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LACMA’s Geffen Galleries half-done; construction above ground next

By John Welborne

In mid-October, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that construction of its new David Geffen Galleries build ing — that will span Wilshire Boulevard — is 50 percent complete and that the muse um’s fundraising campaign has now secured $700 million of its $750 million goal.

The accompanying aerial photograph from September shows the substantial amount of construction generally not visible because it is below the surrounding construc tion fences. Completed work consists primarily of the underground work of digging and pouring foundations and basements and installing seis mic base isolators.

Passersby soon will see falsework and formwork erected to support construc tion of the concrete galleries that will span Wilshire Boule vard.

Legend:

A — Southern building base: the ater, sidewalk café.

B — Northeastern building base: gallery, education studios, café.

C — Northwestern building base: LACMA Shop, restaurant.

D — Resnick Pavilion (existing).

E — Broad Contemporary Art Mu seum – BCAM (existing).

AAERIAL VIEW LOOKING WEST above Wilshire Boulevard. Photo by Gary Leonard © Museum Associates / LACMA

D

Height limit agreed on by homeowners, developer on Melrose

By Suzan Filipek

Four neighborhood home owner groups and a developer of a creative office building on Melrose Avenue and Seward Street have reached a deal which includes reducing the proposed project’s height from five stories to four.

“We came to a win-win solution, starting with slicing a floor off the building, and setbacks on Melrose, open ing retail to the public and keeping public art focused on Seward,” developer David Simon, of the Bardas Invest ment Group, told us.

“A favorable revised build ing plan and agreement” has been reached, echoed Cin dy Chvatal-Keane, president of the Hancock Park Home Owners Association (HPHOA), in a statement released last month.

The parcel had been zoned for three stories, and the de veloper had requested a zone and height change and a traf fic study to build five stories.

The five-story project was approved by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission in August in spite of neigh bors’ concerns regarding the height, noise and possible im pacts on the historic John C. Fremont Branch Library next door.

The neighborhoods then formed the coalition and con tinued to negotiate with the developer until the recent agreement was reached.

Association and the Great er Wilshire Neighborhood Council. The offices of Coun cil Districts 5 and 13 also worked to revise and finetune a plan to benefit all involved, Chvatal-Keane said.

His 30 years in business have taught developer Simon to listen to concerns from stakeholders and community members, he told us.

The creative office build ing — designed with outdoor space, landscaped walls, floorto-ceiling windows and an open stairwell — will be tar geted to media companies.

The 100,000-square-foot campus features 68,000 square feet of new office, retail and open space and includes two existing buildings — one of which houses Netflix.

A proposed coffee shop will be open to the public.

Other agreements include

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landscaping that will provide sound buffering features on all outdoor decks and vibration monitoring on the western frontage adjacent to the li brary during construction.

Outdoor deck hours of operation may not extend past 10:30 p.m. Saturday to Wednesday or 11 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

The new building will re

place a commercial strip that includes the home of the nonprofit Big Sunday’s headquarters. David Levin son, executive director of Big Sunday, told us a temporary site has been located nearby while a long-term solution is being sought.

The proposed Bardas proj ect will serve as an anchor at the end of the Seward Me

dia Corridor, which extends from Melrose Avenue to Santa Monica Boulevard.

“I want to keep Hollywood in Hollywood,” said Simon.

The project next moves to the City Council Planning and Land Use Management Com mittee and the City Council.

Simon said he hopes to break ground on the project in January 2023.

By Suzan Filipek

Several neighborhood as sociations are having their annual meetings this month.

Block captains, public safety and land use issues are on the agenda of the Windsor Square Association Town Hall meet ing Thurs., Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at The Ebell, 743 S. Lucerne Blvd.

In addition to Hancock Park, the coalition included the Larchmont Village Neigh borhood Association, South Hollywood Neighborhood Association, Windsor Square (Please turn to page 10)

The 2022 Squeaky Wheel award will be presented to a neighbor whose efforts im

n Mayoral candidates, public safety on agendas

Icons of the season traced to 1950s and long before

It’s Thanksgiving Standard Time. This may mean, in your household, or in your dreams, buying cans of string beans and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup and French’s Fried Onions, then putting them together as a side dish to the roast bird, which, since this may be in your dreams, is always the perfect golden color and perfectly moist — all of it.

