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By Sue Laris I thought I’d never say this, but L.A. Downtown News is for sale. I thought I’d be here forever. I co-founded this paper when I was 29, and now I’m 73. Sounds like forever, doesn’t it, although it feels like 15 minutes. It has been an extraordinary and fulfilling run, but I am no longer the right person to lead this business. I got old here. The town did not. The town has become fresh and glistening, smart and strong. It is going places, and it needs a leader who can keep pace with that new reality. I’m looking for the right someone to pick up the mantle and take this great little newspaper the next amazing step. Ideally that buyer sees the magic that is happening here, the forest of cranes, the rush of residents, the sense that most anything is possible. I can say it’s a “great little newspaper” without bragging because its greatness is due to the talented and dedicated staff who got it out the door to its readers for 44 years. They have written and produced important and sometime inspiring stories, and they have brought humor, insight and fresh perspective to our readers. They are truly the ones who deserve the credit. September 12 was the beginning of our 45th year talking about Downtown Los Angeles. While that’s a deep history, anyone can see there is more to come in Downtown’s future. There are more stories that need telling, more opinions to help guide its future, more towers rising, more businesses moving in, more fascinating people allowing their creativity to flourish here, and an infinite amount of culture that will develop. Here is where Downtown has been and where it is going: In September, 1972, when the first issue hit the streets, Downtown was mostly dead, except for the Civic Center. Slowly at first and now with powerful swiftness it has come alive in a big way. The momentum is clear. Things to know about Downtown News: It prints 40,000 papers a week and distributes them in 795 stops in 16 micro neighborhoods. It has a vibrant website, a daily email newsletter, a weekend Don’t Miss newsletter, an engaged Facebook fan base, and a pair of high-end annual magazines (the Downtown Guide and the Restaurant Guide). Regarding the challenges facing newspapers, here is the short story behind the story: Even though it is common knowledge that there is upheaval in the newspaper business, many may not know that those difficulties apply with more intensity to the big metropolitan daily papers. Community newspapers do well pretty consistently, which makes sense when you think about it. Where else do you get the extensive lowdown on a place except in a truly local publication? One of the reasons Downtown is special among community newspapers is because it is located in the heart of Los Angeles, a world city that leads the planet in many ways. And Downtown News has a voice here. We have tried to bring that voice — and more than a touch of humanity — to this remarkable place. This publication has helped strengthen other entrepreneurs and supported civic ventures, and we’ve given an ear, a hand and plenty of ink to those who needed it. We’ve also been unflinching toward the people and institutions that have fallen short. All of that has contributed to what Downtown is today. I couldn’t have asked for a more soul-nurturing way to live. I love Los Angeles, and I will take joy from what a new owner can bring to the paper and to Downtown. I am looking forward to seeing that next amazing step. Sue Laris is Editor and Publisher of L.A. Downtown News. Interested buyers should email Lon Williams, Media America Brokers, LonWWilliams@aol.com
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Fashion District Could Get 33-Story Tower
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lans were filed with the city last week for a 33-story tower in the Fashion District. The proposed high-rise would come from Newport Beach’s Realm Group and the Los Angelesbased Urban Offerings, with a design by Humphreys & Partners Architects. The building would rise on the southwest corner of Seventh Street and Maple Avenue, and would hold 452 residential units, 561 parking stalls and 13,000 square feet of commercial space. Parking would be partially below-grade, and the podium would feature an amenities deck. Darrin Olson, a principal with the Realm Group, said they were drawn to the community by the recent boom in shops and restaurants. “With the Fashion District there’s a design base and a creative element,” Olson said in an interview. “It’s time for a newer building of a high-rise nature to go in there.” The project is currently seeking entitlements. No budget or timeline have been revealed.
Central City East Association Looks to the Past for New Leader
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or a decade, Estela Lopez served as the executive director of the Central City East Association, overseeing the business improvement district’s clean-and-safe program in the Industrial District and Skid Row, as well
TWITTER: @ DOWNTOWNNEWS as delving into political and policy issues on behalf of business owners, residents and other stakeholders. She departed in 2014 to work at Downtown-based lobbying firm Kindel Gagan, but after former executive director Raquel Beard’s departure in July, Lopez is returning to the CCEA. She resumed her role on Monday, Sept. 26, and while she did not plan to return to the organization after leaving, Lopez said the intersection of business, politics, addressing homelessness and community-building remains a passion. “Running the Industrial District BID is a responsibility that I don’t take lightly. What plays out in the public realm on these blocks is unimaginable unless you’re here,” Lopez wrote in an email to Los Angeles Downtown News.
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Cal State’s Downtown Branch Officially Opens
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owntown’s newest higher-education institution is now open. Last month, Cal State L.A. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 21,000-square-foot campus at 801 S. Grand Ave. The school actually began offering classes in January on the sixth floor of the building at Eighth Street and Grand Avenue, but waited until the fall for the “official” debut. Cal State L.A. Downtown can hold up to 400 students and offers undergraduate and graduate classes, along with professional development and certificate programs. The university set up a Downtown Los Angeles location in response to the area’s surging residential population and overall growth. “It is our responsibility to think beyond traditional models of higher education,” Cal State L.A. President William Covino said in a prepared statement. “We must be as innovative and dynamic in our approach to education in the city we call
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home. It’s our responsibility to do more. That’s why we’re here.” Information about the school is at calstatela.edu/dtla.
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Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis
The Mayor and Homelessness
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uring a recent meeting with Los Angeles Downtown News editors and reporters, Mayor Eric Garcetti said something startling. When the topic of the city’s response to homelessness was broached, Garcetti stated, “This is something — it’s probably an issue I spend… the most time on. Probably about 40% of my time.” Garcetti is a stickler for metrics, so we’ll trust that the figure is not an exaggeration. He soon segued into an informed discussion of the nuances of what many consider to be the most important issue facing Los Angeles, on both a municipal and a moral basis. Garcetti has given careful consideration to the topic and its myriad sub-components. “I am managing and moving 10 pieces of this at once,” he remarked. He understands the need to address homelessness in dozens of complementary ways, with his efforts built around a three-pronged strategy of housing people, helping those on the streets, and examining root causes in the effort to prevent more individuals from becoming homeless. Garcetti’s approach and depth of knowledge is refreshing because, frankly, it often feels like elected officials in the city and county are playing catch-up. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s most recent count, the county has 46,874 homeless individuals, with 28,464 of them living in the city of Los Angeles. The number of people in tents, vehicles and makeshift shelters has doubled since 2013, to more than 11,000 countywide, and some sidewalks are nearly impassable. From an observational standpoint, the situation looks to be getting worse, not better.
