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Graciela Beltran is headlining El Grito Los Angeles 2022, which runs from 5:45 to 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, on the steps of historic city hall.
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Los Angeles City Officials preparing to begin the ceremonial Ringing of the Bell, a tribute to Father Hidalgo who called the locals of Dolores to band together and rise up against the Spanish. The priest summoned the townspeople by ringing a bell loudly and this same bell continues to be the centerpiece of the festivities today.
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Whenme.Igo grocery shopping, I am think ing about prices and how to stretch my food budget, or maybe I’m just hungry. I am not there as decoration for twerps who cannot face reality. I may be a piece of work, but I am not a piece of art. I am, along with other healthy shoppers who get hit with “Smile,” being emotionally appropriate to the task.
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T hanks to the pandemic, masking is now my thing and I’m sticking to it.
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I have occasionally gotten a “Smile!” in a parking lot, usually outside a grocery store. I’ll just be pushing my cart along, mind ing my own business (or fearing for my life, depending on the neighborhood), when some glee-monger pops out with, “Smile! You look so serious!” or “Smile, it can’t be that bad!” Well, nyah, nyah, nyah, I am se rious now, and maybe it is that bad, you nincompoops. Basically, my face is no one else’sNow,business.Isuspect these self-appointed “smile police” only pick on people who are
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when a woman is openly thinking about more than her appearance, she just might figure out a lot of things that make her mad. Then she’ll talk to other women, they’ll all get angry and then things might get out of hand… and then where will we be? Shamelessly frowning in grocery stores, that’sListen,where.you folks who tell us hapless shorter people to smile, what’s your prob lem? I go to a grocery store to buy food, not smile. You’ve been watching too many commercials. If you must see smiles in the grocery store, go look at some relentless ly cheery cereal boxes or something. Don’t bother
Ellen Snortland has written this column for decades — often while smiling — and also teaches creative writing. She can be reached at ellen@beautybitesbeast.com. Her award-winning film “Beauty Bites Beast” is available for download or streaming at vimeo.com/ondemand/beautybitesbeast.
We have all been trained to be exceed ingly uncomfortable with a female frown. A frown might mean she’s thinking, and
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I have never wondered about Mona Lisa’s enigmatic expression. She’s simply gritting her teeth due to the gazillionth request to smile! She didn’t feel like it, OK? I under stand, Mona.
I am not a relentlessly crabby person. However, I do not smile at broccoli, and I do not smile at nonfat yogurt. I love to smile when I am happy and frequently give un solicited smiles to almost anyone in the vi cinity. I smile at my husband and my dogs. I smile in a mirror to see if I have spinach in my teeth. A smile is a gift, not an obligation.
Why, besides not breathing in other people’s cooties, do I adore them? Because it is a visual reminder that my facial expressions are no one’s business. Speaking of which, I haven’t seen a clear shield-type mask in a long time. Remem ber those? Too many people probably f orgot they had them on and stuck a fork in their mask one too many times. I digress.Regarding facial expressions, why do some people tell others like me to smile? Ewwwww! I would like to use this time to do my part in wiping out a most obnoxious behavior.Iamtalking about nipping those folks in the bud who feel obliged to tell complete strangers to smile! It usually happens to me in grocery stores. Refreshingly, during these pandemic times, I haven’t gotten a “Smile!” once… until I wore a clear shield. I thought I was past my “sell-by” date for ogling. Nope, there he was, in the produce section, reminding me to smile!
already quite pleasant looking… or per haps, just shorter than they are. I can’t imagine that a 300-pound linebacker gets too many orders to smile, although I don’t see any 300-pound linebackers grocery shopping either.
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So, unless you are Leonardo da Vinci (and I know you’re not), if you tell me to smile in a grocery store again, I am going to make a citizen’s arrest for invasion of facial priva cy or simply say, “Kiss my — , “ and I don’t mean my grits. Perhaps I’ll have a copy of this commentary to give you so I can have something to smile at authentically as I stand there and watch you read it. Or I may just have to get a knuckle sandwich out of the deli case if you catch my meaning… you never know what these unsmiling women are capable of. But hey, I warned you. There, that ought to cramp someone’s “Smile!”
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I wish I could run surveys for a lot of things. I want facts; I like numbers to back up my opinions. In the meantime, I’ll rely on guessing. I’d bet a survey would tell me that more women than men get told to smile by strangers. I’d wager that both women and men tell women to smile. Smile patrols know that a man may punch them, and rightfully so, for unsolicited expression ad vice. Women are less apt to react aggres sively for any reason. Plus, they’ve been told that their job is to be pretty… a smile, even forced, is better than the truth.
Think about it. Why are these smiley busybodies asking others to smile while smiling themselves? Are they insane? Do they have gas? Maybe they’re not thinking
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Los Angeles Unified targeted by ransomware cyberattack
An investigation has begun into the targeted attack on the biggest public school system in California’s “Information Technology” assets by the FBI, Depart ment of Homeland Security and local law enforcement.“LosAngeles
In a statement, LAUSD described the cyberattack as “likely criminal in nature” and said that, according to its preliminary analysis, “employee healthcare and pay roll are not impacted, nor has the cyber incident impacted safety and emergency mechanisms in place at schools.”
district, and to provide an independent opinion on system-wide protective mea sures.”Sinc
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“Los Angeles Unified is immediately es tablishing a plan of action, informed by top public and private sector technolo gy and cyber security professionals, to determine additional protections for the
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systems unusable until the targeted indi vidual or organization pays a ransom. The recent rise in attacks has been linked with the increases in remote work that fol lowed the onset of the pandemic.
As the second-largest school dis trict in the country, the Los Ange les Unified School District has over 600,000 students between kindergarten and 12th grade and over 75,000 mem bers of staff. At 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, LAUSD detected a cyberattack that dis abled computer systems throughout the district.Theransomware attack sent LAUSD’s website offline and resulted in staff and students losing access to email as well as educational systems that teachers use to post lessons and take attendance.
D espite the cyberattack being car ried out by a “ransomware tool,” LAUSD has yet to receive a ransom demand and most online services began operating safely again on Sept. 6.
