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he acrobat-fueled Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Downtown Los Angeles, though without the famous yellow and blue big-top tent. Instead, the Canadian troupe is heading to Staples Center with a show based on James Cameron’s blockbuster film Avatar. The performance Toruk-The First Flight will come to the South Park arena on Nov. 1113. The show is set on the planet Pandora, the alien world created in the 2009 film, and is narrated by a native Na’vi storyteller. The plot concerns a natural catastrophe that threatens the all-important Tree of Souls, and the effort made by two boys to save it. Tickets start at $31 and are on sale at cirquedusoleil.com/ toruk.

Homeless Advocate Mollie Lowery Dies

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ne of the city’s most dedicated advocates for the homeless and Skid Row, Mollie Lowery, died at her Highland Park home on Monday, July 25. She was 70. Lowery is best known for co-founding Los Angeles Men’s Place on Skid Row in 1985, which would then grow to become the service provider Lamp Community, offering housing,

TWITTER: @ DOWNTOWNNEWS counseling and other services. Later, Lowery worked as director of programs and then executive director of Housing Works from 2006 to 2015, strategizing outreach to get homeless people into shelter and long-term care.

She is noted as a pioneer of the “housing first” service philosophy; research today suggests that rapid housing programs for the most vulnerable homeless people is one of the most cost-effective ways to get people off the street for good. Lowery was born Mollie Ellen Raddatz on Aug. 2, 1945, and she studied at the University of Portland before coming to Los Angeles for a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling at USC. After a year of trying life in a convent in Philadelphia, she moved back to California and began working at the homeless nonprofit Ocean Park Community Center in Santa Monica, where she would become director. Lowery is survived by five brothers and sisters.

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bridge. However, according to an announcement on the project’s official Facebook page, one of the arches from the original bridge will be saved from complete destruction. The arch will be repurposed into part of the landscaping design for the area beneath the bridge. The city Bureau of Engineering, which is handling the project, said the full landscaping plans for the eight acres of space will be revealed in the next few months. The viaduct closed on Jan. 27 after 84 years due to a chemical condition that threatened the structural integrity of the bridge. The new bridge is expected to be completed in 2019.

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owntown Los Angeles has two major public areas that have long been plagued by what is sometimes called “fortress” architecture. Pershing Square and the Music Center Plaza are large, open-air spaces, and though both host prominent events, each also has its full potential stymied by a design that limits interaction and sight lines with the surrounding neighborhood. High walls and other elements can make it hard for pedestrians to see into the interior. This reduces the number of individuals who might be inspired to walk through and thus activate the area.

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and when the money comes through, she’s not done — the Music Plans call for eliminating those barriers, flattening the dips and CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kathryn Maese rises in the plaza to increase capacity, and extending the main cen- Center has committed to raising another S I N$5Cmillion E 19 7to2 go toward CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Favre, Greg Fischer future public programming. tral staircase. The proposal also includes bringing in new restau Pershing SquareBrian tookAllison a step toward rectifying that probART DIRECTOR: Los Angeles Downtown News rants with outdoor patios. This should help, asDIRECTOR: nothing draws peolem last year when it installed a pair of children’s play That programming fits with a big vision. One can see the posASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi Kanegawa ART Brian Allison 1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 ple like the presence of other people enjoying themselves. grounds at the southern end of the park, and could go fursibilities at the aforementioned Pershing Square, where despite phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi Kanegawa PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard ther if plans for a major renovation, which were announced the limits of the physical space, there is a robust summer film and County Supervisor Hilda Solis and Music Center President and web: DowntownNews.com ACCOUNTING: Ashley Schmidt in May, come to fruition.

We hope it happens. concert lineup put together by the City Department of Recreation CEO Rachel Moore said the restaurants will have a variety of price email: realpeople@downtownnews.com PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard and Parks. Even with a dominating hardscape, Pershing Square has points. Meeting this promise is crucial. While many visitors will still Last month, officials withMANAGER: the Music Center Holloway and Los AnCLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Catherine facebook: be theater patrons willing to splurge on a ACCOUNTING: fancy meal before gelesACCOUNT County,EXECUTIVES: which owns the campus, announced theirMichael Lamb Ashleythe Schmidt emerged as a Downtown gathering point.

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Downtown’s Big Sports Score Gary Cypres Reopens His Sports Museum of Los Angeles

By Eddie Kim here are countless valuable pieces of memorabilia in the 32,000-square-foot Sports Museum of Los Angeles. On a recent Friday, one standout just happened to be in the front pants pocket of founder Gary Cypres.

Cypres, 72, pulled out a little rectangle of card stock, hued white and sienna brown, and adorned with a square-jawed face. It’s legendary Pittsburgh Pirates player Honus Wagner.

The T206 series card was only printed from 1909-1911, but here it is, pinched between Cypres’ index finger and thumb in a plastic case.

It’s probably not worth the $2 million-plus a similar Wagner card fetched in an auction.

Still, Cypres estimates its likely value is between $300,000 and $500,000.

“Just in case I need to make change,” Cypres says with a wink.

The Wagner is one of thousands of baseball, basketball, football, golf and other sports items in the museum at 1900 S. Main St. It first opened on Thanksgiving 2008, but the recession and a lack of marketing meant fewer visitors than Cypres expected. With money draining away, he pulled the plug four months later.

For years it was accessible only via appointment or for special events.

