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Contents

VOL 48, NO 51 Local News & Culture

Biz Buzz

COVER STORY

Starbucks comes to Venice, Bareburger leaves Main Street and Jerry’s Deli won’t be Jerry’s next year .................................. 8

Movie & A Meal

Kindness in a Lunch Sack

Passion and Pierogies

Preschooler Anaya Agarwal brings joy and food to Venice’s homeless ................ 12

Relive ‘Cold War’s’ cinematic rapture with Polish comfort food in Santa Monica ........ 17

THIS WEEK

NEWS

FOOD & DRINK

‘Money on the Wall’

No Parking in Wetlands

Rediscovered and remixed photos of Warhol go out with a bang in Playa Vista ............ 15

Planning Commission puts the brakes on Toyota lot alongside 90 Freeway ................ 9

Full Stomach, Full Heart Ditch your holiday cooking duties with an indulgent night out . .............................. 18

Photo by Maria Martin

ARTS & EVENTS

The Advice Goddess

So Far to Go ‘Unknown Distance’ tracks the uncertain futures of veterans after war .................... 16

Sad Sleigh Bells What to do about the holiday blues . ....... 24

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS

North Pole Express United Airlines lifts the spirits of kids with family members in the military ................. 28

Global Connections Sacred Garden Venice High bids adieu to mature trees in its Learning Garden with traditional Japanese Shinto ceremony . ................ 10

A maze appears on the Venice Pier and “Oppenheimer” leads a pack of heady and comedic plays ............................... 27

A mystery “portal” appears on Venice Beach ....................................... 29

Peace on Earth

‘All is Calm’ honors 1914 Christmas truce ... 30

ON THE COVER: Four-year-old Santa Monica preschooler Anaya Agarwal delivers a sack lunch and a smile to a homeless man living in an encampment on Rose and Seventh avenues in Venice.

Photo by Shilah Montiel. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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L e tt e rs Blame Wheat for Gluten Intolerance, Not GMOs Re: “For the Love of Carbs,” Food & Drink, Dec. 13 The Butcher’s Daughter sounds like a great restaurant that I will have to try soon, but I would like to refute founder Heather Tierney’s claim that “a lot of the wheat in this country is genetically modified.” Genetically modified wheat has not been approved to be produced in the USA or Canada, unlike corn, soy, salmon, apples and cotton.

That is not to say there have not been recorded instances of GMO wheat being grown experimentally in Oregon and Washington, but GMO wheat is not available commercially yet. She also conflates gluten intolerance with GMO wheat; the two are entirely separate issues. It is alleged that our commercial wheat flours often have additional gluten added, aggravating gluten intolerance symptoms when eaten, but that does not meet the definition of a genetically modified organism.

GMOs occur in the lab when a gene from a different species is deliberately added to an existing

gene structure to fundamentally alter the original, as when a gene from the ocean-going pout is added to salmon so that the salmon will spawn twice in one year instead of once, or a glyphosate-resistant gene is added to corn seed so that the weedkiller Round Up can be sprayed on corn without harmful effects.

Please do not infer from my letter that I am pro-GMO, however. The pros and cons of GMOs are a topic for another discussion.

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You may have read about the dead whale in Indonesia that had over 1,000 pieces of plastic in its stomach, including a pair of flip

flops! How would we feel if that had happened in California? It will happen here if we do not cut back on our daily use of plastic.

We often utilize single-use plastic packaging such as bags, bottles or polystyrene for just a few minutes, but it remains in the environment for decades or longer.

I have a few friends that question life without plastic straws. “Will this really make a difference?” they ask. I always tell them we have to keep pushing to reduce plastic consumption. It will not always be easy, but we must take individual strides to make the big jump into a new world built on sustainability.

When you look at the overall picture, it can feel hopeless. I was waiting for a hero, but recently realized that we as a community are capable of affecting change for the benefit of all living things. Everyone has to be realistic about the amount of plastic used each day. Our world deserves better.

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Flames ripped through popular Abbot Kinney Boulevard restaurant Wabi Venice last Wednesday, destroying the sushi bar and a dining area in what firefighters believe was an electrical fire.

L.A.F.D. Station 63 in Venice responded to the fire at 5:43 a.m. and extinguished it in about 40 minutes.

“When we got on the scene, fire was going through the roof,” said Battalion Chief Jesse Cisneros, who estimated about $3 million worth of damage to the building, which underwent extensive remodeling over the past few years. “The restaurant was totally gutted. … The whole interior was burned.”

“It was apocalyptic,” added Wabi Venice general manager Brent Moon, who arrived on the scene a little after 6 a.m. “When I walked up, the garden room was on fire.”

In addition to that dining area featuring an atrium and hanging plants, the sushi bar and three paintings by artist Laura Kimpton were also “incinerated,” Moon says, but the restaurant’s front bar area remains intact.

A culinary and community staple on Abbot Kinney since 1992, the restaurant formerly known as Wabi Sabi changed hands in 2015 and has become known for its swanky interiors, inventive sushi menu, art displays and charity events for local nonprofits in recent years.

“It’s a really sad day, but we’re going to rebuild and be better than ever. Thank you for the calls and

The interior of Wabi Venice post-fire hugs,” reads a statement that captioned fire photos posted on Instagram by Wabi Venice owners Tricia Small and Sam Marshall joined by Moon, head chef Rain Pantana and staff.

“It was devastating to see the area just burnt out,” said Debbie Zeitman, cofounder of EAT ART, which promotes the work of local artists on the restaurant’s walls. “They make it a friendly, welcoming place to be and they love to support the community of artists.”

“Wabi leads with hugs. … Our true mission is to grow love,” said Moon, who envisions a happy hour-driven reopening celebration as soon as possible.

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Bareburger Ends 3-Year Santa Monica Run The Main Street organic hamburger shop that offered sustainable comfort food and live entertainment to fill the hole left by The Omelette Parlour is itself now only a memory.

Bareburger, which still operates

restaurants on the East Coast, called it quits in Santa Monica on Dec. 3 after a three-year run. The final event was similar to its first: a body-painting art and dance party.

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Starbucks Comes to the Venice Boardwalk If a chain restaurant opening on the Venice Boardwalk signifies a cultural shift from the beach’s nonconformist and bohemian legacy, call this an earthquake: A Starbucks coffee shop opened Thursday, Dec. 13, at 909 Ocean Front Walk, formerly home of the Venice Beach Freakshow.

The freakshow’s eviction in May 2017 sparked public protest at the height of community backlash over Snapchat’s then-expanding presence in Venice.

For some longtime residents, replacing them with one of America’s most expansive chain restaurants adds mainstream insult to counterculture injury.

“The business that was the most perfect Venice Boardwalk attraction possible has been replaced by the least likely place to ever be welcome in this town ... and people are upset.

I’m upset,” writes local Blogtown author C.J. Gronner.

Santa Monica recently banned fast-food chains from opening on Third Street Promenade, and Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin says he’s working to enact a similar ban on the Venice Boardwalk to prevent the displacement of unique and locally owned businesses.

“This is a critical first step that will allow local government to shape the mix of business that makes sense for the neighborhood and preserve Venice’s unique character. Some of our neighborhoods in Venice have been changing drastically, and a lot of the neighborhood flavor has been disappearing,” Bonin said.

Community action and local preservation group Venice Beach Dogz has announced a protest of the new Venice Starbucks for Saturday, Jan. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m.

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Raise a Glass to Tompkins Square Westchester’s popular Tompkins Square Bar & Grill served its last giant burger and cold beer the weekend before Thanksgiving, with brothers Billy and Jeffrey Tompkins calling it quits after nearly 15 years in order to pursue a new venture outside the area.

Argonaut readers had repeatedly voted the Lincoln Boulevard sports bar and food-forward gastropub the area’s Best Bar in our annual Best of the Westside poll. The

Tompkins brothers also endeared themselves to the community by supporting local toy drives and fundraisers.

Word is that the owners of nearby restaurant and bar Cinco have brought in the Tompkins brothers to open a restaurant on Rosarito Beach and will take over the Tompkins Square location for a new neighborhood restaurant concept.

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No Parking in Wetlands

Planning Commission puts the brakes on Toyota lot alongside 90 Freeway

By Gary Walker The Los Angeles Planning Commission has halted Marina del Rey Toyota’s plans to build a parking lot alongside the eastbound Marina (90) Freeway at Mindanao Way, siding with locals who appealed the project.