Cyberattacks have been increasing throughout the United States, as 2021 saw a 105% surge in ransomware attacks, which are designed to make computer
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ready been ransomware cyberattacks against 26 U.S. school districts as well as 24 colleges and universities, according to reports.TheFBI and the Cybersecurity and In frastructure Security Agency (CISA) have e xpressed that educational institutions across the country should anticipate an increase in attacks throughout the 202222 school year, particularly targeting school districts with limited cybersecuri ty capabilities and constrained resources.
e the weekend, LAUSD has be gun taking immediate action to address the attack, such as creating an Indepen dent Information Technology Task Force c harged with “developing a set of rec ommendations within 90 days, including monthly status updates” and working onsite alongside federal investigative and technical experts.
Unified is committed to delivering high-quality instructional pro gramming, and we are benefiting from an immedia te and comprehensive re sponse from the federal government,” the school distr ict said in a statement.
Since the start of 2022, there have al
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“ There are extremely humorous country songs,” he added. “They some times put you off because they’re very ge neric. How many more songs am I going to hear about driving a truck around? But then there are some that
S ome of the songs make Deegan laugh; others he called ingenious, like 1983’s “Pancho & Lefty” by Merle Hag gard and Willie Nelson
“I had to go for a walk and ended up basically on Skid Row. I was like, ‘What the hell. I’m just this guy from rural Ire land walking around, all the lights are off. I should not be here. I should just go back and hide in the dark.’”
“It was really nice to experience go ing around America, to go to places like D etroit and actually meet the peo ple and realize that they’re so nice. But then, there are the crazies.
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“It’s kind of a relief because I know it’s a privilege to get to work in music,” Deegan explained.
“We tried to do our first headline show in LA, but there was a power out age on the entire block,” Deegan said via Zoom from Stuttgart, Germany.
onor Deegan is sometimes shocked by the kindness of Americans.
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“But I had just left a hotel in Detroit and a guy started shouting. I’m like, ‘Here we go.’ But he said, ‘Excuse me. You look great. Isn’t that a nice jack et?’ Then he waved and said, ‘Have a g reat day.’ I thought, ‘What the hell is this? Where am I?’ I heard that a couple times. I think they’re just extremely po lite.”Fontaines D.C. will give DTLA a whirl
when it plays Primavera Sound at LA State Historic Park on Saturday, Sept. 17. The musicians will also discuss their album and perform at the Grammy Mu seum on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The shows c ome on the heels of a rough headline start in LA.
“We have been working hard at it to try and get a bit of a foothold in plac es so that we can have a sustainable car eer. We can live off of the fact that we’re getting noticed and we can sell
“On the live side, it’s something that we needed because our second album was exactly what we wanted to make at the time. It’s kind of a bit dour and le thargic. This one has a bit more groove t o it and is a bit vibier. It gives the live set a bit of an up and down. But ‘Skinty Fia’ is really a culmination of what we’re trying to do. We found a nice middle ground between the first and second albums. It isn’t a child of compromise. It’s a child of a concrete vision, so that’s a great Positivething.”reviews have poured in about “Skinty Fia.” The critically ac claimed band isn’t affected by the buzz sur rounding it. If anything, Deegan said, it’s refreshing.
The bassist for the Irish band Fon taines D.C. was crossing a street in De troit when a car’s passenger shouted a compliment.“Americans are underrated for how nice they are in general,” Deegan said.
outPlayingvenues.”U.S. venues is inspirational to Deegan, who grew up with parents who enjoy country-western music.
“I’m really into Westerns and cowboy music,” he said. “Driving around Arizo na and New Mexico was brilliant for me.
“I think ‘Skinty Fia’ fits in really, really well in the catalog,” Deegan added.
“ When you grow up in rural Ireland, there’s a fascination with Western cul ture and country and western radio domina tes radio there. Everyone in my parents’ generation would go country and western dancing as a social thing that doesn’t involve just going to the pub. So, they go out and they go danc ing, which is lovely.”
Ireland’s Fontaines D.C. finds U.S. visits a roller coaster
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The festival gig is in support of Fon taines D.C.’s newest album, “Skinty Fia,” w hich debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. charts. It follows its sophomore album, “A Hero’s Death,” which saw it become only the second Irish band to receive Best Rock Album Grammy nomination.
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“When you get a bit older and you discover outsider country music like Marty Robbins or Townes Van Zandt, that when you see the edge to it. I think
WHEN: Various times Friday, Sept. 16, to Sunday, Sept. 18; Fontaines D.C. performs Sept. 17
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13
there’s something really desolate about the frontiers. From a contemporary standpoint, it’s a very dark thing. But that song ‘Pancho & Lefty,’ the lyrics are absolutely incredible.”
WHERE: Grammy Museum, 800 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles COST: $30
INFO: grammymuseum.org
Fontaines D.C. are, from left, bassist Conor Deegan III, guitarist Carlos O’Connell, vocalist Grian Chatten, drummer Tom Coll and guitarist Conor Curley.
WHERE: LA State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles
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David Carlo is bring ing “Modern Parlor Magic” to its proper home — the Historic Mil lennium Biltmore Hotel. The hotel’s age and the roots of “Modern Parlor Magic” go hand in hand.
“The last night of the show we had at the Santa Monica Playhouse in February, who’s there but the GM of the Biltmore,” Carlo“Thatsaid.worked out well. He loved the show and offered for us to create a per manent installation and move the show D owntown. I was super excited to do that. They’re working on that transition and turning one of the rooms into a great venue for the show. We’re excited to launch it on Sept. 16.”
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“Modern Parlor Magic” will feature il lusions, close-up magic, mind reading and his version of the classic bullet catch. Along the way, he tells the story of a mag ic show held in 1895 in an Upper Eastside, New York City, apartment. He is accompa nied by Solitary Science, a multi-instru mentalist, composer and electronic mu sician.“The way I describe it is it’s not quite a magic show,” he said. “It’s an immersive experience told through magic and mu sic.“
Magician David Carlo appearing at Biltmore
This is a modern retelling of a show that took place over 100 years ago. It’s re ally inspired by the parlor, the way folks e xperienced entertainment in the turn of the century where people would host opera singers, musicians, magicians, pia nists, what have you.”
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The executive producer of Criss Angel’s “Mindfreak” and the forthcoming CW Net work series “Magic with the Stars,” Carlo premiered “Modern Parlor Magic” with a sold-out run in Santa Monica. The dream was to bring it to the Biltmore.
