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nitially expected to commence in June, the La Plaza Cultura Village project, near Olvera Street at the intersection of Broadway and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, officially broke ground on Aug. 4. The development comes from the county and developer Trammell Crow, and it will transform two parking lots into four- fiveand eight-story buildings designed by the Chinatown-based architecture firm Johnson Fain. The buildings will have a total of 355 apartments, 20% of which are being set aside as subsidized units for low-income residents. The La Plaza Cultural Village will also hold more than 43,000 square feet of commercial space, and 720 parking units. Part of the development includes updating walkways to connect it to La Plaza, Union Station and Olvera Street. The project is expected to be completed in 2018.
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ith a number of major transit projects under construction in the city and more planned in the pipeline, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is looking for some more dollars. Last week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved putting a sales tax increase to fund new transportation projects on the November ballot. Dubbed the “Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan” by Metro, the half-cent sales tax increase would start in 2017 and generate an estimated $860 million per year. The money raised by the measure would go toward 10 different projects, including new rail expansions (such as one through the Sepulveda Pass) and interchanges between highways, as well as general road repairs. Metro’s Board of Directors approved going forward with the plan in June. Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and the Metro tax measure joins a litany of big proposals, including a separate tax to
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hef/owner Bernhard Mairinger opened his Austrian street-food concept Bierbeisl Imbiss in the Spring Arcade Building (541 S. Spring St.) last summer, but slow business led to his announcing a shutter this April. An outpouring of community support changed Mair-
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inger’s mind, and after some time operating with limited hours, the next big shift is here via the menu. The restaurant last week debuted a new array of sausages, signature sandwiches, wurst sampler platters and sides, with the majority of options coming under $10. Sausages including Bavarian Weisswurst and cheesy Kasekrainer, served on a choice of bun, are about $5; sandwiches (try the beer-braised pork belly or fried turkey schnitzel) come in around $6$7. There’s still an array of German and Austrian beers to wash it all down, as well as side dishes and the excellent Austrian-style pastries Continued on page 16
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he Fashion District has long been a vibrant daytime hub. Whether one is hunting for bargains in Santee Alley, visiting the hundreds (if not thousands) of small clothing and fabric shops, or checking out showrooms in the California Market EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Sue Laris Center, it buzzes with activity. GENERAL MANAGER: Dawn Eastin Come the evening, most of the action dies down. EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Jon Regardie Aside from a few bars and restaurants, people return SENIOR WRITER: Eddie Kim to their homes after work. Very few of those workers STAFF WRITER: Nicholas Slayton also live in the district. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kathryn Maese S I N C E 19 7 2 It may many years before that changes on a large CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Favre, Greg Fischer Los Angeles Downtown News scale, but if it does, it will be because of a trend that 1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 today is in its infancy. Los Angeles Downtown News ART DIRECTOR: Brian Allison phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 last month wrote about the opening of the Max ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi Kanegawa web: DowntownNews.com Lofts, the second Fashion District project from Bel email: realpeople@downtownnews.com PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard Air-based developer Capital Foresight. It is an infacebook: triguing addition to the neighborhood. ACCOUNTING: Ashley Schmidt L.A. Downtown News The project at 819 S. Santee St. is just south of the CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Catherine Holloway Garment Lofts, a project the developer opened last twitter: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES: Catherine Holloway, Brenda Stevens, DowntownNews S I N C E 19 7 2 year. Together the buildings have 173 apartments. Michael Lamb This notDowntown provide critical Losdoes Angeles News mass, but it should be ©2016 Civic Center News, Inc. Los Angeles Downtown News SALES ASSISTANT: Claudia Hernandez is a trademark of Civic Center News Inc. 