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ail enthusiasts are in luck this week. The annual Union Station Summer Train Fest is taking place on Saturday, July 14, showcasing restored train cars and equipment from the middle of the 20th century. The event runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Rail cars on display will include the Redwood Empire, a 1923 Pullman business car. Union Station’s ticketing concourse will host a virtual reality installation offering digital rides in the Swiss Alps, as well as walk-through railroad models. In addition to the classic trains, there will be a kids’ section with Thomas the Tank Engine games. The event is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP on Eventbrite. More information is at unionstationla.com/happenings.

City Approves Parker Center Demolition and Replacement Plan

he plan to demolish and replace Parker Center cleared its final hurdle last week.

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The City Council on Tuesday, July 3, unanimously approved the proposal to raze the former home of the Los Angeles Police Department at 150 N. Los Angeles St. and replace it with a $708.9 million, 27-story tower for city workers. The project, part of 14th District City Councilman José Huizar’s Civic Center Master Plan, would consolidate employees in one location and allow the city to cut costs by ending other leases or selling off surplus property. The Civic Center Master Plan envisions a six-phase framework that, over 15 years, would create 1.2 million square feet of office space, along with residential and retail components. Parker Center served as the headquarters of the LAPD from 1955 to 2009 and was named after controversial former Chief William Parker. The proposal approved by the council calls for demolishing the property by December 2019. The new structure would likely open in 2023.

Tonya Harding Skates Into Downtown for Film Screening

onsider this one of the more unusual Downtown outdoor movie events. Alamo Drafthouse, the Austin-based chain preparing a theater complex at The Bloc, is holding an al fresco screening this week of the Oscar-winning (Best Supporting Actress for Allison Janney) I, Tonya, about dis-

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Citigroup Exits Citigroup Center for Bunker Hill

ore changes are afoot in the Financial District. Citigroup is leaving its offices at Citigroup Center for One California Plaza on Bunker Hill. The financial services firm will occupy 29,000 square feet of space in the tower at 300 S. Grand Ave.; terms of the new lease were not disclosed. Citigroup Center will keep its name through the remainder of Citigroup’s lease, which ends in January 2019, according to Thomas Ricci, managing principal of Coretrust Capital Partners, which owns and operates the building. Citigroup is giving up 71,000 square feet of office space, but will maintain its approximately 10,000-square-foot bank branch at Citigroup Center. Naming

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‘Train-to-Table’ Market Coming To Union Station

he rail hub Union Station is getting a farmers market. Property representatives last week announced that a weekly market will take place on the station’s South Patio every Thursday from noon-6 p.m., starting July 12. Dubbed the Train-toTable Farmers Market, the event features a selection of raw and cooked goods provided by a total of 30 vendors. Kenneth Pratt, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority deputy executive officer, said that the market will allow travelers to grab a quick bite, as well as purchase fresh-cut flowers, baked breads and roasted coffee before continuing on the next leg of their journey. A public transit user himself, Pratt said this could appeal to daily commuters and people working in the area. “We’re really excited about this,” Pratt said. “I hope and expect that our community and our residents in DTLA say, ‘let’s go to Union Station and have a good time and get some great stuff.’” More information is at unionstationla.com.

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TAKE MY PICTURE GARY LEONARD

