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L etter s Start with the Ground Game Re: “Encouraged and Optimistic” and “Amazed and Disappointed,” Letters, April 21 Last week’s letters to the editor offered two very different takes on the same ongoing and growing problem — both views are valid, and both deserve closer inspection in regard to what’s being accomplished in reducing the number of people sleeping on the streets. In the meantime, let’s apply available emergency funds to immediately address some on-the-ground strategies to help the homeless — at least until a large-scale plan is in place. There are different types of people that make up the homeless population and they all need to be identified, particularly the mentally ill, in order to be treated appropriately. Veterans and those suffering from psychological disorders should be the first groups on the list, followed by the kids who have decided that life here is a step up from their last stop. Somebody somewhere is looking for some of these people, and they deserve to know if one of them is identified.

This is not a job for the LAPD, however. If the resources exist, the team should be comprised of health and welfare personnel and supported by volunteers or those available from different social services groups. Since people will continue sleeping on the walk streets and alleys intersecting Speedway and Ocean Front Walk — even south of Washington Boulevard (unheard of a few years ago) — why not let them sleep in the parking lots and be ushered out at dawn? It might save a lot of time, money, grief and calls to 877-ASK-LAPD. Michael Francis Clarke Venice

The approaches are not perfect, but they are potential solutions. Bonin’s request to have Chrysalis manage the storage facility is an excellent idea, as Chrysalis has been managing a storage facility in the downtown Los Angeles area since 2008. This facility has received national recognition as a best-in class resource for the homeless in that community, and is one part of the complex set of solutions we need here in Venice. Michelle Zweig Venice

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The vintage El Dorado Lanes get a Bowlero makeover ................................ 6

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Property owners may pool resources to maintain public spaces ........................ 9

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Albie Selznick spreads the gospel of illusion in Santa Monica . .................................. 16

Study finds 21% single-year increase in visitor spending ................................. 10

Art on ‘an Endless Path’ At age 90, Ed Moses is still compulsively creating ............ 19

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Bootleg Bombshells Make it Rain Purple for Prince . ............................................ 32

THE ADVICE GODDESS Don’t Confuse Anger with Passion . .......... 38

FOOD & DRINK Promoting Secular ‘Jewishness’ in a Multicultural World ............... 12

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By Gary Walker The transformation of traditional Westside bowling alleys into more versatile and upscale entertainment venues comes to fruition next month with the reopening of the former AMF El Dorado Lanes in Westchester as Bowlero Los Angeles. The makeover of the Mid-Century Modern El Dorado Lanes, which began operations in April 1960, follows similar reboots of the former AMF Bay Shore Lanes in Santa Monica and the former AMF Mar Vista Lanes on Venice Boulevard. As Bowlero Los Angeles, the former AMF El Dorado Lanes on Lincoln Boulevard will now offer “black-light bowling with a funky, hipster ethos — a retrovintage lane-side hangout where you can roll like a rebel, party like a rock star, hit up some awesome arcade games and feast on the wildly inventive American eats of our mouth-rageous menu,” according to its website. Bowlmor AMF Corp. became the world’s largest 10-pin bowling operator in July 2013 after buying out the bankrupt AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc. The three Westside bowling alleys came with the deal. Following the renovation of Bay Shore Lanes, Bowlmor closed Mar Vista Lanes for renovation in June 2014 and reopened in April 2015. Company officials said at the time that a conceptual reboot was necessary to return the bowling alley to being profitable. The resulting eviction of Pepy’s Galley, a neighborhood diner that had operated inside Mar Vista Lanes for 44 years, prompted community outcry that included hundreds of locals protesting outside the bowling alley and a 4,700-strong “Save Pepy’s” Facebook group. On April 5, Bowlmor representatives presented conceptual drawings of the new Bowlero Los Angeles to the Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa. While a few of the council’s members had questions about the degree of local outreach by Bowlmor, council President

An artist’s sketch of the retro-vintage interior of Bowlero Los Angeles Cyndi Hench said she does not anticipate problems because there is no change of use for the location. “The facility has been a bowling alley forever and will remain a bowling alley. They are not changing their hours of operation. The character of the bowling alley is expected to be different, but that may not be a bad thing,” Hench said. During the presentation in Westchester, Bowlmor AMF

Westchester bowling alley reopens. The restaurant, which closed back in June, once attracted local couples and families for weekend breakfasts and the parking lot was often packed with late-night bowlers and diners. Bowlero Los Angeles will have its own executive chef create a new menu, as was the case following the conversion of Mar Vista Lanes into Bowlero Mar Vista.

“The character of the bowling alley is expected to be different, but that may not be a bad thing.” — Cyndi Hench, Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa Los Angeles District Manager Nick Scaccio touted the Mar Vista and Santa Monica remodels as successful enterprises. “We’ve taken properties that were dilapidated and invested a lot of money in them to make them worthy of the community,” Scaccio said. Bowlero Los Angeles is expected to open May 21. The new facility features a new arcade with 45 games and should be able to host crowds of 500 or more patrons, according to Scaccio. Like Pepy’s Galley before it, KJ’s Diner and Restaurant — and its popular $10.95 prime rib Monday night special — will not be returning when the

“Our preference is to produce our own food, so we’re responsible for the quality. This also allows us to provide a full-service experience,” Scaccio said. Unlike the closure of Pepy’s Galley in Mar Vista, there has been no public outcry to keep KJ’s open. Scaccio said bowling fees in the Westchester alley will be relatively consistent with the Mar Vista location. At Bowlero Mar Vista, games cost $3.49 to $10.19 per person depending on the hour and day. League bowling, suspended during renovations, “will still be accommodated in some capacity” in Westchester, Scaccio said. gary@argonuatnews.com

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more welcoming and safe environment that rivals neighboring beach communities.” Tom Elliott, owner of the Venice Ale House on Ocean Front Walk and the Bank of Venice Public House on Windward Avenue, has previously been supportive of a BID that would encompass Ocean Front Walk. He remains cautiously optimistic as the possibility moves forward but is eager to see how the specifics develop. “I’m for the concept but the details of it still need to be sussed out,” Elliott said.

— now called Downtown Santa Monica Inc. — to develop and maintain the area. Downtown Santa Monica Inc. manages a business assessment district that provides maintenance services, funds infrastructure repairs and operates a hospitality ambassador service to assist visitors, residents, city employees and social services agencies. Carl Lambert, a BID supporter who owns several commercial properties in Venice, cites a Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board survey that found

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If approved by city officials and supported by commercial property owners, Venice’s BID would become the fifth BID in Bonin’s city council district, Dyner-Harris said. Existing BIDs include the Westchester Town Center Business Improvement District and the LAX-adjacent Gateway To L.A. Business Improvement District. The Washington Square Business Improvement Group, formed by Washington Boulevard merchants located near the beach, is a voluntary membership group and not a formal city-approved BID, said Dyner-Harris. Some business assessment groups have been successful in transforming blighted areas into bustling retail and entertainment corridors. Once three blocks of mostly dilapidated or derelict buildings, the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica began to emerge as a regional shopping and dining destination after a citywide bond measure refurbished public spaces and the city partnered with the nonprofit Bayside District Corporation

unsanitary conditions to be the biggest turnoff for visitors to Venice Beach. “I’m standing on the roof of a building looking down at the boardwalk and portions of it are covered in six inches of sand. The city doesn’t have the resources to keep the sand off the boardwalk, maintain the bathrooms and paint out graffiti,” Lambert said. “A BID will help improve sanitation.” Not everyone thinks a BID is right for Venice, however. During Dyner-Harris’ presentation to neighborhood council members, Venice resident Margaret Molloy questioned why so many residential areas would fall within the boundary of the Venice BID if residential properties are to be exempt from involvement. “I’m completely opposed to it. From my point of view, [BIDs] are primarily focused around private security and further harassing the homeless,” Molloy said. Because the Venice BID is in its nascent stages, it is not known whether the Venice BID would (Continued on page 37)