For those of you of a cer tain age, it is possible you might consume your 67th Thanksgiving green bean cas serole. (The recipe, I think, is still printed on the Camp

bell’s cans.) Who knows how many variations there are? A recipe developer at Campbell’s invented the dish; the recipe was printed in the 1955 “Asso ciated Press Thanksgiving Edi tion” and the rest is history.

My grandmothers didn’t make it, though they tried to be as American as they could (pumpkin pies, for example), so when I encountered it as a guest somewhat later, I let it pass by at the table.

Then there are the marsh mallows — marshmallows in stomach-turning sweet gela tin salads; marshmallows on

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top of the already sweet sweet potatoes. (Why?)

The original confections were made 4,000 years ago from the roots of the marsh mallow plant, Althaea offic inalis, sweetened with hon

an ancient Egyptian cookery papyrus, I want to see it.)

Marsh mallow was used medicinally against sore throats and as poultices. The Greek healer Dioscorides used it for treating wounds and inflammation, and physi cians followed down the ages.

and the marshmallow crème was poured into them to set.

In the teens and twenties of the last century in the U.S., commercial marshmal lows and marshmallow crème made their appearances. Gela tin by then had long replaced gum Arabic.

and

fed to Egyptian kings and gods. (If there is

But along the way to 19th century France, the plant extract was replaced by gum Arabic, which gave the con fection, known as pâte de gui mauve, a similar texture — but it could be made more quickly. The earliest French recipe one researcher found was from 1757.

In the mid-19th century, in France, a new hand-process ing method was developed for making the individual sweets — the starch mogul system. It involved molds lined with a starch (cornmeal, for example)

The brand Campfire Marsh mallows declares the firm has been producing them for “more than a century.” Two World War I veterans formed a partnership in 1920 in Lynn, Mass. to produce Marshmallow Fluff, a crème. The boys hit it big. Fluff flies on to this day.

I suspect that the enthu siasm for marshmallows in 1940s and 1950s American recipes stems from World War II food rationing. Sug ar was famously rationed, but marshmallows were not.

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Real Estate Sales*

homes

N. Rossmore Ave.

Lorraine Blvd.

N. McCadden Pl.

N. Stanley Ave.

N. Mansfield Ave. $2,860,000

Keniston Ave.

N. Highland Ave.

S. Arden Blvd.

S. Citrus Ave.

S. Poinsettia Pl. $2,335,000

S. Cochran Ave. $2,000,000

N. Detroit St. $1,910,000 932 Rimpau Blvd. $1,891,000 542 N. Citrus Ave. $1,840,000

N. Arden Blvd. $1,775,000

Ingraham St. $1,650,000 1011 S. Lucerne Blvd. $1,599,000 4735 1/2 Elmwood Ave. $1,050,000

4460 Wilshire Blvd., #606

$1,700,000 308 N. Sycamore Ave., #106 $1,662,500 5881 Clinton St. $1,133,000 600 S. Ridgeley Dr., PH2 $1,080,000 821 S. Gramercy Pl., #4 $955,000 820 S. Wilton Pl., #206 $908,000

5132 Maplewood Ave., #308 $900,000

750 S. Spaulding Ave., #124 $840,000

837 Crenshaw Blvd., #102 $800,000

5670 W. Olympic Blvd., #A07 $750,000 631 Wilcox Ave., #3E $667,000

444 S. Gramercy Pl., #26 $626,000

N. Sycamore Ave., #318 $470,000

*Sale prices for September 2022.

The home at 1011 S. Lucerne Blvd. in Windsor Vil

Room to Grow?: Preserving not-yet-designated historic districts

I was having lunch with my friend, James Dastoli, who has newly moved with his family into a historic house located in the Wilton Place National Historic District. We had orig inally met through a group which was looking to set up an historic district in Los Fe liz. James was successfully shepherding an historic dis trict in Miracle Mile through the state system. We were meeting to discuss his inter est in furthering the creating of historic districts within Greater Wilshire. He sent me an intriguing map of identi fied historic districts which, if adopted by the City Coun cil, would in total increase the number of protected historic resources by 30 percent.

This was a conversation I wanted to have. Great er Wilshire’s four Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZs) are Hancock Park, Windsor Square, Wilshire Park (which also includes the National Register Boulevard Heights Historic District) and Windsor Village. Also in Greater Wilshire is the National Register Wilton His toric District. Together, these districts account for more than 2,800 historic structures under protection in our area. If you include the 10 potential

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districts identified by Sur vey LA it would increase this number by more than 4,000. But what and where are these “potential” historic dis tricts identified by SurveyLA?

