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R.I.P. Loretta Lynn (4/14/1923 – 10/4/2022)
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Loretta Lynn and I debuted together in 1977 at Harrah’s Casino Hotel in Reno.
For Loretta, this was her first perfor mance as the star in a main showroom, and for me it was my first gig as the show scenery and lighting designer working for an act without first having some produc tion conferences to decide what we’d do.
As Loretta’s public performances had always been produced rustically on a flatbed trailer that hauled the sound system, generator and light stands into an empty field where benches and folding chairs were set up for the audience. The center part of the trailer bed was her stage.
Because she had never performed in a showroom, she had no producer type person in her group to interface with the people who did what I did. Harrah’s said she had to have a stage set, so they hired me a week before the show opened to produce whatever seemed right. I never met Loretta or any of her people until a few hours before the audience was to come in for her first show.
I was busy communicating with the light crew on a headset to establish the different lighting scenes I’d need to call up for the show when she walked into the theater on her way to the dressing rooms.
“It’s just like I dreamed it would be!” she exclaimed as she got her first look at the lit up scenery that established the setting where she would perform.
She was very nervous and had little interest in the provenance of what she saw. After a few deep breaths while she took it all in, she handed me a list of songs she planned to sing. Even though that was all the direct interaction we had, during the rest of the evening I learned firsthand what a surprisingly insecure person she was at heart while she was also an amazingly powerful musical talent.
When the curtain went up a few hours later, she was dressed as a Southern belle in a white hoop skirted dress that seemed to fill half the stage. Clearly nervous, she went into her first number as soon as the offstage announcer finished her introduc tion.
My background included nine years of university theater, so I had lots of experience with stage fright with novice actors facing their audiences for the first time. Their reactions ranged from subtle ill-at-ease mannerisms to totally disabil ity at getting their words out. Loretta was functioning closer to the disability end of that scale as she forgot some words and lost her place during the first two of her songs. Then she pulled herself together and walked down to the stage apron to
address her audience directly.
“This is my first time doing a show like this,” she said. “What we usually do before the show starts is come out with a table full of records to sell and sign autographs for those who want them. When we’d sold enough, I’d climb onto the truck bed and ask, ‘What do y’all want to hear.’ So now I’m gonna ask you, ‘What do y’all want to hear?’”
After some sustained approving applause, she took a request and told the band, “We’re gonna do ‘Coal Min er’s Daughter.’”
Her stage fright slowly evaporated and the audience roared with delight after each number. It was much later that I learned her life story and counted myself so lucky to have been around for this moment in her career. Now, every time I think of her I relish witnessing a great lady as she found her new power.
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Southern California is an idyllic place to live with perfect weather, beautiful scenery, rich cultural history and a growing population of over 23 million. However, Southern California is also lacking the very thing required to sustain any population: water. With well-manicured golf courses, sprawling communities of lush green lawns, and the Pacific Ocean next door—this may be hard to believe. However, if Southern California were to sustain itself without importing any water, the population would have to be less than 500,000.
How can Southern California sustain a population of 23 million (and growing) with enough water for only 500,000? The answer is a vast system of aqueducts that deliver billions of gallons of water annually from hundreds of miles away. These aqueducts rely on snowpack in the Sierra
and Colorado mountain ranges as their primary water source. Snowpack levels in the Sierras have been falling for years, coinciding with ongoing drought conditions around the state. We were always able to depend on the reliability of the Colorado River Aqueduct to make up the difference. But as we look to the future, even this historically reliable water supply is being threatened.
With each of our major water sources under duress, Southern California is heading for a mega-drought that may take decades to recover from if not longer. These challenging times will require deft leadership from elected officials who understand these complex water issues. We need to elect passionate, water-focused leaders who are committed to overcoming the status quo with innovative and forward-think ing solutions. Two of the principal government agencies responsible for delivering and
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Excerpts from this novel--The Pollinator In His Own Words--read by the author, exemplify the intimate relationship between two art forms: painting and writing. The protagonist of this tale, through the mystic art of surfing, slowly develops the ability to fly. As the story evolves, he discovers that he can, during flight, by way of olfactory engendered clairvoyance, accumulate and store internally essential love; eventually he is able to bestow this love. The following excerpts, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, occur in the story when the protagonist is beginning to collect such essences of primal bliss.
Excerpts from this novel--The Pollinator In His Own Wordsread by the author, exemplify the intimate relationship between two art forms: painting and writing. The protagonist of this tale, through the mystic art of surfing, slowly develops the ability to fly. As the story evolves, he discovers that he can, during flight, by way of olfactory engendered clairvoyance, accumulate and store inter nally essential love; eventually he is able to bestow this love. The following excerpts, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, occur in the story when the protagonist is beginning to collect such essences of primal bliss.
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The Board also hired a general manager who was lacking the usual credentials for such a prestigious and highly compen sated position. The nationallyesteemed recruiting firm they hired to assist with the hiring process did not even select this individual for an interview.
this individual is no longer employed by the District, he created such a toxic work environment during his tenure that 30% of the most qualified staff left. As we enter an unprecedented mega-
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They’ll be revving up their engines on Satur day to celebrate Hallow een—their boat engines, that is.
