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fter a long build out, the team behind the Arts District’s Soho Warehouse has set an opening date. The private club officially opens to members on Oct. 14 (“founder level” members gain access Sept. 30). Taking over a seven-story, 1916-built building at 1000 S. Santa Fe Ave., the space has three restaurants, a rooftop terrace with a pool and a bar and a number of communal lounges and meeting areas. It includes 48 hotel rooms, a two-story gym on the bottom floors and a garden on the ground floor. The space, like other Soho Houses, is members only, with basic annual membership starting at $2,160. The project was first announced in 2015.

Further Plans Revealed for Hotel Conversion of Historic Core Building

ast October an LLC affiliated with the Chicago-based firm Rebel Hospitality purchased the 12-story Continental Building from developer Tom Gilmore, with plans to turn the apartment building into a hotel. Plans recently submitted to the Downtown Los An-

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geles Neighborhood Council’s Planning and Land Use Committee have revealed more specific details of what that project entails. The hotel will have 140 rooms, but Rebel Hospitality plans to also add a basement bar, lobby bar, and dining and banquet areas on the second and mezzanine floors, totaling 16,846 square feet of space. Hotel rooms would be on the third-11th floors. The 12th floor will house another bar, two bowling lanes and an unspecified amount of karaoke rooms and arcade games. A mezzanine level between the 12th floor and the roof will house a gym. The rooftop terrace will include another bar. The Continental Building opened in 1904 as Downtown’s first skyscraper. In 2000, using the adaptive reuse ordinance, Gilmore converted the building into apartments as the first wave of his Old Bank District redevelopment. The budget was not disclosed.

CAO Backs Effort to Overturn Ninth Circuit Homelessness Ruling

he City of Los Angeles is joining a fight against a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that city and county officials say handcuff local efforts to address homelessness. On Wednesday, Sept. 25, City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office has filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court asking the body to hear the Martin v. City of Boise ruling. The September 2018 Ninth Circuit ruling found that laws that bar people from sleeping on the streets when

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Architecture Firm to Move into Historic Core Building

he renovated Title Insurance and Trust Building has its first tenant. Last week Playa Vista-based KTGY Architecture + Planning announced it would relocate to Downtown early next year. KTGY will take 15,730 square feet in the 11-story building at 433 S. Spring St., which has been rebranded as simply the Trust Building. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlords. The offices will have room for 60 employees. “This is a building brimming with both history and promise, where we will create a contemporary space that speaks to living and working

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in Los Angeles,” David Senden, principal and board member for the company said in a prepared statement. Rising Realty Partners started a modernization and redevelopment of the 1928 Art Deco building in 2017.

New Board Chair for LA Phil

here’s been a shakeup at the top of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Board of Directors. Thomas L. Beckmen was elected to replace Jay Rasulo as the Phil’s new Board Chair, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced on Sept. 20. The move is effective starting Oct. 1. “I am honored to be elected Board Chair of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association,” Beckmen said in a prepared statement. “I look forward to working closely with my colleagues on the board, the musicians of our orchestra, and the LA Phil’s remarkable staff as we wrap up our extraordinary Centennial celebration and set the course for our next 100 years.” Beckmen has served on the board for 12 years, having recently served on the board’s governance and campaign committees.

CTG Offers Free Tickets to Young Audiences

he Downtown-based Center Theatre Group launched its FreePlay program for its 2019-2020 season. FreePlay is aimed at bringing in new, youth audiences to theater and offers free tickets to anyone 25 Continued on page 3

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Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials celebrated the opening of the El Puente shelter last September.

t’s been just over one year since the first of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s “A Bridge Home” shelters opened in Downtown. And after one year, what lessons can be learned from it? It’s a fair question to ask. The project, dubbed El Puente (“The Bridge”), is located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles and impacts both homeless and housed populations in the area. Beyond that, the site serves as a pilot effort for Garcetti’s program, which hopefully in the near future will lead to similar shelters in all 15 council districts. El Puente opened Sept. 10, 2018 on a city-owned parking lot near El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument. It houses beds for 30 men and 15 women in three trailers, laundry and hygiene facilities in a fourth trailer,

and a fifth for staffers and case managers. It also has an outdoor deck linking the trailers. Los Angeles Downtown News detailed the project’s first year of service last week. Designed to help match individuals with permanent supportive housing options within three-six months, officials from both the Mayor’s Office and The People Concern, the organization that operates the shelter, noted that although the project is keeping up with metrics, it’s lagging behind in meeting its primary function, matching people with permanent supportive housing. As of last week, only 13 of the 92 people to be serviced by the shelter have been matched with housing. People might scoff at the number 13 considering the cost of operating the shelter —