The museum reopened to the public last month, with hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

Tickets are $15 for adults (there are discounts for seniors, students, kids, etc.).

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In addition to the general historical memorabilia, Cypres has curated a massive collection of Dodger materials that dates back to the franchise’s founding in 1883 in Brooklyn. The return has Cypres feeling rejuvenated.

“It’s maybe the biggest private collection of sports memorabilia like this in the world,” Cypres remarked. “You can go to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and still miss out on a number of things that are here. I’m just happy I can open it up again.”

Diamonds Vision The memorabilia is laid out in meticulous fashion. Adorning the entryway are more than 20 large portraits of baseball’s earliest stars, plus 100 photos snapped by Charles Conlon, a pioneering photographer of the sport. There’s a section dedicated to baseball cards, and a display of early Yankees material, plus a scale replica of Yankee Stadium.

Cypres’ collection stuns not only for its breadth and depth, but for the rarity of the items. The first ball thrown at the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ebbets Field is here, locked in a box alongside a scoop of infield dirt and the top of a bottle of champagne popped that day. Fast forwarding through the decades leaves few stones unturned. A Jackie Robinson game-used jersey is paired with his well-worn bat. There’s Don Drysdale’s glove from Van Nuys High School, and a dozen-plus items from Orel Hershiser and others from former owner Peter O’Malley, with Continued on page 10

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Kent Smith: The Exit Interview Longtime Head of the Fashion District BID Reflects on 17 Years in the Neighborhood

By Nicholas Slayton ent Smith has spent the past 17 years as the executive director of the Fashion District Business Improvement District.

When he took over the BID in 1999, it covered 56 blocks, and was part of a Downtown that had very little nightlife. Today, it encompasses 100 blocks and collects $4.2 million annually in assessments from property owners, which go to cleaning, safety and other efforts to better the community.

Smith, 64, stepped down on Sunday, July 31.

Shortly before his departure, he sat down with Los Angeles Downtown News to discuss the district, the organization, the past and what he thinks is a very bright future.

A: We went through a dark time, as did the rest of the country, with the recession. Property owners are incredible people but they’re individualistic and competitive. They bring that entrepreneurial energy, government-get-outof-the-way nature, so getting them to think collectively is always the challenge. It’s not about individual properties, it’s about what can we do for the neighborhood?

We had a 25% nonpayment of assessments.

We had to make some very big adjustments.

I’m proud that we were able to get through that and now we’re sitting with a couple million in the bank. It’s a much different world today than in 2008. If we couldn’t respond to their needs and issues, we wouldn’t be here today.

Los Angeles Downtown News: What were the BID and the district like when you arrived?

Kent Smith: The BID formed in 1996, and the person who hired me said that it was “in transition.” We had a line of credit of $100,000. There was clean and safe being done adequately, but the BID didn’t have any kind of name recognition.

There was a lot of disharmony among the property owners about the efficacy of the BID and how accountable it was. The other thing was that Downtown L.A. wasn’t the poster child for a great business district or even a great neighborhood.

Q: The Fashion District has been changing in recent years, with housing and other projects.

What’s the biggest challenge or missing piece in the neighborhood?

A: We need some ground-up construction, which we’re starting to get. But we could use some more. That’s where land-use and zoning regulations are holding us back. The density and use restrictions, and being so heavily industrial, are an obstacle. The community plan is taking forever. The planning process in Los Angeles is extremely slow.

Q: In 2008, the Great Recession hit and the Fashion District BID split in two. How did you recover, and what lessons were learned?

Q: Are you worried that as the Fashion District continues to grow, fabric, clothing and other stores could be forced out?

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A: I think it’s the opposite. Fashion is a creative industry. Creative people want vibrant neighborhoods. We need restaurants. We need to create neighborhoods that attract and keep those creative people.

Q: What issues were you unable to fully address or resolve during your tenure?

A: Obviously, transportation issues. We’re illserved by public transit in the Fashion District.

That’s true with some of our neighbors. The streetcar is taking a long time, but that is at least moving in the right direction. But that’s one small line. We need better transit services.

We and South Park and the Arts District have been frustrated. We could be adding way more people to Downtown, easily. They’re going to build rapid transit in West Hollywood, but in South Park, the Fashion District and the Arts District, there’s virtually no rapid transit.

Q: What’s your projection for how the Fashion

District continues to develop?

A: I think we’re going to see more live-work, and that distinction between work and play will continue to dissolve. The other thing that’s important that I hope to see is the linkages between neighborhoods improve. I think it’d be great if we had more transit linkages.

Q: What challenges will your successor, Rena Masten Leddy, face?

A: One challenge she’s got is keeping the neighborhood clean and safe within the confines of the budget that we have, because costs are going up. We like the idea of the minimum wage going up, but it also means costs are going up.

Another is that some people would say we’re already at the tipping point as a neighborhood, but I think there’s a lot more that can be done.

In some parts, we’re just starting. We need more economic activity. We need more people in the neighborhood. nicholas@downtownnews.com

The Central City Crime Report This Week: Car Break-ins, a Fire Inspector Scam and Some Phone Thefts

By Nicholas Slayton n the Central City Crime Report, we survey the recent week in public safety. All information is provided by the LAPD’s Central Division.

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Grand Theft Video Game: At 2:45 p.m. on July 10, a man left a video game console unattended on the sidewalk on Temple Street.

A woman came up and grabbed the system, then fled in a white Toyota.