On Oct. 29 at 7 p.m., Marina del Rey will be home to the first-ever Halloween Boat Parade. Billed as a “spooktacu lar” event, all the Southern California boating community has been invited to decorate their boats and participate in a rollicking time that proves no one is too old to trick or treat.
It’s an event for those who just can’t get enough of holiday boat parades—like event
organizer Shemp “Capt. Craig” Howard, who describes himself as a holiday boat parade maniac.
“It’s always a labor of love,” Howard said of organizing and participating in boat parades.
“For me, it’s really one of the best times of the year. I love our regattas.”
He’s a regular participant in Catalina’s Buccaneer Days
where everyone dresses as a pirate, bands come out to play and the boats are decorated in the theme. He has a blast with it every year and it got him thinking that there should be something fun like that on Halloween for both the kids and the adults—an opportunity for people to decorate their boats and show them off to the community.
With the 29th falling on a Saturday this year, it felt like perfect timing to launch the event because people could do the parade over the weekend and then go trick-or-treating with their kids on Monday night.
So, this became the year to launch what they hope will be an annual event with prizes being given out in multiple categories. They started organizing it over the summer, putting out teasers and re sponding to people who wanted to be sponsors.
“When you do events, you can
kind of tell when it is getting some traction, when it is something people want to participate in,” Howard said.
“We started rounding up boats and taking emails from people to pair them up with somebody if they don’t have a boat.”
There is a nominal $25 entry fee/donation that will go to Autism Speaks. It’s an organi zation that already has a longstanding association with the Marina. Howard said they wanted to continue it with this event.
“Everybody is going to have a wonderful time at the first annual Marina del Rey Hallow een Boat Parade,” Howard said.
“Everybody’s very excited about it and the reaction has been very positive.”
Participants have been scouring local stores and the internet to find ways to deco rate their boats. Howard said he went to Home Depot, but they were already on to Christmas with only one rack of Hallow
een stuff left. However, he said he found a secret weapon— there is a pop-up Halloween store above the DSW Shoe Warehouse that is chock full of possibilities.
“Everybody should channel their inner Jack Sparrow,” Howard said. “I expect to see a lot of pirates and ghosts and large pumpkins and scary things. I just picked up our 12-foot inflatable ghost.”
The sponsors will provide gift cards as prizes and swag to give away to participants and those coming out to see the parade.
With the proximity to Holly wood, Howard said they see a lot of really creative people getting involved, including those who work for television and movie studios. One of his friends is a set designer for movies.
“He always comes up with something outrageous and he’s got a beautiful sailboat,” Howard said. “We’ve got all
the yacht clubs that come together and like to have a lot of fun, so we can always count on them. Then we have the Southern California Yachting Association. There’s a lot of people who always like to put their best foot forward, espe cially when there’s a little bit of a charity involved.”
The plan is for the boats to make one or two laps of the Marina, giving people on shore a good chance to see all the decorated boats. After that, who knows? Howard said they expect a fair amount of pirate boats and such renegades aren’t expected to follow a lot of rules.
“My tagline, with apologies to Seinfeld is: it’s real and it’s spooktacular!” Howard said.
“That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I’m out.”
Boat Paradedecided to go on a group hike organized on the social media platform Meetup, she wasn’t expecting to meet the love of her life. One year after that “magical” day, she and her husband, Raghu, created Los Angeles Fun Events to help others meet and connect with one another.
“It was a way to keep that spirit of community and meeting new people going,” Turner said. “We’ve had this group for about five years now, and only in the past year have we really started to take it to the next level. It’s a platform. It’s a way to help people connect with one another and get off the couch, get off the computer, get out and get interacting with your fellow Angelenos.”
For the past five years, the couple has hosted events including beach days, hikes, camping, museum trips, outdoor games, movie nights and dinner clubs. Their goal is to help people form meaningful connections with one another all while helping to support local businesses.
Last month, Los Angeles Fun Events hosted a new night market concept built from scratch at HiDef Brewing in DTLA. The event included food pop-ups, art, a DJ, social games, a scavenger hunt and prizes.
“It’s a way to get people reengaged with the city and at the same time to support small businesses in the process,” Turner said. “I’ve gone to so many night markets and I just love the atmosphere. It’s at night. It’s cool. You don’t have the sun beating down on you. There was something kind of magical about it. I feel like that’s when the city really comes to life.
“We’ve done many events so far with HiDef Brewing. In the past we’ve gone there and set up outdoor games. We bring tons of board games and card games, giant Jenga, and just ways for people to naturally and organically talk, interact and get to mingle with each other.”
Turner explained that she doesn’t just want to be a producer of events where people simply buy tickets and only interact with their own parties. With the night market concept, she wants to create an experience that promotes interaction between attendees and with the vendors as well.
“We’ve designed this whole scavenger hunt related to all the businesses and the vendors that are going to be there,” Turner explained. “It’s a way to get people up and moving,
working together and traveling throughout the market interact ing with everything that’s there.”