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Regarding the article “One Year In, El Pueblo Shelter Sees Steady Progress” by Nicholas Slayton his whole system makes me sick! You all talking about a 45-bed shelter. Excuse me; don’t you realize there are over 60,000 homeless people in L.A. county and many thousands in L.A.? You might as well not even bother; it is not even going to make a dent. That’s like taking out three grains of salt from a big container of salt. Now ask yourself: would you notice those three grains are gone? The answer is no. — Ben Reynolds Jr.

Regarding the article “City West Studio Apartment Gets Modern Makeover” by Nicholas Slayton ooks like every studio in Skid Row. 100 square feet bigger and $800 per month. But, location means a lot. — Michael Vecchio

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Regarding the story “Legal challenge to Mitchell settlement blocked” hat challenge didn’t stand a chance. The only way to cancel the settlement is to build adequate shelters. — Michael Vecchio

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Council District 14 candidates former State Senate President Kevin de León and former Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Monica Garcia met for the first clash of the election season on Sept. 17 at the City Club.

Former State Senate President Kevin de León and Former LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia Clash in First Debate of the Election By Nicholas Slayton and Sean P. Thomas he top two candidates vying to represent Council District 14 and Downtown Los Angeles squared off for the first time at a private candidate forum in Downtown this month. Former State Senate President Kevin de León and Los Angeles Unified School District Board member Monica Garcia fielded questions that largely centered on affordable housing, public safety, homelessness and economic development. The roughly 75-minute candidates’ forum, put on by the business lobbying group the Central City Association at the City Club on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and moderated by KCRW housing and homelessness reporter Anna Scott, was limited to candidates who matched a fundraising requirement set by the CCA. In this case, the fundraising requirement meant that only de León and Garcia received invites to participate. The first major meeting between the two, Garcia and de León largely agreed on the majority of the topics, while splitting slightly on how they would address homeless-

ness in the district. Homelessness and Affordable Housing Following opening statements from both candidates, the discussion quickly turned to one of the most pressing Downtown issues: affordable housing and homelessness. Scott raised the issue of how each candidate would try to resolve the crisis and asked how they would get people off the streets, while also respecting the individual rights of homeless people. Garcia called the homeless situation in Los Angeles a public health crisis, and said a distinction should be made between “those harming themselves” and “those harming others,” a reference to the gang members that law enforcement officials say prey on homeless communities. “We cannot allow organized crime to hide behind the biggest humanitarian issue that we’re all facing,” she said. Homelessness has ballooned in Los Angeles over the past year. According to the 2019 Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, homelessness has increased by 16% citywide, and 12% across the county since the 2018 home-

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less count. In Council District 14, which includes Skid Row, homeless increased by 11%. De León agreed with Garcia’s sentiment that homelessness in Los Angeles has spun into a public health crisis, adding that the issue deserves a crisis-like response from local, state and federal officials. “The bottom line is this, when it comes to homelessness, this is the epicenter,” de León said. On the subject of housing, including affordable housing options for Downtown’s workforce, both candidates said they supported continuing Downtown’s development boom to house the 125,000 people who are expected to move into the Central City by 2040. Garcia remarked, “everything that we can do, we should do,” when it comes to building

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By Nicholas Slayton y the time the mute, pouting monster clown Mr. Happy began his shadow puppet show and started making balloons for frightened guests around a dinner table, it was already clear that Haus of Creep is not the standard art show or theatrical experience. Haus of Creep is the latest iteration of Creep LA, which is back in Downtown Los Angeles for the fall with another horror-themed show. It’s an immersive work of theater that mixes in elements of Halloween mazes, as well as the Instagram friendly popup “museums.” The 75-minute performance, with a cast of 23 actors, runs through Nov. 2 at Row DTLA in the Arts District. The show comes from Just Fix It Productions and tickets are $69. The in-story conceit of Haus of Creep is that guests are arriving at an art show and auction put on by “The Company,” featuring the work of three conceited artists. Guests walk inside an inconspicuous building at

