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More Families Landing on Skid Row Aid Providers Report Significant Increase in Number of Children in Impoverished Area by Anna Scott staff writer

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Urban Scrawl on Prop 8.

he frustration was palpable inside the boxy, crowded room at the Midnight Mission on a recent Monday evening. Four women sat against the walls, on low stools or the floor. One cradled a baby. About 10 children, from toddlers to a teenager reading an English textbook, sprawled on blankets on the floor. On the other side of a glass door, a 12-step meeting full of men droned on. “This isn’t a place for families,” said Desiree Newton, an outspoken 31-year-old dressed in a rainbowstriped cardigan over a T-shirt. Newton, her husband and their

2- and 8-year-old daughters had been sleeping at the mission going on 10 nights, she said. “I don’t like it here. And if I can’t stand it, no other family can.” The Newtons were not alone. In the next hour, more than a dozen other parents and children trickled into the small room. When the 12step meeting ended in the adjacent room, mission workers replaced chairs with rows of rectangular, tray-like beds for the families. The situation in the room reflected a growing aspect of the national economic crisis. Officials at Skid Row shelters and other Downtown Los Angeles aid organizations say see Families, page 8

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Four Nightspots Coming to the Area Near Sixth and Spring Streets by Richard Guzmán city editor

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s a nod to the history of the building, the historic bronze doors are back, as are the stained-glass windows. The alley entrance is now off-limits and the interior has been remodeled with private VIP rooms, a 40-foot bar and a Brazilian walnut dance floor that holds about 1,300 people. The 1920 Stock Exchange building — where brokers once traded and which more recently served as the home to a lively club — is now Versus, a three-story venue at the forefront of a wave of new nightspots opening near Sixth and Spring streets.

The club, which debuted Oct. 25, precedes The Association, a 2,000-square-foot bar set to open inside the Pacific Electric Lofts this month, and Cedd Moses’ newest addition to area nightlife, the Santa Fe, a 3,000-square-foot tequila and mescal bar planned to open early next year in the Santa Fe Lofts. Also coming to the neighborhood, though still early in the planning stage, is a massive spot in the under-construction SB Spring housing complex by Downtown developer Barry Shy. The new arrivals are sure to continue Downtown’s evolution as a see Bars, page 10

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Para Los Niños case manager José Mendez with Renee Martinez, Cesar Gonzalez and their three children. The family has spent much of the past 10 months on Skid Row.

The Real Housing Bubble Downtown Hotel Puts Guests on Display by Anna Scott staff writer

owntown’s new Stay hotel continues its inauguration this month with a novel publicity stunt that has come with a few twists. In an effort to promote the budget hotel/youth hostel hybrid, a group of young guests are currently living in two ground-level rooms with storefront windows. The guests (three men in one room, one woman in the other) will be fully visible from the sidewalk throughout the day and into the night for passersby to gawk at until Nov. 18. “We just thought it was a good way to market the space,” said Stay designer Amy Price, who with col-

league Catherine Coan came up with the concept. “It’s created a lot of interest.” Sometimes, in fact, a little too much interest. One night shortly after the “live guests” moved in to the space at 636 S. Spring St., a longtime gritty block that is only recently changing, an apparently homeless man shook and then climbed the security gate pulled down over the woman’s room. Another time, a man urinated on the men’s window. The men have also been flashed. Twice. Still, in terms of security threats, “I don’t think that it has been as bad as we worried it might be,” said Bill Lanting, president of the Lanting see Stay, page 9

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Mez Ayvatyan (front), general manager of Versus, and Nico Bacigalupo, the club’s director of marketing, are at the forefront of a wave of nightspots opening up in the Historic Core. Their entertainment venue occupies the former Stock Exchange.

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Alicia Baker, photographed on Halloween morning, is one of the people being paid to live in a room with a window facing the street at the Stay hotel.

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AROUNDTOWN Staples Taps Solar Power

crowd gathered at Staples Center hours before the Lakers’ opener last Tuesday, but they were not there for basketball. Instead, the media hoard was ushered onto the roof of the arena to watch Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger help install the last of the 1,727 solar panels now helping power the facility. Staples Center and L.A. Live developer Anschutz Entertainment Group spent $3.2 million on the photovoltaic panels, which cover most of the more than 24,000-square-foot roof. AEG President and CEO Tim Leiweke credited Schwarzenegger for encouraging him to make the investment and said he expects the equipment — installed by Roseville, Calif.-based Solar Power, Inc. — to pay for itself in less than 15 years out of energy savings. The panels, part of an ongoing effort to reduce the building’s environmental impact, are expected to provide 10% of Staples Center’s electricity, said Lee Zeidman, AEG senior vice president. Schwarzenegger even managed to tie the solar panels to the purple and gold. “The Lakers open their season today here, so the timing could not be more perfect, because we know these solar panels on top of the Staples Center will create all kinds of extra energy for the Lakers,” he said.

Downtowners Wanted for Demographic Survey

he Downtown Center Business Improvement District has launched a study to compile data in part to help lure new businesses to Downtown. The Downtown Demographic Survey, available at downtownla.com, is open to anyone who lives and works in the community, as well as those who come Downtown for entertainment and events. Respondents are asked to identify information such as marital status and age, their association with Downtown, the types of attractions and restaurants they frequent and what sorts of businesses they would like to see move into the area, including specific grocery stores. All questionnaires are anonymous, though those who provide a name and email address will be entered in a sweepstakes to win prizes from the Daily Grill, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Hilton Checkers

hotel and other Downtown-area operations. The survey is an expanded follow-up to a poll conducted by the BID in 2006. “This is one of the most important endeavors of our business improvement district,” said Downtown Center BID President and CEO Carol Schatz. “It’s an excellent marketing tool and a way to assess how we attract different populations to come Downtown.” Los Angeles Downtown News is a sponsor of the project.

Former Connecticut Mayor To Head FilmL.A.

he board of directors of FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit organization that coordinates film permits in the city, recently hired a new president. Paul Audley, who most recently served as the Arizona director for the nonprofit Trust for Public Land, follows Steve MacDonald, who left the post in April for a private-sector position. A former attorney, Audley also served as mayor of Fairfield, Conn., and later as deputy secretary of state in Connecticut. “What appealed to me about the FilmL.A. opportunity is that most of my work in government as well in the nonprofit sector has been with service organizations, so it fit in that mold as well as the basic work that’s being done in having multiple constituencies,” said Audley, who recently moved into a Downtown loft. Audley arrives as the production industry is facing tough times. On-location film and commercial productions experienced steep declines in the third quarter, though television gains buoyed overall numbers. “The economy is certainly affecting everybody and it puts stress on all institutions and all forms of business,” said Audley. “I think our role is to make things easier for them and to take some of the pressure off some of those organizations.”

Police Shoot Assault Suspect In Skid Row

50-year-old man who had been stopped for jaywalking in Skid Row was shot by an LAPD officer on Tuesday, Oct.

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Rocker Slash performed the national anthem before the Clippers-Lakers game on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The sellout crowd included Billy Crystal and Dodgers manager Joe Torre.

28, at about 12:45 p.m. Shortly after two bicycle officers approached the man in the middle of Stanford Avenue near Sixth Street, the suspect allegedly charged them, brandishing a sixinch knife, said Lt. Paul Vernon. “They gave him commands to stop and he continued to charge, and one of the officers fired and he was hit in the chest,” Vernon said. The suspect, whose name has not been released, was transported to a local hospital where he remained in stable condition as of press time. Police believe the man lived on Skid Row. The shooting comes at a time when violent crime is down in Skid Row, but attacks on officers are on the rise. Tuesday’s incident was the 38th attack see Around Town, page 11

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EDITORIALS Caruso Challenge Would Be Good for Los Angeles

he deadline to file papers to run for mayor of Los Angeles in the March primary election is Saturday, Nov. 8. The city and its residents will be best served if someone with a true shot of posing a challenge to the incumbent enters the race. We hope developer Rick Caruso, who is considering running, chooses to enter. Otherwise, we risk a rubber-stamp election that does little to propel democracy or the health of our city. To be clear, this is not an endorsement; we are speaking about the quality of a democracy. As of this writing, there is no significant challenger to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who according to the most recent campaign disclosure statements has raised $2.3 million. The closest thing to a competitor so far is Walter Moore, who finished sixth in the 2005 election and who has raised about $165,000 for this campaign. We applaud Moore for working to be an alternative to the system and for spreading his name and message, but the cruel fact is that in today’s political climate, without raising (or otherwise being able to spend) millions of dollars he does not pose much of a threat. And if he does not pose much of a threat, he cannot press the incumbent. An incumbent, and indeed any major candidate in any major election, needs to be pressed, needs to answer for their actions. No matter what your feelings about the two major candidates for president, in the election cycle that culminates Nov. 4, Barack Obama and John McCain have engaged in

a serious dialogue in which each needed to explain his positions and defend his record. You may not like one candidate, and you may not approve of the tactics their campaigns have employed, but the fact is, they challenged each other, with the result that the electorate received more information and made (in most cases, we hope) an informed decision. It is unlikely that any incumbent would welcome such a challenge, especially not Villaraigosa. After all, he knows what it means to be on the other side of the equation — in his victorious 2005 campaign, he was the challenger, and was able to put the incumbent, Mayor Jim Hahn, on his heels. However, such a challenge has immense benefits for the electorate. It prompts an exchange of ideas and a serious examination of almost four years of policy and promises. Most people know that Caruso is contemplating a run. He reportedly is weighing the impact an election — one that would be extensive and combative — would have on his family. Caruso will make the decision that is best for him and his family, but we hope, for the sake of the city, that he enters (which is not the same thing as saying he should win or lose; we do not know enough about him for that). He would have the resources to challenge Villaraigosa, and his candidacy would force Villaraigosa to defend his record and perhaps to deliver evidence instead of sound bites. Caruso’s candidacy would require Villaraigosa to detail his plans to help Los Angeles escape its economic woes. At the same time, Villaraigosa would force

Adventure in the City

t is a long way from Paris to Downtown Los Angeles, and not everyone who makes the trip returns a second time. Fortunately, the progenitors of the Jules Verne Film Festival had enough success with their inaugural event last year to stage it again. The festival, which specializes in science fiction and adventure films, presented dozens of screenings, events and parties Oct. 24-26. Most activity took place in two of Downtown’s striking new venues, The Edison bar and the ImaginAsian Center. With everything from new documentaries to a night celebrating the 40th anniversary of Planet of the Apes, it had something for everyone — well, everyone who likes adventure and science fiction films. Founders and organizers Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné deserve credit for pulling all the piec-

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es together, for orchestrating the screenings, scheduling the parties and luring directors, actors and executives to Downtown. Even better, it was affordable, priced so almost any area resident or visitor could take in a variety of offerings. The Jules Verne Festival continues to prove that the community can host things that might have seemed impossible a few years ago. The first Downtown Film Festival unfolded in August, and next year the community will again be the home of a series of high-profile fashion shows that had recently been based in Culver City. The energy of new residents and the creation of nightlife venues are leading to more and more opportunities. The Jules Verne Festival is a fun addition to Downtown. We look forward to the third installment.

Caruso to reveal who he is and how he plans to lead, whether he is more than just a businessman dabbling in politics, whether he can build consensus, and what he would bring to the city. A real election would be good for the voters, good for the city and good for democracy. A rubber-stamp election would be good only for the incumbent and his supporters.

Happily Haunted

very strange thing just happened: Over the past weekend, Downtown Los Angeles was full of Halloween parties and events. This is odd because, historically on Halloween, Downtown has been deader than a graveyard at midnight. Sure, there have always been a handful of loft parties and a few bars have raised some pumpkin and skeleton decorations, but when it came time to celebrate, most people went elsewhere. As Los Angeles Downtown News reported last week, Downtown had a bevy of major events over the weekend, both for those who celebrate outdoors with candy, and those whose treats are found later in the evening in bars. The Downtown Center Business Improvement District staged a family-friendly party at Grand Hope Park, and Pershing Square and the Natural History Museum also hosted kidfriendly festivities. There were horror film festivals, concerts and even two Downtown pet-oriented holiday parties. It was all fun and haunts, but it also reveals something about the evolving community. More and more these days, Downtown is hosting some of the activities that have traditionally been held in urban residential neighborhoods across the country. It’s just Halloween, you might say. But it’s easier to celebrate it here than ever before, and people are coming out of their homes to do so. That is good for a growing Downtown.

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Regarding the article “Shining in the Spotlight,” about the five-year anniversary of Disney Hall, by Julie Riggott, Oct. 20

os Angeles Downtown News posts comments to stories on our website. Here are some of the most recent responses. Many more appear on downtownnews.com (comments follow individual articles). Additional responses are welcome.