David Carlo executive produced “Mindfreak,” but he loves to perform magic for intimate audiences. His Biltmore shows will be limited to 72 seats.
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski LA Downtown News Executive Edito
Carlo is an award-winning film director and writer, too, but loves performing for intimate audiences. His Biltmore shows will be limited to 72 seats.
Carlo said, despite COVID-19, folks still want to attend large events, but the inti
“ Modern Parlor Magic” was meant to launch before the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all other art forms, it was halted.
WHEN: Debuts 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16
WHERE: Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles, 506 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
INFO: modernparlormagic.com
remember. He started with neighbor hood shows with local kids and contin ued to perform in college to pay for his education.“Icameto start producing quite a bit of magic,” he said. “Then I was the executive producer of a TV show that Criss Angel called ‘Mindfreak.’ I have managed Criss and produced two very large Las Vegas shows.“This is an exciting opportunity for me to go back to performing magic in a more intimate theater environment, which is really my true passion. The Biltmore fits so well with the show, as the building it self is consistent with our set and the time per iod of when parlor shows were occurring even in Los Angeles. I almost think of it as the true launch of the show.”
mate shows are preferred.
“Modern Parlor Magic” with David Carlo
COST: Tickets start at $79
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David Carlo will be accompanied by Solitary Science, a multi-instrumentalist, composer and electronic musician.
“We launched it for six weeks at the Santa Monica Playhouse, right in the mid dle of omicron. We were fortunate. We sold out for six straight weeks in the mid dle of all that craziness.”
“People are craving more curated, in timate forms of entertainment, whether it ’s restaurants, farm to table, or craft,” he explained.“It’sconsistent with a more intimate form of entertainment that resonates now with people and the kind of enter tainment they want to see.”
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M agic is in Carlo’s DNA, as he’s been performing magic for as long as he can
“East West Players is thrilled to see a play developed in our Playwrights Group make its world premiere on the David Henry Hwang Theater stage,” said Snehal Desai, East West Players producing artistic direc tor.“Inda is a prolific playwright who writes with heart and an intoxicating, hypnotic theatrical flair.”
Kim said she appreciates that the peo ple working on this story can live within the complexity of the relationships. She ex plains that the debate in this show is not a binar y, black and white debate. It’s layers upon layers of questions about who be longs where, who owns what space and who gets to tell what story.
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“The first week of rehearsal was a lot of deep listening,” Kim said, “really exploring how these specific individuals in our cast
“‘The Great Jheri Curl Debate’ explores and honors and celebrates the complexity of di asporic experience.”
Craig-Galván is an award-winning Los Angeles-based playwright and screen writer. She’s written such plays as “A Jump ing-Off Point,” “Black Super Hero Magic Mama” and “Welcome to Matteson!”
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Directed by Scarlett Kim, a diasporan Ko rean artist, the play features Julanne Chidi Hill as Veralynn Jackson, Ryun Yu as Mr. Kim, Ray Baker as Jheri Redding, Mildred Marie Langford as Lorraine, and Bruce A. Lemon Jr. as KimMarvin.saidshe is thrilled to be a part of a season that she describes as exciting, vi sionary and empowering, one that explores the complexity of relationships between the Black and Asian communities.
Intersectional relationships can get tricky. It takes more than a meme to dig into the intricacies of what makes them tick, of how systemic racism can pit two wouldbe allies against each other and how they can form healthy, positive connections.
From Thursday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Oct. 9, they will produce the world premiere of “The Great Jheri Curl Debate,” a play devel oped as part of their Playwrights Group by IndaJheriCraig-Galván.curlswere made popular in the 1980s by such stars as Michael Jackson on his “Thriller” album cover and Samuel L. Jackson in the film “Pulp Fiction.” They were created by Jheri Redding, an entrepreneur and chemist who founded the Redding hair products line and invented the modern hair conditioner, among other things.
Kim, who works at the Oregon Shake speare Festival, said she has been follow ing Craig-Galván’s work as her writing and artistry is becoming an iconic presence in West Coast theater. This is the first play of Craig-Galván’s that Kim could delve into.
East West has two other plays this fall season that explore the relationships be tween the Black and Asian communities. T hey are “The Brothers Paranormal” by Prince Gomolvilas and “When Yuri Met Mal com” by Rosie Narasaki.
“ The Great Jheri Curl Debate” is set in Chi cago’s Southside, where the director, Kim,
used to live.
“My hope is to invite the audience into this kind of living and meditating in all the layers of this debate and to question and think about their own relationships to it,” KimKimsaid.and Craig-Galván collaborated in timately while bringing this show to the stage. They’ve also worked with the drama turg Alice Tuan, who facilitates the writer’s group from which this play emerged.
East West debates community relations with premiere
East West Players has a history of open ing these discussions on its stages, explor ing deeply the relationships, circumstances and stories of both Asian Pacific Islanders and other underrepresented groups.
In “The Great Jheri Curl Debate,” hair ex
“For myself, as a Korean diasporic art ist who doesn’t neatly fit into categories of Asian American myths or Asian myths, or 1.5 generations — all those categories — it’s really exciting to see this story,” Kim said.
Scarlett Kim directs the world premiere of “The Great Jheri Curl Debate” at East West Players.
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pert Veralynn Jackson is convinced that the invention of the Jheri curl marks the end of the world. She takes a job in Mr. Kim’s Ko rean-owned Black beauty supply store in South Chicago. The magical realism of the play becomes apparent when the posters start talking to her. An unlikely friendship forms, and the business partnership brings the two people closer to understanding themselves and each other.
The story between Veralynn and Mr. Kim is one that is rarely seen onstage, which is why it really touched her when she read the script. She’d never read or seen a script for a play between a Black woman and a Korean immigrant man, she said.
“I’ve been calling it a love story,” Kim said. “Not a love story, but a love story in which Veralynn and Mr. Kim come to see each other for who they are beyond all socie tal expectations or prescriptive ideas and stereotypes of who each other is and who they’re conditioned to see each other as. It’s really a love story of these two humans with all their imperfections and complexi ties and nuances coming to be able to see each other — and that happens through magic, through realms of fantasy and imag ination, through layers of surrealism, and a lot of other exciting theatrical devices.”