Parking Problem: Sometime after dark on July 10, an unknown individual smashed the rear window of a Chevrolet in a parking garage on Seventh Street. The car was ransacked and the thief took various items, including unspecified musical instruments. No one has been caught.

Phone Theft: Late on July 11 or early on July 12, an unidentified individual entered the Cricket Wireless store at Sixth and Broadway by using the lock code. The person then grabbed some cell phones and fled.

Imposter Syndrome: On the afternoon of July 12, a man entered the Salata restaurant at Fifth and Flower streets. He identified

himself as a fire inspector and demanded $500 for his services. He received the money and then left. Police believe the documents were phony.

Threaten and Run: Two men got into an argument in the early evening of July 11 on the sidewalk of Third and Main streets. After shouting at each other, one man pulled out a gun and said, “You’re [expletive] with the wrong guy.” The man who was threatened called the police, but the man with the gun drove off in a BMW. Another Window Smashing: On the night of July 12, an unidentified individual smashed a window of a parked car at the FIGat7th shopping complex. The thief grabbed a number of household goods and a radio.

This Week’s Bike Thefts: LAPD officials reported four instances of bicycles stolen in Downtown Los Angeles from July 10-18. On July 11, a man left his bike on a wall inside a post office and found it missing when he returned. In the other cases, bikes were either left unattended or had their locks cut.

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os Angeles Downtown News’ 28th annual Best of Downtown issue was published last week, and on Tuesday, July 26, more than 350 people came out to celebrate all the winning restaurants, bars, stores, businesses and more. The party took place at the Level Furnished Living complex, and in addition to the 150-plus, ribbon-clad winners, attendees included City Attorney Mike Feuer, City Councilmembers Curren Price and Paul Koretz, Assemblyman Miguel Santiago and former Downtown councilwoman Jan Perry. Here’s a look at the bash.

Richi the Barber, Teresa Devine, Robyn Joy, Jair Rojas, Carol LaRue, Chris King

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Riley Sullivan, Kelly Hutta

Tony Ruiz, Tony Wiedemer

Danielle Salmon, Claudia Hernandez

Javier Cepeda, Patrycia Canatana

Brandon Thomas, Odain Watson, Daniel Menendez, Mike Noble

Kevin Begovich, Henna Sherzai, Mike Filson

Paul Koretz

Jessica Nuno , Maribel Pineda

Nick Griffin, Bryan Witkow, Peter Baldo, Aaron Weiner

Alicia Fischmeister, Emily Manthei

Paul Gee, Gail Gee Jeffery Page, Jessica Thomson Page

Deborah Choi, Kaytie Lee

Llia Lerner, Tatiana Gorbenko, Alex Gorin

Dan Johnson, Kim Henderson

Marc Simard, Ruth Hudin

Kelly Kinnett, Tara Kramer, Danielle Walker, Arturo Pina

Deisy Suarez, Chip Brown, Tom Gilmore, Carmen Rodriguez

Brenda Stevens, Nakeisha Scott, Jacklyn Avila

Kimberly Rubal

Dale Youngman, Lilli Muller, Blair Besten

Julia Long, Neel Sodha

Sammy Feuerlicht, Katrina Bada, Gilbert Podesta

Kevin Mckellar

Tiffany Bradshaw, Chrystal Clifton, Rania Dante

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Dawn Eastin, Jan Perry

Mike Feuer

Jon Regardie, Sue Laris Alyssa Hankins, Lynne Sheridan, Rosalie Sanchez

Rob Gaudio

Annie Laskey, Calvin Fleming, Alicia Lopez

Nancy Lopez, Tom LaBonge, Mona Curry

Ricky Takizawa

Curren Price, Dr. Tonette Henry

Hal Bastian, Lynda Martin-Lawley

Steve Scott

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Bonnie Tseng, Patti Berman, Patrice Hopper

Lara Dildy, Nat George, Jose Navarrete, Qathryn Brehm, Michael Dewaard

J Bird Lathon, Deshawn Wynn, Jarrett Bryant

Catherine Holloway, Brenda Stevens, Alexis Rawlins, Danielle Salmon, Yumi Kanegawa

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“Gary is a real collector,” O’Malley, 78, said in a phone call. “He’s genuine. He doesn’t buy and sell. In fact, I don’t believe he’s ever sold any Dodgers memorabilia. I respect that. Consequently he has the finest collection of Dodgers historical material that is known. I admire his decision to share it.”

Some of Cypres’ collection is donated, but most of it he purchased at public and private auctions or from estates and players directly.

The Dodgers organization, for one, wasn’t particularly diligent about maintaining its own collection, Cypres said, and some older players have had a strong incentive to part ways with their goods.

“Baseball didn’t pay that much back in the day, and so a lot of these old-timers, they needed the money,” Cypres said. “Something like a game-worn jersey might be worth a lot now, but it was also quick cash.”

Cypres earned a significant portion of his wealth in 1985, when another company purchased the firm where he was the chief financial officer. The money from the deal allowed him to indulge a collecting habit that leapt from a hobby to a full-fledged obsession.

Seven years later, in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Riots, Cypres decided to buy low on a plot of land with a burned-down shopping center and gang activity on the periphery. He soon built the structure that stands today.

Trips to high-end auctions became the norm, and as Cypres’ collection bloomed, so did his

The museum’s current focus is on the history of baseball and specifically the Dodgers in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles. There’s also a wing dedicated to pioneering black athletes.

