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Contents
VOL 45, NO 17 Local News & Culture
Sea Lion Pup-napping at Dockweiler
OPINION
Across the counter
MdR 50 Contest Winners
Authorities hunt for suspects who drove off into the night ......................................... 13
Spilling Smokehouse Secrets
Readers dish on 50 years of Marina del Rey nightlife . .......................... 6
Tracking the Creative Economy
Inside the L.A. area’s only authentic Polish sausage factory ............................ 19
Letters to the editor .......................... 9 Autism’s Dirty Little Secrets Not all parents and schools are doing right by kids . ......................................... 10
Annual Otis College report finds that ideas are the real job creators .......................... 13
Arts Kissing Marilyn Monroe
Feature
“Bus Stop” actor Don Murray stops by the Aero ........................................... 29
News
You Decide the Ferguson Verdict ‘Verbatim theater’ event asks audiences to play the role of grand jury .................... 30
Santa Monica at Odds about Growth It’s Residocracy vs. Santa Monica Forward for the future of the city ........................... 11
Nurturing Nature Landscape architect Jay Griffith, famous for his Venice gardens, kicks off a new fundraising effort to preserve Venice’s socioeconomic diversity ....................... 14
The Muffs headline Westchester’s answer to Coachella ......................................... 32
Westside Happenings The real story of Pacific Ocean Park
This Week Sky’s the Limit for The Proud Bird Venerable aviation-themed restaurant gets a new lease on life ........................ 12
KXLU Fest Returns
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‘Sacred Spaces’ We Are the West find ambient context in Santa Monica underground parking lot concerts ........................................... 17
ON THE COVER: Jay Griffith and his dog Joe at home in Pacific Palisades. Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr. Design by Michael Kraxenberger.
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A Toast to Good Times Past We asked, you answered: Argonaut readers dish on 50 years of Marina del Rey nightlife By Joe Piasecki Our recent special issue marking 50 years since the April 1965 formal dedication of Marina del Rey covered a lot of local history. Thanks to the Marina del Rey Historical Society, plenty of historical records and photos from the December 1957 groundbreaking to last year’s Holiday Boat Parade remain for all to learn from and enjoy. Harder to uncover were personal accounts of what the harbor was really known for from the late 1960s to the mid-‘80s: the nightlife. In the age of the “Swingin’ Singles,” Marina del Rey was for many young people something of a Bacchanalian port of call. “The marina was the place for us twentysomethings to see and be seen. … Cute guys — with jobs and discretionary funds — for days,” recalls reader Madeleine Renee, who worked as an LAPD crime pattern investigation specialist and regularly dined with detectives at The Black Whale, where C & O Cucina is today. That’s right. As arresting as it may be for today’s young adults to imagine what their parents were getting up to back then, we asked Argonaut readers to dish the dirt on good times past for the chance to win a prize: a $50 gift certificate for Killer Shrimp and its next-door sister restaurant Killer Café. Killer Café recently started offering 24-hour dining service, so the prize goes to the person most likely to need a sobering 3 a.m. meal: a Venice resident who, to protect the guilty, asked
to be identified by the alias “Hot Pants Holly.”
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“Singles from all over the Westside and South Bay would come to play … especially on Friday nights. I was one of them. In fact, I bought a house in Venice in 1978 so I could be near the action,” Holly writes. “On the heels of the Vietnam War and birth control pills, it was a time of experimentation and freedom, of reinventing ourselves. We no longer had to be the good girls of the 1950s.
Former Donkin’s Inn coowner Helfried Fahrenholz (right), then-Donkin’s manager Suzanne Lenz and an unidentified friend entered a 1977 chili cookoff at the Marina City Club that was organized by resident automotive designer and race car driver Carroll Shelby (Shelby Mustangs).
“Donkin’s Inn was one of my favorite places. … I remember going to the beach all day on Sunday to work on my tan so I would look good in my white hot pants and halter top when I went to Donkin’s in the late afternoon. I would pull into a huge, free parking lot in my Mustang with $5 in my pocket that allowed me two drinks, including tip. Boats pulled up to the dock to share in the fun. People were three or four deep at the bar. “We hoped provocative clothes like miniskirts, see-through blouses, platform shoes and tube tops would attract a man we wanted to meet. These men wore polyester suits, gold chains and shirts opened to show off their un-waxed, hairy chests. “A friend and I self-published a booklet in the ‘70s about singles bars. One chapter was called, ‘It’s a Zoo in Here,’ in which we attributed animal traits to people in bars. (Example: ‘The goat butts into your conversation then talks nothing but trash. He thinks he’s king of the mountain but he’s the bottom of the heap.’) “I now prefer the calmness and security of knowing who I am and being less self-centered, which comes with maturity. Well, at least that’s what I tell myself!” Why the secrecy about her name? “Because I don’t want all my old boyfriends trying to get in touch with me, if they’re still alive — ha!”
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A photo published in the Star-News-Vanguard shows Miss Venice Carole Wahl, left, and Miss Marina del Rey Helen Payne posing during the Dec. 11, 1957, groundbreaking ceremony for Marina del Rey. out the 50th anniversary issue when, discussing a photo of Miss Marina del Rey 1967, Kenning piped up that he had been married to the very first Miss Marina del Rey — a Venice native who, when she was just 17, helped preside over the county’s Dec. 11, 1957, groundbreaking ceremony for the harbor at the mouth of Ballona Creek. Kenning’s friends bet him a round of drinks that he couldn’t prove it. With the help of the above photograph he claimed a hangover as his prize. “They needed someone for the groundbreaking, so they appointed me Miss Marina del Rey,” recalls Helen Stevenson of Santa Monica (then Helen Payne), who did modeling work
HIGH-FLYING FUN
As a young pilot flying out of Santa Monica Airport in 1958, Dennis Schachter recalled watching boats tow water skiers across landlocked Lake Los Angeles (aka Mud Lake). “Little did I know that, 57 years later, I would be standing on the dock surrounded by luxury yachts at the Del Rey Yacht Club and looking up about 1,400 feet to the point in the sky I was looking down from in 1958,” wrote Schachter, a Mar Vista resident. “Many fond memories were created during the in-between years: Climbing abandoned oil well derricks on what was later to become the Silver Strand, … memorable dinners and drinking at Donkin’s Inn, Pieces of Eight and Fiasco restaurants followed by retiring to secluded, shadowy cabin cruisers drinking amaretto and Galliano until the wee hours of the morning, … the inherent social scene native to the Marina City Club.” Read more and share your memories at argonautnews.com.
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for the Venice Chamber of Commerce while attending Venice High School. Stevenson recalled that Venice Beach lifeguard Larry Stevenson, who would become her first husband, crossed the mouth of the creek in a small boat during the ceremony. Stevenson went on to found the Makaha skateboard company and invented the kicktail — the bent backend of a skateboard that allows boarders to perform tricks.
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L etters The Homeless Have Rights Re: “It’s Time to Decriminalize Rest,” opinion, April 16 At last, an intelligent and compassionate story about decriminalizing homelessness. They have as much right to be here as we have — morally, if not legally. Thanks for giving a platform to Michael Rapkin, who tells it exactly like it is. Carol Easton Venice Marina Is Falling Prey to Greed Re: “A Time for Change,” interview, April 9 I have to take exception to some of the comments made by L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe in The Argonaut. When he says that “some people are upset about what we’re doing,” I have a correction to make: It’s not that some people are upset, most people are upset. Granted, certain improvements have been and are still needed, but the idea of steamrolling over residents for the sake of bringing in more retail and tourism is just another example of this disease called greed. Greed having gone too far. Bringing in tourism is contrary to why many of us call Marina del Rey home. We live here to get away from tourism and the overall
ArgonautNews.com As Mr. Knabe says, “There is no limit to what we can do.” Believe me, we noticed. For example, the constant tearing up and resurfacing Via Marina and Admiralty Way. Now the reason is to replace the water lines. Why wasn’t this done all the previous times they were ripping up the roads? In the near future we have more road projects to look forward to on Admiralty Way and Via Marina and more resurfacing on Via Marina. From what I’ve seen so far, all of these construction projects do nothing but create more and more traffic problems, and Mr. Knabe wants to bring in more tourism? That’ll be a joke, and not a very funny one. A time for change? Maybe getting a representative who actually gives a damn about the people who live in Marina del Rey. Syd Vogler Marina del Rey
congestion of West L.A. Marina del Rey is not Disneyland, for crying out loud! In regard to the question about bringing in the tech industry, Mr. Knabe says, “I don’t know if those operations would fit in here, especially if they’re near the water. … There’s a limit to what we can do.” So how do you explain the Technicolor, Play-Doh, LEGOLAND monstrosity on Via Marina that’s kitty-corner from the Cheesecake Factory? “We’re on track to polishing this jewel we call Marina del Rey,” Knabe states. More like polishing off Marina del Rey. As far as I know, none of these grand schemes for redeveloping Marina del Rey were ever put to a vote. For the past three decades it’s become mainstream in our culture to fire people from their jobs. Now this same greed is trying to “fire” people from their residences. While the article reads that “the county retains ownership of the marina,” I have a different view. The land belongs to God. But somehow these developers are playing God, and in doing so are overturning our lives by bullying their way into Marina del Rey and doing whatever they want whenever they want.