While Turner described their last night market that ran on Aug. 13 as a success, she is also excited about other new event concepts on the horizon, such as aerial yoga with a rooftop dinner.
“I feel like we are just in a constant state of exploring different types of events to offer,” Turner said. “It’s a constant experimentation.
By SCOTT HOGAN & KATIE HALEWe’re looking for really cool, interesting and new things to feature. I’m also really excited to eventually start incorporat ing more travel. I love nothing more than traveling, experienc ing other cultures and being able to share that with people.”
Whether it’s a night market in the heart of town or a journey outside of the city, Turner believes that consistency is key to fostering a community around the events.
“We’re all about establishing a regular, consistent presence,” Turner said. “I think that in us being consistent with what we deliver, it allows everyone that attends to also be consistent and become regulars who get to interact with each other repeatedly over time. I strongly believe that’s how relationships and friendships form. It’s repeated exposure.”
Events are for ages 21 and over. Upcoming events include singles salsa dancing, an outdoor social mixer at Sorry, Not Sorry in West LA on the first and third Sunday of every month from 1 to 4 p.m., and a group lunch at Lobster and Beer on Motor Avenue near Palms on Oct. 30.
In the wake of the pandemic and its ensuing social distanc ing requirements, in-person social interaction is as impor tant as ever for improving mental health and generating a sense of connectedness. With Los Angeles Fun Events, the Turners hope to share the joy they’ve found participating in Meetup events with others throughout LA County.
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Westchester’s beloved Humble Potato has reopened for business after popular demand and transformed into what owner Eric Ong has called a more “mature” version of the original. What once was a self-service, over-the-counter burger joint is now an in-house, full-service dining experience with beer on tap.
Humble Potato has locations in Westchester and Culver City, and both are excellent spots for a classic burger and beer. The Hambaga, Ong’s most popular menu item, comes with all the comfort of a classic hamburger with a Japanese twist. For the more adventurous eater, the Kare Baga burger comes with Japanese curry, a fried egg and yuzu-jalapeno slaw. Other must-try menu items are the Shichimi garlic parmesan fries and the choco avocado shake.
“When we first put the choco avocado shake on the menu people were [hesitant to try it,] so we gave them some samples and everybody said, 'This is so good!’” Ong said. “It's just avocado, crushed ice and simple syrup. Then we add a little bit of Hershey's chocolate sauce to add a flavor twist that makes it a great combo with burgers and fries.”
When Ong abandoned his corporate job and opened Humble Potato 12 years ago in Westchester, he had no idea the community would fall in love that quickly. Within a couple years, Ong had the revenue and popularity to open a second location in Culver City. He credits his success to the quality of his food and running his business by the book.
Ong also has a third location in Palms called Mee & Greet, which he opened in 2018. That location focuses on more traditional Southeast Asian food inspired by Ong’s childhood in Southeast Asia.
“I would credit [my love of food] to a multicultural kind of life because I was born and raised in Southeast Asia,” Ong said. “We're not a technologydriven country. We are Third World…so everything revolves around food.”
In 2019, Ong decided to take a
chance by changing the concept of Humble Potato in Westches ter to focus on a similar concept to Mee & Greet.
“It was a spur of the moment decision [that I decided] to do something similar,” he said. But the pandemic made his commu nity-focused menu difficult to sell.
“I think the food was not perceived as valuable when it became takeout,” Ong added. “It was meant for sharing.”
During the pandemic, Humble Potato’s Culver City location thrived, so Ong settled on bringing back what Westchester eaters were craving with a new and improved menu and interior.
“I want to re-introduce ourselves,” Ong said. “We made some tweaks to the menu and we introduced some plant-based options. That’s what everyone is looking for now.”
Even as Humble Potato, Ong’s vision for his restaurants have always been to create an unpretentious community oriented restaurant.
“When I was on the grill, I would know every single customer's name,” Ong said. “I wanted to adopt that type of [philosophy.] It's not the typical LA [restaurant] where it’s an hour away, you have to make a reservation… I wanted the anti-stereotype of the obnox
ious, snobby LA eatery, so I called this place the Humble Potato.”
The popularity of Humble Potato has sparked the interest of investors who want to help Ong expand into a larger chain, but he rejects that path for Humble Potato’s future. Ong doesn’t want a third party to come into the business and try to change the down to earth, community nature. He believes that is what makes Humble Potato special.
“We do have an expansion plan,” Ong said. “We're going to grow, but we'll wait until the [Westchester] location is perfect.”
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MovieMaker Magazine knows a good film school when it sees one. When it ranked all the schools in the U.S. and Canada, the Westside contained several of their darlings. Among the top 12 in the U.S. West and Northwest are Santa Monica College (SMC) and USC. Joining them in the top 40 in the U.S. and Canada is Loyola Marymount University.
“Santa Monica College is a fantastic bet for someone who wants to live in the heart of the film industry without going into debt for years,” said Tim Molloy, MovieMaker editor-in-chief. “If you believe the film and TV industry should be open to people who aren’t the children of millionaires—and we certainly do— we need more institutions with the affordability and drive of SMC.”