Dockless Scooters Should Be in Downtown

he electric scooters that have overtaken Santa Monica, portions of L.A.’s Westside and numerous cities across the country haven’t yet flooded Downtown. Still, some people in the Central City are already fretting that the clutter and additional challenges that have plagued other communities will occur here. That’s understandable, and there will be issues — users of the appbased “dockless” vehicles tend to ride and then leave them in the middle of the sidewalk or another cumbersome location. If it’s been a problem elsewhere, it will be magnified on the crowded streets and sidewalks of Downtown Los Angeles. That said, dockless motorized scooters and bicycles stand to have a far greater positive impact on the community than a negative one, particularly in their ability to reduce auto congestion. City officials are working out formal guidelines for their arrival in neighborhoods across L.A. We urge the lawmakers and city representatives to be thorough, but to move quickly. Los Angeles Downtown News wrote about the scooters last week. For those unfamiliar, they are like children’s Razor scooters, but larger and with a motor. Users download an app and then scan a bar code to unlock a scooter or bike. Rates are about $1 for the rental and 15 cents for each minute, and when riders are done they scan again and walk away. Some people leave the scooter in a safe location. Others are less considerate. Some city representatives initially sought to keep the scooters out of Downtown, concerned that they might cannibalize the $11 million Metro bike share program that launched in 2016. Backers of that worthy effort have reason to worry, but a City Council committee ultimately made the correct decision by not putting a buffer zone around bike share stations. Fear is no reason to squash this kind of competition. As everyone knows, Downtown gridlock worsens every year, and with new housing complexes opening, and additional businesses arriving, we can expect more cars in the community, not fewer. Anything that keeps automobiles in the garage should be explored. Dockless scooters and bikes could be particularly helpful for short trips within Downtown — think someone who works on Bunker Hill but has a meeting in South Park — and for mass transit riders who need to get from, say, Union Station to the Financial District. If it’s convenient and affordable, people will try it. City officials are right to enact regulations, and to seek to ensure that the vehicles are available beyond high-income areas like Downtown. The incentivizing being discussed — letting companies that operate in economically challenged neighborhoods put more scooters on the street — is appropriate. An advantage in Los Angeles being late to the dockless game is the city can learn from what works and what doesn’t in other locales. Establishing designated painted areas for scooters and bikes might be a partial solution to clutter. There are also safety and liability concerns to explore, particularly when few people will wear helmets. Some people won’t like the scooters, but it’s clear that they can play an important role in Downtown. Come up with rules, then bring the vehicles to the streets.

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Regarding the editorial “Metro Charter Departure Is a Community Failure”

y family has left Metro Charter, and may consider leaving Downtown if inter-districts permits for our kids don’t work out. This is very frustrating. —Anthony Barrera Regarding the article “Concern Rises After Former Public Art Is Sold,” about Brookfield Properties auctioning off works by Joan Miro and Jean Dubuffet that had been in the atrium of the Wells Fargo Center, by Sean P. Thomas

hanks for bringing the selling of Downtown’s public art to your readers’ attention. Although Miro and Dubuffet are not local to Los Angeles, the auctions raise a major concern as to what is to become of the many public art sculptures throughout Bunker Hill, Downtown and the city that were part of the “1% requirement meant by the CRA to make public art a way of life and a concrete form of civic pride” (from the CRA documents). Over the last 30 years these works have become a very important part of public tours, and art walks; they acted as placemakers and have been enjoyed by visitors, workers and residents alike. The works have enlightened and encouraged a new generation of Los Angeles artists to EDITOR: Jon Regardie STAFF WRITER: Nicholas Slayton, Sean P. Thomas CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kathryn Maese CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Tom Fassbender, Jeff Favre

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create large-scale murals and public art pieces that have captured global attention. There are very many more works around the city in the potential firing line. It is worrisome to think that these works could go elsewhere or be stored in an unknown basement, or even destroyed. These works belong to the public and should be cared for and treated as such. —Qathryn Brehm, Executive Director, Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk Regarding the article “Homelessness Dips by 3% in County Over the Previous Year,” by Sean P. Thomas

eah, homelessness has decreased, but that’s because a lot of people died or got arrested on Skid Row. A lot of people are still struggling! It is so sad. Regardless, there isn’t enough help or the real services that help you for the long term to be self-sufficient again. —Isabel Sage

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The Ugly History of Downtown Patient ‘Dumping’ Feuer Cracks Down on Hospitals, But Looking Back, Little Has Changed By Jon Regardie n the distant future, if the human race somehow avoids being taken over by sentient robots, we’ll look back and question much about our society, including how the heck the “dumping” of homeless individuals in Downtown Los Angeles became so prolific. Then again, maybe the machines should be in charge — a long track record of failing to prevent this scourge makes you doubt humanity.

City Attorney Mike Feuer and District Attorney Jackie Lacey last week announced a coming summer summit with some local hospitals to address preventing the “dumping” of homeless patients. It’s a practice that has gone on for many years.

THE REGARDIE REPORT Last week, City Attorney Mike Feuer held a press conference to announce the eighth settlement in five years of a patient dumping case, this time with a $550,000 payment from Silver Lake Medical Center. If an octopus smacked a tentacle to her head for each incident, she’d be out of fish-grabbers. The fact that patient dumping continues can prompt one to be skeptical about the world’s so-called progress: We’ve sent people to the moon, built cars that drive themselves and have created refrigerators that talk to smart phones, but we can’t figure out how to stop hospitals from dropping gravely ill people, sometimes in paper gowns, on the streets of Skid Row. Almost as bad is that every significant step to halt patient dumping comes with qualifiers and is accessorized by skyhigh government or lobbying hurdles. In each of the eight cases Feuer’s office has settled, there was a financial payment, but never once did an institution admit wrongdoing. Then there was District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s response last week to a question about whether there could be statewide legislation that establishes serious criminal repercussions for hospitals that are caught patient dumping. Appear-