She said the set was already built when they started rehearsing, which Kim said let them engage immediately with the story’s rich“It’sworld.felt very imaginative and real ly grounded in the actual people in the room, this wonderful collaboration where the playwright is able to meet and listen to how the actors are actually activating these characters,” Kim said.
For example, there are posters in the store that come to life. The technical team is exploring a projection mechanism. Anoth er is that Mr. Kim identifies as a painter who designs a landscape of Korea out of nostal gia for his home. As he does so, the paint ing gets splattered onto the set through
Much of the play’s design conversations centered around the mechanisms of magic in the play and how to create a layered real ity. Kim described the play as having multi ple realms of fantasy and imagination that intersect. Veralynn and Mr. Kim have their own worlds of imagination, and the way they see each other’s true selves is by enter ing into the other’s realms of imagination.
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“It’s been a real gift to tell a story about the relationship between Korean and Black communities in LA where I feel very much at home,” Kim said.
Throughout the play, she said, there are exciting multimedia approaches to story telling, which is the world that Kim comes from. She has created transmedia experi ences all over the world in contexts that in clude theatre, visual art, XR, film and social practice. At the Oregon Shakespeare Festi val, she is the associate artistic director and director of innovation and strategy.
Kim recites poetry from Korea — that is his tether to his life in Korea,” Kim said. “The text from the poetry will get pro jection-mapped onto the set and become a physical position, a visualization of his rela tionship to his homeland.”
technology spaces,” Kim said.
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boldness when performing in a multime dia space.
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“This project is really a beautiful conduit to bring together all aspects of my identi ty and all aspects of my artistic practice. A lot of the designers have a more multime dia installation background and practice, which brings a unique sensibility to the vi sual world. I hope that it will sometimes feel like a visual art installation or a multimedia kind of meditation as well as being a theat rical play.”
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are embodying these characters. We actu ally added a few more characters in the first week of rehearsal, which was very exciting.”
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“I’m really excited about telling stories and getting to the metaphor of stories us ing multimedia,” Kim said.
Kim immigrated to the United States as a teenager and has lived in multiple cities across the nation. She said she is constant ly exploring how to celebrate the complexi ty of the Korean and immigrant experience.
“ This play really is a vessel to do that, not just in terms of content, of course, but in terms of the form because I come from not just a theatrical background, but my work has led me to visual arts spaces and art and
“My directorial approach to this project really has been how can I create a liberating space for these incredible artists to do their work because they come in so ready to ex plore and play,” Kim said.
im, who came to LA in 2015 before moving on to Ashland, Oregon, said she has enjoyed the chance to reconnect with her Korean community in LA while direct ing this show.
Kim expressed that she felt fortunate to work with an ensemble cast that is incred ibly collaborative and filled with what she called “formidable performers.” She pointed out that all of them have theatrical, film and television experience, which gives them a
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“It’s really a community, and I love that I get to be part of a community. I get to see kids sitting in their mom’s basement, playing the piano and showing off these amazing talents, or people being creative and making funny videos.
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“I wanted to change it and make it new for me, and give people who have seen me before something completely fresh.”
Users of other social media outlets show off their morning breakfast or their work out routine. But TikTok is about relationships, he said.
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The show, he said, is essentially three acts. The venues will be transformed into a so
“There are people who have touching stories and you actually get to connect with them and talk with them and write to them. It’s the first time in my career or my life that I ever felt there was really a way to have that real connection.”
“I share that with my musicians, my crew, my local crew, your buildings. I think every body feels this, and I think there’s just this great, this wonderful energy.”
Bublé has a knack for making cavernous venues feel intimate. That’s exactly what he plans when he brings his “Higher Tour 2022” to Cryp to.com Arena on Friday, Sept. 23. And that intimacy is especially poignant now as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
He and Larson were in a hotel room in England when Bublé sang how he would per form “Drivers License.”
“I really love that platform,” he said.
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These three acts will give Bublé fans exactly what they want, he said. As much as he loves the songs on “Higher,” his 11th full-length album, he knows that fans long to hear hits like “Home,” “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “Haven’t Met You Yet” and “Feeling Good.”
“I can tell people in Albuquerque or South Africa, ‘You have a beautiful voice. You’re amazing,’” he said.
“You can hear that in many of his arrangements,” he said. “This is very cinematic. You can hear that in many of his arrangements. He arranged ‘Higher.’ He arranged ‘Smile.’ He arranged ‘Crazy,’ the Willie Nelson duet. He’s had his fingerprints all over it.”
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And others’ favorite hits. With the BBC Concert Orchestra, he covered Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” on a recommendation from a longtime friend, and it’s become such a radio hit abroad, he’s considering adding it to his set list.
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“I, along with everyone else in the world, wondered if this world was ever going to get to where we are right now and for us to all get back together,” Bublé said during a Zoom interview.
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“I’m really proud of this set list. When you walk away, no one’s going to say, ‘Ah, I wish he would have done… I wish he would have done…’ I don’t ever want to be so self-in dulgent where I go, and ‘This is a new one. And this is a new one. And this is a new one.’ It’s a really clever mix, I think, of giving them some of the new stuff, but making sure that they get to hear their favorite hits.”
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“It’s like going to see the Stones or Coldplay,” he said. “You’re going to see a rock show, and it’s in the third act that you have this massive, goosebump-inducing finale. That’s my whole goal. I kept saying to my lighting designers, to my production team, I want people to feel like they’ve come into three different buildings in the same night.
“I knew it worked, though. I just came from England, where I had these massive out door shows. I didn’t have all the production I will have here, but I had the bones of the set.“I just watched the people lose it — like literally losing it. It’s high energy.”
“It’s explosive,” he said. “There’s this great sense of ‘drama.’ That’s the best way to say it.”The middle part of the concert ramps up until it explodes in production surprises, which he’s quick to reveal.
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“That’s a huge, huge hit in England right now for me,” he said. “That’s the No. 1 most-added record on radio — and it’s not mine. Olivia Rodrigo: I want some money fromBubléyou.”recorded the song with the help of musical director Nicholas Jacobson-Lar son, a prodigy of John Williams.
“But I have them anyway.”
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“Then I had taken my kids to see ‘Matilda’ on the West End in London,” he added. “My manager sent me a note and said, ‘Listen, you just need to listen to it.’ So, I begrudging ly put in my earphones, and I sat in the theater about to watch the show. And I went, ‘Oh, this is good. Maybe I should release this.’ I just didn’t expect it to be a hit.”
