LC Section One 11 2022

By John Welborne

With the recent and nearby dedication of additional per manent supportive housing, it becomes even clearer that one opportunity to address homeless encampments on

Super-sized spooks join holiday decor

By Casey Russell

to walk, bike

drive around our area notic ing the Halloween decorations that go up throughout Octo ber. This year, as usual, lots of local families are getting into the spirit of the season.

mentioned in the Rim pau house article in this issue, some Halloween-lovers go all out with décor. Others decorate more subtly with fall decorations that can stay up

through Thanksgiving. Larchmont Chronicle staffers have noticed some super-sized spooks that have descended upon houses this year, and we thought we would highlight some of the big and festive displays “Halloween ing-up” our neighborhoods. Enjoy these photos from houses in Miracle Mile, Wind sor Village, Windsor Square, Larchmont Village, Hancock Park and Brookside!

See photos and more in Sec. 2, pages 6 and 7.

brings fun

By John Welborne Tour three Hancock Park homes designed by legend ary architects Roland E. Coate, FAIA, and Gordon B. Kaufmann, FAIA, on Sun., Nov. 5. The homes tour con tinues a long tradition going back to the founding of the local Windsor Square – Han cock Park Historical Society (WSHPHS) in 1976.

This year’s WSHPHS tour event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., features homes adjacent to one another on Rimpau Boulevard and dating to the 1920s. The tour also includes food, wine and a silent auc

tion to help support the work of the nonprofit WSHPHS.

Fluff McLean

The tour will honor the late Fluff McLean, a longtime president of the Historical Society who also served as homes tour chairman.

The proceeds from this year’s event will provide seed money for a project to beautify the barren concrete pedestrian islands at Bever

ly Boulevard and Rossmore Avenue. In past years, tour

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By Casey Russell

The day of the annu al (except during COVID-19 lockdowns!) Larchmont Fam ily Fair is nearing! Our last few Chronicle issues have let readers know what can be expected at the long-awaited event. Here is a reminder of the fun to come!

On Sun., Oct. 30 from 2 to

underway

By John Welborne

Local residents have begun voting in local, state and fed eral elections, in response to solicited and unsolicited bal lots mailed by the Registrar - Recorder for Los Angeles County. The deadline to re turn ballots is Tues., Nov. 8. If you are a registered voter and have not received your large (approximately 9-1/2 inches wide by 5 inches tall) black-and-white ballot enve lope, reach out through the website lavote.gov or call 800815-2666, Option 2, or e-mail

Rose Award and other gatherings

By John Welborne

On a beautiful day outdoors, surrounded by thousands of blooming roses, the Los Angeles Parks Foundation (LAPF) saluted local resident and business and nonprofit leader Jaime Lee for her many civic contributions, especially with respect to recreation and parks. Lots of local support

THE ROSE GARDEN: Mayor Eric Garcetti

GORDON

By John Welborne

Visible locally are additional signs of our communities get ting back together, post-pandemic.

The Larchmont Family Fair returns after a two-year absence. Fundraising galas are bringing people together again. What about the November 8 election? Sadly, in my view, our elec tion will have fewer people brought together at neighborhood polling places — because of the mailed ballots. Oh, well. Do be sure to mail your own ballot before November 8 (if you do not visit a polling place to vote in person).

As has been the case in recent years, newspapers continue to face tough times because of seriously rising costs. However, as you can see in this issue, the Larchmont Chronicle continues to get great advertiser support. Nevertheless, the rising newsprint, postage, printing and delivery costs take a toll. Just our printing cost is up more than 30 percent compared to January 2021.

Part of how we are able to continue our 60 years of community oriented publishing is because of generous, supportive readers.

Included in this issue is a reply envelope that asks readers to help offset the cost of producing and delivering your local paper. We hope you will respond by mailing us a check in that envelope.

Sun., Oct. 30 — Larch mont Family Fair, 2 to 7 p.m. Concert at 5:30 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 31 — Hallow een.

Sun., Nov. 6 — Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m.

Tues., Nov. 8 — Election Day – don’t forget to vote!

Wed., Nov. 9 — Great er Wilshire Neighborhood Council board meeting, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Check great erwilshire.org for details.

Fri., Nov. 11 — Veterans Day.

Thurs., Nov. 24 — Thanks giving Day.

Thurs., Dec. 1 — Delivery

of the December issue of the Larchmont Chronicle Sat., Dec. 3 — Holiday Open House is celebrated on Larchmont Boulevard.

That’s the question inquiring photographer Casey Russell asked locals.

Miniature Tail O’ the Pup

Here is a photo of a maquette my husband, Al Alu, made of this famous hot dog stand. [“Restaurants that have come back from the dead,” Oct. 2022].

Tamara Blustein Wilshire Park

Student journalists rock! I wanted to tell you how great the student journalist articles are! I love them!

Carolyn Koppel Deerfield, IL

Medley movie reviews

It was apparently just the beginning when the Larchmont Chronicle’s Tony Medley injected his intolerant, griev ance-based worldview into what a reader of a column titled “At the Movies” might reasonably expect would be a movie review, writing, “I believe that abortion is immoral for any reason oth er than to save the life of the

mother.”

Not done, he continued in his ostensible review of Norman Lear’s Rita Moreno documentary “Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” that Ms. Moreno “gushes” and “brag[s]” about the abortion she underwent, “thrilled she could kill it without a trace of remorse.”

Medley’s latest diatribe is against “Catherine Called Birdy,” a film that dares to cast Black actors (one must sur mise, though he prefers the odd, evasive, continent-cen tered term “Africans”): “[g] laring in its absurdity is pic

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“I’m going to South Carolina with my girlfriend to spend time with her family.”

Adam Hirsch with Smokey and Gus Windsor Square

remains,

only

“We are going to spend it with family in the South Bay. All the cousins are down there. And we are starting to look forward to Christmastime on the Boulevard.”

erred in citing the organization “Save”

as being in support of revising the proposed Televi sion City project. The story should have read: “Protect” Beverly Fairfax. Save Beverly

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“My family is going to visit from Arizona, and we will be giving them the full Larch mont Village experience. We’ll go to the Farmers’ Market, Great White, the magazine stand; we’ll get sandwiches from Larchmont Village Wine & Cheese and walk through the neighborhood.”

Benito Lugo Larchmont Village

‘What are your plans for Thanksgiving?’

Dmitry, Gina and Zoë Levin Miracle Mile

MAQUETTE of Tail O’ the Pup by Al Alu.

Photo by Tamara Blustein

Tenant construction underway at Boulevard shops, some opening

By Casey Russell

Two new leases have been signed for spaces in the Larchmont Mercantile com plex, according to a source at Rare Public Relations.

Midland, which will carry women’s and kids’ clothing, accessories, apothecary items and some books, will be locat ed at 138 N. Larchmont Blvd.

Sichuan Kitchenette, a new grab-and-go café serving ready-to-eat Sichuan Chinese food, will reside at 144 N. Larchmont Blvd.

Inside at least three pre viously leased storefronts, tenant improvements are underway. There is construc tion at: Velvet by Graham and Spencer (146 N. Larchmont Blvd.); Boba the Great (142 N. Larchmont Blvd.); and a space next to Hidden Jeans, (130 N. Larchmont Blvd.).

Hidden Jeans opened Oct. 22.

From a source at Commer cial Asset Group, we heard that construction will begin across the street in January

for clothier Feherty Brand (219 N. Larchmont Blvd., the last home of Pickett Fences, just south of Larchmont Vil lage Wine, Spirits & Cheese).

We also learned that — at the wine and cheese store — the search is narrowing for a new wine buyer to replace Simon Cocks.

Village Pizzeria

As many in the neigh borhood may know by now, Larchmont Boulevard’s topnotch and longtime pizza place, Village Pizzeria, is under new ownership. The founding owner, Steve Cohen, sold the pizza restaurant in July 2022. (He and wife Nancy still live in Larchmont Village.)

Last month, we sat down with new operator Scot Rug gles, one of the five new partners in the venture, to find out what the quintet has in mind for its new business and how things are going so far.

Ruggles, who has been a football coach, actor and pro ducer for the past 15 years, said he and Ruby Javed joined as minority owners after the original deal was completed.

Amy Saxon, Frank Grillo and producer Jeff Bowler are the other owners, according to Saxon, with whom we text ed and spoke by telephone.

Sold in July 2022

In the summer of 2021, for mer owner Cohen, exhausted by how the pandemic had

affected the business, post ed his interest in selling on Instagram. He and his wife Nancy opened Village Pizzeria 26 years ago. Jeff Bowler, said Cohen, responded several days after the post, expressing inter est in buying the restaurant.

Cohen said his family agreed to proceed with a sale because the purchase price and con tract limits and guidelines met their expectations. How ever, the transfer was far from smooth, according to Cohen. The escrow did not close until July 18, 2022.

Cohen also told us that, as of May 31, 2022, he no longer has been involved.

For the past several months, the new team had been “get ting game plans together,” Ruggles told the Chronicle last month, and they now have their full team. “From this day on, I think you’ll really just see us go where we want to go. We’re excited to

have the neighborhood and everybody be a part of it.” He added, “The previous owner… had done a great job, obvious ly. This place is well known.”

And what does the team plan to do? “I think we’re going to start expanding delivery,” Ruggles said. The group plans to expand the delivery radius and use delivery apps.

As far as recipes go, the new owners are sticking to the tried and true. “Everything’s the same… same pizza chef. I’m sure there’ll be a couple things tweaked and changed. But, for the most part, it’s served as is,” Ruggles stated.

Memorabilia

And will the place continue to look familiar to longtime patrons? The Cohens had collected, over a lifetime, great photos and memora bilia, which cover the walls at Village Pizzeria. When asked if those items would be

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INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS under construction for new Larchmont Mercantile tenant.

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returned to Nancy and Steve, Amy Saxon responded, “The restaurant wouldn’t be the same without the fun custom er photos and memorabilia, so part of the purchase deal was that it all stays for so long as we own the restaurant.”

Cohen subsequently told the Chronicle: “It’s not true that my photos and memorabilia stay for as long as the new owners want. These are my items, and the purchase agree ment specifically says that my memorabilia is not amongst the purchased assets.”

Cohen sent us an excerpt from the “Asset Purchase Agreement” signed by all par ties back in November 2021, and the document specifically states that what is purchased does not include “(a) any… decorations, artwork and pho tographs; ... (d) all clocks, select beer neon signs, and memorabilia including but not limited to, the Budweiser Gui tar, Budweiser Olympic (five rings), Heineken Los Angeles, Budweiser Los Angeles Dodg ers, (tin logos, puzzles, Lundy’s bun pan tray, subway handrail, roller skates in case).”

Cohen says it is his hope that his personal collectables

will be returned soon, as they represent his family’s history. He has collected photographs, neon signs, sports memorabilia and more long before open ing his first pizza place in San Francisco. He said he and his family support the new owners in establishing their own histo ry, saying, “I’m quite sure they can adorn the walls with plen ty of their own experiences… rather than keeping ours. It’s a new day and new ownership… I’d like my items back now.”

Though there are clearly some issues that need to be

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proceeds have served as seed money for other local beau tification projects such as creating the islands of Wilton Place, the gardens of area fire stations and a police station, as well as the gardens of John Burroughs Middle School, Francis Blend School for chil dren with impaired vision and Third Street School.

Gordon Kaufmann, FAIA Architect Gordon B. Kaufmann’s designs are visible throughout Southern Cali fornia. He is responsible for the architecture of La Quinta Resort, Scripps College, the Doheny family’s Greystone Manor, Santa Anita Park, the Hollywood Palladium and the Los Angeles Times Building, among many other commissions. He also was lead architect for Hoover Dam. Two of his Rimpau Boulevard hous es will be on the tour.

Roland Coate, FAIA Roland E. Coate started his practice with Kaufmann. After an amicable split, Coate went on to design many important buildings on his own. In addition to the third Rimpau Boulevard house on the tour, Coate designed All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, the Fudg er (later Howard Hughes) house on Muirfield Road, the large English Tudor home now being restored on the northwest corner of Hudson Avenue and First Street and the Monterey Revival-style home on June Street in Han cock Park designed for Jane and Robert Brant and now part of the residential com pound of the Turkish Consul General.

The upcoming tour fea tures the first floors and gardens of the three houses between Fourth and Sixth streets, and there will be volunteer docents to guide visitors through the homes and gardens.

This year’s event is being chaired by WSHPHS trustee (and Larchmont Chronicle co-founder) Jane Gilman and Hancock Park resident and interior decorator Joseph Guidera, with assistance from committee leaders Richard Battaglia, June Bilgore and Paul Hoen.

Tickets are $75 for non-members; $65 for mem bers. They can be purchased on the day of the event at 505 Rimpau Blvd. or in advance at wshphs.com.

INSIDE HANCOCK PARK

“Author Jane Gilman has done a fine job of chron icling the people and events that shaped this singular neighborhood. From ranch land to oil field to a premium res idential area, Hancock Park’s trajectory is the story of Los Angeles. A great read and a marvel ous reference.”

G.S.

133 N. Larchmont Blvd.

PERSONAL MEMORABILIA assembled during six decades by Village Pizzeria founder Steve Cohen covers the walls.

Family Fair

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7 p.m., the Larchmont Boule vard Association [LBA] Family Fair will festively bring the neighborhood together. That’s the theme of this year’s fair — “Togetherness.”

Activities for all!

Adults can enjoy the tem porary beer garden (new this year) and a concert, which starts at 5:30 p.m., featuring classic songs from movies. That requires a ticket ($20 for adults and $10 for kids 14 and under). Otherwise, and except for things like rides and food, the Larchmont Family Fair has FREE admission.

For the kids, there will be inflatables and some rides, as usual, but the LBA is focusing on more free activities for lit tle ones this year.

Snooknuk creator Cheri Moon will provide program ming for kids and their families on the children’s stage from 2 to 5 p.m. She has secured art ists Leah Sprecher and Nicole Mangi, who created “Broadway Babies.” Grammy-nominated Kymberly Stewart will per form, and DJ Princess Ellie will keep things bopping!

For hands-on activities and Halloween-themed fun, there will be a costume parade and pumpkin decorating. And, of course, many of the booths set up along the Boulevard will also have activities for kids.

The day promises to be a fun, festive celebration of our neighborhood, and LBA pres ident John Winther says, “the LBA is absolutely delighted to be bringing it back after a two-year hiatus.”

SCARECROW OVERSEES the pumpkins.

Photo by Casey Russell

Pumpkin patch sells truckloads

By Nona Sue Friedman

With Halloween just a few days away, don’t miss your chance to show your spirit and get a pumpkin at the Wilshire Rotary Club’s pumpkin patch at 568 N. Larchmont Blvd.

The pumpkin demand was so high this year that, half way through the month, a new truckload of soccer ballsized pumpkins was delivered to the lot. So many more from which to choose!

Lot hours are weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sun., Oct. 30.

Karen & Albert Chou

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ers of LAPF were there on October 13 to salute Lee, including the late Councilman Tom LaBonge’s widow, Brigid, and Windsor Square’s Jackie Kruse, Jane Hawley and LAPF Executive Director Carolyn Ramsay. Others were Joane Pickett (she and Wiley are part-time in Hancock Park), Patty Lombard from Fremont Place, Debora Vrana from La Brea Hancock, and Suzie Con very from West Adams.

2028 Olympics

Given the Exposition Park location of the Rose Garden, Lee noted how proud she is to serve on the Organizing Com mittee for the 2028 Olympic Games. Lee said: “The 2028 Olympics is investing $160 million in sports for kids across Los Angeles ahead of the Games, making sport more accessible to all, but especially for kids in under-resourced communities. This is the sin gle largest commitment to youth sports development in California, and in partnership with [the city’s] Rec & Parks Department, we’ve already reached more than 100,000 children with this investment.

In particular we are seeking

to ensure equity between boys and girls, as often girls are overlooked or under invest ed in when a family can only support one athlete, while at the same time data shows tre mendous advantage in adult outcomes for girls who have played team sports.”