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ing alongside Feuer, she stated, “I do think creating a criminal penalty for this would be dead on arrival in Sacramento.” The reasoning behind that DOA, just like everything else with patient dumping, is complicated. And the fact that it is so complicated when it should be simple is why we’re in this mess in the first place. Well, that plus the lingering remnants of the Great Recession, plus the housing crunch, plus the NIMBYism that accompanies responding to homelessness, and so on. Big Settlement The dumping of patients in Skid Row has probably been going on as long as there has been a Skid Row, and that’s de-

cades and decades. In the late 1930s folk singer Woody Guthrie lived in the area and wrote the song “Skid Row Serenade.” He didn’t reference patient dumping, but he did sing the line, “The banker put me down on the Skid Row.” You know, the more things change… For all intents and purposes, dumping burst into the mainstream in September 2005. That was when then-LAPD Central Division Capt. Andrew Smith was in Skid Row and witnessed a pair of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies pull up to a curb and take a handcuffed man out of the back of a cruiser. When Smith intervened he learned that the man had been Continued on page 11

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Shuttered Chinatown Hospital to Be Revived San Gabriel Valley Group Buys Pacific Alliance Medical Center for $33 Million; Will Open Urgent Care Facility By Nicholas Slayton even months after it shut down, Pacific Alliance Medical Center has new owners. Representatives for the buyer and seller confirmed on Monday, July 2, that a San Gabriel Valley physicians group has purchased the Chinatown hospital for $33 million. The buyer is a consortium of Allied Pacific IPA, Network Medical Management and AHMC Healthcare (the latter organization operates hospitals in the San Gabriel Valley). The owners plan to restart the facility as a 24-hour outpatient clinic and urgent care center. Full details will be announced on July 28.

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buyer and company that wants to provide services, and a community that wants services. It was a perfect scenario.” Pacific Alliance Medical Center has been part of Downtown since 1860, and was originally known as the French Hospital (from the time that modern-day Chinatown was a hub for French settlers). The 128-room hospital was saved from closure in 1989 when a group of doctors took over operations. Last fall, the doctors’ group chose not to not renew the lease, citing the high maintenance costs that would be needed to bring the building up to state seismic codes. It shuttered on Nov. 30. The hospital had employed 638 people. The French Society put the building and land up for sale early this year. Brokers marketed it as a mixed-use development site. The hospital’s closure sparked worry throughout Chinatown. Some feared the loss of hospital employees and visitors would imperil neighboring businesses. King Cheung, part of the group the Chinatown Community for Equitable Development, noted that people were concerned that the loss of the hospital would deprive the area of medical specialists. Cheung pointed to language as another key matter. The Pacific Alliance staff was fluent in Mandarin and other languages, while a number of senior citizens living in Chinatown speak only limited English. Cheung said people feared having to travel far out of their way to find a doctor they could communicate with. “Now with this urgent care center, I think there will be at least people with bilingual capability to help them,” Cheung said.

Sim said that Allied Pacific has met with community stakeholders in the wake of the deal. He added that plans for the new outpatient clinic (which does not yet have a name) involve staff members who can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, English, Vietnamese and other languages. In the aftermath of Pacific Alliance Medical Center’s closure, community members organized meetings to express their concern to elected officials. Stakeholders lobbied the offices of Congressman Jimmy Gomez and Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo. Cedillo, whose First District covers Chinatown, expressed his support for the new urgent care facility. Cedillo had previously sought to hold meetings with the French Society. “We are ecstatic that the former Pacific Alliance Medical Center site will continue to provide medical services for the surrounding community,” Cedillo said in a statement to Los Angeles Downtown News. “We look forward to continuing to meet the medical needs of constituents in the First Council District.” Sim said the new owners plan to open the outpatient clinic in a wing of the hospital facility built in 2004, which meets modern seismic code. He said that once the clinic is up and running, the owners will look at bringing the rest of the building up to code. The new owners will meet with state and local officials and regulatory groups to determine what permits and licenses will be required to launch the first phase of the new healthcare center. Sim said the goal is to have that information sorted out ahead of the July 28 press conference. nicholas@downtownnews.com

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Pacific Alliance Medical Center closed last November. The San Gabriel-based medical group Allied Pacific has purchased the property and will reopen it as an urgent care center.