would seem. For you are bewildered too? You ask whence I came, but do you know where that is? Or what that implies? If I tried to tell you, would you be closer to knowing? And why was I the lucky new American, your door left to be pushed open? There were others with me. So many others. Do you believe the unlikely stories I sometimes let escape? When we talk, you see a mirror image of yourself in me. But then, what can I expect? Expect you to pierce the fog, bend the reverse prism of a lifetime? My roots have forgotten, almost, the soil where they first grew, Soil polluted with shrapnel and bullet casings, nourished by anonymous blood. Welcomed to your world, I still can’t become you. I try. On top of a real, clean mattress, I Moved to Write float and dream of NOW, Re: “Girl on Fire,” cover story, Free of the last memories of April 2 feared uniforms and rusty barbed Encouraged by that lovely poem wire. by the young poet laureate, I am Those who were so close to me, sending my first-ever attempt (and I but whom I left behind forever, am 82): speak to me. And never of my guilt. ASSIMILATING? We do not even find the right Grateful for your welcome, so words with them, as we no longer long ago, but still bewildering. think in the same language. Your smiling faces have limits, it My past and the NOW are etched
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on clouds, moving at different speeds, overlapping, but rarely acknowledging each other. And those who helped me escape, where are they now? Adam Kliszewski Westchester Meat is Murder for the Planet Just in time for Earth Day, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has made it official: consumption of animal products is not environmentally sustainable. Their conclusions match those of a massive 2010 United Nations report, which concluded that a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and climate change. Carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, is emitted by burning forests to create animal pastures and by combustion of fossil fuels to operate farm machinery, trucks, refrigeration equipment, factory farms and slaughterhouses. The much more damaging methane and nitrous oxide are released from digestive tracts of cattle and from animal waste cesspools. Moreover, animal agriculture contributes more pollutants to our waterways than other human activities combined. Principal (Continued on page 35)
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Three Dirty Little Secrets about Autism Finding the right school for our son showed us just how many people are doing it wrong By Tony Peyser April being Autism Awareness Month, I’m setting the dials on the time machine back to 1997 — the year my son, then around 11, left Third Street Elementary in Hancock Park. My wife, Kathy, and I were incredibly anxious about where Jeremy would wind up next. The three schools we looked at would prove to be an education in ways none of us had anticipated. The first school was a special education center on Centinela Avenue. The enormity of this transition for Jeremy overwhelmed me, and I lost it in the principal’s office, an event she seemed prepared for by the ease with which she offered me Kleenex. I was handed off to an aide to tour the campus. I wandered behind this young woman and wondered how I could ever make the right decisions for my autistic son. I was led into a room that was surprisingly unadorned. I asked, “Why is there nothing up on the walls?” This was the aide’s unforgettable reply: “These kids don’t notice those things.” Jeremy’s classroom was covered with artwork which he and his fellow students obviously enjoyed. I was in a rage that someone could be that callous. However, I smiled and shook her hand, grateful for how her ignorance showed me that I could figure whatever predicament presented itself with regard to my son. One school down, two to go. The second school was Paul Revere Middle School, between Brentwood and the Palisades. This visit had a peculiar element to it because it was the school I’d attended many years earlier. Our tour commenced while students were in class. As a teacher walked Kathy and I around and talked about their special education classes, we saw a child — who looked a little like Jeremy — sitting with an adult outside a classroom. The teacher sighed and explained this autistic boy had (at his parents’ insistence) been mainstreamed. However, he was disrupting the class so much that his one-on-one aide frequently took him out of the class and they spent a lot of time outdoors together. PAGE 10 THE ARGONAUT April 23, 2015
Dirty Little Secret No. 1 about Autism: Sometimes the biggest problem is the parents. We knew ones who were desperate to mainstream their autistic children to make it look like everything was OK and that their kid didn’t really belong in dreaded Special Ed, which didn’t fit into their lifestyle. To those like them I always say: Get real. You’re not fooling or helping anybody, and your autistic children deserve better. The third school was in Culver City. Jeremy — who understands pretty much everything but can only say a few words — was being observed with an alarming amount of incredulity by an administrator. This woman not only found Jeremy baffling but behaved as if she had never seen anyone with the autism diagnosis. She obviously didn’t feel he was right for their school. On the way home, Kathy and I realized what had just happened: This school only wanted the verbal, easier-to-handle, highfunctioning autistic kids. Of course they couldn’t say that, but the message was clear nonetheless. It was deeply unsettling to see that there was discrimination afoot even by those working to help people in this population. This would not be our last encounter with this prejudice, which is Dirty Little Secret No. 2 about Autism. Jeremy wound up for many years happily going to The H.E.L.P. Group in Sherman Oaks, one of the best programs for
autistic children in the country. He now attends One Step Ahead, a small and very well run day program in Pasadena. Dirty Little Secret No. 3 about Autism: There aren’t enough adult day programs around. Many of the people in charge of them still act as if people with Down syndrome and the mentally disabled are the main part of the special needs community. This simply is no longer the case. The sooner the people running these programs — and the state and local politicians who supervise them — accept this and pivot accordingly, the better it’s going to be for everyone. People with autism will spend many more years in day programs than any of the schools they attended. I’ve frequently been asked why we didn’t have more children. I always reply that having an autistic child is like having three kids, and on some days four, five or six. Jeremy is now 28 and “talks” with a text-to-speech app on his iPad. A recent exchange reveals his skills at thinking and communicating. While watching a PBS show on aging, I asked him if I was old or young. Jeremy typed “old” several times. Despite getting on in years, I’d foolishly tried to regard myself as young. Thanks for setting me straight, pal.
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A New Front in the Fight for Santa Monica’s Future Residocracy and Santa Monica Forward do battle over a city plan to change building height and housing density restrictions chapter 2.5
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By Bonnie Eslinger Two Santa Monica political action groups and a divided city council went head-to-head last week in a 13-hour tug of war over impending changes to a local ordinance that governs building height, housing density and other big-picture development decisions. At the conclusion of two marathon public meetings on April 14 and 15, a slight majority of Santa Monica City Council members threw their weight behind zoning code changes that would reduce the possibility of taller developments along some major commercial thoroughfares. Some slow-growth advocates, however, are considering going to the voters with a referendum to lock in even tighter restrictions. In the crosshairs is a draft Zoning Ordinance Update crafted to implement a controversial planning document known as the LUCE, or Land Use and Circulation Element, which was designed to direct land-use decisions in Santa Monica — including building heights and density — for the next 20 years. LUCE was approved in July 2010 by a different, less slowgrowth city council majority after six years of public discussion. The Zoning Ordinance Update to LUCE is scheduled to go before the council members for an official vote on May 5. The 13 hours of public testimony and council discussion that spanned two nights last week focused on vetting still-standing community concerns related to the zoning ordinance and the nearly five-year-old LUCE. Residocracy — the group of residents that brought last year’s referendum to kill the 765,000-square-foot mixed-use development known as the Hines project — has opposed Zoning Ordinance Update changes with a rallying cry of “Too Tall, Too Big, Too Much.” Dozens of the Residocracy members were among the 130-plus people who signed up to speak during the first half of last week’s council meeting. The group also delivered 1,135
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signatures on an electronic petition demanding changes to height and density provisions of the zoning ordinance and LUCE — or else face another voter referendum. Laura Wilson-Hausle, a Residocracy organizer, said Monday that, while she couldn’t
“The City Council has already signaled massive changes to the zoning ordinance in response to community input and will finalize those changes when the actual code comes to us for review,” McKeown wrote. During the several hours of public comment, there were
“They have theirs and want to keep Santa Monica frozen in time.” — Santa Monica Forward member Barbara Filet
officially speak for the group, the range of changes the council has expressed willingness to make “doesn’t go far enough” to address Residocracy’s concerns about overdevelopment in Santa Monica. The May vote will determine the group’s next steps, she said. “We’re prepared to do [a referendum] if we have to,” Wilson-Hausle said. “We’ve been gearing up for it for a long time.” In an email Monday, Mayor Kevin McKeown said that while he supports the voters’ right to the referendum, “passing a zoning ordinance that the majority of Santa Monicans will support” is his focus.
many speakers who expressed support for the LUCE vision of allowing taller buildings and more density in commercial areas of the city — with increased access to public transportation access — in exchange for developer-funded public benefits such as affordable housing, open space and area beautification. These included members of Santa Monica Forward, a new city political coalition announced last month under the banner of “a diverse, progressive, sustainable and equitable Santa Monica.” Current Santa Monica City Council members Pam O’Connor, Gleam Davis and
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Terry O’ Day are among Santa Monica Forward’s founders, as is former Mayor Judy Abdo. Barbara Filet, a Pico neighborhood resident who affiliates with Santa Monica Forward, said increasing the city’s housing supply will help make living in Santa Monica more affordable, and putting that housing near public transit routes makes good ecological sense. Opponents to the LUCE “have theirs and want to keep Santa Monica frozen in time,” Filet told the council. Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce President Laurel Rosen said council members “shouldn’t be second-guessing” decisions already made on the LUCE. “Santa Monica needs more workforce housing,” Rosen said. Others said they understand the need for more housing but want to keep large new developments from impacting quality of life. Amy Aukstikalnis is chair of Santa Monica’s Northeast Neighbors group, which opposes a component of the LUCE called “Tier 3” that would allow for buildings up to 55 feet tall along parts of Wilshire Boulevard. “We support affordable housing, but affordable housing — like all housing — needs to be in scale with the neighbor-
hood,” Aukstikalnis said. During the April 15 meeting— which dragged on until nearly 2 a.m. — council members painstakingly examined about 40 separate issues that had become points of public concern, taking straw polls and directing staff to come back with a reworked Zoning Ordinance Update and possible amendments for the overall LUCE. Among notable decisions, the council voted 4-3 — with Santa Monica Forward founders O’Connor, Davis and O’Day dissenting — to eliminate Tier 3 development along the city’s mixed-use boulevards, with the exception of some near the downtown area. A Tier 3 provision was also made for projects that contain 100% affordable housing and for properties with a designated landmark or “structure of merit.” O’Connor and Davis argued that keeping the possibility of larger mixed-use developments with ground-floor retail and marketrate housing would give the city leverage to convince developers to fund affordable housing and other public benefit projects in exchange for building rights. The high cost of housing in Santa Monica has made it a city that “suffers from affluenza,” said Davis, who also asserted that, if not built on the main thoroughfares, demand for new housing would push redevelopment into the existing neighborhoods. “It’s a balloon. We need to give that development pressure a place to go,” Davis said. Santa Monica’s population is estimated to increase by 5,100 residents to a total of 55,740 by 2030, according to city planning staff projections in the LUCE. McKeown stated Monday that conversations with city staff have assured him that the Tier 3 “higher level of development is not needed” to meet the city’s needs. Circumstances have changed since the LUCE was passed in 2010 — including cancellation of plans to bring a subway down Wilshire — so it’s “only prudent to rethink” some of its policies, he asserted. “We may make further changes to refine and increase neighborhood protections,” he added.