She continued: “I cannot wait to see in 2028 what we have all achieved together.

“We will walk along this very same park to the historic

Coliseum as it hosts its third summer Olympic Games since 1932, and we will showcase the best of LA: our creativity, diversity, energy, and perse verance as we welcome 15,000 athletes and countless visitors from over 200 countries from around the world.”

More information about the work of the LAPF is at lapa rksfoundation.org.

Coro Crystal Eagle

Two weeks before, right up

on Vine Street at the Taglyan Cultural Center, some leading Angelenos (one now resident in New York) were honored by Coro Southern California. Coro is a leadership train ing program founded in 1942. This year’s honorees included nonprofit executive Wendy Chang, investment banker (and former Coun cilman John Ferraro staffer)

Fred Terrell, UCLA Chancel lor Gene Block and public policy maven Billie Greer.

There at the dinner to spe cially salute Dwight Stuart

Youth Fund director Wendy Chang were Windsor Square’s Andy Murr and Amy Forbes. Forbes is the president of the Center Theatre Group (CTG), one of several boards on which Chang serves. Join ing the Forbes table was CTG Managing Director Meghan Pressman. Also present in the room from Windsor Square were Neil and Robin Kram er, Karly Katona and Diana Buckhantz, as well as former Windsor Square resident Bill Stinehart with Joanne Koz

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LPGA returns to Wilshire in 2023

By John Welborne

A major announcement for women’s golf took place at Wilshire Country Club on October 19. Wilshire has been home to a spring Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament since 2018. Two more years, 2023 and 2024, are booked for the nearly weeklong tournament. 2023’s event is April 24 to 30.

The big news was the generosity of the new tour nament sponsors, JM Eagle and Plastpro, who have com

mitted to five years of LPGA sponsorship providing tour nament purses of $3 million per event, which is double the prize money of the previous $1.5 million tournaments.

Husband and wife Wal ter and Shirley Wang made the announcement. Born in Taiwan and resident in Los An geles, Walter Wang is CEO of JM Eagle, the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic pipe. Plastpro is a company founded by Mrs. Wang in 1994. It is a leading manufacturer of fiber glass entry doors.

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SUPPORTING the Los Angeles Parks Foundation at the Rose Garden in Exposition Park were Brigid LaBonge (widow of the late 4th District Councilman Tom LaBonge) and local ladies, from left: Carolyn Ramsay (Windsor Square), Debora Vrana (La Brea Hancock), Suzie Convery (West Adams), Joane Pickett (Hancock Park), Jackie Kruse (Windsor Square), [LaBonge], Jane Hawley (Windsor Square) and Patty Lombard (Fremont Place).

AT THE CORO DINNER, Center Theatre Group (CTG) board president Amy Forbes of Windsor Square is at left with CTG Managing Director Meghan Pressman (right), saluting CORO honoree and CTG Board Member Wendy Chang (center).

n Sponsors increase prize money to $3 million

Events

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Olives & Olive Oil

“Riches from Deep Roots: Olives & Olive Oil” is the title of a gorgeous new full-color cookbook from

Turkish celebrity chef Jale Balci and Muge Nebolglu, and the book and its recipes were featured October 6 at a reception at the Hancock Park residence of the Con sul General of Turkey, Sinan Kuzum and his wife, Alina. Learn about the book via Instagram: @jaleblc.

Craft Contemporary Local museum, Craft Con temporary, located since 1965 right across Wilshire Boule vard from the La Brea Tar Pits, held its recent, October 15 gala right at the museum. Guests greeted one another in the exterior courtyard and explored the several floors of the museum devoted to con temporary art made from craft media and processes. Local museum trustees include

Hancock Park’s Michael Johnson and Brookside’s Julie Stromberg. Seen at the gala were longtime Miracle Mile advocate (and museum imme diate past chair) Wally Marks and Windsor Square’s Dick Motika and Jerrie Whitfield. Learn about the museum at craftcontemporary.org.

First Century Families

After two years of not meeting, this group of descendants of the pioneers

who came to Southern Cal ifornia before or during the first hundred years after the founding of the City of Los Angeles on September 4, 1781, will gather for its 82nd annual luncheon on November 3 in downtown Los Angeles. Hank Hilty, of the A.F. Gilmore Company and Original Farmers Mar ket, is this year’s luncheon chair. Further information is available at 323-935-1914.

SUPPORTERS of the Craft

Contemporary Gala includ ed Windsor Square husband and wife Dick Motika and Jerrie Whitfield.

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Fairfax subsequently wrote to clarify that it had not affiliat ed with either Protect Beverly Fairfax or the Beverly Fairfax Community Alliance.

ooo Architects with Karen Bass

Our article about the contest for mayor included a reference to a photograph and gathering of architects, stating that can didate Karen Bass was at the nearby CO Architects office adjoining La Brea Hancock, whereas the pictured event took place at the downtown office of architectural and en gineering firm Arup.

ooo Measure W

The article about Third District Supervisor candidates Hertz berg and Horvath should have stated that Lindsey Horvath supported 2018’s Los Angeles County Measure W, while Bob Hertzberg opposed it for in sufficiently addressing water supply and storage concerns.

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JFSLA telephone number

To contact the Jona Goldrich Multipurpose Center at 330 N. Fairfax Ave., the correct telephone number to call is 323-937-5900.

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(parking lot entrance on Eighth Street)

ON WILSHIRE, the 2022 Craft Contemporary Gala featured an outdoor gathering at the museum’s headquarters.

MIRACLE MILE stalwart and Craft Contemporary supporter Wally Marks samples the sushi.

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Consul General Sinan Kuzum (left) and his wife, Alina (right), welcome celebrity chef Jale Balci at the consular residence in Hancock Park.

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votebymail@rrcc.lacounty.gov.

Park La Brea A memorable local lead-up to the November 8 election was a well-attended “candidate Open House” organized by the Park La Brea Residents Asso ciation and held for two hours on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16. The atmosphere was like a New England town meet ing held on the village green, where candidates spoke on a microphone for five minutes and otherwise just listened to the other candidates and spoke with voters from tables and canopies spread around the periphery of the Curson Cir cle in the center of four of the historic residential complex’s signature 12-story apartment buildings. There were activi ties for kids and food trucks … and at least 16 candidates.

Three speakers were run ning for federal offices, including Rep. Adam Schiff and his opponent, G “Maebe A. Girl” Pudlo.

Five candidates were run ning for state offices and one for County Sheriff. Both

candidates for City Attorney participated, as did the two for City Controller.

Mayoral Candidate Karen Bass attended; Rick Caruso did not. But both of them have been actively reaching out to voters in our neighborhoods.

Among Caruso’s recent events was one held with 100-plus people at his nearby campaign headquarters. Bass recently discussed her campaign with dozens of neighbors in the backyard of a Ness Avenue

home in Windsor Square.

Park La Brea is in City Council District 5, and both candidates, Katy Young Yaro slavsky and Sam Yebri, were at the Park La Brea open house and spoke.

Meanwhile, in City Council District 13 — on October 19 and 20 — neighborhood associ ations from Larchmont Village, Windsor Square, St. Andrews Square and Ridgewood Wil ton, along with the Larchmont Boulevard Association, hosted two one-hour Zoom meetings — one with each of the two candidates, Mitch O’Farrell and Hugo Soto-Martinez. Each had an introducer. O’Far rell’s was now-president of the City Council, Paul Krekorian. Soto-Martinez’s was CD 13 pri mary election candidate Kate Pynoos. The two Zoom candi date forums are available at: windsorsquare.org/cd13-can didate-forums-oct2022

Please remember to vote

not only in these 10 races but also in the approximately 48 additional contests on your ballot. All by November 8!

An obituary of Florann “Fluff” McLean will be featured in the Larchmont Chronicle’s December issue. The past president of the Windsor Square-Han cock Park Historical Society will be honored at the group’s home tour Sat., Nov. 5.

Omar Douglas formerly at Larchmont Barber Shop

Calls available!

Fluff McLean

RICK CARUSO listened to the carefully read question from “Henry” at a town hall meeting in Caruso’s nearby campaign headquarters.

KAREN BASS spoke with numerous supporters at a backyard event in Windsor Square in mid-October.

PARK LA BREA CANDIDATE FORUM in the Curson Circle felt like a New England town meeting on a village green. Candidate flyers, posters and canopies were in abundance, as were the candidates themselves, who listened to one another and spoke with voters.

G “MAEBE A. GIRL” PUDLO is challenging Rep. Adam Schiff in California’s 30th Con gressional District.

MITCH O’FARRELL spoke via Zoom to local residents on Oc tober 19.

HUGO SOTO-MARTINEZ spoke the following day, on October 20, also via Zoom.

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our streets and sidewalks is to utilize available parcels in multi-family zoned neighbor hoods and along arterial streets to build permanent housing.

On Sept. 30, numerous com munity leaders came together near Beverly Boulevard, just east of Vermont Avenue, to celebrate the grand opening of the second and final phase of PATH Metro Villas, an expan sive urban campus providing permanent and interim hous ing and supportive services for low-income households and veterans and individuals expe riencing homelessness. The affordable apartments in the project have available a range of on-site support services.

Created and operated by People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) and its development

arm, PATH Ventures, this residential complex includes services such as case man agement offices, community rooms, and a variety of ame nities including mental and community health care clin ics. This is what comprises supportive housing — facili ties that reinforce an holistic and service rich approach to housing people formerly experiencing homelessness.

PATH

Now a large, statewide organization, PATH actually started in Westwood in 1984.

It was founded following a community meeting the pre vious December at Westwood Presbyterian Church.

Committed to ending homelessness for individuals, families, and communities in California, PATH now accom plishes this by building affordable supportive housing

and providing homeless ser vices in more than 150 cities.

An example of a PATH proj ect immediately adjacent to single-family homes is Winnet ka Village Apartments, built by PATH in 2016 and pictured on the front page of this issue.

Housing First Numerous speakers at the PATH Metro Villas dedication

emphasized that these new apartments are testament to the power of Housing First –the proven effective approach that prioritizes providing peo ple with safe, stable homes.

Of course, both candidates now running to be the city’s next mayor also emphasize that there still needs to be a transitional step of getting people off of the street and into interim housing.

The supportive homes at PATH Metro Villas end home lessness for the residents, and the project’s wrap-around ser vices support their ongoing physical and mental health needs, ensuring that they can reach their goals.

At the dedication event, PATH Chief Executive Offi cer Jennifer Hark Dietz said of the completed project, “[It] epitomizes the partner ships that are required to end homelessness for individuals, families and communities. Through public funding, pri vate giving, and community collaboration, we are able to end homelessness for nearly 200 people and provide them with comprehensive services to help them thrive.” More information is at: epath.org.

PATH Ventures

The development arm of the nonprofit organization was started in 2007. PATH Ventures builds and oper ates affordable rental homes paired with on-site services. PATH Ventures has nearly 2,500 affordable and support ive homes constructed or in pre-development. Learn more: bit.ly/3StrEnk.

17th Annual Jazz Night

To help raise funds for its con tinued production of affordable homes, PATH Ventures is host ing its 17th Annual Jazz Night at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica on Thurs., Nov. 3. Tick ets for the fundraising cock

‘Sweet Dreams’

“Sweet Dreams of Service,” the Assistance League of Los Angeles’ Family Day of Service, is Sat., Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the League’s Chapter House at 6640 Sunset Blvd. Visit: sweetdreamsandcozynights. eventbrite.com.

Photo by John Welborne

tail reception, dinner and live jazz concert start at $200, and more information is available from katiet@epath.org and at: bit.ly/3F9MQvM.

skin deep

skin deep

by Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald

by Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald

Q: How do I choose between Ultherapy and Thermage?

Q: How do I choose between Ultherapy and Thermage?

A: While both popular FDAapproved options have become modern day alternatives to a face lift, your best choice really comes down to how you age.

Both devices use heat to stimulate collagen production in the deep layers of the skin: radiofrequency (FR) energy from Thermage, and ultrasound tech nology from Ultherapy. Here’s where it gets specific to you. We can generally categorize the way faces age into what some call “sinkers” and “saggers.” While we’re all a combo of both types, we tend to lean toward one over the other. If you’ve had a fairly angular face through the years and volume loss and thin creepy skin are what you’re looking to improve, you’re a sinker. If you started off with a fuller face and are now eyeing folds and jowls in the mirror, yes, you’re a sagger.

A: While both popular FDAapproved options have become modern day alternatives to a face lift, your best choice really comes down to how you age. Both devices use heat to stimulate collagen production in the deep layers of the skin: radiofrequency (FR) energy from Thermage, and ultrasound tech nology from Ultherapy. Here’s where it gets specific to you. We can generally categorize the way faces age into what some call “sinkers” and “saggers.” While we’re all a combo of both types, we tend to lean toward one over the other. If you’ve had a fairly angular face through the years and volume loss and thin creepy skin are what you’re looking to improve, you’re a sinker. If you started off with a fuller face and are now eyeing folds and jowls in the mirror, yes, you’re a sagger.

I promise the news gets better. A sinker will reap greater benefit from the skintightening skills of Thermage. The treatment is superb at smoothing lines and wrinkles. So much so that Thermage can function as a Botox alterna tive for brow lines. Ulthera’s deep tissue-lifting capability is ideal for saggers. Imagine a restored smooth jawline, lift ed jowls and improved facial contours. And if you’re truly a combination of both facial aging types, we can customize our approach for you with both Thermage and Ulthera.

I promise the news gets better. A sinker will reap greater benefit from the skintightening skills of Thermage. The treatment is superb at smoothing lines and wrinkles. So much so that Thermage can function as a Botox alterna tive for brow lines. Ulthera’s deep tissue-lifting capability is ideal for saggers. Imagine a restored smooth jawline, lift ed jowls and improved facial contours. And if you’re truly a combination of both facial aging types, we can customize our approach for you with both Thermage and Ulthera.

Contact our office for your face lift alternative consultation and let’s get started.

Contact our office for your face lift alternative consultation and let’s get started.

Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald is a Board Certi fied Dermatologist located in Larchmont Village with a special focus on anti-aging technology. She is a member of the Bo tox Cosmetic National Education Faculty and is an international Training Physician for Dermik, the makers of the injectable Sculptra. She is also among a select group of physicians chosen to teach proper injec tion techniques for Radiesse, the volumiz ing filler, around the world. Dr. Fitzgerald is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA. Visit online at www.RebeccaFitzgeraldMD. com or call (323) 464-8046 to schedule an appointment.

Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald is a Board Certi fied Dermatologist located in Larchmont Village with a special focus on anti-aging technology. She is a member of the Bo tox Cosmetic National Education Faculty and is an international Training Physician for Dermik, the makers of the injectable Sculptra. She is also among a select group of physicians chosen to teach proper injec tion techniques for Radiesse, the volumiz ing filler, around the world. Dr. Fitzgerald is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA. Visit online at www.RebeccaFitzgeraldMD. com or call (323) 464-8046 to schedule an appointment.

FRANCO’S 65TH BIRTHDAY on October 17 is cele brated outside of Peet’s Coffee on Larchmont. From left: Nick, Helene Seifer, Anthony Azizi, Marilyn Wells, Franco Iervolino (aka Giorgio) and Alan Perlstein. Franco now re sides in senior assisted living nearby.

PATH RIBBON CUTTING for the dedication of the final phase of its Metro Villas (whose colorful rooftop sign is very visible on the south side of the Hollywood Freeway, just east of Vermont Ave nue). Holding the giant scissors in the center of the photo is PATH Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Hark Dietz.

Photo by Gary Leonard

Finding a path toward reform, healing

The release in early October of the racist, hateful audio recordings of three city coun cilmembers struck at the soul of our city — a place that celebrates our diversity, including our Black, Latino, Indigenous, Armenian, AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders), Jewish, LGBTQ+ communities and all who call Los Angeles home.

The conversation in the recordings revolved around redistricting, and as diffi cult as this period has been, it is also an opportunity to advance important electoral reforms.

After the former council president resigned, I served as acting council president prior to Paul Krekorian being elect ed to the role on a permanent basis.