Regarding the article “Housing Plan Could Have Big Impact Downtown,” by Anna Scott, Oct. 6

Regarding the article “So What Do You Think of Downtown?” about tourists’ impressions of the community, by Ryan Vaillancourt, Oct. 20

ou must be in a different concert hall than the one I’ve been in. Acoustically, it’s very uneven. Some places it sounds like you’re in an airline hangar or a high school gym — sound gets lost in a mishmash of uneven echo the higher you sit. The up-close seats give good sound, but more like an “X-ray” or a bright day without polarized sunglasses — very glaring, irritating and without polish. Very hard to hear the strings against the volume of the reeds and winds. The players may hear each other beautifully within their custom-made shell area, but the customers, that’s another story. I think you’re a victim of believing it’s a good hall for sound just because the propaganda says it is. I think the sound could be vastly improved by putting in absorbing baffling and carpeting. —posted by Tim Mellin, Oct. 20, 7:11 p.m.

Website Comments on Affordable Housing, A Rite Aid Closing and Disney Hall

ringing more affordable and diverse housing to Los Angeles will not be easy. As an analyst, I agree that the concepts raised in the mayor’s plan now need to be ironed out. I also believe it will be the fine details of his proposals that will determine if these plans will succeed or fail. —posted by Maher Soliman, Oct. 4, 12:10 a.m.

he mayor talks about spending more money and then complains that the city is going bankrupt. —posted by Paul L., Oct. 6, 6:46 p.m.

ar too many billionaire developers have been created on the backs of taxpayers. The gluttony of the expenditures on the study of the Grand Avenue project is the ultimate squander of taxpayer money. At the root of it all is the campaign contribution — dollar for dollar the most incredible return one could get on a dollar spent. —posted by Jane, Oct. 8, 6:10 a.m. Regarding the article “Doing It for the Kids,” about InnerCity Arts’ new facility, by Ryan Vaillancourt, Oct. 6

od bless all the people involved who made this possible. I believe this is what the kids of L.A. have needed for years and never had. They can really learn and express themselves and their innermost feelings. —posted by Susan, Oct. 6, 8:57 a.m.

nner-City Arts continues to be an oasis in a neglected Skid Row. I can’t believe they are still at it for kids. I hope no one in City Hall encourages them to take over the Music Center. They are great where they are! —posted by David Tokofsky, Oct. 12, 11:44 p.m.

his story speaks to the lack of accessibility to Downtown Los Angeles tourist attractions past and present. Visitors aren’t always aware of distances between Downtown, Koreatown, Miracle Mile’s Museum Row, Beverly Hills, Exposition Park, etc. The average person visiting Los Angeles misconstrues the vastness of this megalopolis. The tourists are saying to us that we, Los Angelenos, need to continue to knit together our city and its neighborhoods much more. Use our particular type of density so that people can venture not just in an automobile. Visitors love to interface and engage the masses. —posted by Donnie Briscoe, Oct. 20, 1:29 p.m. Regarding the article “Wrong Spot for Rite Aid,” by Ryan Vaillancourt, Oct. 6

his news is very disappointing! Rite Aid coming to Santee Village at Seventh and Los Angeles streets in 2004 served as a pioneer in the resurgence of major retail outlets and residency in the eastern corridor (all areas east of Broadway) of Downtown. Rite Aid’s arrival was met with such hope and fanfare by fellow businesses and current residents alike. I wish something could be done to save it as we need major retailers to attract fellow retailers and new residents. —posted by Luther Gillis, Oct. 7, 7:26 p.m.

don’t know what Tim is talking about. Disney Hall is an acoustical wonder. I’ve sat all over, and the sound is great everywhere. But I prefer the Garden Level in Orchestra West and East farthest from the stage, because the sound rises and people sitting in those sections get it first. Carpeting would be a terrible idea. The hall is perfect as is. —posted by David Max, Oct. 24, 11:29 a.m. Regarding the Editorial “No on Proposition 8,” Oct. 20

e do not need homosexuals and progressives pushing their beliefs upon us. Vote yes on Prop 8. —posted by John, Oct. 17, 9:50 p.m.

hank you for getting the message out to vote no on Proposition 8 and discrimination. Prop. 8 is the biggest threat to civil rights in a long time and it’s an insult to Californians. —posted by Joe B., Oct. 17, 10:48 p.m.

hanks for speaking out on this proposition. We should never write discrimination into our state constitution. California should remain a forward-looking beacon of progressive thought, not a backward-looking fear-based embarrassment. —posted by Tim, Oct. 18, 9:46 a.m.

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End of the Show for Academy Award Clothes Fashion District Suit Shop Calls It Quits After 58 Years by Ryan Vaillancourt staff writer

hen Richard Sherin realized one recent morning that he forgot to bring a sport jacket for an important business meeting later that day, he didn’t panic. Instead, Sherin ducked out of the office and headed straight for Academy Award Clothes, the suit purveyor at 821 S. Los Angeles St., where he has purchased his professional threads for 19 years. It was not the first time the shop saved Sherin, but it was likely the last. After 58 years selling suits and men’s fashion accessories in Downtown, Academy Award Clothes is ready to roll the credits. Sales have been lagging for a few years and owner Peter Kaplan has decided to shutter the family business. Operations will cease by the end of the month. At first, the 69-year-old Kaplan shies away from any attempt to diagnose whatever has caused business to slowly dwindle. He says the turning point was the 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. “Don’t ask me why, but that’s when it started,” he said of the decline. But eventually, Kaplan admits that he feels strongly about a few theories as to what killed his business. “If you ask somebody how many suits they own, well, the majority of men have one for weddings and funerals and stuff like that, maybe two,” Kaplan said. “But if they don’t wear a suit to work, they don’t own more than one. I think… that’s 90% of the problem.” Kaplan, of course, wears a suit to work. So do the handful of employees that have worked at Academy Award Clothes for more than 20 years. All of them lament the gradual onset of casual trends in menswear. Inside the store, the phrase “Dress Down Day,” which Kaplan said became a Friday custom in Downtown office towers during the mid-1980s, is uttered with a tone of disgust. The real estate bust has also posed a challenge for Academy, but in an indirect way: One of the store’s biggest customers was Century 21, the Realtor organization famous for utilizing custom sport coats as walking business cards. In the mid-1990s, a new executive decided to nix the custom coats and Kaplan lost a few million dollars in a flash. Century 21 later brought the jackets back, but a slowed real estate market has meant fewer Realtors, and for Kaplan, smaller orders. Hundreds of the gold and mustard colored jackets still hang from the racks, where they seem to have idled for years; the light from an overhead window has cast permanent fades down many of the sleeves. But even with its imminent closure, the sounds of laughter and conversation still permeate the store — a testament, Kaplan said, to the familial atmosphere among veterans like Reese Walker, a 29-year employee who can tell immediately most anyone’s size by eye, and customers like Sherin. “My biggest concern closing the store — it’s like selling a child,” Kaplan said. “Number two, when you don’t really know anything else, you’ve done it all your life, that’s a difficult decision. Then one of the most difficult parts of the decision was my help. They’re family.” From Fluke to Fortune When Jules Kaplan opened the men’s suit shop Academy Award Clothes in 1950, he was new to Los Angeles and even greener when it came to the science of garment sales. “He knew nothing about the business,” said Peter Kaplan, Jules’ son. What little Jules Kaplan, a former attorney, knew about selling men’s fashions was culled during a cross-country road trip in the late 1940s, as the Kaplan family made its way from New York to sunny California and its promise of clean, healthy air. Along the way, as a favor to his garment manufacturer brother, Kaplan sold some clothes out of the car. When he later tried to get his brother’s line into a prominent Downtown Los Angeles shop, a salesman instead suggested they start their own business. Kaplan agreed, but the partnership lasted only six months; the garment businesssavvy salesman opted out of the deal and Kaplan bought out his short-lived partner. “Academy Award Clothes exists on a fluke,” Peter Kaplan said. In early 1950s Los Angeles, choosing the name Academy Award Clothes seemed evidence that Kaplan was at least familiar with an important marketing credo: Hollywood sells. Again, not so, Kaplan said. “He picked that name because someone pointed out he’d

be the first listing in the phone book,” Kaplan said. Whether due to the ploy or not, a garment district star was born. Changing Styles In the early days of the store, there were two popular styles: a three-button suit known as see Clothes, page 11

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Families Continued from page 1 that they have seen an increase in the number of families with children coming through their doors in recent months. Figures have gone up across the board. The Midnight Mission has housed up to 14 families a night, nearly double the facilityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;family roomâ&#x20AC;? capacity, said Director of Public Affairs Orlando Ward. The Los Angeles Mission has recorded a nearly 40% increase in the number of new clients it helps each month, while the Union Rescue Mission, which in September 2007 housed an average of 25 children a night, this past September saw an average of 53 children a night come through its doors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are bursting at the seams,â&#x20AC;? said URM spokeswoman Kitty Davis-Walker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are overwhelmed. This is something we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen before.â&#x20AC;? Growing Need Service providers say the new families forced to Skid Row include casualties of foreclosures and layoffs, along with people languishing on waiting lists for public housing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking people where they came fromâ&#x20AC;Ś weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re finding they came from friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; houses or shelters, but previous to that they were in a place that may have experienced difficulties because of foreclosure,â&#x20AC;? said Ward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More people are being forced into poverty situations as jobs disappear, and you also have the constricting of public funds.â&#x20AC;? Between April and August of this year, the Los Angeles Mission saw the average number of new people coming in for emergency services each month go from 44 to 61, compared to the same period in 2007. A large portion of those have been families with children, said Babcock.

Other Downtown organizations also say they are fielding more requests from families than ever. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have seen an increase in the requests from parents to provide mental health services, food, shelter, clothing,â&#x20AC;? said Gisselle Acevedo, president and CEO of the City West-based Para Los NiĂąos, which provides childcare, education and other services to low-income families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe we are in an unprecedented crisis.â&#x20AC;? Rebecca Isaacs, executive director of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, which coordinates funding for homeless programs in the city and county, said that families are one of the fastest-growing sectors of Los Angeles Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeless population. According to the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last homeless count, in 2007, there were 13,618 homeless families on the streets of greater Los Angeles. Yet despite the reports from local providers, Isaacs said it is too early to determine whether those numbers have increased on a wide scale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do know there are a lot of [homeless] families Downtown, but whether there are more now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to say,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a perpetual crisis for yearsâ&#x20AC;Ś the numbers are so huge, people see different pockets at different times.â&#x20AC;? More definitive data should come out in the next count in January 2009, she said. More specific information on the number of homeless families affected by the housing crisis should also emerge in the coming months, she said, as the city and county continue to track foreclosures. Colin Kakiza is one of those affected (see sidebar). Four months ago, Kakiza, his wife and their 3-year-old daughter lived in half of a rented duplex in the South Bay. After their landlord was foreclosed on in July, giving just a few days notice to her tenants, Kakiza found himself with few options. His Continued on next page

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this is peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, every day.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;You quickly start learning. You obviously try and adjust as quickly as you can. We created a little play space and try at least to re-create normalcy at a very scaled-down version, going from a house to a little room. We eat at different times. I eat with the men, my wife eats with the women and children. In a weird way, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brought us closer as a family. You just try to look for the meaning, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of unfolding in very interesting ways. Ultimately, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to go back and work with poverty-stricken areas. This is almost like an incubation period. The stories you hear in the dining room are from people from all walks of life â&#x20AC;&#x201D; people with drug issues to people like us, who have a college degree and have worked as professionals. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the whole gamut. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough out there.â&#x20AC;? Contact Anna Scott at anna@downtownnews.com.