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Tourism Dollars Surge in Marina del Rey Study finds a 21% single-year increase in visitor spending on the heels of hospitality upgrades By Gary Walker A surge in tourist spending last year has Marina del Rey officials in high spirits heading into summer vacation season. Tourism in Marina del Rey generated $294 million in direct visitor spending in 2015 — a 21% increase over an estimated $243.8 million in 2014, according to a study commissioned by the Marina Del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau. That spike amounted to an overall economic impact of $382.2 million last year, the report states. In keeping with a roughly 20% across-the-board climb, visitor spending at restaurants and retail stores rose to $1.2 million in 2015 (versus just under $1 million in 2014), supporting an estimated 2,673 jobs. Likewise, total tax revenue for tourist spending jumped from $8.9 million in 2014 to about $10.7 million in 2015 on the strength of $9.5 million in county hotel tax proceeds. Marina Del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Janet Zaldua attributed economic growth to recent upgrades in the marina’s hospitality sector, in particular a $25-million renovation of the Marina Del Rey Hotel. “Our hotels are now able to compete with hotels in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. This shows real positive growth for the marina,” Zaldua said. Upgrades to the Marina Del Rey Hotel on Bali Way included a new outdoor pool and sundeck area, a 3,500-foot wedding space and the new waterfront SALT Restaurant & Bar. The Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey also improved guest rooms and opened the upscale farm-to-table restaurant Cast & Plow, and the Marriot Marina del Rey recently finished renovations to guest rooms and event spaces. Marina del Rey’s six hotels — totaling about 1,100 rooms — took in about $79.4 million in overall revenue last year, according to the study conducted by CBRE Hotels, a global hospitality consulting and analysis firm. Two other hotels, a Residence Inn and a Courtyard by Marriott, are slated to break ground on an undeveloped parcel along Admiralty Way in another few years. But it wasn’t just visitors from afar increasing economic activity in the marina. Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors spokeswoman Carol Baker said that attendance figures for public events and amenities along the harbor suggest that residents of nearby communities are now visiting Marina del Rey in greater numbers. PAGE 10 THE ARGONAUT April 28, 2016

The recent $25-million renovation of the Marina Del Rey Hotel deserves some of the credit for increased tourism revenue, local officials say “It’s definitely good news. The increase [in tourist spending] is consistent with what we’re seeing in terms of growing interest in other measureable areas of the marina,

growing hotel occupancy rate, the numbers appear to show that more and more visitors are realizing that the marina has something for everyone.” Zaldua is optimistic that other planned

“Our hotels are now able to compete with hotels in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. This shows real positive growth for the marina.” — Janet Zaldua, Marina Del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau

such as visitor use of the WaterBus and the Beach Shuttle — free transportation modes whose ridership has steadily risen the last few summers,” Baker said. “We’ve also seen increased attendance at Burton Chace Park events, including the popular summer concert series,” Baker said. “Combined with the

renovations — a potential reboot of the Fisherman’s Village parcel on Fiji Way in particular — will eventually generate even more economic activity. “When it’s finally completed, that will be a game-changer,” Zaldua said. “Not only will it attract tourists, but I think it will also attract locals and that will remind them of what we have here.”

County officials recently approved a reconfiguration of Pier 44 that is expected to bring a waterside Trader Joe’s specialty grocery store and other new retail outlets to Admiralty Way. Marina Lessees Association President David O. Levine credited a stronger economy and increased fiscal commitments by Los Angeles County with spurring local economic growth. “There has been a significant investment made in a number of properties in Marina del Rey by the county, the lessees and the hotel operators,” said Levine, who runs the Shores apartments on Via Marina and the Marina Harbor Apartments and Anchorage on Bora Bora Way. Levine believes there is still room for improvement: “We still need more visitor-serving businesses in the marina,” he said. Not everyone is pleased with the changes taking place in Marina del Rey, however, and would just as soon go in the opposite direction of Levine’s vision for the harbor.

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Upgrades to the Marina Del Rey Hotel include a brand-new pool and sundeck area Many longtime residents have vocally opposed county efforts to increase density and commercial activity in the marina, complaining also that ongoing construction activity is taking a toll on quality of life. Environmental advocates have joined those battles, most recently opposing construction of the Residence Inn and Courtyard by Marriott along Admiralty Way. Sandi West, a board member of the Marina Peninsula Community Council, echoed a sentiment commonly expressed at public meetings by various marina residents: “The marina is predominately a residential area and does not need any more hotels. We have enough,” she said. An assessment of Marina del Rey hospitality trends conducted by the firm PKF Consulting anticipates continuing strong demand for hotel rooms over the next several years. Hotel occupancy rates have hovered around 80% in recent years. “Historically, the market has performed well above state averages and been able to absorb the re-openings of the hotels that closed for renovations. The market has historically performed with an occupancy [percentage] in the high 70s, and we expect the trend to continue with or without supply additions,” the report states. Considering the increasing hotel tax revenues coming into Los Angeles

County coffers, West said she’d like to see county officials put more money into infrastructure that would benefit residents suffering through Marina del Rey’s growing pains. “Our roads and alleys are in disrepair, and we don’t have any money to create more stop signs or speed bumps,” said West, echoing some residents’ calls to keep traffic speeds in check at the south end of Via Marina and Pacific Avenue. But county roadway repairs have also generated a fair share of complaints. In April 2014, county workers completed a yearlong roadway construction project along all 1.8 miles of Admiralty Way from Fiji Way to Via Marina. New roadway construction is expected to tie up traffic along Via Marina into early 2017, with lane closures expected to begin in the next few weeks, according to county officials. Northbound traffic along Via Marina will be re-routed to a single lane between Marquesas Way and Panay Way from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for up to four days a week over roughly 11 months starting as early as May. Zaldua said her team does not plan to rest on its laurels when it comes to supporting a visitor-friendly and economically vibrant future for Marina del Rey — and letting other people know about it. “Marina del Rey is our crown jewel. Now we need people to know that we’re polishing it,” she said.

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Secular Jewishness in a Multicultural World Meet Sholem Community Education Director Hershl Hartman By Regan Kibbee

Hershl Hartman has been providing a secular Jewish education to kids and adults in the Sholem Community for more than 50 years. Rather than Judaism, his focus is “Jewishness.” Hartman began his Jewish education in the Bronx at age 5. He studied Jewish culture, history and Yiddish literature after school and on weekends, eventually graduating with university-level degrees in Yiddish Journalism and Jewish Education. (The only other graduate at the time with both degrees, May Stein, later became his wife.) In the late 1940s, Hartman became the first native-born Yiddish reporter for one of the four Yiddish dailies then being published in New York. Long before the Civil Rights Movement, he penned a major series of articles titled “Two Weeks in the Harlem Ghetto.” Years later, when Martin Luther King Jr. saw a reprint of an article Hartman had written about segregation for the magazine Jewish Currents, King asked to meet and they had breakfast together. Hartman went on to serve as principal of a secular Jewish Sunday school on Long Island before moving to Los Angeles in 1964, but he struggled to find a good secular Jewish school in Los Angeles for his two young daughters. Then the Sholem Educational Institute (as it was then known) asked him to lecture on Yiddish literature. In 1967 he became principal of Sholem, overseeing about 100 students in grades 1 to 10. One of Hartman’s most appreciated innovations is Sholem’s secular bar/bas mitsve program, originally a dramatic presentation performed by the entire coed graduating class of 13 and 14 year olds. In response to concerns by some members that having a ceremony was acceding to religious tradition, it is now optional and preparation takes place outside of school hours. Rather than memorizing a portion of the Torah, students select a topic “connected to their Jewish heritage, in one way or another,” he said, and present it in whatever form they choose. There have been musical compositions, dance performances, films and videos, but most of the young people have chosen to write and present a paper. Topics have ranged from a comparison of Holocaust movies to Jewish

Michael Gomes and Eliana Marvizon, with mentors Laurence Braude (center) and Hershl Hartman (far right), present challah for guests during their bar/bas mitsve involvement in the anti-apartheid movement. One student’s study of Jewish cooperative housing developments in the Bronx was even published in a major architectural magazine. The ceremony concludes with family members presenting “non-material gifts” — heartfelt wishes and promises. Parents were initially concerned that friends and relatives wouldn’t consider the secular bar mitsve to be “a real bar mitzvah,” Hartman recalled, “but afterwards they told me it was the best they’d ever attended.” Sholem’s next bar/bas mitsve ceremonies happen Saturday, May 28, and are open to attend with RSVP. Hartman and fellow Sholem leader Jeffrey Kaye have also developed non-religious observances for many Jewish holidays, including a secular family Haggadah (the text read at Passover) used during the organization’s annual communal Seder.