The California Coastal Commission and others have identified the narrow strip of land between condo complexes and the freeway as wetlands, which became grounds for the appeal.

“We did a report in the general area stating that there are wetlands, so we know there are wetlands on the sites in the stream / drainage dish,” California Coastal Commission spokeswoman Noaki Schwartz wrote in an email.

The Toyota dealership wants to park about 300 of cars on that land and erect fencing around it, which has generated support among locals concerned about public safety issues related to homeless encampments, such as a brush fire that caused a freeway closure a few years ago. Five homeowners associations within the Villa Marina condominium complex support the project, citing public safety concerns.

But for Planning Commissioner Lisa

Waltz-Morocco, the wetlands designation was enough to convince her to support the appeal in what turned out to be a 4-0 vote on Dec. 5.

“Either you’re a wetland or you’re not.

You can’t be just kind of a wetland. I think that’s what the applicant was trying to say,” Waltz-Morocco said.

land along the freeway is not a naturally occurring wetlands area, but a result of freeway and housing construction.

At the December hearing restoration biologist Edith Reade, who is working as a consultant for Marina del Rey Toyota, stated that whatever wetlands may exist along the freeway is small and manmade

“Either you’re a wetland or you’re not.

You can’t be just kind of a wetland.”

— L.A. Planning Commissioner Lisa Waltz-Morocco “And in my opinion, based on testimony that we’ve heard, it is a wetland.

Considering that, I think we are in violation of the Coastal Act.” The homeowners association of Villa Napoli, part of the La Villa Marina condominium complex adjacent to the land in question, joined local wetlands advocacy group the Ballona Institute in appealing an earlier approval of the project by city planners.

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Land-use attorney Benjamin Reznick, hired by Marina del Rey Toyota in August, displayed a map from an 1875 book about coastal wetlands that did not designate the area in question as wetlands.

“From 1875 and delineations subsequent to that have never included this parcel as part of the wetlands,” Reznik told commissioners.

Planning Commission President Michael Newhouse wasn’t swayed, describing the parcel as “a strip of land that has been fairly natural for as long as anyone can tell.”

Ballona Institute biologist Robert Van de Hoek told commissioners that he’s identified several wetlands plants and 14 identifiable patches of wetlands on the project site.

Richard Siegel, a homeowner in Villa Marina, told commissioners that Toyota had worked with adjacent homeowners to reach widespread consensus about trees, landscaping and fencing.

“It’s very easy to get lost in the symbolism and the emotion, but I would ask that the commission focus on the outcome of your decision. We have a compromise now, and I would urge the commission to support our compromise,” he said.

L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin has opposed the parking lot, issuing a statement that pitting wetlands preservation against public safety created a “false dilemma.”

Reznik said Toyota has not decided whether to appeal the recent planning decision or proceed to a California Coastal Commission hearing.

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Out with the Old Venice High modernization means cutting down mature trees in The Learning Garden Top left and bottom: Photos by Maria Martin / Top right: Photo by Gary Walker

By Gary Walker For nearly two decades, The Learning Garden at Venice High School has transformed what was once empty space on campus into a hands-on teaching tool and community resource for budding botanists and master gardeners alike.

Now that the 1935 campus is getting some long overdue attention from LAUSD, the garden that volunteers cultivated out of prior neglect is about to gain new classroom space but lose several of its beloved mature trees.

The popular $111-million renovation plan for the next three years will upgrade facilities throughout the campus and create more than 40,000 square feet of brand-new learning spaces. But at least a half-dozen trees in The Learning Garden have also been targeted for removal during the upcoming winter break, according to school district officials.

These include a roughly century-old western sycamore tree and a silk floss tree that have become favorites of garden keepers and visitors alike. A section of mature cacti will be uprooted as well.

Master gardener David King, who heads the volunteer effort to maintain The Learning Garden for students and the public, said he and supporters tried to negotiate with district officials to save the trees, but to no avail.

King and about 60 garden supporters gathered in November for a traditional Japanese Shinto ceremony to celebrate and honor the trees that will be lost.

“We’ve had to make a compromise. As much as I dislike the compromise, the ramifications could have been much worse. We could have lost The Learning Garden,” he told the crowd. “You cannot imagine what it feels like to lose a loved one if you haven’t lost one. But that’s what we’re doing here. We’re going to figure out how to make it through this

Community members, activists and volunteers bid adieu to about a half-dozen trees designated for removal from Venice High’s Learning Garden with a traditional Japanese Shinto ceremony great spiritual loss and how to hold our heads high.”

Venice resident Andrew Dove said he was deeply moved by King’s words and proceeded to embrace the sycamore’s massive trunk.

“When I’m feeling down, I hug trees,” he said. “It’s grounding and it’s healing.”

LAUSD spokesman Samuel Gilstrap confirmed that some trees are slated for removal over the winter break, but said new trees will be replanted as campus

modernization proceeds.

“Two trees at the east side of The Learning Garden will be removed in order to make way for a new classroom building being constructed as part of a large-scale comprehensive modernization project at Venice High School,” Gilstrap said. “The new classroom building will include, among other things, a horticulture classroom which will be located directly adjacent to The Learning Garden for a hands-on learning experience.”

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Last Friday, Venice resident Shirley Vernale led a small protest in front of The Learning Garden in hopes that LAUSD might modify construction plans to save the trees.

“We’re here to say [removing these trees] is inconsistent with our fight against global warming,” asserted Vernale, an environmental scientist and educator. “They provide an invaluable education to the students. … Trees have a right to live, just like we do.”

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Preschooler Anaya Agarwal delivers sack lunches and cheer to the residents of a homeless encampment on Rose and Seventh avenues in Venice (Photos by Shilah Montiel)

A Girl Who Cares

Four-year-old Anaya Agarwal extends a helping hand to her homeless neighbors

By Deirdre Newman While most four-year-old girls are content to explore the make-believe worlds of fairytale princesses, Anaya Agarwal is focused squarely on a reality that many adults choose to ignore. She’s dedicated to feeding the homeless.

For the past several weeks, the Santa Monica preschooler has been a smiling presence on sidewalks in Venice where the homeless congregate, making daily visits to encampments behind the Whole Foods grocery store on Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue.

Anaya’s mission to feed the homeless in Venice dovetails with broader efforts to house them. The Los Angeles City Council recently approved plans by Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Councilman Mike Bonin to erect temporary housing for 100 homeless adults and 54 homeless youth at the former Metro bus yard on Pacific Avenue.

Opponents fear the new facility, intended to move local homeless out of encampments, will end up drawing even more homeless to streets already crowded with

tents and sleeping bags. Many of the homeless sleeping in Venice say recent enforcement efforts to keep encampments off the beach have “swept” them from the boardwalk to nearby places like the largely residential area behind Whole Foods.

But Anaya is not aware of all that. And she doesn’t know why so many people become homeless, or why so many have to wear clothes that are dirty. But her laser-like focus on making sure the homeless have enough to eat is inspiring, said her father, Karan Agarwal, who takes her on her daily rounds. He said Anaya has abandoned activities she used to do with her parents, such as going to the park to play, in favor of making and distributing meals for the homeless.

Why help? “Because they need help,” Anaya says. Why meals? “Because they are homeless and can’t do it [for themselves],” she says.

Anaya started just before Thanksgiving and plans to give out 1,000 meals

by January.

“There is no barrier to helping the homeless,” said Karan Agarwal, a

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logistics consultant. “Children don’t see barriers.”

Inspired to Share

Anaya attends preschool at the Growing Place in Santa Monica. Her father leads a hot lunch committee at the school that organizes parent volunteers to create and serve meals once a month to the 85 students and teachers there. The school charges $64 a year for all the hot lunches, but if a student’s family can’t afford that the school covers the cost.

After the last hot lunch in early November, which featured ramen noodles, Anaya asked her father what the school would do with the food that wasn’t eaten.

He suggested giving out the leftovers to homeless people on the beach. Anaya frequently would offer to share her lunch with the homeless at the beach in Santa Monica on the weekends, so he figured she’d be excited about the prospect.

Which she was.

For the homeless in Venice, Anaya typically prepares brown bag lunches that contain a homemade peanut butter and

jelly sandwich, carrot sticks, an orange or tangerine and a bottle of water, plus a toothbrush and toothpaste “so they don’t get cavities,” Anaya says. She first reaches out to family members with requests for money to purchase the ingredients for the meals, then asks friends and neighbors.