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Downtown Los Angeles real CIRCULATION: Danielle Salmon paper for Downtown Los Angeles and is distributed every web: DowntownNews.com • email: realpeople@downtownnews.com Monday throughout the offices and residences of Downtown estate these days is a follow-the-leader experience DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Salvador Ingles Los Angeles. — just look at how rapidly the Arts Districttwitter: exploded DISTRIBUTION ASSISTANTS: Lorenzo Castillo, Gustavo Bonilla One copy per person. facebook: after theL.A. business setNews recognized people would be Downtown DowntownNews willing to live in a neighborhood that once seemed n 2008, 14th District City Councilman José Huizar announced Streetcar brass seem to want to reach Grand Avenue, and have gritty and off-the-beaten track, and had few restauhis plan to create a Downtown streetcar as part of his vision to dubbed the extension the “locally preferred alternative.” The stickEDITOR & PUBLISHER: Sue Laris EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Sue Laris rants and shops. revive Broadway. Eight years later the historic corridor has being point, as is often the case, is the cost — reaching Grand, acGENERAL MANAGER: Dawn Eastin come an exciting hub, attracting new businesses, shops and rescording to a June 2015 report, could bring the price tag to $282 GENERAL Capital MANAGER: ForesightDawn may Eastin be a pioneer in terms of taurants. The streetcar is as yet un-built and unfunded, though million. Streetcar backers have historically sought to stay under providing in the Fashion District, but it’s EXECUTIVEhousing EDITOR: Jon Regardie EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Jon Regardie some important milestones have been achieved. $250 million, as that would help it secure federal grants. not the first to stake claim. Developer MJW InvestSENIOR WRITER: EddieaKim SENIOR WRITER: Eddie Kim STAFFopened WRITER: Nicholas Slayton ments the initial phase of Santee Village in One of those milestones came this summer when a draft envi We understand the desire to save money, but we think it would STAFF WRITER: Nicholas Slayton CONTRIBUTING Kathryn Maese 2004, spendingEDITOR: $130 million on the multi-structure ronmental impact report for the project was completed. A public be a terrible missed opportunity, a shortsighted and self-defeatCONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kathryn Maese CONTRIBUTING Favre, Gregwas Fischer project, only toWRITERS: find theJeff community not ready. review period closes Monday, Aug. 8. ing mistake, to stop the streetcar at First and SIN C EHill. 19If7this 2 project is to CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Jeff Favre, Greg Fischer Leasing was slow, and a ground-floor convenience happen, it must go to Grand. The 606-page DEIR examines myriad factors concerning issues ART DIRECTOR: Brian Allison News store later closed from lack ofKanegawa business. such as the proposed 3.8-mile circulator’sART speed, price and route. This is easy to say whenLos weAngeles are not Downtown the ones applying for fundASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi DIRECTOR: Brian Allison 1264 W. First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026 There are numerous discussion points, though for the sake of breving and trying to make the project pencil out financially. Still, the This is a different era, however, and a different phone: 213-481-1448 • fax: 213-250-4617 ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Yumi Kanegawa PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard ity, this page at this time is sticking to one element: the fate of streetcar has to be done right, the right choices have to housing environment. Rising rents across the city web:meaning DowntownNews.com ACCOUNTING: what is known as the “Grand Avenue Extension. ” be made now while they still can be. All one needs to do is look at have created aAshley needSchmidt for new construction and conemail: realpeople@downtownnews.com PHOTOGRAPHER: Gary Leonard practicality and the macro goal: These destinations are major atversions of older properties. The Fashion District is The streetcar would operate on a loop, with South Park and the CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER: Catherine Holloway facebook: they are tourists, patrons one of theEXECUTIVES: few communities Downtown has Michael a Civic Center at the poles. At the latter end, itACCOUNTING: would stop near First and tractions for millions of people, whether Ashley Schmidt ACCOUNT Catherinein Holloway, Brendathat Stevens, Lamb L.A. Downtown News of the Music Center, office workers, Colburn School students or large collection ofClaudia historic buildings that have yet to Hill streets. If the extension were added, it would travel west up the SALES ASSISTANT: Hernandez families takingHolloway their kids for a weekendtwitter: adventure. 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Reform, Red Tape and Goodbye With LADWP’s Chief General Manager Marcie Edwards Is Leaving After Just Two and a Half Years By Eddie Kim arcie Edwards became the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in February 2014 and arrived with big expectations, touting 24 years of experience working up the ranks of the nation’s largest municipal utility. Edwards had found success as the general manager of Anaheim’s utility prior to taking the top position at LADWP, and her appointment was heralded as a stabilizing force for a department that had seen seven general managers come and go in the span of 10 years. But only two and a half years in, Edwards is stepping down. It’s time for her to take a break, travel, and spend more time with her husband, Edwards told the audience at a Wednesday, Aug. 3, luncheon hosted by the Los Angeles Current Affairs Forum. She achieved a few of her main goals faster than she expected, and in the next months will help the department transition to interim leadership under current Chief Operating Officer David Wright. “I expected it would take me five years just to get a multi-year rate plan passed, and it didn’t,” she said. “I expected it would take longer for me to surface the critical reforms for the agency, and it didn’t.” The plan to steadily increase rates to boost needed revenue was considered a tough swallow for the City Council, but it passed earlier this year, as did a package of DWP reforms for the Nov. 8 ballot. The reforms would streamline hiring processes and give more decision-making power to the general manager and an expanded board, adding two board seats for a total of seven, while reducing term limits to three years instead of five. Edwards repeatedly championed that giving more leeway to the general manager and board and less oversight over minutiae to the City Council would help save costs to the department and ultimately utility customers. Elected officials should focus