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Row DTLA but it quickly becomes apparent that the dimly lit, macabre-decorated space is twisted. The art is living, the artists are out for blood, The Company is controlling people and the shows include everything from sexually charged dances and puppet shows to live figure painting. Justin Fix, the show’s director (who also plays a Company member in the show) spoke with Los Angeles Downtown News about Haus of Creep and why the production crew decided to embrace open-world storytelling this year. This interview has been edited for clarity. Los Angeles Downtown News: Creep LA has been a regular provider of immersive art around Halloween for years, but this is a pretty different type of show. How would you describe Haus of Creep? Justin Fix: This is Creep LA’s fifth season, and we see Haus of Creep as being a hybrid or introduction to a modernized haunted house. We think that story should be highlighted this

year, to allow people to spend more time in this world and more time with the characters. Haus of Creep has been a real, true, out-of-the-box new world for us. It’s the first year we’ve done this sandbox-style show, so the guests are the ones who are in charge of the experience. Explore and invest and play your part. As a guest there are no two experiences that will be the same, unless you roll in together and experience the world together without splitting up. We wanted to connect people with performers to create surreal worlds. Q: Why take the show in this more open-world angle? Were you looking for more of a challenge? A: In the past, it was a single-tract system, so there’d be an experience every six-seven minutes. So you felt that personalized moment during the show. But for us to grow, we wanted to break out of being seen as a seasonal brand pop up, to see if this format was appealing to the broader audience. The

popularity of shows like Sleep No More in New York, which have a very open world feel, showed it could work and I’ve been itching to bring a new spin on theater to L.A. It was also a kind of proof of concept. Can we work with audiences of 50? Last year we capped audiences at 25, before that it was eight. But we’re keeping it small and keeping it intimate. Q: There are a few group “scenes” in each performance, but how much of the night is scripted versus improvised? A: We have a script that’s over 60 pages; we’re a fully scripted production from start to finish. Then about 80% of the show is scripted, and 20% is improvised, to loosen up those threads and have the actors read the audience and drop them into the scenes and then into another tract. The audience hopefully doesn’t notice this is happening. We have an ensemble of over 23 actors, so there are almost 23 possibilities for one-on-one encounters.

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Much like a game, you choose left or choose right, it’s going to dictate the course of your show. You just have to buy in, the moment you do that it opens up to you. Q: Why build this year’s show around mocking the pop-up art shows and “museums” that are so big as Instagram studios? A: I’m so grateful for Row DTLA for supporting art and entertainment in Downtown L.A. We used to take over 60,000 square feet of space, a football field and a half of performance space. It was a show set up like a big dream nightmare. Then we were crafting this year’s experience and Row DTLA welcomed us back, but said unfortunately the space is no longer there, but here’s this one that’s 5,000 square feet. That is the smallest space we’ve had, but we are trying to build the biggest show we’ve ever done. How can we make sense of this? We were looking at the mission of our company, which is about bringing people together. We realize that we’ve fallen into the trap of being hooked on social media. That kind of story, that we are trapped to our devices, that we are part of the machine, that’s where that light bulb moment came from. It’s also a nice tribute to the last five years of our company. If you came through those in the past, you can see the Easter eggs highlighting past Creep shows throughout the space. Q: Speaking of those past years, the cast is almost all returning actors, right? A: They are. It’s something I’m really proud of. For instance, Misha Reeves, who plays [one of the artists] Clarissa Hawkins, she’s done every single one of our shows. This work only really exists because of the skill and level of the actors. You get stronger and stronger as a performer each year. I want to build a company of players, it keeps it niche. You have actors playing characters who are the opposite of who they were the year prior Q: Each show has up to 50 audience members, and it’s a 5,000-square-foot space. Is there a risk of the actors being overwhelmed by the crowd? A: It’s a 2-1 ratio. It’s insane. Ultimately you drop into experiences where there’s a small cast. It’s all about those intimate performances. It’s worked lovely for us. For the finale, we wanted to create that mass crowd feeling, where everyone is observing destruction. Even with that though, we’re smaller than a 99-seat theater, so it doesn’t feel overpopulated. Haus of Creep runs through Nov. 2 at Row DTLA, 777 S. Alameda St. or creepla.com. nslayton@timespublications.com.