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Football Focus Opening in September is a collection of Los Angeles Rams memorabilia, just in time for the team’s return to the city after two decades.

The exhibit will feature historical photos, documents and game-worn gear from some of the franchise’s stars, including Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk, who were part of the St. Louis team that, at the turn of the millennium, was known as “Greatest Show on Turf.”

Cypres actually began his collection with tennis and golf items, and those goods will compose much of another upcoming exhibition on English leisure sports. He’s pumping new funds into marketing and advertising the museum.

He is also continuing to hunt down more items, though he claims to have lost count of exactly how many pieces he has. Nor does he know the value of his collection.

“Who knows what this is really worth? It’s like stocks. They’re worth nothing until they sell,” he said.

And could it ever be sold? Cypres admits he’s been wondering the same thing. The Dodgers items are too valuable as a contextual package to split up; he mentions creating an estate for

that. Beyond that, he wonders how much he would leave his wife, and even how much the land under the warehouse could sell for, given Downtown’s development boom.

But the Sports Museum of L.A. isn’t fixated on the future. Cypres curls his long frame into a baseball stadium seat and assesses the gallery floor. It’s one of the most complete historical timelines of sports around. For now, he swears, it’s not going anywhere.

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So it shouldn’t be surprising that Broadway just got another new business that seeks to draw customers through its low prices. This time, however, it’s a gym.

A purple and yellow Planet Fitness opened at 437 S. Broadway on June 15. The two-story facility is the first Downtown outpost for the chain that has approximately 1,000 locations in the United States.

Planet Fitness was drawn to Downtown by the area’s growing residential and working populations, and the projections for its future growth, said Mark Sajdak, vice president of operations for the New York City-based company. The gym entered into a longterm lease on the site and hopes to fill a gap in the market.

“As more people move into Downtown, we figured it’s perfect for us to move in and open an affordable gym,” Sajdak said.

“There are not a lot of options at our price range.”

Planet Fitness offers two membership plans, one for $10 per month, and the other $19.99 per month; there is a $1 startup fee. The higher price, known as the “Black Card” rate, gives members access to a spa, which has tanning beds and massage chairs.

The 30,000-square-foot gym is larger than most Planet Fitness locations, which average 15,000-20,000 square feet; that includes its Los Angeles area branches at 1000 E. Washington Blvd. and in Inglewood.

Pre-sales began more than seven months ago. Gym manager Erika Flores said that more than 1,000 people have signed up.

The Downtown Planet Fitness has entrances on Broadway and Hill Street. The facility includes more than 150 cardio and exercise machines. There are a number of treadmills and also free weights. The downstairs portion holds a stretching and abdominal space.

The gym is open 24/7. At least two staff members are on-site during the night.

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Downtown’s Coming Out for AN LGBT Party

The Proud + Outfest movie night at Grand Park on Saturday, Aug. 6 features Moulin Rouge!. Cazwell (bottom right) is one of more than 20 performers at DTLA Proud Festival on Sunday, Aug. 7.

By Eddie Kim hrough the 20th century, LGBT men and women, many of them still in the closet amid a virulently anti-gay mainstream culture, had to carve out their own spaces to meet, mingle and bond.

A pair of events in this weekend — the DTLA Proud Festival at Pershing Square and the Proud + Outfest Movie Night at Grand Park — pays homage to Downtown’s own history with the LGBT community, spurred by a renaissance of new-school gay bars and an influx of diverse residents.

Gay bars naturally became some of the safest, most beloved spots for LGBT people to let loose and explore their identities. Downtown Los Angeles had its fair share of hotspots, with joints like Smitty’s and the Santessus Club drawing people from around the city.

The Biltmore Hotel’s bar had a reputation as a spot for gay people to cruise, and neighboring Pershing Square also long served as a stomping ground for the LGBT community. That makes it all the more fitting that this weekend sees the debut of the DTLA Proud Festival and the Proud + Outfest Movie Night.

The swell of new businesses and residents in Downtown Los Angeles has inspired the arrival of a trio of gay bars: Bar Mattachine, Redline, and Precinct, which join the charming veterans New Jalisco Bar and La Cita (which regularly hosts gay nights).

While the LGBT nightlife scene here isn’t nearly as well defined as that of West Hollywood, a rapidly growing number of people are intrigued by Downtown’s offerings, said Oliver Alpuche, co-owner of Redline and an organizer of the DTLA Proud Festival, which runs 12 p.m.-10 p.m. on Sunday at Pershing Square.

“Redline, Precinct and Bar Mattachine popped up around the same time and we have the same goal for what we want Downtown to be,” Alpuche said. “We want to showcase that Downtown is a very open and safe destination for the LGBT community.”

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The festival costs $5 pre-sale and $10 at the door, and the slate is packed with things to do. DTLA Proud’s mainstage will see performances from more than 20 artists, with DJ/artist Cazwell — a familiar face behind the decks at Redline — heading up a lineup that also includes drag star Jackie Beat, Pandora Boxx, The Go Go’s tribute band The Gay Gays, and Downtownbased burlesque show Tease If You Please.

There’s also a pop-up waterpark from organizer Summertramp, featuring a slide, splash zone and water guns so that people can keep cool in the heat wave. Forty different community groups and businesses, including restaurants, retailers and LGBT non-profits, will be on hand selling wares and offering information.