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Creative Accounting Tech, design and the arts lead a new Los Angeles economy By Gary Walker and Joe Piasecki Techies really are taking over the world, starting with the local economy. A study commissioned by Otis College of Art and Design in Westchester concludes that jobs, wages and other economic activity associated with the “creative economy” — a broad term that includes digital media as well as design, entertainment, communication and arts-related fields — are rapidly growing and becoming increasingly concentrated in the Greater Los Angeles area. Produced in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., the 2014 Otis Report on the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region analyzed 2013 financial data and was released in March. According to the report, creative industry activity in the Los Angeles region (including L.A. and Orange counties) generated 695,100 jobs, $48.8 billion in payroll and $139.8 billion in overall economic output. The Los Angeles region was home to 40% of California’s creative workforce, accounting for 1 in 7 jobs in Los Angeles County and 1 in 18 jobs in Orange County. The region’s largest creative industries were entertainment, fashion and publishing (both digital and print).
and the Surfing Cowboys vintage shop — indicates that some traditional small businesses may be struggling to keep up. “These are the people that have made Abbot Kinney Boulevard what it is today. Many of these more traditional businesses have been forced to look elsewhere because they can’t afford to be on Abbot Kinney,” Lasman said. But others, she acknowledged, have found ways to adapt and “take advantage of the new consumer Creative industry activity in the market.” The Otis report highlights educational Los Angeles region generated 695,100 outcomes as a primary factor for sustainjobs, $48.8 billion in payroll and ing the creative economy and ensuring locals can participate in it. $139.8 billion in overall economic output, “Now more than ever, it is critical that according to the Otis report. leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors work together to develop creative technology fields such as “The creative economy is reshaping and and sustain the talent pipeline that feeds coding, gaming and computer animaredefining Venice. We’re definitely seeing the creative economy of our region. A tion was difficult to measure, with some that it is stimulating the local economy in necessary first step is investment in industry data not fully accounting for the restaurant and retail sectors,” Lasman accessible, high-quality arts education, but championing policies and practices contract workers who are technically said. self-employed. While creative industries bring a welcome that encourage creative placemaking, It is clear, however, that technologyinflux of talent, energy and spending, there entrepreneurship and innovation are also required for growing the talent pipeline, ” based firms operating on the Westside are also those who lose out. the report states. — companies like Google, Yahoo, The displacement of long-established Snapchat and entertainment news businesses along Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Read the entire Otis report at otis.edu/ website TMZ — are becoming local for example — Hal’s Bar and Grill, gift otisreport. economic drivers. boutique Just Tantau, wine store Elvino
An analysis measuring the geographic concentration of creative industries found that the 10 most heavily concentrated creative occupations were all located in Los Angeles County, with media and communication workers leading the pack. Kimberly Ritter-Martinez, a development corporation economist who worked on the report, said obtaining estimates for
“There’s no doubt that, given the influx of all of these companies, it’s a growing part of the region. We know that it’s a lot bigger than what we can count,” she said. Venice Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Donna Lasman said the types of newer businesses identified in the Otis Report are undoubtedly leaving a deep imprint on the local landscape.
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With New Lease, Sky’s the Limit for The Proud Bird The Proud Bird restaurant, a cultural staple of Westchester for nearly 50 years, quite literally has a new lease on life. Once expected to shutter over a rent dispute, the LAX-adjacent aviation-themed restaurant reached a deal for a 20-year lease extension earlier this year. On Saturday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti — instrumental in brokering an agreement between the restaurant and Los Angeles World Airports, the agency that oversees LAX — stopped by The Proud Bird for a special lease-signing celebration. Garcetti said a large number of Westsiders, particularly Westchester residents, rallied to save The Proud Bird. “That’s what civic engagement is all about,” Garcetti said. “We heard you. We acted. The Proud Bird has landed, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to celebrate the saving of this iconic restaurant that honors
Mayor Eric Garcetti was at The Proud Bird on Saturday to celebrate the restaurant’s 20-year lease extension
“I cannot imagine LAX without The Proud Bird.” — L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti
L.A’s aviation leadership and our heroic Tuskegee Airmen.” John Tallichet, whose family owns The Proud Bird, recalled his anxieties that it would close. “We were never quite sure that we would get to the point of getting another extension. It’s been a very emotional time for our family,” Tallichet said. “There are so many different groups that
benefit from The Proud Bird being there, and one of them is our employees. Some have been with us for over 20 years and they’re like family to us.” The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners approved the lease to The Proud Bird parent company Runway TwoFive Corp. on Jan. 15. The lease covers a total of 6.44 acres: 4.47
acres of off-airport land with 52,072 square feet of buildings and 1.97 acres of unpaved adjacent land for historical aircraft displays, according to Los Angeles World Airports. Tallichet said the restaurant’s leasing fees will readjust according to market rates in three years and be reassessed every five years for the duration of the 20-year extension. “I cannot imagine LAX without The Proud Bird,” Garcetti said. “And keeping The Proud Bird open is part of what makes this airport a significant economic engine and employer for our community.
Sea Lion Pup Nabbed from Dockweiler The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has opened an investigation into the removal of a baby sea lion from Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey early Sunday morning. NOAA spokesman James Milbury said the federal probe is just beginning and asked for the public’s help in locating four suspects who allegedly took the
sea lion pup and drove off with it in the trunk of their car. “We don’t have a lot of information right now, so that’s why we’re relying on members of the public to call us and give us any information that they might have,” Millbury said. “We think by its description that the sea lion was ill, so we really need to find it and get it the care and the treatment that it needs.” Officers with the LAPD’s Pacific Division received a call at around 3 a.m. Sunday from a man who said he saw two men and two women taunting a pair of sea lions lying on shore. He told police that the group, described as Latinos in their early 20s, fled the scene in a dark-colored, two-door Honda that had California plates ending in 56. Sea lions are a protected species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Milbury said it is illegal to remove sea lions from a beach and that criminal penalties for doing so include up to a year in prison and fines of up to $100,000. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call (800) 853-1964. — Compiled by Gary Walker
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F E a t u re Jay Griffith and rescue dog Joe at home in Pacific Palisades
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By Joe Piasecki As Jay Griffith creates nature, he lets nature guide his hand. A genuine Griffith landscape loosely melds plants and trees plotted in Fibonacci patterns of ones, twos, threes and fives with geometrically simple structures and art objects — often glass or metal spheres — according to the golden ratio of the perfect rectangles that contour the logarithmic spiral of a nautilus shell. “I do this on purpose, but I don’t really look at it that way. It’s visceral. It’s intuitive. It’s what feels good. I don’t think about it,” he says. “That’s just the way God does it. Mother Nature. I’m just replicating nature.”
Now, “the populace of Venice has morphed. It’s changed over the last 20 years. People don’t build gardens, they build big houses,” he says. “And it’s very hard to get a lot of the new-entry people interested in old causes. The cause we’re currently working for is trying to keep diversification — social, economic — as part of Venice’s essential fabric, without it being a government edict.” On Saturday, Griffith will host the kickoff party for the inaugural Venice Design Series, a string of fundraising events for the nonprofit Venice Community Housing Corporation that includes architecture tours, literary readings and dinners catered by leading local chefs.
“In high school I didn’t quite fit in. I struggled. My grandmother took me aside and said, ‘Listen, I know you compare yourself to all these football stars, but they’re blooming now. You’ll bloom later. The early bloomers are the ones who wither on the vine.’ … — Jay Griffith The point is I had help.” Griffith’s gardens — hundreds of them over the past 40 years — and those of his imitators have helped shape a certain sense of place about Venice. A diverse place. Funky. Inclusive. And slowly dying. Griffith describes the cultural landscape of the Venice he discovered in 1967 as a 17-year-old “hippy kid with green eyes and red, red hair” as a hodgepodge of humanity representing every possible walk of life. PAGE 14 THE ARGONAUT April 23, 2015
Proceeds — so far more than $100,000 — benefit the organization’s outreach efforts to homeless people and lowincome youth, including the operation of its 14 permanent supportive housing complexes that will soon undergo Griffith landscaping treatments pro bono. “Gentrification has accelerated exponentially in the last few years more than ever in the 45 years I’ve been here. I call it a [real estate] feeding frenzy. Venice is quickly becoming a very different place,” says community organizer Linda Lucks, Venice Community Housing Corpora-
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Odd numbers: Jay Griffith’s former home on Palms Boulevard in Venice Even numbers: Griffith’s former Venice office on California Boulevard tion’s public outreach coordinator and a former member of its board. “If there’s going to be any low-income people left in the community, Venice Community Housing will be the one housing them,” she says. Griffith and Lucks go back 23 years as original organizers of the Venice Garden & Home Tour, currently on hiatus, that raised millions of dollars for the Neighborhood Youth Association. Griffith and Venice Community Housing Corporation Executive Director Steve Clare became neighbors when Griffith bought his first home, a modest bungalow on Palms Boulevard with a big yard, for all of $25,000 in 1973 shortly after completing visual arts grad-school studies at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Clare had a unit in an aesthetically challenged co-op apartment complex. “He would look across the wall at our two stucco boxes facing each other over scraggly grass — he always referred to it as Stalag 17 — and tried mightily to help us upgrade our landscaping,” Clare recalls.
“We became much more appreciative later.” Griffith sold the house on Palms seven years ago in order to save a restored Spanish Colonial Revival home in Pacific Palisades from the wrecking ball. The 1925 home with sweeping canyon views in its backyard was designed by celebrated Santa Monica architect John Byers for actress Billie Dove and later belonged to actor Eddie Albert and his actress wife Margo. Griffith now lives there with five small rescue dogs, an overfed goat and an American miniature horse, and that’s where he’ll host Saturday’s party. “Everyone wanted to tear this down because it’s Spanish and Spanish is out of style in this neighborhood. These people have never heard of genius loci — sense of place,” he says. “They have a very myopic view of life and a very myopic education. They used to teach music appreciation, wood shop, auto shop in school. Now they teach the basics and a lot of computer technology, and people are excelling in very specific fields but they don’t know Shinola from Chopin.”
Griffith’s education was anything but narrow. Griffith grew up in Woodland Hills, the youngest child of a Hollywood lighting director and an artistically inclined mother by a margin of 10 years — “a love baby,” he says, and one whose every creative impulse was indulged by mom, dad and wealthy grandparents in equally generous measure. “I could draw. I could paint. I could sculpt from a very young age. I was a backwards child from the point of spoken or written word — slightly dyslexic — but I have a photographic memory when it comes to anything visual,” says Griffith. “I failed geometry. I failed math. I’m an idiot savant, if I must say so. The point is I really have a calling for what I do.” Like his grandparents, Griffith’s parents were avid gardeners. “We had this pretty crazy garden — a lot of groovy plants, a tropical forest in the backyard,” he says. “For my birthday or Christmas they’d ask what I wanted and I’d say I wanted to go the nursery and buy some plants.”
Griffith says his gardening bug was also nurtured by the world-class horticultural education programs offered by San Fernando Valley public schools at the time, a relic of the area’s pre-World War II agricultural roots. “I was a gardening major in grammar school. I was a landscape prep major at Taft High. To get out of high school I had to know Latin names for all the plants,” he says, naming the various plants in a section of his backyard: camellia japonica, kentia howea, philodendron salome, acanthus mollis. The high school art teacher who lobbied for Griffith’s diploma despite his poor grades urged him to forgo plans to study agriculture in favor of a liberal arts education, a path that would eventually lead him to Mexico. “At graduation my grandmother gives me a letter from her bank — carte blanche for school, clothes, a car, everything: $10,000 now, $10,000 for graduate (Continued on page 16) April 23, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 15
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school, another $10,000 if you want to start a business,” Griffith recalls. This was in 1968, when $10,000 had the buying power of $67,500 in today’s currency. “In high school I didn’t quite fit in. I struggled. My grandmother took me aside and said, ‘Listen, I know you compare yourself to all these football stars, but they’re blooming now. You’ll bloom later. The early bloomers are the ones who wither on the
an A-list client roster. He eventually found himself working for an editor of Vogue magazine who, after a few calls to Conde Nast headquarters, nabbed him the June 1993 cover of House & Garden magazine. His client list expanded over time to include names like Brad Pitt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the king and queen of Jordan. As for what Griffith considers his best work in Venice, much of it no longer exists. “My favorites have been destroyed,” he says.