on bigger-picture policy goals, she said. “Productivity suffers enormously while we have multiple layers of evaluation and approval for small things. You hire a GM, you really should invest in them the ability to buy electrical tape. I have four layers of approval for that,” she said.” The most contentious aspect of the reform package, however, is the potential change to the civil service system that is used to determine hiring and firing. Originally designed to prevent favoritism or corruption, Edwards said the civil service system has too much red tape and too little freedom to recruit promising employees who did not undergo the lengthy civil service qualification process. “It is not our recommendation that we abolish civil service. But over time, the process has become damaging to an agency that has to run like a business,” Edwards remarked. “It should not take more 300 days to hire an employee.” The proposal has garnered criticism for potentially taking away the employment rights of civil service workers, but Edwards believes the utility must be able to grow and shrink its workforce more rapidly to match market forces. Meanwhile, the saga of the DWP’s faulty billing system continues. Pricewaterhousecooper received the contract in 2010 to create an updated system, but errors amid the 2013 rollout meant the utility could not bill 180,000 customers for a year and a half, losing millions as a result. Edwards is proud of righting the ship, she said, and she downplayed the effect that the class-action lawsuits currently filed against the DWP by customers could have. There is a possible major side effect: The city receives about 8% (about $250 million) of the utility’s revenue to use as cash to pay for other services like the fire and police departments, but the backlog of uncollected bills could threaten DWP’s bottom line, throwing the dollar transfer into question. “What I know today is that they’re in settlement discussions,” Edwards said. “Whether there will be a determination that the
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By Nicholas Slayton he Rio Olympics kicked off over the weekend, bringing the world’s most epic sporting competition to life despite unbuilt infrastructure, economic and political turmoil in Brazil, and the Zika virus. Despite the chaos of serving as a host city, Los Angeles is continuing to push its bid for the 2024 Olympics. No doubt city leaders are looking back to the 1984 Olympics in L.A. for insight. A new book from author David Davis dives into just that, exploring the seminal happening through the lenses of local photographers. One Golden Moment: The 1984 Olympics Through the Photographic Lens of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner comes out later this month. It will be available at the Central Library when Davis hosts a presentation on the 1984 Olympics on Wed., Aug. 10 at 12:15 p.m. The book collects more than 130 photos from the now-defunct newspaper the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, showing the athletes, fan frenzy and branding that filled the city during the summer games. Some of the photos haven’t been published since 1984, Davis said. “When I went through Herald Examiner collection for 1984, I was blown away. It was basically four photographers, all in their 20s,” he said. “It was one of those things where the images dictate the story.” Davis was drawn to the Herald Examiner’s images because of the local perspective, compared to images from international media organizations that descended on Los Angeles to cover the Olympics. The photographers at the newspaper were able to capture the construction and renovation in the city, plus the gradual Continued on page 16
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SMORGASBURG, 5 Demby said a major goal is to retain the eateries each week and make them staples of the event. “Once you’re accepted, you’re kind of in for life, unless you’re a really bad actor,” he said. “We want the stability and we want [the vendors] to be famous.” Brooks added that many of the vendors are chefs who might not be able to afford or handle a brick-and-mortar restaurant. Los Angeles has a much stronger pop-up scene than New York, Demby said, noting chef Alvin Cailan’s shared incubator restaurant space Unit 120 in Chinatown. Some vendors, such as Brown Bag Books, already have full-time storefronts but still see
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By Nicholas Slayton uring the Great Depression, a group of Japanese-American businesses in Downtown’s Little Tokyo came together to find a way to both celebrate their heritage and boost flagging sales. In 1934, Nisei Week launched, running strong until Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. World War II not only ended, for the duration of the war and a few years beyond, Nisei Week — it threw the entire Japanese-American community into turmoil, culminating with the imprisonment of thousands of citizens in internment camps. Yet in 1949, small businesses in Little Tokyo once again joined forces to celebrate the community, its culture and its goods. The 76th Nisei Week Japanese Festival returns on Saturday, Aug. 13 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 21. The festivities include everything from traditional calligraphy lessons and a spotlight on tea ceremonies to dumplingeating contests and explorations of anime and even the hit game “Pokemon Go.” The events are spread across Little Tokyo, and most events are free to the public. Nisei Week President David Teragawa and board member Helen Ota, herself a former president of the event, spoke with the Los Angeles Downtown News about some of the festival’s highlights, and how the event balances traditional cultural activities with changing times and demographics in Little Tokyo.
