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Available only to qualified customers through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services at participating dealers through January 04, 2016. Not everyone will qualify. Advertised 36 months lease payment based on MSRP of $41,725 less the suggested dealer contribution resulting in a total gross capitalized cost of $41,235. Dealer contribution may vary and could affect your actual lease payment. Includes Destination Charge, Premium 1 Package, Blind Spot Assist and Heated Front Seats. Excludes title, taxes, registration, license fees, insurance, dealer prep and additional options. Total monthly payments equal $16,164. Cash due at signing includes $3,399 capitalized cost reduction, $795 acquisition fee and first month's lease payment of $449. No security deposit required. Total payments equal $20,358. At lease end, lessee pays for any amounts due under the lease, any official fees and taxes related to the scheduled termination, excess wear and use plus $0.25/mile over 30,000 miles, and $595 vehicle turn-in fee. Purchase option at lease end for $25,452 plus taxes (and any other fees and charges due under the applicable lease agreement) in example shown. Subject to credit approval. Specific vehicles are subject to availability and may have to be ordered. See participating dealer for details. Please always wear your seat belt, drive safely and obey speed limits.

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L e t t e r s The No. 1 Issue of Their Lives Re: “Letters to the Future,” Cover Story, Dec. 3 Kudos to The Argonaut for being a community organizer, educator and consciousness-raiser in my new home. I recently moved here from Massachusetts and, thanks to you, was able to participate in the “Breach the Beach” climate justice march in Santa Monica last Sunday at the start of the Paris Climate Change Conference. I will use the Dec. 3 issue and its important coverage about climate

meltdown, especially the “Letters to the Future,” to help educate my grandchildren (who unfortunately could not attend the march with me) on the most important issue facing them for the rest of their lives. Mary E. Hobgood Marina del Rey Marina Lease Approvals Lack Transparency Re: “Tiny Wetlands Turn into Battleground,” News, Nov. 25 Thanks for a great article on the meeting about the proposed

wetlands park next to the hotels being built on Via Marina. However, I believe there is a much bigger story regarding the lack of transparency for the proposed new hotel complex next door. If I were meeting with county policymakers, I would ask the following: Please disclose all conflicts of interest, including your relationship to the developers. What ethics rules must the L.A. County Board of Supervisors follow regarding conflicts of

interest, and are there any real penalties for breaking them? Please make available a copy of the proposed lease agreement. What public notice has there been as to the lease terms? What other potential lessees were contacted about the availability of this property, and how was it advertised? Were there other bidders? This whole process should be tabled until 60 days after the proposed lease has been made widely available to the public. How can this lease be legally

approved without broad public disclosure of the proposed lease document? Why is the board so anxious to approve this project when a majority of the residents nearby seem to strongly object? Stanley Burnstein Marina del Rey Street Services Missed the Mark in Mar Vista Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is a flat sidewalk and street. How

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Contents

VOL 45, NO 49 Local News & Culture

News

Glide into the Season

This Week Boys Will Be Boys — But Must They?

Sign of Good Cheer

“Straight White Men” puts social privilege under the microscope ........................... 15

Annual Venice Sign Holiday Lighting lifts community voices and raises spirits . ................ 6

Tickets to the Future

Food & Drink

Legal clinic turns fines for nuisance behaviors into hope for the homeless ....................... 7

Ashland Hill defies expectations with dishes that are beautiful, exciting and unique .... 17

Hug a Tort Lawyer

Holiday Boat Parade

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Poets celebrate the lives of sons they’ve lost ........................................... 30

Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.

‘Adventures on the Sea’

Get the scoop on Saturday’s 53rd annual Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade ..... 19

Marina del Rey filmmaker sends a message with comedy . ...................... 31

Building Bridges with Art Bergamot exhibit pairs an Italian luminary with a Venice superstar

A Tell-All of the Soul Actress Mary-Louise Parker illuminates her personal growth in “Dear Mr. You”....... 32

westside Happenings Drink up for a good cause in Santa Monica ................................... 29

Arts

Saving Westchester’s High School Test scores and enrollment have been slow

Father Christmas

to take off at the science magnet as it struggles to win over local parents ........ 12

Orson Bean revives his annual Venice staging of a Dickens classic . .................. 16

On The Cover: Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet Principal Debra Bryant is raising campus pride to rebuild the school’s reputation. Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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A Sign of Good Cheer The fourth annual Venice Sign Holiday Lighting celebrates local musicians and budding young artists

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By Joe Piasecki It isn’t the holidays in Venice until the community’s landmark sign at Windward and Pacific avenues lights up in red and green for the season. But the fun part is turning it on. On Friday, throngs of people gathered on Windward to celebrate the fourth annual Venice Sign Holiday Lighting, which in a few short years has grown into full-fledge community art and music festival. It was a great night for live music lovers. On the event’s main stage, the all-volunteer Venice Symphony Orchestra kept the crowd in good cheer with unique mashups of holiday, rock and R&B tunes on instruments as varied as electric guitars, tubas, a rock drum kit and violins. The Venice Chorus sang a cappella versions of Christmas carols and a quirky rock tune. Local singer Lacy Kay Cowden, a standout performer on the Abbot Kinney Festival’s local music stage in September, brought a country flavor to the proceedings with a voice that left a boisterous crowd standing silent in appreciation. And that wasn’t even the full bill.

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Tickets to the Future Legal clinic in Venice offers homeless people the chance to expunge infractions in exchange for connecting with services By Gary Walker If Selemthius Tate eventually turns his life around, he can thank a discarded flyer that he read while walking along the Venice boardwalk in October. Tate, who is homeless, was cited on the beach this spring for drinking wine from an open container. For those who are truly destitute, tickets for nuisance infractions often go unpaid and can lead to warrants that restrict employment opportunities and become barriers to receiving supportive services. The flyer Tate found announced an event at Oakwood Recreation Center that promised homeless people the opportunity to expunge minor infractions on their records in exchange for being connected to supportive services. Tate was initially skeptical, but the name on the flyer convinced him to give it a try. “It says right here: ‘City Attorney Mike Feuer,’” Tate, a native of Michigan, said while holding up the flyer. “It looked like a professional and serious event, not like some that I’ve been to in the past.” He wasn’t alone in his hopefulness. Tate was one of hundreds of homeless people

who attended the homeless citation clinic on Oct. 27, one of several such events the city attorney’s office is hosting throughout Los Angeles. “We have to find a constructive way to get homeless people back on their feet. We have 20,000 to 30,000 homeless people on our streets every day, and the

ticket expunged, he hoped to explore housing opportunities. “What’s most important to me is the schedule of completion. That way I’m not confused about my life, I know which way to go and I put myself in the position that I need to be in to help myself,” Tate said.

“These are people whose lives can be turned around.” — L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer

problem is only getting worse,” Feuer said in an interview during the clinic. “These are people whose lives can be turned around, and we have an opportunity with these citation clinics to incentivize them to come in and take advantage of getting services as a gateway to eliminating citations and fines that have impeded them from getting jobs, housing and services for years,” Feuer said. “We think that we have a terrific model here that works.” Tate said that, in addition to getting his

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During the clinic, dozens of attorneys from Feuer’s office sat at long tables and asked participants about the nature of their citations and started making calls on their behalf. Representatives from various social services agencies helped attendees fill out paperwork and directed them to various tables. Tina Smith, 26, also came to the clinic to have infractions expunged. She traveled to Venice from Van Nuys and said she was surprised at how organized the forum was.

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“I’m homeless right now, so I’m also looking at any housing and job opportunities they’re offering,” she said. After the clinic, Smith said a city attorney’s office representative assigned her community service hours to complete in exchange for expunging her citations. “Having [the tickets] go away is going to open up a lot of job possibilities for me. It’s a real blessing and I’m glad I came,” Smith said. Since taking office in 2013, Feuer has pledged to take a different approach to homelessness than some of his predecessors, a new tact reflected in the way he discussed clinic participants. “A client comes in, describes the scope of their citations, and we have an arrangement with the court system where we can help them — but only if they take advantage of the services that are here,” Feuer said. “For us, it’s one location; it’s easy. And it’s straightforward from the standpoint of the homeless client. … We don’t want there to be a time lapse between our conversations and connecting them with services.” gary@argonautnews.com

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Hug a Tort Lawyer The much-maligned McDonald’s Coffee Case spilled the truth about how product liability lawsuits protect us By Kelly Hayes-Raitt When Stella Liebeck perched a cup of McDonald’s coffee between her knees to add cream and sugar, she never dreamt she’d become corporations’ rallying cry to bar consumers from courtrooms. Liebeck was in the passenger seat of a parked car when she spilled the coffee all over her lap. It was hot … so hot that it burned through her sweatpants, skin, muscles and nerves down to her bones in a matter of seconds, causing third-degree burns over 16% of her body. The 79-year-old woman went into shock, was hospitalized for eight days and needed several skin grafts. Liebeck wrote McDonald’s asking for about $10,000 to cover her medical bills. McDonald’s offered $800. Liebeck sued. At first, jurors were understandably skeptical about holding a company responsible for an elderly woman’s clumsiness. But during trial in 1994, they learned that McDonald’s deliberately brewed and sold its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees, at least 30 degrees hotter than most home brewing machines. The jury also learned that McDonald’s had knowingly been serving dangerously hot coffee for more than a decade and that nearly 700 other people had claimed they’d been burned by hot coffee between 1983 and 1992, cases that McDonald’s had dealt with quietly. McDonald’s argued that the number of burns was “statistically insignificant” for the company to change the way it served coffee. The jury unanimously awarded Stella Liebeck $200,000, which they reduced to $160,000 because they found her 20% at fault. More importantly, they also awarded her $2.7 million in punitive damages aimed at punishing McDonald’s for deliberate disregard for customer safety. That amount, the jury calculated, was McDonald’s profit from two days of coffee sales. The judge later reduced the punitive damages to $480,000, a footnote that was not as widely reported as the original verdict, which became a sexist, ageist

has actually declined steadily over the past 30 years, both in absolute numbers and as a proportion of all civil lawsuits, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (Trials that do continue to clog the courts are cases where corporations sue each other over trade and market infringement or debt collection.) In spite of the reality, the “frivolous lawsuits” myth persists because corporations want it to, so they can push for “tort reform” to eliminate any opportunity for injured consumers to sue them. “The Judicial Branch is the only branch of government in which the average American of limited wealth can go toe-to-toe against the biggest corporations in America,” explains Harvey Rosenfield, founder of the Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, an organization that In the 1990s, McDonald’s served has successfully defeated tort reform in coffee so hot it could cause thirdCalifornia. “When Congress and the White degree burns House are so easily bought by special late-night punchline about the worth of an interests, it is the judicial system that elderly woman’s crotch. To avoid lengthy allows people access to justice.” Making it possible for average Americans appeals, Liebeck settled out of court. to take on corporate giants are trial McDonald’s public relations division attorneys — attorneys who specialize in went into overdrive, spinning the case as an example of out-of-control frivolous liti- helping injured consumers by taking their