“The populace of Venice has morphed. It’s changed over the last 20 years. People don’t build gardens, they build big houses.” — Jay Griffith vine.’ … The point is I had help. I had these mentors in my life,” Griffith says. After struggling to adapt at UCLA, Griffith left for the California College of Creative Studies in Santa Barbara. He left there in 1971, after only his junior year, to pursue his passion for fine arts in Mexico. Griffith uses the same phrase to describe San Miguel de Allende in 1971 and Venice in 1967: “a land that time forgot.” Even at 12 pesos to the dollar, Griffith blew through nearly all of his second $10,000. He returned to L.A. and got wa bricklaying job building back patios — grunt work for $3.50 an hour. That didn’t last long, however. Griffith says he kept himself entertained by following his own design patterns on jobs, which got him noticed by neighbors to the degree that he eventually did build his own business on word-of-mouth. About a decade and a half later, Griffith turned 40 and doubled down on his calling, seeking out
But not all is lost. “Every time I worked on a project in Venice I always planted some foundation trees. I planted street trees in front of houses. When I look across Millwood [an area bounded by California Avenue, where Griffith long maintained his office, as well as Lincoln, Venice and Abbot Kinney boulevards] and other areas I can see canopies of trees that I put in over the years starting to meld into an urban forest. That would probably be my proudest moment in the profession, as far as Venice is concerned,” Griffith says. “Particular gardens are ephemeral. Landscapes are eternal.” Tickets are still available for the Venice Design Series kickoff party on Saturday ($300) and a Gjelina-catered Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch at architect Gregory Ain’s “Modernique” housing tract in Mar Vista on May 10 ($500). Call (310) 526-3857 or visit venicedesignseries.org. joe@argonautnews.com
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‘Sacred Spaces’ We Are the West create ambient context for their music with monthly underground parking garage concerts in Santa Monica By Bliss Bowen When discussing We Are the West, it’s hard to avoid mentioning space — the calming, floating space that sculpts many of guitarist Brett Hool and bassist John Kibler’s compositions, and the unorthodox three-dimensional spaces they’ve shown a flair for discovering and that complement their music’s hushed ambiance. Over the past handful of years, in three states (California, New Mexico and New York) and two countries (Holland and the United States), they’ve performed or recorded in an antique shop, an abandoned convent, a mining shaft, a cold shipping container on a Dutch sheep farm, a storm drain and an impound tow lot. The physical space that has nurtured their musical evolution more than any other is a functioning underground parking garage in Santa Monica, where they give intimate concerts each Saturday that occurs before a full moon. They’ve been playing the garage monthly for three years, usually with drummer Elizabeth Goodfellow — “a real lifeblood of the
band,” Hool says— and a coterie of reed and string players. “I don’t think we intentionally set it up that way,” Kibler says, discussing how they came to be That Band That Plays Odd Venues. “Playing in clubs is fun, but you also feel like you’re missing people because there’s so much going on. We
the bar, trying to find parking, or any of the normal stuff that happens. “Music in general should be not just content; it should be a special experience when you go to see music performed. They used to build these amazing concert halls for that reason, like a church or something. You’d walk in and go, ‘Whoa,
“Music in general should be not just content; it should be a special experience when you go to see music performed.” — John Kibler
didn’t even really talk about it, but we had the feeling that when we’d set up our own shows and decide what the vibe was going to be, that would color how people were accepting the music. When they walk into a place, not sure what to expect, everyone’s awareness is heightened. And when the music begins to happen, they’re like, ‘Oh, I’m ready to receive.’ They’re not at
I’ve never been someplace like this before, I can’t wait.’” “There’s also been something really magical about sort of re-appropriating these spaces,” Hool adds. “It sounds lofty, but they were sacred spaces, really. I’m thinking right now about the tow lot and one super-hot New York summer when the owner set up a ring of flatbed tow
trucks outside. Something magical can happen when the focus of everybody there is for one reason, and then the music itself can almost physically change the environment and make it into a sacred space. That’s been a really special thing, to realize it’s possible and to go after it.” More prosaically, their monthly residency has allowed them to push and explore their quiet dynamics and build an audience while bypassing the usual art vs. commerce politics endemic to nightclubs. In the process, Hool’s literary avidity and folk-pop tastes have organically meshed with Kibler’s classical training as they’ve made four EPs, including last November’s “Regards” and a cassette-only Touch Tapes release with a B side of outtakes, natural sounds and song ideas. (Per Hool, “It’s like all of our process documented.”) They’ve also experienced had-to-bethere moments that played like scenes from a film. At one show, audience members were asked to phone the person next to them and leave their cellphones on (Continued on page 18) April 23, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 17
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so the speakers could transmit the ambient sound. At another show celebrating an EP release, they were forced to wing it without power. “The night before when we were checking out the garage, making sure everything was OK, the power transformer blew on the block,” Hool recalls. “They had this huge explosion — I thought it was a bomb, I didn’t know what was going on. Firemen were there, and then there was a secondary explosion and a fireball shot up out of a manhole on Santa Monica Boulevard. The next day the DWP guys were working their butts off trying to get the power on, and they said it would be on by 6 p.m. Long story short, the power never came on so we set up candles and played acoustic. It was one of the best shows we’ve ever done. At the very end, right as people were applauding [laughs], the power came on.” “Everybody thought that that was the plan,” Kibler says. The amiable Westsiders (Hool resides in Pacific Palisades, Kibler in Malibu) have taken musical advantage of the garage’s acoustics to experiment. What started with just four voices — upright bass, guitar and vocals — has expanded to include cello, clarinet, drums, flute, pump organ, saxophone and violin, while their repertoire has grown from contemplative washes of sound to incorporate rock
We are the West have performed in a storm drain, left, and an abandoned convent
“I thought it was a bomb, I didn’t know what was going on. Firemen were there, and then there was a secondary explosion and a fireball shot up out of a manhole on Santa Monica Boulevard.” — Bret Hool intensity and Americana-textured melodies that adapt well to the clubs they play. “I think we’re in transformation right now,” Kibler says, “the music and songs we’re playing.” “The underground garage is our home once a month,” Hool says, “and that’s
where we’re in charge of the whole night and we get to put on an immersive experience. We play clubs to spread the gospel a little bit, and try to reach some people who wouldn’t hear about us another way. Hopefully they’ll get a little slice of what we do and then come check out the whole enchilada.”
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How Do We Go About Making a Purchase Offer on a Home? You’re ready to make an offer on the home of your dreams. But before you do, make sure you’re really ready. Ask yourself and your household members if this is the home for the next five or so years. Make sure everyone is on board with commitments to make it work, from putting off the dream vacation to putting in the elbow grease to clean, paint and do the yard work. Have your real estate agent pull up the most recent sold comparables (CMA) within a reasonable radius of the home, so that you can compare the home with other similar homes in terms of locations, size, features and amenities. Next, consider the most current market conditions, so you can choose the right offer strategy. In a buyer’s market, discounts are common because there are fewer buyers, more properties for sale, and home prices are soft or falling, so offers under list price are common. In a seller’s market, homes sell quickly for full price or higher because there are plenty of buyers and few homes for sale. Whether you are in a buyer’s market or a seller’s market, your goal is to buy the home at a fair price. If you were the seller, what is the lowest possible price you’d accept? To show the seller you’re serious, include a copy of your lender’s pre-approval letter, along with a cover letter summarizing your strengths as a buyer in terms of creditworthiness, flexibility in closing and why you love this home. Include a copy of the comparables you used to show why your offer is a fair price for the property. If the seller’s home is offered at a reasonable price, don’t waste time. Pay asking price or close to it. A home priced to sell will sell quickly and you’ll lose it if you mess around.
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“This sun drenched corner unit has an impressive entry foyer,” says agent William Henry. “The oversized kitchen has Italian cabinetry, Caesarstone counters and stainless appliances. The bedrooms boast dramatic floor-to-ceiling window treatments and custom carpet. The community features a dramatic courtyard, two dipping pools and a gym. Marina Marketplace is one block south and the beach and Abbot Kinney are just a bike ride away.” The property is offered at $875,000. Information, William Henry, Coldwell Banker, Venice/Marina del Rey, (310) 200-7174.
“This exquisite home is located on the most sought-after street in Westchester,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The formal entry, with a soaring cathedral ceiling, leads to the living room. The dining room, flows into the chef’s kitchen with granite counters, stainless appliances and a double oven. The breakfast area and family room open to a private back yard with a deck and a built-in barbecue. Up the grand staircase is a master suite with a balcony, and a fourth en-suite bedroom.” The property is offered at $1,749,000. Information, Stephanie Younger, Teles Properties, (424) 203-1828.
Peter and Ty Bergman Praised
Marina and Harbor Views
“I have had the pleasure of working with Peter and Ty Bergman for many years over numerous real estate representations and am proud to strongly endorse him and his team,” says Tom Keefer. “Peter and Ty have always delivered for me, and have successfully leased or sold my properties on numerous occasions. Along the way I have always appreciated their professionalism and commitment to getting the job done and would strongly recommend Bergman Beach Properties to anyone looking for real estate agency representation.” Information, Peter and Ty Bergman, Bergman Beach Properties, (310) 821-2900.
“Enjoy the view from each room in this renovated one bedroom home with ample light and white oak hardwood floors,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The open kitchen has high-end appliances, a glass tile backsplash and quartz countertops. Features include a bonus room with a day bed and desk, floor-to-ceiling windows, a modern bathroom and a large patio overlooking the Marina. This beautiful unit comes fully furnished. Walk to beach, the Marina and many fine restaurants.” The property is offered at $467,500. Information, Charles Lederman, Marina City Realty, (310) 821-8980.
North Kentwood Home
City and Mountain Views
“Situated in one of Westchester’s most desirable locations, this traditional home has a bright and open living room with a fireplace,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “A formal dining room leads to a spacious kitchen with flowing counter tops and custom cabinetry. Three bedrooms, a full bath, a half bath and a laundry room complete the floor plan. Original hardwood floors, a large back yard with an expansive lawn, a two-car garage, complete this home.” The property is offered at $868,000. Information, Kevin and Kaz Gallaher, RE/MAX Execs, (310) 410-9777.
“This two bedroom, two bath condo has gorgeous views,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy Marina City Club’s great amenities: pools, courts, gym, full restaurant and bar, café, convenience store and 24-hour guard gated security. Walk to great restaurants, the marina and the beach.” The property is offered at $509,900. Information, Eileen McCarthy, Marina Ocean Properties, (310) 822-8910.
OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY
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The deadline for Open House listings is TUESDAY NOON. Call (310) 822-1629 for Open House forms. Your listing will also appear at argonautnews.com OPEN Culver City Sun 2-5 El Segundo Sat 2-4 Los Angeles Sun 1-5 Sun 2-5 Mar Vista Sun 2-5 Marina del Rey Sun 2-5 Sa/Su 2-5 Playa del Rey Sun 1-4 Sun 2-4 Playa Vista Sun 1:30-4 Santa Monica Sun 2-5 Venice Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Westchester Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sun 2-5 Sat 2-4 Sun 1:30-4 Sun 2-5
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1/1 Sunny updated unit w/sxs pkg & street top view
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Brian Christie
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754 Hillcrest
4/3 180 degree ocean views, kitchen upgrades
$1,499,000
Bill Ruane
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310-877-2374
11251 Pearl St. 12627 Bonaparte
2/1 +bonus rm & 2ba. Central heating & AC 3/1 Total remodel, marina adjacent
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RE/MAX Estate Properties
310-351-9743
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2/3 Spacious top flr condo, w/den & office 2/2.5 resort complex TH, private patio & garage
$1,099,000 $785,000
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310-821-2900 310-821-2461
8141 Cabora Dr. 8740 Tuscany #107
5/5 Panoramic views, ocean, marina, and boats 1/1 Remodeled corner unit, two car pkg,
$2,495,000 $339,000
Camelia Katouzian Peggy Johnston
RE/MAX Estate Properties Shorewood Realtors
310-567-9779 310-779-8755
13038 Villosa Place
3/4 Spac tri-level home, fam/great rm, garage
$1,450,000
Waldron/Heredia
Coldwell Banker
310-913-8112
511 San Vicente Blvd.
#202 1/2 Beautiful condo, close to shops & restaurants
$750,000
Roya Rashti
Keller Williams
310-780-4001
214 S. Venice Blvd. 2900 Clune Ave.
4/4 Remodeled duplex, 791sqft, live/work studio 3/2.5 Din rm, office, hardwood flrs, large lot
$3,099,000 $1,989,000
Jesse Weinberg Terry Ballentine
Jesse Weinberg RE/MAX Estate Properties
310-995-6779 310-351-9743
7437 W. 81st St. 7401 S. Sepulveda #122 7520 McConnell Ave. 7141 Knowlton Pl. 7722 Midfield 7826 Dunbarton Ave. 7928 Altavan Ave. 8600 Tuscany #408 7120 LaTijera Blvd. #C-101 7874 Boeing Ave. 7519 Dunfield Ave.
4/2.5 Stunning designer masterpiece 3/4 Sleek & stylish Mediterranean TH 5/5.5 Incredible remodel in Silicon Beach 2/1 Private and tranquil oasis 3/2 Bright, and sunny remodel 4/3.5 Formal design meets casual elegance 3/2.5 Beautiful Westchester remodel 2/2 Gorgeous penthouse unit 2/2 Great condo, gym, spa, w/d hook ups 3/1 Original home on lg lot w/terrific potential 5/3 Prime N. Kentwood, almost 3,000sqft
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Edwards Center, 1527 4th St., Santa Monica. (310) 394-9871, ext. 552.
Silicon Beach Young Professionals Mixer, 6 to 9 p.m. Monthly tech-world mixer happens at the Viceroy, 1819 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. siliconbeachyp.com “Bus Stop” / “Baby, The Rain Must Fall,” 7:30 p.m. Actor Don Murray appears in person to introduce this double feature of films he’s starred in, including opposite Marilyn Monroe in the critically acclaimed 1956 drama based on the William Inge play (featuring Murray as a naïve cowpoke) and in the 1965 Steve McQueen vehicle assembled by director Robert Mulligan, producer Alan Pakula and writer Horton Foote: the team behind “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre. com
Friday, April 24 Volunteer Orientation, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. WISE & Healthy Aging needs help in many different forms. Meet on the second floor of the Ken
Science Rocks Fair and Festival, 2 to 8 p.m. El Rincon Elementary School, Culver City’s only public S.T.E.M. elementary school, celebrates its roots with a community event featuring live interactive displays, make-and-take booths, science-focused activities and food and entertainment. 11177 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free, but tickets required. (310) 925-1050; erboosterclub.com/science-rocks-fair “Sunset Boulevard” / “Ace in the Hole,” 7:30 p.m. Two Billy Wilder classics: the former a big hit starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, the latter a box-office bomb in its day featuring Kirk Douglas as a reporter exploiting a girl-in-the-well scenario. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com Friday Night Jazz, 8 p.m. DJ Alfred Hawkins and the Barry Zweig Trio perform at The Townhouse and Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. (310) 392-4040; town-housevenice.com “The Desert Song,” 8:15 p.m. (Also 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.) Gordon MacRae and Kathryn Grayson sing in this third film adaption of the Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein operetta. Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $20, or $8 for seniors 62+. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org “Bang Bang,” 8:30 p.m. (Also Saturday.) Writer/actor Michael Kearns’ meditation on the plague of gun violence sweeping through America from Sandy Hook to Ferguson. Directed by Mark Bringelson. Highways Performance Space, 18th Street Arts Center, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. Admission: $20 in advance ($15 for students and seniors). (310) 315-1459; highwaysperformance.org Jon Burton, 9 p.m. The singersongwriter performs at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com
Saturday, April 25 Marina del Rey Outrigger Canoe Club, 7:30 a.m. Come to the novice women’s orientation to
Kiss ing Marilyn M onroe What was it like to kiss Marilyn Monroe? Actor Don Murray, 85, appears tonight at the Aero Theatre to introduce a double feature of movies he starred in: “Bus Stop,” co-starring Monroe, and the Steve McQueen vehicle “Baby, The Rain Must Fall.” Murray was a young actor off Broadway who had never done a movie when, in 1956, he was cast as the naive young cowhand love interest opposite the most iconic sex symbol in history. “Bus Stop” was shot at a time when morality codes banned certain on-screen behaviors, including open-mouth kissing. “We had to shoot that [kiss] over and over again because Marilyn opened her mouth,” Murray remembered. Before readers decide this was a very good problem for him to have, note that Murray was then engaged to actress Hope Lange, his future first wife, who was also in the film. “[Lange] would kid about it, but she didn’t worry about it,” Murray said. However, “Marilyn was a little worried about her.” Monroe fretted that the younger Lange might steal the platinum blonde star’s thunder: “Hope was a natural blonde. Marilyn insisted that they dyed her hair,” he said. Murray recalls Monroe as having all the insecurities widely associated with her. “She was really self-preoccupied. She didn’t really pay attention to anyone else. There was not much communication. She
was a very complex person. She was politically very, very aware. Very much a liberal Democrat,” Murray said. Monroe had already done “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “How to Marry a Millionaire” and “The Seven Year Itch,” and “Bus Stop” was being packaged as a comeback. Studio executives worried that pairing Monroe with the unknown Murray would hurt the film, but it became a classic instead. — Michael Aushenker
The Don Murray program begins at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. Call (310) 260-1528 or visit aerotheatre.com. Read about Murray filming “Baby, The Rain Must Fall” and 1972’s “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” at argonautnews.com.
try out this exciting team water sport. Beginners welcome. Practices are at 7:30 a.m. Saturdays and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 902-8096, marina-outrigger.org Earth Week Ballona Creek Cleanup, 9 a.m. to noon. Ballona Creek Renaissance and L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin are rounding up volunteers to clean up Ballona Creek. Wear closed-toed shoes and sunscreen; bring water in a reusable container. Bags, grabbers and gloves will be available. Meet at Centinela Avenue and Milton Street in Del Rey (between Culver Boulevard and the Marina (90) Freeway. ballonacreek.org Breakfast at Toastmasters Club, 9 to 11 a.m. On the first and third Saturdays of each month, a chance to improve your essential communication and leadership skills. Jerry’s Deli, 13181 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. Guests pay only for their breakfast order. (310) 658-3158; breakfastattm.toastmastersclubs.org Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some 54 gardens are represented in this annual event highlighting the diversity of local sustainable
landscaping practices and featuring guest presentations and giveaways. Free. marvistagreengardenshowcase. blogspot.com Open Call for Auditions, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join weekly Saturday rehearsals of Silicon Beach Philharmonic and Silicon Beach Chorale under the baton of Maestro Olivia Tsui. See firsthand how instrumentalists and vocalists train as they work toward giving local public concerts. Silicon Beach Philharmonic and Chorale continues to seek local singers and instrumentalists for a new local orchestra preparing for upcoming public concerts. Marina Del Rey Hospital, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free parking with validation. (310) 999-3626; siliconbeachphilharmonic.org Free Weekly Waltz Classes and Networking, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by Classical Music and Dance Toastmasters and Silicon Beach Toastmasters, this new Saturday group is looking for charter members for weekly explorations of classical music and dance. Potluck brunch. Marina Del Rey Hospital, 4650 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey. Free parking with validation. (310) (Continued on page 31)
Remembering Pacific Ocean Park Ever wonder why Venice’s legendary but long-gone beachfront amusement park languished for years after a robust yet brief heyday? Find out on Tuesday when the Venice Historical Society presents “The Story of Legendary Pacific Ocean Park (P.O.P.),” a lecture by historians Domenic Priore and Marc Wanamaker. Domenic will also sign for-sale copies of “Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles’ Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier,” co-authored by Christopher Merritt. Wanamaker is best known as an archivist supplying a plethora of vintage photos for such historical books as the “Image of America” series. Built in the wake of Walt Disney’s theme park, the space age nautical pleasure pier briefly became a Southern California pop culture phenomenon before meeting its abrupt demise and a long period of decay into the mid-1970s that was exploited by emerging skateboard pioneers (for a crash course, watch Stacy Peralta’s 2001 documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys”). Domenic and Wanamaker’s lecture promises to offer juicy revelations about the park’s origins. — Michael Aushenker
The discussion begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. Call (310) 967-5170 or visit venicehistoricalsociety.com. April 23, 2015 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 29