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“The concept of adapting holiday observances to meet current needs is a thread throughout Jewish history,” said Hartman. Hartman is quick to point out inconsistencies in the Bible/Torah and of some true believers — such as those who preach against homosexuality “while committing the equally condemned sin of wearing a blended wool and linen suit,” he says. He also teaches that the lack of archeological evidence of the enslavement and liberation of the Jews from Egypt does not infringe on the value of that story. “Stories do not have to be factual to be meaningful. At Sholem we recognize the Exodus story has inspired hundreds of generations to cherish the concept of freedom,” he said, offering the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising on the eve of Passover as an example. Hartman currently spends most of his time as a Yiddish-to-English translator. He’s translated hundreds of letters given to him by people who

want to read and preserve precious family documents. He also translates the poetry of local Yiddish writers and is working with a UCLA project to map Jewish Los Angeles. A lifelong progressive, Hartman is actively involved with numerous nonprofit organizations, including the So Cal Arbeter Ring/Workmen’s Circle, Yiddishkayt, People for the American Way, Democratic Socialists of America (“Bernie is not a member,” he says) and Bend the Arc. “Secular Jews have a history of support for social justice and progressive causes,” he notes. Whereas some traditional Jews discourage intermarriage, Hartman has a much different take. “At Sholem we don’t merely accept intercultural families. We don’t merely welcome them. We celebrate the diversity they bring to our community,” he said. The author is a Sholem Community member and volunteer.

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A Window Between Worlds hosts Art in the Afternoon on May 7 A Window Between Worlds operates in the belief that art can transform trauma by opening windows of safety, self-expression and interpersonal connection. The Venice-based nonprofit casts this net of support over abused and neglected children as well as victims of domestic violence by facilitating various art-based recovery workshops throughout the community. Once a year, the community comes out to support A Window Between Worlds for its annual Art in the Afternoon fundraiser, a family-friendly event that includes art-making workshops, carnival games and cameos by Disney Channel stars. The popular community festival, attended by more than 600 people last year, returns to the Venice Skills

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Center on May 7. This year’s Art in the Afternoon will be hosted by 17-year-old actress G Hannelius, known for her starring role as Avery Jennings on Disney Channel’s “Dog with a Blog,” and co-emceed by actress Beth Littleford, who plays Avery’s mother in the show and was a correspondent for “The Daily Show.” Additional community support is coming from NBC/Universal, Google LA, intent.com and The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles. In addition to the art workshops and carnival games, Art in the Afternoon attendees can participate in face painting, bubble play and hula hooping with Hoopitup! as well as live and silent auctions. The Aquarium of the Pacific is bringing live sea creatures, and Make Me Nails and Creative Chakra Spa are also part of the festivities. In-N-Out Burger (noon to 2 p.m.), Panda Express, Sprinkles Cupcakes and SuperCool Creamery are bringing the food (first come, first served while supplies last). A Window Between Worlds was founded in 1991 by Cathy Salser, a Los Angeles-based artist and teacher. Salser originally led art workshops at shelters across the country to provide survivors of domestic violence, like herself, a safe and supportive space to freely express themselves and tell their stories. Art in the Afternoon happens from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Venice Skills Center, 611 5th Ave., Venice. Tickets are $10 for kids, $25 for teens and $60 for adults. For more information, call (310) 3960317 or visit awbw.org.

Santa Monica’s Gillian Wynn Throws a Party for Conservation International

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Charlie Beck and his Crybaby Cops Trigger-happy officers who try to weasel out of trouble are the ultimate management challenge By Charles Rappleye Boy that Charlie Beck has a tough job to do at the LAPD. I mean, it’s hard enough, as chief of the nation’s third largest police force, to be responsible for the peace and safety of nearly four million people. But from the looks of it, Beck has that part of the job down pat. The real test comes in dealing with the cops under his command. They’ve got plenty of swagger out on the beat, but when it comes to altercations with the public, or just the everyday friction of working inside a large bureaucracy, these blacktop cowboys turn into a bunch of crybabies. Take the pointless shooting of Brendon Glenn, slain a year ago by Officer Clifford Proctor just off the boardwalk in Venice. Glenn was prone and unarmed when he was shot, twice, in the back. Proctor immediately adopted the standard police explanation for misconduct: He was scared. In this instance, Proctor claimed that he saw the prone Glenn reaching for his partner’s gun (his partner new nothing of this alleged threat). Chief Beck reviewed a security video the next day (the tape has yet to be released), saw no credible threat, and sensibly voiced misgivings about the incident. There was a full investigation yet to come, but for the Police Protective League, Beck’s review was already a miscarriage of justice. The chief was “completely irresponsible” in voicing an opinion, declared PPL President Craig Lally. The other shoe dropped in January when Beck encouraged the district attorney’s office to file charges against Proctor. With this decision, the police union’s political director declared, the department’s rank and file had “lost any and all confidence in Beck’s ability to successfully lead this organization.” On April 12, the Los Angeles Police

L etter s seize homeless people’s vehicles and make their lives even worse than before. And that of course resulted in the City of Los Angeles being on the losing side of a lawsuit at taxpayer expense when L.A.M.C. 85.02 (which banned sleeping in vehicles) was found to be too constitutionally vague to be enforceable. Richard Woolworth

The police union says it’s unfair for Beck to criticize the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Venice

forfeits the allegiance of every cop in the organization? What’s remarkable is how these claims of fear usually prevail. Consider the most outrageous of the recent LAPD shootings, the 2013 non-fatal shootings of Emma Hernandez and her daughter Maggie Carranza. This was during the excitement over the renegade cop Christopher Dorner, who had killed several cops and was threatening to kill more. Hernandez and Carranza made the mistake of being out on the streets early one February morning in Torrance, delivering newspapers from their Toyota pickup truck. Unfortunately for them, the LAPD had sent a squad from Hollywood to set up security for an officer who lived in Torrance, and whom Dorner had named as a target. Nobody knows just what set off the Keystone Kops melee that followed, but at some point one of the nine officers present decided to fire on the slow-rolling pickup. This opened the floodgates; in the next few minutes the officers unloaded a fusillade of more than 100 rounds, striking the truck from all sides. It is a singular fact — testimony to the officers’

Glenn was prone and unarmed when he was shot, twice, in the back. Proctor immediately adopted the standard police explanation for misconduct: He was scared. Commission joined Beck in ruling the shooting to be unjustified. PPL President Lally responded in kind: Officer Proctor was being “railroaded.” Let’s get this straight. Any time an officer comes under scrutiny, however egregious the conduct involved, the chief should back him or her without question or he

skills, I suppose — that both women in the truck survived. The cops, obliged to explain their blunder, resorted as usual to professions of terror. “I felt like I was in danger,” one cop told investigators. “I felt like I was going to die.” Another officer claimed seeing a gun barrel and a flash

of gunfire emanate from the vehicle — quite impossible, of course, considering the women were unarmed. Beck, bucking protocol, was unimpressed. “I determined the evidence did not support that an objective threat occurred,” Beck dryly pronounced in his after-action report. Beck found the shooting “out of policy,” but here again, the district attorney declined to file charges against any of the trigger-happy officers. Reflecting on the case, Lally could find fault only with the department brass. The officers sent to Torrance, Lally pronounced, “had been put in a very bad position.” The absurdity of Beck’s efforts to lead the malcontents of the LAPD was highlighted once more last week, when Beck was called to answer civil charges brought by Capt. Peter Whittingham, who says he was passed over for promotion because he refused to go along with Beck’s efforts to discipline problem officers. Never mind that Whittingham has since obtained the promotion he was seeking. He’s still pressing his suit for “unspecified damages” — whatever he can get. In court Beck displayed his usual patience in dealing with these whiney cops and their terrier attorneys. He had little recollection of the captain’s supposed defiance of Beck’s disciplinary agenda, the chief testified. And there was no way he granted the long-sought promotion just to “throw him a bone.” Rather, Beck made his decisions based on common sense, and common decency. “I thought Peter was the right person for the job,” Beck said. Fair enough for civilians, perhaps, but not enough for the crybaby cops of the LAPD. Charles Rappleye, a veteran Los Angeles writer and editor, won the 2007 George Washington Book Prize for “Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution.”