GARCETTI HAS AN OUTSIZED ROLE. AS MAYOR HE IS BOTH A PUBLIC FIGUREHEAD WITH A BULLY PULPIT AND SOMEONE WHO CAN LOBBY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS IN SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON, D.C. THE MAYOR IS NOT JUST A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IN FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS, BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES For a long time, including the period when Garcetti was president of the City Council from 2006-2012, most elected officials seemed willing to let homelessness be a Skid Row problem. While Hollywood (an area Garcetti represented on the council) and Venice housed some services, many leaders refused to bring housing and other services to their districts, knowing that constituents would bristle. They essentially abdicated responsibility on the issue. Only in the past few years, as encampments mushroomed, have we seen a sense of urgency. In this regard elected leaders are not a day late and a dollar short, but years late and billions short. Garcetti is not fighting solo. The City Council has responded aggressively in recent years, establishing a Homelessness and Poverty Committee; Downtown Coun-
cilman José Huizar is the vice chair. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana has emerged as a surprising and committed voice not afraid to go against the grain. The county, which is primarily responsible for health and mental health issues, is also pushing hard, with Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas a crucial and active player. Still, Garcetti has an outsized role. As mayor he is both a public figurehead with a bully pulpit and someone who can lobby for state and federal funds in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. The mayor is not just a piece of the puzzle in fighting homelessness, but one of the most important pieces. However, with both current activities and a crucial bond vote on the November ballot, Garcetti needs to be much louder, and lead in a more forceful manner, because on this topic it turns out that no effort is ever enough. Starting With Veterans Garcetti’s first big step as mayor in addressing homelessness has been helping veterans. This makes sense, as there are big pots of federal money to help former members of the military. Garcetti told Downtown News that more than 7,000 homeless vets have now been housed. This was a difficult if informative experience, as in mid-2014 Garcetti pledged to eliminate veteran homelessness in the city by the end of 2015 (he was responding to a nationwide challenge issued by President Obama). He soon found the situation to be a revolving door, and that as some people are housed, others wind up on the streets. That happens across the spectrum of homelessness, and veterans are only one part. “The causes are the most complicated issue I have ever and will ever deal with I think in public policy,” Garcetti said. “Because it is the criminal justice system. It is mental health. It is substance abuse. It is foster care. It is veterans. It is all of the above.” Overall attempts to address the situation are wide-ranging. Some moves, like the homelessness strategy reports that the city and county each released in January, generate a lot of attention. Others lack sex appeal and don’t make the news, including in these pages. Garcetti has done well by working with others to provide a base, and getting all city departments involved. These “small” steps matter. He pointed out that the number of homeless outreach workers in the city has grown from a deplorable eight positions to 48 (a level he admits is still too low). He mentioned, for example, having the Department of Animal Services spay or neuter pets of people on Skid Row, and having a resource center at the Central Library to help people get a driver’s license or a social security card. He talked up the teams that combine sanitation workers, outreach experts
and members of the LAPD. They approach people on the street who often resist services, on the idea that familiarity and consistent interaction can, over time, help persuade them to accept help. “You know the cliché cops shouldn’t be social workers?” Garcetti said. “Actually I think they should and they are really, really good at it. They know everybody by name.” Big Picture Other aspects of the fight need attention, too. It is critical that funding flows to shelters and that the city creates more storage facilities for people living on the streets. There must be job training, rapid response for families who become homeless, etc. The city’s biggest pending move is Proposition HHH, which is on the November ballot. If approved, it would issue bonds to raise $1.2 billion to build up to 10,000 permanent supportive housing units. The mayor is even wearing a slim green bracelet touting HHH. Prop HHH would be a crucial element to addressing homelessness. However, we question if it is getting enough high-level backing. Its passage requires the approval of two-thirds of voters, always a steep ask. The Clinton-Trump presidential race, naturally, is commanding the lion’s share of attention on the ballot. Drill down to the local level and the biggest focus concerns Measure M, the proposed sales tax increase that would raise $9 billion for mass transit projects in the county. Garcetti has been steadfastly touting Measure M. However, it is easy to miss Proposition HHH. We’d venture a guess that the majority of voters have no idea it is even on the ballot. Should this really be the case? If HHH is to pass, Garcetti must use that bully pulpit and sell the heck out of it. We wonder, given all the demands on voters’ attention, whether he can do that and also push Measure M. If HHH fails, then what? While Garcetti discussed the city’s plans to break ground on some permanent supportive housing projects this year, there is no funding on the scale of what would be provided under HHH. To continue the letter brigade, we have not seen a Plan B. Homelessness will be a defining issue for the city and county for years to come, and only with sustained attention and resources can the current catastrophe be remedied. Mayor Eric Garcetti clearly comprehends the situation and is acting in an intelligent manner, including dedicating funding in the city budget to addressing homelessness. That said, this is all just a starting point. The mayor needs to amp up his presence and bring every Angeleno into the fold. On homelessness, he must continue to lead, and he must lead loudly.
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ilm noir is uniquely tied to Los Angeles, in part because Hollywood used many iconic landmarks in the movies. One of those spaces was Downtown’s Union Station. Now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Film Noir Foundation are presenting a series of free screenings of movies that feature major scenes set in the transportation hub. The series starts Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. with, fittingly, Union Station, a 1950 William Holden thriller. Ironically, even though it was filmed in Los Angeles’ Union Station, the film is set in Chicago’s train station of the same name. It will screen in the station’s ticketing hall. The series continues with the tangled love and crime story Criss Cross on Nov. 4 and Too Late for Tears on Dec. 2.