Alpuche began brainstorming the festival in February with Redline co-owner Zachary Beus, Precinct owners Thor Stephens and Brian McIntire, Bar Mattachine’s Garrett McKechnie, the Pershing Square Advisory Board and other stakeholders. Plans unfolded quickly once Pershing Square was picked as the venue, he said.

“The Historic Core Business Improvement District invited us to a marketing meeting with local businesses in February, and that’s when the ball started to roll,” Alpuche said. “The community stakeholders are funding this and the bar proceeds are going straight to pay for the festival. It’s much more expensive than I could’ve imagined.”

Dancing With Lady Marmalde Several blocks north in the Civic Center on Saturday, Aug. 6, Grand Park is hosting a party of its own capped off by the screening of Moulin Rouge!, the extravagant 2001 musical starring Nicole Kidman as an alluring dancer and courtesan and Ewan McGregor as a lovestruck poet inspired by her.

People are encouraged to come early and picnic, but Proud + Outfest Movie Night kicks off at 6 p.m. with a pair of concerts from the Colburn School’s adult wind symphony and the Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles. Then there’s a screening of four

short films from this spring’s Outfest Fusion festival, focusing on stories of LGBT people of color, followed by Moulin Rouge! Food and drink trucks will be on hand.

The evening is slated to wrap a little before 11 p.m., said Grand Park Director of Programming Julia Diamond. The movie night is a progression of Grand Park’s LGBT-focused Proud series, which debuted last summer and has had multiple themes including spoken-word performances and a communal picnic.

Moulin Rouge! might not have an explicitly gay narrative, but its celebration of flamboyant stagecraft and artistry has made it an iconic film in the LGBT community. Grand Park organizers hope that it can attract a diverse crowd of both LGBT and straight visitors, Diamond said.

“The Proud series is a project that the park has been focused on for almost three years. It’s had slow growth because it’s rooted in creating partnerships with LGBTQ partners in the county,” Diamond said. “We wanted to have substantial conversation about what Grand Park can do for this community, not just a handful of events, and we’re building bit by bit.”

The next Proud series event at Grand Park will arrive in the spring, with a focus on “story slams” told by amateurs and professionals alike. The first Proud Stories event last year was one of the biggest successes yet, Diamond noted, with both humorous and touching tales being delivered on stage.

LGBT individuals and groups are still fighting for rights and respect across the country, and vicious attacks like the Orlando massacre at the gay club Pulse show a long road ahead.

But the Downtown LGBT community is growing strong, Alpuche says. This weekend provides the best chance to see that growth in action.

Proud + Outfest Movie Night starts 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave. or grandparkla.org. DTLA Proud Festival runs 12 p.m.-10 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7 at Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive St. or dtlaproudfestival.org. eddie@downtownnews.com

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Ballin’ Out in South Park The Nike 3-on-3 Tournament Returns to Downtown With Thousands of Players, a Dunk Contest and More Celebrities

By Nicholas Slayton he NBA doesn’t return for a few more months. The Lakers are hoping new head coach Luke Walton can reshape the team, and the Clippers just want no one else to get injured. But basketball’s back in Downtown Los Angeles, thanks to the Nike 3-on-3 tournament, which is returning to L.A. Live for its eighth year.

From Aug. 5-7, L.A. Live and a few blocks of South Park will feature dozens of courts ready for the 1,500 teams, comprising around 5,000 players, that L.A. Live owner Anschutz Entertainment Group and Nike have lined up.

Turnout is expected to reach or even exceed last year’s count, according to Ryan Golden, L.A. Live senior director of business operations and supervisor of the tournament. In all, around 25,000 people are expected to attend. The weekend draws visitors from around the city and especially families, who come out to support the teams, Golden added.

The games will be spread out across L.A. Live and through South Park along 11th Street. As with past tournaments, there are four categories for men and women — youth, adult, the “adult elite” level, along with the Special Olympics wheelchair division — organized into brackets of 16 teams.

Sunday will see the single-elimination showdowns, but Saturday pits teams against each other for “pool play.” The idea is to give everyone a chance to play two games without the

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“It’s a new way to ensure people have three games as a minimum,” Golden said. “You play your pool on Saturday, and that gets you your two games and gets you into Sunday to automatically play in the tournament.”

Each bracket winner of that Sunday tournament will get a championship T-shirt along with a medal. The winning teams of the men’s and women’s adult elite competition each receive $500 in prize money.

Beyond the amateur talent is the ESPNLA 710 All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m., where ESPNLA talent will square off against actors and musicians. On the ESPN side, there’s “SportsNation” hosts Marcellus Wiley and Michelle Beadle. The celebrity team includes actors O’Shea Jackson Jr. (who played his father Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton) and Breckin Meyer.

The proceeds from the game will benefit the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund at The V Foundation. Tickets for the game are $25 and available up until the event. Expect plenty of feisty basketball and celebs fighting through adversity.

“It’s a great way to kick off the weekend,” Golden said. “Last year [ESPN radio host] Steve Mason broke his nose before we even got started. He’s not playing this year.”

Along with the competitive team games, the Nike series is bringing back its slam dunk con-

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test, which judges players’ style and skill at the rim, at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The 2016 event is also the second year that the South Park Business Improvement District is working with the tournament. The partnership began in 2015 after the construction of Oceanwide Plaza forced organizers to move some courts east of Staples Center.

Jessica Lall, executive director of the BID, said that the move excited area businesses, as it could extend the event into the core of the community.

“Looking at round two, we’re trying to promote our businesses by putting our neighborhood guide in the packets players get,” Lall said.