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Downtown Goes to the Bark Side Popular People and Pooches Event Returns to the Cathedral By Sean P. Thomas s the saying goes, every dog has its day. In Downtown Los Angeles, that day will take place this week not at a dog park, but at a cathedral. On Wednesday, July 11, more than 2,000 living creatures — of both the two- and four-legged variety — will take to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to mingle, listen to music, talk, bark and, in some cases, sniff each other. It is all part of the 12th annual Dog Day at the Cathedral (sometimes referred to as Dog Day Afternoon). It runs from 6-9 p.m. and is hosted and organized by the Downtown Center Business Improvement District and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The event is gratis, but visitors are asked to RSVP on the BID’s website. Parking at the cathedral lot is $9. The event is the brainchild of former cathedral Monsignor Kevin Kostelnik and then-DCBID Executive Vice President Hal Bastian. Back in 2007, the pair was trying to find a way to draw more people to the cathedral’s 2.5-acre plaza off Temple Street. Knowing that the small but growing Downtown residential community had a particularly strong affinity for canines, they settled upon an event that would get people talking — they realized that individuals who might normally pass each other on the street sometimes start conversing whey they have a pet in common. The first iteration drew about 250 dogs and 500 people, and has since grown steadily. This year, more than 1,200 humans and 1,000 dogs are expected to attend. “It’s really an honor that the event keeps going forward and it keeps getting bigger and bigger,” said Bastian, who will hit Dog Day with his four-legged pal Scooter. “When we started we knew we had something and it has just con-

tinued to grow.” Juan Ochoa, associate pastor at the cathedral, said that the event has indeed exposed more people to the facility. Those who show up for the canine event will have the chance to check out the cathedral’s 10 chapels, its campanile (bell tower) and a mausoleum. Ochoa and other staff will be available to chat and answer questions about the landscape and, for the more religious individuals, provide blessings for their furry friends. DCBID Senior Vice President of Economic Development Nick Griffin expressed enthusiasm about how the event has grown over more than a decade. He said that as the number of dog owners in Downtown continues to balloon — an estimated 43% of Downtown residents have a pet, according to a residential analysis conducted by the DCBID last year — he is not surprised Dog Day at the Cathedral continues to draw more and more people. “It’s about the dogs but it’s really about community,” Griffin said. “It brings people out to meet each other and have fun.” Bastian said the magic of the event is that it is 100% community oriented. Despite taking place at the cathedral plaza, there is no religious agenda, nor is there any fundraising aspect. It’s simply an opportunity for people and their pooches to meet likeminded creatures. For the humans, Dodger dogs, snacks and a full bar will be available for purchase. Dogs must be on a leash and Downtowners without dogs are welcome. There will be staff on hand to clean up after any accidents. Dog snacks will be provided, and more than 25 animal-related vendors will have stalls at the plaza. In the past, there have been dog adoption opportunities and, curiously, kitten adoptions, too.

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More than 1,200 people and 1,000 dogs are expected to flood the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels plaza on Wednesday, July 11, for an annual community mingling event.

In addition, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be on site to offer low-cost vaccinations and micro chipping for dogs. Dog Day at the Cathedral is 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., (213) 624-2146 or downtownla.com. RSVPs are requested. sean@downtownnews.com

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PATIENT DUMPING, 5 picked up in Lakewood, 20 miles away, and there was no legitimate reason to bring him to Downtown, except to make him someone else’s problem. A number of patient dumping cases followed, including a sickening February 2007 incident when a paraplegic man in a hospital gown, and carrying a colostomy bag, was removed from the back of a medical center van and left on a Skid Row curb in front of dozens of witnesses. Three months later then-City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo announced a settlement with Kaiser Permanente over a separate 2006 dumping incident; the hospital paid $500,000 to close a case in which a woman wearing only a hospital gown was sent by taxi to Skid Row. Those cases gained extensive media attention, but if the goal was to deter future patient dumping, they were unsuccessful. In April 2009, Delgadillo announced that College Hospital, with facilities in Costa Mesa and Cerritos, would pay $1.6 million to settle a case in which as many as 150 psychiatric hospital patients — yes, the number is correct — were sent to Skid Row over a two-year period without arranging for sufficient care. “In this City of Los Angeles, we will not stand idly by while society’s most vulnerable are dumped in the gutters of Skid Row,” Delgadillo said in a press release at the time. “Those who engage in this unconscionable practice will be held to account.” The settlement required the hospital to adopt more efficient and comprehensive discharge policies for patients. But clearly, little has changed. Man on a Mission Feuer has aggressively pursued dumping. He says the eight settlements since he was elected in 2013 have resulted in penalties and other payments totaling more than $4 mil-