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Plan That Imagines Downtown’s Future Is Finally Ready City Hosts Week-Long Effort to Unveil Vision and Solicit Feedback By Eddie Kim he Los Angeles Department of City Planning has for years been drafting a major revision of the Downtown Community Plan, which offers guidelines and mandates on land use, construction, neighborhood design, transportation and other key issues. Finally, the details are ready to be released to the public. City Planning is conducting a week-long effort to showcase the new plan, with an open studio and panel discussions. The open studio is in the Bradbury Building (304 S. Broadway, Suite #218) and runs from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. every day. It features presentation boards and activities allowing visitors to give feedback. A kick-off meeting from 5:30-9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, will include a comprehensive overview of the plan and opportunities to ask questions to City Planning staff. Other events at the Bradbury include a talk on neighborhood design and character hosted by the American Institute of Architects and the L.A. Conservancy (Wednesday from 6:30-9 p.m.) and the reveal of the city’s Re:Code L.A. plan, which is a revision to the massive and outdated general zoning code (Thursday from 6-9 p.m.). City Planning staff will be available for one-onone talks on Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The revision of the Downtown Community Plan is overflowing with concepts ranging from sustainable growth of the housing and jobs market to goals for open and green space throughout the Central City. Finding adequate space to fit in an additional estimated 125,000 residents, 70,000 housing units and 55,000 jobs between now and
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2040 is a primary goal. To achieve that, the new plan suggests raising density limits in a major way in South Park, the Arts District and Fashion District, among other areas, and even creating project size minimums to prevent “under-development” on key plots. The plan also prioritizes the use of development incentives to push Downtown’s role as a jobs hub, such as allowing people to build higher and denser in return for creating commercial and office space, or requiring a minimum number of job-producing spaces in a given neighborhood or area before approving new housing construction. City Planning hopes to raise overall design and architecture standards. Options include mandating attractive facades on above-ground parking podiums, and removing common barriers for developers such as minimum parking requirements, which are often difficult to include in projects on small parcels. More design guidelines would protect the scale of “villages” like Little Tokyo and historic parts of the Arts District. Other elements of the plan delve into open-space requirements and standards, and mobility issues, with one key aspect being the city Department of Transportation’s coming expansion of its Downtown DASH bus program. More details on the open studio, community meetings and revised plan are at DTLA2040.org. eddie@downtownnews.com
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Finally, Blossom Plaza Blossoms A Decade After it Was First Announced, A $100 Million Chinatown Project Opens By Nicholas Slayton d Reyes is relieved. It’s a unique feeling considering that he left his high-pressure City Council job three years ago, but still, the former First District representative is relieved. The relief comes from Blossom Plaza, a project that first came on the public radar screen around 2006. It hit years of delays, stops and even a change of owners, before finally breaking ground shortly before Reyes was termed out of office in 2013. He had always hoped the project would be a draw for further development in the community. Now, Blossom Plaza is open. Move-ins began in June and the project at 900 N. Broadway is currently 43% leased. “What’s running through my mind now are the night meetings, the hard work, my staff and the heavy load that they carried,” Reyes said. The five-story, $100 million Blossom Plaza held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 15. Developed by Forest City, it is the first major housing project to hit Chinatown since the Jia Apartments opened at 639 S. Broadway in early 2014. The project has 237 studio to two-bedroom apartments. The studios average around 585 square feet and rents start at $2,050, according to Jennifer Kim, the property manager. Onebedroom residences start at $2,400 and the two-bedroom units, averaging approximately
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1,005 square feet, go from $2,725. The project includes 53 units set aside for low-income residents. It was a component that Reyes pushed hard for when the development was first broached and the former Community Redevelopment Agency got involved. Amenities in the project designed by the Chinatown-based architecture firm Johnson Fain (Togawa Smith Martin served as associate architect) include a courtyard with barbecues, a splash pool, a 2,000-square-foot fitness center and a club room with billiards and shuffleboard tables. The lobby has a monitor displaying schedules for Metro trains and nearby buses. The project is coming online in phases, Kim said. Units for the third and final part will be rolled out on Jan. 1. Bumpy Road The road to Blossom Plaza’s opening wasn’t easy. For decades, the site held Little Joe’s, an Italian restaurant that dated to when the community was Los Angeles’ Little Italy in the first half of the 20th century. It remained even as the area transformed into Chinatown. The initial developer was Larry Bond. However, like many developments, Blossom Plaza stalled during the recession and fell into bankruptcy. The Community Redevelopment Agency and the city then took over the project. Eventually Forest City, which had developed several other projects in Downtown including Metro
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Neighborhood Growth Many observers think that Chinatown will be one of the next Downtown communities to experience a building surge. A number of developers have been kicking the tires in the area. Future projects include College Station, a mega-development at Spring and College streets that will feature six low-rise buildings and create a total of 770 apartments and 51,000 square feet of retail. Johnson Fain is also designing that project. Then there is the food and nightlife resurgence. Far East Plaza has become a culinary hub with destinations including Roy Choi’s Chego and Alvin Cailan’s incubator space Unit 120. A key part of Blossom Plaza’s role in activating the neighborhood is its paseo and the public elements. The approximately 16,000-square-foot courtyard has a fountain at one end and 114 red lanterns strung up between the buildings. The project includes 19,000 square feet of retail space, which
is being leased by brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle. Arnold said that the one confirmed tenant is East West Bank. He expects to see a mix of shops and eateries. One tool Forest City is using to help activate the paseo for the time being is the Eastern Projects art gallery, which occupies one of the corner retail spaces. The industrial-style space has paintings hanging on the walls, including works by local artist Retna. The gallery opened in August. Arnold said it will eventually be leased out to a business, but that it will likely be one of the last to be filled. After investing so much time in the project, Reyes has a feeling beyond relief. Theirs is also happiness with how Blossom Plaza fits in the community. “We tried our best to maintain a focus on what the community was expecting, and we got pretty close,” he said. nicholas@downtownnews.com
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More Comic Books, Sneakers and Camping Gear By Nicholas Slayton Comic Matter: The Arts District has two specialty bookstores in the form of Artbook at the Hauser Wirth & Schimmel gallery, and Hennessy + Ingalls at One Santa Fe. Now there is another place in the community to pick up reading material. The comic store A Shop Called Quest opened in One Santa Fe next to Grow market in August. Store manager Ray Duran said the 2,000-square-foot shop carries a large selection of new comics and collected volumes. New issues arrive every Wednesday and average $3; there are also discounted older comics. The store has occasional signings — on “Batman Day,” the anniversary of the Caped Crusader’s debut, on Sept. 17, Detective Comics writer James Tynion IV and Batman Beyond artist Bernard Chang appeared. Vinyl toys and comics-themed apparel line the walls. At 300 S. Santa Fe Ave. or ashopcalledquest.com.