“When Congress and the White House are so easily bought by special interests, it is the judicial system that allows people access to justice.” — Harvey Rosenfield, founder of the Santa Monica-based advocacy group Consumer Watchdog gation against American corporations with greedy trial lawyers at the helm. That myth persists, proving that if a corporation throws around enough money, they win even when they’ve lost. In fact, tort cases — where an injured party sues for money because he or she was harmed by a company or a person either on purpose or due to negligence — make up only 6% of the entire civil caseload. And the volume of these cases

winners from Broadway Elementary, Westside Global Awareness Magnet, (Continued from page 6) Coeur D’Alene Avenue Elementary and Walgrove Avenue Elementary schools In prior years, a surprise celebrity guest joined L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin received a savings bond from contest sponsor First Citizens Bank. in flipping the ceremonial switch to light up the darkened Venice sign. The first year The Venice Whaler (and owner Mike Dobson) joined the chamber in presenting it was Robert Downey Jr., the second it the sign lighting, and local restaurateurs was Anjelica Huston and last year it was Daniel Samakow (Danny’s Venice, James’ local pop star P!nk. Beach, Canal Club Venice) and Thomas This year organizers took a slightly different tack by bringing in local elemen- Elliot (Bank of Venice, Venice Ale House) also lent a hand. tary school kids who won the Venice The original Venice sign was put up by Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural My Venice patriarch Abbot Kinney in 1906 as Venice Holiday Poster Contest. In a way to show off the day’s hottest new addition to a few minutes of fame, Venice Sign Lightning Jump

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cases on a contingency fee basis. If the consumer doesn’t win, his or her attorney doesn’t collect a fee. If the consumer wins, the attorney’s fee is a percentage of the final award or settlement. Stella Liebeck was helped by such an attorney and by the judicial system — not by Congress passing laws to prevent corporations from serving dangerous foods or by the regulatory system enforcing existing protections. technology — electric lights. But by the 1950s, the sign was removed for unknown reasons and lost to history. Residents banded together in 2007 to

Corporations enjoy unfettered spending in Congressional elections since the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court “Citizens United” decision and don’t fear regulatory agencies whose stretched budgets often rely on corporations’ own testing and reporting to approve a product for market. When unsafe products hit the market, lawsuits are often the only way an unsuspecting public can protect itself. And so the corporate assault on the civil justice system marches onward: In 2013, 71 bills were introduced in Congress to make it harder for average Americans to access our civil justice system. “To some extent, the battle has already been lost,” says consumer watchdog Rosenfield. “The U.S. Supreme Court is issuing decision after decision limiting [consumer lawsuits]. In [state] legislative battles, companies got their immunities and [award] limitations they were looking for.” Ask most injured consumers and they’ll tell you they didn’t sue for money. Most will say that there isn’t enough money in the world to pay for their pain and suffering caused by corporate malfeasance. Most say they want to hold the corporation accountable and make sure no one else suffers as they have. Stella Liebeck just wanted her medical bills covered. She didn’t expect her injuries would make national headlines. What didn’t make headlines, however, is that her lawsuit worked: McDonald’s stopped serving such dangerously hot coffee, removing at least one hazardous product from the market. Kelly Hayes-Raitt, a Santa Monica resident, was the statewide spokesperson against three “tort reform” initiatives that California voters defeated in March 1996. She’s been a national advocate for maintaining citizens’ rights to hold corporations accountable in courtrooms. She blogs at LivingLargeInLimbo.com and can be reached at KellyArgonaut Column@aol.com. create a near-exact replica of the original, including 87 incandescent bulbs that must be changed out for each holiday sign lighting.

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Enrollment is down and test scores are flat, but Debra Bryant won’t let Westchester give up on its high school Story by Gary Walker Photos by Jorge M. Vargas Jr. After years of declining enrollment and a revolving door of principals, LAUSD leaders heralded the April 2011 conversion of Westchester High School into a science-focused magnet campus as a transformational moment for the struggling public school. With its specialized Aviation & Aerospace, Health & Sports Medicine and Environmental & Natural Science programs, the newly created Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets promised to renew parent interest in the high school and boost student academic achievement. The concept garnered support from neighborhood leaders, then-Assemblywoman Betsy Butler, Supt. Ramon

Some say the transition to magnet campus sounded the death knell for a neighborhood public school that was making slow but steady gains in student achievement and community support before school district officials intervened. “It took a long time to bring the community back to where they wanted to be invested in our schools, especially the high school,” said Kelly Kane, a Westchester resident who serves on the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce Education Committee. “By converting the high school to a magnet, LAUSD destroyed the community school.” Zimmer, LAUSD administrators and current Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets Principal Debra Bryant say the school is on the right track and already

“The community has pretty much checked out as far as the high school is concerned.” — Westchester parent Ann Wexler Cortines and Westside school board representative Steve Zimmer. “I think that 10 years from now, the change at Westchester High School will bring the most positive, lasting effect for public education in my board district that I have been a part of,” Zimmer said at the time. Nearly five years later, measurable change has failed to materialize. Enrollment has continued to taper off — dropping from 1,499 students in the 2010-11 school year to 1,247 students in 2014-15, according to California Department of Education statistics. Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets has also underperformed on state standardized tests compared to other LAUSD magnet programs. Only 4% of its students passed this year’s inaugural Common Core mathematics test, and just 23% tested at grade level or above in English. Whether converting Westchester High into a magnet was the right decision lies with whom you ask.

stronger than it was five years ago. But one key goal for the magnet campus has yet to come to fruition: attracting students from the surrounding communities of Westchester and Playa del Rey.

Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets Principal Debra Bryant works with a student in one of the school’s science labs

According to LAUSD’s own school enrollment data, only 207 current Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets WHERE ARE ALL THE students have Westchester (90045) home LOCAL KIDS? addresses and there are no students on The magnet school conversion was the campus who live in Playa del Rey (90293). brainchild of former Westchester High That means about 83% of kids attending School Principal Robert Canosa-Carr, Westchester’s public high school aren’t who claimed the concept was attracting from the surrounding neighborhood. positive attention from families in Playa Westchester High School’s student del Rey and Westchester who had otherwise abandoned interest in the high school. population became increasingly AfricanAmerican in the 1990s, and by 2010 its “We have already had several calls student body was 73% black. Africanabout the magnet proposal, so there is Americans accounted for only 14.2% of definite interest in local parents sending Westchester residents at the time, accordtheir children here for the new magnets,” ing to 2010 U.S. Census data. Meanwhile, Canosa-Carr, who now works for Westchester and Playa del Rey families a charter school organization, said just increasingly sought transfer permits for after LAUSD board members approved their children to matriculate into neighthe transition. boring school districts or attend schools as But almost anyone familiar with the far away as Manhattan Beach. school can tell you that hasn’t happened.

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Westchester parent Ann Wexler, whose daughter attended Westchester High before it became a magnet campus, said the way LAUSD handled creation of the magnet school may be one reason many local parents don’t want to send their kids there. “I haven’t had a child there since before it became all-magnet, but I do know that the community has pretty much checked out where the high school is concerned. I remember that the community was not consulted about what kind of magnets would be there; when the arts were mentioned, the district said our students could just go to Hamilton [High School] if they wanted arts,” Wexler said. Kane, whose children attended Westport Heights Elementary School, said that over the years she has heard directly and indirectly from Westchester parents who

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Bryant and students gather around a Cessna aircraft that doubles as a hands-on teaching tool during Aviation & Aerospace shop classes

Magnet programs in Westchester rely heavily on project-based learning, a backbone of the state’s new Common Core curriculum

did not want to their children to attend school or have play dates in “unsafe” areas — which she understood to be concerns about the high school’s increasingly African-American and out of the area demographics. One Westchester parent was recently heard talking about how “minority” students at the magnet who don’t live on the Westside “overrun the school and are different from Westside kids because of ‘cultural differences.’” Education historian, author and policy analyst Diane Ravitch thinks she understands such code. “What they’re describing is white kids being afraid of black kids,” said Ravitch, a prominent advocate for public schools and formerly an assistant U.S. Secretary of Education.

that can count for college credit. Bryant has also been expanding the roll of hands-on, cooperative-learning lessons in the classroom to encourage critical thinking and reasoning skills. LAUSD Local District West Director LaVerne Brunt said students at the

“The kids see that we take pride in the school and I think that makes them feel good about our school,” Bryant said. “It builds community and trust, and when you have that it builds academics.” Extracurricular academic programs are also starting to flourish.