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Continued from previous page coffee bean importing business had recently folded and he was low on cash, searching for a job in hotel management. After being referred by a friend, the Kakizas moved into a small space in a dormitory at the Union Rescue Mission. “It was completely unexpected,” said Kakiza, 39. “We had a nice little place that had a nice little backyard. We were going to make this work… and then all of a sudden I found myself with no job, no home, and a 3-year-old and my wife.” Kakiza recently found a job as a hospitality coordinator at URM and is saving up to move his family into an apartment. Struggling Renee Martinez, 24, and her partner Cesar Gonzalez, 28, have been homeless since December. Over the past 10 months, they have exhausted most of their Skid Row area options, having shuttled between shelters and low-income hotels with their children, ages 1, 2 and

Stay Continued from page 1 Hotel Group, which manages Stay. The guests — Alicia Baker, 27; Casey Nelson, 25; Toby Glass, 24; and Zac Morris, 21 — all models or actors, found the job via an ad on Craigslist. “We looked for people that would have fun with the idea, people that would represent our typical demographic,” said Lanting last week. He also said he expects to hire a second woman. The guests seem to take a laidback approach to the 20-day gig, which will earn them $500 and, they hope, some exposure. “I’m prone to doing fun, strange things,” said Morris, explaining why he wanted the job. The others echoed his “why not?” approach. Goofing off, blogging and making short videos chronicling their stint for the promotional website stayinabubble.com help fill the days inside the display rooms. The guests-for-hire may come and go during the day, though one person must be in each room at all times. Each also has a regular, upstairs room at Stay, which most of them sleep in during the late night to early morning hours. For the most part, the guests say they are enjoying the attention that comes with living in a bubble. Recently, some local firemen came by to check out the display and offered to let Baker live at their station for 20 days. “Those kinds of things make you feel welcome in a neighborhood,” she said. Making an Impression As the guests vie for pedestrians’ attention, plans are unfolding for the rest of Stay. The 138-room establishment, which opened in July, occupies three floors of the 15-story, 600-room Cecil Hotel, which for years catered to low-income tenants. So far, only Stay rooms on two floors — the fourth and fifth — are open to guests. Meanwhile, management has been working on enlivening the building’s ground-floor commercial spaces. A new gallery called Arty, which opened last month, separates Stay’s lobby from the Cecil’s at 640 S. Main St. Open by appointment only, the gallery currently holds a show of abstract paintings by Bodhi Sliwka, whom Price found through Craigslist. Lanting said the space will host monthly shows and eventually open for regular business hours. A retail space next to the gallery is expected to open as a market and coffeehouse, called Marty, this month, Lanting said. A comfort food restaurant called Tuck is under construction in a space on the opposite side of the Cecil entrance and is expected to arrive by the end of the year. Plans for a lobby bar called Nip are on hold while the property’s owners work out a lawsuit they filed against the city last year, Lanting said. The Cecil’s ownership team, headed by Fred Cordova, is challenging the building’s designation by the city as a residential hotel, which prohibits the sale of alcohol on the premises. Earlier this month, some long-term Cecil residents, who claim their tenant rights have been violated, also took legal action against the owners. As the Cecil case continues, hotel management continues to brand Stay as a separate venture, primarily geared toward young tourists willing to pay the nightly rate of $25-$85. So far, said Lanting, the concept has worked. After a summer with almost 100% occupancy, Stay has leveled off at around 60%. With the new promotional effort and ground-floor attractions, said Lanting, “we expect that it will generate a lot of interest.” Contact Anna Scott at anna@downtownnews.com.

SearchDowntownLA.com 3. They have been turned away from several hotels because Martinez is pregnant, and separated at missions with different quarters for men and women. They are currently staying at a hotel in Alhambra and are on a waiting list to be interviewed as candidates for federally funded Section 8 housing. They come Downtown to receive services at Para Los Niños. Their case manager at Para Los Niños, José Mendez, said it is harder than ever to find housing for families like theirs. “You have the government cutting budgets right and left, all the Section 8 programs are backed up for a year or two. The homeless agency [LAHSA] has not been able to find locations for people,” he said. “This year it’s just getting worse and worse.” Isaacs noted that there are few resources for families on Skid Row. “It’s been a policy, particularly of the county, to not house families down here, and so I think the major services are for chronically homeless [single] men and women,” she said. “The old model was, ‘Go Downtown.’ Not for families.” Still, she said, her agency’s emergency response team combs

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the area daily, finding families at missions and directing them to more appropriate housing outside of the Central City. LAHSA is also working with the city and county to streamline families’ access to services. “We need a quick point of entry for families into the system, to get them housed,” she said. “We want word on the street to get out that this is not the place to come.” Many do not need any convincing. “The first week I came here, I cried myself to sleep every night,” said a woman spending the night at the Midnight Mission with her son and daughter last week, who declined to give her name. She became homeless, she said, after her boyfriend was laid off from a job at the Van Nuys Airport in July and they were evicted from their Panorama City home for nonpayment of rent. Her voice rising, she added, “You never think that you will be the one.” Contact Anna Scott at anna@downtownnews.com.

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Bars Continued from page 1 place with entertainment after work hours. Like many other nightspots that have opened in the last several years, the new batch aims to build off the growing residential community. Still, there is a cautious approach for some. “We want to be good neighbors. We want to be a part of this community,” said Mez Ayvatyan, general manager of Versus, who is working on the club with Nico Bacigalupo, the director of marketing. In fact, with so many new residential properties in the area, Ayvatyan was adamant about not referring to Versus as a club, instead calling it an “entertainment venue.” Ayvatyan, who would not disclose the cost of the project,

DowntownNews.com said the goal is not only to provide a place for people to dance and party, but also to bring a mix of acts and events to the area and to create a space that can be used by the whole community. “It will be an entertainment venue for everybody. You will see a lot of live shows, a lot of comedy shows, jazz concerts and R&B. At the same time we’ll have DJs from all parts of the world,” he said. Versus will be open Thursday through Saturday, with themed nights, including Latin events, house and Top 40 music on Thursdays; urban music and major label showcases on Fridays; and house music with DJs and live acts Saturday. Sundays will bring corporate events. There will also be a 200-person cigar lounge on the ground floor. Ayvatyan is aware of the building’s history. The Stock Exchange club, which closed in 2006, was known for large, rowdy crowds that lingered well past last call. Fights were

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common outside the club, particularly in the alley where the former entrance was located. That past, combined with the crush of new venues serving alcohol, has some, such as LAPD Sgt. Dan Gonzalez, keeping open eyes. “That neighborhood has changed since it was the Stock Exchange,” said Gonzalez, who leads the Central Division vice unit. “It has become more residential.” Gonzalez said the key for clubs to fit in is to have operators who are willing to listen to the community and work with them to resolve concerns. “Generally speaking, nightclubs and residential neighborhoods rarely mix,” he said, but recognizing Downtown’s unique population, he added, “it could work.” Hoping to prove they will be good neighbors, Ayvatyan and Bacigalupo have been proactive. They closed the old alley entrance for the safety of the neighbors and club patrons and have a 40-man security crew to keep the peace. The cigar lounge will remain open after the venue closes to help alleviate foot traffic outside the building, Bacigalupo said. After reading on a blog about a neighbor’s desire to have the original bronze doors restored after the previous owner painted them gold, Bacigalupo said he decided to listen to their suggestions. Three More Next in line after Versus is The Association, the first Downtown project for Ashley Joyce, who owns bars including The Room in Hollywood, Barcopa in Santa Monica and Coda in Sherman Oaks. “The idea that there are so many residents living [near Sixth and Spring] was one attraction certainly, and also being part of the Downtown experience,” he said. The Association, in the basement of the Pacific Electric Lofts, an apartment complex, will be a 2,000-square-foot bar that holds about 150 people, Joyce said “It’s got a traditional feel with some funky elements like a casino carpet we just purchased out of Vegas. I describe it as a proper boozer,” he said. The next piece to come online will be the Santa Fe. The $800,000 spot that will hold fewer than 100 people is the latest offering from Moses’ 213 Inc., which kicked off the new wave of hip Downtown nightspots with the Golden Gopher, and has gone on to have hits such as the Broadway Bar and The Doheny, a members-only club in South Park. The Santa Fe, said Leann Rupprecht, operations manager for 213 Inc., continues the trend. “It increases nightlife entertainment options for Downtown dwellers,” she wrote in an email. Meanwhile, developer Shy said his new venue, at the base of a 12-story structure that is being turned into residences, will be divided into a 20,000-square-foot banquet hall catering to private parties and available for nonprofit fundraisers, and an approximately 15,000-square-foot downstairs lounge with a vibe similar to the swanky Edison. A Nov. 13 hearing is scheduled with the city Planning Department regarding the permit for a restaurant and bar at 650 S. Spring St. “It’ll be a lounge with food and drinks and music and dancing,” Shy said. No name has been picked yet. Shy said he hopes to open the banquet hall in about two months and the lounge in approximately six months. Although the new arrivals could create a divide between those who want to stay out all night and those who need to get to sleep to go to work the next morning, Carol Schatz, president and CEO of the Central City Association and the Downtown Center Business Improvement District, said Downtown is uniquely designed to allow these seemingly incompatible entities to coexist. “When you live Downtown, you’re basically saying you want to live in a commercial neighborhood,” she said. “As much as we are encouraging residential, Downtown will always be primarily a commercial area, and when you move down here that’s one of the blessings. You’re within walking distance to where you work, the opera, Staples, and now neighborhood bars and restaurants.” Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Around Town Continued from page 2 on an officer in the Central Division this year, Vernon said. That number already exceeds the 28 attacks on officers in 2007. About half of the 38 incidents required officers to use force, Vernon said. The Tuesday incident marked the second officerinvolved shooting in Skid Row this year; the first occurred July 31 and the suspect died. The department is investigating last week’s attack. “It’s probably the most intense investigation that the police department conducts,” Vernon said, referring to officer-involved shootings. “It’s equal to and sometimes more so than a homicide investigation.” The case will also be referred to and reviewed by the district attorney, he said.

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Newspaper Publishers Association. At the Better Newspapers Contest ceremony on Oct. 25, Downtown News received first place in the Special Issue category for the “80 in ’08” issue, which detailed 80 players, projects and places that we predicted would make an impact this year in the community. Downtown News was competing against weekly newspapers throughout California with a circulation greater than 25,000. Additionally, Downtown News received second place prizes in the Editorial Pages and Editorial Cartoon categories. It was the second consecutive year Downtown News finished in the top two for Editorial Pages (it received a first-place honor last year), and the third year in a row cartoonist Doug Davis was a finalist for his work. In July, the CNPA revealed that Downtown News received honorable mentions in three other categories, finishing in the top 10% of submissions for Editorial Cartoon, for another work by Davis; Writing, for a story by Arts & Entertainment Editor Julie Riggott; and Investigative/Enterprise Reporting; for a piece by former staff writer Evan George.

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he Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the sponsor of the Aloud speaker series, this week will launch a new program focused on business and the economy. The Aloud Business Forum will begin on Thursday, Nov. 6, with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast and discussion with Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of Staples Center and L.A. Live developer the Anschutz Entertainment Group. Future events feature philanthropist Eli Broad on “philanthrocapitalism,” and Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of PIMCO, on investment strategies in the age of global economic change. Subscriptions for the eight-event series are $500 and include invitations to additional briefings and signed books from every event. A limited number of $20 individual seats (without the extras) are also available. Proceeds will benefit the library’s Fund for New Technologies. “We created this primarily to make the library a better venue for Los Angeles’ corporate community, to come and engage with speakers that are of interest to them, and in doing so help raise money to support this new technologies fund,” said Ted Habte-Gabr, the foundation’s director of corporate relations. For information or to purchase tickets, go to aloudbizforum.org.

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Clothes Continued from page 7 the “Ivy League” style and a one-button, broad-shouldered lounge jacket. The former, Kaplan explained, was worn with non-pleated pants and the latter with pleats. Jules Kaplan, however, was a believer in the Continental style, a new look in the early 1950s characterized by a high, two-button and very tapered jacket. “We pushed it and all of a sudden, after about a year or so, it took off and we went with it,” he said. Styles evolved season by season, and the store has the inventory to prove it. Unlike many suit purveyors that liquidate before a new line hits the racks, Academy always held on to old suits to sell to film industry clients looking for period pieces, Kaplan said. Costumers looking to outfit Warren Beatty in the 1990 movie Dick Tracy, for example, found their yellow trench coats at Academy. One rack full of linen pastels would be a jackpot for anyone channeling “Miami Vice.” All of those old pieces are available for purchase at the store through the end of November, because this time Academy is liquidating. Old suits are being offered for $65, and $50 can buy a sport coat. There are even a few examples of the tapered suits that first made Jules Kaplan successful. But the younger Kaplan confessed he has a tough time watching his seasoned salesmen try to find the right piece for young men of today’s generation, who seem to prefer the tapered, “stove-pipe” cuts inspired by the Continental style. “If one of my salesmen sold them something like that, I’d probably fire them and say, ‘How could you do that? He looks like a sausage,’” Kaplan said. “But yeah, that style’s coming back now. I guess it lapped me.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

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THE LIST

Downtown’s Law Firms: Ranked by number of attorneys personnel • Attorneys • Partners • Total employees

Profile • Year firm was founded • No. of offices worldwide • Present headquarters

specialties (partial list)

Executive director (or Administrator)

managing partner(s)

Latham & Watkins LLP 355 S. Grand Ave., 90071 485-1234, lw.com

315 94 891

1934 28 N/A 2

Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture and technology, complex business litigation, tax, real estate and finance, insolvency and restructuring, environmental and land use.

Eric Goldreich

John Clair 3

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 333 S. Grand Ave., 90071 229-7000, gibsondunn.com

229 66 550

1890 15 N/A

Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture and technology, complex business litigation, tax, real estate and finance, insolvancy and restructuring.

Charles Woodhouse

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP 221 N. Figueroa St., Suite 1200, 90012 250-1800, lbbslaw.com

222 150 707

1979 16 Los Angeles, CA

Employment, insurance regulatory, bankruptcy and insolvency, commercial litigation, construction and corporate law.