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Pumped Up Kicks: There’s more fashion in the Fashion District. The footwear store Nice Kicks has grown from a pop-up shop to a full-time business, with a store at Ninth and Main streets. The location is in the very noticeable, two-story cube-shaped building near where Spring, Main and Eighth streets converge. Nice Kicks carries brands including Adidas, Nike, Puma and Converse, with prices ranging from $120 for sneakers to nearly $400 for a pair of New Balance 997s. The store also features its own Nice Kicks branded clothing, plus apparel from other companies. At 862 S. Main St., (351) 388-710 or nicekicks.com. The Outdoors Life: Yes, a river flows through the Arts District and there are tents on some sidewalks, but the community is no nature spot. Still, lovers of the great outdoors
may be coming to the area. That’s because of the opening of Hatchet Outdoor Supply Co., which filled a vacant space at Second and Vignes streets in August. A West Coast branch of a New York City store, Hatchet offers camping gear, hiking clothes, boots and a plethora of tools, such as pocket knives and compasses or a Wetterlings Bushman axe for $196. It also carries flasks selling for $60, and hiking bags, including brands such Mystery Ranch and Osprey. For the more active outdoors activities, there is fishing equipment, as well as tents and sleeping bags. At 941 E. Second St, or hatchetsupply.myshopify.com.
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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Purse Snatcher-and-Returner: On the night of Sept. 4, a thief found a woman’s purse left unattended in her office at Second and Hill streets. The wallet was taken, and the purse was then flung into a nearby restaurant space.
Downward Facing Deal: Although plans had been announced for a debut by the end of summer, a Yogaworks at California Plaza will not be happening. The company had been set to open its 51st location in a 3,643-squarefoot space in the Bunker Hill complex. In a statement, Yogaworks said that it was unable to resolve challenges in setting up the studio. People who purchased membership at the Downtown location will be able to use other Los Angeles-area studios, and will not be billed for their founding member rate until November. Refunds are also available through the company’s website.
More Car Thefts: The LAPD reported that four cars were stolen in Downtown Los Angeles from Sept. 4-10. Three were taken in the Financial District.
Heavy Sleeper: Between 4 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 5, someone entered an apartment at Ninth and Flower streets. While the resident was asleep, the thief made off with a laptop computer and a video game console.
Collective Labor: The co-working company Industrious opened last month at 600 Wilshire Blvd. Located on the fifth floor, Industrious features nearly 19,000 square feet of desks, office amenities and shared facilities. Along with large commons areas, it offers private offices, a coffee bar and lounge, and conference rooms for meetings. Industrious has a 10-year lease. At 600 Wilshire Blvd. or industriousoffice.com. Do you have news about the Downtown Los Angeles retail scene? Contact Shop Hop at nicholas@downtownnews.com.
Always Read the Manual: At 9 a.m. on Sept. 8, a would-be thief entered a parked but unlocked Tesla in a lot at Seventh and Flower streets. The man was found sitting in the car, attempting but failing to start the electric vehicle.
Alarm Scare: Two men were inside a parking structure at Fourth and Main streets, tampering with cars late on Sept. 6. When one man smashed a car window, it set off an alarm. The men fled without taking anything.
The Heist: Overnight on Sept. 5-6, someone gained entry to a jewelry store near the corner of Seventh Street and Broadway. Jewels, precious metals, money and other items were taken. Breaking and Entering and Leaving: An unidentified individual broke into an apartment at Sixth and Spring streets sometime between the evening of Sept. 4 and the afternoon of Sept. 6. The thief entered through the front door and took money, clothing and a television.
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The L.A. Phil’s head honcho takes on one of Gustav Mahler’s most mature and expressive compositions in a four-day run. The Ninth is Mahler’s final symphony, completed while the composer was ill. Considering Music Director Gustavo Dudamel’s love of taking on Mahler works, expect this to be a season highlight. Elsewhere on the calendar is a collaboration between Dudamel and virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell on Oct. 13-16, and the world premiere of composer Gerald Barry’s opera Alice’s Adventures Under Ground on Nov. 22. At 111 S. Grand Ave. or laphil.org.
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S TORUK-THE FIRST FLIGHT Cirque du Soleil has built shows on the music of The Beatles, the early film era and burlesque cabaret, among many other things. On Nov. 11-13, inspiration comes from James Cameron’s Avatar. Toruk-The First Flight fills Staples Center with a show set on the planet Pandora, where a Na’vi storyteller ushers the audience through a tale of a catastrophe that threatens the Tree of Souls. Of course, all this is a guise for Cirque’s brand of acrobats, amazing feats of human strength and quirky, gibberishspewing clowns. The venue is bigger, but expect the spectacle to impress as usual. At 1111 S. Figueroa St., axs.com or cirquedusoleil.com.
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Despite what we have seen in darkened theaters, we know that toys don’t really come alive when we leave the room. We can also guess that a house won’t fly away when attached to a gazillion balloons and that our future doesn’t involve abandoning Earth to a cute robot. That’s not to say that Pixar’s movies are science-free. The Science Behind Pixar, which lands at the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Oct. 15, will showcase how the animation studio uses science, technology, engineering and mathematics to design characters and bring them to life. The 12,000-square-foot show includes 40 interactive components that explore the filmmaking process. And yes, you’ll see Woody and Buzz Lightyear. At 700 Exposition Park Dr. or californiasciencecenter.org.
The black-clad kings of Queens were one of the greatest bands ever, their buzz-saw twominute anthems creating a new sound and influencing nearly every rock act that followed. Hey! Ho! Let’s Go was launched at the Queens Museum earlier this year, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of the band’s first album. It has now moved to L.A. The exhibit includes the expected guitars, photos and outfits, while also striving to explain the Ramones’ arrival at a time when music was dominated by classic rock bands and boring radio playlists. The show includes art inspired by the Ramones, including some Shepard Fairey pieces. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd. or grammymuseum.org. photo by Gary Leonard
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The winged creatures got a new home in Exposition Park this year. The improved Butterfly Pavilion has better light and more vertical space, which would make the 25 species of North American butterflies smile, if only a butterfly could smile. Through Oct. 16, Natural History Museum visitors can check out the colorful flitting fliers, which sometimes land on flowers, and occasionally settle on delighted kids or adults. The on-site staff offers plenty of information on the creatures’ lives, habits and the always-fascinating chrysalis process. Tickets are not included in museum entrance and must be purchased separately. At 900 Exposition Blvd. or nhm.org.
