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Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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re you that person worried about where vegans get protein?

Do you think sometimes that eating only plant-based foods is crazy? Did you grow up drinking milk for strong bones, eating meat as a part of a regular diet, and thinking only carbs should be avoided? You may be surprised as you learn more about how humans are designed to eat for optimal health. Here are some common myths regarding a vegan diet.

MYTH: A vegan diet won’t get you the protein you need.

Proteins are required for the building and repairing of tissues in the body. They’re a sequence of amino acids that are linked into a chain. Plants can synthesize all of the individual amino acids used to build proteins, but animals can’t. Out of the 20 amino acids, people can synthesize 11.

Plants are a rich source of protein and studies have shown eating a whole foods plant-based diet can get you all the protein you need when your diet is varied with legumes, grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables. Too much protein has shown to lead to the development of tumors.

MYTH: You need milk for calcium.

Milk may not do your body good. Swedish researchers published in the British Medical Journal discovered during a mean follow-up of 20 years, that an increased consumption of milk resulted in an increased risk of mortality and hip fracture in men and women. Try almond milk, soy milk, or rice milk.

MYTH: Eating a whole foods plantbased diet is more expensive.

Sometimes the cheapest foods you can buy in a grocery store are grains, potatoes, beans, legumes, bananas, and vegetables.

You can cook in bulk and freeze for future use. You could end up saving money by eating a plant based diet!

MYTH: There’s not enough info to support that a plant-based diet is healthier. It’s been shown that a low-fat whole foods plant-based diet can prevent and reverse many diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and even some types of cancers.

People who eat a vegan diet tend to have lower a body mass index and lowered risk for the aforementioned illnesses.

MYTH: Veganism is hard. Most likely people eat the same foods as it is. Typically eating: chicken, fish, cows, and pigs.

The rest of the plate is vegetables, fruits, beans, and starches. See! We’re almost there. Be creative with veganizing your favorite foods and learning how to modify them!

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ouncilmember José Huizar sets Downtown on a course for adventure with the 3rd Annual Night on Broadway, a 3-mile stretch of Broadway Ave, between 3rd and Olympic, transporting over 60,000 attendees into an out of this world experience of live entertainment, art, music, and interactive games for the entire family, coming Saturday, Jan 28th.

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ach Night On Broadway gets better than the last and this 3rd Annual adds more talent, more fun and more experiences.

This year’s event features over 100 acts, sporting events and just as many stages on the street as in the 6 Broadway historic theaters, that will open to the massive crowds during the night’s event.

Theater participants include Los Angeles Theater, Million Dollar Theater, State Theater, Palace Theater, Theater at the Ace Hotel, Globe Theater and the Orpheum Theater.

Night On Broadway celebrates the 9th anniversary of Councilmember José Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway Initiative, a 10 year plan spearheading the revitalization along the Historic Broadway Corridor in Downtown LA.

Enter The DOME

Night On Broadway is hosting an out of this world Virtual Reality Dimension Zone curated by VR Playhouse, Full-On 360° and a half dozen other VR Creators featuring a massive Virtual Reality Dome;

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a 26 ft. high VR fortress holding about 410 guests at a time.

“Those that venture into the dome will be transported to another dimension of time, space and reality as they become immersed in the calm, meditative, natural and digital environments surrounding them (and NO headsets!)”, said Mindi Lipschultz, producer at RGH Entertainment, which created animated material for the show.

Virtual Reality Dimension Zone will feature notable virtual reality legends; Shape Space VR helping to create and amaze one and all. Whether scaling Mount Everest, painting a masterpiece, riding a roller coaster, falling from a skyscraper, colonizing Mars, or flying in a surreal world incased in a maze of sculptures. Take a break from reality and explore this animated psychedelic sculpture park with a a 3D and sometimes 4D/tactile journey like never before.

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THURSDAY FRIDAY JANUARY 26TH JANUARY 27TH CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET Downtown’s Hippest Shopping and Dining Destination hosting concerts, movie screenings, a bi-weekly kids club and other events presents Raw Inspirations mission is to educate children and adults on the importance of a healthy diet, especially on the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetable daily. The farmers market at FIGat7th offers an assortment of produce, kettle corn, flowers, honey, breads, olives and more, every Thursday. 735 S Figueroa Street LA, CA, 90017.

