent might drive, revs to life and drives away — spooky. Then I see about a dozen people gathered across the street — I know I’m in the right place. A young woman with braids, wearing army green cargo pants, greets us and tells us to turn on the flashlights on our phones and check in with the man in red suspenders up ahead. We walk about a block before arriving at a private residence with gates swung wide open. The man in red suspenders records us
Zany, wacky and wild, “I’m Gonna Kill the President” delivers political satire with a surrealistic zing
What unfurls next is an absurdist whirlwind of sketch comedy and political satire, as an anonymous band of madcap players aids the leads — an impressionable college student named Fifi and an earnest revolutionary named Skip — in a hair-brained plot to capture, and yes, maybe even off the president. There’s a sleeping bag with a monstrous grin and googly eyes that gobbles up the actors or stuns them into submission, and a shape-shifting character known as “The Man” who attempts to steer Fifi off her radical course. (I’m told “The Man” is Hieronymous Bang by one audience member intimate with the show, but he sounds nothing like the person I talked to over the phone.) It all leads up to a pivotal call to the White House — the audience is invited to shout “I’m Gonna Kill the President!” into a cell phone — and a harrowing climax with some very Orwellian vibes. Let’s just say it feels like the government is watching you, but you can’t quite be sure if that part is real or part of some elaborate theatrical ruse. (Though the number Skip dials is indeed the White House switchboard.) Either way, you can’t help but feel a little shaken, wondering if you’ve been implicated in an actual crime (threatening the president is a felony), or merely a willing accomplice to theater’s oldest trick — suspension of disbelief. You may walk away feeling a little paranoid and, perhaps, a lot more thankful for your First Amendment rights — to peaceably assemble, speak your mind and participant in such a farcical play as this. At least they’re all intact … for now.
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Sunday, Nov. 18 Mt. Olive Jazz Worship, 9 a.m. Hear Dixieland jazz with piano, cornet and drums at this special jazz Sunday worship. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 452-1116; mtolivelutheranchurch.org Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a country concert by Jimi Nelson & The Drifting Cowboys. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “From Tell to Pittel to Sibelius, Too,” 3 p.m. Enjoy a concert of the William Tell Overture, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 in D-Major and selections of saxophone classics and Big Band era songs, featuring saxophonist Harvey Pittel. Veterans
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PRT’s Sunday Concert Series: Dos Pochos, 7 p.m. This weekly concert series at Pacific Resident Theatre continues with performances by guitar duo Dos Pochos with Rick Boston and Michael Jost. Pacific Resident Theatre, 705 Venice Blvd., Venice. $20. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com
Meditations on Media, 6 to 9 p.m. Gerry Fialka’s stimulating soiree inventories the psychic effects of media on individuals and society, and muses on why they are ignored. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 306-7330; laughtears.com
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Thanksgiving Day Service, 10 a.m. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church hosts this Santa Monica area interfaith Thanksgiving Day services. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 452-1116; mtolivelutheranchurch.org
Tuesday, Nov. 20 Sierra Club Airport Marina Group, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Participate in a roundtable discussion on conservation projects and news about the Ballona Creek watershed. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Burton Chase Park, Community Room, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 613-1175
Wednesday, Nov. 21 Brandeis Men’s Group, 9 a.m. This men’s social group meets to raise awareness and support for Brandeis University. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer speaks and a lox and bagel breakfast will be served. Veterans
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“Paris Scenes,” through mid-November. Photographer Bob Friday captures the City of Light as reflected through its art and artists, its history and culture and the architecture and environment. Friday’s exhibit reveals a city in transition between the Paris of the past and the geopolitical movements of the present. The Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-0815; edgemarcenter.org
Thanksgiving Day Cruise, noon to 2 p.m. and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Celebrate a carefree Thanksgiving Day with your family on either a two-hour champagne brunch or three-hour supper cruise. Listen to live jazz at brunch or a solo entertainer on the supper cruise decorated with the holiday spirit. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $75 to $99; reservations required. (310) 301-9900; hornblower.com
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“Life Through My Eyes,” through Nov. 17. This exhibit gives one a glimpse into the different artists’ individual visions be it through rose-colored glasses, a miniature universe, a cosmic reality or a scientific viewpoint. Blue 7 Gallery, 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 449-1444; blue7gallery.com.