The surveyors sought out the largest and most cohesive col lections of surviving historic structures often sharing a similar development period or history, stylistic design or property type. These are the districts they identified:

• Willoughby Ave. Spanish Colonial Revival Residential Historic District

• Sycamore - Citrus North Multi-Family Residential His toric District

• Sycamore - Citrus South

(Sycamore Square) Residen tial Historic District

• Wilshire Crest - Mullen Park (Brookside) Residential Historic District

• Fremont Place Residential Historic District

• Beachwood Drive - Plymouth Blvd. Multi-Family Residen

GREEN NEIGHBORHOODS have HPOZs; red neighborhoods may be eligible.

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Rimpau house will again spook the neighborhood

By Casey Russell

To say that Rich Correll loves Halloween would be an understatement. A director and producer by trade, Cor rell has made a decades-long hobby of collecting spooky movie memorabilia and Hal loween items. This will be the 29th year he shares his collec tion with the neighborhood by transforming his historic Rimpau Boulevard house into a not-to-be-missed Halloween destination.

The house, which was built in 1926, will feature highend Halloween décor made by special effects artists — some items specifically commis sioned by the hobbyist and some that he lucked into. Volunteer actors (includ ing Correll himself) will be dressed as spooky movie char acters and will pop up to scare visitors.

In past years, Correll and

his wife Beth even decorated the interior and opened it up to the Halloween crowd. This year, visitors will most likely remain outdoors but, according to the Corrells, the crowd won’t be disappoint ed. “People coming to see it will experience what they’ve always experienced and will still be blown away,” Correll

told us.

The couple hires five secu rity guards to ensure people and decorations stay safe. Some years have seen as many as 8,000 visitors. Last year, 4,000 to 5,000 people showed up to be spooked.

The decorations, which are stored in vaults in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and even

On Halloween, “when it turns to dusk, the little ones come around and we just give them candy and don’t really scare them. When it gets darker, it gets scarier… we don’t try to scare the lit tle kids. We do try to scare

everyone else,” said Correll. The real visiting hours and spooking end around 10 p.m. because otherwise, according to Correll, visitors stay into the late hours and the crowd changes.

In recent years, the Hallow een aficionado said he’s had a lot of people drop by saying they used to come when they were kids. When asked what the best comment he’s ever heard was, he responded that he had once heard a visitor say, “Wait a minute, this is a private house? No way.”

A lot of people really appre ciate what the Corrells do, and Correll is glad. He said, “I just think it’s a fun thing for families. It is a little scary, so you’ve got to tell the kids they may get scared, so hold onto mom and dad. But, I like the traditional Halloween — pumpkins, witches, bats and all that stuff. It was always my favorite day when I was a kid.”

When asked if Halloween is still his favorite holiday, Correll said, “Of course!” He went on to say that Beth is a really good sport about it. When asked if she likes it, he replied, “Oh yes! Well… she’s married to it!” Those who visit the house on Halloween will definitely see what he means!

To enjoy the Corrells’ spookfest, go to 434 S. Rim pau Blvd. on Halloween night between dusk and 10 p.m.

Goblins, ghouls coming to Wilshire Park

A haunted house will be featured at the 13th annu al Wilshire Park Halloween Haunt on Sat., Oct. 29 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Bron son Avenue between Wilshire Boulevard and Eighth Street.

A fortune teller, bounce house and carnival games, as well as food and a costume contest, will also be featured.

New this year to the Haunt will be the Creepy Carnival Haunted House, New Orleans Cemetery and a Ghostbusters photo op. The street will be blocked to traffic, and street parking is available.

Columbus, Ohio, will go up on the 30th or 31st of Octo ber.

SKELETONS AND SPOOKS await trick-or-treaters

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2019 at 434 S. Rimpau Blvd.

By Casey Russell

Just a sample of 2022 decorated houses are these on the following streets:

Arden Boulevard, Elmwood Avenue, Hudson Avenue, Larchmont Boule vard, Lorraine Boulevard, Lucerne

Boulevard, Norton Avenue, Plymouth Boulevard, Ridgewood Place, Van Ness Avenue, and Windsor Boulevard.

Historic District.