2017 CLASSIC AUTO SHOW LA Convention Ctr Satisfy your craving for the finer side of the world of automotive beauty and innovation, at the UK’s most successful classic car show.

This ultimate trip down automotive memory lane includes a Celebrity Theater featuring the classic auto industry’s biggest names, and Grand Boulevard – a ‘catwalk’ of the finest and rarest classic, muscle and historic cars and a variety of other impossible-to-find items.

Ticketed. 1201 S Figueroa Street, LA, CA 90015.

SUNDAY SATURDAY JANUARY 28TH SKID ROW VEGAN FESTIVAL OF LOVE Personal guides, dancers, huggers and volunteers welcome to man clothing donation stations, guide the homeless to food and clothing, and perform during this inaugural festival honoring the homeless of Skid Row. With an infusion of vegan love, Earth Peace Foundation will bring donated gourmet vegan food for the Skid Row community from various local vegan restaurants. This event is for vegans, non-vegans and all activists.

Bring what you can or just bring LOVE. 10am - 4pm.

JANUARY 29TH

NICKEL MARKET 5TH & Main The Nickel Market features high quality selected local vendors including arts, crafts, fashion, vintage, home goods, handmade leather, jewelry and other great items + live music! pet friendly + family friendly. The market is an expansion of the already popular Farmer’s Market that happens every Sunday. The two markets span 5th Street between Main and Spring Streets. So bring all your friends as DTLA indie artisans take back our streets and help create a better community. 8am-3pm.

Moon Light GAME NIGHT Grand Central Market If you’re looking to unwind after a tough day at work or searching for a fast, amazing fare to satisfy your foodie cravings Grand Central Market, the city’s oldest food hub has got you covered.

Enter Game Night where hundreds can eat, drink and play while grabbing a drink or dinner from any of the late hour vendors over an assortment of classic and new games: pingpong, cornhole toss, Jenga, Uno, Cards Against Humanity, Scrabble, and many more.

Come for the food, stay for the drinks, play to win!!! 4pm 10pm. 317 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90013.

CHINESE NIGHT MARKET Nest at WP24 In celebration of the Chinese New Year, Wolfgang Puck brings his traveling popup Night Market event back to Nest at WP24. For $48, guests enjoy a signature Far East-inspired cocktail featuring herbs picked from the hotel’s rooftop garden and unlimited access to six different live cooking stations offering signature items such as Chili “Dan Dan” dumplings, Whole Roasted Peking Duck with traditional accompaniments, and other auspicious dishes. Chinese New Year ritual that brings good luck. Reservations required. 900 W. Olympic Blvd., 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90015.

NIGHT ON BROADWAY 3rd to Olympic on Broadway Ave This free arts and music festival produced in celebration of Councilmember José Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway economic development initiative brings a night to Downtown like never before. Night on Broadway awakens beautiful historic theaters and the blocks between them along the Broadway corridor in Downtown Los Angeles. L.A. is a mecca for creative talent of all kinds, and Night on Broadway is where it all shines – right in the heart of entertainment’s birthplace in Los Angeles. From emerging musical acts to national stars, artists to acrobats, and fashion designers to food trucks, Night on Broadway is all about the City of Angels.

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MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON REDCAT The landmark documentary The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971, 88 min.), by Howard Alk and Michael Gray, is a testament to black activism and a chilling record of covert police and FBI actions.

Begun in 1969 to portray the activities of the Chicago branch of the Black Panther Party and its dynamic young leader, Fred Hampton, the film becomes a passionate, cleareyed response to Hampton’s brutal assassination by police later that year. The screening is followed by a panel discussion with UCLA scholar Robin Kelley and artist Sam Durant.

7:30pm-9:30pm. Ticketed. 631 W 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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ONLY THE OAKS REMAIN Japanese American National Museum The Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station tells of those targeted as dangerous enemy aliens and imprisoned in the Tuna Canyon Detention Station, located in the Tujunga neighborhood by the US Department of Justice during World War II. Photographs, letters, and diaries bring the experiences of prisoners—who included Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants and Japanese Peruvians—to life. 100 N Central Ave, LA, CA 90012.

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TUESDAY JANUARY 31st

$8 BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES Regal LA LIVE One heck of a special for movie lovers each week, as long as you’re not into watching movies as part of a group, same-day releases, spending holidays at the cinema or 3D or 4DX titles; you can pick just about any movie you want. Popcorn, soda, red vines are abound with local restaurants participating with special offers.