A Play is a Puzzle Ethan Coen’s Latest Stage Effort at the Mark Taper Forum Brings Charming Stories Across Several Settings, But Lacks Cohesion By Jeff Farve espite delivering several productions in the last decade, it’s unlikely anyone associates the name Ethan Coen with theater. Over the past four decades, Ethan, alongside his brother Joel, has cemented their reputations in the movie industry. As a duo, the Coen brothers have earned four

THEATER REVIEW Best Picture Oscar nominations and one win (No Country for Old Men), and a string of critical hits starring Hollywood royalty. Screen success has helped open the stage door for Coen, who has crafted one full-length play and four evenings of oneacts, including his latest, the somewhat intriguing and often funny A Play is a Poem. The play debuted at Downtown’s Mark Taper Forum on Sept. 21. The 105-minute intermissionless show features five geographically and tonally disparate tales. It is directed by the Coens’ longtime collaborator Neil Pepe and runs through Oct. 23. Much of what makes a Coen brothers movie successful — smart, snappy dialogue and moral ambiguity — is on full display in some of the evening’s strongest sections, but each piece lacks cohesion, which makes A Play is a Poem feel more like, well, a series of poems rather than individual plays. They are carefully crafted moments that don’t worry about resolution, akin to walking into a multiplex cinema and jumping from screen to screen mid-movie. Locale and time period change with each blackout, but if there’s an overall theme it’s loss of a loved one and its lasting impact of those who remain. The impact in the The Redeemers contrasts starkly from the other plays, as sons Cal (Max Casella) and Wes (frequent Coen actor Joey Slotnick), have “lost” their father by murdering him. Perhaps difficult to imagine, the first and shortest of the stories is by far the funniest. In Fargo-like fash-

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s fall season kicks off this week at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with a salute to two of the United States’ most celebrated composers. From Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 3-6, Gustavo Dudamel will grab the baton to lead the L.A. Phil in performances of masterworks from composers Aaron Copland and George Gershwin. The first half of the concert will include Gershwin’s “Concerto in F,” followed by Copland’s “Appalachian Spring Suite.” Andre Previn’s “Can Spring be Far Behind?” and “Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915” will also be performed. The shows begin at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee scheduled for Sunday. At 111 S. Grand Ave., or laphil.com.

Ryman Arts is inviting the community to take part in an afternoon of communal art with the return of its flagship Big Draw LA event, Make Your Mark in the Park. Held at Grand Park, the 10th annual family friendly event welcomes Angelenos to participate in a number of different public drawing activities in the shadow of City Hall. Kicking off at 11 a.m., Ryman Arts students will lead activities at the park, and their will also be food trucks, games and giveaways throughout the day. The event is free and wraps up at 4 p.m. At 200 N. Grand Ave. or rymanarts. org/events/big-draw-la-make-your-mark-park.

A portion of the city-spanning Angel City Jazz Festival is taking root at two Downtown Los Angeles venues this week. First there is REDCAT, which is hosting two double bills on Thursday, Oct. 3 and Saturday. Beginning at 8 p.m on Thursday, Anna Webber’s Simple Trio (pictured here) will perform before giving the stage to Parlour Game, violinist Jenny Scheinman and drummer Allison Miller’s ode to jazz’s infancy. On Saturday, the quartet Katisse, alongside the Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons will perform at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., respectively. At Blue Whale on Sunday, Dan Rosenmboom A.I.T.A, will share the evening with the James Brandon Lewis Quintet. Shows at Blue Whale begin at 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. At various locations, angelcityjazz.com.

Over 30 Los Angeles artists will set up shop at the birthplace of Los Angeles for the sixth annual Olvera Street Muertos Artwalk this weekend. Featuring everything from original artwork, to face painting and unique clothing, the evening provides an opportunity for local artisans to showcase their wares on Saturday, Oct. 5. Entry is free, and the event runs from 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Live performances and entertainment are also scheduled for the event. The Olvera Street Merchants Association Foundation and the El Pueblo Historical Monument organized the event. At 1 Olvera St. or olveraevents.com.