The path to these becom ing truly recognized historic districts is a difficult one. The City Attorney’s heavy-hand ed — and in my opinion, erroneous — interpretation of Senate Bill 330 currently is preventing the creation of any new HPOZs in Los Ange les. Originally planned for a sunset in 2025, this law has now been extended to 2030 after the signing of Sen ate Bill 8 last year. As I have noted in previous columns, residents and homeowners have been forced to take mat ters into their own hands by — independently of the city — applying for California and National Register rec ognition. While these do not provide the same level of pro tection and control, they do add a layer of review that the Office of Historic Resources is only beginning to come to grips with.

Of all of these identified districts, only Brookside has made a serious attempt at becoming an HPOZ — only to fall short and settle on the City Planning Department’s creation of zoning subzones to preserve the scale and char acter of the neighborhood.

Sycamore Square consid ered pursuing HPOZ status but ultimately dropped the idea. Both of these neighbor

hoods were reacting to the threat of the “McMansion” — the boxy modern houses that are oversized for their lots and out of scale with their neighbors.

The threats to the historic resources of these districts vary, but are more apparent in the districts around Wilton Place, particularly relating to the smaller historic homes as their property values have risen. The local multi-family districts also may see more pressure after the lifting of the COVID-19 eviction re strictions, particularly those parcels that are eligible for density bonuses for Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) projects.

It is a sad truth about the creation of designated histor ic districts that the efforts to preserve neighborhoods often are reactive, a move to protect against something, rather than proactive as a way of rec ognizing historic and cultural significance.

My conversations with James Dastoli got me thinking about these potential historic districts and, in future col umns, I intend to explore the beauty and significance of them individually and to ex amine the case for why each should be preserved. But my conversations with James also (Please turn to page 9)

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got me curious as to why my friend, so new to the neigh borhood, owner of an historic property, father of three, and a busy professional, would want to spend his free time looking to preserve districts where he didn’t live. His reply is the cri de coeur of many a preservationist:

“Just because we don’t ac tually live on a certain block, does not mean that we are not stakeholders. Anyplace that we work, shop, dine, commute through or even just walk by frequently can be

considered part of our com munity. We can’t realistically confine our lives to our back yards, or even within HPOZ boundaries.

“You’re going to need to go out and buy groceries, and I love that I can drive through numerous historic neighborhoods on my way to Trader Joe’s… After college, I desperately needed to move somewhere where I could feel a sense of place, with the type of character that could stim ulate a young artist. When I moved to Los Angeles, I got an apartment on a mostly Mid-Century block of Winona Boulevard in Los Feliz, which

allowed me access to the beauty of the period revivals in Los Feliz Square.

“Good harmonious de sign provides value to ordinary people’s lives. The stark contrast between the clumsily slapped together Mediterranean boxes of Cen tral Florida [from whence James had moved from] with the artfully crafted bungalow courts of Hollywood had an

immediate effect on me.

“When I later moved to Miracle Mile, it was like I was taking a master class in design every time I walked down the street. Here we have neighborhoods that give resi dents a sense of comfort on the deepest level, regardless of income. You don’t have to be an artist to understand this in a subconscious way.

“I knew that I had to return

to the Wilshire Corridor [from Glendale where he bought his first house], so over the past few years, as I was preparing to move, I researched all of the SurveyLA neighborhoods in Greater Wilshire and MidCity West, not knowing which one I would eventually end up in. Now that I am here, I am determined not to lose the integrity of these neighbor hoods.”

By Nona Sue Friedman

Some of the freshest Christ mas trees in the city will be available for purchase start ing Fri., Nov. 25, at 568 N. Larchmont Blvd. The Wilshire Rotary Club sells thousands of Douglas and noble firs that are shipped directly from Ore gon on a weekly basis.

“There is a big demand for trees,” says Wendy Clifford, who runs the tree lot for the Wilshire Rotary. Sizes run from tabletop to 11 feet. The lot will also have wreaths, garlands and adorable rein deer and snowmen figures made from fresh branches

available for pur chase.

Pro ceeds from the lot assist local char ities, schol arships and human itarian

projects around the world.

The lot will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Fri., Dec. 23.

TREES will fill the lot on Larchmont.

Photo: Wendy Clifford

proved the quality of life in Windsor Square. Learn more at windsorsquare.org.

At the Hancock Park Homeowners Association an nual meeting, which was held on Zoom Oct. 25 after the

Chronicle went to press, both mayoral candidates — Rick Caruso and Karen Bass — were scheduled to speak and answer questions.