Tickets are available online at fandango.com, too! 1000 W Olympic Blvd, LA, CA 90015.

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY February 1st February 2nd BARD GOES WEST LA Central Library Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare by exploring his enduring impact on American life.

Taking as its core the Folger Shakespeare Library’s exhibition, America’s Shakespeare, this show will give additional insight into the playwright’s absorption into California’s history and culture. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a First Folio (1623) from the Folger’s Shakespeare collection – the largest of its kind in the world.

630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90007.

DIAMONDS: RARE BRILLIANCE Natural History Museum Romantic as they are beautiful, scientists believe diamonds are formed as the product of high stress – intense heat and pressure over billions of years until they are pushed up out of the Earth from under continents. Discover the amazing properties of colored gemstones, the science behind natural colored diamonds, and how the interplay of light and chemistry gives diamonds color. Free with General Admission. 900 Exposition Blvd. LA, CA 90007.

Moon Light Held at MOIST MONDAYS La Cita Bar Color Me Bad and pour some special Brandi.

When Dj Moist, Downtown’s favorite R&B Dj spins it’s a never-ending mix of audible sexiness. Moist conducts an electronic symphony of insatiable rhythms and get to know you better dance music

by Old School legends Aaliyah, Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men D’angelo, En Vogue and just about everything 90s, HipHop, and R&B for a night of dancing, reminiscing about “Back in the Day” and all night happy hour drink specials bringing the old bar back to life and keeping the dance floor jam packed with excitement.

9:30pm. Free. 21+. 336 S Hill Street, 90013.

TACO-ROAKE TUESDAYS El Compadre Mexican Restaurant At El Compadre, individuals, couples and groups become instant family. Founders David Castro and Mario Jimenez, wouldn’t have it any other way.

In fact, El Compadre means “head of the family” or Godfather, and its concept deliberately coincides with the fact that David and Mario are the Godfathers of each other’s children. Home of the flaming Margarita, El Compadre has the perfect blend of mixed cocktails, heart jolting tequila shots and delicious tacos. Enjoy a delicious menu of authentic Mexican meals, sports, and fun weekday activities. 1248 S Figueroa Street, #101, LA, CA 90015.

LIQUID INTELLIGENCE MIXOLOGY CLASS J.W. Marriott 1st, 2nd & 3rd Wednesdays bring free Wine, Beer or Mixology classes to the world class J.W. Marriott at LA Live. This ultimate cool school for aspiring mixologists, wine connoisseurs, and beer aficionados.

Each week, experts guide you through a complimentary signature tasting and hands on experience. The perfect event for Hump-day, Liquid Intelligence allows you to mix and mingle as you learn how to create the ultimate Valentine’s Day cocktail. Free. 21+. RSVP required. 900 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015.

JUICE The Regent Held in one of Downtown’s oldest theaters, restored to its original glory, The Juice is a re-accruing party based out of Los Angeles started by Good Sport Creative and @Koreatown.

The events sole purpose is to serve as the intersection for like-minded individuals to congregate and collaborate within a cohesive and progressive ambiance. Our concept originates from the desire of reestablishing the “FUN” back to the Los Angeles culture/ event scene and wash away all preconceived notions of the Hollywood life. 18+. Ticketed.

8:00pm - 2:00pm. 448 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013.

TO BE OR NOT TO BE? >> BY DAVID MACDOWELL BLUE

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tarting at 5pm and then every hour on the hour after that, until the final performance at 10pm, the State Theatre Building becomes an integral part of the largest musical instrument in this world.

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he State Theatre Building on South Broadway served many a function over the many decades it has stood. Never before has it been a musical instrument. William Close will change all that on January 28, in a series of performances.

nedy Center in Washington DC, the Coliseum in Rome itself, as well as the Grand Theater in Hong Kong and Macau.