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Tanabata Festival: A highlight of the opening weekend is the Tanabata Festival, organized in conjunction with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. Though it is a spiritual celebration, it’s best known for the colorful traditional streamers called kazari, which are displayed on streets and storefronts. Visitors can soak it all in while touring various cultural hotspots in Little Tokyo on Aug. 13-14, starting at 11 a.m. outside of the Japanese American National Museum. “We’re
really excited about that because it will give our visitors a sense of not just [Nisei Week] but also the whole neighborhood and how we form a community,” Ota said. Grand Parade: One consistent highlight, Teragawa said, is the Grand Parade, held on Aug. 14 at 4 p.m. With more than 50 floats involved, the parade takes hours to wind through Little Tokyo. The big boss of the parade is the coveted Nebuta float, a gargantuan, LED-illuminated, hand-carried float made in Japan and brought to Los Angeles. Along with the floats, dancers and costumed parade walkers will accompany the procession. Queen and Court: Another traditional event coming back for the 76th festival is the coronation ceremony for Nisei Week’s queen and court. Over the years it has become a sort of leadership program, Ota said, as it helps the participants engage with the community and beyond. The queen and court were selected in August, and they are tasked with understanding Japanese history and cultural practices (including tea ceremonies and the art of odori dancing), plus serving as traveling ambassadors for Little Tokyo in sister cities. “We’re seeing many young women who started in this queen and court program go through this process and many now are board members. We have had two who have served as president,” Ota said. “Others have run committees that put together the events.” Changing With the Times: One of the things Teragawa is working on is dealing with the changing demographics of Little Tokyo and Downtown. “Nisei Week started with first and second generation Japanese,” he said. “Because the demographics have changed, a lot of local residents are not Japanese, so you have to find more current and effective ways to get the word out.”
One way they’re doing that, Ota said, is working with the Little Tokyo Anime Club for the first weekend. “The ‘Pokemon Go’ game is very popular, so we’re working with them to get anime fans to come here and check out traditional arts,” she said. Fans of the game can come out and play at the JACCC, while a DJ plays a set of enka, or Japanese pop songs from the 1940s1970s, to set the mood. Gyoza Gauntlet: Both Ota and Teragawa are excited for the 10th Annual World Gyoza Eating Championship at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20. The showdown takes place at the JACCC, and contestants have 10 minutes to eat as many gyoza, or Japanese panfried dumplings, as they can. While many strong eaters will take the stage, the biggest battle is between No. 1-ranked Joey Chestnut (who holds the world record after demolishing 384 gyoza in 2014) and No. 2-ranked Matt “Megatoad” Stonie, who crammed down 343 gyoza into his tiny frame to take home the 2015 title. Naturally, the contest is one of the most attended events at Nisei Week, Teragawa said. The Ondo Ceremony: As part of the closing ceremony on Aug. 21st, Nisei Week highlights its Ondo dance, a tradition tied to Buddhist temples in Japan. The performance is meant to honor deceased relatives, but Teragawa said the mood is far from somber. There is a memorial portion, but the dance is about community, he added. In addition to professional dancers, members of the public were invited to learn
This year’s Nisei Week again features the Grand Parade, with more than 50 different floats, opportunities for guests to join in performances, and even activities for players of the game “Pokemon Go.”