To accommodate the tournament and the courts, a number of streets will be closed for the weekend. Chick Hearn Court will be closed between Figueroa and Georgia streets Thursday morning to noon on Monday. Eleventh Street will be closed between Figueroa and Flower streets from 8 a.m. Friday-end of Sunday, and between Flower Street and Grand Avenue from 7 p.m. Friday-end of Sunday. Hope Street will also be closed between Olympic Boulevard to 12th Street from 7 p.m. Friday-end of Sunday.

The Nike 3-on-3 tournament is Aug. 5-7 at L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 234-8425 or nike3on3.com. nicholas@downtownnews.com

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 DTLA Proud Fest Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare.

12-10 p.m.: Live bands aplenty, DJs, partner venues and a pop-up water park herald the return of DTLA and the root of the LGBT community therein.

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Flea Market 448 S. Main St. or theregenttheater.com.

12 p.m.: The rummage sale for rock goods has everything you need to complete your commodified fandom — except for that cheese grater you need to take off the ill-advised Yellowcard “Ocean Avenue” tattoo on your lower lip.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 LA Fight Club Belasco, 1050 S. Hill St., (213) 746-5670 or belascous.com.

5 p.m.: On the plus side of tonight’s headline bout between Carlos and Morales is that this violence is police-sanctioned. On the downside are any ensuing acts of pugilism performed outside the venue between non-sponsored amateurs.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 Wu Tsang at MOCA MOCA Grand Avenue, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 626-6222 or moca.org.

7 p.m.: Our city’s own filmmaker and artist dishes on the work of Hito Steyerl in another installment of the “artists on artists” program.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 1 Please Kill Me: 20th Anniversary Book Tour 929 S. Broadway, (213) 623-3233 or acehotel.com.

6 p.m.: Two decades after the punk genre-defining oral history and photo book was released to the world, publishers and luminaries in the vein of Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain gather to celebrate a re-issue.

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itect. Christopher Frank Gehry (pictured) is a famous arch for the L.A. Times.

Hawthorne writes about architecture sit together on On Monday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.m., they’ll ey Concert Hall stage at Gehry’s curvaceous Walt Disn home city of Los and talk about the architect’s work in his d an ear toward Angeles. Development geeks should ben d Avenue project. any mention of Gehry’s $850 million Gran and announce that Then again, maybe he’ll surprise us all d and Cesar Chavez. he’s redesigning the Burger King at Gran S. Grand Ave., (213) OK, that probably won’t happen. At 111 972-0777 or musiccenter.org.

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Aug. 5: French Vanilla, Wet Brain and Bastidas!

Aug. 6: Sure Sure, Spooky Mansion and Dream Vacation.

Aug. 7: Ancient Elk, Sand Babes and Psychic Jiu-Jitsu.

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Little Easy 216 W. Fifth St., (213) 628-3113 or littleeasybar.com.

Microsoft Theatre 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6030 or microsofttheeatre.com.

Aug. 4, 6 p.m.: Arsenio Hall hosts ABC’s Greatest Hits, an excuse to put Nelly, Adam Lambert and Ariana Grande on the same stage. It will likely mitigate the lasting damage of their presence on whatever other confines they haunt.

Aug. 5, 8 p.m.: Italian singer Laura Pausini made the scene over twenty years ago. Still not ringing a bell?

Aug. 6, 8:30 p.m.: Ehsan Khaje Amiri is but the latest artist to attempt to prove that cultural imperialism is a two-way street.

The Novo 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or thenovodtla.com.

Aug. 5, 8 p.m.: Lil Mo and Chrisette Michele take their Milestone Tour to LA Live.

Aug. 6, 8 p.m.: The only circumstance under which I would agree to attend tonight’s Mickey Avalon and Shwayze show would include an ironclad promise from CD14 to deep-six the streetcar fiasco.

Orpheum Theatre 842 Broadway, (877) 677-4386 or laorpheum.com.

Aug. 6, 9 p.m.: Think of Cornelius as Japanese Beck.

Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare.

Aug. 3, 12 p.m.: Julie Slater.

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Aug. 3, 8 p.m.: The Black Windmill play a suave, soaring, shimmering brand of production rock that will sound great when you’re wearing your floppy hat out to the Silver Lake farmer’s market.

Aug. 4, 8:30 p.m.: Mother Feather are make-up-caked glam rock survivors of the Vans’ Warped Tour.

Aug. 5, 8 p.m.: We would not be surprised if obtuse and skittish fringe musician Jandek was actually DB Cooper.

Aug. 7, 8 p.m.: Tiny Stills are pop-punk puppet fans.

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Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com.

Aug. 5: John O’Callaghan.

Aug. 6: UZ. Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org.

Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m.: Heartland bard Margo Price walks the walk while talking the talk. Take note all Portland, Oregon-based Americana musicians.

Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m.: Those looking for particular lurid tales in tonight’s “Backstage Story of How the Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tour of 1964” program are reminded that Zep perpetuated the red-snapper incident.

Grand Performances California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2190 or grandperformances.org.

Aug. 6, 8 p.m.: Mbongwana Star brings the finest in Congolese culture to a sound system near you.

Aug. 7, 7 p.m.: There is no finer voice in Uighur entertainment than Sanubar Tursan.

Ham & Eggs Tavern 433 W. Eighth St., (213) 891-6939 or hamandeggstavern.com.