‘Good Heart, Good Values’

When Anaya and her father first approach a homeless encampment, they tread lightly, looking to see who’s open to receiving their food. Anaya always asks first, “Would you like a sandwich?”

On a recent Saturday, a homeless man named Chris and his fiancée Erin both said “Yes.” They’ve been camped out on the sidewalk behind Whole Foods for a while; Chris has been homeless since August. He’s a home framer who had gotten in trouble in the Midwest, served time in prison, and decided to head west in search of opportunity after his release.

For Chris, being homeless in L.A. got off to a rocky start. When he was first living on the streets in downtown Los

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With the help of her father Karan and family (Photo by corcoranphoto), Anaya brings hope as well as food to homeless men and women (Photo by Shilah Montiel) Angeles, Chris was attacked and sent to a hospital in Culver City. Then he was sent to a wellness center and referred to some local social service organizations in Venice.

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The elder Chris first stayed with family in the Santa Monica area, but they were asking him to pay more in rent than he could afford at the time. He had been working as a butcher. He complimented Anaya on her “good heart, good values and good etiquette.”

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sleeping. She praised Anaya and her father for treating the homeless “like humans, not like a freak show.”

“They don’t know the circumstances as to why we’re here,” she said, alluding to those who make generalizations about the homeless population.

Sparkle became homeless in the Midwest, after the death of her husband. She’s a cosmetologist and said she’d like to get back to work, but has to wait until she recovers from an injury on her hand.

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As it turns out, Anaya is carrying on a lineage of service to people in need that started with her great-grandmother, who used to organize food camps in India. She was a freedom fighter who did her part in India’s effort to gain independence from the British, Karan Agarwal said. She later ran a bagel shop in Jersey City and would never turn away a customer if they couldn’t afford to buy something, he said.

To supplement her efforts, Anaya has formed a partnership with her favorite restaurant, La Vecchi Cucina on Main Street in

Santa Monica. Restaurant general manager Thao Tran helps Anaya collect the restaurant’s unused food, which Anaya and her dad then deliver to an interim housing facility on 16th Street in Santa Monica, where homeless people stay until they are moved into more permanent housing.

The People Concern, a local homeless assistance organization, is helping Anaya coordinate this particular effort.

Anaya’s preschool director is also encouraging her efforts by allowing Anaya to place a donation bin on school grounds, where she then encourages her classmates to donate food and help her deliver it to the homeless.

The local Whole Foods management team has also supported Anaya’s efforts by giving her discounts on items purchased for her outreach.

Karan Agarwal says that he isn’t sure how big their outreach will get, or how exactly it will expand.

“Regardless of what direction it goes, I am proud that Anaya is trying to help our community and bring some humanity back to people who are in a difficult situation,” he said.

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Photographer Karen Bystedt between two of her long lost photos of Andy Warhol that have recently been found, reimagined and restored

‘Money on the Wall’ Rediscovered photos of Warhol become new mixed-media pop art in Playa Vista

By Christina Campodonico When Andy Warhol established the first of a few art studios dubbed “The Factory” back in the 1960s, he was essentially printing money for years to come. Works that have come out of those storied studios have sold for millions of dollars and fittingly honor the artist’s credo that “good business is the best art” — or his more crass one, “I like money on the wall.”

The Factory may be long gone, but a treasure trove of new art with a direct connection to the late great innovator of 20th-century pop art is on display at Street Art House in Playa Vista, which celebrates the close of its “The Lost Warhols” exhibit with a party and live painting bash on Saturday, Dec. 22.

It all began when artist-photographer Karen Bystedt was 19 and a student at NYU. She reached out to Warhol and asked him to sit for a photography session with her, and to Bystedt’s amazement Warhol agreed. Soon she was at the offices of Interview magazine (Warhol’s brain-

child) photographing the artist, who wore a Perry Ellis suit for the occasion and played with a small American flag during the shoot. That was 1982, just five years before Warhol’s death.

“I was able to get a different side of Andy that I don’t see in any other photographs, and I think that’s what makes these photographs special,” says Bystedt of images that — lost for decades and rediscovered in 2011 — have now been turned into mixed media collaborations with other artists.

Among the works on view: A black-andwhite portrait of Warhol embellished by Bystedt and Peter Tunney with a shimmering gold skull, a pimped-out Warhol covered in graffiti by artist King Saladeen, and a seated Warhol transmogrified into a wall of ceramic blue tiles, dotted with tiny versions of the Campbell’s Soup cans he made famous.

“I think he would love it,” says Bystedt of these riffs on Warhol’s image. “That was his dream. He loved stars and now

he’s the star.”

In many ways, Street Art House is a perfect place for Warhol’s image to hang out. Founded by two tech entrepreneurs, the hybrid gallery and production house blends art and commerce to promote street artists by helping them to merchandize their artwork, secure mural commissions, organize live painting gigs, and produce creative events.

“We’re like a talent agency with a production arm,” says co-founder Justin Fredericks. “The whole mission is we help artists with the business side of their career so they can focus on what they do best, which is art.”

Fredericks believes contemporary artists owe a lot to Warhol’s business savvy.

“Artists are no longer limited by the paint-on-canvas sale to the art collector,” he says. “They now have art opportunities that extend to mural commissions, public artwork. They also have opportunities to do collaborations, like product and packaging design. They can do live

painting and installations. They can do their own merchandizing program. …

Artists, because they have all these multiple revenue streams coming to them, are brands themselves.

“Look around you,” he says, gesturing to the T-shirts, purses and mugs in the gallery with Warhol’s image on them. “A lot of products are sold with Andy Warhol as the art. His image is part of the art, part of the merchandize. He recognized that important connection between commerce and art.”

It’s doubtful that Warhol would argue with that.

“The Lost Warhols” closes with a party from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 22) at Street Art House, 12775 Millennium Drive, No. 115, in Runway at Playa Vista.

Tickets are $17. Karen Bystedt gives a free artist’s talk about her work at 7 p.m.

Thursday (Dec. 20) at the gallery space.

Attendees of either event must RSVP at lostwarholsinla.eventbrite.com.

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Beyond the Battlefield ‘Unknown Distance’ tracks veterans’ struggles with PTSD, ‘moral injury’ and life after war

By Bliss Bowen What happens to American soldiers when they exchange the rigors of combat for civilian life? That question is too infrequently examined, even as the U.S. heads into its 18th year of conflict in Afghanistan. In November, the question seemed poised to enter the national dialogue once again when a suicidal Marine reportedly suffering from PTSD slaughtered 12 bar patrons in Thousand Oaks; then the tragedy was crowded out by other headlines.

But “Unknown Distance,” filmmaker Gordon Clark’s new documentary about young combat veterans, responds to that question with some urgency. The film concludes a week of screenings at Monica Film Center this Thursday.

Three years in the making, “Unknown Distance” tracks Marine Sgt. Douglas Brown, who did five tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq before his rifle was taken away by his superior officer. He returned home to Louisiana with a profound identity crisis. He had distinguished himself with his shooting skills from a young age — by his teens, he was already hunting to feed his family — and had earned medals as a sniper in the military. But without that rifle, and without that mission, who was he?

Uncommonly articulate, Brown shares these hard memories and occasional tears with fellow soldiers in the film and comes across as a photogenic Everyman exemplar of 21st-century veterans.

Brown was checking out a potentially therapeutic brain treatment for his PTSD when a mutual friend in Santa Monica introduced him to Clark, who had recently returned to LA from making a documentary about gangs in his native South Africa. Striving to understand the “epigenetics” of the culture that shaped Brown, Clark traveled with him to Louisiana and around the country, filming their journey en route without the help of a crew or an itinerary.

Clark captured Brown playing gently with kids, riding horses, and hunting in his hometown; surveying the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan; partying through Vegas; sitting cross-legged on the floor and dining with his Afghani translator, Mirwais Zakhilwall, whose relocation to the U.S. Brown conscientiously sponsored.

As director, Clark opted to take a personal approach that demands attention be paid to veterans’ sacrifices and the challenges they face adapting to civilian life. “Unknown Distance” is unexpectedly impressionistic for a documentary, with intense close-ups and swirling camera angles connecting viewers to

The new documentary ‘Unknown Distance’ follows the post-military life of former Marine, Doug Brown, as he travels across the country veterans’ unsettling circumstances.