Council District Five can

didates Sam Yebri and Katy Yaroslavsky and city control ler candidate Paul Koretz were also scheduled for the Hancock Park meeting.

For more information, visit the group’s website, hancock parkhomeownersassociation. org or hphoa.org.

Wilshire and Olympic divi sion senior lead officers and a representative from Council District 13 are expected at the semi-annual meeting of the Larchmont Village Neighbor hood Association on Tues., Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Visit lvna.info.

Election of new board members will take place at the Windsor Village Associ ation annual meeting Sun., Nov. 20, at 3p.m. at the home of Diane Dicksteen, 901 S. Lu cerne Blvd.

“Generally the only busi ness we conduct at this meeting is providing the at tendees an overview of what we have a accomplished over

the past year and what we intend to do in the coming year,” WVA president Barbara Pflaumer told us.

WVA year in review

“The past year, we’ve had two movies in the park and will be having a number of movies in [Harold A. Henry] park in the coming year.”

The group also has hosted the Wilshire Division police captain and the two candi dates for City Council: Sam Yebri and Katie Yaroslavsky.

In addition, “we’ve orga nized three park clean-ups, a potluck dinner for the neigh borhood, and will be doing another one next year. Mem bers also plan to participate in an emergency prepared ness event prior to the annual meeting.

“We are also supporters of the LA food drive [Los Ange les Regional Food Bank], and are exploring a collaboration with Saint James’ food pantry activities,” Pflaumer added.

325 N. Larchmont Boulevard, #158 Los Angeles, California 90004 windsorsquare.org

157 N. Larchmont Boulevard

Join Your Friends and Neighbors at the Windsor Square Association’s Annual Meeting at The Ebell

Thursday, November 17, at 7pm

Mark your calendars so you won’t miss the Windsor Square Association’s 2022 Annual Meeting, once again being held in person at the historic Ebell Club (corner of Wilshire and Lucerne Boulevards).

This gathering of neighbors always is a great opportunity to find out what’s happening in our neighborhood, catch up with friends, and learn how you can contribute to the well-being of our community.

Among the important subjects addressed will be public safety, earthquake preparedness, and land use and development news. You’ll have the opportunity to talk with the senior police officers who are in charge of our neighborhood, with representatives from private security companies, and with members of Council District 13’s staff.

Windsor Square board members will update you on our Block Captain Program and our expanded website, both designed to build strong community bonds and foster safety. In other exciting news, you’ll hear about the new RYLAN earthquake preparedness program, which equips neighbors to work together in case of an emergency.

Your involvement and interest in our community will make Windsor Square an even better place to live. Don’t miss this chance to ask questions, share opinions and learn the latest neighborhood news. And don’t miss the chocolate chip cookies, either!

See you there!

City’s premier Modernism homes to open for party, tour

By Suzan Filipek

Over Modernism fea tures entry into Los Angeles’ world-famous residential gems — Case Study House #22 (Stahl House) and the Sheats-Goldstein House —  during the weekend of November 12-13. Produced by nonprofit USModernist (a national archive of modernist houses and their architects) the Moon Over Modernism weekend provides access to homes rarely open for public viewing.

The Sheats-Goldstein House Cocktail Party

is on Sat., Nov. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Beverly Hills. The house was designed by archi tect John Lautner, FAIA, circa 1961 and was made famous in “The Big Lebowski” and in countless commercials, fashion shoots, TV shows and music videos. Tickets are $375. Note:  Guests must arrive by rideshare or get dropped off.

The Stahl House Cham pagne Tour is Sun., Nov. 13, from noon to 8 p.m. This 1960 house was designed for Buck and Carlotta Stahl by Pierre Koenig, FAIA. It has been

of the house and Califor nia

to sip while sitting by the pool.

Tickets are $110 for ar rivals noon-3 p.m.; $180 for arrivals 4-6 p.m. Note: All participants must arrive and depart on the free shuttle bus

at the 8000 Sun set parking deck.

There is also a VIP Moon Over Modernism experience that includes tours of both houses. Tickets and additional information are at usmodern ist.org/la.

PLOTKE Plumbing

STAHL HOUSE — made famous by a Julius Shulman photo graph — is rarely open for public viewing.

formerly “Larchmont Hardware”

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Look at moon craters up close and paint holiday rocks

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Babies & Toddlers Story time: Come to the library every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. to hear stories and sing songs with your friends.