“I’m about to go in and start to make sure that all the pieces are fitting perfectly,” he added about rehearsals.
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To say the “Higher” shows are well thought out is an understatement.
“I want the environment to change. I don’t need pyro. I don’t need massive confetti cannons. I don’t need all the lights,” he said before scooting closer to the camera.
COST: Tickets start at $65
WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23
Wearing a burgundy suit and sitting on a black sofa at a rehearsal space, Bublé said he did it. He had a taste of it while on his recent England tour.
“‘You just brightened my day.’ ‘Thank you for sharing your mother’s cancer battle.’ It’s remarkable.”
“They need to have those core songs that they want to hear,” Bublé said.
“I spent two and a half years daydreaming every day, sitting up every night, thinking about how I could make this the greatest show in the world,” Bublé said.
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“It had this ‘Eleanor Rigby’ feel with this really percussive string stuff,” he added. “He always just kills it. We showed up. I sang it. I did it. I didn’t think another thing about it. Then my manager started to call me and say, ‘You need to put this out.’ And I said, ‘I’m not putting this out.’ I had two singles I was working.
While “Drivers License” is a strong “maybe” for the shows, fan TikTok videos are a must for them. He’s encouraging fans to submit their clips for inclusion at the concerts.
legends UB40 are known for their effervescent shows that encourage fans to dance. Drummer Jimmy Brown has one warning.
“Don’t wear high heels,” Brown said with a laugh.
WHERE: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Avenue, Los Angeles COST: Tickets start at $31 INFO: hollywoodbowl.com
WHEN: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18
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Campbell said the band created a wish list of artists to work with and was pleasantly surprised with the results.
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Campbell is looking forward to the U.S. gigs, as he said Americans are enthusiastic about“EvenUB40.ifwe’re singing about miserable subject, the music is happy,” he said.
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“Be ready to sing and dance. You don’t sit down at one of our shows. That’s the idea anyway. You get up, you dance, and you sing along. A lot of people know quite a bit of our tunes. We expect audience participation to a degree. It’s a party atmosphere that we try to bring to the gigs. We try to bring an intimate party atmosphere to everything weBestdo.”known for its hits “Red Red Wine” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” UB40 will come to the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, Sept. 18, in support of its 21st album “Big ga Baggariddim.” It features collaborations with artists from the original “Baggariddim” and newer reggae artists. Songs on the new album include “Good Vibes Tonight” and “Message of Love,” while guests include Tippa Irie, KIOKO, House of Shem and Inner Cir cle.“We sent backing tracks around the world to different artists who we’ve worked with and known for the past 40 years,” guitarist Robin Campbell said.
“We invited people to put their songs on top of our backing tracks. Everybody we sent something to sent something back. We had quite a bit of fun.”
“We asked different artists we have toured with like Inner Circle and House of Shem, who have supported us in Australia and New Zealand, a few up-and-coming Jamaican artists who have excited us, a couple of English rappers. We were basing it on the orig inal collaborations album in the ’80s when we used Birmingham artists. It harked back
UB40 is best known for its songs “Red Red Wine” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do.”
to that ‘Bigga Baggariddim’ album. This was a more interesting album.”
PaGE also offers in-person and virtual academic and financial aid advising. On line career services and mental health resources will also soon be added at Cal State LA Downtown, Lee noted.
Dean of Cal State LA’s experience in social service inspires his education career
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Cal State LA Downtown’s reputation for helping every student succeed is definite ly spreading.Sinceitsgrand opening in September 2016, Lee said more than 200 bachelor and master’s degrees and over 100 professional certificates have been awarded to those enrolled in programs at the 23,000-square-foot Downtown LA campus. Degree grad uates participate in the university’s May commencement ceremonies.
His career included numerous roles — from a children’s social worker to an exec utive — at a number of community and government organizations like the YMCA, county and state social services agencies and a domestic violence and sexual assault shelter that supported Asian and Pacific Islander women and their children.
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Cal State LA Downtown is located on the sixth floor at 801 S. Grand Avenue.
executive director for business develop ment and outreach, and associate dean of administration for the College of Profes sional and Global Education (PaGE).
He also helps to create partnerships with universities and agencies around the world to promote Cal State LA’s brand and recruit students to attend the university.
At the time, Lee was a statewide advocate for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault with over 20 years of experience working in the nonprofit and social service sectors.
Dr. Harkmore Lee is the dean, College of Professional and Global Education, Cal State LA.
“We serve as an extension of the main campus, and we are proud to be help pro mote Cal State LA as the ‘City’s University,’” Lee said.
He oversees the development and implementation of academic, certificate and, professional development programs that are designed for working adults and resi dents.“We have a number of nontraditional students and working adults who are look ing to expand their skills or make a career change. So we offer a variety of programs to help them achieve their educational and career goals.”
Lee then went on to serve as the
For example, Lee is immensely proud of PaGE’s commitment to understanding and supporting the educational needs of all of their students, as well as where they live and work.
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As Lee noted, while he may have officially left his former career in social work behind, he has definitely not abandoned the skills, knowledge and passion for social work acquired over the years.
“I use my skills in social work left and right, and I’m devoted to meeting and sup porting the needs of all of our students.”
hen Dr. Harkmore Lee was invited to be a guest lecturer on the topic of fam ily violence at Cal State LA around 10 years ago, he had no idea how signifi cant an impact this experience would have on his career path.
In his dual role at PaGE, Lee oversees a number of programs and services for nontraditional students and working professionals at Cal State LA’s main and Downtown LA campuses
“I was able to start teaching at the university’s School of Social Work and soon was hired to direct the school’s training center for new county social workers,” Lee said, adding that after working as a social justice advocate and community leader for more than two decades, he relished the oppor tunity to educate others in the field, about which he is truly passionate.
Looking back, Lee said he is definitely pleased that he agreed to be a guest lecturer at the university, as well as how that one decision changed the course of his career.
PaGE also offers programs in paralegal studies, project management, and medical billing and coding.
Cal State LA Downtown is also strongly connected to the main campus’ colleges, which has resulted in an on-site writing center, highly knowledgeable faculty, and access to the main campus’ University Library.
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“I enjoyed teaching at Cal State LA and was glad to have the opportunity to stay and contribute to the higher education field.”