and practice the choreography in several sessions last week. “It’s encouraging to see the newer faces in the Little Tokyo community join in,” Teragawa added. The 2016 Nisei Week runs Aug. 13-21. Information and a full schedule are at (213) 687-7193 or niseiweek.org. nicholas@downtownnews.com
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The Next Big Thing Sundance Institute’s Indie Film and Arts Event Returns to Broadway By Eddie Kim he Sundance Film Festival, held every year in Park City, Utah, is the biggest independent film festival in the country. The prestige remains commensurate with its size — there are few greater honors for an indie filmmaker than for the Sundance Institute to hand-pick their project to screen at the extravagant affair. An intriguing slice of that festival returns to Downtown Los Angeles this week for its fourth year, as the Sundance Next Fest fills Ace Hotel on Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 14. The audience is much smaller than the main festival, and so is the slate: There are six films from varied genres, plus a program of comedy short films. Next Fest is a way to show off some of the smaller-budget highlights from the full Sundance Festival, whether it’s because they won a Sundance award or just inspired a notable reaction from the crowd. Each film is presented in a pairing with live music or conversation that relate to the mood or themes of the movie. “Instead of a massive program with films playing against each other, we wanted to go more focused and create memorable experiences,” said Sundance Institute Senior Programmer Charlie Reff. “There are over-the-top films and more nuanced ones, a crowd pleaser and a horror flick. That attitude is also in how we put the comedy shorts together.” Tickets to the festival are $15-$25, and here’s what you need to know about attending.
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The Films: Next Fest kicks off on Friday with an 8 p.m. screening of Lovesong, a slow-burn drama that follows a lonely young mother (Riley Keough) who embarks on a road trip with her daughter and her longtime best friend (Jena Malone). It’s paired with a performance from electronic singer/songwriter Shamir. On Saturday is a noon screening of Morris From America, a coming-of-age tale about 13-year-old hip-hop fan who moves to Germany with his father (Craig Robinson), paired with a talent show with local students (also hosted by Robinson). At 4 p.m. that day is White Girl, about a college woman’s obsession with a new fling, followed by a conversation between director Elizabeth Wood and what’s billed as a surprise guest. Rounding out Saturday is an 8 p.m. screening of the frat-hazing drama Goat (starring Nick Jonas), with a show from rising indie rockers Sunflower Bean. The Downtown & Dirty comedy shorts program hits the stage at noon on Sunday, with comedian Nick Kroll riffing as MC between the five screenings. Under the Shadow, a horror film set amid the Iran-Iraq War, runs at 4 p.m. with another conversation between director Babak Anvari and a guest. The bizarro The Greasy Strangler closes Next Fest at 8 p.m. with a performance from the Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, plus the debut short film from acclaimed electronic music producer Flying Lotus. “All of them together, it’s an incredibly weird night,” Reff said about the finale. “We’ve never
One highlight of Next Fest is a performance from up-and-coming indie rockers Sunflower Bean.
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done anything this crazy. Greasy Strangler’s like John Waters horror, but all three elements have wild sexuality.” Next Door: New for this year is an outdoor space dubbed, naturally, Next Door. The lot adjacent Ace Hotel is being used as a booze garden, with room to mingle, a smattering of games, and an installation of virtual reality videos people can experience. “We’ve been wanting to do a social space just for people who are showing up early or want to hang out after the screenings,” Reff said. “There will be drinks, food trucks and fun little things like a photo booth.” The Award: Technically, the festivities don’t start on Friday. Night Before Next takes place on Thursday evening, honoring filmmaker Nate Parker with the institute’s Vanguard Award for his film The Birth of a Nation. The film won both the Sundance Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. “Nate and Michelle Satter, the director of our feature film program, connected when The Birth of a Nation was still in script form,” Sun-
dance Executive Director Keri Putman wrote in an email. “Nate’s voice and work are bold and original, two qualities we celebrate and support both with the Vanguard Award and yearround in the work that we do at the Institute.” Attending the award ceremony and dinner will cost you a pretty $1,500, but those who want to party at the following reception at Next Door can pay $150 to become a Sundance member. The Future: The good news for Downtown L.A. is that there are no big plans to expand Next Fest or move it to a different location, Reff said. Sundance pitched the idea of hosting Next Fest at Ace Hotel when the property was still under construction, he added. “I love Downtown, and the real idea that started this was that we needed to use an incredible theater in Downtown,” Reff said. “That’s one of the ingredients that makes the Next Fest special — seeing this new art in such a historic movie house. It’d be hard to ever lose that.” Next Fest is Friday, Aug. 12-Sunday, Aug. 14 at Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway or sundance.org. eddie@downtownnews.com
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Mottainai Yoga with Traci JANM, 100 N. Central Ave., (213) 625-0414 or janm.org. 9:30 a.m.: The Japanese American National Museum invites those interested in pursing inner peace to a three-part yoga class. Members get in for $8 and non-members pay $10, which also gets you into the museum.