I knew that part of my mis sion and duty was to move us forward on major chang es, including measures that could lead to the creation of an independent commission — thus taking redistricting

Council Report by Mitch O'Farrell

power out of the hands of elected officials — as well as my motion to reform the Los Angeles City Charter.

My charter reform initia tive means Los Angeles could have greater representation, an expanded number of city council seats and an accom panying redistricting process in time for the 2026 elections.

Th e Los Angeles City Council has had 15 seats, representing 15 distinct geo graphical districts, since 1925. In the 97 years from then until now, we have grown from a population of fewer than one million to a diverse metropolis of nearly four mil lion people that is home to some of the largest communi ties outside of their respective

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countries including Koreans, Armenians, Mexicans, Salva dorans, Filipinos, and many others.

If ultimately approved and enacted by voters, my charter reform measure would rep resent the most significant expansion of representation on the Los Angeles City Coun cil in a century.

Because the charter sets the number of council seats, that number can only be amend ed via a charter amendment approved by voters. I am eager to put before voters the opportunity to decentralize the power structure in our city.

While the recordings revealed the worst of what people in leadership are capa ble of, the devastation caused by their actions can help us chart a path forward toward reform, healing and building a stronger, more equitable city for everyone.

Holiday open house Dec. 3 on Larchmont

Hear, hear ye! The tradi tional Holiday Open House will return to Larchmont Boulevard Sat., Dec. 3.

Many retailers and restau rants will be welcoming customers with good cheer.

Hours, lists of performers (maybe Santa?) and more in formation will come in the Chronicle’s next issue, to be distributed Thurs., Dec. 1. See you on the Boulevard!

Councilmembers called to resign after recording

time of shock, disappoint ment and anger has followed the recent public revealing

recordings. The recordings revealed three Los Angeles City Councilmembers and the leader of the County Fed eration of Labor uttering outrageous and shameful rac ist remarks.

These comments were directed against Los Ange les’ Black, Oaxacan, Indigenous, Armenian and Jewish communities and an approximately 8-year-old child — Councilmember Mike Bonin’s son.

In addition to the abhor rent racism, the closed-door meeting uncovered secret strategizing to manipulate the outcome of the city’s redistricting process. Sadly, this only serves to justify the skepticism that people have toward those who are given the honor, and very serious responsibility, of holding public office.

When I heard the record ings on the night they were released, I immediately pub licly called for the resignation of Nury Martinez, not just from her leadership role as council president but also from her elected position as a member of the city council, and she did so early last week.

My colleagues and I have joined the public in their outrage, disappointment and demand that the other two participating councilmem bers, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León, need to be held equally accountable for their words

Council Report

by Paul Koretz

and actions.  In addition to their participation, their fail ure to object or call out the racist politics, let alone halt the meeting, makes them equally culpable.

Despite my longtime friend ship with these colleagues, I am completely disgusted and disheartened.

They have historically appeared to work with their constituents professing love for community, equality for all Angelenos and a drive for pub lic service. If they ever meant any of those sentiments, for the good of the City of Los Angeles they must resign from the city council.  They must do so immediately so that we can begin to heal.

On our first meeting in council chambers after the news broke, I hugged my colleague Mike Bonin whose family, particularly his young child, was verbally and racially abused on these recordings.  Mike and I hav en’t always agreed politically, but I can tell you that he and his husband Sean are wonder ful fathers who now have so much healing ahead of them.

I hate that Mike’s years of service to our city will be bookended by this.

Ecclesia Gnostica Gnostic Christian Church

Bishop Dr. Stephan Hoeller

Edwardian novel finds new life in this modern play

A Los Angeles drama critic might be forgiven his cyni cism when confronted with the local opening of yet an other “Tony award-winning” play. The scorecard is mixed enough that one wonders what our East Coast breth ren are thinking. For every thrilling Lehman Trilogy or uplifting “Come From Away,” we get a tedious “Oklahoma!” or an overblown “Slave Play.”

When the play is in two parts and runs seven hours and is a gay-themed exploration of an E.M. Forster novel per haps best known for its PBS and Merchant-Ivory adap tations, one can be forgiven for entering the theater with trepidation.

That trepidation quickly evaporated as the two parts

of The Inheritance, Matthew López’s brilliant adaptation of Forster’s “Howard’s End,” ma jestically unfurled themselves at the Geffen Playhouse over matinee and evening per formances. Mr. López’s play won multiple Tony (and Ol ivier) awards, and they seem rightly due. Mr. López has written that, as he was read ing Forster’s novel for “the thousandth time,” he sud denly saw how he could turn an Edwardian novel into an American play. Without hav ing space to recap the novel, “The Inheritance” brings to gether the worlds of gay men whose lives have been closet ed, denied, accepted, rejected, loved or lost. López, like For ster, tries to find meaning in suffering and hope in kind

Theater Review by Louis Fantasia

ness; passion in life and life in passion. Money, sex, desire, fear, self-loathing and, final ly, love, all play a part in the interweaving sagas. The lega cy, the “inheritance,” ranges from a place in the country to a box of family photos; to AIDS and Truvada; to the memories of people who have touched us, if only for a mo ment, to those whom we’ve loved all our lives. The depth, breadth, humor and pathos of Mr. López’s writing has

What to watch for

(1) “2:22 - A Ghost Story” is at the Ahmanson through Dec. 4, 213-628-2772.

(2) City Garage Theater presents “The Penelopiad,” Mar garet Atwood’s retelling of The Odyssey, through Dec. 18, 310-319-9939.

(3) “Tosca” is at the Los Angeles Opera Nov. 19 through Dec. 10, 213-972-8001.

the humanity of “The Cherry Orchard” and the musicality of “Der Rosenkavalier.” This is the kind of maturity that should come at the end of one’s career, not in the mid dle of it.

Director Mike Donahue builds on the London and New York staging of original director Stephen Daltry — on Bob Crowley’s plinth-like unit set — to shape a first-rate en

semble of nuanced, detailed performances and tightly cho reographed ensemble work. The storytelling is often in the third person, and we feel as if we are conversing with Forster (an outstanding Bill Brochtrup) and his characters (particularly Adam Kantor, Juan Castano and Bradley James Tejeda as the three main young men finding their way — and their inheritances — in the world).

Could the play be trimmed? Certainly. Does it sag a little when it gets into gay politics and liberal socio-economics? Definitely. Does it matter?

Not particularly, especially as evinced by the sobs and sighs and grunts of recognition that came from (especially) the men in the audience who recognized their lives, their histories and their inheritanc es up on stage.

The Geffen is entering a period of transition as its ar tistic director steps down to pursue other opportuni ties. Since its inception as the Westwood Playhouse, it has had (perhaps unfairly) a reputation as a stage where Hollywood “stars” came to do “theater” (recent produc tions with Brian Cranston or Calista Flockhart did little to shake that image). Its choice of new plays tends to be safe, if not thin, as if designed not to challenge a comfortable audi ence too directly.

That’s not the case here. With the bar that the Geffen has set with The Inheritance, moving forward, it has the op portunity to take its place as a serious regional theater in the SoCal landscape, and not just a Westside playhouse.

Forster’s novel and López’s play show that life and love and risk are all connected.

“Only connect” was Forster’s motto. Let’s hope the Geffen continues to have the courage to do so.

The Inheritance runs at the Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., through Nov. 27. Parts I & II are performed separately.

The performance contains nudity, staged sexual acts and strong language. For further information, contact 310-208-2028 or visit www. geffenplayhouse.org.

Miracle Mile and Carthay Circle celebrate at Bergin’s

By John Welborne

Two historic neighborhoods celebrated their 100th anniver saries with a three-hour “happy hour” on Sun., Oct. 16, at Tom Bergin’s, 840 S. Fairfax Ave.

Vintage 1920s and ‘30s attire was optional, and sev eral flappers were present, including Kari Garcia and Kimberly Klein. Golden hats adorned many celebrants, of which there were dozens from both the Miracle Mile Resi dential Association and the Carthay Circle Neighborhood Association. Both neighbor hoods were developed in 1922.

Happily for the celebrants and many other fans of the 86-year-old Irish pub, Ber gin’s continues to serve five days per week, Thursday to Sunday, opening at 4 p.m. (ex cept Sunday at 1 p.m.).

El Cholo prepares to celebrate its 100th year in 2023

By Casey Russell

Iconic family-owned El Cholo Restaurant (1121 S. Western Ave., plus other loca tions), arguably the oldest of Los Angeles’ Mexican restau rants, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023. A series of special events and promotions will be featured during the centennial.

Starting on Jan. 1, 2023, cus tomers 100 years or older will be able to dine for free all year. Also starting Jan. 1, the restaurant will offer a special $100 mar garita, served in a collectible hand-blown glass. The owners also are exploring multiple ways for its restaurants to benefit charities and other sectors of the surrounding communities during the centennial.

In October 2023, a “100th Anniversary Red Carpet Gala” will take place at the origi nal Western Avenue location that soon will be expanding to include a new open-air patio.

Ron Salisbury, the third gen eration of El Cholo’s Borquez / Salisbury family of owners, and previously a Windsor Square resident for many years, has been maintaining and building up the restau rant chain for 68 years. There now are sixth-generation fam ily members working at the restaurants. Salisbury says the family is “proudly committed to continuing the El Cholo tra dition… well into the future!”

100TH ANNIVERSARY logo for El Cholo Restaurant.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRANTS for Miracle Mile and Carthay Circle gathered at Tom Bergin’s.

Shown, from left (in front of the Big Butter Jazz Band on stage) are: Hana Kawano, Joseph Steins, Thao Tran, Mary Woodward, Paul Yerman, Kari Garcia, Kimberly Klein, Ken Hixon, Sabrina Sim mons di Palivoda, Ann Rubin, Carol Steinberg, Hector Vilasenor and Greg Goldin.

Photos by John Welborne

Restaurants back from the dead – pt. 2 Flavorful vegetarian dishes shine at Zinc’s third location

By Helene Seifer

As we wrote last month when we covered the revived Tail O’ the Pup, a second local restaurant has risen from the grave to feed us once again. And, just in time for Hal loween and Day of the Dead celebrations!

In 2012, the popular Span ish tapas restaurant Cobras & Matadors closed and sat vacant for no discernable rea son until very recently when the lights turned back on, a few scattered tables claimed sidewalk space and the sweet scent of garlic-inflect ed everything permeated the neighborhood once again.

Owner Steve Arroyo, who once seemed to own half the restaurants in Los Angeles, (such as now-defunct Malo, Cobra Lily, and a Cobras & Matadors outpost in Los Feliz), currently presides over the sandwich shop Potato Chips and the bustling Escuela Taqueria, both a stone’s throw from his newly reopened Cobras & Matadors on Bever ly Boulevard. This casual and eclectically decorated café, with colorful tile walls and mismatched chairs, takes a

On the Menu by Helene Seifer

cue from Spanish dining hab its in that its 7 p.m. opening is a comparatively late start for a Los Angeles restaurant. The quirky place isn’t on any reservation apps, so stroll or drive over and believe their assertion that they can always accommodate guests. If you want wine with dinner (and you do!), bring your own and pay the $20 corkage or pick up a bottle from the adjacent wine store. In an age with steep bottle markups and $20 cocktails, this is a bargain.

Three of us waltzed over at 7 p.m., wine bottle in hand, and sat at a turquoise wood en table outside on a lovely balmy night.

Although plates are planned for sharing, several of them are so small that two bites apiece is all we each got, but each morsel packs a huge fla vor punch.

We decided to skip the typ ical toasts with cured meats and instead started with some of their many vegeta ble options. Asparagus with Manchego cheese sounds uninspired, but the $15 dish is irresistible. About five grilled meaty stalks in a bal samic reduction are showered with mini cubes of the salty cheese. The whole is definite ly greater than the sum of its parts.

Maitake mushrooms tossed in green garlic butter is a generous bowlful of tangled fungi. Deeply flavored and umami-rich, the seasoned butter makes the $15 mush rooms sing.

I had been told that $13 socca cakes were outstanding, and in fact the palm-sized soft chickpea flour pancakes are delightful dipped in a cilantro sauce.

Garlic shrimp is a classic Spanish nibble we couldn’t pass up. How can anyone resist raking the five shrimp through the fragrant butter bath then sopping up the rest with the accompanying slic es of grilled crusty bread?

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By Helene Seifer

In the 1980s, most of us visited restaurants to dine on then trendy blackened fish, chicken Kiev or barbecued chicken pizza. Not everyone followed the fad, however, and — in 1988 — third-genera tion vegetarian John Secretan established his first Zinc Café & Market, a casual vegetarian concept, in Laguna Beach.

He has since expanded to f our Southland locations including the newly opened Zinc Café & Market in West Hollywood.

The Melrose Avenue restau rant, a renovated former Pain Quotidien, sports a large eating porch in front, a landscaped back patio with fountain, a charming small private room and sever al tables inside adjoining a retail marketplace where one can find grab-and-go cheeses, salads, sandwiches, granola, wines and cookbooks.

Inspired by the farm-totable creations of the great Alice Waters and Secretan’s mother Rosemarie’s cooking (she developed much of the

Photo by Jenn Emerling

original menu), the impres sively varied menu, overseen by six-year Zinc group veter an Chef Antonio Chavez, is packed with punchy flavors.

We overordered, of course, and we were rewarded with piquant tastes, such as a very good $14 version of ubiquitous avocado toast, an assortment of vegetables, such as spiced carrots and Thai salad (sold by the pound), and a comfort ing $18 potato and arugula pizza.

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ZINC CAFÉ & MARKET opens casual space on Melrose.

Nine O’Clock Players entertain families this November

By Casey Russell

The Nine O’Clock Players’ performances of “Cinderella: The True Story” are continu ing this month at its iconic 330-seat theater in Hollywood (1367 N. St. Andrews Pl.).

The classic tale has been adapted for this production, and audience members will see Cinderella working to make the world a better place for all.

The Nine O’Clock Players,

an auxiliary of the Assistance League of Los Angeles, is one of the oldest continuously performing theaters for chil

dren in the nation.

Performances are sched uled for 2 p.m. on Nov. 13, 20 and 27.

To purchase $15 tickets to “Cinderella: The True Story,” call 323-545-6153 or visit nineoclockplayers.com.

New light show dazzles at the Los Angeles Zoo

By Nona Sue Friedman

Everything is new at Zoo Lights this year. The Los Ange les Zoo, at 5333 Zoo Drive in Griffith Park, is reimagining its spectacular annual light show to make it even better.

This year’s newest illumina tions will be wildlife-centric LED-lights. More than 30 animals will be glowing throughout the zoo, includ ing giraffes, elephants, koalas and lemurs.

The zoo has added an immersive element to the display that includes glowing ring swings, a wisteria tunnel that leads to a light fountain, plus drums that change tree lights.

All of this light is enjoyed while you take a 60- to 90-minute self-paced stroll through the zoo while the animals sleep. Hot cocoa and churros are available for pur chase to keep you warm and energized.

The exhibit runs from Fri., Nov. 18 to Sun., Jan. 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets start at $27 for children and $34 for

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At $16, it might have been nice to have bigger shrimp and more bread, but the gar licky aroma alone is worth the price.

We could have stopped there, but why would we? Every bite so far had elicited an “Mmmm,” so we ordered the half organic chicken au jus with watercress and herb salad for two. It is pricey at $50, and it seems more

Zinc

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Two $16 dishes were our favorites. Room-temperature spinach lasagna was superb. The large slab presented bal anced layers of pasta, cheeses and bechamel, splashed with just enough marinara sauce to add some tomatoey brightness. Equally delicious was a large red pepper stuffed to bursting with crave-worthy brown rice mixed with mushrooms and creamed Swiss chard. Neither dish is a delicate artisanal ver sion of a classic. Instead, they aim to please those with hearty appetites and a desire for bold flavors. Both are accompanied by salad.

Turkey trot

Runners and walkers alike can take part in the Turkey Trot at the Rose Bowl on Thanksgiving Day. Visit rose bowlturkeytrot.com

French bistro than Spanish snack, but it is excellent. Ten der, juicy chicken with sweet and tangy greens alongside, it is one of the best poul try treatments any of us had experienced anywhere.