Salvador Carrasco, the college’s film production faculty lead, learned of the honor in an email from Molloy, an email that also told him MovieMaker plans to feature the college in a future edition.
Carrasco was hired by SMC in 2010 to create a film production program from scratch. He said this task included
developing a curriculum, recommending instructors, writing grants for equipment and doing all the needed paperwork for SMC to obtain accreditation from the State of California, which they did in 2015.
“My premise was to create a filmmak ing program that would be competitive vis-à-vis the top film schools in the nation while at the same time offering universal access and being virtually free cost-wise,” Carrasco said. “This goal came about from my own experience as a student at NYU, and then teaching at USC, The Los Angeles Film School, Pomona College and SMC itself. I combined all the variables that I believed worked, didn’t work, and could be improved at those institutions, focusing on the student perspective.”
Since his arrival, SMC’s film program has made more than 30 short films, all coming out of the capstone class, Film 33.
“All of these films have won awards at domestic and international film festi vals,” said Carrasco. “This stems not from any sort of black magic, but from the staunch belief in our SMC academic
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model: we make one film (sometimes two) per semester, and there is a collec tive sense of belonging about the films in question. In addition, all our instructors are active professionals in the film industry, and we are present on set at all times, supervising and actively teaching our students. This allows us to help them achieve what they set out to do, and they can also take creative risks because we are there to make sure they won’t fail.”
Six SMC student films have been select ed for the Emerging Filmmaker Show case at the American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival including 2021’s Best Short Film winner, “Broken Layers.”
Carrasco said his primary goal is that students learn the craft of filmmaking in a way akin to learning a new language and that they develop the inherent soft skills that give them a competitive edge in the film industry.
He lists some of those skills as showing up on time, being constantly engaged, having a flawless attitude on set, never speaking behind people’s backs, being respectful and appreciative of other people’s contributions, working hard and ethically and to the best of one’s abili ties, and always giving 110%.
“In short, behave as moral individuals within a collective endeavor that, when it
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from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that helps them finance the two films they make each year.
comes together, it yields magic in the form of great cinema,” Carrasco said.
Carrasco, who is taking a sabbatical this year to direct his next film, said they are pleased that they have launched and sustained the kind of filmmaking program that they set out to create back in 2010.
“We are proud that our instructors are active, working professionals in the film industry,” Carrasco said. “We have thankfully received Perkins grants with which we’ve gradually acquired state-ofthe-art film equipment.”
They originally taught at an airport hangar, adjusting their shoots to flight paths. However, they have now moved to a new campus, the Center for Media and Design in Santa Monica, which he describes as a superior facility, though one they share with other SMC pro grams.
They have built industry partnerships that help provide them with the support and equipment that they need each year.
Partners include Keslow Camera, Roundabout Entertainment and Enhanced Media. They also get a production grant
Students who go through the film program at SMC are able to earn an associate’s degree and certificate pro gram. Both of these charge in-state tuition of only $46 per unit.
“An important part of our program’s philosophy and drive is that there should be no correlation whatsoever between the amount of money students pay and the quality of education they receive,”
Carrasco said. “Personally, I think it’s obscene that students should go into debt for decades in order to receive a proper academic education. Isn’t that what our taxes should be for?”
Carrasco has attended and taught at “elite” skills and believes that a major appeal of those institutions are that students have the prestigious label or brand. Some manage to make useful networking skills, akin to a social club.
“That is all very fine, but seldom worth the irreconcilable price tag,” Carrasco said. “In a profession that desperately needs more diversity in every sense of the word, we want our students to stand out based on their talent, attitude, hard work and reliability, none of which has anything to do with socioeconomic backgrounds.”
The Film 33 class is where students
make a film, the culmination of their two-year program. They go on location for eight days and shoot 12-hour days. The resulting films represent the creative and artistic output of the students, with the school supporting and mentoring them as they do screenwriting, planning, filming, post-production and beyond.
“The idea is that by the end of the semester, students know if filmmaking is their calling or not,” Carrasco said. “We are always on the set with our students and that is where the invaluable hands-on teaching takes place. In most, if not all other film schools, students are sent out to film on their own, and then their work is critiqued (sometimes viciously) when they bring it back to the classroom. In my experience, this accounts for a reductive experience where students seek out a familiar comfort zone…rather than challenge themselves into trying out new things and expanding their boundaries.”
Because there are mentors with students all the time, they are kept from failing. He said there will be plenty of opportu nity for them to fail in the future. At SMU, he wants them to “cherish the magic of cinema and of witnessing how something they imagined can be en hanced, materialize and affect people.”
They make only one or two films per semester so that there is time to nurture each project from start to finish. They
count on their students to have rich stories to tell from their life experience. The films, he said, are not derivative. Rather, the students are encouraged to make sense of the world based on their own experiences and sensibilities. While the program has been successful so far, Carrasco acknowledges that they are in their infancy and have a lot of room for growth. He hopes that they will receive an endowment that will let them focus on serving their students and making films rather than always looking for funding sources. He eventually wants them to have their own soundstage so that they don’t have to share with others.