Now, he does his work in downtown Los Angeles, with his most famous He calls it an Earth Harp. Imagine if creation. The Earth Harp first saw inyou will a series of very long strings. Very stallation and performance in 1999 (just long. Once installed, they will stretch in time for a new millennium), when the from the Festival Area on 7th street all strings to be played stretched across a the way to the top floor of the twelve-story thousand foot valley, turning the Earth State Theatre Building. Held taught, the itself into part of the instrument! The strings await William Close. He must precise details of each installation change don gloves coated with violin resin in order with the details of the venue. Sometimes to play the instrument—which involves he installs it into a more or less regular running his hands along those strings. It theatre, turning making the stage and sounds not unlike a cello, but writ huge. house and entire interior into part of the The city street itself, plus the building instrument! Other times, such as when erected way back in the 1920s, will form the Earth Harp was played with Seattle’s part of the instrument, giving a depth and Space Needle, the installation turns an power to the music which truly cannot re- open space into part of the Harp. Having ally be appreciated via sound alone. More done this so many times, Close has about than any acoustic performance by any 15 different configurations from which to guitarist or violinist imaginable, the Earth choose now!

Harp can only be experienced rather than Back in the 1920s, when the State simply heard.

Theatre deserved the name “brand new” it stood at the cutting edge for entertainment Which has always been the whole in the city. Street cars intersected nearpoint. William Close founded and serves by. MGM owned the building and used it as Artistic Director for the MASS Ensemto premier one major motion picture after ble. MASS stands for Music Architecture another. As times changed, and HollySound and Sculpture. It exists to push wood become more associated with maartistic boundaries, blending music and jor film events, the State saw renovation architecture into performances unlike and eventual specialization as a Spanany other that exist today. Perhaps never ish Language cinema (since Los Angeles’ before. Having studied both sound design population was, is and mostly likely will and sculpture at the renowned Art Instiremain profoundly multi-ethnic as well as tute of Chicago, Close ended up inventing bilingual). In the early 2000s the building over 100 new musical instruments (so far). became a church.

Eventually his installations/performances However, for over five glorious hours it graced some of the most famous perforwill become part of the largest musical mance venues on the planet. They include instrument currently in the world. State Lincoln Center in New York City, the Ken- Theater is located at 703 S. Broadway.

HAPPIEST HOURS >> BY JASON ALVAREZ >> BROUGHT TO YOU BY DOWNTOWN APPETITE

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t seems that 510 South Broadway has always housed a Mexican restaurant, or at least a restaurant serving Mexican-like food. It was once home to El Huarache Veloz, a local chain known as much for its authentic antojitos as for its sluggish service.

Before that, it was a Taco Bell, a fast-food empire built around cheap eats that taste even cheaper. But with Mezcalero, 5th and Broadway finally has the taqueria - and mezcaleria - it deserves.

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ezcalero opened its doors in December 2016, bringing a cornucopia of mezcals, tequilas, inspired cocktails, and elevated Mexican street fare to Downtown’s historic core. It’s helmed by Jay Krymis, a serial restaurateur whose frenetic energy and irrepressible enthusiasm for food and drink are contagious.

Krymis has been a fixture of the Southern California restaurant scene for the better part of 18 years, and he’s proven himself an adventurous entrepreneur. He owns Padre, a Latin American gastropub in Downtown Long Beach, as well as the decadent but appropriately named Fubar in West Hollywood. (If you’re unfamiliar with the WeHo bar, or if WWII-era military slang isn’t your forte, look it up. You’ll see what I mean). He also co-founded the Hollywood hotspots Saint Felix, the Powder Room, and the now defunct 66. Mezcalero represents his first foray into Downtown LA.

Krymis describes as “a geek when it comes to tequila and mezcal.” The two met when Krymis recruited McCullough to overhaul Padre’s bar program. McCullough, a passionate advocate of craft cocktails and agave spirits, had to convince a skeptical Krymis to venture into unfamiliar territory.

“I’ve always kind of hemmed and hawed about all of it,” says Krymis of the craft cocktail movement. “Until I met Nathan.

He’s just so passionate about it, he got me passionate it about it.”

So when McCullough suggested a bar focused around agave spirits and cocktails that incorporate savory Mexican flavors, Krymis was quick to give his stamp of approval. “I wanted to do Mexican cuisine and Nathan wanted to do this mezcal concept, so together we decided ‘let’s just do this.”

aromatic herb frequently found in Oaxacan moles), are just a few of the imaginative ingredients that find their way into McCullough’s artfully assembled, compulsively drinkable concoctions.