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In January 2020, Lee was appointed as the interim associate vice president for international programs and dean of the College of PaGE.
While Lee found his social services career fulfilling, he said he enjoyed the speaking engagement at Cal State LA so much, he eagerly agreed when he was asked to continue working with the school.
Lee is also proud to honor his two-plus decades in social services by making sure every student feels welcome, motivated and encouraged.
In fact, Lee said, he uses his educational background and skills in social work virtually every day, helping staff, faculty and students in numerous ways.
“We did an analysis of where our students are coming from, and it is not just Downtown LA. We have many students from LA County and Orange County who we serve as they travel through to work,” Lee said.
To help students who are juggling work and school to achieve their educational goals, Lee said class schedules and instruction are flexible, such as evening and Satur day classes and online instruction.
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To support PaGE’s diverse student body, which ranges in age from around 25 to 65, its Downtown campus offers certificate and degree completion bachelor pro grams, accelerated master’s degree programs in business administration (MBA) and social work (MSW) and a Master of Public Health with a concentration in urban health.For Fall 2023, the college will offer a new bachelor’s degree completion program in hospitality, wellness and leisure services at its Downtown LA campus.
Lee had also worked side by side with the business community and chamber of commerce, government officials and others to help improve the well-being, educa tional growth, health and safety of people living in Los Angeles.
He may never set foot onstage, but in many ways the brightest spotlight shines on choreographer John Heginbotham each time dancer Jordan Wynn takes the stage at the top of the second act of the reimagined version of the legendary “Oklahoma!”Thoseexpecting the legendary dream ballet created by Agnes de Mille, which report edly received 22 curtain calls at its 1942 premiere, instead are greeted by Wynn’s dark er, more intense 15-minute solo. While slightly nodding to de Mille’s work, it’s an entire ly new take that helps director Daniel Fish’s transform the famed Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein musical into one that may startle fans of the original.
Oklahoma’s reimagined revival is coming to the Ahmanson
Fish’s version of “Oklahoma!,” the show that signaled the beginning of the modern musical era, will arrive Tuesday, Sept. 13, for a five-week stay at Downtown’s Ahmanson Theatre as part of its national tour. Wynn, who also serves as dance captain for the tour, performs the highly athletic and demanding dream ballet.
The most obvious homage is the use of a stylized galloping motion around the stage, which Heginbotham recreates at several points. The other is more conceptual, using the solo dancer to help further the plot, as the ballet is meant to deal with Laurey’s internal struggle about her feelings for Curly and Jud.
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The musical revolves around farm girl Laurey and the two men who vie for her affec tion, Curly the cowboy and villainous farmhand Jud.
Now, she’s the one to don the costume — a white top that reads “Dream Baby Dream.”
Gabrielle Hamilton performs the dream ballet in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” Jordan Wynn has taken over the key part during the national tour, which arrives Sept. 13 at Downtown’s Ahmanson Theatre.
“As a young Black woman coming up in the industry, it was really inspiring to see Black women showcased in this light,” Wynn said. “It’s wonderful to see Black women be able to convey something so real and raw and artistic and nonsequitur to the plotline,
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“Taking nothing away from Agnes de Mille and what she did, which was an evolution in dance, but I think this choreography speaks to a different kind of revolution in dance,” Warren said. “I came away from the dream ballet here feeling it more powerfully. It felt like all the feelings and everything happening was manifested into this one dancer.”
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She didn’t know much about “Oklahoma!” other than the basic storyline. She met Heginbotham and participated as one of several dancers in the show’s original produc tion in 2015 in Brooklyn. Years later, as the casting of the tour began, she got another chance — this time as the alternate to the principal dancer.
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Musical theater isn’t Heginbotham’s primary milieu, but he was excited when Fish tapped him in 2015 to provide the show’s choreography.
“The reason for the dream ballet to exist is because the rest of the show surrounds it,” he said. “I don’t think it’s capable of living in a vibrant or meaningful way without the rest of the show being part of it. It only lives because it lives within this production of ‘Okla homa!’”
For those who wonder if Rodgers and Hammerstein would have liked this vision, Cen ter Theatre Group Director of Marketing Deborah Warren noted that the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate approved Fish’s vision, including Heginbotham’s ballet.
“At one point very early, we had the idea we would just do the Agnes de Mille dream ballet,” he said. “But we realized it just wasn’t the right way to go. But, with that in mind, there are two nods to her dream ballet, which, frankly, are moments of worship of her and what she did.”
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“I think the dance itself is incredibly different from most other musical and Broadway productions,” she said. “John was more interested in an abstraction of an idea rather than something incredibly literal to what is going on, and I think that was intriguing to me. I appreciated how he was doing something that was daring, that was not going to be like anything else that we have seen, and that was also a solo that showcase vulnerability and dance technique and passion. I wanted to part of that in any way I could.”
Wynn has appreciated watching other women tackle the ballet, but she isn’t con cerned with having to recreate their exact style and personality.
and just to see that vulnerability and how that is different on every dancing body that has done the solo.”
Still, Heginbotham was skeptical his career as self-described avant-garde choreogra pher would mesh with “Oklahoma!,” which would still retain the same book, lyrics and music, albeit with different orchestration. While wanting to create something new, he began by revisiting the original. De Mille, who choreographed more than a dozen musi cals, also served on the 1955 film version of “Oklahoma!”
That emotion, Heginbotham explained, comes not only from his choreography, but because of how it responds to what has occurred in the first act, while also providing key foreshadowing for what’s to come. It’s why he won’t entertain the idea of presenting the dream ballet as part of a separate program with other dances he’s created.
Considered controversial among many theater purists, the production earned praise when it premiered on Broadway in 2019. Ben Brantley for The New York Times wrote it is a “wide-awake, jolting and altogether wonderful production” and that while Heginboth am’s work is dramatically different from de Mille’s, “on its own, radically reconceptualized terms, it achieves the same effect.”
“I have always loved ‘Oklahoma!’ since I was little kid,” Heginbotham said. “But Dan iel Fish offered such a different version of what we accept as the traditional version that it was not difficult to make a transition. It wasn’t like he was just taking the original and sort of skewing a slightly off center, which left a lot of room for imagination and day dreaming of what this could be.”