lion. His office has established a hotline to report suspected dumping incidents — it’s (213) 978-8340; the numbers work out to OMG-LAPD (not really). I’ve seen Feuer get openly angry announcing the settlements. His face darkens; he seethes. It’s part of his wide-ranging response to homelessness, and he’s been inventive in using the resources of his office to address the issue. Feuer has worked to help turn motels into housing for homeless individuals, and has hosted numerous “citation clinics” that allow indigent people to have tickets dismissed if they agree to pursue services that can help them get off the streets. Last fall he testily called for the city to hire a FEMA-style director to be put in charge of addressing homelessness, though at a recent Downtown luncheon hosted by the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum, he indicated that progress has been made. “There has been a sea change within the city in terms of the level of focus on the issue,” he said. But the dumping endures, as Feuer and Lacey detailed the settlement with Silver Lake Medical Center that arose from a whistleblower’s tip. An investigation revealed that, in up to 750 instances (again, the number is correct), hospital patients signed documents giving approval to take them to the Union Rescue Mission or another facility, but hospital transportation records revealed that instead, the patients were deposited at Union Station or another bus or rail hub. Feuer noted that Silver Lake Medical Center’s $550,000 payment does not include any penalties, an anomaly in these cases. Instead the hospital will fund efforts to help place and care for homeless patients. This is where things got interesting; Feuer described needing to “thread the needle,” to have a financial repercussion, but one that doesn’t imperil a hospital that is part of a “fragile” ecosystem treating homeless patients. Is major change possible? It’s a good question, and Feuer and Lacey announced a coming summer summit in which they will partner with Cedars Sinai and the Martin Luther

King, Jr. Community Hospital to discuss protocols all hospitals can put in place to prevent dumping. The goal is to have additional hospitals participate, but Feuer has been trying for years to proactively get medical facilities across L.A. to adopt practices that ensure proper after-care and a so-called “warm handoff” for homeless patients. This sounds like a no-brainer, but whether for legal or other reasons, certain hospitals and trade associations resist. The situation gets extra tricky when dealing with some individuals, who maybe because they are mentally ill, or just don’t trust large institutions, give mixed messages as to what kind of post-hospital treatment they want, if any. Then there’s the concept of criminalizing patient dumping, and though that sounds logical if you want to eradicate the practice, it is jammed with land mines. Lacey’s “dead on arrival” line refers to the furious lobbying that hospitals will do to prevent state legislation. There’s a history here — in 2007, a bill authored by thenState Senator (and current City Councilman) Gil Cedillo to criminalize dumping was killed in committee, without even making it to a full vote. A Los Angeles Downtown News story at the time quoted a California Hospital Association spokesperson who said that hospitals could be in a bind, that they could lose Medicare payments if convicted of a criminal offense. So they fight. Will anything significant ever change? One can hope, but it’s a safer bet that, sometime in the coming months, Feuer will have a ninth press conference to announce a dumping case. And months later, a 10th. Ideally I’m wrong, and the summit brings a variety of institutions together. Maybe more beds and facilities will be found for indigent patients, and the lobbyists will be put out to pasture. Or maybe it’s just time to hand everything over to the machines. regardie@downtownnews.com

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The Broad exhibit A Journey That Wasn’t features more than 50 pieces from over 20 artists. It includes the return of Ragnar Kjatansson’s musicand-video installation “The Visitors,” which was popular when the museum debuted in 2015.

A Meditation on Time Broad Exhibit ‘A Journey That Wasn’t’ Brings Familiar and New Works By Sean P. Thomas ver the decades, Eli and Edythe Broad have collected more than 2,000 pieces of contemporary art. Their $140 million Bunker Hill museum showcases about 200 works at any given time in the third-floor galleries. That means the vast majority of the collection remains off-limits to viewers, tucked away in the in-house storage facilities. The Broad addresses that with occasional shows drawn from the collection. The latest, assembled in an exhibit titled

paintings, sculptures, photographs and film. A Journey That Wasn’t also holds the return of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjatansson’s room-sized musical installation “The Visitors.” Heyler said the work, which was on display when the museum opened three years ago, was one of The Broad’s most talked-about pieces. In “The Visitors,” Kjatansson recorded an hour-long musical performance by a group of his friends in different rooms of a large farmhouse in Upstate New York. Continued on page 20

A Journey That Wasn’t, recently opened. The show with more than 50 pieces from over 20 artists is on display through February 2019. Every piece, in some way, touches on a representation of time, said The Broad’s Founding Director Joanne Heyler. In some instances artists address how time impacts nations and empires. Others explore how people change as they age. Still other works allude to a sense of nostalgia. Located on the first floor of the museum, the works include

By overlapping multiple photos, Andreas Gursky captures the energy of hectic Formula 1 races in a what appears to be a single image.