“What they’re describing is white kids being afraid of black kids.” — education policy analyst Diane Ravitch

With the help of the Rotary Club of Westchester and an anonymous donor, the school’s robotics club finally received long-absent funding that allowed members to participate in thier first competition this year. In the spring they’ll compete again in San Diego. NEW LEADERSHIP EMERGES One of Bryant’s proudest moments as Described by Zimmer as an “excellent principal came last spring when a school leader who is interested in being 10-member student team from here for the long haul,” Bryant — who Westchester bested teams from 15 other took the helm as Westchester Enriched Los Angeles-area high schools to win Sciences Magnets principal in July “Aspen Challenge LA: 2015,” a contest 2014 — has focused on strengthening asking students to solve complex public the culture of the school to boost academ- policy problems. The victorious students ic performance. crafted proposed water conservation In an effort to enhance school spirit, legislation to expand turf-replacement Bryant has enacted a dress code that rebates and regulate outdoor irrigation, encourages students to wear tan or gray winning them a trip to Colorado to pants and black or gray polo shirts bearing present their project at the Aspen Instithe school’s red Comets logo. She often tute’s 11th annual Aspen Ideas Festival. joins students in sporting school colors to Under Bryant, the school currently foster a sense of campus unity. offers 16 Advanced Placement courses

magnet campus were already engaged in project-based learning — one of the central pillars of the Common Core curriculum — prior to the introduction of those new statewide standards. Zimmer said that “early indicators” of academic success at the high school are encouraging. “When I walk the classrooms, when I see the relationship between teachers and students, I sense the rise in the school that I feel is coming back at all levels,” he said. “What makes the difference between earlier indicators taking hold and early indicators just being flashes that don’t ignite is leadership.”

‘ROOM FOR GROWTH’

Though Westchester has not performed as well on standardized tests as other magnet programs in the district, including the one at Venice High School, the school has made progress. Though falling

short of the state benchmark of 800, Westchester’s overall Academic Performance Index score — the previous measure of a school’s academic progress before Common Core — did increase from 628 in 2009 to 704 in 2013, the last year API scores were recorded. “There’s always room for growth. We’re working towards implementing the Common Core standards with our teachers and lowering class sizes. We’re moving away from [lecture-based] direct teaching and toward [cooperative and student-directed] team teaching,” Bryant said. “We have our game plan in place. We’ve regrouped, and our test scores will be a lot better next year.” At LAUSD headquarters, Brunt is also optimistic. “Last year’s scores were just preliminary. I’m confident that we’ll see improvement,” Brunt said. Zimmer says that among Westside parents there is a level of “test score obsession” that often prevents families from discovering a local school that is on the verge of thriving. “We have tours often and we invite parents to visit us all the time,” Bryant said. “For some, it changes their perspective, and for others it doesn’t.” Brunt said students are a school’s best advertisement. “They’re the ones who can tell [a parent] if they’re getting a good education, if they feel safe, if they like their (Continued on page 14)

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For Wexler, that was the last straw. She began the process of creating something that she and others had not previously considered — a charter school for local middle and high school students. After being rebuffed by LAUSD, Wexler helped co-found Westchester Secondary Charter School, serving students in grades six through 10, in 2012.

really do think that we have the leadership team in place, both in terms of the faculty and the administration, to set the right foundation for a breakthrough. And I do think that we can break through.” Kane dismissed the idea that not enough time has passed to determine whether the conversion has been a success. While she blames LAUSD bureaucracy for the loss of school autonomy, Kane lays what she calls a failed experiment with “I think we have all the components Westchester’s high school at the feet of in place for a comeback.” Zimmer, Cortines and Canosa-Carr. “They’re the ones who pushed for this. — LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer We can’t wait for 10 years to see if this ‘experiment’ works. LAUSD has said ‘Let them eat cake’ to Westchester for “I remember that, under local autonomy, given up on this idea. They would scores went up for the year we had it at embrace it again in a heartbeat, as well as too long,” Kane said. “What needs to be done is a remarketing and a rebranding the high school. Of course I think it’s any school board member [or candidate] for the school, and that’s going to take a great we now have a local option that so who supported it,” Wexler predicted. “I long time. When you’re selling New far has served its middle and high school understand some of our leading commuCoke and it isn’t working, you pull it students better than either Orville Wright nity groups want to support this concept and [Westchester Enriched Sciences as well. As things stand now, parents will from the shelves.” Zimmer acknowledged that turning the Magnets] — and that’s with the extremely continue to vote with their feet.” school around hasn’t been an easy difficult facilities situation we’ve had,” prospect, but he also reiterated his said Wexler, referring to the charter RECIPE FOR A COMEBACK commitment to attracting more local school’s difficulties finding adequate Zimmer said it’s still too early to draw students and making the campus classroom space in Westchester. conclusions on whether the Westchester The loss of local autonomy hit Kane Enriched Sciences Magnets is performing competitive with other magnet schools. “Has it been a smooth ride? No,” especially hard, as she was perhaps the as he and others hoped it would. Zimmer said. “Do I feel like the most vocal proponent of local control and “I think we have all the components in one of LAUSD’s staunchest critics. place for the school to make a comeback,” foundation for breaking through is in place? I do.” “We had done the impossible. We had he said. “I’m not satisfied, and I do convinced the community to care about understand that there are some unique gary@argonautnews.com the high school again. But just like with challenges that this school faces, but I

teachers. That’s what parents are looking for,” Brunt said. Ravitch, who maintains that test scores only measure “family income,” said visiting a school is the best way to accurately gauge how well or poorly it is run. “Walk around, look and listen,” she recommends. “Are the teachers and students engaged? Is there a hum of activity? What about attendance? Is there a wide array of activities for students — arts, athletics, etc.?”

LOSS OF LOCAL CONTROL

After a long struggle, 2009 saw LAUSD officials promise Westchester schools a certain amount of local control in campus decision-making. Active community members such as Kane and Wexler thought this breakthrough would become a vehicle for academic improvement at Westchester High and Orville Wright Middle School. Governance and hiring committees comprised of parents and members of community organizations had a voice in selecting principals at both schools, and Kane recalled that it began to look like Westchester families might be coming back to those schools. But then Cortines closed LAUSD’s iDesign Division, which had been created to assist Westchester with its local control initiative.

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Boys Will Be Boys — But Must They? Provocative playwright Young Jean Lee puts social privilege under the microscope in “Straight White Men” By Christina Campodonico Stepping in to see “Straight White Men” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre feels like entering a hip nightclub. A techno-pop mashup of tunes blares so loudly into the hallway that when you turn the corner to finally see the stage you can’t help but be a little shocked. This isn’t a hopping nightspot, but a bland suburban living room where adult brothers roughhouse and play video games, jam out to hip-hop and eat Chinese food straight from the carton. It’s more frat house than cool club. Yet the belying and abrasive musical welcome isn’t the only shocking thing about “Straight White Men.” It’s just the first of many to come. The play by critically acclaimed New York writer, director and filmmaker Young Jean Lee constantly sets out to unsettle. Frank discussions about race, class and privilege drive the three-act play about three adult brothers who return home for a boys-only Christmas at their father’s house.

When two of the brothers pull out a Monopoly-esque board game called “Privilege” and start brazenly playing it, you can’t help but cringe and laugh at the

nomic status, their cavalier and boyish demeanor also tells us how oblivious they are to the very privileges that identity allows. Like a mother watching her kids

The familial pressures that ensue may upset your preconceived notions of what it means to be white, straight and male, but that’s exactly how Lee wants it to be — nice and uncomfortable. same time. They pretend to fart and vomit out the dice, while pulling out “excuse” and “denial” cards that rattle off justifications for cultural insensitivity, like: “What I said wasn’t sexist/racist/homophobic because I was joking” or “I don’t have white privilege because it doesn’t exist.” As self-aware as these men are of the privileges that come with their skin tone, sexual orientation, gender and socioeco-

play, seeing “boys being boys” is disgusting and loveable all at once. But that discomfort is part of Lee’s intention — to make you squirm as much as she does when she’s generating her material. “I’m pretty much uncomfortable through the process of making all of my work,” Lee, 41, told The Argonaut. “That’s sort of my MO.”

If you’re not a straight white man, writing about straight white men might get kind of uncomfortable. But Lee, who’s Korean-American and has been dubbed “the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation” by The New York Times, doesn’t mind getting under other people’s skin — at least that of her characters. Her genrebending work, which has dealt with immigrant identity, cultural appropriation, racial politics, body image and more, often confronts issues of race and identity head on. For “Straight White Men,” Lee started with a premise straight out of a Kafka novel: What would it be like to wake up one morning in a completely different body? “If I were to wake up tomorrow morning and I’m still me, but I’m in the body of a straight white man, what would happen to me?” she muses. (Continued on page 16)

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cally wasn’t so much a sign of sexual orientation, but a way for men to define To answer this question Lee took an their masculinity and avoid seeming anthropological approach, soliciting the feminine at all costs. It was a prohibitive feedback of Facebook friends and students social code. from Brown University, where she “To me, hearing about them felt very workshopped the play, as well as talking limiting and suffocating,” she says. to a lot of straight white men. But the most astonishing insight for Lee While working on improvisational came from a workshop group of women, exercises with her actors to develop queer and minority students at Brown. material, Lee noticed a lot of restrictive She asked them how they would want a yet nebulous “rules” and “codes” govern- straight white man to behave and she ing their behavior. For instance, how do incorporated those qualities into the two men who haven’t seen each other in a character of Matt, the eldest of the three long time greet one another? Do they brothers. He’s a smart and sweet guy who shake hands or hug? Is an embrace too lives at home as a companion to his aging friendly or warm — even gay? and widowed father, but he’s a little Lee found that expressing emotion physi- aimless when it comes to his own