We ended the evening with a plate of small, crunchy chur ros with chocolate dipping sauce which went perfectly with the last drops of our wine.

Cobras & Matadors, 7615 Beverly Blvd. 323-2724924.

We had to try one of their homemade baked goods and opted for an almond crois sant. The $5 pastry was filled with a very good, not-toosweet almond filling. Those who obsessively watch “The Great British Baking Show” will notice that the dough lay ers are not as thin and flaky as afficionados seek. Those who just want something that tastes good will be very happy.

Beverages include white chocolate mocha, iced tur meric latte, cappuccino and a protein smoothie. Beer and wine are served. Open for breakfast and lunch; dinner will soon be added.

Zinc Café & Market, 8607 Melrose Ave, 323-438-9835.

CINDERELLA as played by Miranda Miller.

SCONES

N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-463-0811

to Sat., 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sun., 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

BURGER LOUNGE

217 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-462-2310 burgerlounge.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

CAFÉ GRATITUDE

639 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-580-6383 cafegratitude.com

Daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

CHIPOTLE

301 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-978-2047 chipotle.com

Daily 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

COFFEE COFFEE

5630 Melrose Ave. 818-913-5965 coffeecoffee.com

Daily 8 a.m to 4 p.m.

ERIN MCKENNA’S BAKERY

236 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-463-2023

erinmckennasbakery.com

Sun. to Thurs. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.;

Fri., Sat. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

GO GET EM TIGER

230 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-543-4321 gget.com

Daily 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

GOOD GOOSE CAFÉ

5210 Beverly Blvd. 323-378-5272

goodgoosecafe.com

Mon. 4:30 to 9 p.m.; Tues. to Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 9 p.m.

GREAT WHITE

244 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-745-5059

greatwhitevenice.com

Sun. to Thurs. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

GROUNDWORK

150 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-843-4920

groundworkcoffee.com

Mon. to Fri. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

JAMBA JUICE

122 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-378-5720 jamba.com

Daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

KIKU SUSHI

246 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-464-1323 kikusushi.com

Mon. to Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; daily 5 to 8:30 p.m.

KREATION JUICE

121 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-848-4714

kreationjuice.com

Daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

LARCHMONT VILLAGE WINE, SPIRITS & CHEESE

223 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-856-8699

larchmontvillagewine.com

Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LE PAIN QUOTIDIEN

113 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-461-7701

lepainquotidien.com

Daily 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

LE PETIT GREEK

127 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-464-5160

lepetitgreek.com

Tues. to Thurs. 5 to 8:30 p.m.;

Fri., Sat. 12 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m.; Sun. 12 to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

LEMONADE

626 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-464-0700 lemonadela.com

Daily 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

LOUISE’S TRATTORIA

232 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-962-9510 louises.com

Mon. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Sun. 12 to 9 p.m.

MURAYA

125 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-856-0369

Daily noon to 9 p.m.

NOAH’S BAGELS

250 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-466-2924 noahs.com

Daily 5 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PEET’S COFFEE

124 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-978-1003 peets.com

Mon. to Fri. 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. PRESSED

201 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-464-5800 pressed.com

Daily 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

SAM’S BAGELS

154 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-469-1249

Mon. to Sat. 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sun. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

STARBUCKS

206 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-469-1081 starbucks.com

Mon. to Fri. 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.

start making reservations!

SWEETFIN

135 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-465-6040 sweetfin.com Daily 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

TACOS TU MADRE

203 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-499-1143

tacostumadre.com

Mon. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

VERNETTI

225 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-798-5886 vernetti.la Tues. to Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Tues. to Sun. 5:30 to 10 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

VILLAGE PIZZERIA

131 N. Larchmont Blvd. 323-465-5566 villagepizzeria.net Wed., Thurs. 3 to 8:30 p.m.; Fri. to Sun. noon to 8:30 p.m.

Beyond the Boulevard

ALMA

The Grove 323-879-9596 alma.mx

Mon. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

ALL ABOUT THE BREAD 7111 Melrose Ave. 323-930-8989 allaboutthebread.com Daily 11 a.m to 9 p.m.

ANARKALI

INDIAN RESTAURANT 7013 Melrose Ave. 323-934-6488 anarkaliindianrestaurant.com Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.;

Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

ANGELINI ALIMENTARI

ANGELINI OSTERIA 7313 Beverly Blvd. 323-297-0070

angelinirestaurantgroup.com Daily 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 5 to 10 p.m.

ANIMAL 435 N. Fairfax Ave. 323-782-9225 animalrestaurant.com Sun. to Wed. 6 to 9 p.m., Thurs. to Sat. 6 to 9:30 p.m.

ANTICO NUOVO

4653 Beverly Blvd. 323-510-3093 anticonuovo-la.com

Mon. to Thurs. 6 to 10 p.m.; Fri. to Sun. 5:30 to 10 p.m.

APOLLONIA’S

PIZZERIA

5176 Wilshire Blvd. 323-937-2823

apolloniaspizzeria.com

Wed. to Sun. noon to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.

ASTROBURGER

5601 Melrose Ave. 323-469-1924 astroburger.com

Mon. to Sat. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

BADMAASH

418 N. Fairfax Ave. 213-281-5185 badmaashla.com

Sun. to Wed. noon to 10 p.m.; Thurs. to Sat. noon to 11 p.m.

BAGEL BROKER

7825 Beverly Blvd. 323-931-1258 bagelbroker.com

Mon. to Sat. 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sun. 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

BAR VERDE

The Grove 323-900-1610 nordstrom.com

Mon. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

BCD TOFU

3775 Wilshire Blvd. 213-382-6677

bcdtofuhouse.com

Sun. to Thurs. 6:30 a.m. to midnight; Fri., Sat. 6:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.

BERRI’S CAFÉ

8412 W. 3rd St. 323-852-0642

berris.la

Daily 11 a.m. to 4 a.m.

BLACK DOG COFFEE

5657 Wilshire Blvd. 323-933-1976

blackdogcoffee.com

Mon. to Fri. 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

BLUDSO’S BAR + QUE

609 N. La Brea Ave. 323-931-2583 barandque.com

Mon. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sat. noon to 10 p.m.; Sun. noon to 9 p.m.

BLUE RIBBON SUSHI BAR & GRILL

The Grove 323-352-9300

brsushigrove.com

Sun. to Thurs. noon to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. noon to 10 p.m.

THE BUN SHOP

151 N. Western Ave. 323-468-1031

thebunshopla.com

Daily 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

CANTER’S DELI

419 N. Fairfax Ave. 323-651-2030 cantersdeli.com

Open 24 hours daily.

THE CAT & FIDDLE PUB AND RESTAURANT

742 N. Highland Ave. 323-468-3800

thecatandfiddle.com

Daily noon to 11 p.m.

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY

The Grove 323-634-0511

thecheesecakefactory.com

Mon. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11:30 a.m. to11 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

COBRAS AND MATADORS

7615 Beverly Blvd. 323-272-4924

Sun. to Thurs. 6 to 11 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 6 to 11:45 p.m.

COMMERSON 788 S. La Brea Ave. 323-813-3000

commersonrestaurant.com

Tues. to Sat. 3 to 10 p.m.

THE COUNTER 5779 Wilshire Blvd. 323-932-8900

thecounterburger.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

DR. SANDWICH 7475 Beverly Blvd. 3424-501-0099 drsandwich.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

DRESDEN ROOM 1760 Vermont Ave. 323-665-4294 thedresden.com

Wed. to Sat. 5 to 10 p.m.; Sun. 5 to 9 p.m.

DU-PAR’S Farmers Market

323-933-8446 dupars.net

Mon. to Thurs. 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

THE EDMON 5168 Melrose Ave. 323-645-5225 theedmon.com

Mon. to Thurs. 4 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; Fri., Sat. 4 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

EDO BITES

The Grove 323-879-9507 edobites.us

Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

EINSTEIN BROS. BAGELS

5550 Wilshire Blvd. 323-330-9501 einsteinbros.com

Mon. to Fri. 5 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

EL CHOLO

1121 S. Western Ave. 323-734-2773 elcholo.com

Daily 11:30 a.m. to close.

EL COYOTE CAFÉ

7312 Beverly Blvd. 323-939-2255 elcoyotecafe.com

Wed., Thurs. and Sun. noon to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. noon to 10 p.m.

ESCO’S PIZZA 615 N. La Brea Ave. 323-592-3042 escos.co

Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to midnight

ESCUELA TAQUERIA 7450 Beverly Blvd. 323-932-6178 escuela-taqueria.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11:30 a.m. to midnight

FABIOLUS CUCINA 6270 Sunset Blvd. 323-467-2882 fabiolus.com Wed. to Sun. 5 to 9 p.m.

FIVE GUYS 5550 Wilshire Blvd. 323-939-2360 fiveguys.com Daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

FRENCH CREPE

COMPANY

Farmers Market 323-934-3113 frenchcrepe.com

Mon. to Thurs. 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

GIGI’S 904 N. Sycamore Ave. gigis.la

Tues. to Sat. 5:30 to 10 p.m.

THE GROVE 323-900-8080 thegrovela.com Mon. to Thurs. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

HMS BOUNTY 3357 Wilshire Blvd. 213-385-7275 thehmsbounty.com Mon. to Thurs. noon to midnight; Fri. to Sun. noon to 1 a.m.

HOT WINGS CAFÉ 7011 Melrose Ave. 323-930-1233 hotwingscafe.net Mon. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to midnight; Sun. noon to 11 p.m.

INDIA’S TANDOORI

5468 Wilshire Blvd. 323-936-2050

indiastandoori.net

Daily 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.

INTI PERUVIAN RESTAURANT

5870 Melrose Ave. 323-962-2027

intirestaurantla.com

Daily 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES

5655 Wilshire Blvd. 323-297-4467 ihop.com

Sun. to Thurs. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 7 a.m. to midnight

ISA JAPANESE

916 S. La Brea Ave. 323-879-9536

isajapanese.com

Sun. to Thurs. noon to 11 p.m.; Fri., Sat. noon to midnight

JON & VINNY’S 412 N. Fairfax Ave. 323-334-3369

jonandvinnys.com

Daily 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

KALI RESTAURANT

5722 Melrose Ave. 323-871-4160

kalirestaurant.com

Wed. to Sun. 6 to 9:30 p.m.

LA BREA BAKERY CAFÉ

468 S. La Brea Ave. 323-939-6813 labreabakery.com

Daily 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

LA PIAZZA The Grove 323-933-5050

lapiazzathegrove.com Mon. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10:30

p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

LAWRY’S THE PRIME RIB

100 N. La Cienega Blvd. 310-652-2827 lawrysonline.com

Mon. to Thurs. 5 to 9:30 p.m.; Fri. 5 to 10 p.m.; Sat. 4 to 10 p.m.; Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 9:30 p.m.

LUCIFER’S PIZZA

7123 Melrose Ave. 323-424-4230 luciferspizza.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

LITTLE BAR LOUNGE

757 S. La Brea Ave. littlebarlounge.com

Mon. to Fri. 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Sat. 2 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.

M CAFÉ

7119 Melrose Ave. 323-525-0588 mcafedechaya.com Daily 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

M GRILL 3832 Wilshire Blvd. 213-389-2770 m-grill.com

Mon. to Thurs. 5:30 to 9 p.m.; Fri. 5 to 9:30 p.m.; Sat. 4 to 9:30 p.m.; Sun. 4 to 8:30 p.m.

MAGEE’S KITCHEN Farmers Market 323-938-4127 mageeskitchen.com

Mon. to Thurs. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

MARKET TAVERN Farmers Market

323-452-9299

markettavernla.com

Tues. to Thurs. noon to 9:30 p.m.; Fri. noon to 11 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

MARINO RISTORANTE

6001 Melrose Ave. 323-466-8812

marinorestaurant.com

Mon. to Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m.; Sat. 5 to 10 p.m.

MARIO’S PERUVIAN & SEAFOOD

5786 Melrose Ave. 323-466-4181

mariosperuvianseafood.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

MARMALADE CAFE

Farmers Market

323-954-0088 marmaladecafe.com

Mon. to Thurs. 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

MERCADO

7910 W. Third St. 323-944-0947

cocinasycalaveras.com/Mercado Tues. to Wed. 5 to 9:30 p.m.; Thurs. 5 to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 4 to 10 p.m.; Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

MET HER AT A BAR

759 S. La Brea Ave. 323-847-5013

metheratabar.com Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

MET HIM AT A BAR 801 S. La Brea Ave. 323-852-3321

methimatabar.com Mon. to Thurs. 4 to 10 p.m.; Fri. 4 to 11 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

THE MEXICAN VILLAGE

3668 Beverly Blvd. 213-385-0479

themexicanvillage.com

Tues. to Thurs. 5 to 11 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. MIZLALA

7007 W. Romaine St., #103 323-347-6292

mizlala.com/sycamore Tues. to Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

MO’S HOUSE OF AXE 611 S. Western Ave. 213-908-0808 moshouseofaxe.com Mon. to Wed. 5 to 10 p.m.; Thurs. 5 to 11 p.m.; Fri. 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Sat. 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

MOTHER TONGUE

960 N. La Brea Ave. 213-319-7850 hellomothertongue.com Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Daily 5 to 10 p.m.

MUSSO AND FRANK GRILL

6667 Hollywood Blvd. 323-467-7788 mussoandfrank.com Tues. to Sat. 5 to 11 p.m.; Sun. 4 to 10 p.m.

OFF VINE RESTAURANT 6263 Leland Way 323-962-1900 offvine.com Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4 to 8:30 p.m.

ONO HAWAIIAN BBQ 5550 Wilshire Blvd.

323-525-1688 onohawaiianbbq.com Sun. to Thurs. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

ORIGINAL FARMERS MARKET

6333 W. Third St. 323-933-9211 farmersmarketla.com Sun. to Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

OSTERIA MAMMA 5732 Melrose Ave. 323-284-7060 osteriamamma.com Mon. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun. 5 to 9:45 p.m.

OSTERIA LA BUCA 5210 Melrose Ave. 323-462-1900 osterialabuca.com Daily 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 10:30 p.m.

OSTERIA MOZZA 6602 Melrose Ave. 323-297-0100 osteriamozza.com Sun. 5 to 9 p.m.; Mon. to Thurs. 5:30 to 9 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 5 to 10 p.m.

PAMPAS GRILL Farmers Market 323-931-1928 pampas-grill.com Mon. to Thurs. and Sun. 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

PAPA CRISTO’S 2771 W. Pico Blvd. 323-737-2970 papacristos.com Wed. to Sun. 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

PETIT TROIS 718 N. Highland Ave.

323-468-8916 petittrois.com

Daily noon to 10 p.m.

PETROSSIAN

321 N. Robertson Blvd. 310-271-6300

petrossianrestaurants.com Thurs. to Sun. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

PETTY CASH

7360 Beverly Blvd. 323-933-5300

pettycashtaqueria.com

Tues to Thurs. 5:30 to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 5:30 to 11 p.m.

PINK’S HOT DOGS

709 N. La Brea Ave. 323-931-4223

pinkshollywood.com

Sun. to Thurs. 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m.

PIZZERIA MOZZA

641 N. Highland Ave. 323-297-0101

la.pizzeriamozza.com

Sun. to Thurs. 5 to 9 p.m.; Fri, Sat. 5 to 10 p.m.

PLANT POWER 776 Vine St. 323-471-1550

powerplantfastfood.com Daily 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

PROVIDENCE 5955 Melrose Ave. 323-460-4170

providencela.com

Tues. to Fri. 6 to 9 p.m.; Sat. 5:30 to 9 p.m.

RAMEN MELROSE 5784 Melrose Ave. 323-645-7766

ramenmelrose.com

Mon. to Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Sun. noon to 3 a.m.