Narrative often takes a back seat to emotional logic. Clark, who cut the film 47 times before handing it to editor Herman Forsman, acknowledges that the narrative arc sometimes lapses.

“What it’s doing is building character …

We use music and a lot of close-ups; I’d cut away to something else and try and keep those moments organic, or otherwise grab the audience in an emotional way, like showing Doug in the forest hunting.

At the end, when he says, ‘I just want to hunt on my own, I want to be left alone,’ that speaks volumes about the PTSD and the moral injury.”

In striving for “something real but contemporary,” Clark, who says he has “taken on a little bit of a father role” with the veterans, prioritizes emotional reality over facts, figures or preexisting footage. It’s a legitimate choice, albeit not without risk for a documentary. (Some might question him recreating moments like Brown deliberately saluting in dress blues from a canyon clifftop, for instance.)

That said, the film is undeniably gripping. In April, it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. At a screening at Monica Film Center last Friday, viewers were visibly moved hearing Brown and other soldiers describe

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their harrowing experiences in combat — and how it’s even harder to survive in a society that does not value their skills or understand their trauma.

Onscreen, San Diego-based veteran Chris Tomlin poignantly confesses, “Feeling like I’m not wanted is the most depressing thing in the world,” and says he feels like a chessboard pawn or trash; he vents palpable frustration at having to wait months to see doctors who insist on overmedicating him. Fellow veteran Eric Darling laments the alarming number of veterans’ deaths due to suicide and discusses his homelessness with Brown during one emotional late-night scene by the LA River.

Brown is shown with a family that supportively sheltered him for a few months — a small-scale approach to readjustment that underscores the need for a broader range of programs to aid veterans with varying issues.

“This is the crucial, important question that a lot of people don’t understand,” Clark says. “For each individual, it’s so different, you know? A medication will help one group; yoga will help another. … It’s not the VA’s fault either. They’re all just trying to do the best they can.”

While Clark assiduously avoids politics in the film, he acknowledges that veterans’ political attitudes have been

affected by their military experiences.

“They’re not liberal, not Republican … they live in their own zone completely,” he says. His subjects are dealing with distressing rates of addiction, homelessness, unemployment and suicide, constituting a state of emergency in some estimations. A November report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office states that “an average of 20 veterans die by suicide per day” (a “disproportionately higher” rate than civilians), underscoring the timeliness of the film.

During a Q&A session after the screening, Brown told the audience that he is currently driving tractors for $100 bucks a day back in Cheneyville, Louisiana.

Neither he nor his friends — all coping with PTSD — conveyed a sense of trust in their future.

“Doug, if you asked him, would say, ‘Why is there a war that’s still going on for 18 years?,’” Clark observes. “‘Who are we supporting? We’re coming home in boxes; what is it all about?’”

“Unknown Distance” has its final screenings on Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Monica Film Center (1332 2nd St., Santa Monica). Call (310) 478-3836 or visit laemmle.com for showtimes.

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The Passions of Poland Relive the cinematic rapture of Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Cold War’ with a cozy night at Solidarity As it turns out, greater happiness comes from experiential purchases, rather than material ones, according to psychologist Dr. Thomas Gilovich. In other words, experiencing different things in life is the thing that ends up giving your life meaning.

In light of this nugget of wisdom, I recommend an evening of Polish film and food for a night to remember.

The terrific new movie “Cold War,” by Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski of the Oscar-winning “Ida,” is one of those films that resonates with you long after you have left the theater. An arresting and passionate tale set mostly in the ’50s, and filmed in stunning blackand-white, the film is inspired by Pawlikowski’s parents’ tumultuous relationship. As he puts it, his parents “were the most interesting dramatic characters I’ve ever come across.”

The story begins in Poland, oppressed by Soviet rule. Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) is a musicologist, collecting old folk songs in the countryside to play with a music and dance group that tours all over Europe. When Zula (Joanna Kulig) comes to audition for the group, an immediate spark ignites, setting both characters on a rollercoaster ride that neither can manage to get off of.

The push and pull of the young couple in “Cold War” mirror and digress from the politics of the time. While Pawlikowski doesn’t spend too much time on communism and its constraints, I really felt the effects of the controlling apparatchik (or government officials) always watching. On the other hand, the film does something quite interesting with the reality of exile. The main characters exchange fame and recognition in Poland for a more banal life in liberal Paris, but their newfound freedoms are not quite as exhilarating as one might think. In both the foreground and background stories, nothing turns out to be quite what it was imagined to be.

The absolute perfect restaurant to pair with “Cold War” has to be Solidarity, the Polish restaurant

Photo courtesy of Solidarity

By Angela Matano

Dinah’s Family Restaurant Follow up the romance of ‘Cold War’ with Solidarity’s pierogies in Santa Monica formerly known as Warszawa. In the same spot on Lincoln Boulevard since 1979, the space exudes Old World charm without a hint of kitsch. Chef/owner Elina O’Lague hails from Krakow and the menu reflects her heritage.

After one bite of the house-made cheese and potato pierogies, I felt like I had stepped into the world of “Cold War.” With its name stenciled in red on the front, the restaurant’s façade seems to nod to communism but also the 1980s Polish labor movement for which it was renamed in recent years. The inside — carved from rooms in an old beach house — exudes comfort and warmth, perfect for a date or a family dinner. There is also a patio strung with lights that brings to mind a German biergarten. All in all, it’s kind of like your grandma’s house, but better. (Step inside Solidarity’s hidden speakeasy, and you’ll know what I mean.)

Cozy and hearty, the food at Solidarity is perfect for winter — or the closest thing we Angelenos have to it anyway.

The potato plackis resemble potato latkes — crisp and satisfying — and can be topped with sour cream or apple compote.

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stroganoff and chicken paprikash hit all the right notes of salty, well-spiced and rich, with generous portions for the hungry.

If you would rather err on the lighter side, the cold borscht is scrumptious and trendier than ever with beets on every menu in town. There is also a beet salad here, garnished with goat cheese and mint. The Solidarity salad comes with carrots, apples and sauerkraut for a little kick.

In addition to the fantastic food, the eatery offers a full bar, with a great variety of specialty cocktails. The Warsaw Mule, a twist on the Russian classic, comes served in the traditional copper mug and is filled with Żubrówka, a Polish vodka flavored with a tincture of bison grass, lemon, ginger beer and rosemary.

Oh, to find yourself sated on cinematic passion, beets, dumplings and herbaceous alcohol!

Now that’s happiness.

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Merry Meals Ditch your hosting duties and indulge in a night out for the holidays

By Jessica Koslow Oh what fun it is to ring in the New Year — and yet, the end of the year can also drum up more work and stress: shopping, planning, cooking, baking and more cooking. It’s a time of family togetherness, which is nourishing, but it also means more mouths to feed and dishes to wash. While home-cooked meals are worth their weight in gold, sometimes going out to eat is… priceless. Reserve your table at one of these restaurants that’ll gladly give you the gift of peace of mind for the holidays.

Celebrate Your Good Fortune @ Lunetta Most holiday scenes are filled with snowy streets and chestnuts roasting by the open fire. But in SoCal, our December days are filled with sunshine, shorts and surfboards. Lunetta Dining and Moon Bar — the nocturnal counterpart to brunch-driven Lunetta All Day — makes you feel right at home in the wintry season. Low lighting and mistletoe hang from the walls, the warm and welcoming atmosphere feels like a toasty lodge après-ski, and chef Raphael Lunetta has crafted Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve menus with a few of his favorite things.

On the 24th, celebrate with the 21-dayaged Angus New York steak for two, and ring in the New Year with the New Zealand rack of lamb. Another dish you’ll want to try before end of 2018 is the wood-grilled Spanish octopus — a refreshing burst of white bean hummus, baked picholine olives, roasted sweet peppers and confit Meyer lemon.

Finish off your meal with the sticky toffee pudding, a signature dessert from chef Lunetta’s JiRaffe restaurant. The Manjari chocolate crème brûlée is also decadent — and you should probably eat it slowly. Savor each bite while you reminisce about all your sweet memories from 2018. Chef Lunetta himself will likely breeze by your table for a toast on both nights.

Holiday Hours: 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. 2424 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 581-9888; lunettasm.com

Eat Like a King @ BOA Steakhouse The food at BOA tastes like the chefs in the kitchen really care. On a recent visit, a young chef shared that he had been happily cooking there for eight years.