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You Decide the Ferguson Verdict A ‘verbatim theater’ staging of grand jury proceedings that followed the shooting of Michael Brown allows audiences to choose the fate of police officer Darren Wilson By Michael Aushenker The fatal shooting of black teen Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo., not only rocked the racially and economically divided St. Louis suburb, it shook an entire nation. A grand jury panel’s subsequent decision not to indict Wilson on charges of manslaughter or murder was met with widespread protest and frustration by many people who no doubt would have liked to speak their minds as part of the jury. For four nights at the Odyssey Theatre, audiences will do just that. “Ferguson” is a play that reenacts the Brown shooting according to grand jury transcripts of witness testimony to be delivered on stage by a cast of 13 actors portraying 20 people involved in the case. At the story’s end, audience members take on the jury’s role and must decide whether to indict Wilson. “Every word on that stage is uttered by a witness. It’s all as said in the grand jury room,” said “Ferguson” playwright Phelim McAleer, a Marina del Rey resident. “It’s verbatim theater.” Throughout the 1990s, McAleer worked in Belfast as a reporter for the Irish News and the UK Sunday Times. His beat: covering the religious, social and political violence that tore his native Ireland asunder. The play, he said, “is an extension of my journalism.” Ireland during The Troubles gives McAleer a particular frame
Marina del Rey’s Phelim McAleer says that media coverage of the Brown shooting failed to separate fact from fiction of reference for when Americans discuss the para-militarization of the police. “We had an actual shoot-to-kill policy by the police,” McAleer said. Despite the sense of menace and danger hanging over Ireland,
“to be honest, I loved the news beat,” he said. “It was very hairy at times, but I’m not looking for anyone’s sympathy.” McAleer and his wife briefly lived in Washington D.C. before relocating to Marina del Rey in 2010. It was while on a visit to
“Every word on that stage is uttered by a witness. It’s all as said in the grand jury room.” — Phelim McAleer
Los Angeles that he discovered the Marina Peninsula and fell in love with the place. Although McAleer left Ireland, he did not part ways with his journalistic instincts. His interest in staging a play in which audiences can “see eyewitness testimony spoken by real people and see what the grand jury saw” was driven by dissatisfaction with media coverage of the shooting and its fallout. McAleer deems coverage of the Brown shooting “the death of decent, skeptical journalism”: “They became stenographers for
liars rather than skeptics. It’s a journalist’s job to check the veracity of the video evidence,” he said. “Many who claim they saw the shooting were lying through their teeth,” McAleer said of some of the grand jury testimony. He also believes the media’s sins went beyond disseminating misinformation aggregated from other sources. “They were very industrious in promoting lies. This is not laziness, this is hard work,” McAleer said. “Many of the things that people said were physically impossible. People deserve the truth, and the truth is in the grand jury testimony. … Every night, the audience is going to be able to vote on whether to indict Darrell Johnson.” McAleer said personal ambitions don’t, however, come from a place of social or political activism. “It’s not a journalist’s job to change the world. It’s not their call,” he said. The play, he said, is “a framework to get the truth out. I’m not interested in solving the world’s problems; it’s telling the truth.” “Ferguson,” directed by Nick DeGruccio, runs for four performances — at 7 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday — at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles. $65. Call (310) 477-2055, ext. 2, or visit fergusontheplay.com. michael@argonautnews.com
Get in with ‘The Out Crowd’ Australian transplant David Koutsouridis is no stranger to feeling like an outcast. As an overweight teen in Melbourne, he struggled to fit in at school, ending many nights in tears. Through determination and courage he lost the weight and wrote a book about it: “Life is Too Short to Be Fat,” which became a bestseller. Now 22 and about to graduate from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in screenwriting, Koutsouridis has decided to take his writing talents to the stage with his collection of
one-act plays called “The Out Crowd: Tales of High School.” “It’s about people on the fringes, the outcasts. I think not fitting in resonates with all youths. Feeling like you want to belong somewhere is just something that all teenagers want to feel. Each play explores an outcast at the school,” he says. Proceeds benefit My Friend’s Place, an organization that provides material and case management assistance to homeless youth. “They do incredible work with homeless youths, helping them
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create sustainable lives. They do workshops with the kids, help them build resumes, find work and accommodations,” Koutsouridis says. Why homeless youth? “I came here and had no idea that the homeless situation was this bad in L.A. I thought it was bad back home, but here it’s on a whole different level.” Koutsouridis is providing free tickets to some of the youth he works with as a My Friend’s Place volunteer, hoping they will relate to the show’s theme. — Shanee Edwards
“The Out Crowd: Tales of High School” begins at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. Visit tinyurl.com/outcrowdplay for tickets and information.
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999-3626; siliconbeachphilharmonic.org Upstream, 2 p.m. A free outdoor reggae concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com “Emotions Matter, and They Matter a Great Deal in School,” 7 p.m. Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Marc Brackett speaks at The Willows about creating emotionally intelligent communities can help us build a happier, healthier, more productive, compassionate society. 8509 Higuera St., Culver City. (310) 815-0411; thewillows.org Telescope Viewing Party, 7:30 to 10 p.m. The public is invited to look skyward. Tonight’s subjects: Jupiter with its four moons, our own moon and its craters, and stars and nebulae. Meet in the parking lot of the Christian Science Church at 7855 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. All ages; free. (310) 216-5947; beklund@sprynet.com “Now Voyager” / “Dead Ringer,” 7:30 p.m. The 1942 classic Bette Davis soap opera, with Davis starring opposite Paul Henreid and Claude Rains and accompanied by Max Steiner’s Oscar-winning score,
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is paired with the 1964 thriller featuring Davis playing twin sisters driven apart by love and money, co-starring Karl Malden and Peter Lawford and directed by actor Henreid. Discussion between films with Henreid’s daughter, Monika Henreid. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
celebrates 30 years of musical heat. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. Cover: $5, plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; harvelles.com
Preston Perry, 7:30 p.m. Shoegazing acoustic rock from a Southern guy raised in Florida and North Carolina. WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 305-4790; witzendlive.com
Marina del Rey Outrigger Canoe Club, 7:30 a.m. Come to the novice men’s orientation to try this exciting team water sport. Beginners welcome. Practices are at 7:30 a.m. Sundays and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mother’s Beach, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 902-8096, marinaoutrigger.org
Hot Jazz Saturdays, 8 p.m. Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet plays early jazz and ragtime. Plus: DJ Jedi bombs the soul and hip-hop at 10 p.m. The Townhouse and Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave, Venice. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Jim Kweskin, 8 p.m. Live jug band music at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $22.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com Desperate Measures, 9 p.m. The rock band returns to The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Blowin’ Smoke Rhythm and Blues Band, 9 p.m. The blues collective
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Second Annual Pier Party, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation’s largest community event happens at Pacific Park on the world-famous Santa Monica Pier. Private family friendly event features fun, games and food. General admission tickets include access to rides, games and food. VIP tickets include tastings and libations from local restaurants. $25 to $125. pierparty.org KXLU Music Fest II, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. LMU’s second annual music festival features a bill that includes The Muffs, Tony Molina, Colleen Green, La Sera and Habits. Includes DJ sets in-between main acts, food
ArgonautNews.com trucks and kiosks representing various sponsors and enterprises. O’Malley Lawn, Loyola Marymount University, 7900 LMU Drive, Westchester. No cover. No alcohol or drugs. (310) 338-2700; kxlu. dola.com 2Azz1, 2 p.m. Free R&B concert at Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Folkworks Benefit Concert, 3 p.m. Folk musician Tracy Newman, former Emmy Award-winning TV writer and co-creator of the sitcom “According to Jim,” emcees this benefit supporting the folk music community with special guests “Banjo Gal” Donna Lynn Caskey, Rowan Storm, Joe Fontenot & his band, Tom Sauber, and Patrick Sauber. Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club, 1210 4th St., Santa Monica. General Admission: $20; Limited VIP Reserved seating: $25. folkworks2015benefitconcert. brownpapertickets.com 6th Annual Ballona Watershed Warriors Celebration, 5 to 8 p.m. Friends of Ballona Watershed host this evening at The Legendary Park Plaza to honor three environmental champions: L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, L.A. County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis and The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas). Park Plaza Hotel, 607 S. Park
The P ier Goes Du tch The Santa Monica Pier transforms on Sunday into a Dutch village replete with costumed people swallowing herring whole, music and dance performances, a food court, arts and crafts, activities for kids and a Dutch flea market and, of course, plenty of wooden shoes. The occasion is King’s Day, a celebration of the Netherlands and its culture — and the recent ascent of a king after generations of rule by queens — expected to attract more than 3,000 visitors. “It’s about togetherness and comradery among the Dutch and creating a little piece of home in our favorite new sunny city,” said Jeff Keasberry, president of the United Netherlands Organization. The group planned the event and is the umbrella body for all Dutch clubs in Los Angeles County.