More adventurous tipplers can ask the bartender for the farm-to-glass cocktail, an ever-changing melange of fresh ingredients gathered from Mexican bodegas and the local farmer’s market. This might include cactus and chipotle syrup one day, huitlacoche-infused mezcal the next.

Krymis is quick to point out that Mezcalero’s drink menu has something for everyone. “We’re not pigeonholing ourselves,” he notes. “It’s not only mezcal and tequila. We have everything.” For the agave-weary, the menu includes a tiki-inspired rum drink along with an assortment of gin, whiskey, and vodka cocktails.

There’s also a respectable selection of beer and wine.

And then there’s the food.

“I had to keep it simple,” says Krymis of Mezcalero’s food menu, which is limited to a medley of tacos and a small handful of antojitos. “There are times I’ll have to close the kitchen down, so it was out of necessity. It’s the challenge of opening up in a building that’s still under construction.”

Opting for quality over quantity, Krymis instructed his kitchen to “just make them the most kick ass tacos that you can.”

And the kitchen complied. From tender, juicy carne asada to succulent nopalitos, Mezcalero offers the meat-minded and the meat-averse a range of options guaranteed to delight the palate.

So what’s next for Krymis and company? There are immediate plans to expand Mezcalero’s food menu. “I didn’t know if we’d be more cocktail heavy or if people would want eat here. People want eat, so we have to expand the menu,” explains “I wanted to get into Downtown Krymis. “We’re constantly trying new tacos for a long time,” says Krymis. and encouraging the chef Hector Garcia, to be creative with it. We haven’t taken a “With the success of the place And Mezcalero delivers brilliantly on lot of chances yet, but we will be.”

[Padre] in Long Beach, I knew I both fronts. The agave theme is on full Krymis and McCullough are also bringdisplay behind the bar, where a towering wanted to do a Latin American wall of mezcal and tequila occupies most ing Mezcalero to Long Beach. “I have this upstairs at Padre that’s underutilized,” place. I love the cuisine and I of the back-bar. The menu lists upwards of eighty agave spirits, but Krymis says it’s explains Krymis. “We use it for parties and have a passion for it.” in the hundreds, with tasting flights avail- special events, but there are times when able to agave-enthusiasts eager to sample it’s not utilized.” This second floor space But the challenge for Krymis was findis currently being renovated to meet the them all. ing a way to bring a unique spin to LA’s unique demands of Mezcalero’s bar proFor those who prefer their libations most iconic cuisine. “There’s a million taco gram. shaken or stirred, Mezcalero’s specialty joints in Downtown LA, I wanted to do And with restaurant space already secocktails are not to be missed. The savory something unique. cured on 7th and Los Angeles, Mezcalero flavors of Mexican cuisine figure promEnter Ian Waller, Mezcalero’s most might be Krymis’s first DTLA venture, but welcoming manager and his inventive bev- inently in these agave-forward drinks.

Corn-infused mezcal, burnt tortilla syrup, if all goes according to plan it won’t be his erage director, Nathan McCullough who last. 510 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90013. and tinctures made from hoja santa (an

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MODERN DAY PRE-HISTERIA>> MUSEUM GUIDE The Broad Museum

National History Museum (NHM)

California Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

African American Firefighter museum Fire Station #30

Japanese American National Museum (JANM)

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Founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad opened in 2015, the museum is home to the 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide, launching an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement, welcoming 180,000 visitors to date. 221 S. Grand Ave. LA, CA 90012.

Established in 1979, MOCA is an artist-founded museum dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. With one of the most compelling collections of contemporary art in the world, comprising roughly 7000 objects, created after 1940, preserving the works for future generations. 250 South Grand Ave LA, CA 90012.

The Japanese American National Museum is the first and largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Japanese American ancestry.

The JANM showcases the amazing works of famed and contemporary Japanese artists, historical exhibitions, and host cultural events. 100 N Central Ave, LA, CA 90012.

African American History Museum Designed by African American architects, Jack Haywood and the late Vince Proby, the CAHM was opened to the public during the Olympic Games of July 1984, housing artifacts that “allow us to trace the African American experience from the western shores of Africa to the fields of the South,” and later migrations. 600 State Dr. Exposition Park. LA, CA 90037.