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Locating a storage facility for homeless people’s belongings at Westminster Senior Center isn’t primarily controversial because of its proximity to residential housing. What makes it controversial is that it’s very close to the elementary school. Over 350 Venice residents signed a petition to make Mr. Bonin aware of their objections. The

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storage facility on Ocean Front Walk has only exacerbated the problem with encampments there. If storage isn’t needed, couldn’t the city contract with Extra Space Storage? Angela McGregor Re: “Life on the List,” Cover Story, April 14 (Editor’s note: This story was

about efforts to remove former gang members from the Oakwood gang injunction in Venice.) I grew up with Anthony and am happy to see the change he made. He went from a boy to a strong, respected man. There is hope to change your life, and Anthony is a perfect example of this. Jazzmine Valverde

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Magic Missionary Santa Monica’s Albie Selznick spreads the gospel of illusion Story by Evan Henerson Photos by Courtnay Robbins Bragagnolo Your kid has been pestering you for more ever since that birthday party when the guy sawed a lady in half and made live rabbits jump out of her stomach. But you have no connections with anybody at the members-only club of clubs, The Magic Castle, and you don’t have the scratch for a trip to Vegas. The YouTube segments and TV shows are getting played out. You want magic, and you want it live. Not only does longtime actor-magician Albie Selznick feel your void, he’s figured out a way to fill it: by giving a bunch of his magical friends a place to work their best routines and try out some new illusions. Starting May 2, a rotating lineup of more than 20 illusionists will take the PAGE 16 THE ARGONAUT April 28, 2016

stage at the Santa Monica Playhouse for the second incarnation of Magic Monday. Selznick and producer Michelle Grant have booked eight May and June dates

is to the programming slot. Monday may be an unconventional night to hit the town, round up the family or book a date night. But the producers contend that a

“All of my guys are doing the shows like ‘America’s Got Talent,’‘Don’t Blink’ and ‘Wizard Wars.’ People love the magic on TV, but there’s no place to see it live.” — Albie Selznick, magician and producer

hoping that the variety act will blossom into a long-running engagement featuring a new set of magicians for each date. The lure of Magic Monday, which Selznick debuted last winter at the Odyssey Theatre, is as much tied to the unique quality of the entertainment as it

full evening of magical entertainment — both on stage and during a pre-show, close-up encounter — makes for a thrilling way to start the week. “There’s so much magic on TV. All of my guys are doing the shows like ‘America’s Got Talent,’ ‘Don’t Blink’ and

‘Wizard Wars,’” said Selznick, who will host each evening and perform a trick or two of his own. “People love the magic on TV, but there’s no place to see it live.” “We’re looking to change that,” added Grant. “Our model is comedy clubs. We’re looking at a cabaret, comedy club type of situation and see if it grows into something.” *** Reincarnating Magic Monday in Santa Monica is both a convenience for Selznick, who lives there, and a kind of creative homecoming. He performed his autobiographical theater performance, “Smoke and Mirrors,” at both the Santa Monica Playhouse and the Promenade Playhouse before taking it to venues throughout Los Angeles. With its Victorian feel and its courtyard, the Santa Monica Playhouse’s 88-seat

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Magic Mondays performers Lindsey Benner and Naathan Phan (left), Pop Haydn with Alix Koromazy (above) and magical “clowntomine” Hillel with Andrew Goldenhersh mainstage makes for a perfect venue to spin stories and feats of wonder, according to Selznick. “This is sort of what I call the parlor,” Selznick said. “It’s a medium stage, so I think most people will be doing standing up parlor tricks where they’re not sitting at a table doing tricks, but they’re not having fog machines and fireworks. I may levitate somebody. That will work.” The magic of “Smoke and Mirrors” contained an undercurrent of death, and Selznick will open the first Magic Monday both with a ghost story and a new trick. Also taking the stage that night will be veteran illusionist Christopher Hart, who played the disembodied hand, Thing, in the “Addams Family” films. Lest the evening get too dark, the opening lineup also includes the French magical comedian Titou and magical “clowntomime” Hillel, who performs inside a giant balloon. “The theater work we do is intimate as opposed to the 2,000-seat spectacles,” said Santa Monica Playhouse Co-Artistic Director Evelyn Rudie. “I love those also, but that’s a whole different kind of thing done in big huge theaters. It’s a more impersonal experience. This fills a niche for us that we have never had before Albie.”

All of the performing magicians are Magic Castle members and award-winning magicians from all over the world. To add variety to the lineup, the magicians will be joined by artists with other specialties like jugglers Jack & Jerri and puppeteer Scott Land. Selznick and Grant said they’ll consider programming an

per year its members can take the stage. Unless you’re David Copperfield, Criss Angel, Penn and Teller or Derek DelGaudio, headlining opportunities are rare. Hart, who developed his craft working at the now defunct Hollywood Magic store on Hollywood Boulevard and later

“The theater work we do is intimate as opposed to the 2,000-seat spectacles.” — Evelyn Rudie, Santa Monica Playhouse

after-hours show for 21-and-over audiences down the line, but for the initial run the producers are focusing on world-class magic and plenty of variety for family audiences. *** That plan sits well with the participating prestidigitators who are pleased to have a place to practice some new material. They contend that it’s still possible to make a living solely as a professional magician, but one must be prepared to hustle for gigs on TV programs, tours and conventions. Even the Magic Castle places limits on the numbers of times

worked as a professional consultant, says the market has changed even if appetites for magic haven’t. “I can always find place to perform,” said Hart, who also works as an actor. “I always have the ability to do stuff if I look for it. I may not get paid for it. That’s part of the process. There used to be revue shows in Las Vegas. Now it’s all Cirque du Soleil.” Naathan Phan, who performs four nights weekly at Teatro Martini dinner theater in Buena Park, also acts, sings, does comedy and twists balloons. Billed as “the Magic Asian Man,” Phan takes the stage for Magic Monday on June 23 with

his fellow “mugician” Rob Ramirez. The two previously developed an act together for the Magic Castle. “There are not a lot of people performing at private events or at children’s birthday parties, if that sort of thing doesn’t offend your better sensibilities,” says Phan. “Magic is popular. There are lots of opportunities to perform. However, you do have to know what they are or have your name out there so that people who see you can say, ‘Oh, this would be a good fit.’” *** Although he practiced magic since childhood, Selznick has enjoyed a lengthy career acting in film, television and stage. In the 1990s, he toured with his magic and juggling group, the Mums, often opening for pop music groups and at the Magic Castle, where he later became a member. Selznick developed “Smoke and Mirrors” through a series of stories he told in Larry Moss’s acting class, and he has performed the show at multiple theaters with a planned return at the Colony Theatre in Burbank in the fall. The show grew out of Selznick’s desire to come to terms with the death of his father when Selznick was 9. Part magic (Continued on page 18)