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Free Shows Return to Pershing Square Downtown Park Is Highlighting Acoustic Duos, ’80s and ’90s Rockers, and Throwback Films By Nicholas Slayton ummer is in full swing in Downtown Los Angeles, which means triple-digit temperatures, a plethora of al fresco dining opportunities, and a number of free outdoor concerts. Some of the biggest are in Pershing Square, as the park in the heart of the Financial District is once again hosting its annual series of music and film. The big draw is the Saturday night concerts, with a lineup of prominent touring and local acts. That is complemented by a Wednesday afternoon roster of acoustic duos, and outdoor movies every Friday evening. The proceedings start this week, with the Sean Wiggins Duo performing at noon on Wednesday, July 11. The Saturday night series also begins this week and features Los Angeles rockers The Bangles, with local rock duo Best Coast opening. The series, organized by the city Department of Recreation and Parks, started in 2009. The infrastructure has improved over the years, and concerts now take place on a 70-foot stage at the north end of Pershing Square, in front of the park’s lawn. There are professional lighting and sound systems. “It’s been going on for 10 years without any incident,” Senior Recreation Director Louise Capone said. “It’s amazing. It has a lot to do with the community getting behind this concert series.”

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A highlight of the free Pershing Square summer concerts will be Los Angeles party band Ozomatli (shown here), performing July 28.

The Saturday night concerts all start at 8 p.m., with doors opening an hour before. The lineup leans to rock, but varies by decade and style. The Psychedelic Furs will play on July 21, and Los Angeles party band Ozomatli takes the stage on July 28. Pershing Square can hold up to 7,000 people, but due to Los Angeles Fire Department regulations, attendance is capped at 6,000. Admission is free, but Recreation and Parks

staff is asking people to RSVP on Eventbrite to secure a spot. The series closes on Aug. 18 with the ’90s pop act Smash Mouth. Jam band stalwarts Spin Doctors open. Wednesday shows take place at noon and coincide with Pershing Square’s weekly farmers market. Capone said these performances are more intimate than the Saturday concerts. The lineup is built around mu-

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young kids at The Bangles or The Psychedelic Furs, but we do,” Capone said. “It’s a great experience, and we want to make sure everyone feels comfortable.” Song, Dance and Film Another traditional part of Pershing Square’s summer programing is its Friday Flicks series. This involves films projected on a 20-foot-by-40-foot screen in the park. Admission is also free, and people can bring food and chairs. Dogs are also allowed, provided they are on leash and well-behaved. This year’s slate is mostly 1980s comedies. The series starts with John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on Friday, July 13. The late Hughes is featured again July 20 with Pretty In Pink, while rebellious Kevin Bacon shakes up a small town with his love of dancing and rock ‘n’ roll in Footloose (July 27). A 30th anniversary screening of the Tom Cruise/Naval recruitment film Top Gun is Aug. 3, and Clueless will be screened on Aug. 17. Capone said the Pershing Square staff selected the films. The nights include trivia games about each movie before the screening, as well as other special events. “We’re going to do some contests on the Pretty in Pink night,” Capone said, and urged people to come in 1980’s garb. There will be prizes for the best ’80s hair, ’80s dancer, that sort of thing.” Pershing Square is also in charge of an affiliated concert series that is not in Pershing Square. Instead, it’s Jazz on Spring, a free lineup of Thursday shows in the Spring Street Park at 428 S. Spring St. This marks the second year for Jazz on Spring, and Patti Berman, president of the nonprofit organization Friends of Spring Street Park, hopes that crowds will grow. The duo Kismit opens the series on July 12. Different jazz styles will be on display after that, with swing-focused songs from The Leslie Spring Band on Aug. 2, and bluegrass influences on Aug. 9 with Riverboat Bob & the Dixie Pirates. Berman said the lineup is intended to showcase energetic acts that will get people dancing, as opposed to more experimental or intense groups that might be heard at jazz clubs. “We’re not the Blue Whale. We want a little more oomph, a little jazzier jazz,” Berman said. “People need a little more foot tapping.” The series closes on Aug. 16, with a show by Berman herself, who will be performing a cabaret set with a group of musicians. Pershing Square’s summer programming starts Wednesday, July 11, at 532 S. Olive St. A full lineup and information is at laparks.com/pershingsquare. nicholas@downtownnews.com