In this ballet, Wynn isn’t meant to be a dancing substitute for Laurey, but she conveys her passion and raw emotions. Wynn has danced since she was 6, but musical theater was never a focus for the recent New York University graduate.
This year’s Independent Film Pioneer Award will go to Mexican American char acter actor Pepe Serna, who is the subject of the biographical documentary “Pepe Serna: Life is Art,” which will screen as a pair with the short film “Abuelo,” in which Serna stars alongside Izabella Alvarez, at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15.
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 14, to Sunday, Sept. 18
Now, three years after its last go, the DTLA Film Festival is finally picking up where it left off at Regal L.A. Live, 1000 W. Olympic Boulevard, from Wednesday, Sept. 14, to Sunday, Sept. 18.
The festival will open with “Carlos Through the Tall Grass,” described as “a com ing-of-age tale about a brilliant young Latinx high school student who is having doubts about going to college when he realizes how much all the needy, desper ate and deranged people in his dysfunctional world depend on him.” The docu mentary “The Rest of Us,” which was “shot over a seven-year period during the rise and fall of DACA (and) explores the broken American immigration system,” will close the festival. The two films screen at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, and 7:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, respectively.
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A charitable nonprofit, Ptacek chimed in, the festival has “a mission, in a phrase, of promoting diversity in cinema, but more specifically showcasing films by artists from groups traditionally underrepresented by Hollywood and showcasing their films in the center of the film capital of the world.”
Panels include Handling Hot Button Topics in Your Narrative or Documentary Film, which will feature directors and writers discussing why and how they cover controversial subjects; The Metaverse and Indie Film — How Filmmakers Can Use Block Chain Technology, NFTs and DAOs, featuring a legal expert, a director and a production company executive; and Film Finance, in which experts will discuss how independent filmmakers can navigate the industry and get productions mov ing.Though the film festival had an option to go virtual in the face of the pandem ic, Sosa noted, organizers wanted to stay true to the theatrical experience, instead opting to wait for the perfect time to return — that time being now.
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“I feel like we’ve all grown together into what the pandemic means and, of course, vaccines and medical research and law — mandates have been lifted and changed — so we definitely wanted to jump in there as soon as we could and get back to our live event,” Sosa said.
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This year’s festival coincides with the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 — and that reflects in the programming, too.
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“And by ‘underrepresented groups’ we mean, notably, women, people of color, but also LGBTQ … the disability community, the economically underprivileged and so on,” he explained.
he DTLA Film Festival had a very successful 2019. Under normal circumstanc es organizers would push forward in subsequent years; instead, they were forced to come to grips with the pandemic and subsequent pausing of pub licAactivities.ftertiding audiences over with a screenplay contest in 2020, there was a mo ment last year where it looked like the annual film/TV event was ready to stage its comeback. Then, COVID-19 cases surged all over again.
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Speaking of hot-button topics, central to the five days of programming is “Cher ry,” a drama that tells the story of “a driftless young woman who discovers she’s 11 weeks pregnant and has only 24 hours to make a consequential decision.” It will screen at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.
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“We had a very good year in 2019. We had bigger audiences and more films than ever, and so our goal was to at least rise to that level again,” explained festival director Greg Ptacek, who co-founded the DTLA event with Henry Priest in 2008 after it outgrew the community of Silver Lake.
“We really strive for looking for equality in representation so that our film (festi val) reflects what America looks like,” she emphasized.
“We definitely are really honing in on the artist community also this year,” Sosa emphasized.Outsideof screenings, which are listed at dtlaff.com, Ptacek notes any ticket holder can participate in events. SAS Movie Studio, 1755 N. Main Street, will serve as the festival’s “party central,” he said, with parties on the evenings of Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17, plus several panels that Saturday afternoon.
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“Carlos Through the Tall Grass,”written and directed by Rick Dominguez, will open the DTLA Film Festival at Regal L.A. Live at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14.
That level includes more than 100 titles encompassing narrative and documen tary subjects, spanning feature, short, TV pilot and web series formats (“with a spe cial nod,” Ptacek noted, to ASU’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School by way of student films). Virtually all submissions will be making their world, West Coast or Los Angeles premieres, with all eligible for awards. There will also be a screenplay contest.Karolyne Sosa, director of programming, said she and her colleagues pride themselves on the event being an “all-genre festival.” And diversity, representation and hot-button topics are key to that programming.
“This year it was an obvious choice for Pepe because of his long career in both independent and Hollywood films and his pioneering work as a Latinx actor,” Pta cek said, hinting at “a surprise Hollywood celebrity presenter.”
Also this year, the festival is aiming to highlight its support of LA artists. That in cludes screenings of films about artists as well as displaying the works of Carlos Sosa, who is the festival’s current art director. One related documentary is “The Art of Rebellion” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, which covers LA street artist-activist Lyd ia Emily’s fight against “an unforgiving health care system while she battles the symptoms of progressive multiple sclerosis,” according to the festival website.
• Salt N Pepa, Bell Biv DeVoe and Ginu wine: Saturday, Oct. 1
• Lucero & Mijares: Thursday, Oct. 13
• Camilo: Friday, Oct. 14
• Luis Angel “El Flaco” Y Luis Alfonso Par tida “El Yaki!”: Saturday, Sept. 17
• Cocomelon: Sunday, Oct. 9
• Dragon Ball Symphonic Adventure: Saturday, Jan. 21
he Microsoft Theater and Cryp to.com Arena are hosting a slew of shows in the next couple of months.Fortickets, visit cryptoarena.com or microsofttheater.com.
• NCT127: Thursday, Oct. 6
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• Christian Nodal: Friday, Oct. 7
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• Carrie Underwood: Monday, March 13
• Marca MP: Friday, Dec. 2
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• 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Saturday, Nov. 5
• Spy Ninjas Live: Thursday, Feb. 23
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• Junior H: Sunday, Dec. 18
• Michael Bublé: Friday, Sept. 23
• K arol G: Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22
• Wisin Y Yandel: Saturday, Nov. 26
• Disney on Ice: Road Trip Adventures: Thursday, Dec. 8, to Sunday, Dec. 11
• Calibash: Saturday, Jan. 21, and Sun day, Jan. 22
• Why Don’t We: Monday, Sept. 26
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Salt N Pepa will perform at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday, Oct. 1.