Orson Bean stages a kid-friendly ‘Christmas Carol’ in Venice Photo by Ulf Hermjakov

Orson Bean plays Scrooge and Bodhi Carlson is Tiny Tim in a free production of “A Christmas Carol” inely changes. The meaner he is in the beginning, the more exciting the change is at the end,” said Bean, who just wrapped up a successful oneman show at Pacific Resident Theatre. But this isn’t serious business. Bean, who was both a frequent guest (200 times) and regular guest host of “The Tonight Show” in Johnny Carson’s day (for 100-plus appearances), believes the unique thing about his version of “A Christmas Carol” is that’s it’s filled with humor. “I know the parts of the show where the kids get bored and start throwing popcorn at each other. I just left those out, put in a bunch of jokes and left Dickens’ heart,” said Bean, also a staple of the TV game show circuit from the 1950s to the early ‘90s. “I just play my grumbly self.”

him about his happiness and life goals. Matt attempts to soldier on with a quiet strength against his brother’s inquiries, but Lee doesn’t allow safe haven for long. The familial pressures that ensue may upset your preconceived notions of what it means to be white, straight and male, but that’s exactly how Lee wants it to be — nice and uncomfortable. “Straight White Men” plays at 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, and at 1 and 8 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 20 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $30 to $55. Call (213) 972-4444 or visit centretheatregroup.org. christina@argonautnews.com

‘Jingle Bell Rock’ at the Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade Marina del Rey may get most of the attention when it comes to holiday boat parades, but those looking for a more neighborhood-level nautical celebration should look no further than the charming Venice canals. The grassroots Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade, now in its 34th year, paddles off on Sunday, Dec. 13, from the corner of Eastern and Sherman canals. This year’s theme is “Jingle Bell Rock.” Gondolas, rowboats, kayaks and rafts decked out in holiday lights and paddled by locals — some no doubt in Santa suits — begin to float down the canals at 4 p.m. sharp. Thanks to Santa taking an unexpected dip in the water one year, parade vessels are kept small and low so they can glide beneath the canals’ low bridges with ease. Boats from past years have been decorated to look like the Red Car electric trolleys that used to travel along what is now Pacific Avenue. Colleen Ebert, who helped organize the canals’ annual Bridge

Lighting and Holiday Party on Dec. 6, enjoys the “community feeling” of the event. “Everybody gets out there and the kids love it,” she says. The holiday sparkle isn’t limited to the water. There is a home- and bridge-decorating contest happening the day before the parade (judging is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday), and winners will be announced at the start of the boat parade. To enjoy all of the festivities, spectators should secure a viewing spot when the boats line up at 3:30 p.m., so plan to arrive early. — Christina Campodonico

The 34th annual Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade starts at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at the corner of Eastern and Sherman canals. The parade is organized by members of the Venice Canals Association, on the web at venicecanalsassociation.org. Photo by Jonathan Alcorn

Those who’ve gotten to know the kindness and generosity of actor and longtime Venice canals resident Orson Bean may have a hard time picturing him as Scrooge — that is until you think about how much fun he’d have with the role. (Trust us: he nails it.) For the 14th time in about as many years, Bean and wife Allie Mills are reprising their free community staging of “A Christmas Carol” with three performances this weekend at the First Lutheran Church of Venice. The performances are free to all — especially kids, who sit upfront — on a first-come, first-served basis. Bean and Mills make a special effort to include kids in the play and engage young people in the audience who may otherwise get few if any chances to experience the magic of live theater. “That’s why it’s really important that the shows are free. We don’t even pass a hat. This show is a gift to the community,” Mills said. Though the story was written in 1843, it still appeals to contemporary audiences, Bean said. “I think it’s because Scrooge genu-

aspirations. When Lee presented the character to the group she was surprised to discover how little they actually liked him, even though they had requested his character specifically. “Everybody hated him,” says Lee. Despite the disdain that Matt inspired, Lee sees him as a “point of empathy” within the play because he’s not the typical white male hero that society usually idolizes in film, television and plays. Instead of overcoming obstacles and going after his goals, he’s actually kind of a “loser,” she says. As in the focus group, Matt, played by Brian Slaten, often gets the short end of the stick in the play. His brothers pick on him, ignore his opinions and interrogate

— Shanee Edwards and Joe Piasecki Stagings of Orson Bean’s “A Christmas Carol” begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, and at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12 and 13, at First Lutheran Church of Venice, 815 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free; first come, first served.

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In this time of uncertainty, change and loss in the world, nation and the Marina del Rey community, there will be a bright spot in the sky at 5:55 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, as fireworks kick off the 53rd annual Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade. Led by iconic Grand Marshal Florence Henderson under the theme “Adventures on the Sea,” this year’s parade features some really great entries — among them “Neptune of the Sea,” an entry by the Junior Shipmate and IOBG for the Special Olympics; a Tribute to Veterans on the High Seas, featuring three boats to honor our servicemen; as well as returning winners from years past. It takes many feet to make one large step. The following individuals spend so many hours to bring it all together:

Peter Ellis’ animated sailboat display, left, and Bruce Taguchi’s holiday light extravaganza dazzled viewers of last year’s parade

n a sunny December weekend in 1962, a handful of pioneering boaters decided it would be fun to decorate their vessels with Christmas lights and parade the freshly dredged main channel of the not-quite-finished Marina del Rey harbor. Fifty-three years later, the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade has become an indispensable community tradition that’s still growing in scope and popularity. Before the fireworks go off on Saturday and the boats line-up under this year’s theme of “Adventures on the Sea,” early arrivals can enjoy the L.A. County Dept. of Beaches and Harbors’ inaugural “Snow Wonder” — a free and familyfriendly holiday festival at Burton Chace Park that includes a pop-up ice skating rink and a snow area for playing and sledding. Be sure to bring snacks or order from one of three food trucks (Tokyo Doggie

Style, B&R Burgers and Sweet Amsterdam) serving throughout the festival and parade. Last year’s parade featured 63 decorated boats, including some of the most impressive entries in years. Peter Ellis, Colin Kastner and a small army of volunteers dazzled the crowd with a computer-animated LED light display of a giant champagne bottle toasting Marina del Rey’s golden anniversary. Parade participants since 1991, Ellis and crew will try to outdo themselves this year with a new entry called “In Search Of.” Ellis is keeping the details secret until the parade, but he says to expect an animated light display bolstered by live entertainment on board his 34-foot Catalina sailboat. Another much-anticipated entry will feature a coordinated procession of three boats honoring U.S. military veterans. Entry organizer Monte Cook III, a longtime parade supporter and

founder of the nonprofit Supporting Our Servicemen, still has room on the boat for veterans in uniform. Call him (310) 913-5533 to reserve a spot. While the sheer artistry of the parade’s more dazzling entries in year’s past may be touch to match, Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade President Kelly King says newcomers with even the simplest of concepts are more than welcome to join this year’s parade. It’s not about competition — it’s about having fun, he says. “It’s not about how many lights are on your boat,” says Ellis. “It’s the spirit and creativity that the people on the shore really appreciate.” — Joe Piasecki Entries are being accepted until 10 a.m. on the day of the parade (but the earlier the better, King says). Call (310) 670-7130 or visit mdrboatparade.org.

Parade Committee: Lowell Safier, vice president; Phil Seelig, treasurer; Judith Ciancimino, secretary; Cindy Williams, past president. Board of Directors: Diane Barretti, Vivian Callahan, Jerry Magnussen, Christine Rohde, Louis Scaduto and Bob Singer. Prize Coordinator: Melanie Williams. Volunteers: Carolyn Epstein, Wanda Davis, Michelle Simmons, Eric Petterson, Darlene Fukuji, Michael Gutierrez, Vernon Stubblefield, Don Mantarro, Denise Williams, Megan Peery, James Sampson, Renee Baldwin, Janice Solis, Barbara Wasserman, Chuck Daugherty and Vicki Pasek. I thank you all for your devotion and hard work to make sure the community enjoys a spectacular parade. Special thank-yous also go out to our judges, our grand marshal, our official parade announcers who will be at Burton Chace Park — Lisa Osborne and Mickey Laszlo — and to photographer Michael Yokotake. Most importantly, let me offer a big thank-you to the boaters: without you there would be no parade to light up the night. I wish all of you the happiest of holidays and all the best in the New Year! Kelly King President, Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade

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KRISTIN MONTET LONNER Planner and political strategist Kristin Montet Lonner is a principal with the boutique urban planning and government affairs consulting firm Burns & Brouchard. She previously served as chief of staff for the LAUSD’s new construction program — the largest public works project in the U.S. at the time — and as chief planning deputy for former L.A. City Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski.

KEITH GREVILLE As an associate principal with the Del Rey-based engineering consulting firm Arup, Keith Greville oversees the company’s role in construction of the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line. He also volunteers with the nonprofit Westchester Playa Village and serves as the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce’s honorary mayor. He lives in Marina del Rey with his wife, Margaret, and their two children.

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R AY S A N T I A G O Currently starring as Pablo Simon Bolivar in the Starz network comedy-horror series “Ash vs. the Evil Dead,” actor Ray Santiago has also had recurring roles on “Dexter,” “Raising Hope” and “Bad Judge.” His feature film credits include “Meet the Fockers,” “Girlfight” and “In Time” alongside Justin Timberlake and Olivia Wilde. A native of the Bronx, Santiago lives in Los Angeles.

DA N A D E L O R E N Z O Actress Dana DeLorenzo plays Kelly Maxwell in “Ash vs. the Evil Dead.” Her television credits also include “2 Broke Girls,” “Sullivan & Son,” “Californication,” “Workaholics” and “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” She appeared in “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas” and plays a leading role in the upcoming dramedy “The Mad Ones.” A native of Ohio, DeLorenzo lives in Los Angeles.