Robert F. Lewis

Tim Graves

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP 1 865 S. Figueroa St. 10th Fl., 90017 443-3000, quinnemanuel.com

183 47 369

1986 5 Los Angeles, CA

Business litigation.

David Henri

John Quinn

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP 515 S. Flower St., 25th Floor, 90071 683-6000, paulhastings.com

171 50 625

1951 18 New York, NY

Balanced portfolio of practice areas, from banking and restructuring, to intellectual property of securities litigation and real estate.

N/A

Elena Baca

O’Melveny & Myers LLP 400 S. Hope St., 90071 430-6000, omm.com

170 60 679

1885 14 N/A

Antitrust/competition, appellate, aviation, capital markets, class action defense, corporate, entertainment and media, finance and restructuring and healthcare.

George Demos

Carla Christofferson

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 1 333 S. Hope St. 48th Fl., 90071 620-1780, sheppardmullin.com

165 56 NA

1927 9 Los Angeles, CA

Antitrust, corporate and securities, entertainment, media and communications, finance and bankruptcy, government contracts, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate/land use, tax.

Robert Zuber

Paul S. Malingagio

Sidley Austin LLP 555 W. Fifth St., 40th Fl., 90013 896-6000, sidley.com

160 73 244 6

1866 16 N/A

Corporate, employment and labor, environmental, finance, intellectual property, insolvency, litigation, real estate and taxation.

Carol Phillips

Moshe Kupietzky

Munger Tolles & Olson LLP 1 355 S. Grand Ave. 35th Fl., 90071 683-9100, mto.com

153 78 350

1962 2 Los Angeles, CA

Business litigation including intellectual property, entertainment/communications, securities, media defense and access issues, antitrust, energy, employment and aerospace/government contracts.

Thomas Edwards

Mark Helm, Bart Williams

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 1 300 S. Grand Ave., 90071 687-5000, skadden.com

149 35 WND

1948 7 22 New York, NY

Corporate, corporate restructuring, banking, litigation, labor and employment, employee benefits, real estate and tax.

N/A

Rand S. April

Jones Day 555 S. Flower St., 50th Fl., 90071 489-3939, jonesday.com

124 44 115 8

1973 30 N/A

Antitrust and competition law, corporate criminal investigations, employee benefits and executive compensationand intellectual property.

Lisa Takata

Frederick L. McKnight

Morrison & Foerster LLP 555 W. Fifth St., Suite 3500, 90013 892-5200, mofo.com

101 41 214

1883 17 N/A

M& A, IPOs, venture capital, finance, intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution, consumer class action, employment and labor litigation and entertainment.

Jennifer Herman

Gregory B. Koltun

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 777 S. Figueroa St., 90017 680-8400, kirkland.com

100 38 255

1909 9 N/A 9

Litigation, corporate, intellectual property and restructuring.

Cynthia Barnes

N/A

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP 601 S. Figueroa St., 30th Fl., 90017 892-4000, milbank.com

87 21 135 10

1866 10 New York, NY

Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, project finance, litigation, tax and reinsurance.

Erica S. Tamblyn

Kenneth J. Baronsky

Buchalter Nemer 1 1000 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1500, 90017 891-0700, buchalter.com

86 43 205

1948 4 Los Angeles, CA

Bank and finance, business practices, financial restructuring and insolvency, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, pro bono, real estate and tax.

N/A

Rick Cohen 11

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 300 S. Grand Ave., 90071 612-2500, morganlewis.com

85 28 170

1873 22 Philadelphia, PA

Litigation, corporate and securities matters, energy and infrastructure matters and insurance recovery.

Natasha von Rathjen

David L. Schrader

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1 725 S. Figueroa St. 28th Fl., 90017 488-7100, pillsburylaw.com

81 33 160

1875 16 San Francisco, CA

Litigation, corporate, corporate securities and white-collar defense, intellectual property, insurance/reinsurance, restaurant, food and beverage industry, consumer and retail industry, Japan practice.

Ruth Brazer

Sheryl Stein

Bingham McCutchen LLP 355 S. Grand Ave. Suite 4400, 90071 680-6400, bingham.com

80 25 98

1891 12 13 Boston, MA

Banking and leveraged finance, broker-dealer, complex and class action litigation, corporate, M&A and securities and environmental.

Gerson Stearns

Rick Welch, Rick Rothman

Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold 1 801 S. Figueroa St. 19th Fl., 90017 426-6900, sdma.com

78 21 168 13

1933 13 San Francisco, CA

High stakes litigation-healthcare, construction, insurance, mass tort, appellate, employment and labor, intellectual property and commercial.

Kathleen Whang

Michael R. Davisson

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP 555 S. Flower St. 41st Floor 90071 892-9200, fulbright.com

74 26 132

1919 14 16 Houston, TX

A full-service international law firm, one of the largest in the U.S. with over 1,000 lawyers and more than 50 integrated practice areas.

Lynne Stevens

Peter H. Mason

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 1 444 S. Flower St. Suite 800, 90071 688-1000, mckennalong.com

72 18 148

NA 10 NA

Government contracts, litigation, real estate and environmental.

Janice Moore

William Sayers

Reed Smith 1 355 S. Grand Ave. Suite 2900, 90071 457-8000, reedsmith.com

71 25 141

1877 20 Pittsburgh, PA

Business transactions, corporate finance, product distribution, real estate transactions and litigation, trust and estate law, employment law, product liability, intellectual property, insurance and environmental law.

John Purins 15

Peter Kennedy

Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP One Wilshire Blvd. Suite 2000, 90017 629-7600, musickpeeler.com

71 53 NA

1954 6 Los Angeles, CA

Appellate: corporate, coverage, healthcare, labor and employment, litigation: tax, trusts and estates.

Robert W. Muse

R. Joseph De Briyn

Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish LLP 1 333 S. Hope St. 16th Fl., 90071 576-1000, wbcounsel.com

70 36 135

1984 2 Los Angeles, CA

Business transcactions, complex commercial/litigation, land use, environmental, real estate development, employment and labor, business insolvency and bankruptcy and intellectual property.

Wayne Mitchell

Edward Casey

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 515 S. Figueroa Street, 9th Floor, 90071 622-5555, allenmatkins.com

69 36 137

1977 7 Los Angeles, CA

Real estate, land use, litigation, environmental, labor and employment corporate and securities, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights and fax.

Michael E. Palmer

Brian C. Leck

Winston & Strawn LLP 333 South Grand Ave., 90071 615-1700, winston.com

68 27 134

1853 16 11 Chicago, Ill

Litigation, labor and employment relations, corporate, energy, restructuring and insolvency and intellectual property.

N/A

Laura Petroff

Richards Watson & Gershon 355 S. Grand Ave., 40th Fl., 90071 626-8484, rwglaw.com

64 35 117

1954 3 Los Angeles, CA

Public and municipal law, public finane, litigation, environmental, climate change, water rights and water law and real estate.

Lena Goff

Kayser O. Sume

Manning & Marder Kass Ellrod Ramirez LLP 1 801 S. Figueroa St. 15th Fl., 90017 624-6900, mmker.com

64 22 147

1994 5 Los Angeles, CA

Government and police civil liability, insurance defense, employment law, workers’ compensation defense, professional malpractice defense, intellectual property, general civil litigation and appellate.

Kurt Yoe

Steve Manning, John Marder

Heller Ehrman LLP 1 601 S. Figueroa St. 40th Fl., 90017 689-0200, hellerehrman.com

61 22 119

1890 12 San Francisco, CA

Antitrust and trade regulation, securities litigation, insurance coverage, IP litigation, corporate securities, labor and employment, real estate and tax.

Petrice Ryan

Jerry Marks

Mayer Brown LLP 350 S. Grand Ave., 90071 229-9500, mayerbrown.com

60 27 65 17

1881 21 Global Firm

Bankruptcy, corporate, derivatives, environmental, finance, government, global trade, litigation, real estate, tax controversy, tax transactions and wealth management.

Connie Kislow

James E. Tancula

4Kenneth

5Karen

Ziegler

Doran, Bertero, Peter

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Profile • Year firm was founded • No. of offices worldwide • Present headquarters

specialties (partial list)

Executive director (or Administrator)

managing partner(s)

Arnold & Porter LLP 1 777 S. Figueroa St. 44th Fl., 90017 243-4000, arnoldporter.com

57 23 107

1946 8 Washington D.C.

Antitrust, corporate securities, intellectual property and technology, pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices, product liability, environmental disputes and real estate.

Thomas J. Alburtus

Ronald L. Johnston

White & Case LLP 633 W. Fifth St., Suite 1900, 90071 620-7700, whitecase.com

54 16 99

1901 37 New York, NY

Litigation, corporate, bankruptcy and assett finance.

Betty Archer

Richard Smith

Howrey LLP 550 S. Hope St. Suite 1100, 90071 892-1800, howrey.com

53 29 N/A

1956 17 Washington D.C.

Global litigation, antitrust and intellectual property.

Lois Bonfert

Joanne Caruso

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 1 777 S. Figueroa St. Suite 3200, 90017 629-2020, orrick.com

51 19 122

1863 15 N/A

Corporate law including real estate, financing including private and public financing, structured finance, energy and project finance, litigation.

Delores DavisHamilton

Michael McAndrews, Ralph Baxter 19

Holland & Knight LLP 633 W. Fifth St., 90071 896-2400, hklaw.com

50 22 44

1964 21 National Firm

Commercial litigation, corporate, real estate, intellectual property, Indian law, trust and estates.

Arlene Martin

Jerome Levine

Nossaman LLP 445 S. Figueroa St., 31st Fl., 90071 612-7800, nossaman.com

50 35 106

1942 8 N/A

Litigation, infrastructure, land use and natural resources, healthcare, water, real estate, employment and eminent domain.

Marcia Wasserman (COO)

Michael Heumann 20

Foley & Lardner LLP 1 555 S. Flower Street, Suite 3500, 90071 972-4500, foley.com

50 21 22 74

1842 20 National Firm

Litigation, Corporate and regulated industries.

Deborah L. Wasson 22

Richard “Jack” W. Lasater II

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP 601 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2500, 90017 623-9300, sonnenschein.com

49 27 97

1906 15 National Firm

Commercial litigation, real estate, corporate and securities law, tax law, bankruptcy and restructurings, employee benefits and executive compensation.

N/A

Darry Sragow

Burke Williams & Sorensen LLP 1 444 S. Flower St. Suite 2400, 90071 236-0600, bwslaw.com

45 24 69

1927 5 Los Angeles, CA

Publiclaw, education law, labor and emplyment law, environmental and natural resources law, real estate and business, trial and advocacy.

April Van Wye

John J. Welsh

Morris Polich & Purdy LLP 1 1055 W. Seventh St. 24th Fl., 90017 891-9100, mpplaw.com

45 21 86

1969 3 Los Angeles, CA

Commercial, construction and design, employment, insurance, products and healthcare.

Donald Ridge

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 865 S. Figueroa St. 24th Fl., 90017 633-6800, dwt.com

44 24 81

1908 24 9 Seattle, WA

Patent & life sciences, intellectual property, China law, litigation, franchise law and hospitality.

Susan Seales

Mary Haas

DLA Piper 550 S. Hope St., Ste. 2300, 90071 330-7700, dlapiper.com

43 19 94

2005 25 65 N/A

Corporate, finance, human resources, litigation, real estate, regulatory and legislative, tax, technology, media and commercial.

N/A

Michael E. Meyer

Hill Farrer & Burrill LLP 300 S. Grand Ave., 37th Fl., 90071 621-0460, hillfarrer.com

41 30 75

1923 1 Los Angeles, CA

Antitrust and trade regulation, bankruptcy, corporate transactions and consulting, entertainment and environmental.

Dalia Cleveland

Thomas F. Reed

Murchison & Cumming LLP 801 S. Grand Ave. 9th Fl., 90017 623-7400, murchisonlaw.com

41 22 85

1952 5 Los Angeles, CA

Alternative dispute resolution, appelate law, aviation, banking and finance, business litigation and transactions.

Jasmine Young

Jean M. Lawler

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley 1 515 S. Flower St. Suite 1100, 90071 312-2000, rmkb.com

38 29 67

1950 5 Redwood City, CA

Appellate, business litigation, construction, corporate law, employment, entertainment, intellectual property, international, mergers and acquisitions, premises liability, product liability, professional liability and real estate.

Allan E. Anderson

Rickard K. Wilson

Thelen LLP 333 S. Hope St., Suite 2900, 90071 576-8000, thelen.com

38 16 75

1924 8 San Francisco , CA

Construction, labor and employment, commercial litigation, corporate/mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and technology.