The music begins at 11:30 a.m. with the Indonesian band Family Affair, followed by the event’s 1 p.m. opening ceremonies. Angela Moyra graces the stage with breezy melodies from 2 to 3 p.m., followed by contemporary Dutch and English music played by Allan and Jozien from 3 to 4 p.m. and wrapping up with club-thumping party music by DJ JayKay. The sounds mix with the scent of authentic Dutch food: raw herring, fries with peanut sauce, and pancakes with butter and powdered sugar. Children can play authentic Dutch games such as Spyker Poepen, in which players have a nail tied to their waist and must squat to land it in a bottle, or Koekhappen, in which blindfolded people try to eat food hanging from strings of varying height. — Elliot Stiller Dutch Day runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday on the Santa Monica Pier. Visit dutch-day.com for more information
View St., Downtown Los Angeles. (213) 381-6300; moonlightonthemarsh.com Sunday Jazz Suppers, 7 p.m. Local bands create a lounge atmosphere on the patio of Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-4522; whiskeyreds.com “Ferguson,” 7 p.m. (Also Saturday, plus 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday). Playwright Philem McAleer presents a reading of the grand jury testimony of the Ferguson-related trial of Darrell Johnson in which the audience gets to vote on his guilt or innocence at the end. Directed by Directed by Nick DeGruccio. The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $65. (310) 477-2055 ext. 2; fergusontheplay.com “War of the Worlds,” 7:30 p.m. The classic 1953 George Pal-produced sci-fi thriller screens at Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $20 or $8 for seniors 62+. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Louise Goffin, 8 p.m. The Laurel Canyon scene singer-songwriter, who has collaborated with Jakob Dylan and Joseph Arthur, plays at McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com (Continued on page 33)
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KXLU Fest Returns The Muffs, Tony Molina, Habits, La Sera and Colleen Green headline the station’s 2nd annual free music festival at LMU By Michael Aushenker Coachella is so last weekend. On Sunday, KXLU Fest II — the second free music festival sponsored by the Loyola Marymount University-based independent radio station broadcasting at 88.9 on the FM dial — hits campus with some of the station’s top bands this year. Celebrated local garage-punk band The Muffs headlines an exclusively West Coast-flavored bill rounded out by punk-flavored indie rocker Tony Molina, the genre-defying and synthesizer-heavy Habits, dream-pop tastemakers La Sera, and stripped-down indie rocker Colleen Green. “All the bands that are playing have cracked the Top 10 on our Top 30 charts since September,” said KXLU Music Director Anna Soffer, lead organizer of this year’s festival. “The Muffs are one of my favorite bands. They were a KXLU band back in the day, so they’re going to bring newer fans of their last album and they’re a tilt to our older DJs and older listeners,” Soffer said. Rapidly approaching their first quarter-century mark, The Muffs blend elements of garage, Mersey Beat and punk — much like New York punk scene leaders The Ramones did. Led by one-time Pixies bassist Kim Shattuck, the band started out in 1991 as a quartet but now is a trio featuring Shattuck, original bassist Ronnie Barnett and drummer Roy McDonald. In addition to some solid originals, The Muffs famously covered Kim Wilde’s one-hit wonder “Kids in America” for
“The station plays a lot of less well-known bands. I like that there’s a lot of weird stuff going on there,” he said. At LMU, Krapes will play cuts off of Habits’ sole album, “Unselves in Arrival,” for which Krapes crafted such dense musical tracks as “Splendor of the Panic,” “Toymakr,” “Heavy Color” and “Mood Swingers.” Some of the track title misspellings are purposeful to invite unique hash tag hits. But not in the case of “Haacksaw,” which pays homage to Bruce Haack, “a pioneering electronic musician first to make a song entirely with Katy Goodman, formerly of Vivian Girls, The Muffs are a multigenerational a synthesizer.” The name evolved fronts La Sera KXLU favorite because Krapes originally started the tune with a Haack sample. “Our stuff is weird enough to fit year,” Soffer said. “It’s like all of supported by Bobby Vega on the soundtrack of the 1995 hit on KXLU, but I think it’s drums and Gabriel Armenta on my favorite bands rolled up all comedy “Clueless.” accessible enough to be on a bass. into one: Thin Lizzie and Formerly a major labor act, the station like KROQ,” Krapes said. “I don’t consider it EDM. It’s Teenage Fanclub and Weezer. He Muffs distributed their latest The inaugural KXLU Fest in more like rock music or postdoesn’t reinvent the wheel, but album, last year’s “Whoop Dee March 2014 featured No Age Doo,” through indie label Burger what he does he does very well.” punk,” Krapes said. leading a lineup that included The Inland Empire native Krapes La Sera, now with three albums Records. Audacity, So Many Wizards, grew up digging Talking Heads under its belt, features Katy At KXLU Fest, deejays are GRMLN and Monster Rally. Goodman — formerly of Vivian and Suicide and, more recently, spinning between the main acts, “Last year, the bands were all and other attractions include food Girls and All Saints Day — with LCD Soundsystem, Liars and trucks and side gigs sponsored by Todd Wisenbaker, Danny Gomez Beck. On the hip-hop side, there’s from L.A. This year, they’re West Coast,” Soffer said of the Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Burger Records, Lolipop Records, and Nick Price. festival’s expanded reach, which L.A.-based Green, who recently MF Doom, Adlib and Ace of Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los she also points out is more Rock. performed alongside Beat Angeles, L.A. Zine Fest and inclusive of female musicians. “I try not to live in the past too Kitchen and Upset, broke out in Giant Robot. “I don’t think that was intention2010 with her first album, 2011’s much,” said Krapes, whose own Molina used to be frontman of al, but I’m happy it worked out work in concert is a hybrid of “Milo Goes to Compton.” A the now-defunct San Francisco that way.” prerecorded music and live second album, “Sock It to Me,” group Ovens, has served as lead performance, “but I’m really followed in 2013 while her guitarist for Violent Change and KXLU Fest II runs from picky finding new bands. I get latest, “I Want to Grow Up,” has sung for Caged Animal. He 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday on the really bored with simple guitarcame out Feb. 24. recently released “Dissed and O’Malley Lawn at Loyola bass-drums rock stuff.” “Colleen Green sings really Dismissed,” a disenfranchisedMarymount University, 7900 Habits marks an evolution for fun, poppy songs. Just her, a sounding, punk-flavored indie Krapes since his days in Hallow- LMU Drive, Westchester. Free. guitar and a drum machine,” rock album blending Molina’s No alcohol or drugs. Call (310) een Swim Team — a KXLU easy-going vocals over distorted Soffer said. 338-2700 or visit kxlu.dola.com. playlist favorite. Habits is the synthesizer/ guitar riffs on the San Francisco Krapes, in return, has much sample-based musical doppellabel Melters. michael@argonautnews.com respect for KXLU. “He has one of my records of the ganger of Dustin Krapes,
Chicano Photography at SPARC Saturday’s talk features members of the family talking about the diversity of their more than 500-piece Chicano art collection, which includes paintings, silk screen prints, sculptures and an extensive library of books collected across three decades. Durón’s mission is simple yet necessary: “To show through photography how wide and varied Chicano art actually is,” he said. “Most people think of Chicano photography as documentary photography, political. It became easy to categorize [works] as
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iconic and colorful. I’m trying to show that Chicano art is very much more than that,” he said. L.A.-based Gronk, for example, is best known these days as a painter and a set designer for the operas of Peter Sellars. Yet his photo “Hamlet,” snapped in 1974, is something different altogether. “We see a Mexican-American from the shoulders down. We can’t see a face, can’t see who he is. By merely lowering the lens, Gronk creates a totally conceptual image,” Durón said. — Michael Aushenker
Photo by Camillo Cruz
There’s nothing wrong with celebrating diversity, but sometimes portrayals of ethnic identity can flatten perceptions of a group through generalizations and stereotypes. On Saturday, Armando Durón intends to do a bit of corrective education by giving a talk at the current exhibit on the walls of his namesake gallery in Venice. “A Short Essay of Chicano Photography,” featuring 28 images from a 45-year (1969 to 2014) span of the Durón Family Collection, exhibits through May 1.
Durón speaks from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. Call (310) 822-9560
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Levi Petree and The Radio Publica, 8 p.m. The indie rock act performs at The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; thecinemabar.com Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Participatory live entertainment at The Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey; (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. A cabaret show held on Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance vibes light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill, 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; barmelodylax.com
Monday, April 27 GED classes, various times Mondays through Thursdays. Free high school completion classes at Emerson Adult Learning Center, 8810 Emerson Ave., Westchester. (310) 258-2000; veniceservicearea.org
The Toledo Show continues its run at Harvelle’s. See Sunday. Optimist Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m. Club meets on Mondays at the Coffee Bean, 13020 Pacific Promenade, Playa Vista. (310) 215-1892
an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. $10. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com
“How Do You Live an Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyle?” 6:30 p.m. In commemoration of Earth Day, a three-part series exploring the undiscovered toxins in the household. Playa Vista Community Room, Playa Vista Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. Free. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org
Swim Sessions, 7:30 p.m. Southern California Aquatics leads evening pool workouts Mondays and Wednesdays at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $69 to $109 per month. (310) 458-8700; swim.net.
Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. Weekly stand-up comedy event begins with
Jack Daniel’s Comedy Classic, 9 p.m. Comedy showcase each Monday at Brennan’s Pub, 4089 Lincoln Blvd., Marina del Rey,
No cover. 21+. (310) 821-6622; brennanspub-la.com Stage 11, 9:30 p.m. Live music at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. Cover: $5, plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; harvelles.com
Tuesday, April 28 Swim Sessions, various times. Southern California Aquatics leads morning workouts at 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and evening workouts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, at Santa Monica Swim Center, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. $69 to $109 per month. (310) 458-8700; swim.net FallProof Balance and Mobility Program, noon to 1:30 p.m. (Also Thursdays.) Classes for those at risk of falling or who have fallen start every eight weeks at 8027 Westlawn Ave., Westchester. (310) 670-3777; spiritedbalance.com Ocean Park Classic Car Night, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The California Heritage Museum gathers food trucks and classic cars each Tuesday night outside the museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. (310)392- 8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org
“Healing Families,” 6 p.m. A free support group for families of people living with mental illness. In the group rooms, upstairs in the back. Life Adjustment Team, 11936 Jefferson Blvd., Del Rey. RSVP (310) 572-7000; lifeadjustmentteam.com “The Story of Legendary Pacific Ocean Park (P.O.P.),” 7 p.m. Historians Domenic Priore and Marc Wanamaker discuss the long-gone amusement park by the sea. Priore will sign copies of his book, “Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles’ Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier,” co-authored by Christopher Merritt. SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 967-5170; venicehistoricalsociety. com Deep Fried Funk Society, 10:30 p.m. The funk band has a residency at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. Cover is $5, plus a two-drink minimum. Call (310) 395-1676 or visit harvelles.com
Wednesday, April 29 Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m. Meets Wednesday mornings at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Contact Peter Smyth at (310) 916-3648 (Continued on page 36)
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The Jazz Man of Venice Legendary jazz-rock organist Brian Auger brings his Oblivion Express to the WitZend By Bliss Bowen Generally speaking, there’s little traffic between jazz and rock musician communities. Brian Auger, who’s bringing his band Oblivion Express to the WitZend on Saturday, shuttles easily between the two. The gentlemanly organist’s venerable rep was forged while jamming with future rock icons at ground zero of the British Invasion, but his jazz creds were established when he was still in short pants. Auger cheerfully recalls hanging onto the underside of his “Victorian” father’s player piano as a 3-year-old in World War II London and watching patterns in the notes as they played. After the war, he learned piano and tuned in to jazz through Armed Forces radio and his older brother’s Count Basie and Duke Ellington records. He earned change playing house parties, and by his mid-teens he was working in bands covering Jazz Messengers material. His life changed in 1965, when he heard jazzman Jimmy Smith and invested in his own Hammond B3 organ. “Because I bought an organ I was invited into jams with some of the different rock and R&B bands,” he explains. “So I got to know the Who and the Searchers and the Stones and some of the Beatles. There was a lot of creative energy going on. Their attention to sound was much more focused than people on the jazz scene, who weren’t really doing too much with electric instruments. There was that jazz snobbery, of which I was a part — until I crossed over and got to meet these people and realize
‘Yeah, that sounds really cool, what key?’ It was the chords for ‘Hey Joe,’ which hadn’t been recorded yet by him. I think Clapton was there, Jeff Beck, Alvin Lee — just everyone. Jimi started to play and it was kind of a shock because you could still hear all of the roots that the British guitar players had come from — B.B. King and Albert King and Freddie King and all the rest. But I’d never heard anything like Jimi Hendrix before. Neither had anybody else.” Now 75, Auger is jovially quick to share such stories. He says he’s writing an autobiography that has him laughing aloud as he resurrects memories of Carnaby Street, his Steampacket days with Long John Baldry and Rod Stewart, and the way Motown recordings made him realize he needed “a bass player like James Jamerson” to bring alive the groove-rooted music he heard in his head. “I said,‘Yeah, that sounds really His first album, 1968’s “Don’t cool, what key?’ It was the chords for Bring Me No Flowers,” showblues singer Sonny Boy ‘Hey Joe,’ which hadn’t been recorded cased Williamson. Jimmy Page played yet by [Hendrix]. I think Clapton guitar. “Some acquaintances from the was there, Jeff Beck, Alvin Lee — just jazz scene cut me dead in the everyone.” — Brian Auger street,” Auger says of the chasm yawning between jazz and rock. what they were trying to do.” Waller on drums, Eric Clapton on “But I had to forget my technique, peel it back. The feel on all those During those heady “swinging guitar, Stevie Winwood singing old blues tracks was the absolute London” days, Auger’s band and me on keyboards. If we’d most important thing, and would play hip clubs like the had the kind of technology learning to play like that was Scotch of St. James. Neither he around that we have today, and nor his future Rock and Roll Hall some of those things would have almost like going backwards in my mind. You give the tune what been recorded — it would be of Famer guests suspected they it needs, not just all the licks that were revolutionizing pop culture. pretty amazing.” Jimi Hendrix was still unknown you could possibly put together, “Absolutely not,” he says, which didn’t work. It was a when he asked to sit in with laughing. “We were all too busy strange thing to come out of the having the time of our life. There Auger’s band. jazz scene at the time, and it was were insane jams going on all the “He said, ‘Can you play this the organ that did it for me. It time. One night we had Mickey sequence of chords?’ I said,
made me play different types of music.” With his revue-like bands Trinity and then Oblivion Express, Auger fused elements of jazz, blues, R&B and rock to enthusiastic critical acclaim. In 1968 he headlined Montreaux Jazz Festival with Trinity and earned kudos from Dizzy Gillespie; by 1973, Oblivion Express was touring America behind “Closer to It,” the RCA album that became a jazz and R&B chart hit. In 1975, besotted with “blue sky and sunshine,” he moved his family to California — first to Marin, then Malibu, and finally Venice, where he remains. After an early–’90s stint with the Animals, he revived Oblivion Express, which now features son Karma on drums. They’ll return to Europe this summer to promote the double-disc compilation “Back to the Beginning”; fall will see the release of another double-disc set, “Live in LA.” Auger acknowledges the cliquishness of L.A.’s jazz and rock scenes, but lavishes praise on its “fantastic musicians.” And Venice. “I love Venice,” he says. “It reminds me of where I grew up in London, Shepherd’s Bush. There’s an old lady across from my alley, she must be about 90. I see her as we put our garbage out. One day I asked if it’s too loud when we’re rehearsing. She said, ‘Oh, no, is that you? I love that!’ [Laughs] It’s a wonderful place.” Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express plays at 9:30 p.m. Friday at the WitZend, 1717 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $15 to $20. Call (310) 305-4792 or visit brianauger.com.