Tyler the Creator, Los Angeles’ own crown prince of bizarre rap, twisted online content and eye-zapping day-glo fashion, plants his flag in Exposition Park on Nov. 12-13 for the fifth annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. Forget the museums and Rams games, and instead come to the campus for a weekend jampacked with excellent if off-kilter music. Hip-hop heavy hitters A$AP Rocky, Chance the Rapper, DJ Mustard, Schoolboy Q and Lil Wayne top the bill above a seriously delightful collection of soul, electronica, funk and all-around sonic madness. Erykah Badu, Kaytranada, Yuna, Toro y Moi, Pretty Lights, Gallant and the tumultuous Death Grips are but a few of the unlikely acts that make this hometown romp one of the finest lineups we’ve seen in ages. At Exposition Park or campfloggnaw.com. photo by Mark Peckmezian
GRAND AVE. ARTS: ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL Oct. 24 on Grand Avenue It can be hard to see every artistic destination on Grand Avenue — simply put, there’s a lot going on. The second Grand Ave. Arts: All Access festival takes that issue head-on, and opens up the cultural institutions on the corridor from Temple to Sixth streets for a day of free activities. The Oct. 24 happening brings together 11 arts institutions and providers including the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Broad museum, the Music Center, REDCAT and L.A. Opera. Along with behind-the-scenes tours, there will be street performances, family activities and more. On Grand Avenue or at grandavearts.tumblr.com.
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Master choreographer Benjamin Millepied (shown here) founded the L.A. Dance Project in 2012 in the effort to give Los Angeles the type of top-level dance troupe that is common in places such as New York City. The company has traveled the globe, and returns home on Dec. 9-10 with a multi-piece performance highlighted by the world premiere of Millepied’s “Homecoming,” with music by Rufus Wainwright. The bill at the Ace Hotel’s lavish theater includes a second Millepied work, “On the Other Side,” as well as the acclaimed Christopher Wheeldon’s pas de deux “After the Rain.” Expect to see the hippest dance crowd of the year. At 929 S. Broadway or acehotel.com/calendar/los angeles.
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Oct. 29-Nov. 5 at Grand Park The Mexican Day of the Dead again is celebrated at the 12-acre park in the Civic Center. The festivities start Oct. 29 with a big, free festival full of music, dance, poetry and more. It continue through Nov. 5, as visitors can check out dozens of altars and installations created in partnership with Boyle Heights’ Self-Help Graphics. They’ll honor late loved ones through decorations and personal mementos, and there will be references to current issues such as gang violence and immigration reform. A special highlight this year is a tribute to Oaxacan Dia de los Muertos traditions. Get ready for plenty of sugar skulls. At 200 N. Grand Ave. or grandparkla.org.
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Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford is one of those spitfire probers of consciousness. With mic in hand and deadpan face on call, Bamford, whom you may have seen in her fourth wall-breaking Netflix show “Lady Dynamite,” delves into her own somewhat unhinged mindset to paint a loving outsider’s portrait of normalcy. She’s uber-sharp, able to skewer and delight with the efficiency of a Mark Twain screed. On Nov.17, the veteran of “Louie,” “Arrested Development” and “Bojack Horseman” heads to L.A. Live for a performance at The Novo. Prepare for a night of guffaws, self-effacement, ponderous wonder and errant hair. At 800 W. Olympic Blvd. or thenovodtla.com.
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Professional wrestling is already rowdy and colorful, what with all those over-the-top costumes and penchant for dramatics both in and out of the ring. Lucha VaVoom, however, takes it to a whole new level. The beloved show is back at the Mayan Theatre, bringing masked Mexican wrestling, burlesque and comedy together for two nights dubbed, appropriately enough, “Halloween Madness.” Your favorite luchadors, including Dirty Sanchez and Magno, will be there, as will a “wrestling chicken” named Li’l Chicken (creative) and hula hoop aficionado Karis, among many others. At 1038 S. Hill St. or luchavavoom.com.
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L.A. Opera’s collaborations with the neighboring experimental theater REDCAT has led to some spectacular shows, including last season’s unsettling end-of-the-world opera Dog Days. Now comes The Source, which focuses on Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army intelligence analyst who is serving a 35-year sentence in military prison for leaking classified documents on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to WikiLeaks. Composer Ted Hearne and director Daniel Fish use four singers and digital tools (including news clips, social media and court documents) to tell the story of Manning, the media and public hysteria over the leak. Ultimately, The Source asks whether we are ready to grapple with the disturbing video and information Manning helped uncover. At 631 W. Second St. or laopera.org. photo by James Daniel/Noah Stern Weber
CREATURE OPENING NOV. 5 AT THE BROAD
We love Cindy Sherman’s photographs as much as anyone, but all good things must come to an end, even at The Broad. The museum’s first-floor exhibit of Sherman’s work closed on Oct. 2, and on Nov. 5 the space will be filled with more than 50 artworks for Creature, which focuses on themes of figuration and selfhood through paintings from a range of eras. Some images examine the human body, while others are more metaphysical, but the pieces from more than 25 artists (including Georg Baselitz, JeanMichel Basquiat and Takashi Murakami) all speak to living things and how they change over time. Creature, like the rest of The Broad, is free to enter, though even a year after opening you still usually need advance tickets. At 221 S. Grand Ave. or thebroad.org.
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Are you ready for something different? On two weekends in October, performance group Voices Carry is unleashing the world premiere of Strings Attached, a genre-mashing show that melds contemporary dance, an original score and, get this, abstract puppetry. Strings, which has been in development for three years, is a series of vignettes that explores the emotional layers of love, touching on all the joy, challenges and craziness it propels. The cast actually intermingles with the puppets. Think of it as a grownup version of the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre a short walk away. OCT. 25 At 1238 W. AT THE THEATRE First St. or AT ACE HOTEL voicescarryinc.net. Don’t expect to see the new gore film from Fede Alvarez. Oh no, this is Sam Raimi’s original 1981 horror movie starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams. Screening inside the Spanish Gothic Theatre at Ace Hotel, audiences can get an early jump on Halloween. It will photo by Sylvia Spross be enhanced by a live performance of the score conducted by original composer Joseph LoDuca. Attendees are encouraged to show up in costume. Best of all, Campbell himself will be hosting the event. Groovy. At 933 S. Broadway or acehotel.com/losangeles/ theatre. The monthly gallery showcase and community celebration turned 12 in September, and look how far it has come. The Downtown Art Walk lures thou sands of area residents and workers, and thousands more peo ple from across the county, on the second Thursday of ever y month. More than 30 galleries in the Historic Core and Fashion District fling open their doors, with curators and directors showing off new works from a bevy of artists. The area restaurants, bars and shops are also routinely packed. The October Art Walk features a focus on street artists at the Art Walk Lounge (634 S. Spring St.). The lounge also stoc ks guides to the galleries and other information. Throughout the Historic Core or dow ntownartwalk.com.