(BOA has been open for 14.) It was his first job and as he scanned the restaurant, he revealed that many of the staff had also been at BOA for years. Everyone is

Clockwise from left: Celebrate the season with BOA’s savory steak, Lunetta’s luscious grilled octopus, Little Prince’s chocolatechip-buckwheatmolasses cookies à la mode, or Lunetta’s delicious Manjari chocolate crème brûlée jovial and with just the right menu choices, your entire eating experience can be dramatically festive: the Classic Caesar salad is tossed tableside, and the apple is set ablaze in front of your eyes for the Baked Alaska. The tender and mouth-watering steak is fit for royalty.

Reservations after 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve will receive 50% off select bottles of champagne, and everyone will receive a complimentary glass of champagne at midnight.

Holiday Hours: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve & 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to midnight on New Year’s Eve. Dinner is served at 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day. 101 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica.

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Party Like a Petit Royal @ Little Prince It’s no longer 1999, but it is almost 2019 — and so it’s time to party like (Little) Prince. Chef Ari Taymor’s Sundowners menu offers delicious bites weekdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. When you’ve been out playing tourist all day, nothing beats their patty melt and crispy brussel sprouts. And because you’ve got family in town, order the beer battered spring onions and chocolate chip-buckwheatmolasses cookies with crème fraiche ice cream. Your relatives only visit once a

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year, after all! Just for December, you can order a whole duck dinner (or half a duck, but you must reserve in advance).

Dinner is served till 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve with deejayed beats and drinks flowing from 10 p.m. onwards.

Holiday Hours: 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. 2424 Main St., Santa Monica. (310) 356-0725; littleprince.la

Sup by the Sea @ SALT Marina del Rey Hotel’s SALT restaurant is welcoming the New Year with a special menu ($125 per person). While your eyes gaze upon the sparkling waterfront, your mouth can graze on Maine lobster, Dungeness crab, Mer Bleue oysters, jumbo shrimp, Snake River Farms Wagyu Cap Meat and champagne, too, of course.

Holiday Hours: 5 to 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. 13534 Bali Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 289-8223; marinadelreyhotel.com

Countdown @ 1 Pico Show your out-of-town relatives the quintessential Cali Christmas at 1 Pico, Shutters on the Beach’s seaside restaurant. 1 Pico offers sweeping views of the Pacific plus prix fixe menus for dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and brunch on Christmas morning (all are $110 per person). Munch on seared day

boat scallops with brown butter or dessert on rosemary and medjool date rum cake You can also warm up with spiked hot cocoa and hot toddies at Shutters’ pop-up Cocoa Bar through Jan. 1. Or ring in the New Year at one of two dinners offered on N.Y.E. ($145 to $190 per person).

Choose from Kumamoto oysters, two kinds of risotto, bittersweet chocolate custard or grilled turbot bathed in a champagne caviar sauce.

Holiday Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Christmas Day, & 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve with dinner served at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. 1 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica.

(310) 587-1717; shuttersonthebeach.com

Make Merry @ Doma Kitchen Just for the holidays — and before your 2019 resolutions kick in — Doma Kitchen in Marina del Rey is whipping up a festive French toast with a gooey twist: Nutella and banana stuffed Panettone French toast. Now that sounds like something worth celebrating!

Holiday Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. 4325 Glencoe Ave, Suite #8, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-0582; domakitchen.com

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STUDIO City Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sold . . . . . . . . . $325,000 2 Bed/2 Bath Sunset Views, Highly Upgraded . . . . . . . . . . . . $825,000 2 Bed/2 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $629,900 2 Bed/2 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $560,000 3 Bed/2 Bath Ocean & Marina V . Upgraded .nEW . . . . .listing . . . . . . . $1,150,000 3 Bed/2 Bath Ocean & Marina Views . . . . . . . . . nEW . . . . . listing . . . . . . . . $950,000 3 Bed/2 Bath Marina Ocean Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,029,000 3 Bed/2 Bath City & Mountain Views . . . . . . . . . .in . . .EsCRoW . . . . . . . . . $849,000

Slips 32’ and Up Water & Power Dockside Newly Remodeled Restroom/Laundry Facilities Ample Parking

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–––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––– 2 Bed/1 Bath Oak Street, Santa Monica . . . . . . .lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . . $4,700/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath City & Mtn Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . . $2,900/MO 1 Bed/1 Bath Marina Ocean Views . . . . . . . . . . . .lEAsEd . . . . . . . . . . $3,500/MO 2 Bed/2 Bath Marina Sunset Views, Highly Upgraded . . . $4,800/MO 2 Bed/2 Bath Ocean Marina Views FURN . . . .nEW . . . . .listing . . . . . . . $6,000/MO

Eileen McCarthy

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310-823-4644 13999 Marquesas Way, Marina del Rey • Office open 10am - 6:30pm daily

Wishing you peace, joy, and prosperity in the new year.

Happy Holidays from the Stephanie Younger Group

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Compass is a licensed real estate broker (01991628) in the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdraw without notice.

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Bill Ruane

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James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

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Sun 1-4

4333 Redwood Ave. #5

2/2 Extensively renovated townhome

$999,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

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Sun 1-4

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2/2.5 Fabulous townhome with great open floor plan

$849,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

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$1,875,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

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Sat/Sun 1-4

7536 W 85th St.

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$1,350,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

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Sun 1-4

7932 W 83rd St.

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$1,550,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

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Sun 1-4

121 Waterview St.

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$1,799,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

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8162 Manitoba St. #103

2/2 Pristine unit in sought-after Manitoba West

$575,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

plAyA VistA Sun 1-4

5721 Crescent Park #403

3/3 Picturesque sunsets from luxurious PH

$1,649,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

5856 Kiyot Way

3/3.5 Single family home w/ private yard

$1,649,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

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Lisa Potier

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Ross Weinstein

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$1,995,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

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6647 W 82nd St.

3/3 www.kentwoodfarmhouse.com, classic design

$1,720,000

Eric Kredatus & Michael Alarcon

Strand Hill/Christie’s Intl Real Estate

310-874-1465

Open House Directory listings are published inside The Argonaut’s At Home section and on The Argonaut’s Web site each Thursday. Open House directory forms may be emailed to KayChristy@argonautnews.com. To be published, Open House directory form must be completely and correctly filled out and received no later than 3pm Tuesday for Thursday publication. Changes or corrections must also be received by 3pm Tuesday. Regretfully, due to the volume of Open House Directory forms received each week, The Argonaut cannot publish or respond to Open House directory forms incorrectly or incompletely filled out. The Argonaut reserves the right to reject, edit, and/or cancel any advertisng at any time. Only publication of an Open House Directory listing consitutes final acceptance of an advertiser’s order.

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Due to the Christmas Holiday next week, all Open Houses for next weekend Dec. 29 & 30 are due on Friday, December 21, by 3PM Send by Email only to Kay Christy at KayChristy@ArgonautNews.com and cc to: KarenRuhman@gmail.com

Just Listed 3609 esPlanade, Marina del rey 4,215 sQ.ft.

4 bd & 3.5 ba $3,288,000 www.esplanade3609.com

open sun 1-4 121 waterView st., Playa del rey 3 bd & 3 ba 1,764 sQ.ft. $1,799,000 www.121waterview.com

Just Listed 5856 kiyot way, Playa Vista 3 bd & 3.5 ba 2,376 sQ.ft. $1,649,000 www.5856Kiyot.com

Just Listed 5721 CresCent Park #313, Playa Vista 2 bd & 2 ba 1,662 sQ.ft. $1,195,000 www.Chatelaine313.com

open sun 1-4 4333 redwood aVe. #5, Mdr 1,398 sQ.ft.