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What is it about deceit, vengeance and high society that always piques our interest? Ask American Ballet Theatre, which is making its 11th stop at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this week, this time to revisit themes of love and betrayal in the Indian high court. ABT has been staging the 19th century Russian ballet La Bayadére since 1980, but this marks its first time at the Music Center. The story follows two lovebirds, temple dancer Nikiya and warrior Solor, and the forces trying to pry them apart. There are three performances, with 7:30 p.m. shows on Friday-Saturday, July 13-14, and a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. At 135 N. Grand Ave. (213)-972-8001 or laopera.org.

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MONDAY, JULY 9 The Three Stooges, Live on Stage The Regent, 448 S. Main St., (323) 284-5727, or theregenttheater.com. 7:30 p.m.: This is a stage show that brings together all of the slapstick, schemes and pie fights of the classic films. Also July 10. TUESDAY, JULY 10 Afrofuturism Book Club at The Last Bookstore 453 S. Spring St., (213) 488-0599 or lastbookstorela.com. 7:30 p.m.: California African American Museum curator Tyree Boyd-Pates leads this discussion of Tomi Adeyemi’s “Children of Blood and Bone.” WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 Magali Delmas at Zocalo Public Square National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Ave. or zocalopublicsquare.org. 7:30 p.m.: KCRW’s Warren Olney sits down with the economist to ask if environmentalism needs to make peace with capitalism. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha at Aloud at the Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7000 or lfla.org. 7:30 p.m.: The author discusses her new book, a deep dive into the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. THURSDAY, JULY 12 Downtown Art Walk At the Historic Core or downtownartwalk.com. 5 p.m.: Enjoy arts and crafts from local vendors on the streets and inside the Historic Core’s galleries. SATURDAY, JULY 14 Union Station’s Summer Train Fest 800 N. Alameda St. or unionstationla.com. 10 a.m.: Check out classic rail cars and virtual reality train rides in this free showcase of all things rail transit.

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The LGBTQ film festival Outfest heads back to Downtown this week, using a few locations as screening and party points. The 10-day festival offers more than 200 features, documentaries and shorts from 35 countries, and it all kicks off at the Orpheum Theatre on Broadway on Thursday, July 12, with a gala screening of the documentary Studio 54, which digs into the famous New York City nightclub, followed by an after party. Another screening location is REDCAT, which has a series of programs on Friday-Sunday, including the short Happy Birthday, Marsha! (shown here), part of the “Desires and Resistance: Unearthing Trans Legacies” program on Sunday at 4:30. p.m. Check the schedule for all the details. At REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800, and the Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, (877) 677-4386; or outfest.org.

REDCAT isn’t the only place to catch a movie in Downtown this week. Union Station continues its series of foodcentric films with City of Gold, a 2015 documentary by Laura Gabbert that serves as both a profile of Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold, and an exploration of Los Angeles’ diverse culinary landscape. Screening Friday, July 13, at 8:30 p.m., the free event is part of Union Station and Metro Art’s Filmmm series, and takes place at the transit hub’s north patio. At 5:30 p.m., the food trucks Comet BBQ, Boba Ni Taco and L.A. Donut will be on hand. At 800 N. Alameda St., (213) 620-0685 or unionstationla.com.

The latest exhibition at the Main Museum highlights the work of two veteran L.A. artists, and in the process reminds us that some of the most thought-provoking art is right under our noses. Milton Davis and Vickie Uyeda: Common Ground features the creations from more than 80 combined years of work, with paintings, drawings and ceramics. They include Uyeda’s painting ”Kitty Come Back” (shown here). All of the works were created during the time that Davis and Uyeda worked with the Los Angeles adult art program at the Exceptional Children’s Foundation. The show runs through Sept. 2 and admission to the Historic Core venue is free. At 114 W. Fourth St., (213) 986-8500 or themainmuseum.com.

Part indie rock, part synth pop, the New York-based band We Are Scientists has remained busy since putting out their first album in 2000. Now in the midst of a 20-city tour, and fresh off the release of their sixth studio album, Megaplex, the band will stop by the Moroccan Lounge for a pair of shows on Thursday-Friday, July 12-13. Also, be prepared for a bit of comedy, as bandmates Keith Murray and Chris Cain integrate off-the-cuff jokes into their performance. When not rocking out, the pair moonlights on the U.K. comedy series “Steve Wants His Money.” Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the band will be joined by pop act Beverly. At 901 E. First St. or themoroccan.com.