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TUESDAY, OCT. 1 Zocalo Public Square Cross Campus DTLA, 800 Wilshire Blvd. or zocalopublicsquare.com. 7:30 p.m.: A group of economists and scientists debate the question “is politics really tearing America apart?” Be ready for a divided panel. THURSDAY, OCT. 3 Werk It! A Women’s Podcast Festival Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway or acehotel.com/los-angeles. 10 a.m.: Enjoy a convention focuses on women and non-binary-led podcasts with workshops, panels, live tapings and more. The event continues on Friday, Oct. 4. FRIDAY, OCT. 4 Writers on Their Parents Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St., (213) 488-0599 or lastbookstorela.org. 7:30 p.m.: A panel of authors gather to talk about their experiences being shaped by their parents, and to read from the new book “Apple, Tree.” Live Talks L.A.: Debbie Harry and Chris Stein Aratani Theater, 244 S. San Pedro St. or livetalksla.org. 8 p.m.: The Blondie co-founders talk with artist Rob Roth. SATURDAY, OCT. 5 The Rock ‘n’ Roll Flea Market Resident, 428 S. Hewitt St. or residentdtla.com. 11 a.m.: Do you want faded tour shirts and posters from bands everyone but you has forgotten about? Go to this. SUNDAY, OCT. 6 Make Your Mark in the Park Grand Park, 200 N. Grand Ave. or rymanarts.org/events 11 a.m.: Enjoy five hours of free arts programming led by the Ryman Arts students.

Close-up magician Siegfried Tieber turned Downtown on its head in 2017 with his jaw dropping See/ Saw solo show. Now the Ecuadorian-born slight-of-hand expert is returning to the Central City with a brand new set, but filled with that same old brain-twisting energy that made his first stint such a hit. Red Thread debuts at the Paul Kaufman Gallery on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. with performances scheduled this week through Sunday. Performed in collaboration with Atlas Obscura, the performance explores the concepts of chance and chaos, with Tieber using slight of hand to blur the line between the improbable and the impossible. The shows are limited to 34 audience members per show so if you’re interested in attending, do not wait. 113 E. Eighth St., (213) 224-1276 or atlasobscura.com/events.

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it’s live band karaoke for ‘80s music. Everybody still wants to rule the world. Oct. 6: Travis Thompson plays early, then it’s a tape-release show from Duderella. Resident 428 S. Hewitt St. or residentdtla.com. Oct. 1: Youth Basketball, Moira Mack and Temme Scott. Oct. 2: A Ratchet RNB Party features TheCandyRain, Adrian Per, Parisa, and MassAppeal. Oct. 5: This edition of Bootie L.A. is all about mashups of Rihanna and Arianna Grande. The Novo 800 W. Olympic Blvd. or thenovodtla.com. Sept. 30: PNB Rock. Oct. 3: Country singer Scott McCreery won “American Idol,” so America, this one’s on you. Oct. 4: Common Kings, Eli Mac, Landon McNamara, Big Body Cisco, Westafa. Oct. 5: Loud Luxury. Because when in a late capitalist society has luxury ever been quiet and subdued? The Redwood 316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com. Oct. 1: Xtine and the Wreckless Hearts play every Tuesday in October. This week they’re joined by The Hot Licks. Oct. 3: Bella Novela, Car Sex, Kilo Bravo. Oct. 5: The Seven & Six, The Rebel Set, The Reflectors, The Sound Station, Thee Azmatics. Plus, DJs Shanty Tramp and Powerpop Jeff. Oct. 6: Dirty Cakes, The Humblers, Bummed Out, Total Massacre. The Regent 448 S. Main St., (323) 284-5727 or spacelandpresents.com. Sept. 30: Celebrate the legacy of Neal Casal, who passed away last month, with this tribute show featuring Grateful Shred, Beachwood Sparks, and many more.

RIP Neal. Oct. 1: Get hardcore and heavy with All That Remains and Lacuna Coil. Be sure to stay for the latter’s solid cover of “Enjoy the Silence.” Oct. 2: Starset, Palisades, Hyde, and A Brilliant Lie. Oct. 3: Lebanese rockers and civil rights activists Mashrou’ Leila are a must-see act. Oct. 4: Dream pop group Vivian Girls is back after a five-year hiatus. Oct. 5: Nitcher Ebb, Surachai. The Smell 247 S. Main St. in the alley between Spring and Main or thesmell.org. Oct. 4: Nightmare Enterprises (band name of the week), Rocket 9, Supplement. Oct. 5: Christian Lovers, Black Cat and Rust Worship sounds like a very occult lineup. Oct. 6: Hologram, Grimly Forming.

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