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You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind. You can run, run so far away. You can take your breath away. You can start thinking of the right words to say. On FridaySaturday, Aug. 12-13, Microsoft Theater and K-Earth 101 host 80s Weekend, a live spectacular with some of your favorite bands from three decades ago. Modern English, Berlin, the Human League (shown here), A Flock of Seagulls, When in Rome, Men Without Hats and many more make the list. Even (and especially) if you’re a waitress working in a cocktail bar, you’re invited to melt with all the other 21st century ’80s kids at this overdue concert extravaganza. At 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6030 or microsofttheater.com.
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Unorthodox juxtaposition is the name of the game with Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre (shown here). The group stakes its claim with a remarkable ability to match unusual locations with poignant, site-specific choreography. On Friday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m., the HDDT flows into California Plaza for a special hydro-awareness performance of a show dubbed Fish Eyes. Yes, there will be a stainless steel fish out of water, and maybe that’s the point. No matter the spiritual undergirding, you can bet that the only safe course of action for those eager to absorb the dance-heavy commentary involves arriving way early to claim seats. Tickets are, per usual, free. At 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2190 or grandperformances.org.
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East Hampton, New York’s celebrated Bouvier Beale gals are ready to finish their run at the Ahmanson Theatre. Grey Gardens: The Musical is a song-rich spin on the 1975 documentary that chronicled two very eccentric Jackie O cousins living in a crumbling mansion. While the second act sticks closely to the Maysles brothers’ film, the opening segment adds a backstory, complete with a Kennedy engagement. The mom and daughter known as Big Edie and Little Edie are played by Betty Buckley and Rachel York. The show closes Sunday, Aug. 14, and performances this week are at 8 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees on Thursday and Saturday and a 1 p.m. final curtain on Sunday. At 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or centertheatregroup.org.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 DJ Nights Music Center Plaza, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or musiccenter.org. 8-11 p.m.: KCRW’s own Anthony Valadez curates a bustling evening of tracks spun, dance moves successfully executed, and Music Center Plaza beer vendor coffers richly fed.
Au Lac/Café Fedora 710 W. First St., (213) 617-2533 or aulac.com. Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m.: Dolores Scozzesi. Belasco 1050 S. Hill St., (213) 746-5670 or belascous.com. Aug. 13: If you’re looking for rhythm-heavy music, Bassrush is the event for you. If you’re looking for a cheap and potent buzz, base rush is the one you want. Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com. Aug. 8: Chaloff-Antell-Wilson-Goldings. Aug. 9: Mike Gurrola Group. Aug. 10: Joey Sellers Jazz Aggregation. Aug. 11: Aruan Ortez trio. Aug. 12: Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson. Aug. 13: Jamie Baum Quintet. Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. Aug. 8, 8:30 p.m.: The Nico Yaryan residency continues in an old warehouse off of Beverly Boulevard. Aug. 9, 8:30 p.m.: Messy, clunky and ultimately highly delicious tunes from Atlanta’s Omni. Aug. 10, 8:30 p.m.: Caveman’s chugging major-key rock supports neither Geico nor Andrew Luck. Aug. 11, 8:30 p.m.: With a name like a Burning Man camp and a sound like a Kraftwerk cover band, Chrome Canyon promises an evening rooted in objective reality. Aug. 12, 8:30 p.m.: It’ll all be fun and games at garage rock acolyte Veronica Bianqui’s show until someone in the crowd snaps an ankle in an unsteady vintage platform boot. Aug. 13, 8:30 p.m.: Promised Land Sound recapitulates a half century of heartland rock and roll with uncompromising Nashville hipster credentials. Aug. 14, 8 p.m.: All we can say to former child actor and current singer/songwriter Devon Werkheiser is do not venture down Alvarado after your show. Don’t head east on Beverly, for that matter. Just please go back west towards Hollywood. Caña 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or 213dthospitality.com. Aug. 9: Sitara Son. Aug. 10: Chris Wabich. Continued on next page
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Throwback Music, Loud Music, Outdoor Art and Outdoor Dance Are on the Downtown Lineup This Week
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 Art Walk In the Historic Core or online at downtownartwalk.org. 5 p.m.: Artgoers, vendors and casual interlopers crowd the streets for another second Thursday of the month spent eyeing the arts.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 Trust Your Gut Kombucha Workshop Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-3466 or nhm.org. 10 a.m.: Gain wisdom on the time-honored art of brewing your own kombucha at home. Fortify your stomach. Save money on pseudo-nutritional beverages. What’s there to lose?