‘I Feel at Home Here’

Parade Grand Marshal Florence Henderson on what it was like to live on a boat in Marina del Rey If you think you’ve spotted Florence Henderson at J. Nichols Kitchen or Café del Rey, you’re not imagining things. The television, film and Broadway star who made Carol Brady America’s favorite TV mom in the beloved ‘70s sitcom “The Brady Bunch” has made her home in Marina del Rey for the past 30 years. She spent half that time living on a boat docked outside the California Yacht Club with her late husband, Dr. John Kappas. On Saturday, Henderson takes the helm as grand marshal of the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade, having done the honors once before in 1991. Between a stint on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2010, publishing a memoir in 2011, keeping up with her grandkids, performing on cruise ships with “Dancing with the Stars: At Sea” and staging a one-woman show titled “All the Lives of Me,” the 81-year-old entertainer has stayed busy and isn’t slowing down. Upon returning from a whirlwind trip to the Midwest, the TV icon talked about her life in the marina, what she’s up to now and what it’s really like to live on a boat.

“The Brady Bunch” made Florence Henderson America’s favorite TV mom

and on and on and on it goes. I also have a movie coming out end of January with Marlon Wayans, called “50 Shades of Black.” What’s that about? Did you see “50 Shades of Grey”? Something like that? Uh-huh. I teach music and sex.

Oh my goodness, that’s going to be kind of juicy then. Have you ever seen anything juicy happen during boat parades? I can’t say that I have, but I’m sure there have been things. [Laughs.] A serious boater is most concerned about safety … so you don’t want to be out there falling down drunk. You have to show respect for your fellow boaters. You take a lot of pride in your boat, especially safety for yourself and your guests and for others. What else have you learned from boating? I could take [the boat] out of the dock, and I could take her out of the channel, and I could handle her while we’re dropping anchor, so I’m very proud of all that. And you also learn that sail boaters are always asking the power boaters for ice. [Laughs.] What has living in the marina meant to you? I have just loved it here. Being somewhat well-known, there are places that I can go here by myself, if I choose, and I know everybody. Nobody bothers me. You know I love J. Nichols Kitchen. I’ve been eating there forever, since Jimmy Nichols was a young, young guy. And I can go into CPK [California Pizza Kitchen] — I know everybody there. I just quietly sneak in and nobody bothers me. We’re proud to Café support And I love del Rey, those and I loveRotarians the yacht club. I go to the Ritz and the who put Service Above Self Florence Henderson and husband doormen, they all know me. I feel at home here. John Kappas were feted by the This is my community. parade back in 1991 VERGARI & NAPOLITANO Marina del Rey Historical Society Photo

I’m sitting in the back and it goes by and they say, “Oh, and over here” — the name of my boat was Big Flo III — “this boat belongs to Florence Henderson.” Well, I — Christina Campodonico hit the deck! I had no idea that they were going to do that. I’m sitting out there in my pajamas! What was it like living in a boat in Marina del Rey? I loved every minute of it. Our third boat What are some of your memories of past boat parades? was almost 90 feet long. People would I used to watch the boat parade every ask, “What is it like living on it?” And I’d year on our boat. I was grand marshal say, “It’s like a New York triplex.” many, many years ago and I sang. It’s [Laughs] “Three levels.” very interesting, you know, that you can hear people who are on the sidelines, What made you decide to live watching the parade. They’ll sing along on a boat? with you and you can hear people saying, My husband loved boats. That was his “Hi Florence!” … you know, “Hi Carol dream, and I loved it as much as he did. We had an apartment in the marina, where Brady!” I’m always surprised about how many people participate and how impormy office was, but there’s nothing like being in a hot studio all day and then you tant it is for people. It’s like the fireworks come home and you walk down the dock, on July 4. I used to be amazed at how many boats would collect in the channel breathe the fresh air and sit on the aft for these events. deck. It’s pretty cool. I love the Marina. I’ve lived here for The only thing was the tour boat that many, many years and I just wish it goes around the channel, especially on wouldn’t build up so much. Too much weekends. The first time that happened,

building going on for me. Makes me want to go back and live on a boat. What was the most interesting adventure you had on your boat? We were going to La Paz in Mexico, and we were in the Sea of Cortez. It was a beautiful day, but it’s what they call an “angry sea.” The winds were blowing in all directions and water was coming from the sides and from the front. It was pretty hairy. The front of the boat would go under and come back up. They were really high seas, but I stayed calm and strapped myself in. [Laughs.] You need a seatbelt when seas are like that. Do you get out on the water much these days? In June I did “Dancing with the Stars: At Sea” on Holland America. What’s it like dancing and performing at sea? If the sea is smooth, it’s wonderful. [Laughs.] If the sea is rough, you hang on. … You do a few more steps then you intended. What else are you up to now? Next week I’m filming on the Disney Channel — with Zendaya, for her TV series … and then I’m starting rehearsals with “Dancing with the Stars: At Sea,”

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FROM THE WEB Re: “Art Follows Commerce,” This Week, Nov. 25 Sounds more like Councilman Mike Bonin sowing the seeds of the rich and well-off to grow Mar vista into a rich-kids-only weekend playground. I’ve lived here my whole life. The only people who actually use the streets around here are the working-class types — you know, the “not-so-richy-rich” people who won’t be able to afford to eat in those Abbot Kinney Boulevard-inspired restaurants and coffee shops. On weekends you’ll see the gentrifiers creep out of their big-box houses and head over to the Mar Vista Farmers Market for their chance to be in some sunshine, and then they go back home. And that’s the only time you’ll ever see these gentrifiers “walk” or “bike.” This is just another example of how Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Great Streets Initiative caters to the rich and well-off. Hardworking working-class people have used these streets since the very first streets were built in Los Angeles, and we deserve to live here just as much as the gentrifiers do. The streets are for everyone. Great Streets isn’t economic rejuvenation. It’s economic favoritism for the rich in Mar Vista. Gabriel Martinez

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Thursday, Dec. 10 Holidays on Vinyl, 5 to 8 p.m. daily through Dec. 31. The Georgian Hotel pairs signature winter cocktails with classic and contemporary holiday tunes played on the hotel’s trumpethorn phonograph. Georgian Hotel, 1415 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica. (800) 538-8147; georgianhotel.com Mind Over Movies, 7 p.m. A free weekly movie screening followed by a discussion and audience Q&A. This week it’s “A Christmas Story,” in which Ralphie is determined to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. facebook.com/ MindOverMoviesLA

brings out the best and worst in everyone. For mature audiences only. $29.50. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com “Something’s Afoot,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 19. The Kentwood Players put on a musical murder mystery that spoofs detective stories with standard British mystery characters that are invited to the lake estate of Lord Dudley Rancour. When the wealthy lord is found dead, it’s a comical race against time and booby traps to find out who did it. Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $23 to $25. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org “Series 2: Ives and Brahms,” 8 p.m. Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra perform Charles Ives’s “Unanswered

repurposing glass jars for holiday gifts. 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 458-2239. smgov.net/arts “Charlotte Rae: The Facts of My Life,” 3 p.m. Television and stage star Charlotte Rae, best known for her role as Mrs. Garrett on “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts of Life,” discusses her new autobiography, “The Facts of My Life” with co-author Larry Strauss and special guests at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free, but ticketed on a first come, first served basis. (310) 458-8606; smpl.org Repair Café, noon to 4 p.m. Rather than throw out broken household items, join community experts at this session and learn how to repair them. Hosted by Resource Recovery, Transition Culver City and Our Time Bank at Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 458-2239; smgov.net/arts; ourtimebank.timebanks.org Martial Arts Workshop, 2 p.m. Learn the basics of martial arts with kickboxing champion Baxter Humby. Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd. (310) 439 9445; lapl.org/branches/venice

Catch Laurel and Hardy’s 1934 comedy “Babes in Toyland” at the Old Town Music Hall (SEE FRIDAY) Electric Comedy, 8:30 p.m. Each Thursday, an intimate night of stand-up comedy that may include a few of L.A.’s well-known comics. $25. Free beer. The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. electriccomedy.com

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Orson Bean’s “A Christmas Carol,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Actor, entertainer and Venice canals resident Orson Bean reprises his holiday adaptation of the Dickens classic. First Lutheran Church, 815 Venice Blvd., Venice. No reservations: the performance is free to all; kids sit upfront on the floor. “The SantaLand Diaries,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 20. Matthew Wrather dons the candy-cane tights to revive a one-man play by NPR humorist David Sedaris about his experiences as an unemployed writer taking a job as an elf at Macy’s in New York City — and in doing so, understanding how the holiday season

“Babes in Toyland,” 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. A musical fairytale on film, Laurel and Hardy play toy factory workers who go on a wondrous adventure to save Mother Peep, Bo-Peep and Piper. $8 to $10, cash or check only. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.com Jim Doyle, 9 p.m. Live music at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com

Santa Monica Holiday Pub Crawl, 5 p.m. Dress up in your favorite holiday attire, choose one of four routes, and grab your wristband to get food and drink specials at more than 30 local restaurants and bars. Participate in a Santa Scavenger Hunt and Instagram holiday spirit contest to win prizes. $12 wristband fee benefits the Westside Food Bank. Additional fees for entry to the afterparty at Wokcano Santa Monica. santamonicapubcrawl.com Santa Monica College Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. The ensemble performs classic jazz band arrangements and contemporary works under the direction of conductor Keith Fiddmont. Guest artists will also join the band to explore the music of Duke