Chinese American Museum (CAM)

Symbolically housed in the oldest and last surviving structure of LA, the Garnier Building, once known as the unofficial “city hall” built in 1890, CAM holds the last missing pieces of DTLA’s original Chinatown. After restoration on December 18, 2003, CAM opened, linking the past to a future for Chinese Americans spanning over 150 years. 425 N Los Angeles St, LA, CA 90012.

You want to go back? You can go all the way back to Prehistoric Pangaea at the National History Museum. With over 300 real fossils, 20 complete dinosaurs and ancient sea creatures that may or may not still exist beneath the deep, the Age of the Dinosaur is brought into existence as well as the extraordinary journey of prehistoric man. 900 Exposition Blvd, LA, CA 90007.

AAFM is DTLA saying “thanks” for the first 100 years of service by African American Firefighters from 1897 to 1997.

Valued testimony from actual Firefighters of yesteryear, like Sam Haskins, who was listed as the first Los Angeles Fireman of African decent in 1892, was also killed while responding to a fire in 1895. 1401 S Central Ave, LA, CA 90021.

The origin of LA, founded by 11 African American Spanish speaking families, (pobladores) accompanied by the Spanish military and Catholic church in 1787.

Since it has become DTLA’s favorite Mexican marketplace, and cultural gathering center hosting Olvera Street, Pico House, first churches and other historic sites.

125 Paseo De La Plaza, LA, CA 90012.

Italian American Museum of Los Angeles

Museum of Los Angeles is to foster understanding of Southern California’s diverse heritage through research, historic preservation, exhibitions and educational programs that examine the history and contributions of Italian Americans and Italians in Los Angeles and the United States. 644 North Main St, LA, CA 90012.

Southwest Museum of the American Indian

Located in the Mt. Washington area of Los Angeles, just a few miles north of Downtown, this collection deals mainly with Native Americans, including exhibits dedicated to the American Indians of the Great Plains, California, and the Northwest Coast. 234 Museum Drive, LA, CA 90065.

Korean American Museum (KAM)

Animal Museum (NMAS)

Sports Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Located just a few miles west of the epicenter of DTLA, KAM interprets and preserves the history, culture, and achievements of Korean Americans dating back to the 1880s, examining and discussing current issues, and exploring innovative ways to communicate the Korean American experience fostering the advancement of Korean American culture. 3727 W 6th St #519, LA, CA 90020.

The Sports Museum features rare items and exhibits from every sport but focuses mainly on baseball, beginning with its humble origins over 145 years ago. It includes old bats, gloves, uniform, balls and equipment and is home to the most complete collection of baseball technology in the world. 1900 S Main St, LA CA 90015.

Located inside a 3-story brick warehouse built in 1909, NMAS aka the Animal Museum is the first museum of its kind dedicated to enriching the lives of animals and people through exploration of our shared experience, promoting respect for life and compassionate ethics in advancing healthy, meaningful interconnections with the animal world. 421 Colyton St. LA, CA 90013.

Since its inception in 1965, LACMA has been devoted to collecting works of art that span both history and geography. LACMA is the largest art museum in the western US, with a collection that includes nearly 130,000 objects dating from antiquity to the present. 5905 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA 90036.

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n January 28, between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m., Angelenos will get to go back in time with IAMSOUND. In honor of Downtown Los Angeles’ Night on Broadway, IAMSOUND will put on a creative installation at the Los Angeles Theater.

IAMSOUND is a multidimensional platform that serves as a record label, creative studio, and visual artist representation.

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ighty-six years ago this very month, The Los Angeles Theatre opened to the public despite several months of a complicated development. After exceeding their budget and falling behind schedule before its grand opening, the Los Angeles Theatre faced dangers of being shut down completely. Luckily, the opening of the theatre was planned around the premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Because of its great importance, this evidently motivated Mr. Chaplin to invest his own money into the theatre, ensuring it would open in time.

Between 1911 and 1931, the Los Angeles Theatre was the last, and most lavish, theatre built on Broadway in Downtown.

Architect S. Charles Lee designed the theatre with French Baroque inspirations.

The six-story historic movie palace is filled with a 2,200-seat auditorium, extravagant mirrors, and cove-lit murals that take you back to a ‘30s Hollywood night.

Fans of music and art will be happy to learn that IAMSOUND’s presence at The Los Angeles Theatre will be accompanied by an array of visual artists. The creative studio plans to deliver aesthetically pleas-

ing and alluring shows that will captivate its audience members. Music, dance, and visual art will be showcased by the studio’s artists along with other film programs.