RAY’S AND STARK BAR

LACMA

5905 Wilshire Blvd. 323-857-6180

patinagroup.com

Mon., Tues., Thurs. noon to 5 p.m.; Fri. noon to 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

RÉPUBLIQUE

624 S. La Brea Ave. 310-362-6115

republiquela.com

Daily 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tues. to Fri. 5:30 to 10 p.m.; Sat. 5 to 10 p.m.

ROCCO’S PIZZA

6335 Wilshire Blvd. 323-655-0058

roccospizza.la

Mon. 4 to 9 p.m.; Tues. to Sun. noon to 9 p.m.

Council Report

from page 12)

So as we move forward, the remaining members of the city council are considering a series of motions calling for account ability and the censure and resignation of the two remain ing councilmembers involved.

Revealing this kind of rac ism and mean-spiritedness from our elected leaders only shows how much work we must do to regain the trust of Angelenos, and shining light to truth is the only way that our city will be able to heal.

Before new council pres ident Paul Krekorian was elected unanimously by his

SAKE HOUSE MIRO 809 S. La Brea Ave. 323-939-7075

sakehousemiro.com Daily 4 to 11 p.m.

SIGHTGLASS 7051 Willoughby Ave. 323-763-8588

sightglasscoffee.com Daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

STAR OF INDIA 730 Vine St. 323-939-6815

starofindiala.com Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 10:45 p.m.; Sat. noon to 10:45 p.m.; Sun. 11:45 a.m. to 10:15 p.m.

SUPREMO RISTORANTE

901 S. La Brea Ave. 323-852-3192

colleagues, I was appointed by acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell to serve as vice chair on a newly created Ad Hoc Censure Committee, along with Councilmembers Mar queece Harris-Dawson (chair), Heather Hutt, John Lee and Monica Rodriguez.

The appointments were made effective immediately and triggered Council Rule 88 that states that a request for censure of a member of the council may be submitted to the city clerk, a request that formally occurred Oct. 18.  We are working to move ahead with our scheduled agenda and ongoing legislative busi ness in council meetings.

supremoristorante.com

Sun., Mon., Tues. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Wed. and Thurs. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

SYCAMORE KITCHEN 143 S. La Brea Ave. 323-939-0151 thesycamorekitchen.com Mon. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat., Sun. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TARTINE

911 N. Sycamore Ave. 323-552-6054 tartinebakery.com Daily 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TATSU RAMEN 7111 Melrose Ave. 323-879-9332 tatsuramen.com Sun. to Wed. 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Thurs. to Sat. 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Ironically, the previous weeks were marked by a won derful variety of cultural events of appreciation, equality and inclusion — from a formal celebration of Filipino Ameri can Heritage to the observance of Indigenous People’s Day. We marched in solidarity with our Iranian friends in support of the movement of freedom and human rights in Iran, and we were proud to welcome David Babayan, Foreign Minister for the Republic of Artsakh, and an Artsakh Delegation.

It is my hope that we can soon begin our journey forward together toward a better and unified Los Ange les for all.

TAYLOR’S STEAKHOUSE 3361 W. Eighth St. 213-382-8449

taylorssteakhouse.com Daily 4 to 10 p.m.

TEHRANRO GRILL 414 S. Western Ave. 213-259-4111 tehranro.com

Sun. to Thurs. 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Fri., Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

TERE’S MEXICAN GRILL

5870 Melrose Ave. 323-468-9345

teresmexicangrill.com Mon. to Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

TSURI SUSHI 7015 Melrose Ave. 323-935-1517

LPGA

(Continued from page 6) was clear how supportive the Wangs are of women’s golf. Said Mr. Wang: “I’m a hacker, but I love golf. I watch espe cially LPGA as much as I can, and every time I go play golf, I remind myself to please keep my day job.

“But it’s just fantastic. For me, my atti tude in my heart is just that playing golf, step ping on the course every time, brings you much joy. ... You know that golfers — even Natalie here — don’t hit a perfect shot every single time. ... But I have

tsurionmelrose.com

Mon. to Thurs. 5:30 to 10 p.m.; Fri. 5:30 to 11 p.m.; Sat. 4 to 11 p.m.; Sun. 4 to 10 p.m.

WIRTSHAUS

345 N. La Brea Ave. 323-931-9291

wirtshausla.com

Mon. to Wed. 4 to 10:30 p.m.; Thurs. 4 to 11 p.m.; Fri., Sat. noon to 11:30 p.m.; Sun. noon to 10:30 p.m.

YUKO KITCHEN

5484 Wilshire Blvd. 323-933-4020 yukokitchen.com Mon. to Sat. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

ZINC

8607 Melrose Ave. 323-438-9835 zinccafe.com Daily 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

joy because there is always something to look forward to. There is hope. There is hope for the next shot. Hope for the next hole.

‘So because there is hope, there is joy.”

There certainly was joy ex pressed by fellow panelist and golfer Natalie Gulbis and the other LPGA officials savoring the news.

LPGA ANNOUNCEMENT of new $3 million purse featured (from left) pro golfer Natalie Gul bis and LPGA tournament sponsors Walter Wang and Shirley Wang.

Alien space pods land on La Brea for fine, tasty dining

By Helene Seifer

Behind a faceless all-black façade at the former Odys + Penelope lies a science fiction fantasy of a dining room. A white trussed ceiling soars over the white tables and black chairs which neatly run down the center of the restaurant.

Counter seating overlooks the bustling kitchen at one end; a bar backed by colorful bottles of booze — the one pop of col or in the room — holds court at the other end. The open mezzanine above the kitch en holds a long private table. The coolness of the room, both in hipness and in emo tion, is best exemplified by the rows of poured concrete alien space pods, otherwise known as private booths, hug ging the long walls, which is where one wants to sit.

Los Angeles, meet Workshop Kitchen & Bar, an ambitious transplant from Palm Springs and Los Angeles-born chef Michael Beckman.

As at so many restaurants in town, Japanese flavors and techniques infuse Chef Beckman’s menu. Unusual flavor combinations abound, including in the cocktails. I

prefer a classic Negroni to their sumac and mezcal ver sion, but the “kitchen sink martini” with olive oil washed Islay gin and a side of pickled vegetables is delicious.

At the bar and kitchen counter a diner may order off a short à la carte menu, which will eventually expand and be available throughout the restaurant. For now, pod peo ple and table-sitters must order one of two five-course tasting menus: vegan for $85 or the $100 menu, which my hus band and I both ordered, which includes meat and fish. There are several choices for each, and one can swap items from either tasting menu. One or two items change every week.

The parade of plates began with a refreshing and scrumptious crudo of dryaged kampachi in a slightly sweet and citrusy dashi broth. Soul-satisfying!

The second course offered three choices. We passed on the honey nut squash with caviar (for a supplemental $35) and ordered the other two.

The bouillabaisse pot de crème resembled a Japanese tofu cus tard with lobster mushrooms

and sliced apples, subtly per fumed with makrut (like kaffir lime) and lemongrass.

The heirloom tomato sal ad was brilliant with bright flavor. Tiny tomatoes float ed in a pistachio-and-melon gazpacho with compressed cucumber, watermelon radish and basil flowers. This was the best dish of the night.

Pan seared amberjack with artichokes on a mound of truf fled French lentils came next. This, too, was a beautiful dish with balanced flavors of sweet fish and earthy legumes.

There were three choices again for the fourth plate: dry

aged strip loin, Iberian pork chop for an additional $20 and A5 wagyu strip (A5 is the highest quality beef rating given by the Japanese gov ernment) for $100 extra. It’s wonderful to have choices. It’s not as wonderful to have so many supplemental charges.

The Masami Ranch dry aged strip loin had a good beefy taste, but the star of the plate was the accompanying sunchokes. The koji-mari nated Campo Grande Iberian pork chop is a newly avail able, highly marbled, deeply flavored pork from prized Spanish pigs. It was served

with a tangy green kimchi gremolata and accompanied by pommes aligot (silky pota toes mashed with cream and stretchy French or Swiss cheese) that was disappoint ingly overdone.

We ended our meal with two different desserts; torte medovik, a honey sponge cake, was topped by huitlaco che ice cream (flavored with corn fungus for an interesting umami taste that won’t be for everyone), and the mille feuille. Similar to a Napolean, crispy dough is layered with stone fruit, passionfruit cream and full spoons of fresh passionfruit.

We loved the knowledge able and friendly servers. We enjoyed sitting in the creative ly designed pods. Some of the dishes were over-the-top deli cious, but I look forward to curating our own selection of à la carte items when they become available throughout the restaurant so we can luxu riate in a private pod without having to commit to a fivecourse tasting menu.

Workshop Kitchen & Bar, 8607 Melrose Ave., 323-4389835.

Sat

in person at the Luckman Theatre for our

performance of The Nutcracker

at 2pm and 7pm

and

WORKSHOP KITCHEN & BAR blends sci-fi cool with high-end cooking. Photo by Audrey Ma

By Suzan Filipek

after a long two-year wait,

Daukayev will present

magic of the holiday sea son on a professional stage.

The school’s ballet students — many live in our neighbor hoods — will leap and twirl in four performances of “The Nutcracker” on Sat., Dec 10, at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sun., Dec 11, at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The performances will be at Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr., just east of downtown.

Grace Tankenson, 14, who lives in Windsor Square, is

among the students in this year’s production.

“She will be dancing Snow Queen and Dew Drop this year,” Pamela Daukayev told us.

Tankenson began at the bal let school in 2011 when she

was 3 years old.  “Her older sister, Amelia, also attended our school.  Amelia is doing an internship with us now, and I am writing her college recommendation letter.  It all goes by in the blink of an eye!”

Pamela’s daughter, Emma Daukayev, who grew up in the Windsor Square family home on Van Ness, is now at the University of Michigan, Pa mela adds.

The 110 performers in this year’s production — the school’s 20th annual “Nut cracker” — will multi-task, performing various roles, so they gain the most dance ex perience possible.

To prepare, the students recently had some remark able rehearsals and classes with international stars of the dance world: ballerina Maria Kochetkova and choreogra pher Sebastian Kloborg, and, of course, school founder and former Kirov Ballet star Marat Daukayev.

Classes are held at the school’s new 10,000-squarefoot studio in the Equitable Plaza building at 3435 Wilshire Blvd.

“We are at home in our new space on Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown (not a huge commute for our Larchmont / La Brea families),” Pame la told us. (The school had formerly been on La Brea Av enue in the Miracle Mile.)

The new space features four

ballet studios and a Pilates room. Large windows give views from the second floor of the Equitable Building.

“Our families are overjoyed to be back in the theater after a two-year COVID hiatus,” Pa mela said.

Contemporary dance com pany Body Traffic also is in residence at the studio, “giv ing our students proximity to a vibrant contemporary com pany,” Pamela added. Marat also offers a budding adult beginning ballet program.

It’s been a busy time for the school, which last year offered performances of “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty” in its school’s onsite performance space.

Last month, the school’s students performed at a benefit for KFAM (Korean American Family Services) in the awe-inspiring Endeavor Gallery at the California Sci ence Museum.

“We [also] held a gala in support of Ukraine in March,” Pamela told us. “We have an alumnus who had to come home from Russia because of the war.  Lots going on!”

For tickets, visit maratdau kayev.com.

EMMA DAUKAYEV, left, and two angels in center: Vivian Wers inger, left, and right, Reece Armstrong-Clossey.

SCHOOL FOUNDER Marat Daukayev with Grace Tankenson,

Challenges confront Center Theatre Group and others

By John Welborne

large and small in Los Angeles are

Very close by, on Santa Monica Boulevard west of Vine Street to about Hudson Avenue, is “Theatre Row” — a bustling center for theater performance and acting in struction for 50 years. The district received official City of Los Angeles designation in 2015. However, since at least August of this year, a centerpiece building housing multiple studios and theater spaces, “The Complex,” has feared a loss of its lease at the end of this year. Stay tuned.

Not too much further away, at the venerable Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson The atre — integral parts of The Music Center for 55 years — there also are rumblings about the future. No, these definitely are not leasing or real estate rumblings (the County of Los Angeles being an enlightened landlord); these are patron / customer rumblings.

Without patrons, no theater company can survive. And now, coming off COVID-19 closures for the past two years, neither of these reopened Center Theatre Group auditoriums is as full as in the pre-pandemic days.

The current president of the nonprofit Center Theatre Group’s board of directors is lawyer and Windsor Square resident Amy Forbes. (CTG

also operates the Kirk Doug las Theatre in Culver City.)

Forbes told the Chronicle that CTG not only brings great theater to Los Angeles, “it also offers robust educa tional and theater training programming, for free, to a wide range of children all over the region.”

But, Forbes warns, “With the crush of the pandemic, our theaters are in peril. The Ahmanson, Taper and Doug las recently reopened their doors after they were closed for more than two years. But, it seems it’s hard to get people back in the habit of leaving their houses and going out to the theater … in person.”

To remind us nearby resi dents of the joy of attending live theater, the Ahmanson is offering a discount to Larch mont-area residents. See the ad on page 14 in this Din ing & Entertainment Guide. Forbes convincingly argues: “As Angelenos, we have a responsibility to keep our institutions strong. You can help do that, while doing something fun at the same time.” The CTG board’s goal “is to rebuild our audiences and get people back into the

MEMBERS of “2:22 —

in Los Angeles

left to right: Constance Wu, Anna Camp, Adam Rothenberg and Finn Wittrock.

theater-going habit.”

At a recent gathering in support of another nonprofit organization, CTG managing director and CEO Meghan Pressman emphasized this same point, reminding us that, “theater creates an extraordinary connection between artists and audiences that only starts on the stage. Theater creates the energy that feeds a city, a culture and a society. Theater reflects the community it serves.”

Right now (starting October 29 and playing until December 4), at the Ahmanson, patrons can experience “a supernat ural thriller” (how handy for the Halloween season!) … and at a discount for locals who use the promotion code! The play, “2:22 — A Ghost Sto ry,” stars Constance Wu, Anna Camp, Adam Rothenberg and Finn Wittrock.

Later in the month, on

November 15, the Mark Taper Forum presents the West Coast premiere of “Clyde’s,” described as “a new comedy that serves up the story of ordinary char acters with big dreams.”

From December 13 to Jan uary 1, the Ahmanson will present “Ain’t Too Proud –

The Life and Times of The Temptations,” a new Broad way hit musical that follows The Temptations’ journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Learn more about the CTG theaters’ 2022/2023 season: centertheatregroup.org.

MARK TAPER FORUM is on the re-designed Music Center Pla za, just in front of the Ahmanson Theatre.

Photo courtesy of The Music Center

THEATRE ROW is nearby, but is now endangered, on Santa Monica Boulevard.

“AIN’T TOO PROUD — The Life and Times of The Temptations” brings the national touring company to Los Angeles, featuring, left to right: Marcus Paul James, Jalen Harris, Elijah Ahmad Lewis, Harrell Holmes Jr. and James T. Lane. Photo by Emilio Madrid

Former La Luna chef connects weekly with customers

By Nona Sue Friedman

Although La Luna Ris torante means “the moon restaurant” in our tiny part of the solar system, it was a “star” of homemade Northern Italian food on Larchmont Boulevard starting in 1991 and continu ing for 15 years. Robertino Giovannelli was the 23-yearold Italian chef/owner when he started the local establish ment. “It was my dream come true. I really enjoyed it, the community and the custom ers. It kept me alive,” is how Giovannelli describes his own ing the restaurant.

Giovannelli was heartbro ken when he had to close his restaurant in 2006 because of landlord and lease issues. What was he to do?

Food was his passion. He

lived it. He’d been cooking since he was in high school, went to culinary school in Ita ly, and worked at numerous restaurants in both Italy and Los Angeles. As Giovannelli relates, “In Italy, the dining table is where all the action takes place. Sitting down with family, with friends, having some wine, some food with the people you love.”

As luck would have it, he was able to rent a kitchen at Melrose Avenue and Vine Street — a perfect location to stay in the neighborhood and keep in touch with his customers. He began cater ing and also became certified to cook school lunches. One of his clients is Larchmont Charter School at Hollygrove and LaFayette Park.