“What we are doing matters because it’s changing people’s lives and it’s helping make filmmaking less of an entitled pursuit in a culture that sorely needs a reconfiguration of values,” Carrasco said.
But he doesn’t want Argonaut readers to take his word or the word of MovieMak er Magazine for it. Nothing, he said, tells their story better than actually experienc ing the student work. He hopes that people will visit the YouTube channel, watch some of their shorts and leave comments on them.
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The 2022-2023 school year marks a new chapter in the nearly 100-year history of the schools formerly known as St. Monica Catholic Elementary School and St. Monica Catholic High School. As one school, Saint Monica Preparatory offers a comprehensive Transitional Kindergarten through 12th grade learning environment.
SMPREP provides a faith-based education that fosters academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, individual talents and Christian service. It boasts a diverse, close-knit community where students are known, seen, challenged and nurtured.
Expanded experiential learning in MakerSpace, Mariner Ocean Research Institute (MORI) and throughout campus connect knowledge learned in the classroom to the real world. International travel awaits students in grades 9-12, Catholic Highlights of Italy tour with private Mass at the Vatican and STEM trip to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador.
In addition to a robust curriculum, Upper School fields 18 competitive Mariner teams, while Lower School offers eight sports beginning in third grade. From fine art to dance, music and theater, the visual and performing arts come alive at SMPREP.
Guided by Catholic values, Saint Monica Preparatory allows students to explore areas of learning that stimulate the processes of self-discovery. Stop by the Open House, November 6 from 1-4 p.m. to learn more.
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With surfing a way of life in Venice, it is surprising that the Venice Surfing Association (VSA) never existed–until now. Realizing this need, a group of eight people started the Venice Surfing Association at the beginning of this year.
“We wanted to empower and celebrate the Venice surfing community and also help protect our beach and ocean,” said VSA board member Brian Averill, who is also a surfer and professional photographer. Surfing associations have been long established in most nearby beach communities in the South Bay and Malibu, but not in Venice. This new nonprofit
is already making waves by hitting the ground running.
According to its website, the goal of VSA is to “empower future generations of surfers through competition and charitable action centered around coastal protection.” In the short time since becoming operational, they have orga nized several community events including a membership kickoff, a member’s meeting, beach cleanup, the premiere screening of legendary Venice surfer Allen Sarlo’s “Super 8 Time Capsule” and the inaugu ral Breakwater Open surf contest.
“Our kickoff party was May 15, we are only five months old,” said VSA vice-president
Alix Gucovsky. Their most recent high-profile event was the Breakwater Open, which was held on Oct. 15 at the Venice Breakwater. Open to all members, the contest attracted over 140 contestants of all ages and surfing abilities. Families were welcome and encouraged to join.
There was a children's division for those nine and under, as well as a “Legends” division for experienced surfers over 50. In total there were 11 divisions including separate ones for men and women.
“It was just magical,” said VSA president Guy Okazaki. “There was quality competitive surfing all day. The wind was
calm, the sun came out, and the swell kept building. It was a great day all around–really awesome.”
Six judges were onsite to judge for each division. Local surfers Yves Bright and Stephanie Wise won the Men’s and Women’s Open divisions. The top three surfers in each category won a special ecofriendly trophy made from reclaimed wood by Brock May eux from Landloc’d.
Mayeux is a local Venice surfer who builds unique wood designs. Additionally, the posters and t-shirt art were designed by local Venice tattoo artist Steve Layani.
“People were super happy, it was a pretty emotional day,”
Gucovsky said. “It was an incredible community-building event.”
Giving back to the community and the environment is at the forefront of VSA’s mission. This comes in many forms, including members participat ing in coastal cleanups, offering free water safety training with professional lifeguards, and bringing the joy of surfing to the next genera tion.
“We want to empower the next generation to carry on the Venice surfing tradition,” Averill said. “We’re trying to get more kids involved, including those who might not usually get that opportunity.”
One of VSA’s goals is to try and make it easier for under privileged children to partici pate in the sport. They are planning to work with the Boys and Girls Club in Oakwood to bring children to the beach to learn how to surf. VSA wants to make surfing less intimidat ing for kids and give them a chance to be at the beach and in the ocean.
Longtime Venice resident Pam Anderson, the widow of surfing legend Scott Anderson, has set up a scholarship for kids to join the Venice Surfing Association.
“Surfing has improved all of our lives, we are just passing the torch,” Averill said.
Other positive changes that VSA plans to implement include honoring Venice's surfing history by starting a Hall of Fame. They also want to help with conservation efforts by hosting regular beach cleanups and working to help restore Santa Monica Bay’s kelp beds.
“The environment does not end at the sand,” Okazaki said.
“For the Ballona Wetlands, this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get it right— otherwise it will be lost forever. We can still turn it into a paradise.”
Board member Okazaki, VSA president and surfing legend, has lived in Venice and surfed since the 1950s. He also owns and operates a custom surf board company.
Other members include vice-president Gucovsky, Treasurer Rafi Gordon, secretary Jen Gordon, contest chair Gary Adler, Brian Averill, Ben Cohen and Stan Chiu.