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THROUGH OCT. 16 AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM August Wilson’s period piece comes alive at the Mark Taper Forum in a powerful production directed by Phylicia Rashad. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which Wilson wrote in 1984 as part of his “Century Cycle,” delves into ambition, exploitation and the blues. It is set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927 and follows the members of a band led by Rainey (an actual singer). There is dry wit, angry speeches and even live blues played on stage. Through it all, the members deal with the frustrations of a racist society. There is also a clash between older and younger performers. The cast is uniformly strong. At 135 N. Grand Ave. or centertheatregroup.org.
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Here’s the thing about writers — put a lot of them in front of an audience and they are, well, boring. Not T.C. Boyle. The Santa Barbara-based author has appeared at the Library Foundation’s Aloud series many times in the past, and his readings come off more like performances. With his goatee, wild mane and ceaseless imagination he’s a literary wild child who both demonstrates his acumen and entertains, and on the day after Halloween he’ll be reading from his new The Terranauts. As usual, it is one of many Aloud highlights in the fall, with other noteworthy dates including Emma Donoghue on Oct. 18 and Michael Chabon on Nov. 30. Reservations are always recommended. At 630 W. Fifth St. or lfla.org/ calendar.
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Choreographer William Forsythe gets his due in the season-opening performance for the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center series. This is something different, as the shows involve not one, but three top dance companies, with the San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet each performing a Forsythe work. The choreographer was known for mixing classical and contemporary ballet with modern music. The local performance offers Downtowners an opportunity to check out works by someone who, in the words of Music Center President and CEO Rachel Moore, is “one of the great innovators in dance, integrating ballet and the visual arts in ways unprecedented since the era of the Ballet Russe.” At 135 N. Grand Ave. or musiccenter.org/forsythe.
The activist writer James Baldwin gets the musical treatment, as Tony Awardwinning musician and composer Stew teams up with his longtime collaborator Heidi Rodewald at REDCAT in Notes of a Native Song. The duo, who first worked together in their Los Angeles band The Negro Problem, will use a mix of live music and theater to tackle Baldwin’s observations on gender, race and class. They utilize rock, R&B and jazz, and attendees of the four shows on Dec. 14-17 can expect fiery musical performances and lyricism alike. Stew, BTW, won “Best Book” at the 2008 Tony Awards for his Broadway musical Passing Strange. At 631 W. Second St. or redcat.org.
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The Latino Theatre Company reprises last year’s wellreceived holiday show. Comediennes Sandra Valls, Diana Yanez and Maria Russell come to the Historic Core’s LATC to share three tales of past Christmases with the audience. The Latina Christmas Special is not your average Xmas show, as each story comes from a different cultural background. Expect song, dance and the occasional embarrassing personal moment. Which makes it just like your family Christmas — at least the embarrassing personal moment part. At 514 S. Spring St. or thelatc.org.
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The Egyptian pharaoh Akhnaten ruled for 17 years around 1300 B.C., and his reign was noted for one element in particular: his vision to have his people toss polytheism and instead worship only Aten, the sun deity. L.A. Opera tackles the life of the leader in Akhnaten, a new opera created in partnership with the English National Opera. Anthony Roth Costanzo and J’Nai Bridges star as Akhnaten and his wife Nefertiti, respectively, and the opera follows the pharaoh’s reign from the start to the violent overthrow that ensues when his religious ambitions go awry. The score comes from Philip Glass, with the production led by lauded director Phelim McDermott and young conductor Matthew Aucoin, L.A. Opera’s new artist-in-residence. At 135 N. Grand Ave. or laopera.org.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 6–10 PM Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS A Room to Create (ARC) / Armory Center for the Arts / ArtCenter College of Design / HMCT ArtCenter South Campus Gallery / artWORKS Teen Center / City of Pasadena–City Hall / Curatorial Assistance / Jackie Robinson Community Center / Kidspace Children’s Museum / Light Bringer Project @ Day One / Lineage Performing Arts Center / Norton Simon Museum / Pasadena Central Library / Pasadena Conservatory of Music / Pasadena Museum of California Art / Pasadena Museum of History FREE SHUTTLES Free shuttles, running 6–10 p.m., will loop throughout the evening with stops at each venue. ARTS BUS Pasadena ARTS Route 10 runs along Colorado Blvd. and Green St. till 8 p.m. cityofpasadena.net/artsbus. METRO GOLD LINE Take the Gold Line to Memorial Park Station in Pasadena. More info at metro.net. artnightpasadena.org facebook.com/artnightpasadena twitter.com/ArtnightPas For information on ArtNight, please call the ArtNight Pasadena Hotline at 626 744-7887 or visit artnightpasadena.org. For information on accessibility and/or to request written materials in alternative formats, please call the City of Pasadena at 626 744-7062. Para más información en español, visite nuestra página del internet: artnightpasadena.org.
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Langston Hughes’ 12-part poem Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz delved into his feelings on the social and artistic struggle in America at the beginning of the 1960s, amid the thick of the Civil Rights movement. He scored the epic poem with a psychedelic mix of blues, jazz, gospel, African drumming and more, and today Ask Your Mama stands as one of Hughes’ most ambitious and wide-reaching works. Young saxophone wizard Kamasi Washington (whom you may have seen Downtown at a free Grand Performances show) and the Ron McCurdy Quartet are taking on the work in a one-night-only performance at Disney Hall. Expect a night of impressive grooves and spectacular solos amid Hughes’ flowing text. At 111 S. Grand Ave. or laphil.com.
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N O V. 9 - D E C . 1 8 AT T H E M A R K TA P E R F O R UM Martin McDonough’s bloody and hilarious The Lieutenant of Inishmore was one of the most talked-about plays when it hit the Mark Tap er Forum in 2010. Now McDonough, whose resume includes the screenp lay for the film In Bruges, returns with Ireland ’s Druid theater company’s pro duction of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Set in the mountains of County Gal way, it follows Maureen Folan, a lonely wom an in her 40s, and her domine ering mother. Naturally, mom intervenes wh en Maureen has a chance to find love. Don’t be fooled by the description , as a rom-com this is not — inst ead, expect plenty of dark humor. Druid founder Garry Hynes won a Ton y Award in 1998 for directing the play, and she’s back at the helm at the Taper. At 135 N. Grand Ave. or cen tertheatregroup.org.