Aug. 3: 100 Watt Horse, Belly Belt, Kid Sister Erika,

In 1975, filmmakers Albert and David Maysles followed a pair of off-kilter relatives of Jackie Onassis for a documentary that would become a fascinating case study on old money and eccentric family dynamics. Big Edie and Little Edie, as they were known, lived in a crumbling mansion in the East Hamptons, ripe with isolation and squalor. But how exactly did it come to that? Grey Gardens is now considered one of the best documentaries ever made, and the Broadway musical adaptation has received similar acclaim, receiving 10 Tony nominations in 2006. The stage show starring Betty Buckley and Rachel York is now running at the Ahmanson Theatre, but time’s running out to see it: The curtain falls on Aug. 14.

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Aug. 6, 6 p.m.: Somewhere close to Pershing Square, a man with an uppers habit is steeling his soul for what promises to be the one-two gut punch of Kansas singing “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind.”

The Regent 448 S. Main St. or theregenttheater.com.

Aug. 4, 8 p.m.: Dilated Peoples make good on their claim that “worst come to worst, my peoples come first” as they play a benefit show for 2Mex. Aug. 5, 8 p.m.: If you’re not on board with Mac Sabbath, the McDonald’s-themed Black Sabbath cover band, kindly lower this paper, step aboard the nearest westbound 720 bus, get off in Westwood, and stay there forever.

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Aug. 4: Drinking the Sunlight featuring Jake Bellows.

Aug. 7: The Sheepdogs and The Quaker City Night Hawks.

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Aug. 2, 10 p.m.: If you leave The Makers now, you’ll take away the biggest part of them. To wit: the unbounded disgust.

Staples Center 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7326 or staplescenter.com.

Aug. 2, 8 p.m.: Calling all Yentil fans—Barbra Streisand is in town.

Aug. 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 20-21, 7:30 p.m.: Ancient Los Angeles Zen riddle: if a vain socialite goes to an Adele concert and does not Snapchat herself while there, did she actually attend the Adele concert?

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Aug. 5: The Bash Dogs, Super Lunch, Espresso and The Sue Sue’s.

Aug. 7: Skating Polly, Peg, Qui and Liily.

Teragram Ballroom 1234 W. Seventh St. or teragramballroom.com.

Aug. 5, 8 p.m.: Haelos’ brand of electro pop claims the heritage of the blues. Also, I am Napoleon’s nephew and the Bourne movies are the spiritual sequels to Good Will Hunting.

Aug. 6, 8 p.m.: Misguided but well-meaning animal rights activists will line Seventh Street in anticipation of tonight’s Tijuana Panthers show.

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Aug. 4, 7 p.m.: South Carolina chillwave export Toro Y Moi is

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Aug. 6, 2 p.m.: As enthused as we are to see the original Star Wars trilogy played back to back, we cant help but feel as if we’re just giving money indiscriminately to The Mouse at this point.

The Broad 221 S. Grand Ave., (213) 232-6200 or thebroad.org.

Aug. 4, 7 p.m.: The Doll Parts film series continues with Paul McCarthy’s Cultural Soup and David Schmoeller’s Tourist Trap.

Grand Central Market 317 S. Broadway, (213) 624-2378 or grandcentralmarket.com.

Aug. 3, 8 p.m.: What’s more American than chowing down on BBQ while watching Tom Hanks be his white self in BIG? Grand Park 200 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-8080 or grandparkla.org.

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IMAX California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org.

Journey to Space 3D brings audience members along on an E-ticket ride of exploration to the red planet.

Ewan McGregor is the voice of Humpback Whales 3D. Not that the whales aren’t significant enough in their own right, but Obi-Wan narrating means we’re dealing with serious power brokers here. Power brokers who know a good whale story when they see it.

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July 31, 3 p.m.: Ed Ruscha’s Premium and Miracle screen for fifty two cumulative minutes of pure artistic pleasure.

Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare.

Aug. 5, Sunset: It’s your perfect opportunity to shame all the Boston sycophants living unapologetic southie lives in Los Angeles as Pershing Square hosts The Departed.

Regal Cinemas LA Live 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/movies.

Through Aug 3: Bad Moms (11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:50, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.); Jason Bourne (12:20, 1, 1:40, 3:20, 4, 4:40, 6:30, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 and 11 p.m.); Nerve (11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:40 and 10:10 p.m.); Ice Age: Collision Course (1:20, 3:50, 6:35 and 9 p.m.); Ice Age: Collision Course 3D (11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:30 and 7:20 p.m.); Lights Out (12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10 and 10:40 p.m.); Star Trek Beyond (12, 12:50, 3:20, 4:10, 6:20, 7, 9:20 and 10 p.m.): Star Trek Beyond 3D (1:30, 5, 8 and 10:50 p.m.); Ghostbusters (12:30, 3:40, 6:40 and 9:45 p.m.); Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates (9:50 p.m.); The Secret Life of Pets (11:40 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:50 and 9:30 p.m.); The Legend of Tarzan (12:10, 3:10, 6:10 and 9:10 p.m.).

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Bob Baker’s Sketchbook Revue Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., (213) 250-9995 or bobbakermarionettes.com.

Aug. 6-7, 2:30 p.m.: The Sketchbook Revue promises a cast of marionettes that will alternately delight and terrify.

Grey Gardens —The Musical The Ahmanson, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or centertheatregroup.org.