The VSA Board is especially grateful to their many local contest sponsors including Hotel Erwin, Arbor, Anderson
Surfboards, Dogtown Skate boards, General Admission, Rider Shack, the Waterfront and Fat Sal’s, among many other local Venice businesses.
“We look forward to building this for the entire community— to unite us all with fun and exciting events,” Gucovsky said. “We look forward to more contests, a robust competition schedule with other coastal communities, and building a Venice team.”
In just a few months, the organization has already attracted over 300 new mem bers. VSA offers annual individual and family member ships. Encouraging young people to participate, the family memberships cover all of the children in a family for one low tax-deductible fee.
Venice Surfing Association vsa.la Instagram: @venicesurfingassociation landlocd.com
For 16 years, the Santa Monica Playhouse has invited the children of the community (and their families) to join them in saving Hallow een from disappearing forever.
“Absolutely Halloween” is an original musical created by the co-founders of the Playhouse, Evelyn Rudie and Chris DeCar lo, one in which Candy, a teenager who has decided she’s too old for Halloween, embarks on a journey where she must enter the Otherworld, solve riddles and decide whether she can save the holiday for This world.
After the Playhouse’s initial performance of the show, they were deluged with requests for an encore—until it became as much of a Halloween tradition for the Playhouse as candy and trick-or-treating is for children everywhere.
It’s a collaboration between two artists with a long history of creating together. Since 1970, they’ve written hundreds of plays and musicals. They’ve developed a process where when one of them gets an idea— whether from a conversation, a dream or something they saw—and they start improvising and creating characters and story arcs together.
That was how “Absolutely Halloween” was developed after being born on the Santa Monica Promenade. Rudie said they had done other Halloween shows, but they were mostly musical revues. They wanted to do a real Halloween play with a story.
“I was walking down the Promenade and this melody came into my head,” Rudie said.
“I just started humming it and singing it and I was afraid I was going to forget it, so I ran back to the Playhouse and played it on the piano and wrote it down really quickly. The last line for the chorus was ‘Always, absolutely Halloween.’”
The story begins with the characters as unanimated Halloween costumes. They can only come to life as long as someone believes in them. In “Absolutely Halloween,” Candy is a young girl who decides she’s too old for dressing up.
“One of the themes of the play is what she says right in the
beginning,” Rudie said. “I’m playing roles every day. I’m playing mother, daughter, sister, cheerleader, babysitter. Why should I do it on Halloween? I’m doing it too much as it is and it’s too much pressure on my life.’
Of course, by the end of the play, she realizes that she’s not playing roles, but we all have many different people inside of us…we are never too old to dream or to have an imagina tion.”
DeCarlo observed that the themes of the play have reso nated through the years, some coming out more deeply as different actors take on the roles and audiences with different experiences come to see it. One of those themes, he said, was the need for people to keep a healthy sense of themselves.
“We need to embrace ourselves, not out of arrogance or conceit or self-centeredness, but as a tool to give us confidence, to give us clarity, to give us a direction, and a sense of accomplishment in our journey,” DeCarlo said. “It connects us to the value of family and family history.”
One of the ways they have been
able to measure the success of this show is in the pure delight that children express after seeing it. On opening weekend, DeCarlo said there was a young four-year-old girl who was crying in the beginning of the show because it got dark and it scared her.
“She was the first one out of the theater and she just ran right up to the cat and gave her a big hug,” DeCarlo said. “It was just so beautiful to watch.”
And it isn’t just the children who are affected.
“There’s a moment in the play where Candy thinks that she has failed,” Rudie said. “The other characters tell her that it’s not about failure, it’s about the journey. It’s about her making up her mind that she’s going to save Halloween so there is always a chance and as a family, we all support each other. One of the fathers came up to me after wards. He said, ‘You know when you did that monologue, you ruined me. You just ruined me.’”
In addition to Candy, who is played by Tiffany Haile, other characters include The Witch (Cydne Moore), Cattypuss (Meghan Nealon), Patty Patches
“Cattypuss is my favorite character—she’s a cat,” Rudie said. “She likes candy and she helps lead all of the magical spells we do.”
Each spell—which the children in the audience get to help cast—is done in a different language. The languages include French, Spanish, German, Celtic, Romani and cat language.
Patty Patches was a ragdoll. When Candy was a little girl, she wanted a costume that wasn’t like anyone else’s, the kind you couldn’t get at a CVS or neighborhood store. She and her mom designed Patty Patches and sewed her together.
“In addition to being a costume that no one else has, it’s a memory that she can always cherish of doing something with her mom,” Rudie said.
Hester the Jester is a jester costume and she is also a riddler. For Candy to complete her quest, she has to be able to answer the unanswerable riddle.
Hester poses the riddles to
Candy, but every time she answers one, it becomes wrong because, Rudie explains, if you can answer it, then it’s not unanswerable.
Fifika is played by the one person in the cast who has been in every production of the musical.
“Akiki has been playing the role for 16 years—we actually created it for her,” Rudie said. “She’s French and there are several French interchanges in the play between Cattypuss and Fifika.”