Ellington, Oliver Nelson and others. $10. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3412; thebroadstage.com Hot Jazz Saturdays, 8 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet returns to the Del Monte with ragtime and early jazz, followed by DJ Jedi spinning soul, funk, hip-hop and more at 10 p.m. No cover. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Doug Mug and the Thugs, 8 p.m. to midnight. “Doug Mug” Douglas Swanson is an award-winning bassist and Venice Beach native who can be seen on the ABC TV show “Nashville” as Monty Handsome. Watch him perform live alongside an A-list of players in what’s to be a special night of special guests in attendance. The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com

Sunday, Dec. 13 Emeritus College Concert Band, 2 p.m. The free concert series, still going since 1979, presents an afternoon of thrilling music led by Yosike Miyoshi. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 434-3412; thebroadstage.com Nativity Scenes Opening, 3 p.m. The annual Santa Monica Nativity Scenes display of life-size figures depicting

Kirk Fletcher & Johnny Stachela, 9 p.m. Renowned blues guitarist Kirk Fletcher goes on at 9 p.m., followed by another rockin’ guitarist and singer, Johnny Stachela, at 11 p.m. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

“It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play,” 3 p.m. Culver City Public Theatre brings the beloved American holiday classic to life as a 1940s-style live radio broadcast. George Bailey, idealistic and compassionate resident of the little town of Bedford Falls, is driven to despair by events beyond his control. Thinking his family and friends would be better off if he didn’t exist, he’s shown what life would have been like without him by an angel-inwaiting. Free. Veterans Memorial Complex, 4117 Overland Ave., Culver City. (310) 712-5482; info@ccpt.org

Venice Canals Holiday Boat Parade, 4 p.m. The 34th annual holiday tradition returns with gondolas, rowboats, kayaks, and other mini vessels decorated in lights and parading to the theme of Jingle Bell Rock. Winners of the best-decorated Venice Canal house and bridge will be announced at the parade, which begins at Eastern and Sherman Canals. To catch a glimpse of all mini vessels at the start, arrive by 3:30 p.m. lincolnandrose.com Santa Monica College Wind Ensemble, 5 p.m. This holiday concert features a special guest conductor — a local middle school student and winner of the annual SMC Wind Ensemble Essay Contest. $10. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3412; thebroadstage.com

Saturday, Dec. 12 Second Saturday Craft Lounge, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each second Saturday of the month, the Camera Obscura becomes an open space for guests to work on any craft project of their choice. This month there’s also a special mini-session on

the events of Christ’s birth will be on display through Jan. 6. The opening ceremony happens at Palisades Park near Arizona Avenue at 3 p.m. with Christmas carols and a recitation of the Christmas story. Interfaith Christmas Jazz Vespers follows at 5 p.m. at Mount Olive Lutheran Church (1343 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica) and a parking lot party to welcome the Nativity Scenes starts at 6:30 p.m. (310) 577-2586

“Gotta Whisper, Gotta Shout!” 3:30 p.m. The unique a cappella group Westside Voices welcomes the season with a fun and festive performance of holiday songs. A dessert reception follows the performance. Westchester United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 8065 Emerson Ave., Westchester. $10 suggested donation. RSVP with Penny at (310) 670-3777. westsidevoices.com

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Santa Monica History Museum Holiday Open House, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Enjoy local history exhibits, refreshments and treats, holiday music, a slideshow of historic holiday photos and free admission all day. Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th St., Santa Monica. (310) 395-2290; santamonicahistory.org

Question” and Johannes Brahms’s “Symphony 4” at First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $10 to $30, or free for those under 18 years old. (323) 795-8001; kco.la/concerts

Writing Healing Poetry, 4 p.m. Chanel Brenner, Madeline Sharples and Alexis Rhone Fancher discuss and read poetry about the loss of their sons. Free. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

The Mind Over Movies screening and discussion series continues with Ralphie’s quest for a Red Ryder BB Gun in “A Christmas Story” (SEE THURSDAY)

McCabe’s Umpteenth Annual Holiday Show, 7 p.m. A free concert with multiple performers, including

The Kentwood players stage a British murder mystery in Westchester (SEE FRIDAY)

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‘State of Grace’ Poets explore life’s fragility and fullness as they celebrate the lives of sons they’ve lost By Bliss Bowen Parents should never be required to bury their children; it’s an obscene violation of one of nature’s most hallowed laws. When death does claim youth before age, the unique grief unleashed contorts survivors’ lives and demands its own language of expression. Three local poets who have survived their sons and found cathartic healing in voicing their loss will read from books about their experiences at Beyond Baroque on Saturday afternoon: Chanel Brenner, Alexis Rhone Fancher and Madeline Sharples. Literary tones among the three women vary from poetically compressed to journalistic as they confront the new weight saddling previously mundane words like “before”; the pain of Mother’s Day (“Hallmark equivalent of/ arrows in my heart,” Fancher writes in “The Lost Child”); the addictive way pain keeps a lost child close in mind if not Madeline Sharples physical presence. Sharples’ “Leaving the Hall Light On: A Mother’s Memoir of Living With Her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and Surviving His Suicide,” published by Lucky Press in 2011, pivots between biographical entries and freeverse poems like the foreboding “Mania”: The voices he hears echo like violins ever louder, faster, discordant until a cacophony of drumbeats and a tintinnabulation of scraping symbols pound his brain. He looks for an exit where none exists. In the deeply moving “Vanilla Milk: A Memoir Told in Poems,” published by Silver Birch Press last year, Brenner tunnels deep into observations on motherhood, memories of her six-year-old son, her wedding, and the cancer-surviving delivery woman who cries when she learns of the boy’s death. Brenner’s sensitive juxtaposition of snapshot episodes of her son’s life with heartgrabbing details of what’s been left in his wake is sad,

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yet also beautiful in its realization of what love and family life can be It’s Riley’s second birthday, without us. He would have been eight. Instead of dead. Instead of chalk dust. Instead of oysterless chips of pearls. … Instead of a collage of photos and cutout red crayoned hearts. Instead of our tears. Instead of a vanilla birthday cake bejeweled with his name. — “July 28, 2012” Fancher’s chapbook “State of Grace: The Joshua Elegies” strives to celebrate the life that flashed through her son Joshua’s humor and achievements before cancer claimed him at 26; within the brief but piercing space of her 15 poems, a picture emerges of a parent and child who resemble and understand each other as adults Alexis Rhone and creative beings. Just Fancher published by KYSO Flash Press, “State of Grace” is illuminated by Fancher’s painterly photos and precise, unsentimental language as she recalls a stunningly cold judge in “Death Warrant,” analyzes her response to her son’s belongings and makes “the mark of/ the penitent above my eyes” with his ashes in “Snow Globe” (“Give him a shake, and watch/ his life float by”). Strands of ritual become elusive lifelines of normalcy in “Dying Young”: Midnight, and again I’m chasing sleep: its fresh-linen smell and deep sinking … I put on Mozart. A warm robe. Make a pot of camomile tea. The view from my 8th floor window, spectacular, the sliver moon, the stark, neon-smeared buildings, their windows dark. Sometimes I think I am the only one not sleeping.

The minefield process of moving forward elicits different responses from the three authors. Sharples’ “One Year” confesses to “playacting” (“meant to fool others as well as myself”) while getting on with the cosmetic motions of living, while Brenner’s “I Have 2x the Love for 1 Child” contemplates a future in which her older, surviving son might be scarred by the Chanel Brenner weight of her love: “I worry that one day,/ a woman will ask him/ why her love is not enough,/ and he won’t know/ the answer.” Fancher compiles a surreal to-do list, “When You Think You’re Ready to Pack Up Your Grief,” for dispensing with aftermath emotions: Begin with his letterman’s jacket. Bundle it together with regret. Stack sorrow on top of his class ring, interspersed with his hip-hop CDs. Loneliness should not be smoothed over the heart, nor his childhood drawings folded in on themselves. … When the suitcase won’t close, don’t sit on it. Don’t even try to shut it. The vivid dimension of the language exerts a magnetic pull, drawing the reader through the author’s devastation and ultimately to the other side of unspeakable heartache and change. That consequently imbues the poems with a quiet sense of connection and release that reminds not only of life’s fragility, but also its fullness. “Writing Healing Poetry” (with readings by Chanel Brenner, Alexis Rhone Fancher and Madeline Sharples) happens at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. $5 to $10 suggested donation; no one turned away. Call (310) 822-3006 or visit beyondbaroque.com. To learn more about the poets, visit chanelbrenner.com, alexisrhonefancher.com and madelinesharples.com.