Tammy Swarbrick

Thomas E. Hill

Barger & Wolen LLP 633 W. 5th St., 47th Floor, 90017 680-2800, bargerwolen.com

37 23 75

1965 5 Los Angeles, CA

Litigation, corporate and insurance regulatory.

Kent Keller

Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP 1 555 S. Flower St. 31st Fl., 90071 624-2500, ssd.com

35 13 80

1890 31 Cleveland, OH

Commercial litigation, labor and employment and public finance.

Jay D. Hanna

James H. Broderick

Parker Milliken Clark O’Hara & Samuelian APC 1 555 S. Flower St. 30th Fl., 90071 683-6500, pmcos.com

35 23 69

1913 1 Los Angeles, CA

Litigation, labor/employment law, environmental, employee benefits, business and tax, estate planning/probate, bankruptcy/creditor’s rights, intellectual property and financial services.

William W. Reid

N. Matthew Grossman

LaFollette Johnson 865 S. Figueroa St. Suite 3100, 90017 426-3600, ljdfa.com

30 7 60

1960 4 Los Angeles, CA

Litigation.

Diana Kollmann

Robert Packer

Bonne Bridges Mueller O’Keefe & Nichols 1 3699 Wilshire Blvd., 90010 480-1900, bonnebridges.com

30 9 66

1961 3 Los Angeles, CA

Administrative, appellate, elder abuse and long-term care, employment, liability, medical malpractice product liability and professional liability.

Rose Bazan

David O’Keefer

Arent Fox LLP 555 W. 5th St., 48th Floor, 90013 629-7400, arentfox.com

29 13 32 8

1942 3 Washington D.C.

Full service law firm.

Kay E. Carson

Robert O’Brien

Brown Winfield Canzoneri Abram Inc. 300 S. Grand Ave., 14th Floor, 90071 687-2100, bwclaw.com

28 13 55

1974 1 Los Angeles, CA

Real Estate, Finance, Business Litigation, Public/private Partnerships, Public and Municipal Law, Land Use.

Frank Gould

Steven Abram

Klinedinst PC 777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 4700, 90017 607-2115, klinedinstlaw.com

25 11 44

1983 4 San Diego, CA

Business, Litigation, Real Estate, IP, Entertainment, Employment.

John Klinedinst

Hartford O. Brown

Clark & Trevithick 800 Wilshire Blvd., 12th floor, 90017 629-5700, clarktrev.com

23 12 49

1977 2 Los Angeles, CA

Business litigation, mergers & acquisitions, finance & securities, real property transactions, real estate management, employment law, estate planning.

Kim Holme

Alexander C. McGilvray Jr.

Carlsmith Ball LLP 1 444 S. Flower St. 9th Floor, 90071 955-1200, carlsmith.com

22 12 38

1857 7 Honolulu, Hawaii

Business planning and corporate governance, telecommunications and technology, creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, foreclosure, loan workouts, environmental law, financial institutions and holding companies.

N/A

Albert Ebright

Sulmeyer Kupetz 1 333 S. Hope St., 35th Fl., 90071 626-2311, sulmeyerlaw.com

22 10 45

1952 2 Los Angeles, CA

Insolvency.

Carol Leemon

Alan Tippie, Howard Ehrenberg, Steven Wainess

Ivie McNeill & Wyatt 1 444 S. Flower St., Suite 1800, 90071 489-0028, imwlaw.com

20 6 41

1943 1 Los Angeles, CA

General libility, employmeny litigation, business litigation, transactions, entertainment and medical malpractice.

Rickey Ivie, Robert McNeill Jr., W. Keith Wyatt

Schaffer, Lax, McNaughton & Chen 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite1400, 90071 337-1000, slmclaw.com

20 9 51

1987 2 Los Angeles, CA

General litigation and appellate practice in state and federal courts and before administrative and regulatory agencies.

Terri Tarin

Clifford L. Schaffer

Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP 601 S. Figueroa, Suite 3900, 90017 892-4992, luce.com

18 13 NA

1873 6 San Diego, CA

Real estate, insurance litigation, trusts and estates litigation, business litigation, environmental, bankruptcy, employment, land use, eminent domain and climate change.

Richard Bigelow

Kathy A. Jorrie, Esq.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1 633 W. Fifth St. 7th Fl., 90071 439-9400, steptoe.com

17 8 42

1945 7 Washington D.C.

Toxic tort litigation, business and insurance litigation, labor and employment.

Claire Matalon Hoxie

Lawrence P. Riff

Rose Klein & Marias LLP 801 S. Grand Ave.,11th Floor, 90017 626-0571, rkmlaw.net

17 9 50

1936 9 Los Angeles, CA

Plaintiffs’ tort litigation, including toxic exposure, construction accidents, products liability, etc, and workers compensation.

Sandra Waterstreet

Barry I. Goldman, David A. Rosen

Akerman Senterfitt LLP 725 S. Figueroa St., 38th Floor, 90017 688-9500, akerman.com

14 9 24

1920 15 Orlando, FL

Construction, environmental, government contracts, land use, litigation, real estate, state and local tax.

Janet L. Shaw

David P. Dapper

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leBoeuf lamb Greene & macrae llp 1 725 S. Figueroa St. Suite 3100, 90017 955-7300, llgm.com

13 3 28

1929 19 New York, NY

Energy and utilities, litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and finance and insurance regulatory.

N/A

Dean Hansell, Gary Apfel

monteleone & mccrory llp 1 725 S. Figueroa St. Suite 3200, 90017 612-9900, mmlawyers.com

13 10 26

1958 2 Los Angeles, CA

Construction, negligence and product defense, environmental, federal, state and municipal government contract law, transactional, international business and general civil and trial practice in state and federal courts.

Michael F. Minchella

Blecher & collins 1 515 S. Figueroa St. 17th Fl., 90071 622-4222, blechercollins.com

12 9 27

1971 1 Los Angeles, CA

Antitrust litigation and complex business law.

Vivian Freedman

Maxwell M. Blecher

cotkin and collins 300 S. Grand Ave., 24th Floor, 90071 688-9350, cotkincollins.com

10 6 30

1978 3 Los Angeles, CA

Full service insurance, employment, litigation and business firm. Also handles all types of family law litigation and counseling.

Raphael Cotkin

Robert Wilson

Bate, peterson, Deacon, Zinn and Young llp 888 S. Figueroa St.,15th Floor, 90017 362-1860, bpdzylaw.com

10 4 16

2000 1 Los Angeles, CA

Employment and labor law, sports law, general business litigation and real estate.

N/A

Linda Deacon, Harry Zinn, Julie Arias Young

Grace cosgrove & schirm 1 444 S. Flower St. Suite 1100, 90071 533-5400, gcslaw.net

9 6 20

1997 1 Los Angeles, CA

Product liability, insurance defense, construction defect and medical malpractice.

Philip R. Cosgrove, Barry R. Schirm

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CALENDAR The ‘Joy’ of Theater

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November 3, 2008

Ben Lin, Karen Huie, Edward Gunawan and Celeste Den during rehearsals of East West Players’ production of The Joy Luck Club. The show, about mothers and daughters struggling to understand each other, runs Nov. 12-Dec. 7, with previews Nov. 6-9.

East West Players Revives ‘The Joy Luck Club,’ a Universal Tale of Mothers and Daughters by Julie Riggott aRts & enteRtainment editoR

efore heading into their fourth week of rehearsals of The Joy Luck Club on a recent Tuesday evening, Karen Huie, Emily Kuroda and Elaine Kao sat in the lobby of the David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo, talking about how Amy Tan’s 1989 novel about mothers and daughters will translate on the stage. When the actresses suddenly realized the show would open for previews in a week, their faces betrayed a bit of disbelief or even anxiety. Then they all laughed joyously. Tan’s book inspired a 1993 film (which she co-wrote with Ronald Bass) and then a theatrical adaptation by Susan Kim, first produced in 1998 and revived in New York in 2007. Now East West Players in Downtown Los Angeles is planning the L.A. premiere of the show that will run Nov. 12-Dec. 7, with previews Nov. 6-9. The play, like the book and film, unfolds in vignettes that reveal the stories of four Chinese-born mothers and their American-born daughters living in San Francisco. The mothers have all overcome daunting circumstances in their native land, from arranged marriages and abusive relationships to lost children, but the daughters have not heard these stories before. They struggle to understand their mothers and deal with issues of self-worth cultivated in childhood. “When I think, ‘Why do this play now?,’ the short answer is because everybody still has issues with their mothers,” said Huie, who plays Lindo Jong, the mother who, as a teen, cleverly escapes an arranged marriage in China. Kao plays the daughter, Jing-mei “June” Woo, whose mother has died before the story begins — and before she has told her daughter the entire tragic tale of her life in China. Kuroda plays a mother named An-Mei Hsu whose own mother became a concubine and sacrificed her life for her. Though Tan’s story, with its Chinese customs and superstitions shared by the mothers in the mahjong group called the Joy Luck Club, is a window on a specific culture, it’s also a universal story.

“Everybody has a Chinese mother,” Huie said, causing everyone to erupt in laughter. Huie’s comment hit home with director Jon Lawrence Rivera, who was born and raised in the Philippines. “The more I work on this play, I feel like my mother is really Chinese American,” he said. “There’s so much I can translate into what my mother would do and what she would say to my sisters.” Rivera said that passing on stories from one generation to the next is the most important message he hopes people take away from the play. He has nieces who have never been to the Philippines and recognizes the value of talking about the family’s history and experiences as a way of handing down life lessons, through stories of both sorrow and happiness. “Whether you’re Chinese American or Filipino American or Japanese American or Irish American, there are stories in cultures and families that ultimately need to be shared,” he said. In planning this production, Rivera thought about how his own family told stories. One person would start and others would chime in and correct details and add to the yarn. “All of a sudden, seven people were telling the story,” he said. Cue the Music In the play, Rivera wanted the actresses never to be idle. If they aren’t in a scene, they’re changing costumes and wigs to play another role. During rehearsals, they were discovering the ways the production pulls them together as an ensemble and keeps them on their toes. “Sometimes we’re standing offstage and all of a sudden somebody goes, ‘Damn,’” Huie said. “And they go running off because they’re in the wrong place. They realize they were supposed to enter from the other side or they were supposed to pick something up. So it’s that kind of energy offstage. That’s part of the adrenaline.” The actors also play instruments offstage. Kao performs “a very small part” on piano, Huie shakes maracas, and Kuroda plays the woodblock, but plenty of other actors in the show are trained musicians, bringing Nathan Wang’s original score to life with the cello, recorder and piano.

In the film, music sets the tone from the beginning. The sound of a traditional Chinese stringed instrument creates a mood of sadness that continues throughout. “There’s that erhu pulling that long string and you’re on the brink of crying, and it’s just the opening credits. And you go, ‘Oh my god, this is gonna torture me’,” said Huie. “There’s a lot of restraint in the way that film was directed.” The actresses said that Rivera has given them freedom to explore the characters and make them as fully realized as possible given theater’s limitations of time and set design. This version takes on an entirely different tone than the film. “It has a good balance,” Kao said of the play, leaving most of the talking to her older cast mates. Kuroda agreed that the play will not require nearly as many tissues as the film did. “I don’t think of it as sad,” she said. “To me it’s about connection, because there’s a huge disconnect at the top of the play. It starts with that disconnect and ends with connection. It’s kind of a celebration.” Kuroda can relate to Tan’s characters because, she said, there was a language barrier between her and her own mother, who’s from Japan. It was only as an adult that she appreciated her mother’s wisdom. To see that mother-daughter bonding happen so dramatically onstage is one of the joys of theater, Huie pointed out. “How often does that happen in a real family, where you’re going to sit down with your mother and have this full conversation that makes an arc and by the end of it you’re crying and hugging your mother?” she asked. “In the theater, like with reading a novel too, you have the luxury of interacting with the material… and you have the opportunity to feel your feelings, and I think that’s the magic of theater.” Join the cast for a conversation on Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. and the director and EWP Artistic Director Tim Dang on Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. East West Players, 120 Judge John Aiso St., (213) 625-7000 or eastwestplayers.org. Contact Julie Riggott at julie@downtownnews.com.