The witch is the leader of the whole group who leads every one on the journey and is the one who directly communicates with the audience who live on the opposite side of the “veil.”
“The characters live on one side of the veil and the audience on the other, but for one night a year, on Halloween, the veil is lifted and then everybody gets to help save Halloween for one more year,” Rudie said.
DeCarlo describes the musical as a wonderful family outing and experience for all ages. It’s important to the Playhouse, he explains, that they try to bridge the gap between child and adult. Events like “Absolutely Hallow een” are a way of encouraging conversations between the generations.
“One of the things that we have nurtured over the years is this conversation about experiences other than school,” DeCarlo said. “They’re talking about events in the world, in their community and in their imagina tions and crossing that gap that sometimes forms. It seems to have a very positive effect on the community and the family. We really strive to establish an environment where that can happen easily without a lot of complications.”
WHERE: Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica
WHEN: Oct 29 at 2 p.m., Oct. 30 at 12:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $15 adults, $12.50 for kids 12 and under INFO: santamonicaplayhouse.com
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Thursday, Oct. 27
What’s the oldest bowling alley, oldest cemetery and oldest women’s sanitarium in LA?
Find out about these places and more when author Mimi Slawoff talks about LA’s oldest places in her book, “Oldest Los Angeles” (Reedy Press). She will share photos and fun facts during this event at Small World Books. 1407 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, 6 to 8 p.m., smallworldbooks.com
Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch returns for its 35th year of operation, kicking off Oct. 7 and running through Oct. 30. The family-owned and operated business focuses on bringing the farm to the city and celebrating the magic of Halloween. Mr. Bones focuses on creating a spooky, fun space for families wherein kids could learn more about nature and the environ ment while celebrating the more traditional side of Halloween. Tickets range from $4 to $30 per person, depending on the date and timing. This year’s fall activities include Mr. Bone’s famous pumpkin villages, petting zoo, dancing spider bounces, straw maze, Mr. Bones super slide, tipi village, giant rocking horses, pumpkin decorating, rainbow slide and face painting. Other special events include a Trick or Treat
Spooktacular on Oct. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. 10100 Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, mrbonespumpkinpatch.com
Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns Pumpkin Patch is back for the 2022 season with online ordering, delivery and pick-up options plus fun games and activities at each patch for all ages. This season, there are a total of seven patches within three cities including Los Angeles. Offer ings vary by location and include photo stations, spooky mazes, pumpkin decorating stations, candy corn hole, animal viewing, bouncy slides and bouncy houses, among others.
11852 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, mrjackolanternspumpkins.com
Halloween Spooktacular Friday, Oct. 28
The Westchester Family YMCA is hosting a Halloween Spooktacular with free family fun including a haunted maze, carnival games, face painting, a magician, food trucks, teen movie night from 7 to 9 p.m. and more!
8015 S Sepulveda Boulevard, Westchester, 5 to 8 p.m., ymcala.org/wc
Halloween Party at the Library
Saturday, Oct. 29
On Nov. 1, stroll through the Santa Monica Pier’s Merry Go-Round building to view several art installations and the transformation of the 100-year-old carousel for Dia de los Muertos.
There will be a Halloween party at the Venice library with a Halloween cartoon screening, a costume parade, games and more.
501 S Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, 10:30 a.m., facebook. com/friendsofvenicelibrary
Halloween Boat Parade Saturday, Oct. 29
Join the Southern California Boating Community for the Inaugural Halloween Boat Parade. They welcome all boaters and watercraft of all shapes and sizes. Channel your inner-goblin and prepare for a wild night of fun on the water. Release your inner pirate of favorite Halloween costume and make your boat the talk of the season. The First Annual Halloween Boat Parade is a family-friendly boating event for kids of all ages. Decorate and light up your boat or watch from the shore. The requested entry donation is $25; charities to benefit from a portion of the proceeds from the event include Autism Speaks and select local outreach.
Marina del Rey, 7 p.m., halloweenboatparade.com
Demonstration in Support of Our Jewish Community Sunday, Oct. 30 Anti-semitism has no place in the world and especially not in our home. Join Westside Activists as they rally in support of our Jewish community. Dismantling white supremacy
begins with our actions and the time is now. They will be on the corner of Sepulveda and La Tijera Boulevard. Join for this family-friendly event. Corner of Sepulveda and La Tijera Boulevard, Los Angeles, 4 p.m., facebook.com/westsideactivists
Dia de los Muertos at Santa Monica Pier Tuesday, Nov. 1
It has long been rumored that the 106-year-old national landmark Looff Hippodrome (aka Merry Go-Round Building) on the Santa Monica Pier has been visited by spirits. While that may or may not actually be true, there are guaranteed to be spirits circling among the building’s carousel horses on Nov. 1 and 2 during the Pier’s two-day celebration of Dia de los Muertos. On Nov. 1, guests can stroll through the Merry Go-Round building to view several art installations, includ ing the transformation of the 100-year-old carousel, which will be draped in marigolds and papel picado. Enjoy the tradi tional dance of Ballet Folklorico bought to you by local Santa Monica business, Cabeza de Vaca Cultural School, starting at 6 p.m.