The Larchmont Sunday Farmers’ Market had start ed about a year before his restaurant closed. He thought it was nice having the local market. “Maybe I could have a booth there and see how it goes,” he recalled thinking. He signed up, starting small with just a few sauces and some pasta. It took off and is still going strong.

Each week, he offers a beau tiful and bountiful selection of frozen entrées, sauces and soups just like he made in the restaurant. Over the years, he’s added fresh and dried pastas, imported oils and con diments and Italian-inspired empanadas. It’s everything you need to make your own Italian feast. He sees custom ers who are thrilled to know that they can still purchase a particular sauce or entrée that their children or spouses adored in the restaurant.

These weekly interactions are a great way for him to keep in touch with his loyal customers of 30 years. They warmly welcomed him into this community and into a city that can be challenging, especially as a restaurant owner, as recounted to the Chronicle recently.

Although he was initially upset with the closing of his restaurant, as with many inci dents, when one door closes, another one opens. For the last 15 years, he’s enjoyed the more flexible schedule of not having to open or close a restaurant every day and the opportunity to spend more time with his daughter, who is now 17 years old. He also caters and is gearing up to provide a traditional Thanks giving Day spread for anyone who still wants him to do the cooking.

Visit his eye-catching stall at the Sunday Farmers’ Mar ket or order delicious treats online at robertinocucina. com.

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ROBERTINO GIOVANNELLI proudly displays his provisions from Italy.

Cat & Fiddle has been serving pints and more for 40 years!

By Nona Sue Friedman

If you ever have a hanker ing for fish and chips with a pint, a visit to The Cat & Fiddle is certain to satisfy. The Hollywood institution, opened in October 1982, is celebrating a miraculous 40 years in business.

The original owners, Brit ish bassist Kim Gardner (who passed away in 2001) — of The Birds, among other bands — along with his then pregnant wife Paula of New Orleans, opened the pub in Laurel Can yon because Gardner was tired of driving to Santa Monica to the only English drinking hole in Los Angeles. Gardner wanted a neighborhood estab lishment — a proper pub, also known as a public house — close by. As Gardner’s dad said, “That boy would do any thing for a pint!”

The pub was an immediate success. On opening night, with a line out the door, the bartender left halfway through the evening because it was too crowded. Paula, pregnant with 8-month-old twin girls, served pints for the first time in her life. With the pub’s success, Paula quit her day job and started working at the restaurant full time with husband Kim.

Moving to Sunset Blvd.

Within three years, they out grew the cozy Laurel Canyon location and moved to Sunset Boulevard where they spent the next 30 years. Bangers and mash, homemade savory pies and beef Wellington fed many of the rock and rollers and entertainment industry regulars. Multiple record and television deals were closed in the famous rooms of this pub lic house. As Paula said, “You never knew who was going to walk through the door.” Many of Gardner’s pals crossed the pond and the threshold to vis it, including Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood.

Unfortunately, because of landlord issues, the iconic location closed in 2015.

The next chapter

After searching the city for two years, Paula and her daughter, Ashlee Gardner, who’s also her partner and one of the twins from opening night, found the next perfect location at 742 N. Highland Ave. in 2017. The space has indoor and outdoor seating, just like the one on Sunset Blvd., and Tuesday pub triv ia is back. The duo recently introduced traditional after noon tea on weekends. Make a reservation to dine on tea sandwiches, scones and short bread cookies.

Paula gets comments from customers all the time say

ing, “I’m so glad you’re here.”

Paula is, too. As she says, she and her husband wanted to make “a happy place for locals

to mingle,” and it’s been that way for 40 years.

See their offerings at the catandfiddle.com.

Right: FAMOUS FISH and chips are a favorite entrée at The Cat & Fiddle.

Above: SIT COMFORTABLY and enjoy a meal inside at a booth or communal table.

MOTHER/DAUGHTER

owners Ashlee and Paula Gardner pose in front of The Cat & Fiddle.

Photos courtesy of The Cat & Fiddle

Con man charms; friendship explored in Irish countryside

American Murderer (8/10): 101 minutes. R. Written and directed by Matthew Gentile, and “based on” the true story of Jason Derek Brown, this is a spot-on presentation of a charming con man socio path, disturbingly played by Tom Pelphrey. Although Ryan Phillippe gives a wooden per formance as an FBI agent, the film is bolstered by a terrific short appearance by Jacki Weaver as Jason’s mother.

The Banshees of Inisher in (8/10): 109 Minutes. R. Highlighted by compelling performances by Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon and beautiful cine matography of the bleak Irish countryside (the film was shot on location on Inishmore and Achill Island on the west coast of Ireland), this is a strange

(and that’s putting it mildly), almost dark John Ford-type film with some comedy thrown in about two men in 1923 who once were friends and the violence — mostly psychological — that ensues Back in the day, this would be a prime awards candidate. But it contains nothing woke that seems to be required in every new Hollywood film. No, it’s just an “All About Eve”-type of film about relationships with lots of talk — and I mean good talk. But because it ain’t woke, probably forget about Oscar. But it holds interest for almost two hours.

Empire of Light (8/10): 119 minutes. R. The story of a troubled woman working in a large British movie the ater in the ‘80s is surprisingly engrossing. Olivia Coleman

At the Movies with Tony Medley

continues to prove that she is one of the best actresses extant. She is buttressed by Michael Ward, who seems to me to be the new Sidney Poitier, and Colin Firth as her lecherous boss. Written and directed by Sam Mendes, this is a winner.

Hunted (7/10): 94 min utes. R. This is yet another film based on the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” written in 1924 by Richard Connell and published in Col lier’s magazine. This is one of

the better treatments as four young hoodlums are captured by an extremely wealthy Brit ish family and turned loose on their estate to be hunted down. It is entertaining, full of tension.

The Return of Tanya Tuck er featuring Brandi Carlile (7/10): 108 minutes. R. I’m not sure why this is rated “R” unless it is because there is smoking and some references to drugs. But it should be PG13, at the worst. Tucker was a beautiful, immensely talented little girl, young woman and grownup woman who lived a wild life. She hadn’t record ed a song in 17 years when Grammy winner Brandi Carl ile contacted her out of the blue to record a new album, and this is that story. Carli le is a beautiful and talented

singer/songwriter, and their bonding is poignant, even though Carlile’s constant cloying fawning attitude to ward Tanya gets irritating. As it is basically the story of mak ing the album, the film only touches on Tucker’s career in a few flashbacks, and it virtu ally ignores her controversial matching with 44-year-old Glen Campbell when she was 22, to its detriment. My main criticism, though, is a lack of music. There is some, but not nearly enough.

The Ticket to Paradise (4/10): 102 minutes. PG-13. It’s a shame that such beau tiful scenery (supposed to be Bali but filmed in Queensland, Australia) is wasted on such a trifling, inept movie, de spite a sterling performance by Kaitlyn Dever, playing the soon-to-be-married daugh ter of fighting divorced and disapproving parents George Clooney and Julia Roberts, whose phony laugh is still one of the most annoying things in Hollywood celluloid. This is a fruitless attempt at a screwball comedy, but writ er/director Ol Parker is no Alan Dwan (1944’s “Up in Mabel’s Room,” 1945’s “Get ting Gertie’s Garter,” etc.) and Clooney is definitely no Den nis O’Keefe.

Stars at Noon (3/10): 135 minutes. R. What could have been a tense thriller is greatly diminished by an ambiguous script that has Margaret Qualley, who thinks she’s a journalist, and Joe Alwyn, a mysterious business man, being pursued in 1984 Nicaragua by — whom? The police? The army? One doesn’t know. Nor does one know why they are being pursued.

Worse, writer/director Claire Denis is hung up on huge face shots of each of her protagonists. Scene after scene is filled with just one face on screen. They are both attractive, but not that attrac tive. How she could take well over two hours to tell whatev er she’s trying to tell is beyond me.

Stars will be out at LACMA Gala Nov. 5

Elton John is scheduled to perform at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 2022 Art+Film Gala on Sat., Nov. 5.

The 11th annual star-stud ded event honors artist Hel en Pashgian and filmmaker Park Chan-wook. Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio are cochairs. The private fund raiser at LACMA raises funds for museum exhibits and pro gramming.

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IMMACULATE HEART

By Kellyn Lanza 12th Grade

Happy November from Immaculate Heart! In addition to finishing the first quarter, students enjoyed many fun events this past month.

T he first week of Octo ber began with activities in honor of Breast Cancer Aware

ness Month. The Girls’ Athletic Asso ciation staged an egg hunt throughout the campus and ended the week with a Jeans & Pink day.

The following week, students in the 9th, 10th and 11th grades

took the PSAT exam while the seniors had a day full of college and graduation prep. Through out the past month, IH also hosted a number of college rep resentatives, including JET, the Jesuit Excellence Tour.

Over in the sports realm, the volleyball, tennis and cross-coun try teams concluded their seasons by honoring those 12th

grade team members at their respective Senior Night events.

Meanwhile, both the basketball and soccer teams held tryouts for the upcoming winter season.

Lastly, Immaculate Heart’s beloved annual fundraiser, The Walk, took place on Oct. 21. After raising money for three weeks, students, faculty and staff walked around the Los Feliz neighborhood to commemorate their hard work!

Immaculate Heart continues to welcome prospective middle

NEW COVENANT ACADEMY

By Dale Lee 12th Grade Happy Octo ber! It’s finally fall, and with this season comes Hallow een. That means trick or treating, spooky outfits, and NCA’s Huskyween. For a week, students can dress up according to each day’s theme to earn spirit points for their class. Make sure to wear themed outfits on Morning Monday, Tropical Tuesday, Work ing Wednesday, TV Thursday and Free Dress Friday. Students can also create their own volleyball team to face off against each oth er in a tournament. Make sure to

PILGRIM SCHOOL

By Allison Pak 9th Grade

Pilgrim School comes together as a whole school on Mondays. We call these days Communi ty Mondays, and everyone is split into six differ ent groups, which are: Gender Equality, Peace and Justice for All, Climate Action Land Resources, Climate Action Water Resources and Climate Action Responsible Consumption.

Pilgrim School had an Out door Education Day Oct. 14 and students in junior kindergarten through 8th grades and secondary students in the Play Group spent their whole day at Elysian Park. The secondary students worked with the younger kids at the park.

The Gender Equality group did “A Woman’s Place Tour,” which was a walking tour of Downtown Los Angeles and Chinatown, during which students learned more about the role of women in Los Angeles.

The Peace and Justice for All group went to the Chinese Amer ican Museum to learn more about the history of Chinese American immigrants in our city.

Climate Action Land Resourc es group went to Descanso Gardens to learn more about gardens and how land is used.

The Climate Action Water Resources group went to the Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park to learn more about the Los Angeles River and water conser vation efforts. They also did a

school and high school students to campus for Shadow Visits, and both 7th and 8th grade students are invited to attend our annual Academic Playday, which will take place the morning of Sat., Nov. 5. Register for admissions events through our website at immaculateheart.org.

Prospective students and their families may also join us for the middle school open house at 1 p.m. on Sat., Dec. 3, followed by the high school open house at 1 p.m. on Sun., Dec. 4.

sign up beforehand to get a shot at winning the secret prize!

The girls’ volleyball season is also coming to an end and the past games were some of the most exciting we’ve seen. There have been last-minute come backs and blowouts! Come cheer our girls on as they finish their season with a bang.

Our seniors are also working hard as it is college application season. As they push through the stacks of essays, let’s motivate them to finish strong!

While our upperclassmen have been busy, our elementary Huskies had their share of fun at the Crystal Cove field trip. From wading on the shoreline to building sand castles, it was a memorable experience kids are sure to remember.

clean up at the Los Angeles River. Climate Action Responsible Consumption group stayed at school to do a waste audit and help Pilgrim School analyze and improve the waste streams.

We had our first open house on Oct. 22. For more informa tion about Pilgrim school, please contact Samantha Powell at spowell@pilgrim-school.org

THIRD STREET SCHOOL

By Ren Stoppani Brown 5th Grade

Happy fall f rom Third Street School!

Anyone inter ested in enrolling their kids in Third Street can come to a Prospective Parent Orien tation and Tour on Fri., Nov. 4, at 9:15 a.m. Meet in the audito rium, take a tour of the school and get all questions answered. All visitors must be registered at: tinyurl.com/3rdStTour

The 5th grade just came back from a wonderful three-day field trip to Point Fermin Outdoor Edu cation Center. We hiked, went to the aquarium, hung out with friends and saw amazing views. The counselors were fun and fun ny. In spring of next year, there will be another field trip to AstroCamp.

The big news at Third Street is that we have a new principal, Hel en Lee. She had been the assistant principal at Third Street. I wanted to know her better, so I asked her some questions.

Interview with Helen Lee Q: What do you like about Third (Please turn to page 31)

Third Street principal David Kim moves to new job with LAUSD

By Caroline Tracy

Principal David Kim, who has helmed Third Street Ele mentary School for the past six years, moved to an upper level administration position within the Los Angeles Uni fied School District (LAUSD) in mid-September. Helen Lee, former assistant principal, assumed his position as prin cipal on Sept. 19.

Third Street Elementa ry, Hancock Park’s LAUSD neighborhood school situat ed at June and Third Streets, has been an institution in the neighborhood for years. The school will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024. Storied principals, including Suzie Oh, have been fixtures among the community; Mr. Kim was no exception.

Arrived in 2016

Beginning his tenure in 2016, Kim came to the position of principal with a background as an educator. His philosophy from day one was to “instill within children a love for learning and a love for one another.” The mantra was well received by a tightknit community of families and staff, and Kim found the group welcoming and sup portive. “I felt blessed to be joining such a distinguished and dynamic community and

felt fortunate that I could add to its already incredible lega cy,” said Kim.

New programs

Over the course of his six-year term, Kim oversaw many changes and helped implement a myriad of pro grams. Highlights include: increased enrollment (during a time when LAUSD has seen declining enrollment); 85.5 percent of students meeting or exceeding standards on the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) tests, making Third Street one of the highest academi cally performing schools in LAUSD; the addition of a gift ed magnet program for grades

three through five; and Third Street becoming one of the first schools in LAUSD to pilot the “Making Caring Com mon” program conceived by Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education (about which KTLA ran a segment).

Pandemic response

Perhaps the most indel ible moment for Kim (and everyone else) over the past few years was the COVID-19 pandemic. The disturbance wreaked havoc on the school system at large, but Kim felt proud of Third Street’s response under his leadership.

“COVID-19 upended the way we were accustomed to educating our children,” Kim

said, “but it also forced us to adapt, and I’m proud of the way our teachers reinvented themselves and their meth ods to support and engage our students through dis tance learning.” He went on to say, “I’m equally proud of our families for the way they came together and blessed our school with their grace, patience and support.”

The school will miss Kim,

Third Street

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Street School?

A: I love everything about Third Street: the parents, amazing teachers and staff, and great kids. Without their help, I couldn’t run the school. This is my sec ond home where I spend most of my time.

Q: What are some ideas that you want to work on?

A: I want to continue working on providing professional devel opment to teachers to improve instruction: Cognitive Guid ed Instruction (CGI), Writer’s Workshop and Making Caring Common (MCC). MCC is a pro gram for teachers to teach and guide students to be more kind to each other and to be responsible for their actions. In addition, I’m also working on improving attendance and recognizing, on

especially on school spirit days, noted one parent.

“Mr. Kim was always game to get in on the action during our school spirit days and fundraiser events,” said Liz Budd, a Third Street mom and School Spirit Chair on the PTA. “He’s been drenched by more than a few water bal loons all in the name of good fun or raising money for the school.”

a monthly basis, those who make the effort to come to school.

Q: Do you want to change any thing about Third Street School?

A: For a long-term goal, I want to work on the beautification of the library: new paint and car pet, new furniture, and books. My wish is to align it in time for Third Street School’s 100th anniversary in 2024.

PRINCIPAL

KIM high-fives students at school.

NEW PRINCIPAL Helen Lee

Scouting was in full swing at the 2022 Fall Camporee

By Douglas Kim

What do kimchi fried rice, “The Enchanted War – a Shakespearean Tragedy” and forestry service have in com mon? They all happened at the scouts’ 2022 Metropolitan District Fall Camporee.