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For the Ears and the Eyes Master Chorale Presents an Artistic Feast With Cambodian Dancers and an Incredible Instrument by Julie Riggott arts & entertainment editor

usic Director Grant Gershon said the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s latest commission, Chinary Ung’s “Spiral XII: Space Between Heaven and Earth,” is “a great project, really inspiring, and also one of the most challenging commissions that we’ve brought to fruition — on just every level.” Executive Director Terry Knowles said the Nov. 9 world premiere at Walt Disney Concert Hall, along with a performance of Lou Harrison’s “La Koro Sutro,” “will be the most visually interesting thing we do all year.” Our interest was piqued. Ung’s “Spiral XII” brings a 62-member chorus together with six soloists, including sopranos Elissa Johnston and Kathleen Roland; 11 musicians, including a Cambodian percussionist; and seven Cambodian dancers led by dancer/ choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro. Harrison’s piece calls for chorus, organ and harp and required shipping in a special instrument, an “American gamelan” inspired by the traditional Indonesian percussion instrument but designed by Harrison with unusual objects such as brake drums — the ones from cars. This Sunday’s Downtown Los Angeles concert is the third installment in the L.A. Is the World series, a project developed by the Master Chorale to commission new work from master musicians who have immigrated to Southern California and composers also experienced in non-Western techniques. These collaborations allow the Master Chorale to be more innovative and expand its range from the traditional repertoire. Meditation on the East For “Spiral XII,” Ung was inspired by “Sathukar,” which he calls “the most sacred piece of music in Cambodian culture,” and a monument in the northern part of the country with pools representing the four elements and two intertwined dragons rising from the middle. The chorus sings, not a narrative, but a combination of words in many languages, including Cambodian, English, Latin and French, that signify compassion, spiritual creation, meditation and other

Buddhist concepts. Cambodian vocal techniques are also employed. Sometimes, the voices sound like drumming, other times like chanting. “From a purely musical standpoint,” Gershon said, “it’s about the sound and the evocations of individual words and phrases. “The individual words have meaning, but… they exist also purely as transmitters of sound and color.” String, wind and percussion musicians — many from Southwest Chamber Music and one percussionist, Ros Sokun, from Cambodia — play music that Gershon describes as “complex, fluid and evocative.” Some are asked to use their voices as well, a characteristic of Ung’s music that “harkens back to Cambodian traditional classical music where there really is no clear distinction between instrumentalists and vocalists,” Gershon explained. Ung, who was born in Cambodia, immigrated to the United States in 1964 and is now a composition professor at the University of California at San Diego. He said his music is “all about Western techniques,” but a trip to Cambodia in 2001 gave his composition a “renewed purpose.” From then on, his music was not just personal, but also “included the elements of my culture.” The dance also draws on and expands traditional Cambodian forms. Cheam Shapiro, artistic director of the Khmer Arts Academy in Long Beach and Cambodia, is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, and her experiences and those of a nation oppressed by tyranny inform her choreography. (Nov. 9, coincidentally, is Cambodian Independence Day.) At the end of the piece, the dancers and some singers will form a spiral. Gershon called it “a visual representation of Chinary’s idea of a musical spiral, something that bridges the abyss, as the title suggests, between heaven and earth. “The whole thing is certainly breaking new ground for the Master Chorale, and I think for Disney Hall as well, to have a piece conceived from the beginning as music and dance completely intertwined.” Though also inspired by Buddhism, Harrison’s piece has a completely different sound, one Gershon characterized as

Offbeat, But Rocking ‘Spring Awakening’ Delivers a Blend of Past and Present That Appeals to Young and Old Alike by Jeff Favre contributing writer

t’s rare when a Broadway musical truly breaks new ground — and rarer still when it attracts young people. Rent was perhaps the only show to fit that bill during the last 25 years. Now there’s Spring Awakening, which opened last week at the Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. It plays through Dec. 7 as part of its national tour. Like Rent, this Duncan Sheik (music) and Steven Sater (book and lyrics) work should draw plenty of angst-filled teens and 20-something hipsters. But Spring Awakening is superior to its predecessor in most aspects, even if there are too many similar songs, a wafer-thin book and an emotionally flat second act. The first hour contains such visual and aural delights — punctuated by a remarkable cast and Michael Mayer’s spirited direction — that a letdown should be expected and is easily forgiven. Sheik and Sater prove that in the hands of someone willing to take a risk, a relatively unknown Frank Wedekind 19th-century play about suicide, abortion and child molestation can elicit laughs and rocking good times. Part of that success stems from retaining the original setting of 1890s smalltown Germany, but injecting the proceedings with modern attitudes.

The local teens, including Wendla (Christy Altomare) and Moritz (Blake Bashoff), haven’t been told about the birds and the bees, and their newly raging hormones make them confused and anxious. Only the handsome and intellectual Melchior (Kyle Riabko) knows about sex, though he’s still unsure of how to express his feelings properly to Wendla. The overriding theme is that adults are the same uncaring, judgmental beings (underscored by having all grownup roles portrayed by Angela Reed and Henry Stram), and that puberty affects adolescents the same way now as it did a century earlier. The wide range of emotional experiences is brought to life through song, beginning with the soulful opener, “Mama Who Bore Me,” sung by Wendla with clear intonations of the storms to come. The score kicks into high gear with the powerful and catchy one-two punch of “The Bitch of Living,” delivered by the sickof-school boys, followed by the girls’ lovestruck ode “My Junk.” Harmless sexual fantasies quickly are replaced by revelations of child molestation in the restless “The Dark I Know Well,” sung with unceasing intensity by Sarah Hunt and Steffi D, as Martha and Ilse. The songs have greater presence because the six-piece band plays on stage, directly behind the actors. The entire cast

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Members of the Khmer Arts Academy will perform with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in the world premiere of Chinary Ung’s “Spiral XII: Space Between Heaven and Earth” on Nov. 9 at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

bright and rhythmic. Harrison, one of America’s great contemporary composers, was known for his innovative compositions infusing world cultures. He actually wrote 50 pieces of gamelan music, and his 1973 “La Koro Sutro,” his most famous, uses Esperanto (a universal language created in the late 19th century) text translated from the Heart Sutra. In addition to the opportunity to hear the impressive Disney Hall organ, Harrison’s piece utilizes the aforementioned American gamelan, a huge apparatus played by six percussionists. It has gongs, drums and maracas, as well as metal pails, a baseball bat and other found objects — “just about everything but the kitchen sink,” Gershon said, laughing. “It’s as much fun to watch as it is to hear.” Concert starts at 7 p.m. Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-7282 or lamc.org. Contact Julie Riggott at julie@downtownnews.com.

is capable of tackling both soaring melodies and edgy hooks. From the talented pack, the standout is Bashoff, and not simply because his hair stands six inches high. Bashoff conveys the turmoil Moritz feels with such conviction that we root for his happiness despite realizing it’s fruitless. But it’s difficult to feel too much for most of the characters because dialogue serves as little more than a bridge from one of the 18 songs to the next. Sater’s lyrics, like most in the rock genre, connote a feeling rather than further the story. The roles are archetypes, not three-dimensional, so when the second act becomes almost unceasingly somber, it’s difficult to care more than in the abstract. Also, the angry guitar riffs make a few of the songs indistinguishable from each other. Still, Mayer never lets the energy drop. About two dozen audience members are seated on stage, making them part of the action, and cast members join them when they aren’t in the scene. It’s as though everyone is telling the story together, and that creates a sense of unity and helps maintain focus. Equally impressive are the lighting and stage design. Christine Jones’ set, dominated by a high brick wall crowded with hanging paintings and artifacts, meshes with huge neon light bulbs, which highlight Kevin Adams’ lights. The effect is a world that has one foot in the past and one in the present. Bill T. Jones’ choreography contains some of the most interesting moves seen in a major show in the last few years. Jones adopts youthful movements — foot stomps, joyous leaps — and expands them into exciting dances. The finishing touches are Susan Hilferty’s costumes. Gray school uniforms for the boys and conservative dresses for the girls

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Blake Bashoff gives a standout performance as Moritz in Spring Awakening, a musical about teen angst and pressures. It runs through Dec. 7 at the Ahmanson Theatre.

mark the time period and provide interesting contrast when the boys pull microphones from their jackets and the girls strike rocker poses. Sheik and Sater spent more than seven years developing their vision, unsure if such an offbeat musical could find an audience. They didn’t create the next Rent, but they did join the rare company of musicals that will connect with today’s youth, as well as those whose teen years are decades removed. Spring Awakening runs through Dec. 7 at the Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

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WedNesday, Nov. 5 ALOUD at the Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: Award-winning French historian Lucien X. Polastron in discussion with Victoria Steele, head of special collections at UCLA’s Young Research Library, about the destruction of libraries throughout history. SCI-Arc Lecture Series 960 E. Third St., (213) 356-5328 or sciarc.edu. 7 p.m.: Los Angeles-based architectural designer Tom Wiscombe discusses “structural ecologies.” In 1999, he founded EMERGENT, an organization dedicated to architectural research. Wiscombe was a senior designer for more than 10 years at Coop Himmelb(l)au, the firm behind LAUSD’s High School for the Visual and Performing Arts at 450 N. Grand Ave.

The musicians of the On Ensemble take taiko drumming into the 21st century, infusing it with jazz, hip-hop and electronica, while maintaining a sense of tradition. They come to the Aratani/Japan America Theatre for an 8 p.m. concert on Saturday, Nov. 8. Masato (Maz) Baba, Shoji Kameda, Kristofer Bergstrom and Kelvin Underwood will explore rhythm with taiko drums and other percussion as well as the yokobue (flute), stringed instruments such as the shamisen and koto, and even a turntable. Their performances flow like a jazz improvisation, where an ethereal flute and throat singing can turn to powerful drumming. 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 680-3700 or jaccc.org.

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Listings Continued from page 19 ent “From Tourist Traps to High Art: A Hundred Years of Dining in L.A.’s South Bay Cities, Part II, 1945-1985.” Esotouric’s Birth of Noir Tour Departing from Philippe the Original, 1001 N. Alameda St., (323) 223-2767 or esotouric.com. Noon-4 p.m.: Travel the noir streets of American novelist James M. Cain’s Southern California nightmare. The tour explores the writer’s life and work with a focus on his time in Southern California, where his observations on Malibu, Hollywood, Pasadena and the low-rent Glendale suburbs are as provocative today as they were 70 years ago. LA Derby Dolls The Doll Factory, 1910 W. Temple St., derbydolls.com/la. 6 p.m.: In the world of Southern California ladies roller derby, the Sirens and the Tough Cookies are household names. This year, both teams have only one defeat each — at the hands of the other. Saturday’s contest between the rivals will make one of them champions, but not before elbows fly in a raucous evening that will give new meaning to rock ’n’ roll. Sunday, Nov. 9 Exposition Park Chess Club Exposition Park Regional Library, 3900 S. Western Ave., (323) 290-3113 or chess.expoparkla.com. 1-4:30 p.m.: Players of all skill levels are invited to this weekly chess meet-up. Chess sets and some chess clocks are provided, but bring your own just in case. Mapping the Invisible Landscape Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org.

2 p.m.: As part of the Library Foundation’s ALOUD series, artists Amy Balkin and Kim Stringfellow will present “Invisible 5,” an audio mapping of the natural, social and economic histories along Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and San Francisco. MOCA Grand Avenue, Sculpture Plaza 250 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1745 or moca.org. 3-5 p.m.: Teens of Contemporary Art, or TOCA, invites area youth to meet with admissions personnel and current students from Los Angeles’ top schools. Bring your portfolio.

ROCK, POP & JAZZ 2nd Street Jazz 366 E. Second St., (213) 680-0047, 2ndstjazz.com or myspace.com/2ndstreetlivejazz. Music usually starts at 9 or 10 p.m. Tuesdays: Jazz jam session. 626 Reserve 626 S. Spring St., (213) 627-9800 or 626reserve.com. Tuesdays, 6 p.m.: Live music with Goh Kurosawa. Thursdays, 6 p.m.: More live sounds, this time with Jessie Torrez. Bar 107 107 W. Fourth St., (213) 625-7382 or myspace.com/ bar107. Tuesdays: A classic island mix of reggae with attitude. Jah! Wednesdays: The world famous (or at least in L.A.) Bar 107 Karaoke Gong Show. Come join the fun and help the judges vote for the best act of the evening. Sundays: DJ’s choice with 107’s Matt Dwyer, the comic-actor genius who plays music while serving the meanest drinks (in the nicest way) Downtown. Blue Velvet 750 S. Garland Ave., (213) 239-0061. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 p.m.: Live music and DJs. Casey’s Irish Bar and Grill