“City of Night” through Nov. 30. Artist JoAnn Cowan displays her painting “City of Night,” a landscape of the Playa del Rey and Venice area prior to the construction of Marina del Rey. History Gallery, Fisherman’s Village, 13737 Fiji Way, #C3, Marina del Rey. (424) 391-6976; marinadelreyhistoricalsociety.org Experience 37: Matriarchs, through Jan 26. Featuring multiple works by 12 contemporary indigenous womxn artists, this exhibit includes fashion, metalwork, photography, painting, basketry and video. ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. (424) 2771020; esmoa.org “Homecomings,” through Dec. 1. The El Segundo Art Association presents the 2018 Fall Art Show. El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., El Segundo.
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Reap What You Sow:“Harvest” @ Santa Monica Playhouse This month’s SHINE storytellers share how earlier words or actions planted the seeds for life-changing events. The bluesy and soulful Nikki O’Neill and her band provide live musical accompaniment. One performance only: 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 15) at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $12. (310) 452-2321; storeyproductions.com Sense of Self:“I am Sophie” @ Pacific Resident Theatre When Kate decides to leave Paris
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Double Feature:“There’s a Nightmare in My Closet” + “Jabberwocky” @ Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz Tears of Joy Theatre perform a variety of puppet styles for this double-bill program, featuring a 1960s children’s tale and a Lewis Carroll classic. One performance only: 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 15) at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 West Pico Blvd., West L.A. (310) 286-0553; theatreraymondkabbaz.com
John Fleck in the multimedia-driven “Blacktop Highway” to care for her father, she decides it’s also time to share her new identity with the world — Sophie. What follows is an existential adventure with a French twist. Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Jan. 27. (No show on Thanksgiving). Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $34. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com
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Playful Paranoia:“The Marriage Zone” @ Santa Monica Playhouse In this comedy, three couples converge at an open house and learn they have so much in common it’s surreal. Last shows: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday (Nov. 17 & 18) at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $20 to $40. (800) 838-3006; santamonicaplayhouse.com
The Doctor is Out:“Quack” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre Dr. Irving Baer is a success at telling women what to do — how to lose weight, manage their health and make their dreams come true. But when a take-down piece of journalism shakes the foundations of his carefully manicured brand, he’s in for a fall and going to take everyone else down with him. Last shows: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 15, 16, 17 & 18) at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $72. (213) 628-2772; centertheatregroup.org
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. (310) 477-2055; odysseytheatre.com
Grasping Neighbors:“Radiant Vermin” @ The Odyssey Theatre This dark satire by new L.A. theater company Door Number 3 examines just how far one couple, Ollie and Jill, is willing to go in order to win the house of their dreams — no matter how many homeless people they have to eradicate in the process. Last shows: 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 15, 16, 17 & 18) at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $10 to 32.
A Tapping Good Time:“42nd Street” @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre A youthful cast tackles the original Broadway choreography for this classic musical about a small town girl with big city dreams. Recommended for ages 8+. Now playing at 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 15 at Morgan Wixson-Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 828-7519; morgan-wixson.org
Dark Days:“Blacktop Highway” @ Odyssey Theatre In this mashup of live theater and cinema, the dark depravities of a strange family living along the coast of Maine are explored, holding up a mirror to America’s fractured sociopolitical landscape. Now playing 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 15 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. (310) 3151400; odysseytheatre.com
ArgonautNews.com (310) 524-2728; elsegundoart. wordpress.com Judy Dater: “Only Human,” through Dec. 8. Feminist photographer Judy Dater challenges gender stereotypes and offers a nuanced perspective on what it means to be human. Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Dr., Westchester. cfa.lmu.edu
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