2 bd & 2 ba $999,000 www.4333redwood5.com

Just Listed

Just Listed

13650 Marina Pointe dr. #PH1805, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba + offiCe 2,904 sQ.ft. $2,995,000 www.Cove1805.com

Just Listed

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6 Voyage st. #103, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2 ba 1,000 sQ.ft. $1,749,000 www.6Voyage.com

Just Listed

5721 CresCent Park #403, Playa Vista 3 bd & 3 ba 2,533 sQ.ft. $1,649,000 www.Chatelaine403.com

Just Listed

4253 beetHoVen st., Mar Vista 3 bd & 2 ba 1,245 sQ.ft. $1,499,000 www.4253Beethoven.com

7293 w. 90tH st., westCHester 4 bd & 3 ba 2,126 sQ.ft. $1,495,000 www.729390th.com

in esCrow

Just Listed 13600 Marina Pointe dr. #303, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,855 sQ.ft. $1,165,000

www.303regatta.com

201 waterView st., Playa del rey 3 bd & 2.5 ba + loft 2,775 sQ.ft. $2,888,000 www.201waterview.com

**ALso for LeAse $6,000/Mo**

Just Listed 13044 PaCifiC ProMenade #305, Playa Vista 2 bd & 2 ba 1,093 sQ.ft. $859,000 www.promenade305.com

13078 Mindanao way #109, Mdr 2 bd & 2 ba 1,885 sQ.ft. $1,099,000 www.13078Mindanao109.com

open sun 1-4 4734 la Villa Marina #C, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,582 sQ.ft. $849,000 www.VillaMilanoC.com

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #829, Mdr 3 bd & 3.5 ba 2,099 sQ.ft. www.Azzurra829.com $1,995,000

in esCrow 6011 dawn Creek #9, Playa Vista 3 bd & 3.5 ba + loft + bonus rM 3,130 sQ.ft. $1,599,000 www.6011dawnCreek9.com

Just Listed 13082 Mindanao way #60, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 2,199 sQ.ft. $1,399,000 www.13082Mindanao60.com

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #925, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,431 sQ.ft. $999,000 www.Azzurra925.com

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #1622, Mdr 1 bd & 1 ba 859 sQ.ft. **ALso for LeAse $3,895/Mo** $835,000 www.Azzurra1622.com

December 20, 2018 At Home – THE ARGONAUT’s Real Estate Section PAGE 23

The ArgonAuT PRess Releases ClAssiC home

“Irresistible mid-century design elements infuse this home with a style that’s eminently classic, yet undeniably current,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Step inside the main level to a welcoming, open-concept living room. A built-in bar creates a natural gathering point for entertaining. Up an elegant staircase, the spacious master features a Juliet balcony with views to the private side yard, and a well-appointed en-suite. Retreat to the backyard through multiple sliding doors.”

Offered at $1,395,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020

hillTop View home

This California Bungalow w/ a warm modern vibe sits atop Playa del Rey w/ stunning panoramic views. Greeted by a private enclosed patio entry w/space for dining & entertaining. The entryway guides you to the living rm & open kitchen w/brkf bar. All high-end appliances complete the cook’s kitchen with Bosch refrig, 30in dbl convection oven, dw, Bertazzoni gas cooktop & 40 bottle dual zone wine fridge. Features incl Caesarstone countertops, hdwd floors, along w/ new central A/C, windows & solar panels.

Offered at $1,325,000 Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia, Coldwell Banker 424-702-3000

The GrAnd lofTs

“These four-bed, three-and-a-half-bath, homes create space with its rooftop deck, large balcony, and ninefoot ceilings,” says agent Bill Ruane. “Details include engineered wood floors, an executive kitchen with quartz counters and Shaker maple cabinets, and a two-car garage. The large master bath offers a soaking tub and large shower with tower controls. The fourth bedroom has a separate entrance, kitchenette, and private bathroom.

Come see the grand opening of these townhomes.”

Offered at $1,539,000+ Bill Ruane RE/MAX Estate Properties 310-877-2374

The AzzurrA

“Unobstructed views of the city, mountains, ocean, and Marina are offered from the 16th floor of the full service Azzurra,” say agents Jesse Weinberg and Blake Taylor.

“This completely private unit boasts an open floor plan with tons of natural light, stainless appliances, a breakfast bar, an in-unit washer and dryer, central air/heat, and much more.

HOA fees include cable, internet, water, trash, earthquake insurance and an abundance of resort-style amenities, including the 24-hour front desk and security.”

Offered at $835,000 Jesse Weinberg & Blake Taylor KW Silicon Beach 800-804-9132

lA VillA mArinA

“Situated in the heart of Marina del Rey is this two-master suite end unit townhome with contemporary architectural appeal,” say agents Bob and Cheryl Herrera. “Its open floor plan is accented by solid hickory and bamboo floors, added side windows welcoming sunlight throughout the day, as well as the stone patio and pool. You will appreciate the redesign expanding the usable space for living/entertaining and extra bedroom. Villa Tropez is a gated resort styled community with the joys of coastal living.”

Offered at $1,100,000 Bob & Cheryl Herrera PRES 310-578-0332

mArinA oCeAn Views

“This three-bed, two-bath, home is situated in the desirable living space that is the Marina City Club,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy all the luxurious amenities.

Stay fit with the huge executive gym, free classes (yoga, stretch, cardio, spinning and more), swimming pools, and tennis courts. Enjoy the restaurant and bar, gourmet market, daytime cafe, and convenient room service. Also at your fingertips are a car wash, beauty salon, and 24 hour guarded security. This home is ideally located.”

Offered at $950,000 Eileen McCarthy Marina Ocean Properties 310-822-8910 PAGE 24 THE ARGONAUT December 20, 2018

For Whom the Sleigh Bells Toll I get very lonely around the holidays.

My family is just my parents, and they’re far away. I don’t have a boyfriend right now. I have many friends and good people in my life, but instead of hanging out with them, I find myself isolating. It seems my treatment for loneliness is loneliness and then feeling sorry for myself that I’m home alone. Help!

— Pity Party Animal Each of us gets into the holiday spirit in our own special way. Some of us build gingerbread houses; some of us build gingerbread psychiatric hospitals.

To understand how you can long for human connection and (ugh!) long to avoid it at the very same time, it helps to understand the mechanics of loneliness — the pain we feel when we’re disconnected from others. Like other emotions, loneliness is “adaptive,” meaning it has a function. It most likely evolved to motivate ancestral humans to behave in ways that would help them survive and mate. (Survival in the harsh ancestral environment would have been strongly connected with social bonds, and mating without a partner tends to be a bust for those of us who are not aphids or slime mold.)

The problem is our psychology is complex, and work orders laid out for us by different emotional adaptations — different functional feelings — sometimes conflict. For example, the sadness that comes with loneliness is also

motivating — only it can motivate you to lie face-down on the couch.

This probably seems anything but useful, but psychiatrist and evolutionary psychologist Randolph Nesse explains that the slowing down in energy that’s a partner to sadness gives us time to examine our behavior, figure out whether we might do better with different tactics, and, if so, change our MO. It is important to take stock like this — to a point. But if you remind yourself of the evolved job of emotions, you’ll see that it’s sometimes in your interest to override them. In short, you can do your sadness homework without making your loneliness worse by spending your entire holiday mumbling into the throw pillows.

Tell your besties that you could use some cheering up, and give yourself an emotional work assignment: going to a minimum of three parties over the holidays where groups of your friends will be in attendance. Keep in mind, while you’re lifting what feels like your 3,000-pound arm to apply mascara before going to some shindig, that we’re bad at predicting what will make us happy or unhappy. Chances are, once you’re at the party, you’ll catch a buzz from the eggnog, get laughing with your friends, and accidentally slack off on your fashionable nihilism — muttering that it’s all nothingness and you’re alone in the universe except for your unpaid debts.

Crushin’ Roulette I’m a 32-year-old guy with a really great female friend. We talk on the phone, grab food, etc. She even kept me company in the hospital after I got into a motorcycle accident. I’ve started falling for her, and I want to ask her out, but I’m afraid of losing her friendship.

— Conflicted It’s a bit of a twist on the friendship ring. You’d like to give her a friendship penis.

Risk researchers find that decisionmaking in the face of uncertainty — when we can’t be sure of what the outcome will be — is really hard for us.

However, by plugging in all the information we have, positive and negative, we can make an educated prediction about how things are likely to turn out — and whether we can afford the loss if our effort is a bust.

For example, if you have only one friend and if you’re pretty sure you could never make another — say,

because you live on one of those tiny desert islands in a New Yorker cartoon — you might decide it’d be too costly for you to risk saying something. And if, on a scale from 1 to 10, your friend is a 9.2 and you’re more on the bridge troll end of the spectrum (in both looks and career prospects), your chances of romance with her might be pretty slim. (“Shrek” is not a documentary.)