613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. Fridays: Live Irish music. Chop Suey Café 347 E. First St., (213) 617-9990 or chopsueycafe.com. Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.: Live jazz on the patio of the restored landmark. Cicada Cicada Restaurant, 617 S. Olive St., (213) 488-9488 or cicadarestaurant.com. Thursdays, 8-11 p.m.: The velvet-voiced Max Vontaine recreates the sounds and styles of rat packers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. His smoking jackets and tunes are vintage; his bawdy repartee is less so. Keep a close eye on the unlit cigarette. Sundays, 6-11 p.m.: The restaurant is transformed into a vintage, old Hollywood-style dance club every Sunday. Come out to appreciate the big band, swank costumes, dinner and cocktails. Visit cicadaclub.com. Dodger Stadium 1000 Elysian Park Ave., livenation.com. Nov. 6, 7 p.m.: The Dodgers are done, but if anyone else can pack Chavez Ravine, it’s Madonna, who’s in town on her Sticky and Sweet tour presented by Live Nation. e3rd Steakhouse and Lounge 734 E Third St., (213) 680-3003 or www.myspace.com/therhythmsectionla. Second Saturdays: The Rhythm Section brings in DJs and live acts to this Arts District restaurant, playing eclectic selections in nujazz, soul, rare groove, soul and hip-hop. J Restaurant and Lounge 1119 S. Olive St., (213) 746-7746 or jloungela.com. Tuesdays: Live acoustic performances in the lounge. Wednesdays: Salsa in the City features complimentary salsa lessons at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m., a batch of live musicians takes over for a jam session. Fridays: Live bands on select dates. La Cita 336 S. Hill St., (213) 687-7111 or myspace.com/lacitabar. Mondays, 9:30 p.m.: Cocktails and Jazz, with the HDR Jazz Trio. Thursdays: Dance Right, voted Downtown’s best dance night. Free if you RSVP, $5 otherwise. So duh, RSVP. Saturdays, 6 p.m.: Hacienda Nights features live tejano, norteno and cumbia music. Cover $10. Sundays, 1 p.m.: Hacienda Nights again, $8. Mountain Bar 475 Gin Ling Way, (213) 625-7500 or themountainbar.com. Every Tuesday “Broken Dreams” is DJ’ed by China Art Objects’ Steve Hanson and the Red Krayolas’ Tom Watson. Nokia Theatre 777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6000 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. Nov. 5: From shy Oklahoma college student to “American Idol,” Carrie Underwood brings her brand of country music to Los Angeles. Nov. 7: The Jaguares bring Mexican rock en Español. Nov. 8, 9: The Who. Who? That’s right, as in “Whoooo are you?” Orpheum Theatre 842 S. Broadway, (213) 622-1939 or laorpheum.com. Nov. 7, 8 p.m.: Citizen Cope plays this historic theater in a solo acoustic performance. Pete’s Café and Bar 400 N. Main St., (213) 618-1759. Tuesdays, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.: Pablo Calogero and Fabiano Nacimento play Brazilian jazz. Redwood Bar & Grill 316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com. Nov. 3, 10 p.m.: Alt country rocker Mike Stinson and Dave Gleason. Nov. 4, 10 p.m.: Election Return Party Presented by The Onion with comedian Patton Oswalt. Nov. 6, 10 p.m.: Violinist turned rocker Quetzal Guerrero and the Warriors. Nov. 7, 10 p.m.: The Blind Shake, Wounded Lion and The Jinxes. Nov. 8, 10 p.m.: Sean Wheeler (Throwrag), Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks) and Johnny 2bags (Social Distortion). Nov. 9, noon: Brunch with Jessie Dayton, The Railbenders, Mike Stinson and West of Texas. Rerax Fridays at Señor Fish 422 E. First St., (213) 625-0566 or senorfishla.com. Fridays, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.: Music, art, VJ performances, silk screening and photos. Royale 2619 Wilshire Blvd., (213) 388-8488 or royaleonwilshire.com.

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Mondays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.: A live musical showcase with bands, a DJ and an Eastside vibe. Tuesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.: An acoustic live set in the historic Royale lounge. A DJ spins between sets. Wednesday (second of every month), 9 p.m.-2 a.m.: A fusion of spoken word and acoustic musical melodies. Sundays, 9 p.m.-midnight: Rat pack protégé Max Vontaine. Standard 550 S. Flower St., (213) 892-8080 or standardhotels.com. Nightly DJs at both the lobby bar and rooftop lounge. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.: DJs spin in a swank, but still comfy, lobby. And yes, there’s a bar right there. Saturdays, noon-8 p.m.: Local DJs unleash indie, rock and electronica at “Diss.” Suede Bar and Lounge 404 S. Figueroa St., (213) 489-3590 or suedebarla.com. Nightly DJs and pop music in this upscale lounge at the Westin Bonaventure. Tranquility Base Restaurant and Lounge 801 S. Grand Ave., (213) 404-0588 or tranquilityla.com. Every other Saturday, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m.: There’s a new gay lounge night called The Hideout, with house and dance music, drink specials and an awesome outdoor lounge with cabanas and a fire pit.

CLASSICAL MUSIC Thursday, Nov. 6 Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.org 8 p.m.: Guest conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads violinist Midori and the L.A. Philharmonic in a program that features Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring Suite,” Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto and “La Noche de los Mayas” by Silvestre Revueltas. The same program occurs Nov. 7-9. Friday, Nov. 7 Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.org 11 a.m.: Midori and Harth-Bedoya. See Nov. 6 listing. Colburn School 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-1050 or colburnschool.edu. 8 p.m.: School of Performing Arts student recitals in Mayman Hall. Saturday, Nov. 8 Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.org 8 p.m.: Midori and Harth-Bedoya. See Nov. 6 listing. Sunday, Nov. 9 Los Angeles Philharmonic Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (323) 850-2000 or laphil.org 2 p.m.: Midori and Harth-Bedoya. See Nov. 6 listing.

THEATER, OPERA & DANCE Adramelech’s Monologue Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.com. Nov. 5, 8:30 p.m.: French playwright Valère Novarina creates a work that is part Book of Genesis, part nursery rhyme. In it, a king who hasn’t uttered a word since the dawn of time speaks. Through Nov. 12. Eagle Hills, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Landing The Hayworth Theatre, 2509 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 960-7738 or rangeviewproductions.com. Nov. 7-8, 8 p.m.; Nov. 9, 2 p.m.: A suburban comedy that brings the tension of a Harold Pinter slow-burner together with the absurdity of a Coen brothers farce. Through Nov. 15. El Vagón of the Immigrants Frida Kahlo Theater, 2332 W. Fourth St., (213) 3828133 or fridakahlotheater.org. Nov. 6-8, 8:30 p.m.; Nov. 9, 6 p.m.: The story of a group of immigrants trying to cross the border hiding in boxcars. Through Nov. 16. House on the Hill, Mammy Pleasant’s Story Playhouse Theatre Players, Harry Mastrogeorge Theatre, 600 Moulton Ave., #103B, (323) 227-5410 or kslgplayhousetheatre.com.

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Listings Continued from page 21 Bert Green Fine Art 102 W. Fifth St., (213) 624-6212 or bgfa.us. Through Dec. 31: Megan Geckler’s installation fills the Project Windows. Bonelli Contemporary 943 N. Hill St., (213) 617-8180 or bonellicontemporary.com. Through Nov. 22: Italian artist Fulvio di Piazza provides the solo show “Succaland,” inspired by the painting “Distretto Fonderie,” presented at the Quadriennale in Rome. Box Gallery 977 Chung King Road, (213) 625-1747 or theboxla.com. Through Nov. 15: New work from Kiersten Pussemp in “Whole Wide World.” BOXeight Gallery 1446 E. Washington Blvd., (213) 631-0560 or boxeight.com. Café Metropol 923 E. Third St., (213) 613-1537 or cafemetropol.com. Through Nov. 1: Local artist Richard Godfrey’s recent paintings appear in “World of Nine.” China Art Objects 933 Chung King Road, (213) 613-0384 or chinaartobjects.com. Chinese Historical Society of Southern California 415 Bernard St., (323) 222-0856 or chssc.org. Ongoing: An exhibition about the history of immigration from China to the United States. Chung King Project 945 Chung King Road, (213) 625-1802 or chungkingproject.com. Cirrus Gallery 542 S. Alameda St., (213) 680-3474 or cirrusgallery.com. Through Nov. 8: The group show “Cosmos Factory” brings together seven artists from L.A. and the Bay Area who unite the cosmic and the mundane through painting, photography and sculpture. Curated by artist Brad Eberhard. Coldsprings Fine Art 215 W. Third St., (213) 617-8508 or coldspringsfineart.com. Through Nov. 22: The gallery opens with “A Walk through the Range of Light,” fine art photography by Ben Dewell. The show features 55 silver gelatin prints ranging from the Sierra Nevada foothills to the remote and rarely seen regions of the High Sierra. Colburn School 200 S. Grand Ave., (213) 621-2200 or colburnschool.edu. Ongoing: Work from three artists whose oeuvres are influenced by music: photographer Jenny Okun, sculptor and author Sarah Perry and photographer Barbara Strasen. It is installed throughout the lobby and hallway areas of the school. Compact/space 105 E. Sixth St., (626) 676-0627 or compactspace.com. Through Nov. 13: “Dispatches from the Era of Blue Pants,” works on paper by Scott Horsley. Cottage Home 410 Cottage Home Road, cottagehomela.com. Through Nov. 8: California-born Mary Weatherford’s “Brick Walls and Sea Life.” Dalessio Gallery 838 S. Spring St., (213) 471-2977 or dalessiogallery.com. David Kordansky Gallery 510 Bernard St., (323) 222-1482 or davidkordanskygallery.com.

David Salow Gallery 977 S. Hill St., (213) 620-0240 or davidsalowgallery.com. Through Nov. 8: “Specific Objects” features mixed-media recent work from Zachary Royer Scholz. De Soto Higgins Building, 108 W. Second St., Suite 104, (323) 253-2255 or gallerydesoto.com. Fall 2008: Work from gallery artist Jeffrey Wells. Doheny Memorial Library USC, 3550 Trousdale Parkway, (213) 740-2070 or usc.edu/libraries. Through Dec. 15: On the ground-floor gallery space, “A Sound Design: The Art of the Album Cover” includes work from Saul Bass, Mati Klarwein, Raymond Pettibon, Alex Steinweiss and Andy Warhol. Through Dec. 16: The Treasure Room features “Biblioclasm: The Assault on Ideas from Homer to Harry Potter,” with items from the USC Libraries’ collections that survived hysteria and outrage, including works by Confucius, William Shakespeare and Nelson Mandela. Downtown Art Center Gallery 828 S. Main St., dacgallery.com. Through Dec. 3: Contemporary works of Exceptional Children’s Foundation artists with developmental disabilities. Downtown Art Gallery 1611 S. Hope St., (213) 255-2067 or downtownag.com. Tuesdays, 7:30-10:30 p.m.: Figure drawing classes are $12; bring your own materials. Ongoing: Large format drawings and different pieces by gallery artists. Edgar Varela Fine Arts 542 S. Alameda St., second floor, (213) 494-7608 or edgarvarelafinearts.com. Through Nov. 23: Grace Oh’s “Humanature II”. The project was meant to merge the synchronicities of man, woman and nature. She began it in 2006 in Taos, N.M., and photographed most of it in the open landscapes of California. El Nopal Press 109 W. Fifth St., (213) 239-0417 or fauxpop.com/nopalpress. Through Nov. 6: A selection of prints and drawings from the El Nopal Press collection. Fifth Floor 502 Chung King Court, (213) 687-8443 or fifthfloorgallery.com. Fringe Exhibitions 504 Chung King Court, (213) 613-0160 or fringexhibitions.com. Through Nov. 8: The collective called Finishing School creates the participatory installation called “Little Pharma Physic Garden,” based on several European gardens established by monks in the 16th and 17th centuries. g727 727 S. Spring St., (213) 627-9563 or gallery727losangeles.com. Gallery Waugh 548 S. Spring St., Suite 108, (310) 435-9551 or gallerywaugh.com. Gary Leonard 740 S. Olive St., (213) 304-4279. Through Dec.: The gallery will be open MondayFriday from 1-3 p.m. with a special moving sale. In addition to quick prints, museum-quality archival prints, limited-edition prints, fine postcard originals and poster-sized prints by photojournalist Gary Leonard, there are books, collectibles, posters and more. Every second Sunday: Poetry readings. Habeas Index 7+Fig at Ernst & Young Plaza, 735 Figueroa St., middle level, (213) 955-7150 or habeasindex.org.