• Intocable: Saturday, Oct. 8
• Dariush: Saturday, Nov. 26
• Eros Ramazzotti: Sunday, Oct. 30
• Royal Comedy: Friday, Sept. 30
• Shawn Mendes: Friday, Sept. 9, to Sat urday, Sept. 11 (canceled)
Arena plot slate of shows
• Roger Waters: Tuesday, Sept. 27, and Wednesday, Sept. 28
• Isabel Pantoja: Saturday, Dec. 10
• Kendrick Lamar: Wednesday, Sept. 14, to Tuesday, Sept. 27
• Prince Royce: Friday, Oct. 7
• Morgan Wallen: Saturday, Sept. 24, and Sunday, Sept. 24
• Distant Worlds: Saturday, Sept. 24
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• Grupo Arriesgado: Friday, Oct. 21
• Pepe Aguilar: Friday, Oct. 14, and Sat urday, Oct. 15
• Post Malone, Tuesday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov 26
• Natanael Cano: Friday, Nov. 25
Or would that be glove in glove?
Boxing has a new face who runs the place
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“His detractors will say he focuses too much on social media, but the young man gets the traction. Modern athlete is about being multi-platform. He’s definitely that, so much so that younger fighters are following his blueprint,” Beto Duran said.
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oxing and a pretty face usually do not go hand in hand.
“Old boxing fans say he is distracted, but he’s not. He works. He can fight.” Duran is a local sports reporter with ESPN. Though he contributes to na tional media shows, his well-known Local Spotlight brings into focus local athletes and their stories, revealing the unique flavors that comprise South ern California’s world-class sports palate.
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So, how does a young, up-and-coming non-heavyweight boxer with less than 25 pro fights on his resume have such a big social media following?
A star attraction at Crypto.com Arena in mid-July, Ryan Garcia is unbeaten as a pro fighter and enjoying unprecedented reach by way of his popular social media following.
Meet Ryan Garcia. Of course, maybe you already know who Garcia (he turned 24 years old last month) is. A big personality, he does after all have more than 9 million followers on his Instagram (@kingryan) account.
“You see little kids skipping school to see him. And he takes the pics. He
A n avid boxing fan, Duran has pretty much seen it all — though maybe even Duran has never heard of teenage fans standing outside an old-school boxing gym in an effort to meet Garcia, the rising sports star.
Regardless, there seems to be a bright new face in the sport featur ing a local standout who this past summer headlined a big-time fight card in D owntown Los Angeles.
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“He’s done a great job of capturing the social media audience at a time when others didn’t know what to do with IG and Twitter. He knows exact ly what he’s doing and how to market himself. Content, content, content. He
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Duran is one of the many observers who feels Garcia’s star is only going to shine brighter as his career continues to march forward, in and out of the ring.“Imean he wears custom designer trunks. They don’t sponsor just anybody,” Duran said. “He’s got the model looks. Can easily see him acting.”
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A fresh, exciting new face in boxing. A star of the ring and the screen. It just fits. Like a glove.
Ryan Garcia sports a 23-0 record, with 19 of those wins via knockout.
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“He obviously believes in me. He’s said a lot of good things, so the relation ship is healthy right now for sure,” Garcia told the BigBoyTV podcast.
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D e La Hoya is an Olympic gold medalist. One of Garcia’s biggest wins is against Olympic gold medal winner Luke Campbell. Garcia overcame a knockdown to Campbell. An incredible body shot was then the key to a sev enth-round knockout.
Now he is in Garcia’s corner literally serving as promoter since Garcia was only 18 years old.
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where he is under contract with LA-based Golden Boy Promo tions, Garcia — aka The Flash KingRy — is unbeaten. He sports a 23-0 record, with 19 of those wins via k nockout.
I t is those signature wins that help prove Garcia belongs under the bright lights. Could a big payday against rival Gervonta Davis be next?
“And for Ryan, who started his career in Tijuana, then to hotel ballrooms in the Valley to headline Crypto … just so cool.”
Speed is his game. He is improving every fight. In short, he has the tools to be a Hischampion.mostrecent win was perhaps his biggest and best. It was easily his most visible.
“To see the building go from empty to full because of Ryan was pretty cool,” said Duran, who on fight nights works for Golden Boy, doing play-by-by for the“Hisundercards.ringwalk with trumpets and fireworks was a show. Local boxers always say fighting inside (the) Lakers house is special. You could see it.
Garcia is indeed making waves in the boxing community well beyond his hometown. He is ranked in the top 10 by numerous boxing outlets.
“It was formerly my home. Now it is Ryan’s home for many years to come,” De La Hoya quipped in an interview with FightHype.com.
signs. He seems to enjoy it. Also, it is not just girls. You see grown men want ing autographs on merch they can sell.”
He also has a strong supporter in one of boxing’s all-time greats.
In his first fight in California since February 2020 that night he retained his WBC Silver lightweight title in Anaheim Garcia was the marquee at traction at Crypto.com Arena on July 16. When he entered the ring, he was met with a thunderous response by a savvy Los Angeles boxing community.
The rest of the match was waved off. Garcia won his 140-pound lightweight fight, shrugging off any pressure he may have felt on the grand stage when he raised his arms in victory.
Thirty years ago, Oscar De La Hoya was the area’s bright young boxing prodigy. Affectionally known as the Golden Boy, De La Hoya is boxing royalty. Despite fighting only once at Crypto.com Arena (then Staples Center) in his career, he has a statue outside the famous structure.
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Fast forward to the sixth round and it was Garcia’s two-punch combina tion that knocked out Javier Fortuna. The night started with a lot of fanfare, including fireworks. The night ended with Garcia connecting with a straight right hand followed up by a left hook. Lights out.
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Councilmember Gil Cedillo’s 9th Annual Latin Jazz & Music Festival FREEFREEFREE EVENTEVENTEVENT Saturday October 2022 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 88 2:00 p.m. El Niño Son Mayor Ft. Jesus Chuy Pérez 3:25 p.m. Cold Duck 4:50 p.m. Susie Hansen Latin Band 6:15 p.m. Joe Bataan 7:45 p.m. La Sonora Dinamita w/ Vilma Diaz Support for this program was provided through the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Levitt Pavilion Band Shell MacArthur Park, 2230 W. 6th St. Los Angeles, CA 90057 Free parking on Wilshire Blvd. between Alvarado Street and S. Park View Ave.