4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, 5 to 9 p.m., santamonicapier.org/diadelosmuertos
Tuesday, Nov. 1
The Culver City Garden Club, founded in 1953, will host its last meeting of the year in the Garden Room, Culver City Veterans’ Building. The meeting is free to all. Guest speaker is Darlene Pickell, a horticultural ist, botanist and instructor. Working at local garden centers, she’s seen how plants are prepared for sale. Gain the knowledge needed to grow happiness in your own garden.
4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, 7 p.m., facebook.com/ culvercitygardenclub
Do Good With Chipotle! Wednesday, Nov. 2
Support a Chipotle fundraiser for Venice High School Aquat ics, where 33% of event sales get donated to the cause! Order online for pick-up using code “H9DEQZG” or show this flyer in the restaurant. For online orders to count towards the fundraiser, they must be placed for pick-up only from the restaurant location of, and during the hours of the fund raiser. Delivery orders and gift cards do not qualify. $150 minimum event sales required to receive any donation.
4718 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, 4 to 8 p.m., pathventures.org
Path Ventures 17th Annual Jazz Night Thursday, Nov. 3
If you’re ready to join a movement of passionate Californians committed to ending homelessness, Jazz Night at The Broad Stage is an evening you can’t miss. Guests will enjoy live music, delicious food and drinks, and an inspira tional program that highlights the voices of PATH participants and their work of building homes, communities and stable lives. Proceeds from the evening will support the development of affordable homes with wrap around services for those most in need. Tickets available online.
1310 11th Street, Santa Monica, 6 to 9 p.m., pathventures.org
With a spacious open floor plan with refinished oak wood floors, recessed lighting, and dual-paned picture windows, this 3 bdrm, 2 bath airy home delivers serenity and style. The sun drenched living room includes classic indoor shuttered windows, a wood-burning fireplace, with the generous dining area flows seamlessly into the eat-in kitchen. Intuitively designed, the kitchen includes a breakfast counter, skylight, glass cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, and pitched ceilings. The functional layout offers a primary bedroom with custom wide barn door accent and French doors to the slate patio sitting area graced with lush landscaping. Vaulted and beamed ceiling, spa-style en suite bathroom, and three sets of glass doors leading outside to the courtyard gardens add to its tranquility. Primed for contemporary living, this home features a Ring doorbell and cameras, security system and a Honeywell thermostat.
Offered at $1,649,000
A down payment is something you’re likely going to need to get a mortgage to buy a home unless you’re using a Veterans Affairs (VA) loan. Saving up for a down payment is one of the more significant barriers for many people that prevents them from achieving homeownership.
A down payment is an initial payment you make when you buy a house. Down payments are usually calculated as a percentage of the purchase price. The amount can be as little as 3%, but conventional mortgages are generally around 20%.
The specifics of a down payment requirement depend on the type of mortgage you’re applying for, the kind of property you’re buying, and your financial situation.
If you can make a larger down payment, you might be able to get a lower interest rate or buy a more expensive house. Large down payments can also mean you’re responsible for smaller monthly mortgage payments.
Lenders require down payments because it helps reduce their risk exposure. You’re investing in the home, so if you were to stop making your mortgage payments, you’d be walking away from a lot of money. Down
payments also reduce how much a lender has to give you to make the purchase.
Not everyone has a large chunk of cash sitting aside to use to buy a house, however. There are down payment assistance programs available, some of which are detailed below.
Down payment assistance programs usually come from state housing finance agencies. Sometimes these programs are also managed and offered by cities and counties and nonprofit organizations.
Types of assistance might include:
• Grants, which are a gift of money that doesn’t need to be repaid.
• Forgivable, zero-interest loans, which don’t have to be repaid as long as the borrower still owns the home and lives in it after whatever the period is—usually somewhere around five years.
• Deferred payment, zero-interest loans, often require no payments until the home is sold, the mortgage reaches the end of its term or the mortgage is refinanced.
• Low-interest loans are available and have to be repaid over a certain period of time. These help homeowners spread their down payment and closing costs over a more extended period rather than having to come up with the money all at once.
Most programs offering down payment assistance are geared toward first-time buyers, but not all.
Even if you’ve already owned a home and a program says it’s for first-time buyers, often the program will define a first-time buyer as someone who hasn’t owned a home in the past three years.
There are also programs for specific demographics, like teachers or first responders.
Most down payment assistance programs will require that you complete specific steps, which vary depending on the program itself. For example, you might have to meet income limits or take a homebuyer education course. You could be required to buy in a particular location or stay below a certain maximum
purchase price. Sometimes you’ll have to contribute your own money to your down payment too.
If you’re interested in learning more about down payment assistance programs, you can contact the housing finance authority in your state or your local city or county government. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) also has state-specific information.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a tool that will link you to housing counselors where you live.
If you are going to apply for a mortgage and use down payment assistance, you’ll have to find a list of mortgage lenders who are approved to work with that particular program. Often, the local agencies and programs assisting can connect you with experienced loan officers.
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