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Thursday, Aug. 11, finds the monthly Downtown Art Walk returning for yet another pedestrian-oriented testament to Downtown creative types. With a glut of Historic Core galleries at your beck and call, the options for an engaging evening are ample and audacious. Over on the 400 block of Broadway, the DAC Gallery features a dozen artists in a group
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Throw up those devil horns, you black-clad youth and/or black-clad throwback 40-something headbanger, for there is a bumper crop of death metal to be harvested at The Novo on Friday, Aug. 12. Starting at 2:15 p.m., the Summer Slaughter tour promises a brutal sonic assault. Cannibal Corpse (shown here) and Nile top the bill with bands like After the Burial, Suffocation, Carnifex and Revocation rounding out a lineup that has something for everyone in your family. Audience members are guaranteed a punishing afternoon and evening of heavily amplified guitars, guttural vocals and double-kick drum. Plus, there are kitten adoptions (not really). At 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or thenovodtla.com.
show focusing on varied attempts to encapsulate the human species and its environment. The Los Angeles Center for Design at Fourth and Main streets will celebrate the last night of three shows. As usual, the Art Walk Lounge at 634 S. Spring St. will be a sort of central hub. The hours are roughly noon-10 p.m. In the Historic Core or downtownartwalk.org.
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Continued from previous page Aug. 11: Joey De Leon. Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. Aug. 12: Bass Jackers. Aug. 13: Etc! Etc! Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m.: Woodstock veteran Melanie is not a pseudonym for Melania Trump, thank God. Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m.: Sixties stalwarts Judy Henske and Jerry Yester tout their recent collaboration, Farewell Aldebaran. Grand Performances California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2190 or grandperformances.org. Aug. 13, 8 p.m.: Disco Manila takes you back to the hustlin’ heyday of that jewel of the South China Sea. Ham & Eggs Tavern 433 W. Eighth St., (213) 891-6939 or hamandeggstavern.com. Aug. 10: Ahh!, Dr. Fadeaway and Avi Zahner. Aug. 12: Drowners. Hauser Wirth & Schimmel 901 E. Third St., (213) 943-1620 or hauserwirthschimmel.com. Aug. 11, 5 p.m.: Sound artist and guest DJ Robert Crouch looks shockingly like Rob Reiner. Las Perlas 107 E. Sixth St., (213) 988-8355 or 213dthospitality.com. Aug. 9: Ralph Dudley. Aug. 10: La Victoria. Aug. 11: Son Tres. Aug. 14: Gitmo All Stars. Little Easy 216 W. Fifth St., (213) 628-3113 or littleeasybar.com. Aug. 11: The Racket Squad. Microsoft Theatre 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6030 or microsofttheeatre.com. Aug. 11, 8 p.m.: Roxy Music’s own Bryan Ferry. Aug. 12-13, 8 p.m.: Two nights of bombastic retro noise as 80’s Weekend allows The Human League, Men Without Hats, Eddie Money, A Flock of Seagulls and many more to plug into Microsoft Theatre’s sound system. The Novo 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-7000 or thenovodtla.com. Aug. 10, 8 p.m.: We’re not sure which detail is more off-key, the pompous “Day6 First Fan Meeting in USA 2016” event title or the fact that the K-pop band named itself after the day of creation on which God supposedly conceived of humans. Aug. 11, 8 p.m.: Meanwhile, GZA fronts a five-dollar show. Aug. 12, 2:15 p.m.: Arrive early for the Summer Slaughter Tour. Stay late for Cannibal Corpse, Nile and an opportunity to further alienate your mother and her curfew. Aug. 12, 11 p.m.: You may know rapper Lil Yachty for the video of his egregious, unforgiveable freestyle that surfaced on the interwebs last week. Aug. 13, 8 p.m.: Jeremih first came to our attention