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Ninth Annual Halloween Festival for DTLA Kids Grand Hope Park at FIDM, 919 S. Grand Ave. or downtownla.com/Halloween. Monday, Oct. 31, 5-8 p.m.: The Downtown Center Business Improvement District (DCBID) invites Downtown L.A. kids and their families to attend this annual festival on Halloween night at Grand Hope Park at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM). Attendees enjoy puppet shows, bounce houses, arts and crafts, hot dogs, “trick-or-treat doors” and more. Buy your tickets today, as this event will sell out! $7 in advance; $10 at the door; free for children under 2. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 Dylan Thuras at the Last Bookstore Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St., (213) 488-0599 or lastbookstorela.com. 7 p.m.: The Atlas Obscura founder dishes on his mystical creation of forgotten geography with Casey Schreiner. James Gleick at Aloud Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lfla.org. 7:15 p.m.: As the narrative master of broad scientific writing, James Gleick is unparalleled. As a recent chronicler of time-travel, James Gleick is surely aware that he is living parallel to many other unparalleled versions of himself. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Amale Andraos at SCI-Arc SCI-Arc, 960 E. Third St., (213) 613-2200 or sciarc.edu. 7 p.m.: We were going to pretend we understood the design peculiarities and esoterica in the event description for tonight’s lecture, but we don’t speak architect. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 Monument MOCA, 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2766 or moca.org. 6 p.m.: Gregg Kowalsky and Damon Eliza Palermo get together for a work of collaborative visual/sound art to coincide with Dan Flavin’s “monument.” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 L.A. Fight Club 1050 S. Hill St., (213) 746-5670 or belascous.com. 5 p.m.: You came to this Golden Boy fight for the Fidel Maldonado Jr. v. Diego Magdaleno main bout. You stayed for the beer and tattoos. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption 929 S. Broadway, (213) 623-3233 or acehotel.com. Oct. 8-9: Be sure to get your transcendental meditation session in
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Au Lac/Café Fedora 710 W. First St., (213) 617-2533 or aulac.com. Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.: Louie Cruz Beltran. Blue Whale 123 Astronaut E. S. Onizuka St., (213) 620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com. Oct. 3: Maksim Velichkin and Roksana Zeinapur. Oct. 4: Jam Session with Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble. Oct. 5: Amendola vs. Blades. No, it’s not a steel cage match. Oct. 6: Come see the Invisible Guy. Hey, look what we did there! Oct. 7: Kvde Group featuring Dick Oatts and Bob Mintzer. Oct. 8: Elijah Jamal Balbed Quintet. Oct. 9: David Gilmore (not of Floyd fame) and Samuel Blazer (not necessarily wearing a blazer). Bootleg Bar 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. Oct. 3: MiWi La Lupa, the hippy-dippiest thing to have come west from New York since Allen Ginsberg. Oct. 4: Red Bull Sound Select features some snappy hip-hop from Mick Jenkins on his A Quest for Love tour. Oct. 5: Niche marketing at its best as all-female, Japanese, pop-punk band Shonen Knife drops by. If you’re lucky, they’ll play “Bear Up Bison.” Oct. 6: Leftover Cuties is obviously an elaborate musical homage to mass packaged citrus. Oct. 7: Cute Is What We Aim For sounds like a BID slogan. Oct. 8: Cullen Omori’s band bio takes aim at F. Scott Fitzgerald. Oct. 9: Pass the purple hair dye, it’s synth pop duo Bogan Via. Caña 714 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 745-7090 or 213dthospitality.com. Oct. 4: Bossa Zusu. Oct. 5: Los Ordianos. Oct. 6: Joey DeLeon. Exchange LA 618 S. Spring St., (213) 627-8070 or exchangela.com. Oct. 7: Jay Hardway and Elephante. Oct. 8: Valentino Khan. Grammy Museum 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. Oct. 4, 7:15 p.m.: The newly reconstituted Blink 182 drops by to share their enthusiasm for your renewed interest in a band that defined your consumerist adolescence. Oct. 5, 7:15 p.m.: Broods is here. Ham & Eggs Tavern 433 W. Eighth St., (213) 891-6939 or hamandeggstavern.com. Oct. 5: Mute Swan, Mind Monogram and Daydream Time Machine.
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The Latino Theatre Company chose a unique endeavor to celebrate its 30th birthday: It is staging a two-part, six-hour play at the Historic Core’s Los Angeles Theatre Center. A Mexican Trilogy: An American Story follows the Morales family, building the show around the character Esperanza, who starts as a 5-year-old girl and by the end is older than 100. There are two shows, each about two-and-a-half hours. Part A: Mexican Revolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis will be staged Thursday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m., and Part B: Assassination of JFK to the Death of Pope John Paul II is Friday at 8 p.m. Part A and B run together Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m., with a one-hour dinner break in between. The show closes Oct. 9 At 514 S. Spring St., (213) 489-0994 or thelatc.org.
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early, because both days of this cosmic festival of thought and culture will shake the wellspring of spiritual notions at the core of your being. Robert Plant & The Sensational Shape Shifters, St. Vincent, Angelo Badalamenti and more provide music. Frank Gehry, Mel Brooks and Debbie Harry give talks. David Lynch, of course, provides film. L.A. Craft Brew: A Panel Discussion Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth St., or online at chscsite.org. 10:30 a.m.: We’re tickled pink that the Culinary Historians of Southern California saw fit to suss out the ins and outs of craft brewing in Los Angeles, though we wonder why no one recruited a brewer plying his or her trade in Downtown Los Angeles.