Aug. 2-5, 8 p.m. and Aug. 7, 1 and 6:30 p.m.: In 1975, the Maysles brother made a documentary about a pair of off-kilter relatives of Jackie Onassis. Big Edie and Little Edie lived in a crumbling mansion in the East Hamptons. Somehow, that became a Broadway musical that received 10 Tony nominations in 2006.

The version that lands in Downtown stars Betty Buckley and Rachel York. Through August 14.

New Original Works: Program Three REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.

Aug. 4-6, 8:30 p.m.: We’re pumped for Wilfried Souly’s On Becoming and Daniel Corral’s Comma, but nothing commands our attention quite like I Am A Boys Choir’s Demonstrating the Imaginary Body Or How I Became An Ice Princess.

Sleepaway Camp Downtown Independent, 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com.

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It’s our business to make you comfortable... at home, downtown. Corporate and long term residency Call Now Fo is accommodated in high style at the Towers Apartments. Contemporary singles, studio, one r bedroom and two bedroom apartment homes provide fortunate residents with a courteous full service lobby attendant, heated pool, spa, complete fitness center, sauna and recreation room Move-In Spec with kitchen. Beautiful views extend from the Towers’ lofty homes in the sky. Mountain vistas and ial slender skyscrapers provide an incredible back drop to complement your decor. Far below are a host of businesses s ready to support your pampered downtown lifestyle. With spectacular cultural events nearby, even the most demanding tastes are satisfied. Downtown, it’s not just big business anymore. Visit the Towers Apartments today.

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255 GRAND

255 South Grand Avenue Leasing Information 213 229 9777 www.255GRAND.com Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Concierge ~ Pool / Spa / Saunas ~ Fitness Center ~ Gas BBQ Grills ~ Recreation Room

On-site: ~ Dry Cleaners / Dental Office / Restaurants Apartment Amenities: ~ Refrigerator, Stove,Microwave & Dishwasher (most units) ~ Central Air Conditioning & Heating ~ Balconies (most units)

PROMENADE TOWERS

123 South Figueroa Street Leasing Information 213 617 3777 www.THEPROMENADETOWERS.com Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Pool / Spa / BBQ Grills ~ Fitness Center ~ Covered Parking

Apartment Amenities: ~ Refrigerator, Stove & Dishwasher ~ Central Air & Heating ~ Solariums and/or Balconies

On-Site: ~ Convenience Store / Beauty Salon

MUSEUM TOWER

225 South Olive Street Leasing Information 213 626 1500 www.MUSEUMTOWER.com Community Amenities: ~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby ~ Concierge ~ Pool / Spa / Saunas ~ Fitness Center ~ Gas BBQ Grills ~ Recreation Room

TOWERS

Apartment Amenities: ~ Refrigerator, Stove, Microwave & Dish washer (most units) ~ Central Air & Heating ~ Balconies (most units)

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RESIDENCES: SINGLES • STUDIO • ONE BEDROOM • TWO BEDROOM

photo by Gary Leonard

Planet Fitness Vice President of Operations Mark Sajdak and gym manager Erika Flores stand on the upper level of the two-story, 30,000-square-foot fitness center on Broadway.

an exercise boom. The spinning chain SoulCycle opened at the base of Level Furnished Living in April. An Athletix gym arrived on Wilshire Boulevard in April 2015, with large studios and dozens of cardio machines. In November, the dance studio Downtown Dance and Movement opened in South Park. At The Bloc shopping center, the LA Fitness gym is being remodeled.

These are in addition to a handful of Crossfit gyms and barre studios, including the Pop Physique that opened in the PacMutual Building last September. On the larger side, there are Gold’s Gym and Equinox, along with Downtown mainstays such as the Los Angeles Athletic Club and the Ketchum YMCA. Planet Fitness’ entry into Downtown helps to balance out a fitness market that has trended toward boutique options. Meredith Poppler, a spokeswoman for the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association, a fitness industry trade group, said that a cheaper and more affordable option could cause some commotion in the marketplace.

“It’s a good bet that a new Planet Fitness, with its low price point and huge floor filled with shiny new equipment, will disrupt the other clubs in the market,” Poppler said.

Planet Fitness was founded in 1992, and price isn’t the only thing that sets it apart. Sajdak said that the company tries to avoid any notion of intimidation associated with working out, and indeed the gym and the website bear the slogan “Judgment Free Zone.”

The chain has some unconventional elements. There’s a large tub of Tootsie Rolls near the main entrance on Broadway. On the first Monday night of each month, Planet Fitness hands out free pizza. Similarly, every second Tuesday morning of the month there are free bagels. Sajdak said that goes back to the effort to the “no judgment” approach. If people feel relaxed, he said, it creates a better atmosphere, rather than forcing an ideal lifestyle on members.

Planet Fitness’ pricing is much lower than many Downtown exercise facilities. For example, Gold’s Gym offers monthly rates for $54.99, with a one-year commitment. SoulCycle charges $30 for one class, or 10 classes for $280. Many other area gyms and studios charge similar rates.

Poppler noted that even if the upper-echelon gyms find enough customers willing to pay the higher rates for more services, many people are priced out. Sajdak said that the Broadway Planet Fitness is built for volume, with the aim to bring in as many people as possible.

“The great thing about today’s industry is that there are so many different business models and price points,” Poppler said.

“There’s something for everyone.”

Flores expects continued growth. She said that even at the peak workout time of 5 p.m., the Downtown Planet Fitness is not full. She expects that to change in the coming months. nicholas@downtownnews.com