when he collaborated with 50 Cent on his song “Down On Me,” which was… not ideal. Aug. 14, 8 p.m.: We were going to diligently chronicle K. Michelle’s career until a search of her name generated this headline: “K. Michelle Gushes About Her Doctor Boyfriend & Possibly Being Pregnant.” Orpheum Theatre 842 Broadway, (877) 677-4386 or laorpheum.com. Aug. 13, 4 and 8 p.m.: The extended break between Dancing With the Stars footmen Maks and Val’s two shows means they’ll be able to sample an Umami Burger or some of Downtown’s famous K2. Pershing Square 532 S. Olive St., (213) 847-4970 or laparks.org/pershingsquare. Aug. 10, Noon: Brasil Brazil. Aug. 12, Noon: Cougrzz Rock. Aug. 13, 7 p.m.: The Los Angeles Earthquake Retrofitting Compliance Bureau will be seen rushing back to the office this Saturday night once Starship notifies the crowd that they built this city on Rock and Roll. The Regent 448 S. Main St. or theregenttheater.com. Aug. 13, 8 p.m.: You know Periphery is a legit prog-rock band because even their bio is fifteen paragraphs long. Aug. 14, 8 p.m.: We can’t help but wonder if Nigerian juju legend King Sunny Ade has heard enough of bad Sunny D puns. Resident 428 S. Hewitt St. or (323) 316-5311 or residentdtla.com. Aug. 8: Tele Novella and Summer Twins. Aug. 9: Vokes, Lo Moon and Sure Sure. Aug. 10: Ben Sollee. Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la. Aug. 8: Gandolfini Brothers Blue Grass speaks to the untold importance of the Mandolin in that roots American music form. Aug. 9: The Makers haven’t been dodging your calls. They’re just waiting for the process server to deliver you that restraining order. Aug. 10: Rosa Lee Brooks long considered changing her last name to Stine.
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Aug. 11: If you have yet to surrender to the Vibrometers’ contemporary funk revue, you are a bigger loser than the Big Lots on 7th. Aug. 14: Los 440’s—say it “fo fo oh.” Staples Center 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7326 or staplescenter.com. Aug. 9-10, 12-13, 7:30 p.m.: This week is peak Adele, with the atmospheric phenomenon extending deep into next week. The Smell 247 S. Main St. in the alley between Spring and Main or thesmell.org. Aug. 11: cthtr, Saint-James Adenoid and Pure Poop. Teragram Ballroom 1234 W. Seventh St. or teragramballroom.com. Aug. 11, 8 p.m.: ‘Twas the night before Berserktown and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except for Thee Oh Sees and HO99O9, whom ended up burning the place down.
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Continued from previous page Fisheyes California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2190 or grandperformances.org. Aug. 12, 8 p.m.: Unusual locations provide creative impetus for the Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre and its most recent landlocked excursion into the world of dance. Grey Gardens—The Musical The Ahmanson, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 972-0777 or centertheatregroup.org. Aug. 9-13, 8 p.m. and Aug. 14, 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. Sleepaway Camp Downtown Independent, 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. Aug. 9, 9 p.m.: Feast on this irreverent stand-up comedy cavalcade takes up residence at the Downtown Independent.
CLASSICAL MUSIC Starship’s missing a number of members of the original group Jefferson Starship, but the new configuration can still jam out to old hits. The biggest, of course, is “We Built This City,” which alarmingly declares that the municipality rests on “rock and roll,” not structurally sound earth. That song and many more come to Pershing Square on Saturday, Aug. 13, as part of the park’s summer concert series. Admission is free, and there is food and drink sold on-site. More information is at laparks.org/pershingsquare.
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