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Classical Guitar Concert, 6:30 p.m. An evening of classical guitar with Taro Wayama. Venice –Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 439 9445; lapl.org/branches/venice The Mar Vista Laughter Club, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Each Monday, certified laughter yoga leader Kim Selbert leads an adults-only, donationbased laughter yoga class. Use movement, breathing and laughter exercises to decrease your stress, lift

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PXL THIS 25, 7 and 9 p.m. This 25th annual toy camera film festival celebrates professional and amateur moving image artists and Pixelvision films made with toy cameras and camcorders. There are two showings (at 7 and 9 p.m.), plus a 6 p.m. pre-show gathering. UnUrban Coffee House, 3301 Pico Blvd, Santa

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Gateway To Go!, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each Tuesday, a rotating line-up of gourmet food trucks gather at Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd. gatewaytola.org

Tuesday, Dec. 15 Burton Chace Park Walking Club, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Join others in a light walk while enjoying the beautiful view of the Marina del Rey harbor. Burton Chace Park, 13640 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Free, but RSVP by

Gourmet Food Truck Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse and delicious food truck cuisine takes over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org Sidewalk Astronomers, 6 to 8 p.m. The public-service amateur astronomy group returns for stargazing, moonwatching and sidewalk chats about the cosmos. Venice –Abbot Kinney (Continued on page 38)

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‘How to Beat a Bully’ Marina del Rey filmmaker Marilyn Anderson has fun with a serious issue By Shanee Edwards Bullying is no laughing matter, but Marina del Rey filmmaker Marilyn Anderson is tapping family-friendly comedy to drive home a serious message. Anderson’s feature film “How to Beat a Bully,” which began streaming online in October as part of National Bullying Prevention Month, tells the story of Cory (Grant McLellen), a 12-year-old boy who tries to avoid getting bullied by convincing other kids that his father is a hit man for the mob. Executive producer and co-writer Anderson, who has lived in the marina for more than 20 years, describes the film as a “Home Alone”-type story and was thrilled when the movie received the Dove Foundation Seal of Approval for families. “Here’s a way we can actually provide entertainment and fun for kids and families while dealing with this important issue. It’s meant to be enjoyable. The theme at the end is that it’s more fun being friends than being bullies,” Anderson said. She is hosting a special screening of “How to Beat a Bully” for military veterans and their families on Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Veterans Home of California in West Los Angeles.

many film producers optioned her script over the years, none of them seemed able to actually get the film made. (Optioning a script is the process by which a producer pays a token sum to obtain film rights for a limited period of time, with the intention of setting up the film for production.) Anderson knew she needed to change her strategy if she wanted to get her movie to ever see the light of day and made the risky move of not allowing any more options. “As soon as I decided no more options, an investor called me and said, ‘Let’s go make it.’ Within six months the movie was cast and in production. Sometimes, you just have to go out and do it yourself and not rely on the promises of other people.” In other words, stand up for yourself and not let the bully of fate take charge.

Life lessons ensue after actor Grant McLellan tells school bullies that his dad works for the mob The issue of bullying is actually a very personal one for Anderson. “When I was a kid in high school, I used to go down the hall and this girl would hit me every time she saw me in the hall. I actually put that in the movie, as something that happened to the mom. My writing partner, Richard Rossner, told me

he was called melon-head when he was a kid, so we put that in the movie for one of the kids.” Anderson has written for numerous television shows, including “Carol & Company” with Carol Burnett, “The Facts of Life” and “Murphy Brown,” but she’s always wanted to make movies. Though

“How to Beat a Bully” is currently available to stream on Google Play and Amazon Video. To RSVP for the Sunday, Dec. 13, screening at the Veterans Home of California in West Los Angeles, call (617) 605-7750 or email chaplaindove@ aol.com. Visit howtobeatabullythemovie. com to read more about the film.

Art Makes International Connections Santa Monica’s Building Bridges Art Exchange pairs Venice artist J.J. L’Heureux with Italian abstractionist Franco Marrocco By Kathy Leonardo It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what language you speak: Art is a universal language. For the past 10 years, the Building Bridges Art Exchange at the Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica has been working to connect artists across the globe to exchange ideas and share creative breakthroughs. On Saturday, the nonprofit launches two new solo exhibitions — one from far away and one from close to home. The main gallery space hosts international artist Franco Marrocco’s “The Red Studio & Other Works,” and concurrently in the project room Venice-based artist J.J. L’Heureux is showcasing her collage work in “Etichette.” Executive director and curator Marisa Caichiolo founded Building Bridges Art Exchange through collaboration with designer Mayra De Giovanni of Argentina and contemporary artist Jaime Delfin Villafuerte of Mexico. The program now networks with foundations, museums and cultural centers in more than 25 countries. Next year it will begin a residency program to bring international artists to the U.S. to further their work.

Venice artist J.J. L’Heureux crafted collage from old-world Italian cheese wrappers In the meantime, Caichiolo is excited about the upcoming exhibit. “Franco Marrocco is a master of color,” she said. “His tendency towards abstract art introduces a painting of lyrical tones in which color dilutes the representation and the construction of the narrative to welcome the emotions.” A native of Italy and currently director of the prestigious Academy Brera in Milano,

Marrocco is an established artist who has been featured in several international solo exhibitions over the years and participated 54th Biennale di Venezia in 2011. Caichiolo said that after seeing J.J. L’Heureux’ s “Etichette” series during a visit to the artist’s Venice studio, she immediately knew it would be a good fit with Marrocco’s exhibit.

L’Heureux, whose work hangs in museums and galleries throughout the world, is a globetrotting photographer who has embarked on 15 photography exhibitions to Antarctica but also creates collage and mixed media work. While her annual treks to the Antarctic inspire much of her work, it was a trip to Italy that led L’Heureux to begin her “Etichette” series. While living in San Francisco in 1989, her home was “red tagged” after the 1989 earthquake and she was invited to stay with friends in Italy. Warmed by their hospitality, she knew she wanted to find a way to say thank you. She noticed the old world-charm of the packaging of the local cheeses and found a way to create delicate collages featuring the wrappers of the cheeses that her friends shared with her. Without art supplies, she actually hand stitched the labels onto the paper. “Each Etichette is a small story and a memory for me,” L’Heureux said. Caichiolo often collaborates with guest curators, such as Giovanni Iovane, who co-curated Marrocco’s exhibit. (Continued on page 32)

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A Tell-All of the Soul Actress Mary-Louise Parker gracefully illuminates her personal and artistic growth in “Dear Mr. You” Photo by Gage Skidmore

By Bliss Bowen An enduring maxim suggests that people enter our lives to enlighten us with lessons we need to learn, like unconsciously summoned guides through the universe and our own psyches. It springs to mind while reading actress Mary-Louise Parker’s surprising book “Dear Mr. You,” published last month by Scribner. Parker’s writing is sculpted with the same edgy emotional acuity and humor that distinguishes her performances. A typical “celebrity memoir” would reveal feuds or romances behind the scenes of shows like “Weeds” and HBO’s “Angels in America” (for which Parker earned Emmy and Golden Globe Awards; in 2001 she also won a Tony for her star turn in David Auburn’s “Proof”). But this ain’t that, not by a refreshing long shot. To be clear, Parker details sexy episodes in her past with relish, and she unloads about men in her life. But she declines to name them. “Dear Mr. You” is only a “tell-all” in how it illuminates Parker’s prickly, soulful evolution as an individual and artist. (In that respect, it is second cousin to Rosanne Cash’s “Composed,” which similarly eschewed dishing on famous loved ones to instead focus on the challenges and rewards of an artist’s life.) Parker, 51, adopts an epistolary format, writing 34 chapters or “letters” to correspondents who are not all readily identifiable. Some are even imaginary, like the object of “Dear Future Man Who Loves My Daughter”: “If she has given you children remind yourself every day of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth words in this sentence. … Take her hand. Notice how like a piece of art that is.” “Dear Risk Taker” vividly evokes hearing her own teenage “congenital melancholy” and yearning in the (Springsteenean?) music of a leather-jacketed loner who drives a banged-up car to abandoned amusement parks.

Mary Louise Parker draws insights from her life that women can relate to and men can learn from “Dear Movement Teacher” thoughtfully traces the shame, anger and grudging growth spurred by a disliked teacher: “The drama faculty wanted us to find artistic ‘neutrality.’ … I tried but couldn’t even fake it. It’s a speed I don’t offer on my gearshift. I was not issued the particular tool kit of middle.” There are many laugh-out-loud moments, like when Parker wistfully recalls a carnally aroused “Renaissance Fair stud” with a hot technique for delivering a cold drink (“Dear Popeye”). More soberly, she calls herself on the carpet while apologizing to a stranger she cursed out (“Dear Mr. Cabdriver”), and imagines reconnecting with a loinclothwearing fruitarian coworker whose unforced honesty compelled her to question her own emotional authenticity (“Dear Blue”). “Dear Uncle” touchingly recalls the cross-cultural awkwardness of meeting

her adopted daughter’s uncle (“I watched the nurses at the orphanage make a ballet of their soothing”), and the flood of humility she experiences as he insists, “We are all a family now.” The literary grace of Parker’s sentences is matched by the insights she mines from her stories. Women readers are most likely to relate to her self-esteem-challenging relationship struggles; the scene where she sticks a fork in the hand of a boyfriend who doesn’t realize he’s just made himself “a former and not a current” is a metaphorical beaut. (“There was such a fog around me that I felt like I had entered a Whitesnake video.”) All the “recipients” of her letters are men — even the surreal “Dear Cerberus,” which analyzes the mean behavior of past lovers in the guise of a three-headed dog (“You were the worst of those I called darling”) as well as her own acceptance and eventual defiance of it (“This is

addressed to you, yes, but also to myself, because guess who stood for it?”). “She went to the bodega to buy tangerines and an atlas. She strolled home at her own pace and checked on her pet geode. Turning up the volume on Sinatra, she bounced on the trampoline. “Look at that. She’d come to her own rescue. … “She called out and you lifted your head wearily, laid it back down between your paws. You were ashamed and she was too. She’d done enough bad things to be the beast in someone else’s story.” The most significant man is Parker’s father, a fascinating, complicated character whose PTSD episodes and depression scarred her childhood, yet whose love presented a steadfast if rocky haven. His story braids with hers from first chapter to last. “We all miss you something fierce, those of us who wouldn’t exist had you not kept walking when an ordinary person would have fallen to his knees [in a WWII battle zone]. To convey in any existing language how I miss you isn’t possible. It would be like blue trying to describe the ocean.” Even her eloquent closing letter, “Dear Oyster Picker,” to an unknown Pacific Northwest laborer, is, at its heart, about her supportive father and their relationship. Because of what she has previously revealed of herself, some of his final, encouraging words to her are unavoidably tear-jerking — and hopeful: “Just write, keep writing, promise me that you will.” Mary Louise Parker and memoirist Mary Karr discuss “Dear Mr. You” during a Live Talks L.A. event at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the Ann and Jerry Moss Theater at New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. Tickets are $20 to $95. Visit livetalksla.org.