The event took place from Oct. 7 to 9 at Camp Trask in Monrovia. With the theme of “Enchanted Forest,” the camp oree was attended by 10 units from the Metropolitan District and one troop visiting from the Pacifica District. The visiting girl Troop 219, led by Scout master Ryan Gulden, dazzled the audience with its elaborate production of a skit titled “The Enchanted War – a Shake spearean Tragedy,” during the campfire ceremony.

The Larchmont area Troop 10, sponsored by St. James’ Episcopal Church, got every one up and moving with its skit titled “Robert Baden-Powell,”

which involves the audience in singing and moving along with the presenters.

A camporee would not be complete without a proper cook-off competition. And for this camporee, there was an eclectic showing of cui sines. Star Scout Jun Jung represented Troop 145 with his kimchi fried rice, which spiced things up and won

third place.

Troop 2131, one of the few girl troops in the Metropoli tan District, claimed second place with “Berry Oatmeal.” First place went to visiting girl Troop 219 with its rendi tion of “Berry Cobbler.”

Scouts enjoyed other activ ities, including mixed troop challenges, shooting sports and swimming. “Unplugged

from the city, it was great to see scouts hiking, swimming and laughing on a mountaintop,” says Diane Gilmore, Metropol itan District Commissioner, who works with Troop 10.

The scouts also performed some much-needed forestry service work to improve the state of Camp Trask, which suf fered tremendous damage from the Bobcat fire of 2019. “Scouts are prepared. It was hot. It was cold. It was perfect! It even rained, and the Scouts were prepared,” added Gilmore.

The Metropolitan District is one of six districts within the Greater Los Angeles Area

Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It serves the Larchmont area as well as other communities through out Southern California. Its mission is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their life times by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The Larchmont area is fortunate to have numer ous scouting units, including Troop 10, Pack 10, Pack 16, Troop 145, Troop 173, Troop 621 and Troop 777.

Douglas Kim is a resident of Windsor Square and the Scoutmaster for Troop 145.

Father and son design camporee patches

Earlier this year, a patch design submitted by Wind sor Square resident and Life Scout Jacob Kim of Troop 145 was chosen for the Metropoli tan District Spring Camporee that took place at the Cabrillo

ST. BRENDAN SCHOOL

By Jack Byrne 8th Grade

Hello, Larch mont. St. Brendan School had a great October. The Halloween plays and parade were a big success. The parade went great with each class dressing up and getting to show off their costumes while listening to some Halloween songs. The 8th graders got to judge the best costumes. They also wrote and starred in two very funny Halloween plays and performed them in front of the entire school.

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(310) 487-1535 Email: TheJoyofLearning1@yahoo.com

Additionally, St. Brendan had a Walk to School Day. Walking from Larchmont Boulevard to school, we were led by a bagpipe player. There was great participation and everyone who walked was reward ed with a yummy donut.

We also recently had a fun pumpkin-decorating contest. The winners from each class were rewarded with a delicious treat.

Lastly, St. Brendan sports teams are finishing up their sea sons and are doing well.

Thank you for reading!

Beach Youth Center in San Pedro.

For the district’s Fall Camp oree patch, the design was submitted by Troop 145’s Scoutmaster and Jacob’s dad, Douglas Kim.

MELROSE ELEMENTARY

By Stella Coppola

5th Grade

On Oct. 7, the 5th graders went to Dock weiler State Beach. We had a rollicking good time playing volleyball, but mostly just spent time catching sand crabs!

The 5th grade also recently started Star Conga Kids, which I, personally, have been long await ing.

Things are picking up this year, event-wise!

Halloween is coming! On Oct. 28th is Melrose Magnet’s harvest festival — finally in person after two years on Zoom. It is one of the best things at Melrose, and I’m pretty excited. Though the PTO and teachers made the Zoom Harvest Festival fun, noth ing can compare to an in-person costume parade and festival.

Coming up this November is our book fair at Chevalier’s Books on Larchmont Boulevard. This is one of my favorite things, and I cannot wait to see what books they will have this year!

Well, that’s the buzz at Mel rose Elementary for this month!

WINDSOR SQUARE resident and Troop 145’s Senior Patrol Leader, Bryan Kim (in sunglasses), celebrates with fellow scouts after treceiving the Spirit Stick. The Spirit Stick is awarded to the troop that best exhibits the spirit of Scouting at a camporee.

PATCH DESIGN by Scoutmas ter Douglas Kim of Troop 145. CAMPOREE patch design by Life Scout Jacob Kim of Troop 145.

New Head of School for The Center for Early Education

By Casey Russell

The Center for Early Edu cation [CEE], an independent co-ed school adjacent to Mel rose Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard (but which start

ed in a Hancock Park home in 1939), has a new head of school.

Damian Jones has taken over leadership for the 540 students, toddler through

Christ the King School celebrates 65th anniversary

By Casey Russell

the King School (CKS) started out small. In 1958, the same year that con struction of the school at 617 N. Arden Blvd. began, classes commenced in a church-owned apartment building — a building that was located at what is now the yard of the lower school.

That year, 116 students in five grades attended the school. Today, CKS has ten classrooms and is the educa tional home to 180 students in grades TK through eighth.

This year’s 65th anniversa ry celebration was launched at the Oct. 9 family mass and the school will celebrate the milestone throughout this school year.

On Sat., Nov. 5, at 6 p.m., an outdoor Sapphire Gala will be held in the schoolyard.

Susan Alcantara, coordinator of the gala and a fourth grade teacher at the school, says the gala will serve as a fundraiser and celebration.

Alcantara has coordinat ed the school’s galas for many years and says these festive events usually bring in $20,000 or more, which is used for educational pro grams benefiting students.

This month, kids are par

CHRIST THE KING

By Joshua Lo 8th Grade

October was a busy month for CKS students.

On Oct. 19, sev enth and eighth grade students participated in the Youth Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Jose Gomez, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Eighth grade students are preparing for high school entrance exams and continue attending the High School Placement Test program at Loyola on Saturdays through the end of October.

The most exciting event for students was the Halloween parade, where we showed off our spooky Halloween costumes and had a festival!

CKS hosted High School Night on Oct. 20.  Representatives from 12 high schools gave presenta tions to junior high students and their parents to help them make informed choices.

On Nov. 1, we will be celebrat ing All Saints’ Day with a Mass and procession. Students will dress as their favorite saints.

ticipating in an anniversary poster designing competi tion and CKS Feast will be celebrated on Fri., Nov. 18. There also will be a movie night for students, a fami ly barbecue and a wine and cheese event for alumni sometime in the spring.

Unrelated to the anniversa ry, the school will be adding a second TK class to its program starting in January of 2023.

CKS received a grant in 2021 from The Doheny Foun dation to convert its library into a new classroom. Prin cipal Ruth Anderson says the new TK teacher will be Han cock Park resident Meghan McMonigle.

For $65 tickets to the gala, visit the school’s website at cksla.org.

THE OAKS SCHOOL

By Amelia Goldberg 6th Grade

At The Oaks, we’ve all got news to share: we have our buddies!

The buddy tradition is how the younger kids get mentored and the older kids have more responsibility. Just last week, every grade in the school paired up students in their class with students in the matching class. Sixth graders get kinder garteners, fifth graders get first graders, fourth graders get sec ond graders, and third graders are busy acclimating to homework.

My buddy is the absolute sweetest. She is so happy and playful. She is learning to be more careful with her body so that she doesn’t fall as much, but she is very resistant to being scared of activities.

I have loved my buddies in the past, and it’s so fun to look back on my time as a fourth grader figuring out how to manage my second grade buddy.

It’s tons of fun though, being a big buddy. We become role models for the younger kids by reading and playing new games together. Being a buddy is so exciting and so fun.

sixth grade, enrolled at CEE.

Following a robust nation wide search, Jones was selected as head of school in 2021. According to an announcement made to the CEE community, the board was impressed with Jones’ “breadth of educational experience, his remarkable leadership capabilities and his inspirational passion for social justice for all people.”

Jones started in education as an English teacher, com pleted his doctoral studies in curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois,

and served for more than ten years as assistant head of school at the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. For the past eight years, he has served as head of school at Edmund Burke School in Washington D.C.

Relocating to Los Ange les with his wife Tasha Jackson-Jones, a kindergar ten teacher, and their two children brings Jones and his family closer to relatives already in the area. Jones says that his family is excited to be embarking on a new chapter here on the West Coast.

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Kids can have a taste of summer camp during Thanksgiving

By Nona Sue Friedman

Summer is not the only time kids can enjoy camp.

Thanksgiving week is another opportunity with a few options around town the three days preceding Thanksgiving Day, Mon., Tues. and Wed., Nov.

21, 22 and 23. Let kids be kids at camp. This leaves you free to prepare the feast.

Pan Pacific Pan Pacific Park has a one, two or three-day option that operates from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for kids ages 5 to 13 years

old. They play field games, Pacman tag and dodgeball, enjoy arts and crafts and a movie time. One day is $50, two days is $90 and three days is $120. Register in person at Pan Pacific Recreation Center at 7600 Beverly Blvd.

Third Street School

Got Game Camp is hosting its three-day camp at Third Street Elementary, 201 S. June St., for ages 5 to 13. The camp features both sports and creative activities to keep all campers happy. Soccer, base ball, basketball, art and a talent show will be some of the activities offered. A regu lar day is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. One day of camp is $95 and all three are $265. Extended care from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. is available for an additional fee of $15 per day. Register online at gotgamecamp.com.

Horses

Maybe your child is inter ested in learning a new skill. Traditional Equitation School at 480 W. Riverside Dr. in Burbank is available to teach your child how to ride and take care of a horse. She or he will also get to feed the horses, play water activities, enjoy group activities and cre ate horse-themed crafts. What a fun-filled day! The threeday camp will keep your 6- to 12-year-olds occupied from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for $375. Extended care is available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for an additional fee. Register online at ridetes.com.

The Arboretum Autumn nature camp takes place at the Aboretum in

ESLA By Isabel Viola 12th Grade

As the tem perature drops and the days aren’t so sunny anymore, ESLA’s first quarter has come to an end.

Students spent the last couple weeks finishing assignments that were due before progress reports were submitted.

Seniors have been focusing on college applications and complet ing their essays before the Nov. 1 Early Action deadline.

With all this commotion, ESLA decided to give its stu dents what they call a Life Day. Rather than our normal sched ule, students took the day off and spent it at the Santa Monica Pier. Activities on the sand and fun on the rides gave everyone a chance to relax and soak up some time with friends outside of school.

On another note, the ESLA girls’ volleyball team has gone undefeated this season! This has ensured them a spot in playoffs and we are so excited to see them thrive on the court.

Equally exciting, upper school cross-country members have proudly represented ESLA by challenging themselves and beat ing personal records at recent meets. The ESLA community has enjoyed seeing its athletes’ success and looks forward to the coming seasons.

Arcadia at 301 N. Baldwin Ave. What a beautiful setting to spend three days. Camp ers ages 5 to 10 years old explore different gardens each morning. They have outdoor play, and can nature journal and create projects related to the theme of the day. The three-day camp costs $265 for members and $275 for non-members and runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Register online at arboretum.org.

Gymnastics

JAG Gym, one of the pre mier gymnastic studios in Los Angeles, is providing camp for the week as well. Kids do gymnastics and participate in American Ninja Warrior-type activities that include an obsta cle course, gymnastics and parkour. The gym is located at 8640 Hayden Pl. in Culver City. The daily fee for ages 5 and up is $198. Camp hours are from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Visit jag gym.com to register.

PAGE ACADEMY

By Isabella Argiropoulos 7th Grade

Hello my Larchmont neighbors!

October was a busy month at Page Acad emy. Our staff and students came to school in various shades of blue on Oct. 3, in honor of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.

The first quarter flew by with report cards going home on Oct. 6.

We had our Scholastic book fair in mid-October and students bought many books that they found to their liking.

Our students practiced fire drills and discussed home escape routes as part of Fire Safety Month and participated in the Great California Shakeout on Oct. 20. We hope you all put safety first and did the same.

Last month ended with fun days to dress up. We had baseball gear day and, to celebrate Red Ribbon week, we dressed up in bright/neon colors and learned about drug abuse prevention. Students dressed up in beautiful, funny, inventive and especially, scary, Halloween costumes for our fall festival on Oct. 28. At the festival, we had a haunted house, delicious treats, fun-filled games and activities!

November is always a spe cial time for family, friends and giving thanks. On Nov. 11, we will honor our veterans and, on behalf of all of us at Page, thank them for their service and their sacrifices. On Friday, Nov. 18, we will have our annual Thanksgiv ing feast before we break for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving with your family and friends.

Pedigree, experience on Immaculate Heart tennis squad

Serena Williams’ farewell to tennis in September made such an impact that television viewers who rarely followed the “sport of kings” found them selves tuning in to her final three games at the U.S. Open.

was very emotional watching her last appearance,” said Zoe Vines, a freshman at Immaculate Heart High. “She is such a legend and icon within the sport that it felt like I was watching some thing bigger than I could fully grasp at that moment.”

“She’s had an incredible ca reer,” added Immaculate Heart tennis coach Tom Hardy. “She’s retiring at the right time.”

Panda power

Immaculate Heart, a private college prep school for young women grades six through twelve, competes in the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) in the Southern section, Division 4. The school offers students 10 different varsity sports throughout the year, and one-third of the girls participate on at least one of the teams. The school mascot is the Panda and its school colors are navy and white.

Tennis is one of the more popular sports at Immacu late Heart. The program is in its 12th year. There are 29

players on the JV and varsity teams combined, and close to 40 girls tried out.

Hardy is in his fifth year as the Pandas’ head coach. He played tennis at John Bur roughs High in Burbank, then afterward toured with the ATP (Association of Tennis Profes sionals) until he blew out his elbow. He also gives private tennis instruction on the side.

Pedigree power

Larchmont resident Zoe Vines competes on the JV squad as a singles player.

“I love the focus it takes to play one-on-one and feel I thrive in this environment,” said Vines. “Who knows? May be some day I’ll play doubles as well, but for now, I enjoy playing singles matches.”

Vines, who began playing tennis at age 13, has pedigree with clout. Her grandfather, Tom Runnels, played MLB (Major League Baseball) for the Cincinnati Reds, then was head coach of the Montreal Expos for a year. Her father, Trevor Vines, is a household name for anyone who is a fan of the X Games and Free style Moto X trick riding. He has retired from competition and now owns TV Land MX, a private dirt bike park that of fers instruction and miles of

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trails. The park is in Ashtabu la, Ohio, and Zoe visits her father every summer.

“I love riding dirt bikes and spend quite a bit of time on the tracks back in northeast Ohio,” she said. “It’s been the best of both worlds, living in Los Angeles and then visiting Ohio, where I have access to 50 acres of land with multiple motocross tracks in my back yard. I am so grateful for all of these experiences and can’t wait to see where they all take me over the next few years and into adulthood!”

Veteran power

A varsity tennis match con sists of three singles matches and three doubles.

“Emma Nord is our top singles player, and our No. 1 doubles team is Asha Goy al and Meha Holden,” said Coach Hardy. Emma and Asha are seniors and the team co-captains.

Two stars from last season

have moved on to collegiate tennis. Mikaela Mansilla walked on at UCSC (UC San ta Cruz), and Lauren Cruz is expecting to do the same at Loyola Marymount University.

“High school sports are about building structure and setting the athletes up for success in all aspects of life,” said Hardy. Indeed. Game. Set. Match.

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By Eloise Cotteleer

5th Grade

This year, our upper elemen tary classes will be the first to experience an overnight trip since the start of the pandem ic! Our overnight trip creates an experience for students to explore outdoor science while playing fun games, team building and taking a break from the internet.

Science teachers Nacisse Demeska and Lauren Trammell will lead this outdoor adventure. Dameska has been the leader of this trip for 20 years and is so excited that students final ly get a chance to experience this amazing program in person.

“Having the natural world as your classroom is pretty special!