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LISTINGS, 18 Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. July 9: Indie-pop singer Johanna Samuels’ residency continues, undeterred by the arrival of LeBron James to Los Angeles. July 10: Drax Project is not tied to the Guardian of the Galaxy. Still, feel free to dress up. July 12: For a folk act, Bellows’ bio describes the band as more of a pop group. July 13-14: The Defydentity event has Annabel (Lee), Polartropica, Hevin and more. July 15: Enjoy the repercussions of all of your past deeds with Karmic. Escondite 410 Boyd St., (213) 626-1800 or theescondite.com. July 13: The Joe Mattzie Trio, Surf Ave. July 15: Wicklow Atwater & The Fallen Flame are scouring Skidrokyo for the piece needed to complete the ritual. Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. July 13: MitiS, Myrne, PLS&TY, Convex. July 14: Wolfgang Gartner, Autoerotique, January Black. Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. July 12: Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile performs a few tunes. Grand Performances Two California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave. or grandperformances.org. July 13: Rage against the machine with this night of protest song sing-alongs.

July 14: Latin sounds, punk frenetic energy and jazz and blues from Gemma Castro, The Altons and The Steady 45s. Moroccan Lounge 901 E. First St., (213) 395-0610 or themoroccan.com. July 9: Alternative hip-hop courtesy of Odie. July 10: Jenny O is back once again for the renegade master with her second album. July 11-12: The rockers of We Are Scientists have the best band bio this calendar section has seen yet. The CIA and NSA might also be watching them. July 13: To our knowledge, Yung Bae has no ties to arms dealer BAE Systems. July 14: In a sign of the times, electronic duo Opia had a viral single. Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare. July 11: Sean Wiggins Duo. July 14: The eternal flame keeps burning as The Bangles play the opening night of the Saturday night concert series. Resident 428 S. Hewitt St. or (323) 316-5311 or residentdtla.com. July 11: Sweet, sweet chamber pop from Honey Child. July 13: The Coathangers and Dommengang play Stumptown’s Workers’ Comp show. July 14: Iron Age’s after-party is also a concert. Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la. July 9: The Salty Suites. July 10: The Makers have stockpiled leftover fireworks just for this show. July 11: Delta Soul. July 12: Sidewinders. July 14: Junkyard Duo. July 15: Los 440s aren’t done yet.

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Spring St. Park 428 S. Spring St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare. June 12: Kismit kicks off the summer jazz series. The Redwood 316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com. July 9: The Songs of Lee Hazlewood. July 11: Son Machine Gun, Kevin Nichols, Basha. July 12: Blood Wisdom, Frontier Club. July 13: The Dogs, Glitter Trash, Middle Age Sensations. There’s probably a pill for that last one. July 14: Speed of Light, Swamp Meat, and, in one of the better names we’ve seen in a while, Baywitch. The Regent 448 S. Main St., (323) 284-5727, or theregenttheater.com. July 14: You! Yes, you! Shell out your hard-earned money for old band shirts at the Rock n Roll Flea Market. July 15: The Diplomats are on their second reunion tour. The Smell 247 S. Main St. in the alley between Spring and Main or thesmell.org. July 12: Big Ups, Potty Mouth, Total Heat. July 15: Flying, This Uni, Matter Room. Teragram Ballroom 1234 W. Seventh St. or teragramballroom.com. July 9: Kina Grannis, Imaginary Future. This future has jetpacks. July 12: Fair chance that at least 40% of the audience at the Drugdealer show is undercover cops. July 13: Arms Akimbo, which they usually are. July 14: Goodnight, Texas and The Americans take the stage for two American-themed sets. July 15: Drum-heavy sounds from Ghost-Note.

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The Bloc: Skyline Sound + Cinema 700 S. Flower St. or theblocla.com July 12: Relive 1990s sports drama in I, Tonya. The event includes a Q&A session with Tonya Harding herself. Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. July 9-12: Family drama and outer space collide in To Infinity. Filmmm at Union Station 800 N. Alameda St. or unionstationla.com. July 13: L.A. Times food critic Jonathan Gold guides audiences through the culinary scene in City of Gold. IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org. It’s a throwback trip to a bio-diverse land in Amazon Adventure 3D. The film follows the journey that naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Yates undertook through the Amazon rainforest in the 1850s. Who doesn’t love pandas? The adorable bears take center stage in the appropriately titled Pandas 3D. Kristen Bell narrates the film about the efforts to reintroduced captive-born pandas into the wild.

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