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show, part autobiography, “Smoke and Mirrors” has become a vehicle which allows him to combine his two art forms and stay in practice. He has tinkered with the show over the years, adding new illusions and stories. “For me, magic and the idea of fantasy was, I think, what religion does to a lot of people. It gives you a reason to hope,” he said. “It’s something that’s beyond just day to day drudgery of life, a reason for living. I think that, for me, the belief in fantasy and magic was sort of my substitute for religion.” He invited several of his friends to take the stage at the Odyssey for the nights when “Smoke and Mirrors” was dark. Everybody said yes, and the event became a community get together for magicians. “There’s so many great magicians, and if you’re not playing the Castle, you have to go on cruises or go to Vegas or China,” Selznick said. “I thought it would be really good for magicians to be able to perform in L.A.” *** No matter who’s up, Jonathan Grossman expects to be at every Magic Monday with his magic-besotted son Owen. Owen caught the magic bug early, devoured the

The Magic Mondays class of 2016: Hillel, Alix Koromazy, George Tovar, Leticia, Albie Selznick, Lindsey, Naathan, Andrew Goldenhersh and Pop Haydn “Harry Potter” series, studied books and learned tricks. His father promised to take him to an age-appropriate magic show when one came around, and the two saw “Smoke and Mirrors” at the Santa Monica Playhouse when Owen was 7. The Grossmans attended every date of the first run of Magic Monday at the Odyssey. By the end of the run, Selznick had roped off spaces in the front row for

the Grossmans, and he recruited Owen to help with one of the tricks. “We always get there early to see the close-up magic,” said Grossman, a composer and musician who lives in Marina del Rey. “To be able to see the thing that Owen and I love most, to see such a variety of magicians in our neighborhood, to have an affordable night out with such high entertainment

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At age 90, Ed Moses is still compulsively creating — because his work demands it By Christina Campodonico Ed Moses may be 90, but there’s something about painting that won’t let him quit making art. “I’m an obsessive compulsive, so I have to paint every day,” says the Venice artist, an alum of the late-1950s “Cool School” collective that was the catalyst for modern art in West Los Angeles. Moses gets up at 6 a.m. each day to be in his studio by 8, ready to work. “I’ve been painting for 50 years,” he says, “and I’ve always been obsessed with chasing paintings.” The pursuit continues with Moses@90, a survey of the artist’s paintings and works on paper from the 1950s to the present. The exhibition opens Saturday, April 30, at the William Turner Gallery in Bergamot Station Art Center and the former home of the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Moses says his latest work is inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges — specifically Borges’ book “Labyrinths” and its short story “The Garden of Forking Paths,” about a German spy who learns from a Chinese scholar that his ancestor had created a marvelous labyrinth in the

form of a misunderstood novel. Taking a cue from the story’s mindboggling concepts, Moses has created a series of paintings that evoke the labyrinthine nature of the book’s plot and themes. Pictures of his new work show layers of lines crisscrossing to the

I would always go past. But by going past the edges, I was leaving patches of color in the coloring books that became very intriguing to me.” Moses crossed boundaries again when he took a junior college art class with abstract painter Pedro Miller. As related

“I’ve always been obsessed with chasing paintings.” — Ed Moses

canvas’ edges, running over the brink with abandon. But Moses has never been one to color inside the lines. A childhood bout of tuberculosis took him out of school for a year, leaving him with plenty of time for his mind to wander out of bounds. “All I did was listen to soap operas and draw in Crayola coloring books, filling in the animals and forms,” Moses told Hyperallergic in a 2015 interview. “However, as much as I wanted to keep the color within the edges and just fill in,

in Hunter Drohojowska-Philp’s definitive text on the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s, “Rebels in Paradise,” Moses would sit in the back of the class because he wasn’t sure what he should do. One time when Miller approached, Moses panicked, stuck his fingers in the paint jars and started finger painting. “I always do the opposite of what’s supposed to be done. Rather than a paintbrush, I used my fingers,” recalls Moses.

Miller was so impressed that he showed Moses’ canvas to the class and declared, “Now here’s a real artist.” Moses’ paintings are still admired for their unconventional approach. These days the artist pours, scrapes and sometimes brushes paint onto paper or canvas. He’s even developed a special technique to crackle his paintings, which he calls “craquelures,” by applying a “secret sauce” to his canvases. These will be on view along with Moses’ recent mirror paintings. In all, Moses sees painting as his way of making his mark on the world. As he told The Argonaut last year, “It’s all evidence of my activity,” like “leaving tracks in the mud.” A tactile quality has always resonated throughout Moses’ work. During the 1960s and ‘70s, his graphite tracings of a flower, based on a design from a Mexican oilcloth that he acquired in Tijuana, dominated his work and became known as the Rose Drawings, some of which are also on view for Moses@90. (Continued on page 20)

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Moses’ direct contact with paper was not only an anomaly, but an “anachronism” in 1960s Los Angeles, when neon, resin, glass, acrylic and florescent lights were the primary materials of the California Light and Space or Finish Fetish movement, explains LACMA curator Leslie Jones in an essay for the 2015 exhibition “Ed Moses: Drawings from the 1960s and ‘70s.” “While other artists were buffing and polishing to make pristine surfaces seemingly untouched by human hands or creating ethereal spaces through transparency and illumination,” writes Jones, “Moses was scribbling, cutting, stenciling and decorating bits of paper with graphite and colored pencils. … He proclaimed drawing’s viability as a medium of exploration and innovation, even at the most unlikely time and place, helping to establish drawing as a medium with a future as well as a past.” Bending boundaries and stretching space, Moses’ artwork is bound to stand the test of time, but even he doesn’t always know when his work is done. Sometimes, he says, a painting “squeals look at me!” and he knows he’s finished. Others can take a “lifetime” to complete. “My paintings are on an endless path,” says Moses. “There’s no beginning and no end. It’s a labyrinth.”

Ed Moses’ “Draw-Out,” one of the new works on display for Moses@90 Moses@90 opens from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the William Turner Gallery in Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave., E-1, Santa Monica. Call (310) 453-0909 or visit williamturnergallery.com. christina@argonautnews.com

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The picture-perfect Italian breakfast bread pudding and green salad combo with an egg, aged Gouda and bacon sandwich and a cup of very good coffee the accompanying peanuts, green onions, chili powder and smoked paprika. If the sprouts had been cooked a bit more to sweeten them, this might have worked better, but it still wasn’t

When our server noticed that we had only had a bite or two of the sprouts she offered to get something else, but my companion and I both had places to be. It was a nice gesture, and a sign

The bread pudding was a triumph — rough-cut bell peppers, onions, herbs and croutons baked into a savory egg custard. really a kung pao, which uses unsmoked dried chillies, garlic and vinegar to create a hotter, tangier base for the other flavors. Names create expectations, and this one was misleading. The other items on that visit were spot on, however — particularly the short rib braised to crispness and well paired in the panini with smoked gouda, arugula and a hint of mild horseradish. When my companion asked for the curried chicken salad without bread it was served atop some lettuce, and I think this should be offered as an option because it was excellent as well as quite pretty. This type of curried salad was a fad food in the 1970s that deserves a reevaluation, because when well-made it’s delightful.

the staff wants to please. My wife and I returned for brunch a few days later and ordered the Italian breakfast bread pudding and a breakfast sandwich with egg, aged Gouda and bacon. The bread pudding was a triumph — rough-cut bell peppers, onions, herbs and croutons baked into a savory egg custard. It was served with a green salad topped with chopped radish, and the pair of items on the plate was colorful and pretty enough for a magazine spread. The sandwich was unimpressive by contrast, a well-made thing by itself, but how much better and prettier it would have been with even a half-portion of that salad. Presentation matters

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Jonathan F. Macias Broker-Officer Macias Realty Group | 2101 Rosecrans Ave., # 3205 El Segundo, CA 90245 office@maciasrealtygroup.com | maciasrealtygroup.com | (310) 341-4664 The information contained herein has been obtained through sources deemed reliable but cannot be guaranteed as to its accuracy. Any information of special interest should be obtained through independent verification.