Kids & Teens

Dia de Los Muertos rock painting: Make your own de signs on a rock with paint pens for Dia de Los Muertos

on Tues., Nov. 1, from 4 to 5 p.m. Kids 8 and over can par ticipate. Space is limited and registration is required.

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Kids

Story time in the park: Drop in to listen to stories and sing songs in Memorial Park adjoining the library every Wednesday in November from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Reading to the rescue: Is your child in love with dogs? Do you want your child to read more? Let him or her read aloud to an adorable res cue dog on Wed., Nov. 9, from 4 to 5 p.m.

Autumn art: Keep fall around a little longer with au tumn arts and crafts at 4 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 29.

Teens

Teen activity: Two surprise activities will take place on Thursdays, Nov. 10 and 17, from 4 to 5 p.m.

Kids & Teens

Drop-in tutoring with Steve: Need a refresher on some aca demics? Stop by Thursdays, Nov. 3, 10 and 17, from 3 to 5 p.m. for one-on-one assistance with any subject or drop in to make a future appointment.

Adults

First Friday book club: Come discuss “It’s the Violin Conspiracy” by Brendan Slo cumb on Fri., Nov. 4, at 1 p.m.

Art class: Color, paint and glue every Wednesday from 3

to 5 p.m.

All ages

Chess Club: Every Friday, from 3 to 5 p.m., play chess or learn how.

Book Sale: Find your next favorite read every Tuesday, 12:30 to 5 p.m. (Tues. Nov. 29 adjusted hours 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.), and every Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. All proceeds support the library.

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Toddlers, Kids & Teens Costume contest: It’s Halloween! Start your trickor-treating at the library on Mon., Oct. 31, from 4 to 5 p.m. with a costume contest. Of course, there will be candy for everyone.

All ages

Dia de los Muertos paper craft: Decorate paper skulls with glitter, glue, cutouts and so much more on Tues. and Wed., Nov. 1 and 2, starting at 4 p.m. each day until supplies run out.

Make holiday cards: Going to someone’s home for the hol iday? Have a special someone? Decorate a card and envelope with supplies provided by the library throughout Thanks giving week, Mon., Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. through Wed., Nov. 23, at 5 p.m.

‘Hedghog 2’ speeds to Van Ness school

Parents at Van Ness Ele mentary (PAVE) will screen “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” on Fri., Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. The movie will be shown outside under the stars at Van Ness Avenue Elementary, 501 N. Van Ness Ave., and it will entertain kids and parents alike. For tickets, visit par entsatvanness.org.

Night sky viewing: Come to the sidewalk in front of the library for a chance to see craters on the moon up close and possibly see Jupiter and Saturn through a very large telescope. The event takes place Tues., Nov. 8, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Please note that if it’s cloudy at 3 p.m. this day, the viewing will be resched uled.

Beaded Jewelry: Create beaded bracelets and necklac es with colorful beads. Great for holiday gifts. Takes place on Thurs., Nov. 10, from 4 to 5 p.m.

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Family cooks grabbed onto marshmallows, and desserts stayed on the tables.

In the 1950s, a candy exec utive solved the problem of the slow marshmallow-mak ing process. He turned the goo into an industrial mate rial. He filled the confection with air, “trapping nothing ness in the architecture of sugar,” as one writer has it. Kraft began its own manu

facturing process in the late 1950s; thus we have to this day bagsful of spongy, uni form marshmallows.

And what about that marsh mallow and chocolate bar and graham cracker sandwich, a must for outdoor wood fires?

The “s’more” recipe made its debut in the 1927 Girl Scout Handbook.

In my copy of the 1947 “Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook” is found a rec ipe for “Sweet Potato Cro quettes.” It calls for sweet

Learn all about Pinocchio at the Italian American Museum

By Nona Sue Friedman

Did you know that the story of Pinocchio has been translated into over 260 lan guages? The only other book that’s been translated into more languages is the Bible.

The Italian American Muse um of Los Angeles (IAMLA) — at Olvera Street — wants to share information and artifacts about the interna tionally-known Italian fairy tale about the wooden pup pet who becomes a boy. The exhibit begins Sat., Nov. 5

On view will be one of the first editions of the story writ ten by Carlo Collodi, published in 1883. There also will be rare toys, costumes and animation

FLYER FOR Pinocchio exhibit at the Italian American Muse um of Los Angeles.

cels from the multiple movies created from this tale.