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20 Downtown News Continued from previous page how are you also on stage? Oct. 6: With all due respect to the Devin Townsend Project and Between the Buried and Me, what self-respecting support band names themselves Fallujah? Oct. 7: Darling Chuck and Smiles Davis front R&B only. Oct. 8: Like a phoenix, Thrice are apparently touring again despite supposedly calling it quits years ago. The Regent 448 S. Main St. or theregenttheater.com. Oct. 6: We are disturbed to announce that Pretty Looking Back is “an orchestral interpretation” to mark the 25th anniversary of
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40 FOR FALL Courtney Love’s band Hole. Oct. 7: Troyboi is now affiliated with Timbaland. Bless their bones. Oct. 8: You know them. You love them. The Allah-Las. Oct. 9: Festival de Trova Coincidir 2016. Resident 428 S. Hewitt St. or (323) 316-5311 or residentdtla.com. Oct. 3: NK Riot, Dez Fink, Tolliver, SwearxxxWords. Oct. 5: Xylouis White and Emmett Kelly. Oct. 7: Feminist Friday. Seven Grand 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 614-0737 or sevengrand.la. Oct. 3: John Schroeder doesn’t appreciate your “Peanuts” comparisons. Oct. 4: The Makers fuse jazz with unconscious confrontations of the great void at the heart of American society. Oct. 5: Rick Taub’s Midnight Blues Review promises, nay, ensures, superlative Los Angeles electric blues. Oct. 6: If you lust for funk, the Erik Hammer Show is just the ticket. Oct. 9: Critical Brass is enthused to be playing in yet another locale with a liquor license. Staples Center 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7326 or staplescenter.com. Oct. 8: Marco Antonio Solis only gets one night at Staples? The Smell 247 S. Main St. in the alley between Spring and Main or thesmell.org. Oct. 7: The Urinals, TraPsPs and REXX. Oct. 8: Playboy, The High Curbs, The Grinning Ghosts and Caterwall. Teragram Ballroom 1234 W. Seventh St. or teragramballroom.com.
Oct. 4: Okkervil River doesn’t appear to be on any maps. That said, they did figure out how to get to City West on a Tuesday night. Oct. 8: For some, DJ Questlove is a legend. For others, he is that dude who plays music alongside Jimmy Fallon. What do you want your legacy to be, Q? Zipper Hall Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or angelcityjazz.com. Oct. 8, 8 p.m.: The Angel City Jazz Festival presents Julian Lage on solo guitar and Craig Taborn with the Kris Davis Duo.
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Ace Hotel 929 S. Broadway, (213) 623-3233 or acehotel.com. Oct. 6, 9 p.m.: Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Young enlist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and a 40-piece orchestra to help live score a screening of Netflix’s Marvel adaptation, “Luke Cage.” Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. See website for schedule. 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.
REDCAT 631 W. Second St., (213) 232-6250 or thebroad.org. Oct. 5, 8 p.m.: The Broad’s Array Film Series presents Claudine, featuring James Earl Jones. Regal Cinemas LA Live 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 763-6070 or lalive.com/ movies. Through Oct. 5: Deepwater Horizon (11:50 a.m., 1:10, 2:30, 4:05, 4:30, 5:10, 7, 8, 9:50, 10:20 and 10:55 p.m.); M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (1:50, 6:10 and 10:10 p.m.); Masterminds (11:40 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m.); Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (12:30, 3:40, 6:50 and 10 p.m.); Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 3D (1, 1:35, 4:50, 7:20, 7:50 and 11 p.m.); The Magnificent Seven (12:10, 12:55, 3:20, 4:10, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45 and 10:40 p.m.); Queen of Katwe (1:40, 4:45, 7:40 and 10:50 p.m.); Storks (1:20 and 6:20 p.m.); Storks 3D (3:50 and 9 p.m.); Blair Witch (1:30 and 9:05 p.m.); Snowden (12:20, 3:30, 6:40 and 9:05 p.m.); Sully (12, 2:40, 5:30, 8:10 and 10:35 p.m.).
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But these days, it’s all talk for the n Grand Hope Park: “I can bring my little 41-year-old. one there, always a lot of parents and kids.” A popular ESPN contributor, Wiley cohosts the network’s humor-laced “SportsNa- n Staples Center: “I go to a lot of events, tion” talk show with Michelle Beadle and ap- and this is still a premier venue. The last show was Drake and Future, which could pears as an analyst on “NFL Live.” He also cohave been better.” (He sighs.) hosts the ESPN Los Angeles radio (710 AM) afternoon drive time program with Kelvin On the Move: While Wiley loves DownWashington. town, he knows his time here is limited. What many don’t know is that Wiley is also a proud Downtown Los Angeles resi “My wife, she’s from Vancouver, and evdent. Since 2014 he has lived near L.A. Live eryone has an image in their head of what S I N C E 19 7 2 with his wife. They have a 1-year-old child. L.A. is. 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Downtown Temple Celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur By Jon Regardie very year around this time, Jews all over the world come together for the High Holy Days. Even those who are fairly non-observant often look for a temple where they can worship together and celebrate Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish new year, and eight days later, Yom Kippur, the traditional Day of Atonement, during which many individuals fast. In Downtown for the last eight years, people have been marking the holidays at the Jewish Community Center-Chabad of Downtown Los Angeles. Rabbi Moshe Greenwald views the
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start of the new year as a time of renewal, and often looks for a theme that reflects the topic. This year, his services, which will take place in the ballroom of the Alexandria Hotel in the Historic Core, will be built around something that will be familiar to many people. “In conversations with friends of mine who are rabbis and other people that deal with psychology, one of the big things we see today is people have a hard time making decisions, a lot of young people especially,” Greenwald said. “This is a holiday about renewal, and I want to talk about overcoming self doubt and the paralysis of our lives and taking steps to move forward and reach our potential.” Rosh Hashanah began at sundown on Sunday, Oct. 2, with a 7 p.m. service. There is a 9:30 a.m. service Monday and a blowing of the shofar, a ram’s horn, at noon. Greenwald said hearing the shofar is one of the most important things Jews can do on Rosh Hashana. The afternoon brings a tashlich ceremony, which traditionally takes place at a body of water. Congregants will meet at the temple at 219 W. Seventh St. at 4:30 p.m. In years past they walked as a group to MacArthur Park. This year, they will trek to Echo Park Lake, where a new chabad temple, run by Rabbi Aryeh Perlstein, has opened. A brief service will begin at 5:30 p.m. People can meet at the southeast corner of the lake if the 2.5-mile hike from Seventh Street is too strenuous. “They are coming with their community and we are coming with our community and meeting together at the lake,” Greenwald said. “We are going to blow the shofar and serve apples and honey, which are all part of the festivities.” Yom Kippur services take place Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 1112, including one marking the end of the fast at 6:59 p.m. on Wednesday. No tickets are required for the High Holy Days, though Greenwald asks for donations from those who can afford it. Greenwald said the Downtown Jewish community is transient, and that while many people move here and look for a center of Jewish life, a sizable number leave after a few years. The rabbi, however, is in it for the long haul, and expects that as Downtown grows, so will its Jewish community. High Holy Days services are at the Alexandria Hotel, 501 S. Spring St. Reservations and additional information at downtownjcc.com. regardie@downtownnews.com