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“Experience the Santa Monica coastal skyline in this fully furnished and renovated penthouse,” say agents Solo Scott and Allen Sarlo. “Three large skylights and three balconies with glass doors fill this modern beach masterpiece with lots of natural light. White oak plank floors flow through the entire home, accentuating the modern beach vibe. This property includes a pool, a spa, and two full spaces in the private garage, as well as extra storage. This is an A-plus penthouse in an A-plus location!”

“This brand-new, Hamptons-inspired home offers an uncompromising living experience overlooking Silicon Beach,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Upon entry, a soaring two-story foyer and grand staircase offer an unforgettable first impression. The upper floor features a family room, generously sized bedrooms and a deck with views that reach to the Palisades. Boasting its own balcony, the master bedroom is a luxuriously serene oasis. Live close to Playa Vista in this sophisticated dream home.”

Solo Scott and Allen Sarlo, RE/MAX Estate Properties 424-203-1867, 310-714-5499

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“This highly renovated two-bed, two-bath home offers a flowing floor plan,” says agent Charles Lederman. “The modern kitchen opens directly to the great room. Enjoy a large patio that directly overlooks the Oxford Basin. The bedrooms are generously sized. The master bedroom features an en-suite bathroom which boasts a modern walkin shower. Features include hardwood floors throughout the living space and floor-to-ceiling windows that frame million dollar views.”

“This stunning two-story Westchester home offers five bedrooms and three bathrooms,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The great room is full of natural light and boasts hardwood floors. The spacious kitchen features an expansive breakfast bar. The dining room opens out to a park-like backyard that includes a large deck. Enjoy views from the balcony of the second-story master retreat. Central heat and air, skylights, a tankless water heater and other quality features abound in this impeccable home.”

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“This newly remodeled three-bed, two-bath home exudes a warm atmosphere,” say agents Bob Waldron and Jessica Heredia. “A tastefully appointed kitchen flows beautifully into the sun-drenched rear living room. The spacious master bedroom suite boasts soaring vaulted ceiling and a sliding door to the rear yard. This home is in an ideal location is convenient to LMU, Westchester park and golf course, restaurants, shopping and Playa Vista with the exciting new Runway center.”

“Exquisite style abounds in this one-of-a-kind Kentwood home,” say agents Kevin and Kaz Gallaher. “The stunning kitchen features a casual breakfast bar. The family room is highlighted by large glass doors that open to the backyard. The second story includes a stunning master suite with a spa-like bath with a soaking tub and separate shower. Three additional bedrooms, two more baths and a laundry room complete the floor plan, representing the pinnacle of California living that should not be missed!”

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Stephanie Younger Alice Plato

Teles Properties Coldwell Banker

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Teles Properties

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5/4.5 Brand new custom home, 3,772 sqft. 3/3 Special remodel on huge lot, pool+bonus rm 3/2 Impeccable newly remodeled Kentwood home 3/1.5 Fresh updates, excep. appeal, Nowell-built 3/2 Stylishly updated Westchester Home 5/6 Incomparable Kentwood luxury 5/3 Spacious Mid-Century in prime location 4/2 Freshly updated classic residence 3/2 Superior Westchester opportunity 4/4 Cape Cod meets Pacific, fabulous views 4/3 Kentwood classic on huge lot 4/3 Kentwood’s new contemporary urban jewel 2/2 Upgraded kitchen, amazing pool & spa 2/2 Stunning top floor condo w/tree top views

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Westchester Sun 2-5 7430 W. 88th Pl. Sun 2-5 6923 Arizona Ave. Sun 1:30-4 8322 Georgetown Ave. Sun 1:30-4 8460 Vicksburg Ave. Sun 2-5 7826 Hindry Ave. Sun 2-5 7324 Westlawn Ave. Sun 2-5 5975 W. 74th St. Sun 2-5 8335 Holy Cross Pl. Sun 2-5 6381 W. 80th Pl. Sun 2-5 7815 Nardian Way Sun 2-5 7947 McConnell Ave. Sun 2-5 6371 W. 85th St. Sun 1-4 8120 Glider Ave. Sun 1-5 7836 Flight Ave. #201

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crocodile. In my own twisted mind, I thought, “That’s fascinating, and if I make it St. Petersburg, Florida, and she’s playing golf, that certainly could be more amusing.” So that became a dark, odd, funny story. With an element of magical realism. Yes, absolutely. The earthy whimsicality of the stories and artwork had me contemplating the spirit of play. Do you think people have forgotten how to engage with that? I don’t know about that. All I know is that I love spending a lot of time in the world of creativity and play. In many ways, they overlap. I’m very fortunate in my life that I get to do that — that I get to work with wonderful actors and direct extraordinarily great television and get lost in those moments of storytelling creation, along with when I’m painting or sculpting, which to me is the greatest hiding place in the world. You get to go to this other part of you, which is what meditation is, I think, where you get to lose yourself and go beyond yourself and get in that world. It’s just a wonderful place to be.

Jack Bender makes art from happy accidents was 14, and I found the process of utilizing paintings — many of which I had already painted — and sculptures to tell stories with minimal words. Because although I’m a storyteller, and that’s what I do for a living as a director, I wouldn’t say that words are my tool. I’m much more of a visual storyteller.

“There’s this recurring theme in all these stories of people evolving into who they’re supposed to be in the world.” — Jack Bender

So I always had the desire to make another [book]. When I found, as you said, the serendipity of the junk in my yard that then turned into an elephant’s trunk that turned into an elephant who then said, “I am the elephant in the room,” I realized that that was going to be the title of the book. Which meant I needed a section where other animals I had painted had something to say to us about their lives and our lives. The other four stories came at different times. I’ve always had this Peter Pan obsession, and flying in my dreams is a big part of the landscape of my subconscious; thus the “Urban Acrobats.” Also, there’s this recurring theme in all these stories of people evolving into who they’re supposed to be in the world. … “Who We Are” is

probably the most personal, because probably I felt like that kid a lot growing up. I wondered what inspired those musician portraits, and whether you’re a jazz fan. I’ve always been obsessed with really dramatic, interesting faces. Some of those jazzman paintings I’d already done. Using those became a logical thing … because [jazz] really is just a metaphor for him finding what he loves, which we all need to do. The middle story, “My Wife Was Killed By an Alligator,” was taken from an article I read about a man somewhere in Nigeria, I believe; his wife was snatched into a river when she was doing the laundry, and eaten by the

You just spent the day scouting locations; was that for “Mr. Mercedes”? No, “Mr. Mercedes” we’re in the process of casting, but not actually making until the beginning of 2017. David Kelley and I are making it and we’ve got some extraordinary actors that we’re about to announce. In the meantime I’m doing this new show called “Falling Water” for USA. You’re mounting a gallery exhibit of some of the book’s paintings too. Yeah, it’s opening Thursday night (April 28) from 6 to 10 o’clock at 1320 Main Street gallery in Venice. It’ll be up for a few weeks and online. … I hope that the book takes people on a bit of a ride that hopefully reflects a bit of our crazy lives that we’re all living, and that they enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. Jack Bender reunites with fellow “Lost” alum Titus B. Welliver to discuss “I Am the Elephant in the Room” at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th St., Santa Monica. Free admission. Call (310) 576-9960 or visit dieselbookstore.com. April 28, 2016 THE ARGONAUT PAGE 31

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Interfaith Day and Salad Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. The Westchester United Methodist Women hold their 41st annual Interfaith Day and Salad Luncheon in the Sanctuary at Westchester United Methodist Church, 8065 Emerson Ave., Westchester. The program features Marsha Wietecha, radio host of “Born to Talk,” and a salad buffet luncheon at noon in the Fellowship Hall. $12 donation. (310) 670-3777