Attendees of this event will get the chance to admire the performances of Morly, Andrew Thomas Huang’s Interstice, Harriet Brown, The Sunland Dancers, Dazed Digital Film Program, Sedition Film Program, IAMSOUND Music Video Program, Cartouche, All Valley Yacht Club, Taran Allen & Tatiana Valentin, and Nucalifornia.

To make the event all the more enticing, the studio plans to bring a secret guest to the stage. Hints or clues as to who the surprise guest might be have not been released. However, we do know that IAMSOUND has worked with artists such as Charlie XCX, Lord Huron, Banks, Florence + the Machine, Kate Boy, among many others. Regardless of who it is, we are sure IAMSOUND will not disappoint its audience members.

Los Angeles Theater is located at 615 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90014.

monuments in time >> by david macdowell blue

Recordando la Epoca de Oro

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he Million Dollar Theatre, one of the nation’s oldest movie palaces from the Silent Age. Situated on South Broadway, the Million Dollar rose exactly ninety-nine years ago. Sid Grauman built it, the same man who later built the Egyptian and Chinese Theaters on Hollywood Boulevard.

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ver the decades, the Million Dollar served not only as a cinema but also a church as well as Metropolitan Water District’s HQ. Yet over most of the past decade, it has gone from an empty shell to an increasingly popular live theatre venue.

The night’s program appropriately includes with Sonora Santanera, a reborn musical group from the 1950s when Mexican rhythms and musical sounds were all the rage. Sonora Santanera, La Nueva Blood (The New Blood) consists of four singers eager to recreate the musical heritage so beloved by many. Yet they are but one of many performers, many groups scheduled!

Omar Arreola from Puerto Vallarta Jalisco, Mexico, began his career as something of a child prodigy—musician, composer, singer. By his early teens it had become very nearly a full time profession. His first single “Me Gustaria” proved a hit in 2001. Since then Arreola expanded his repertoire of genres to include most if not all those native to Mexico—Mariachi, Salsa and Meringue to name only a few. Appearances in movies, t.v. and on tour by now have become common!

Arreola will share the stage with Lupita Infante, a young singer from here in Los Angeles. Not only the daughter of actor Pedro Infante Jr. (La muerteo

Lupida Infante

del soplon, La noches del KKK, etc.) but granddaughter of the Mexican movie star and singer Petro Infante from Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema.

Both will also appear with the renowned Mariachi Monumental de América, founded in 1995 by and a dedicated ensemble to a variety of classical musical forms from Mexican heritage. Among other things the eleven-member group has toured all over the country, especially the Southwest, as well as gracing such venues as the Walt Disney Hall downtown and the Hollywood Bowl itself!

Another special performance will focus on dance, from the Ballet Folklorico Eterna Juvventud (Eternal Youth Folk Ballet) whose members include a very wide range of professional performers—“from six to eighty” they proudly like to say. Founded in 2001, the Ballet Folklorico celebrates the unique art form that is simply (and yet not simply at all) moving in response to music.

The Tierra Blanca Dance Company (operating out of the Tierra Blanca Arts Center near Cypress Park) has been putting on increasingly well-received shows since 1996. Although celebrating and exploring Mexican and Hispanic heritage in the Los Angeles area, it remains dedicated to a multicultural aesthetic and appreciation of what makes up the community in general.

Also performing, Los Cadetes de Memo Cavada saw their first album released in 2014, with this but one of many performances by the five member band specializing in Norteno music.

Million Dollar Theater is located at 307 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90012.

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this week in sports >> by christopher floch >> brought to you by la biergarten

this week in sports>> superbowl li atlanta falcons face off with

new England patriots in

super bowl 51

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uper Bowl LI (51) will be a match up of old vs new, as the Atlanta Falcons face the New England Patriots on Sunday, February 5th from NRG stadium in Houston, Texas. It’s the old guard vs the new guard, Atlanta’s high-octane offense going against the defense of the staunch Patriots.

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he Atlanta Falcons scored a whopping 540 points during the regular season and finished with a record of 11-5. The Falcons are led by QB Matt Ryan and Wide Receiver Julio Jones, these Falcons are soaring as they nest in The Lone Star State. Will these Falcons clutch the shiny, silver Vince Lombardi trophy from the Patriots, like a helpless rodent?