If, after weighing the pros and cons, you decide to ask this woman out, you could simply say, “I’d like to take you on a date. Would you be interested in that?” Yes, it’s possible that doing this would tank your friendship, but chances are you’d just act a little weird around her for a while. Then again, if you said nothing and constantly agonized over wanting her, you might also end up acting all weird — in ways that would make continuing your friendship impossible. (OK, so she’s not into you, but maybe if you send her yet another love poem written in your own blood …)

Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter and visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

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“irreverent grAmmAriAn” (12/13/18)

O b i t u a r y

Michele, Mickey, Darmiento-Green Michele, Mickey, Darmiento-Green was born Michelina Molino in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, August 19. Both of her parents were children of Italian immigrants. Michele finally lost her seven-year battle to pancreatic cancer at her home in Playa del Rey on Friday, December 7, 2018. She attended schools in Los Angeles, and Buffalo. She worked over 28 years for KNXT/KCBS TV as the Community Relations Manager. Michele is survived by her husband, Rubin Green, sisters, Lucia (Juan Carlos) Sirotich-Lebon and Stephanie Sirotich, nephew, Sean (Diana) O’Neill, grandnephews, Sebastiano, Stephano, and Gianlucca O’Neil, half-brother, Warren (Edie) Molino and sister-in-law, Helen Talley.

She was generous to a fault, and a confidential supporter of many charities, and had a particular soft spot for rescue poodles. Michele was an excellent chef, party-giver extraordinaire, and her elegant dinner parties were always accompanied by one or more of her famous dishes. She had exquisite taste and could have rivalled the best interior decorators. She was an avid reader and loved music and musicals, was a child at heart and loved playing games. She was an eye-stopper beauty, but also had a loving and giving heart, a voice to match, and a wonderful sense of humor. Her smile lit up a room and her laugh was infectious. She was passionate, kind, loyal, and her presence filled a room.

She will be dearly missed by all those who knew her.Her funeral will be at the Green Hills Mortuary and Cemetery, on December 22 , 2018 at 10:00AM

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legal advertising FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT FILe NO. 2018 218489 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: H&R HEALTHCARE SCHOOL. 275 Redlands Street Playa Del Rey, CA 90293.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 201701310315.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) H&R Healthcare Management Group, LLC, 275 Redlands Street Playa Del Rey, CA 90293. State of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company.

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. /s/ Rose Marie Mansel.

TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: H&R Healthcare Management Group, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 7, 2018. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 11/29/18, 12/6/18, 12/13/18, 12/20/18

FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT FILe NO. 2018 306370 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SPLOVELY. 13856 Bora Bora Way #201 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, 4712 Admiralty Way #154 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Zoon Incorporated, 13856 Bora Bora Way #201 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. State of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Jack Bremen. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Zoon Incorporated. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 10, 2018. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 12/13/18, 12/20/18, 12/27/18, 1/3/19

FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT FILe NO. 2018292041 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AFFIRMSHEART; 31 Washington Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA 90292, 229 Sherman Canal Venice, CA 90291. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Debbi Singer, 31 Washington Blvd. Marina del Rey, CA 90292. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 11/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Debbi Singer.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 20, 2018. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 12/20/18, 12/27/18, 1/03/19, 1/10/19

FIcTITIOUS bUSINeSS NAme STATemeNT FILe NO. 2018302728 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CPR COVERED; 8004 Agnew Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Mahnaz Ahangar Khatib, 8004 Agnew Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90045. 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. /s/: Mahnaz Ahangar Khatib. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 6, 2018. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 12/13/18, 12/20/18, 12/27/18, 1/3/19

OrDer TO SHOW cAUSe FOr cHANGe OF NAme case No. 18SmcP00090 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of SHELLY KAY ZAVERSNUKE, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Shelly Kay Zaversnuke filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Shelly Kay Zaversnuke to Michale Robyn Lerand 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/8/2019. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: R Room: 215. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90401.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Los Angeles. Original filed: December 5, 2018. Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 12/13/18, 12/20/18, 12/17/18, 1/3/19

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The Bob Baker Marionette Theater has been an institution since 1963 and for the first time ever it has a home at the Pier. The iconic puppet show features classic songs of the season and Bob Baker favorites. Santa Monica Pier, Merry-go-round building, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. Free. santamonicapier.org “Thirdsdays,” 8 p.m. Singer Anna Homler joins bassist Jeff Schwartz and multi-instrumentalist Charles Sharp for two sets of improvisational jazz.

Industry Café & Jazz, 6039 Washington Blvd., Culver City. No cover; donations encouraged. (310) 202-6633; industrycafela.com Luis Oliart and Pink Floyd’s Scott Page, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Returning from his “Highway 61 Visited” tour, Luis Oliart joins Pink Floyd and Toto sax and rhythm guitar player Scott Page on stage. Surfside Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. facebook.com/SurfsideVenice Venice Gets DEEP, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Keep the holiday spirit going with L.A.’s most beloved house deejays.

Bring a new, unwrapped toy or gift card to donate for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $20 to $30. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Friday, Dec. 21 Holiday Mermaids Story Time & Photos, 3 to 7 p.m. Sea scenes come to life with holiday mermaids. Story time begins at 4 p.m. Santa Monica Pier, Merry-go-round building, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica.

Free. santamonicapier.org “Elf” Screening, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) was raised at the North Pole among Santa’s elves

but always felt like an outcast. When he travels to New York to find his father, a cynical businessman, Christmas chaos ensues. Aero Theater, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $12. aerotheatre.com Full Moon Holiday Dinner Cruise, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday. With breathtaking views, deejay entertainment, dancing and a four-course dinner, this two and a half-hour- or three-hour cruise makes for a quick romantic getaway under a full moon. Boarding begins a half hour before launch. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $95 to 99; reservations required.

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Saturday, Dec. 22 Venice Pier Labyrinth Project, 10 a.m. The Venice Pier Project unveils Andreas Hoenigschmid’s labyrinth design, a visual maze celebrating the Winter Solstice and painted with non-toxic, biodegradable hues, at the Venice Fishing Pier, W. Washington Blvd. and Ocean Front Walk, Venice. On view through Dec. 29. (310) 621-8910; venicepierproject@gmail.com Santa Monica Downtown Walking Tour, 10 a.m. Learn the history of downtown Santa Monica on this tour of architectural gems from Art Deco to Victorian to Romanesque Revival.

Santa Monica Conservancy, 2520 2nd St., Santa Monica. $10. smc. givecloud.co Pop-Up Playday at Playa Vista Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Kids can take pictures with Santa and make ornaments at this pop-up playday. RSVP for gift bag. 12746 W. Jefferson Blvd., Playa Vista. Free. facebook.com/siliconbeachparents Home Movie Day, noon to 4 p.m.

Bring your 16mm, 8mm, Super 8 film,

VHS, mini-DV tapes and DVD home movies to Camera Obscura to screen them, talk about them and share tips on how to preserve your family history.

Camera Obscura Art Lab, 1450 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-2239; smgov.net/camera Swing Set Band, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Listen to live music, nibble on light refreshments and dance the afternoon away.

Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Culver City Senior Citizens Center, 4095 Overland Ave., Culver City. $5. (310) 253-6700 Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an R&B concert by Friends.

Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Marina Holiday Lights and Movies, 4 to 8 p.m. The Wonderelles perform upbeat holiday music in a ’50s and ’60s-style under beautiful Christmas lights followed by a screening of the fun family film “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Bring a low-back chair or picnic blanket. Dress warmly. Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Knockout Comedy Hour, 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. At this monthly standup show Santa brings a jolly bag full of comedy to M.i.’s Westside Comedy Theater, 1323-A (“A” stands for alley) Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. $10. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com

Sunday, Dec. 23 Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a jazz funk concert by 2 Azz 1. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “It’s A Wonderful Life” Screening, 4 and 7:30 p.m. George Bailey (James

Margaret Sullivan and Jimmy Stewart star in the classic rom-com “The Shop Around the Corner.” SEE THURSDAY, DEC. 27.

Stewart) has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all until his guardian angel Clarence (Henry Travers) comes to Earth to show him what the town would be like without him. Aero Theater, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $12. aerotheatre.com “The Brother Side of the Wake” Screening, 6 p.m. Gerry Fialka’s experimental documentary shot in various formats asks the question is the journey more important than the destination? This test screening involves the audience in call-andresponses, empowering the audience to go out, have fun and do their own thing. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. Laughtears.com Sinatra to Rock ’n’ Roll, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jimmy Brewster and Suzanne Taix bring rock ’n’ roll-style Sinatra hits and holiday tunes to Cantalini’s Salerno Beach, 193 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 821-0018; salernobeach.com

Monday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Buffet Dinner Cruise, 6 to 9 p.m.