Mar Vista Senior Club, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The club meets each Friday for speakers, bingo, live entertainment, parties, trips and tours for people 50 and up. Mar Vista Recreation Center, 11430 Woodbine St., Mar Vista. (310) 351-9876 Samohi Orchestras Concert, 6:30 p.m. The Samohi Orchestras celebrate Director Hayao Miyazaki’s works with the American Premiere of “Howl’s Moving Castle,” composed by Joe Hisaishi, and “Spirited Away,” composed by Yumi Kimura. The concert also celebrates other fantastical places, including Narnia, Springfield, a toy box, Gotham and the United Federation of Planets. Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 600 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to $10. samohiorchestras.org

Coronary Artery Disease Program, 5 to 6 p.m. UCLA interventional cardiologist Olcay Aksoy discusses coronary artery disease prevention, myths and treatment options. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Auditorium, 1250 16th St., Santa Monica. RSVP: (800) 516-5323. Line Dancing Workshops, 5 to 8 p.m. Dance your way to fitness each Thursday during any of three line dancing workshops — a 5 to Photo by Matt Grashaw

Alex Nester grooves out at Harvelle’s. SEE THURSDAY. 5:45 p.m. class for beginners, a 6 to 6:45 p.m. intermediate class, and an advanced class from 7 to 8 p.m. Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey. $7 suggested donation. (310) 7264128; beaches.lacounty.gov “LACMA So Far” Book Signing, 7 p.m. A book signing and talk by Suzanne Muchnic, author of “LACMA So Far: Portrait of a Museum in the Making,” which recounts her experiences as an LA Times writer and LACMA’s rise to becoming the largest general art museum in the Western United States. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Alex Nester, 9 p.m. Nester blazes the stage with her unique retro ‘60s and 70s grooves and lyrics of love, faith and positivity — all influenced by her fight with cancer and struggles in today’s music business. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $5. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

George Kennedy Remembered: “The Dirty Dozen” and “Earthquake,” 7:30 p.m. The tribute to late actor George Kennedy continues with a double feature at The Aero, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $7 to $11. See the full list of George Kennedy screenings at americancinemathequecalendar.com Lucy Kaplansky, 8 p.m. The New York singer-songwriter brings a set list full of contemporary folk and alt-country to McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $24.50. (310) 828-4497; mccabes. com “All Prince Burlesque Set,” 9 p.m. Tonight it rains purple with the Bootleg Bombshells’ “All Prince Burlesque Set,” followed by DJ Shiva spinning classic and contemporary soul, funk and blues at 10 p.m. DJ Jedi takes over the upstairs bar at 10 p.m. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com “Monkey Business,” 8:15 p.m. Friday and 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday. The Marx Brothers stow away on a ship and find themselves

in the middle of a feud between gangsters in this 1931 comedy screening at Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $8 to $10 cash or check. (310) 322-2592; oldtownmusichall.org Jon Burton, 9 p.m. New music and blues covers at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Tribute to Amy Winehouse, 9:30 p.m. The 10-piece band Missus Jones covers ska, reggae, blues, jazz, funk and pop — all in the spirit of Amy Winehouse, with retro styling to their musical arrangements. Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com

The Aero remembers George Kennedy with screenings of “The Dirty Dozen,” “Earthquake,” and “The Naked Gun” trilogy. SEE FRIDAY & SATURDAY.

Saturday, April 30

a.m. Call the Pico Youth & Family Center at (310) 396-7101 or search “Venice Cinco del Mayo Parade” on Facebook for info.

Arts & Literary Festival, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Explore local art and literacy resources with fun activities and performances for people of all ages. Santa Monica’s Pico Branch Library, 2201 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8684; smpl.org Family Painting Workshop with ArtSpace, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open to students of all ages and their families, this workshop is not teacher-led but staff is available to offer guidance as participants paint whatever their hearts desire. Acrylic paints provided. Bring or purchase a canvas. ArtSpace, 419 Main Street, El Segundo. $15 per hour per person. RSVP required. (424) 277-1460; artspace-la.com Venice Cinco de Mayo Parade & Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A celebration of Mexican American heritage that promoted unity, peace and social justice returns to Venice after a 30-year hiatus. Enjoy mariachi, folklórico and Aztec danzante performances and taste authentic Mexican food from various vendors while exploring vendor booths and kids activities. A community parade begins at 10 a.m. at Ross Dress For Less (1400 Lincoln Blvd., Venice) and ends at Penmar Park (1341 Lake St., Venice) where the festival begins at 11

Concert by the Hollow Trees, 10:30 a.m. to noon. The Wake up with the Waves children’s concert series ends its 10th anniversary year today with interactive activities and a high-energy acoustic blend of bluegrass, country, folk, blues and jazz by the band The Hollow Trees. Santa Monica Pier Central Plaza, near Pier Burger. (310) 458-8901; wakeupwiththewaves.com Loyola Village Art Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Loyola Village Elementary School’s annual arts festival features art booths and vendors, raffles, a live DJ, an art show, live stage performances and more. Proceeds benefit the school’s arts enrichment programs. Loyola Village Elementary, 8821 Villanova Ave., Westchester. loyolavillageschool.com La Ballona Valley Bromeliad Society Plant Show, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Browse the plant sale, listen in on lectures and participate in plant demonstrations. Lectures happen at 2 p.m. both days. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4177 Overland Ave., Culver City. Free. (323) 294-9839. Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free outdoor reggae concert by Izmskzm. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com Santa Monica Oceanaires Spring Show, 2 p.m. The group’s 40th Anniversary Spring Show promises barbershop harmonies of popular favorites such as “Ghost Rider in the Sky,” “Home on the Range,” “Old Cape Cod” and multiple classic Disney songs. Paul Revere Middle School Auditorium, 1450 Allenford Ave., Brentwood. $15. (323) 247-SING; oceanaires.org

The Bootleg Bombshells burlesque troop makes it rain purple for Prince. SEE FRIDAY.

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AYSO Region 19 Las Vegas Night, 6 p.m. to midnight. Las Vegas meets Culver City with an evening of craps, blackjack and roulette with a cash bar, silent auction, raffles and dancing. Proceeds benefit the seven AYSO

Region 19 boys and girls soccer teams who were invited to the National Games in Florida. Culver City Elks Club, 11600 Washington Place, Culver City. $30 ticket includes casino play chips, appetizers and a raffle entry. (310) 386-2054; ayso19.com George Kennedy Remembered: “Naked Gun” Trilogy, 7:30 p.m. The tribute to late actor George Kennedy continues with a triple feature of “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” “Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear” and “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult” at The Aero, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $7 to $11. americancinemathequecalendar.com Kiki and The Band, 10 p.m. Live music at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Mission IMPROVable, 10 p.m. Each Saturday brings an unpredictable evening of high-energy improv comedy with audience interaction at M.i. Westside Comedy Theater, 1323 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica. 21 and over; $12. (310) 451-0850; westsidecomedy.com

Sunday, May 1 “Beethoven, Bagels & Banter,“ 11 a.m. This event curated by Robert Davidovici, winner of the Naumburg Competition and the Carnegie Hall International American Music Violin Competition, features performances by world-class artists, lively conversations and fresh bagels. The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com. Sandra Sandia, 11 a.m. Sandra Sandia’s music says dance. Hear songs from her new album, “Alegria,” an eclectic collection of instruments and grooves drawn from samba, bossa nova, cumbia, funk and axe. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica. $10; free for kids under 2. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

ArgonautNews.com simple seated-movement to develop balance and rhythm. Venice-Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 501 S. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 439-9445; lapl.org/branches/venice

Jack Bender Book Singing, 3 p.m. Jack Bender discusses and signs his new children’s book for adults, “The Elephant in the Room.” Actor Titus B. Welliver of the television series “Bosch” joins in on the conversation. Diesel: A Bookstore, 225 26th St., Santa Monica. dieselbookstore.com

NAMI Peer-led Family Support Group, 6:30 p.m. The National Alliance on Mental Illness’ Westchester Family Support Group of the South Bay offers a free monthly confidential support session for families dealing with mental illness in their homes. Visitation Parish Center, 2nd floor, 6561 W. 88th St. Westchester. namisouthbay. com