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Italian artist and curator Anna Dusi has worked with Building Bridges Art Exchange for eight years. “As a curator dealing with different cultures and different souls, I can say just how inspirational and powerful it is to be part of this,” Dusi said. Opening receptions for “Etichette” and “The Red Studio & Other Works” happen from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at Building Bridges Art Exchange in the Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., F-2, Santa Monica. Free. Call (310) 770-1961 or email buildingbridgesax@gmail.com to RSVP. For more information, visit buildingbridgesartexchange.org. PAGE 32 THE ARGONAUT December 10, 2015

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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

What is the difference between assessed & market value? Knowing the difference between assessed and market values is very important, especially when buying a home and you need a loan. Market value and assessed value do not always conform to one another. In California these values can be similar or even the exact same, but they serve two different functions. One is used by the local government, and the other is used by mortgage lenders and consumers. Market value is determined by what price the property would most likely sell for if it were available for sale. A home’s market value is normally the highest price that the home would be on the real estate market if there is a reasonable amount of time for the home to sell. Anyone can calculate a home’s market value, but lenders will only consider values valid if done by

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Wednesday, Dec. 16 Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. Donation: $10 per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters “Speakers by the Sea” Club, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to overcome your public presentation nerves at this weekly meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, Room 230A, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131 Rotary Club of Westchester, 12:10 p.m. Meets Wednesday mornings at the Crowne Plaza LAX Hotel, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Inglewood. (310) 986-9237; rotary-westchester.com Westchester Senior Citizens Club Bingo, 1 to 3 p.m. Make new friends and win prizes each Wednesday at the Westchester Senior Center, 8740 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. (310) 649-3317 or (310) 649-1173

licensed property appraisers. The assessed value is used to determine a homeowner’s annual property tax. The assessed value can usually be higher or lower than the market value based on the assessment ratio. This is always a percentage of the property’s market value. California passed a law called Proposition 13 which is a property tax system different from every other state. This law set the property’s assessed value at 100 percent of the market value, when other states are 80-90 percent. This does not allow the homeowners property tax to ever increase more than 2%.

home is the most important, because this is the amount the lender uses to value the home. Market value is the most accurate according to lenders. Lenders prefer this value, because it is based on facts and factors which reflect the value of the home. Some of the factors that determine the home market value include external and internal characteristics, supply and demand, location, supply and demand, and the recent market history. Lenders use the assessed value as more of a guide. Tax assessors are not required to adjust annual property assessments to match the real market value.

These values are important during loan applications, because the lender will compare the assessed and market value of your home. For a lender the market value of your

When it comes to buying a home you should be most concerned what the market value of the home is. Assessed property value can help determine your property taxes, but

will not be useful during an offer or negotiating. Knowing the assessed and market values of your property can help you estimate how much you will need to have aside for property taxes and how to price your property when you are ready to sell.

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Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439 9445; lapl.org/branches/venice

Michael Koppy, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Good company, cold beer and live music each Wednesday at The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com

Venice Art Crawl: Holidays Edition, 6 to 11 p.m. The Venice Chamber of Commerce hosts a crawl with holiday events happening along Washington Boulevard and the Venice Pier. Find info booths and maps at Danny’s Venice (23 Windward Ave.) and Aust (1617 Abbot Kinney Blvd.). veniceartcrawl.com

Venice Underground Comedy & Red Light Burlesque, 9 p.m. Each Wednesday, L.A. comedy club regulars and big-names perform at 9 p.m. followed by burlesque dancing by the Bootleg Bombshells at 11. No cover. Townhouse, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Mind Over Movies, 7 p.m. Free movie screening followed by a discussion with audience Q&A. This week watch “Scrooged,” an update of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” featuring Bill Murray and a cast of showbiz vets. The Christian Institute, 1308 Second St., Santa Monica. Facebook.com/MindOverMoviesLA

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Star Wars Celebration, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Princess Leia and Darth Vader visit the library to celebrate “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Enjoy crafts, snacks and photograph opportunities. Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439 9445; lapl.org/branches/venice

Technart: Art & Technology Conference, various times on Thursday and Friday (Dec. 10 and 11). This two-day conference on intersections of art, science and technology features prolific artists breaking new ground in various artistic mediums and scientific fields. Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., Building 1, Santa Monica. $390 to $783. technarte.org

OIC Computer Training Center Program for Low Income Families, 4 to 7 p.m. Attend this computer boot camp and qualify for a CORE 2 Desktop & Flat Screen Monitor for only $149 plus tax. Must provide proof of low-income status. Venice – Abbot

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“Venice Beach Sunsets,” opens noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, and continues through Jan. 6. Venice-based photography duo Danny Rice and Andrew Karl, known as @Venice_Sunsets on Instagram, take their digital posts from the site and transform them into photographs on wood and limited-edition prints in their first gallery exhibition. Laura Korman Gallery at Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., D-2, Santa Monica. (310) 828-1883; laurakormangallery.com

“Madame Pychosis Holds a Séance,” through Dec. 19. Artist Rosson Crow explores the fictional world of Madame Psychosis, an aging showgirl obsessed with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, through new paintings and film. Honor Fraser Gallery, 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd., Culver City. (310) 837-0191; honorfraser.com

“Small Works Group Show,” opens 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12; continues through Jan. 23. Small paintings, drawings and sculptures by Ann Chamberlin, Juliana Romano and various other artists at Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., 5-B, Santa Monica. (310) 828-1133; loraschlesinger.com “The Toy Train Show,” through Sunday. Thirty-two artists were given a toy train set with one rule: be creative with the pieces. The results debuted during the inaugural Mar Vista Art Crawl and remain on display from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Trunk Gallery, 12818 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 4837227; trunkgallery.org “Cauldron,” ends Tuesday. In the spirit of Jackson Pollock, D.C.-based artist Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann creates explosive yet intricately patterned compositions made with acrylic paint and sumi-ink that explore the fraught threshold between control and chaos.

“Change is the Only Constant,” through Dec. 19. In her recent mixed-media neon sculptures, Linda Sue Price fuses common words and phrases with abstract shapes, creating surprising relationships between the two. TAG Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., D-3, Santa Monica. (310) 829-9556; taggallery.net “The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy,” through Dec.23. Blum & Poe present the L.A. leg of a two-part, bicoastal installment series that critically reassesses Cobra, a postwar European movement named for the cities of Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. The L.A. exhibition casts its view beyond the formal end of Cobra in 1951 by putting the political activities and aesthetic experiments of Asger Jorn into conversation with a range of contemporary living artists. Blum & Poe, 2727 S. La Cienega Blvd., Culver City. (310) 836-2062; blumandpoe.com Send event information at least 10 days in advance to calendar@ argonautnews.com.

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not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Balazs Herr. Title: General Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 3, 2015. Argonaut published: November 26, December 3, 10, and 17, 2015. 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

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legal advertising Name: Sean Gale. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 16, 2015. Argonaut published: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT File No. 2015297222 The following person is doing business as: Body Language Physical Therapy 211 Culver Blvd. Suite K Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Lauren Goodell 318 Pershing Dr. #3 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Lauren Goodell. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 23, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT File No. 2015298375 The following person is doing business as: California Artisan Cheese 3826 Grand View Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90066 and P.O. Box 66339 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Mar Vista Farmers Market Association 901 10th ST. #301 Santa Monica, CA. 90405. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A

registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Andrew Basmajian. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 24, 2015. Argonaut published: November 26, December 3, 10, and 17, 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 File No. 2015305320 The following person is doing business as: Temple Beth Zion 5555 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90036. Registered owners: Wilshire-La Brea SynagogueCenter 5555 West Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90036. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Stuart Z. Noah. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, 31, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT File No. 2015305658 The following person is doing business as: Marlene Veltre 25 Navy Street #12 Venice, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Marlene Nudo 25 Navy Street #12 Venice, CA. 90291. This business is conducted

by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Marlene Nudo. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 3, 2015. Argonaut published: December 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT File No. 2015294542 The following person is doing business as: Sam Johnson’s Bookshop 12310 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Robert E. Klein 9048 Krueger St. Los Angeles, CA. 90232 and Lawrence D. Myers 6356 W. 83rd St. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by Copartners. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Robert F. Klein. Title: Owner/Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on November 19, 2015. Argonaut published: November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT File No. 2015302467 The following person is doing business as: I Love Success 3221 Carter Ave. Apt #472 Marina del Ray, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Peter Jumrukovski 3221 Carter Ave. Apt #472 Marina del Ray, 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 n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Peter Jumrukovski. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on December 1, 2015. Argonaut published: December 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2015. 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).

CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written repines at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if want the court to hear your case. There may a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call and attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informaciÛn a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citaciÛn y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y m·s informaciÛn en el Centro de Ayuda de Las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede m·s cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago da cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr· quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin m·s advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisiÛn a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniÈndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o m·s de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesiÛn de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles, Central District Stanley Mosk Courthouse 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA. 90012. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiffís attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: J. Sal Munoz 43405 Corte Almeria, Temecula, CA. 92592 Phone No.: 360-866-0298. DATE: FEB 24, 2015. Clerk: Sheri R. Carter. Deputy: Anabella Figueroa. THE ARGONAUT: 11/19/15, 11/26/15, 12/03/15, 12/10/15.

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public notice STATemeNT OF AbANdONmeNT OF USe OF FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme File No. 2014328725 Current File No.: 2015294517 Date Filed: November 18, 2014 The following person(s) has abandoned use of: Portfolio Escrow Registered Owner(s): Teles Properties INC Business was conducted by: a Corporation I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on November 19, 2015 Summons Case Number 15K02379 Summons case Number 15K02379 NOTIce TO deFeNdANT: Jose de Jesus m. rivera, Vanessa martinez Does 1 to 10; YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: Pacific Bell Telephone Company. Notice! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30

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