The build up going into the game is the battle at QB. Matt Ryan has fulfilled his promise as an elite Quarterback in the NFL. Ryan led the Falcons to an easy victory in the NFC championship, crushing the Green Bay Packers, 44-21. Ryan will be playing in his first Super Bowl, his counterpart has more experience playing in The “Big One. Ryan threw for 4,944 yards, 38 TDs, and finally proved he could win the big games, the Atlanta Falcons will be making their second appearance in the Super Bowl. While Patriots QB Tom Brady threw for 3,554 yards in only twelve games, going 11-1 and throwing 28 touchdowns compared to only 2 interceptions.

The New England Patriots dynasty continues to dominate. The Pats rolled through the regular season, posting the NF L’s best record at 14-2, despite Tom Brady’s four-game suspension. Running Back LeGarette Blount rushed for 1,161 yards to balance out the attack.

Tom Brady is going for his Fifth Super Bowl victory, a win would cement his legacy as the greatest Quarterback in league history. The Patriots dynasty has surpassed real empires and with seeming-

ly no end in sight. In the Belichick era, the New England Patriots reached the Super Bowl 7 times in 15 years, claiming 5 Vince Lombardi trophies in that span.

Similar to the Falcons, the Patriots glided to the Super Bowl, barely breaking a sweat. The Patriots defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 36-17 in the AFC Championship. The playoffs, save the Cowboys/ Packers thriller, has been one-sided beat downs. The NFL Playoffs were boring, anticlimactic games, so fans are hoping for a competitive and close game.

The Falcons boast the NO. 1 offense in the NFL, eighth all time. Wide Receiver Julio Jones is officially a superstar, while Mohammed Sanu Jr. is the X-Factor to watch for on Super Sunday. Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman are dual threats in the backfield. Anyone remember the Dirty Bird? Well, their back.

The Patriots are in a way facing two foes in Houston- the Atlanta Falcons on the field of course-and perhaps a more bitter, ugly rival off the field, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Commissioner finally succeeded by suspending Brady the first four games of the season for his part in Deflategate. Pats’ fans cherish the moment Roger hands them the trophy, after attempting to thwart their dynasty.

The Patriots open up as three point favorites, expect a high scoring affair, country star Luke Bryan will perform the National Anthem, and Lady Gaga headlines the Pepsi Halftime show. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. the game will air on Fox. DTLA Weekly prediction: 34-27 Patriots.

to the beat >> by michelle back dtla-weekly.com

to the beat>> dublab at ace

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n February of 2014, the Theatre at The Ace Hotel cut the official ribbon in half and opened it’s freshly restored doors. Since it’s grand opening, The Ace has done an incredible job of preserving the spirit of the buildings original founders. On January 28, as a part of the annual Night on Broadway celebration, The Theatre at the Ace Hotel invites the public to indulge in a night of music and art as Angelenos and visitors alike are given the chance to delight in a very special hosting of the online radio station, DUBLAB.

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uring the Jazz Age in 1927, the United Artists film studio and theatre opened its doors to LA natives. It was the dream of silent movie star Mary Pickford with the help of Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and DW Griffith to mold the studio into an independent production house outside of the Hollywood norms. As the decades followed, the building’s ownership changed frequently.

Still, the United Artists Theatre remained active as an arts venue until 1989. For two decades between 1990 and 2010 it was used as a church, which can be seen as a form of art to some. Fast forward 4 years into the future where a meticulous restoration began. Today, the Theater host a boutique hotel with a gourmet restaurant, rooftop pool, bar, and a rotating presence of resident DJ, from DUBLAB.

Since it’s online radio inception in 1999, DUBLAB has expanded and grown to reach an international audience. No stranger to the arts, they have been involved with art exhibitions, film projects, event production, record releases and now, Night on Broadway.

DUBLAB will host several live performances of electronic and experimental music. Video art will also be featured during this harmonious affair.

Listeners at the Theatre can expect to hear live sets from artists: Tim Hecker, Loscil, M. Geddes Gengras, Loscil, Leech, Cat 500, and Sage Caswell.

Each performer will offer their own unique twist on electronic and ambient music. From composers to producers, these artist well help set a tone and mood perfect for a Night on Broadway. 929 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90017.

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