IAMLA is housed in the his toric Italian Hall, 644 N. Main St. Museum hours are Tues day through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free but donations are encour aged. Visit iamla.org. for more information.

potatoes, marshmallows and two cups of crushed corn flakes, among binding ingre dients. The roasted sweet potatoes are squished around the marshmallows, dipped into egg whites, rolled in the crushed corn flakes and fried in “deep hot fat.” If anyone has endured three-quarters of a century of this dish on the Thanksgiving table, you have everyone else’s sympathy.

CAMPFIRE MARSHMALLOWS declares the firm has been pro ducing them for “more than a century.”

OLYMPIC DIVISION

ROBBERY: A couple in their 60s was walking down Beverly Boulevard near Van Ness Avenue on Oct. 13 at 3:30 p.m. They were “minding their own business and enjoy ing the day” when a young Black male, around 17 years old wearing a blue baseball cap, grey pants and a white Tommy Hilfiger hoodie, yelled

at the couple to make way for him while riding his skate board on the sidewalk. The victims moved out of his way. Once the suspect passed them, he stopped, turned around, pointed a handgun at them and demanded their property. They relinquished their rings and watches. The suspect con tinued skating on Beverly.

BURGLARIES: A Black

male used a screwdriver to force open a side door of a home on the 800 block of South Bronson Avenue at 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 7. The suspect ransacked the home, took $100 and fled the location.

A suspect entered a home on Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. through an open rear window on the 900 block of South Gramercy Place while the residence was occupied. The suspect took jewelry and left the premises.

NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE OF FIREARM: Gun shots were heard on Oct. 8 near Van Ness Avenue and Fourth Street at 3:45 a.m. Officers arrived at the scene, canvassed the area. They took one sus pect into custody who had a loaded firearm in his jacket pocket. Concurrently, a wom an was screaming and there was a call about a possible kid napping at the same location.

FELONY BATTERY: A 20year-old Hispanic male victim was accused of staring at a 40-year-old Hispanic male suspect from his balcony. The suspect challenged the victim to a fight. Both met outside where a fight ensued. The sus pect punched the victim in the face, knocked him to the ground and squeezed his neck until the victim almost lost consciousness. The victim’s mother broke up the fight and the suspect fled on foot.

GRAND THEFTS AUTO: There has been a rash of vehi cle thefts in the area.

A black Hyundai Tucson was stolen from a driveway on the 400 block of North Norton Avenue between Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. and Oct. 8 at noon.

Beverly Boulevard near Van Ness Avenue was where a sil ver Hyundai Sonata was taken on Oct. 9 between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

A silver Toyota Prius was taken from the street on Oct. 10 between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Wilton Place near

Raleigh Street.

A black Hyundai Sonata was taken from a parking lot near 900 South Wilton Place on Oct. 8 between 2 a.m. and 2 p.m.

A grey Toyota Highlander was stolen from Eighth Street and Wilton Place on Oct. 11 at 8:30 p.m.

WILSHIRE DIVISION

ROBBERY: Two 21-yearold females were strolling near Beverly Boulevard and Citrus Avenue on Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. when a Black male suspect snatched a purse, wal let and other property from them. One of the victims ran after the suspect, who got into a runaway vehicle. The victim was pushed from the car and the suspects got away.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: A woman threatened her boy friend with a large knife during an argument in their home on the 700 block of South Mans field Avenue on Oct. 2 at 4 p.m.

BURGLARY: A watch and other property were stolen from a home on the 100 block of North Detroit Street. The suspect entered and exited the home through the unlocked front door between 11 p.m. on Oct. 1 and 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 2.

GRAND THEFTS AUTO: A black Toyota Opa, which was parked in the garage of an apartment building, was taken from the 600 block of North Rossmore Avenue on Oct. 4 between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m.

A white Ford van was stolen from the street on the 200

block of South Sycamore Ave nue around 10 p.m. on Oct. 5.

A white Dodge van was sto len from the 200 block of N. Plymouth Boulevard between 6 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 6.

A grey Hyundai Sonata was snatched from the street on the 600 block of North Arden Boulevard. The incident occurred between 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 and 8 a.m. on Oct. 8.

A silver Toyota Opa was taken from the street near Beverly Boulevard and Poin settia Place between 3 and 3:45 p.m. on Oct. 8.