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Tuesday. Dine the night away in the harbor for the holiday with a complimentary glass of champagne, a four-course seated meal, music and dancing under the stars. $95 to $99.

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Tuesday, Dec. 25 Christmas in Venice Beach, 7 to 10 a.m. Nonprofit organization Lost Angels hosts this Christmas Day event with volunteers coming together to hand out food, clothes, toiletries and smiles to those less fortunate, who may not have family for the holidays.

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The Dating Game:“We Should Hangout Sometime” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Wondering why he can’t find love, one-legged comedian Josh Sundquist tracks down every girl he has tried to date since middle school and shares the pseudoscientific results.

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A Work of Genius:“Einstein!” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Actor Jack Fry explains how Einstein’s hair went “crazy” in this one-man show about the genius physicist’s personal life and revolutionary scientific discoveries. The Thursday show is sold out, so arrive early to be put on the waitlist.

One performance only: 7:30 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 20), 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $40 to $60. einsteintheplay.com

James Liebman leads the ensemble cast of “Oppenheimer” One performance only: 8 p.m.

Friday (Dec. 21) at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $20. joshsundquist.com

Comedy of Manners:“Jane Austen Unscripted” @ The Broad Stage Impro Theatre returns to The Broad Stage riffing on the wit, wisdom and

charm of Jane Austen’s six novels.

Impro asks for audience suggestions at the top of the show and spins an Austenian world of charming cads, brooding noblemen and love-struck girls whose hearts are sure to be broken and mended by the healing power of love.

Last shows: 8 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m.

Sunday (Dec. 21 & Dec. 22) at The Broad Stage’s Edye Second Space, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. $49.

(310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.org/ improtheatrejaneausten Holiday Magic:“A Very Merry Magic Mania” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Ablie Selznick returns with an everchanging lineup of award-winning magicians from the Magic Castle, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,”“America’s Got Talent,”“Tosh.0,”“Masters of Illu-

sion” and “Wizard Wars.” Stop by a half hour beforehand for a pre-show.

Last shows: 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 22 & 23) at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $40 to $50. magicmaniala.com/calendar Manhattan Project:“Oppenheimer” @ Electric Lodge Recently transplanted smalltheater company Rogue Machine tackles the mind of the “father of the atomic bomb” in this play

by London-based playwright Tom Morton-Smith.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Saturdays and Mondays and at 3 p.m.

Sundays through Dec. 30 at the Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $40 or pay-what-you-can on some dates. (855) 585-5185; roguemachine-theatre.com

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United Airlines’ 25th annual Fantasy Flight lifts the spirits of military families Story by Brian Marks Photos by Ted Soqui For all the joy and cheer associated with the holidays, it can also be a stressful time exacerbated by peak-season travel.

Flying home means dealing with massive crowds and security lines that move at a glacial pace, followed by hours in a cramped seat on an overbooked plane.

But for 130 children of military service members, a Dec. 1 visit to LAX offered special cause for excitement: a trip to the North Pole. Santa’s sleigh ride (in this case, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner) might have been a little bumpy, but the group made it to the top of the world (United’s LAX maintenance hangar) in about an hour — surely record time.

This year’s Fantasy Flight marked the 25th year that United Airlines has flown groups of children to the North Pole. Past flights have served children dealing with illness, disabilities, or poverty. This year’s passengers were affiliated with Blue Star Mothers, for moms serving in the military, and the Iraq/Afghanistan veterans advocacy group Wounded Heroes of America.

The kids arrived to LAX by bus and sang Christmas carols on the way to the terminal, where they were serenaded by a choir of TSA agents performing a hodgepodge medley of songs by Stevie Wonder, The Black Eyed Peas and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” “Their families make such big sacrifices so that we can enjoy things like this,” said Griffith Browning, who helped build the North Pole environment. “I think it’s so important that we recognize them, because so often their families are separated during the holidays.”

The interior of the plane was festively decorated with ornaments and tinsel and little snowflakes pasted on windows that children couldn’t look out of due to unusual “solar flares,” except to see some cloud tops and snowy peaks (including one that looked a lot like Mount Whit-

Mr. and Mrs. Claus (top right) welcomed a plane full of military children to an LAX maintenance hangar transformed into the North Pole Tomb. “It’s a tremendous amount of Danaka Mann, said both her mother and ney). After a bit of turbulence attributed work, and it’s physically exhausting and father are in the military. to “snow bumps,” the 787 made its final emotionally exhausting. But when my “I actually forgot what they do,” said stop at the unseasonably warm North head hits the pillow the night of the Mann, who was looking forward to the Pole, where kids filed into a large tent Fantasy Flight, it’s the best sleep I’ve games and activities scheduled for after for a holiday banquet. ever had. I feel so wonderful.” the banquet. “I usually like to make Getting to fly in a huge airplane was Air Force Tech Sgt. Jonathan Vegingerbread houses with my family at one of the main attractions for many lasquez, who for 16 years has worked Christmas.” of the children, but it was almost old hat with military chaplains to assess airman Of course no excursion to the North for one of the more boisterous kids, morale, joined the Fantasy Flight as a Pole would be complete without visiting Kaden Stinson. military liaison.

Santa, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus waited “I’ve flown in planes a thousand “I think giving the kids something that times,” explained Stinson, whose patiently on modest thrones to meet the they can take back with them is imporfather is a military recruiter. “He gets incoming children. David Tomb and tant,” said Velazquez. “It creates these people into the Air Force, but he’s Michelle Botkin have been playing the fond memories for the children and the at work today.” role for three years of Fantasy Flights. crew. It’s definitely needed.”

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The one-time public art installation, dubbed the RYOT Portal, popped up in Windward Plaza in the wee hours of Friday morning, Dec. 14, connecting Venice to five other cities across the globe.

Leveraging cutting edge technology, the Portal — a collaboration between immersive media company RYOT and tech-art collective Shared Studios — invited people inside a standard cargo shipping container to participate in fully immersive video conversations with people in various parts of the world.

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The cast of “All is Calm” sings in many languages the story in the language of the men who participated.

The current tour, which originated in Canada, winds up at The Broad Stage on Saturday.

The medieval Celtic ballad “Will You Go to Flanders” sets the tone with its haunting call to arms as men emerge from darkness at the top of the 70-minute show. It’s followed by “Come On and Join,” a soldiercreated parody sung to the tune of Irving Berlin’s “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” and, eventually, dozens of Belgian, English, French, German and Scottish Christmas carols and WWI trench songs, all arranged by Erick Lichte and Timothy C. Takach.

Verse by legendary WWI poets Wilfred Owen, Francis Ledwidge, Patrick MacGill, and Siegfried Sassoon is also resurrected.

“The piece is composed entirely of WWI poetry, gravestone inscriptions, official war documents, journals, letters home, old radio broadcasts, and songs that were all in existence that first year of the war,” Rothstein explains.

Most of Germany’s WWI archives were destroyed during WWII, so, lacking firsthand German accounts, he again opted to let form honor content: The audience only hears songs and text from the British Isles until soldiers exit their boat; then they hear French. When songs are exchanged across No Man’s Land, German sources emerge in a joyful free-for-all.

The uplifting story remains inspiring, although reality was inevitably more complex. The

string of ceasefires took place only between British and German soldiers; the French did not feel goodwill toward German troops occupying and often brutalizing their country. The Christmas truce was preceded by informal “don’t shoot” arrangements between soldiers as they retrieved bodies, bartered cigarettes, and bantered across No Man’s Land.

Military leaders prohibited such fraternization with threats of court martial, and tried to squash press reports. By the following December, each side was demonizing the other. There was no second Christmas truce.

Yet as more soldiers succumbed to deepening cold and harsh trench conditions than combat, “men began to feel they had more in common with their enemy,” Rothstein theorizes, than they did with superiors who’d falsely promised Christmas homecomings.

“I believe that it was music and song that built that camaraderie between opposing forces,” he says. “Because as winter set in, the men began to hold these impromptu concerts back and forth across No Man’s Land, singing to each other and calling out for encores, and music moved beyond language barriers. It’s the international language.”

“All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” will be performed at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 22) at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica.

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