I love witnessing the good it does when our students have time to slow down in nature. Addi tionally, whenever we step out of our regular rhythms in life, we learn something new about our world, about other people in our community, and about our selves. I’m most excited for those kinds of moments — the kind of moments that help us feel a deeper connection to the earth and to each other,” Dameska said.

Since lots of students have not been away from home like this, many people are practicing by having sleepovers to get used to spending the night away from home. We are all looking for ward to time together away from school, and getting to know each other and ourselves better.

ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL

By Evan Listi

6th Grade

Hello again!

I can’t wait to catch you up on everything that is going on here at St. James’!

On Oct. 7, all students were dismissed early so they could start the two-hour drive to El Capitan, where our annual Fam ily Camp Weekend takes place. It was my second time going, and I had so much fun! It was such a cool experience to see my class mates outside of school.

Last month we also had standardized tests, sixth grade elections, Korean drumming performances, a fall dance and Halloween celebrations. Our most unique Halloween tradition is the mask parade in which stu dents march around the school in Halloween masks we made in art class.

In other news, we have a bunch of exciting things com ing up in November! First, there is the fall production, “Scenes and Sonnets,” on Thurs., Nov. 17th. Students in grades four, five and six have been devising this show since early Septem ber. Also, the yearly book fair is taking place the week after Thanksgiving break. We are thrilled to have that back up and running after two years. The last thing I’ll share is that tours are being held on Thurs day mornings at St. James’ for prospective families.

Overall we have a lot to look forward to in November at Saint James’!

OAKWOOD SCHOOL

By Scarlett Saldaña 12th Grade

Last month, Somos Uni dos, Oakwood’s Latinx Affinity Group, invited Mexican folk dancers and a mariachi band to celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Her itage Month. The lively music and performances made for an exciting lunchtime, as students and faculty were brought togeth er to join in the festivities. Along with the music and dances, the cafeteria also served Cuban food, and continued to feature cultur al dishes throughout the month to celebrate.

This month, before students head out to enjoy a restful Thanksgiving break, Oakwood will hold their annual Thanks giving Assembly.

Students are given the oppor tunity to present a group or solo dance, or even sing and perform with their band. There is an annual tradition of having one of our English teachers recite a lovely poem he or she recently enjoyed, or one that applies to the upcoming holiday.

A few musically inclined fac ulty members also sing or play an instrument along with other teachers, and it’s always great to watch them perform right along with students. One of my favorite performances, however, is the one that brings several student bands up to sing and present an original piece.

The assembly consistently pro motes a fun, uplifting energy that brings an excitement I’ll

always love about the Oakwood community.

HOLLYWOOD SCHOOLHOUSE

By Miles Hoffman 6th Grade

Many things have happened at Hollywood Schoolhouse since my last article. First of all, we had our Harvest Festival. It included fun games, good food, line dancing and even a petting zoo! During the Harvest Festival, my 6th grade classmates and I sold baked goods to raise money for our Ditch Day. Instead of hav ing regularly scheduled classes, on our Ditch Day we all get to go to an amusement park or do something else fun together.

My 6th grade class is doing a lot of cool projects at school, and so far, my favorite is Shark Tank. Of course we are not going to be on the show, but we are going to be put into groups of two and make a product to sell at this year’s Win ter Fest in December. My partner and I are having the class bring in their old clothes, and we are going to spray paint over them. I hope our business will be a success!

Though the projects that we are working on in class are excit ing, the biggest thing happening so far this year is that the 5th and 6th graders are going to Catalina Island. During this trip, we will be doing a lot of fun activities like day snorkeling, night swims and so much more. Personally, I have never been to Catalina Island, so what better people to go with than my classmates?

THE WILLOWS

By Simone Meltzer 8th Grade

The Willows has had the same beloved librarian since the school’s founding… until now! This year we are all excited about a new face joining our library staff.

Kate Rao brings fresh energy onto campus and is optimistic about her first year here with us. Before this, she worked as a librarian in the kids’ sections at Alhambra Public Library and Palos Verdes Public Library. “I didn’t like to read at all when I was younger. I think maybe the first book I read was when I was

21,” she said laughing. “I had a really boring job… it was a way to pass time.”

Whether or not she liked to read as a kid, Rao loves noth ing more than helping kids find their passion for literature. “I honestly like all grades equal ly,” she said, when asked what her favorite age to work with is. She added, “Little kids are so cute and sweet and easy to organize… but older kids are more able to have deep con versations.” Kate, despite being new to our community, is look ing forward to seeing her ideas come to life.

LARCHMONT CHARTER HOLLYGROVE

By Yena Rhee and Alastair Ayandele 4th Grade

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, many excit ing things will be happening in November! We are looking forward to Thanksgiving Morn ing Sing, our Thanksgiving food drive and, of course, Thanksgiv ing break.

Thanksgiving Morning Sing will include songs with themes about family and being thankful. Two songs are “Over The Riv er and Through The Woods” by Lyndia Maria Child, and “Thank You For Hearing Me” by Irish singer, Sinead O’ Connor.

In addition, for our annu al Thanksgiving Drive we will collect items to create Thanks giving care bags. The care bags traditionally include canned vegetables, cranberry relish, pie crusts and filling and a turkey gift card for the families support ed by Pacific Clinics. LCS will distribute the bags on Nov. 18.

In honor of Thanksgiving, we asked our assistant principal, Ms. Julie, what she is grateful for. She shared, “I’m grateful for my children, parents, school, health and being a principal at Larch mont.”  We asked a classmate and she echoed, “I’m grateful for my family.” Lastly, we asked our teacher, Ms. Jill, and she replied, “I am thankful for my health, my family, my dog Monkey and our school that lets us do fun things like yoga and have a therapy dog.”

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Teaching kids about gratitude and giving in everyday life

By Casey Russell

November is a month when people take some extra time to be thankful for what we have in our lives. For many Angelenos, that focused time of gratitude encourages us to find a way to give a little back. Families do nate their time serving those who might not otherwise have a Thanksgiving meal. Schools, stores and places of worship often host food drives. Dona tion requests find their way to our mailboxes.

Sometimes it’s easy to just set some canned food aside, make an online donation or write a check and mail it off without remembering to take advantage of the built-in teaching opportunities this month brings. But taking the time to teach kids about grati tude and giving can have a big impact on their lives.

Helping kids learn to be con

CATHEDRAL CHAPEL

By Olivia Sherman 6th Grade

Happy fall!

The next few months are filled with amazing activ ities and great learning oppor tunities.

C CS celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with live cul tural performances and delicious traditional foods. We are also bringing back our annual Family Fun Night. It will include game booths, food trucks, DJ music with dancing and photo booths!

CCS is also pleased to wel come Girl Scout Troop 70915, which will have Brownie meet ings every other Tuesday.

We have resumed field trips. Second-grade students are vis iting Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark, and seventh and eighth graders will see a live performance at the La Mirada Theater on Emmett Till.

We will be celebrating Hallow een with carnival games and a costume parade. Cathedral Chapel will also participate in the Larch mont Family Fair on Oct. 30.

On All Saints’ Day we will attend Mass and we’ll be remem bering our military service members on Veterans Day. The first trimester of school ends right in time for Thanksgiving break on Fri., Nov. 18.

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scious of what is good in their lives can make them more em pathic people. Furthermore, studies have proven that as our thankfulness grows, our joy in life grows as well. And while it’s obvious that doing something nice makes the re cipient feel good, it’s also true that the feel-good chemicals in our own bodies — such as oxytocin, dopamine and se rotonin — increase when we perform an act of kindness.

Fostering gratitude

So, how can we foster a sense of gratitude? The first step is modeling. When we notice the tree in the front yard has blossomed or the swing at the park got fixed, we can say, “Wow, look at that beautiful tree!  It’s pretty spe cial that we get to see it every day.” Or, “Someone fixed the swing! Lucky us, we get to swing today!” When someone

MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL

By Avery Gough 11th Grade

The months of October and November are exciting at Marlborough.

In October, our seniors had their Mascot Presentation Day, where they unveiled a character they believe represents their class as a whole. The 2022 character is Vanellope von Schweetz from the movie “Wreck-It Ralph 2.” Vanellope encapsulates the lively spirit of the class of 2023.

Last month, the 7th and 8th graders put on their annual dance. It’s always a terrific way to reconnect elementary school friends. Also last month, for the first time ever, Marlborough hosted a Homecoming Dance for the sophomores, juniors and seniors. It was very exciting to be able to come together and start a new Marlborough tradition that has not been seen before. The dance was held in the gym.

Marlborough celebrated Halloween the traditional Marl borough way, “Pumpkin Day,” with a costumed walk-through in the gym.

The Preliminary SATs were recently held for everyone but the seniors. The 12th graders spent PSAT day working on col

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in the family has remembered to do a chore without being asked, we can thank that per son and remind him what a big help that was. If we come home from a busy day and everyone is hungry, we can open the fridge and say, “Whew! Ar en’t we lucky we have all this good food in the fridge?”

We can model giving back by doing things in our daily lives. If we notice an elderly neighbor struggling with gro ceries, we can let our kids see us jump to help take her bags inside. Every time we take the dog for a walk with our chil

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On Nov. 15 and 17, the allschool dance concert will showcase Marlborough’s talent ed dancers and choreographers. The fall athletics recognition ceremony is also on Nov. 15. It’s a fun time to celebrate the hard work of athletes in fall sports like volleyball, tennis, track and field and cross country. It is always a nice feeling to be recognized for all the hours put into work.

Thanksgiving break is starting the week of the 21st, so there is much to look forward to in spending time with family and, hopefully, seeing family that we have not seen in a while.

dren, we can make a point of picking up not only our dog’s poop but also an extra bit left by someone else.

Gratitude-inspiring ideas

This Thanksgiving, make a gratitude tree. Scatter fall-leaf paper cutouts on the table and ask everyone to write some things he or she is thankful for. Tape the leaves to a handdrawn tree at the end of the meal.

Tape a sign labeled “Wall of Positivity” up on a wall. Put a pad of sticky notes and some pens nearby. Write a few notes to start things off — “I’m thankful I got to sleep in today!” Or, “I’m thankful it rained! I got to wear my rain boots!” You’ll probably soon notice others’ notes popping up by yours.

Every night at dinner or at bedtime, start a tradition of telling each other something you were thankful for that day.

Teach your child the impor tance of writing thank-you notes. Encourage a family member to call and let your child know he received the nice note and that it meant a lot to him.

Helping kids give back Rather than just giving your child an allowance in one piggy bank, consider hav ing three piggy banks — one for spending, one for saving and one for giving.

Start a “get some, give some” tradition. Talk to your kids about donating some gently used toys they’ve grown out of after birthdays

and winter holidays. Let them choose what to donate and where to take it.

Cut out coupons with your child and, when you go to the grocery store together, put your child in charge of taping the coupons to items so some one in need can use them.

Once a month when you go to the park or go for a walk as a family, take a trash bag and clean up the neighborhood a bit. Local real estate agents on Larchmont Boulevard are do ing this every Friday morning.

Let your kids come up with ideas for how they’d like to help others. You can get them started on ideas by talking about what they are naturally drawn to. If your child loves drawing, maybe she can make artwork for a senior living center. If your kid loves ani mals, maybe he can help out at the local shelter or help a busy neighbor by taking her dog out for an extra walk.

It doesn’t take much time to build gratitude into our fami lies’ lives. It’s simply a matter of remembering to make it a priority. Plus, getting in the habit of giving back can even shape some family traditions.

Bettering the world, strengthening our families, helping our kids’ empathy and generosity grow — win, win and win.

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turing innumerable Afri cans as prominent members of society, even members of royalty and members of bira cial marriages.” So much is so wrong it is hard to know where to begin.

First, this is not a piece of found footage from 1290, it is an artistic vision. It is telling of Medley only that inclu sion of non-white actors is what he finds so offensive and off-putting, while one review earlier, he laments that an Irish film is “marred by brogue that is often difficult to understand.” Medley’s lust for originalism is apparently a mere convenience exploit ed when it suits his need to see people who look like him centered in all stories.

Second, Medley reduces Black performers to “innu merable,” conjuring hordes and reducing human beings to numbers — classic dehu manization tricks.

Finally, his opprobrium is particularly focused on Black actors portraying higher class members of society, some even (gasp) married to white members, again a nod solely to a source of friction with Medley’s worldview.

The Larchmont Chronicle is not a public square in which anyone is free to speak at any length at any time, with coun tering voices given equal time (so a reader like myself must resort to a letter to the edi tor). Rather, it is a platform that chooses content to be fea

tured at the exclusion of other voices. I saw no disclaimer and have read no equally plat formed columnist counter Medley’s intolerant views.

Will the Chronicle’s restau rant reviews next include statements like “my otherwise fine meal was destroyed by a diner wearing a Pride T-shirt” or perhaps the architecture column can laud neighbor hoods that are mostly white or exclude minorities (the Chronicle’s neighborhoods do not have a sterling history in this regard). We are liv ing through an era in which the political party with which Medley’s views are aligned is intent on disrupting free and fair elections, pushing false electors, disenfranchising voters it finds inconvenient, and stacking the Supreme Court with activist Federalist justices.

In just the time since his diatribe against the rights of pregnant people (a phrase he would undoubtedly find triggering, as it is inclusive) to bodily autonomy, Dobbs has abolished Roe, and most abortions have rapidly been banned in at least 13 states, with a potential nationwide ban being pushed by a party that has not represented the majority in over two decades.

this reader beseeches you to take a close look at the con tent you choose to highlight.

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‘Woke’ is not ridiculous

I read Tony Medley’s review of the new Lena Dunham film, “Catherine Called Birdy,” and was quite disturbed. I would be remiss if I did not point to you that being “woke” in the 21st century is far from ridic ulous. In fact, it is a positive state of mind, which some of us hope will spread.

There are many things I do not like about the 21st century,

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worked out, Ruggles, who, as mentioned, came on after the original agreements were made, seemed unaware of any controversy when he spoke with the Chronicle. He told us that he and his associates plan to be on the Boulevard for a long time.

as I am 84 years old and hope lessly befuddled when it comes to computers and cell phones. But I am not confused about being “woke.” A philosophy that simply means that people should wake up and notice rac ism and sexism — even when it is subtle — is both beautiful and hopeful to me, and, I re peat, NOT ridiculous.

The current belief in “col or-blind casting,” which clearly is Ms. Dunham’s plan, is also not ridiculous. Why in the world would the tint of an actor’s skin make a differ ence in how well they could perform the part? Of course

likes pizza, and we want to serve pizza with a smile.”

Right now, the restaurant is closed Mondays and Tuesdays and is open from 3 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thurs days. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, it is open from

you will notice when an actor playing a part is Black, white, Asian or whatever, but the point, Mr. Medley, is that you will not CARE. This is a vener able tradition in acting called “the willing suspension of dis belief.” For the same reason, we do not expect historical films to be accurate depic tions of their time. Please do not try to tell me that every historical film you have seen has been absolutely true. And anyway, how would you know what teenage girls in the 13th century thought and felt?

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noon until 8:30 p.m. Said Rug gles, “I think the goal is to be open six days a week and may be do delivery on Mondays.”

To learn more, go to the restaurant’s Instagram page at @villagepizzeriala or visit villagepizzeria.net.

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Medley’s piece was published in an issue that contained nearly a full-page ad dedicat ed to LA’s Holocaust Museum and left this reader wonder ing what the content in other small papers has looked like on the eve of authoritarian eras.

Everybody knows your name Ruggles said, “It’s such a great part of Los Angeles… Eventually, I think we’d like to have a new grand opening where people can meet every body.” He envisions a “Cheers mentality — everybody knows your name — that personal touch where you know people by name and can really cater to the regulars and be loyal to the people who are loyal to you.”

Ruggles said, “We want to continue what Steve and his family did here… Everybody

STEVE COHEN (center) meets Village Pizzeria potential new owners in August 2021, from left: Guy Narduli, Bret Saxon, Cohen, Jeff Bowler and Frank Grillo. Photo courtesy of Amy Saxon