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“High Noon” / “Shane,” 7:30 p.m. The American Cinematheque pairs two of the greatest Westerns ever made. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
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Thursday, April 30 “Rear Window” / “The Night of the Hunter,” 7:30 p.m. Two of Hollywood’s most suspenseful and masterfully crafted psychological thrillers. The first, by Alfred Hitchcock, stars James Stewart as a wheelchair-bound voyeur who witnesses a murder in the building across from his window. Paired with the only movie that actor Charles Laughton ever directed, a haunting, stylized black-and-white thriller starring a terrifying Robert Mitchum. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $14. (310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com
Galleries & Museums Bobbie Rich, through April 30. The Santa Monica resident showcases her latest body of semi-abstract oils featuring multicultural subjects. The Upper West, 3321 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 586-1111; theupperwest.com Chad Hasegawa, through May 2. New works by the pop art painter and sculptor at C.A.V.E. Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. cave=gallery.net Restitution Press, through May 4. The L.A.-based fine arts newspaper presents recent images at C.A.V.E. Gallery, 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. cavegallery.net “Explorations,” through May 9. Latest works by students attending Fullerton College’s art program. dnj gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310)315-3551; dnjgallery.net “Exodus,” through May 9. Solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based multi-media artist Carol Es. Shulamit Gallery, 17 N Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 281-0961; shulamitgallery.com LMU Annual Juried Student Exhibition, through May 9. Annual exhibit celebrates work created by Loyola Marymount University studio arts program students over the past year and spanning a range of media. Laband Gallery, 7900 Loyola Blvd., Westchester. (310) 338-2880; cfa.lmu. edu/labandgallery
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LEGAL ADVERTISING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015060074 The following person is doing business as: Love Coffee Bar 1732 ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA. 90405 and 13600 marina Pointe Drive Unit 309 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Love Observed, LLC 13600 Marina Pointe Drive #309 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Kambiz Hemati. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 5, 2015. Argonaut published: April 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other
than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015068526 The following person is doing business as: Diamond Ice Equipment & Refrigeration 13431 Beach Ave. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292 . Registered owners: RGR Sales Corp. 13431 Beach Ave. Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by a a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Robert Reason. Title: President/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 13, 2015. Argonaut published: April 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2015. NOTICE-In
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that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Scott Lee. Title: Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 17, 2015. Argonaut published: April 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2015. NOTICEIn accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015073037 The following person is doing business as: Tidy Brighty 4511 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90016. Registered owners: Godofredo Astudillo 970 S. Keniston Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90019. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Godofredo Astudillo. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 18, 2015. Argonaut published: April 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015073628 The following person is doing business as: Flexiblenotebooks. com 3900 Beethoven St. Apt. 201 Los Angeles, CA. 90066 and Flexiblenotebooks 12021 Wilshire Blvd. Ste. 802 Los Angeles, CA. 90025 . Registered owners: Suppachai Juntabud Rousek 3900 Beethoven St. Apt. 201 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Sappachai Juntabud Rousek. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 18, 2015. Argonaut published: April 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name
Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015077307 The following person is doing business as: “Only In L.A.” Productions 1073 S. Crescent HTS Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90035. Registered owners: Steven Miller 1073 S. Crescent Hts. Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90035. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Steven Miller. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 23, 2015. Argonaut published: April 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015082899 The following person is doing business as: Liftt Linda Langer 11822 Kiowa Ave. Suite 1 Los Angeles, CA. 90049. Registered owners: Linda Langer 11822 Kiowa Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90049 Linda Langer 1182 Kiowa Ave. 1 Los Angeles, CA. 90049. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Linda Langer. Title: Pilates Instructor. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 27, 2015. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30, and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this state-
ment does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015084820 The following person is doing business as: Promo I Am 5815 Compass Dr. Los Angeles, CA. 90045 and 12021 Wilshire Blvd. #424 Los Angeles, CA.90025. Registered owners: Mehmet A. Yurur 5815 Compass Dr. Los Angeles, CA. 90045. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Mehmet A. Yurur. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on March 30, 2015. Argonaut published: April 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015090338 The following person is doing business as: Andiamo Body and Andiamo Yoga 13816 Bora Bora Way #A206 marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Rochelle Robinson 13816 Bora Bora Way #A206 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Rochelle Robinson. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 3, 2015. Argonaut published: April 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015093886 The following person is doing
business as: C&F Construction 11077 Palms Blvd. Unit 302 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. Registered owners: Craig Forsythe 11077 Palms Blvd. Unit 302 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Craig Forsythe. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 8, 2015. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015094563 The following person is doing business as: Langels 1329 Abbot Kinney Boulevard Los Angeles, CA. 90291. Registered owners: Smartkids, LLC 2633 Lincoln Boulevard #141 Santa Monica, CA. 90405. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Thomas Arndt. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 8, 2015. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30, and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2015099671 The following person is doing business as: Grab And Go Organics and Grab N’ Go Organics 11664 National Blvd. #101 Los Angeles, CA. 90064. Registered owners: Gisselle Gordon 10777 Rose Ave. #9 Los Angeles, CA. 90034. This business is conducted by an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any mate-
LEGAL ADVERTISING rial matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/ Name: Gisselle Gordon. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on April 14, 2014. Argonaut published: April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2015. NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
Weiskopf 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/15/2015. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K Room: N/A. The address of the court is 1725 Main St. Santa Monica, CA. 9405. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: March 20, 2015. Gerald Rosenberg, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 04/02/15, 04/09/15, 04/16/15, 04/23/15
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. ES018695 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of Justin Spencer Brock, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Justin Spencer Brock filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Justin Spencer Brock to Justin Spencer Morgan 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/25/2015. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: E. Room:N/A. The address of the court is 600 E. Broadway Glendale, CA. 91206. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Argonaut. Original filed: March 27, 2015. Mary Thornton House, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 04/02/2015, 04/09/2015, 04/16/2015, 04/23/2015.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. SS025173 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Petition of Myke David Weiskopf, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Myke David Weiskopf filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Myke David Weiskopf to Myke Dodge
to a general personal representative, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 58 of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery of the notice to you under Section 9052 of the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are interested in the estate, you may request special notice of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Section 1250 of the California Probate Code. William Thompson: 1062 Marco Place Venice, California 90291 (Name and address of petitioner) William Thompson (petitioner’s signature) NOTICE OF PETITION TO: Conservator/Administer March 23, 2015
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO: Conservator/ Administer March 23, 2015 Probate Code, 8100 ESTATE OF Curtis McLain, ESTATE NO. THE McLAIN FAMILY TRUST, Dated and filed April 17th, 2001 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, and contingent creditors of THE McLAIN FAMILY TRUST and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both: A petition has been filed by William Thompson, in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, requesting that Monica Shanklin be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of Curtis McLain (and for probate of the decedent’s will, which is available for examination in the court file). (The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. This will avoid the need to obtain court approval for many actions taken in connection with the estate. However, before taking certain actions, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or have consented to the proposed action. The petition will be granted unless good cause is shown why it should not be. The petition is set for hearing in Dept. No. 11 at _Superior Court of California 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, California 90012 on 4-162015& 5-8-2015 at 8:30 (Date of hearing) (Time of hearing) Case File number: BP102450 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters
NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WORKSHOPS To Present the Draft Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 Noise Exposure Map Update Report for Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) will be hosting two (2) public information workshops in May 2015 to provide information regarding the Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 Noise Exposure Map Update Study for Los Angeles International Airport. The workshops will include guided displays that will present information regarding the FAR Part 150 Noise Exposure Map Update study process, the project schedule, noise metrics, current and forecast aircraft traffic conditions, and methods used to quantify aircraft noise exposure. Existing and future noise contour maps for Los Angeles International Airport will also be presented at the workshops. Information presented at each workshop listed below will be the same. Residents need only attend one workshop to learn about the study and offer input. Each workshop will be held in an “open house” format from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the dates listed below. No formal presentation will be given in order to provide the public with the maximum opportunity for one-on-one interaction and sharing of information and concerns. You may attend the workshop at any time during the twohour open house. - Monday, May 11, 2015 – Flight Path Learning Center and Museum 6661 West Imperial Highway Los Angeles, CA 90045 - Tuesday, May 12, 2015 – Jesse Owens Community Regional Park Gymnasium 9651 S. Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90047 For more information, please visit the project website at: http://www.lawa.org/ LAXPart150.aspx Anyone needing special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact Larry Rolon, LAWA ADA Coordinator, at (424) 646-5005 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Anyone with questions about the project should contact Ms. Kathryn Pantoja at (424) 646-6501 Asistencia en español estará disponible en las reuniones. 4/23/15 CNS-2740791#THE ARGONAUT
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