Open weekdays, noon-6 p.m. Happy Lion 963 Chung King Road, (213) 625-1360 or thehappylion.com. Through Nov. 29: Marina Kappos’ “Politicus.” Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery Watt Hall 104, USC University Park Campus, (213) 740-2787 or roski.usc.edu. Fall 2008: Work from Advanced Drawing students. High Energy Constructs + Solway Jones 990 N. Hill St., Suite 180, (323) 227-7920 or highenergyconstructs.com. Through Nov. 29: Branden Koch’s new paintings are featured in “The Fourth Molt.” Hive Gallery and Studios 729 S. Spring St., (213) 955-9051 or thehivegallery.com. I-5 Gallery 2100 N. Main St. #A9, (323) 342-0717 or breweryartwalk.com. Infusion Gallery 719 S. Spring St., (213) 683-8827 or infusiongallery.com. Jail 965 Vignes St., Suite 5A, (213) 621-9567 or thejailgallery.com. Through Nov. 8: “Flyover” features paintings and works on paper by Christopher Pate, a Los Angelesbased artist whose work was recently featured in the LA Weekly Biennial, curated by Doug Harvey. Julie Rico Gallery 500 S. Spring St. and 116 W. Fifth St., (213) 817-6002 or weeneez.com. Katalyst Foundation for the Arts 450 S. Main St., (213) 604-3634 or kffta.org. KGB Studio and Gallery 1640 N. Spring St., (323) 224-1900 or kgbla.com. Through Nov. 15: Abe Acosta’s “Mind of Dementia.” Kontainer Gallery 944 Chung King Road, (213) 621-2786 or kontainergallery.com. LADWP John Ferraro Office Building, 111 N. Hope St., (213) 481-5411 or ladwp.com. Ongoing: A salute to William Mulholland with historic photos, artifacts and memorabilia. Open Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is the first installment of what will be a permanent exhibition showcasing the water and power of Los Angeles. La Mano Press 1749 N. Main St., (323) 227-0650 or lamanopress.com. Lamp Community Art Project 452 S. Main St., lampcommunity.org or lampartproject.org. Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture At the New LATC, 514 S. Spring St., (213) 626-7600. Library of Congress/Ira Gershwin Gallery At Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., (213) 972-4399 or musiccenter.org. Through March 2009: “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: 50 Years as Cultural Ambassador to the World” celebrates the troupe’s African American expression and modern dance tradition. LMAN 949 Chung King Road, (213) 628-3883 or lmangallery.com. Los Angeles Artcore Center at Union Center for the Arts 120 Judge John Aiso St., (213) 617-3274 or laartcore.org. Los Angeles Artcore Brewery Annex 650A S. Ave. 21, (323) 276-9320. Los Angeles Public Library Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7500 or lapl.org/events. Through Jan. 22: “L.A. Unfolded: Maps from the

Los Angeles Public Library” features historical maps unseen for 100 years, classroom maps from the early 1900s and maps representing a range of styles and periods. Through Nov. 9: “Play Ball! Images of Dodger Blue, 1958-1988” features photographs from Los Angeles Public Library’s archive, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, the Valley Times newspaper and the Hollywood Citizen News collections. Ongoing: “Bunker Hill by Leo Politi” features the work of the beloved local artist known for murals in several libraries and, most famously, at the entrance to the Eugene Biscailuz Building on Olvera Street. Ongoing: “Treasures of Los Angeles” features items from the Hollywood collections, including vintage posters and publicity photographs. In the Annenberg Gallery. Los Angeles Center for Digital Art 107 W. Fifth St., (323) 646-9427 or lacda.com. L2kontemporary 990 N. Hill St. #205, (626) 319-3661 or l2kontemporary.com. Through Nov. 15: Thomas Trivitt’s new paintings are featured in “The Universe and Everything in It.” He uses automotive pinstriping techniques, tools and high-gloss enamels. Main Field Projects 418 Bamboo Lane, (323) 559-1568 or mainfieldprojects.com. Mandarin Gallery 970 N. Broadway, Suite 213, (213) 687-4107 or mandaringallery.com. Mesler and Hug 510 Bernard St., (323) 221-0016 or meslerandhug.com. Mexican Cultural Institute Gallery 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Suite 100, (213) 6243660 or mexicanculturalinstitute.com. www. mexicanculturalinstitute.com. No end date: Joe Bravo’s tortilla artwork appears in “The Traveling Museum of Tortilla Art.” Learn more at joebravo.net. M.J. Higgins Fine Art 104 E. Fourth St., (213) 617-1700 or mjhiggins.com. Through Nov. 8: Plein air and urban landscapes from William Wray and Tony Peters. MLA Gallery 2020 N. Main St. #239, (323) 222-3400 or mlagallery.com. Through Nov. 15: Outstanding Contemporary Latin paintings and sculpture by artists from throughout Latin America as well as printwork by Latin Masters such as Roberto Matta, Rufino Tamayo, Wifredo Lam, Fernando De Szyszlo, Carlos Merida and others. Morono Kiang Gallery 218 W. Third St., (213) 628-8208 or moronokiang.com. Niche.LA Video Art 453 S. Spring St., Suite 443, (213) 247-0002 or niche.la. North Hill 945 N. Hill St., (213) 500-7778 or northhillchinatown.com. Peres Projects 969 Chung King Road, (213) 617-1100 or peresprojects.com. Through Nov. 15: “Numbers II — Ode to Johnny Rio” features silkscreens on canvas by Dean Sameshima. Phantom Galleries L.A. 411 W. Fifth St., (213) 626-2854 or phantomgalleriesla.com. Two venues at 610 Main St. and 601 S. Los Angeles St. Pharmaka Art 101 W. Fifth St., (213) 689-7799 or pharmaka-art.org. Continued on page 24

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892-8172

San Antonio Winery • 737 Lamar St.

323-223-1401

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629-2530

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680-5200

El Pollo Loco • 260 S. Broadway

626-7975

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Telic Arts Exchange 972B Chung King Road, (213) 344-6137 or telic.info. Todd/Browning Gallery 209 W. Fifth St., (310) 926-6347 or toddbrowning.com. Through Nov. 8: “Booked” features vintage mug shot photographs. Tropico de Nopal Gallery 1665 Beverly Blvd., (213) 481-8112 or tropicodenopal.com. USC Gayle and Ed Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery 3001 S. Flower St., (213) 743-1804 or roski.usc.edu. USC Windows The Chapman, 750 S. Broadway, anim.usc.edu. Through Dec. 10: Animation projections created by students from the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts, School of Cinematic Arts. Nightly projections 7 p.m.-midnight. Velaslavasay Panorama 1122 W. 24th St., (213) 746-2166 or www.panoramaonview.org. Through Dec. 2009: The Panorama is now exhibiting a 360-degree painting of the Arctic entitled “The Effulgence of the North.” Venus on Hope 1228 S. Flower St., (213) 359-9097 or venusonhope.com. Ongoing: Collaborative drawings, sculpture, limited edition collaborative art publications, works on paper, ink paintings and artist interaction at the studio of Jared David Paul.

FILM Flagship Theatres 3323 S. Hoover St., (213) 748-6321 or flagshipmovies.com. Through Nov. 6: Zack & Miri Make a Porno (12:45 p.m., 3:05 p.m., 5:25 p.m., 7:45 p.m., 10:15 p.m.), High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.), Saw 5 (2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.). ImaginAsian Center 251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or iacenterla.com. Opens Nov. 7: In Loins of Punjab Presents, Bollywood meets American Idol in New Jersey (showtimes TBA). IMAX Theater California Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-7400 or californiasciencecenter.org. Through Jan. 31: In Wild Ocean 3D, a massive feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa — with breaching whales, frenzied sharks, herding dolphins and diving gannets (10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.). Through Jan. 31: Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure has viewers accompany modern and historical fossil hunters to remote locations as they learn about creatures from the deep (11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and Sat.-Sun. 5:30 p.m.). Laemmle Theaters Grande 4-Plex 345 S. Figueroa St., (213) 617-0268 or laemmle.com. Through Nov. 6: Able Danger (5:50 p.m., 8 p.m.), The Haunting of Molly Hartley (5:20 p.m., 7:35 p.m.), Pride and Glory (5 p.m., 8 p.m.), Internal Behaviors (5:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m.).

BARS & CLUBS 626 Reserve 626 S. Spring St., (213) 627-9800 or 626reserve.com. This small but stylish wine bar welcomes with warm lighting, burgundy-colored walls and a curvy bar where you can sip from more than two dozen wines by the glass. There’s a decent selection of international beers and nearly 70 varietals by the bottle. Banquette 400 S. Main St., (213) 626-2768 or banquette-cafe.com. This petite cafe and wine bar with its red and white striped awning has become a popular hangout for casual evenings of drinking wine and meeting up with friends. During monthly Art Walks on the second Thursday of the month, Banquette buzzes with almost every kind of Downtown denizen you could imagine. They have a small but lovely selection of wines by the glass as well as beers. Barbara’s at the Brewery 620 Moulton Ave., No. 110, (323) 221-9204 or barbarasatthebrewery.com. On the grounds of the Brewery, this bar and restaurant in an unfinished warehouse is where local residents find their artistic sustenance. Beer on tap, wine list and full bar. Bar 107 107 W. Fourth St., (213) 625-7382 or myspace.com/bar107. Inside the keyhole-shaped door, tough-as-nails Derby Dolls vie for elbowroom with crusty old bar guys and a steady stream of Old Bank District inhabitants. Velvet señoritas, deer heads with sunglasses, a wooden Indian and Schlitz paraphernalia plaster the red walls. There’s no shortage of entertainment, with the funky dance room, great DJs and the occasional rock band. In the photo booth, you can capture your mug in old-fashioned black and white. Located just two blocks east of the Pershing Square Metro stop, Bar 107 is open from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week. Blue Velvet 750 S. Garland St., (213) 239-0061 or bluevelvetrestaurant.com. Located off a small side street, look for the blue neon sign that says

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The Flat. This stylish poolside restaurant and lounge in the former Holiday Inn (now a residential building) features sparkling views of Staples Center, a dining room with a 17-foot sunken granite table, and a sleek bar with white stools where you can saddle up cowboy style. Bonaventure Brewing Company Westin Bonaventure, 404 S. Figueroa St., (213) 236-0802 bbc2go.com. Where can you get a drink, order some decent bar food, sit outdoors and still feel like you’re Downtown? It’s a tall order to fill, but this bar in the Bonaventure Hotel does it admirably. Sure, the hotel is vaguely ’80s, and you’ll probably encounter some convention goers tying a few on, but it only adds to the fun. Pub Quiz Trivia Night every Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Bona Vista Lounge 404 S. Figueroa St., (213) 624-1000 or starwoodhotels.com. Located in the heart of the Financial District in the landmark Westin Bonaventure Hotel, this revolving cocktail lounge offers a 360-degree view of the city. Bordello 901 E. First St., (213) 687-3766 bordellobar.com. If the name doesn’t clue you in, a sultry voiced “madam” on the answering machine lets you know Bordello isn’t exactly for the buttonedup crowd. This onetime house of ill repute has shed its most recent life as Little Pedro’s with a gussied up interior oozing sex appeal — lush scarlet velvet, ornate black chandeliers and heart-shaped chairs in hidden alcoves. Broadway Bar 830 S. Broadway, (213) 614-9909 or thebroadwaybar.net. Located next to the Orpheum Theatre in the Platt Building, the Broadway Bar’s blue neon sign beckons patrons inside to its 50-foot circular bar. The casual-chic spot is based on Jack Dempsey’s New York bar, with low lighting and a dose of ’40s glam. There’s a patio upstairs with nice views, and a jukebox. Casey’s Irish Bar & Grille 613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. With its worn brick staircase, tin ceilings and dark wood decor, it’s easy to see how this neighborhood bar and grill still works its Irish charm. Regulars cozy up to the 60-foot mahogany bar with a pint of Guinness and a plate of bangers and mash. Casey’s has a full menu with six beers on tap and a selection of Belgian ales and microbrews. Charlie O’s 501 S. Spring St. in the Hotel Alexandria, (213) 622-5053. Though currently closed for renovations, Charlie O’s is under new management by the people who brought you Bar 107. Hidden on the corner of Fifth and Spring streets in the Alexandria, you’ll find old school basics and old school attitude, beers from around the world, pinball machines, pool tables, a stage for live bands and a dance floor with DJs spinning everything but house and techno. It’s a clubhouse in Downtown for musicians on the rise and also part of the Downtown “Barmuda Triangle.” Ask your bartenders for info, then get lost in it. Cicada 617 S. Olive St., (213) 488-9488 or cicadarestaurant.com. On Thursdays, velvet-voiced Max Vontaine recreates the sounds and styles of rat packers, and every Sunday, the restaurant is transformed into a vintage, old Hollywood-style dance club, with a big band, swank costumes, dinner and cocktails. (For the latter, visit cicadaclub.com.) Ciudad 445 S. Figueroa St., (213) 486-5171 or ciudad-la.com. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger’s Downtown restaurant serves up Latin recipes from Spain and South America. The modern space also hosts a thriving happy hour with live music on the outdoor patio several nights a week. Don’t miss the mojitos. Club 740 740 S. Broadway, (213) 225-5934 or 740la.com. This 1920s theater has been transformed into a three-level party playground sprawling over 40,000 square feet. Club 740 is a spectacle with ornate gold balconies, go-go dancers and private skybox lounges. Music includes hip-hop, Latin vibe, Top 40 and even indie rock. Eastside Luv 1835 E. First St., (323) 262-7442 or eastsideluv.com. A stone’s throw from Mariachi Plaza and all that Metro Line construction, this tucked-away spot features Mexican movie posters on the wall, good beer on tap, regular sangria, live bands, and different from anything to its west, no attitude.

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