BURGLAR Y THEFTS FROM VEHICLE: Electron ics and sports equipment were stolen from a car while parked in an apartment garage on the 600 block of North Rossmore Avenue around 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 4.

A catalytic converter was ripped from a silver Toyo ta Prius on the 600 block of North Lucerne Boulevard between 6:30 pm. on Oct. 4 and 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 5.

A purse containing a wal let, cell phone and cell phone accessories was taken from the front seat of a 75-year-old woman’s car while she walked from the driver’s side to the passenger’s side of her Mer cedes.

Paternity is a word linked to father’s knee; Cyrano’s panache!

This month’s musings wan der through an etymological garden of parentage, podiatry and plumage.

The Latin word genus mean ing “birth, origin, race, sort or kind” begets the English words “genre,” “generate” and “gen der.” The term, which carries an inflection associated with natural or innate qualities, is also a close relative of the Latin genu, or “knee.” Some linguists have speculated that the affiliation is no coincidence — in ancient Roman custom, a father would acknowledge his paternity of a newborn child by placing it on his knee. This convention would bind a child and parent by blood, affirming a filial connection that one may describe as “genuine” lat er on in the 1590s when that word first appeared in the En glish language.

If one were to imagine a chart tracing the lineage of that same word and the relationships be tween its ancestors and heirs, (or, to use etymological terms,

its roots, cognates and deriva tives), it may look something like a family tree. It appears that French men and women of the Middle Ages believed the branching structures of these genealogical charts mirrored the outstretched toes of a crane’s foot, or a pied de gru This resemblance prevailed for several more centuries, resulting in the 15th-cen tury English corruption “pedigree,” meaning “genea logical table or chart.” Today, the word is used to imply the origin and history of some thing, both genealogically and otherwise, or a particularly distinguished ancestry.

Avian anatomy is further immortalized in the term “panache,” a word from the Latin pinna meaning “wing” or “feather.” Since the 1550s, “panache” has connoted a tuft or plume of feathers, especial ly as worn in a hat or helmet, as was the case with King Henry IV of France, who was noted for his war cry “Follow

Kitchen Sink raises funds for HoFoCo’s nightly meals

Kitchen Sink Festival —

Benefit to Tackle

in L.A. and raise funds for Hollywood Food Coalition (HoFoCo) — is on Mon., Nov. 14, at the Lodge Room in Highland Park.

The nonprofit serves 80,000 meals annually at the Holly wood Salvation Army, has a rescue-and-distribution food program and recently hired Michelin star chef Collin Leaver.

Taking over the helm in September as executive di rector is Arnali Ray, Keniston Avenue. Ray previously was at Saban Community Clinic.

am thrilled that a group of incredibly talented musicians have come together to sup port our organization,” said Ray. Brookside resident Sher

Police Beat

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300 block of South Muirfield Road at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 6.

A laptop computer was sto len from a black BMW while parked on the 500 block of North Sycamore Avenue at 5

ry Bonano, who has been with the nonprof it for 20 of its 35 years, recently stepped into her new role as spe cial projects manager. She added, “The act of coming together as a com munity to prepare a meal is one of the most fundamental ways we look out for each oth er.

Comedian Mitra Jouhari and Friends will host the con cert event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.

For tickets, visit lodge roomhip.com.

p.m. on Oct. 8.

The window of a black Lex us was broken and a wallet was taken while the car was parked on the street near Melrose Avenue and Syca more Boulevard between Oct. 8 at 10 p.m. and 10 a.m. on Oct. 9.

Café by Mara Fisher

my white plume!”  Gifted duelist, poet The word “panache” is giv en new depth as it seemingly evolves before our eyes and ears in the verses of the play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” written

in 1897 by Edmond Rostand.

“Cyrano” tells the story of a brash, strong-willed cadet in the French army who, despite his charisma, experiences selfdoubt due to his unusually large nose, which he believes will prevent him from ever be ing loved. A gifted duelist, poet and musician, Cyrano makes reference to a literal plume in the helmet of his sparring opponent Count de Guiche. Later, in his final breaths, the figurative sense of “panache” still used today — the pos

session of flamboyance and confidence in style and action — comes to the fore.

“...There is something still that will always be mine, and when I go to God’s presence, there I will doff it and sweep the heavenly pavement with a gesture: something I’ll take unstained out of this world...” Cyrano says.

“Tis?...” his love, Roxane, entreats.

“My panache,” smiles Cyra no.

Curtain. Bravo!

Arnali Ray