First Sunday Open Reading, 5 p.m. The mic is yours. Bare it all. Signups begin at 4:45 p.m. at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice. Free. beyondbaroque.org Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’ Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com

Mar Vista Laughter Club, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Each Monday night, laugh away your stress, boost your immune system and make new friends in a laugher yoga session led by Kim Selbert at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 11555 National Blvd., West L.A. (310) 849-4642

Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Experience live jazz with a full bar and dinner service at Typhoon Restaurant, 3221 Donald Douglas Loop, Santa Monica. $10. typhoon.biz

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Music by the Sea, 2 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a free R&B concert by Shades. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. visitmarinadelrey.com

Tuesday, May 3 Gateway to Go Food Trucks, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rotating lineup of the city’s best food trucks gathers each Tuesday at Crowne Plaza LAX, 5985 W. Century Blvd., Westchester. Park and enter on 98th Street. gatewaytola.org Playa Vista Teen Coding Club, 4 p.m. A space for people age 12 to 18 to explore interests in technology, computers and coding. Each week at the Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/branches/ playa-vista

The Parallax Art Fair showcases paintings, drawings, sculpture, jewelry, textiles and crafts for sale by local and international artists. SEE GALLERIES & MUSEUMS. Wednesdays at the YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Ave., Westchester. $10 donation per semester. (310) 397-3967 Toastmasters Speakers by the Sea, 11 a.m. to noon. Learn to overcome your public presentation nerves at this weekly meeting. Pregerson Technical Facility, Room 230A, 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (424) 625-3131

The Hollow Trees close out the Wake up with the Waves children’s concert series with a high-energy acoustic blend of bluegrass, country, folk, blues and jazz. SEE SATURDAY. The Toledo Show, 9:30 p.m. This long-running cabaret show continues to shake up Sunday nights at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Santa Monica. $10 plus a two-drink minimum. (310) 395-1676; santamonica.harvelles.com Vida featuring DJ Creepy and friends, 9:30 to 11:45 p.m. Ambient and dance music light up the evening’s soundscape at Melody Bar & Grill each Sunday. 9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Westchester. (310) 670-1994; melodylax.com

Monday, May 2 Coffee and Create, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Start your morning with creative art exercises at ArtSpace, 419 Main St., El Segundo. $25 includes art supplies and coffee. (424) 277-1460; art-space-la.com Seated Breath Meditation with Naam Yoga, 10:15 a.m. Mondays. The focus of this weekly class is breath, mudras (hand seals) and

Free Zumba Class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. A combo of fun and fitness led by Cammie Richardson at the Dockweiler Youth Center, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey. (310) 726-4128; beacheslacounty.gov Comics on the Spot, 7 p.m. This weekly standup comedy event begins with an open mic before the pros take the stage at 7:45 p.m. at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. No cover. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com SCAQ Swim Workouts, 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Southern California Aquatics welcomes swimmers of all abilities for one-hour themed sessions. First-time attendees are eligible for a free week and a videotaped swim evaluation. Santa Monica Swim Center, Santa Monica College, 2225 16th St., Santa Monica. Learn more at (310) 390-SWIM or swim.net.

Gourmet Food Truck Night, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each Tuesday night, diverse tent vendors and gourmet food trucks take over the California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main St., Santa Monica. This week’s lineup includes Bool bBQ, SLAMMIN SLIDERS, The Grilled Cheese Truck, Chancho’s Tacos, Poke 2 Go and Tender Grill Gourmet Brazilian Kitchen. (310) 392-8537; californiaheritagemuseum.org

Wednesday, May 4 Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections in your community each Wednesday at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for breakfast reservations; or for more information call John Marcato at (310) 740-6469 or Michael Warren at (310) 343-5721. Westchester Life Story Writing Group, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memoir-writing workshop meets

“A Matter of Balance – Managing Concerns About Falls,” 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through June 22. Westside Pacific Villages and Partners in Care Foundation present a series of classes about how to control falls, stay safe and become more active for a full range of increased strength, balance and flexibility. Covenant Presbyterian Church, Westminster Hall, 6323 W. 80th St., Westchester. Free. RVSP to WPV at (310) 695-7030. Playa Vista Chess Club, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Students of all abilities in grades 1 to 6 learn strategies from chess expert Ben Eubanks each Wednesday. Playa Vista Branch Library, 6400 Playa Vista Drive, Playa Vista. (310) 437-6680; lapl.org/branches/ playa-vista Unkle Monkey, 6 to 9 p.m. Acoustic soft rock and island music each Wednesday at The Warehouse, 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 823-5451; mdrwarehouse.com NAMI Family-to-Family Program, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through May 25. Sponsored by National Alliance on Mental Illness, this 12-week course is for adult family members and caregivers to learn important strategies and information about caring for loved ones who live with mental illnesses. Visitation School, 8740 S. Emerson Ave., Westchester. Free. (310) 892-8046; pstans5@aol.com Disney Story Artist George Scribner, 7 p.m. The Pacific Art Guild hosts a demonstration and talk by George Scribner, a Disney animation

concept and story artist for “The Lion King,” “Fantasia 2000” and “Dinosaur.” His recent commission by the Republic of Panama invites him to paint large-scale paintings of the Panama Canal. Westchester Civic Center, Community Room, 7166 W. Manchester Ave., Westchester. (310) 322-5059.

Thursday, May 5 Wake Up America: National Day of Prayer, 8 a.m. The annual public observance of the National Day of Prayer in Santa Monica happens at the Tongva Park Amphitheater, 1615 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Prayers will be offered for community and national leaders, the armed forces, family, personal renewal and churches and ministry organizations. (310) 365-8219. “Beach Eats,” 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. The weekly festival of food trucks with the scenic backdrop of Marina del Rey harbor returns to Mother’s Beach, Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 305-9545; marinadelrey. lacounty.gov; lotmom.com/ beacheats HARK 10th Anniversary, 5 to 10 p.m. The art nonprofit serving youth with serious illnesses at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles celebrates its anniversary at Upper West Restaurant with Mexican food and Cinco de Mayo-inspired activities, raffles and art by the organization’s youth. Proceeds benefit HARK. 3321 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. upperwest.com; healingartsreachingkids.org

Galleries & Museums Parallax Art Fair, noon to 6 p.m. Saturday (April 30), noon to 5 p.m. Sunday (May 1); Friday show sold out. This London-born artist and designer fair showcases paintings, drawings, sculpture, jewelry, textiles and crafts by local and international artists—all for sale at wholesale studio prices. Venice Arts, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. Tickets are free while they last at parallaxaf. com/LATickets.html. Keisho Okayama “Recent Work,” opening reception 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Soulful, meditative paintings about the human condition, the influence of nature’s power and universal spirituality. FIG Gallery, Bergamot Station G6, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. figgallery.com “Moses@90,” opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 30. An expansive survey of Ed Moses’ innovations in painting and works on paper over the last 60 years — in(Continued on page 34)

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cluding never before seen paintings — to honor his 90th birthday. William Turner Gallery, E-1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. “Preoccupied,” noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays through May 7. Seniors from LMU’s Art department show work exploring issues of femininity, family and the body at the Thomas P. Kelly Jr. Art Gallery at LMU, 1 LMU Drive, Westchester. (310) 338-5189 “Fresh Faces,” through May 13. Saatchi Art curators Katherine Henning and Jessica McQueen present the recent portraiture work of 14 Los Angeles-based artists. Saatchi Art, 1655 26th St., Santa Monica. saatchiart.com “Back to the Beach,” through May 14. Marina del Rey-based architect and artist Dan Janotta shares paintings of the Los Angeles coastline, including Marina del Rey, Venice and Santa Monica. TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station #D3, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. taggallery.net “Performing the Grid,” through May 15. Curated by Otis College’s Director of Galleries and Exhibitions Kate McNamara, the exhibition brings

together an intergenerational group of artists and cultural producers that use the grid as a strategy to navigate philosophical, political, social, domestic, corporeal, mythical and ideological perspectives. Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Westchester. otis.edu/ben-maltzgallery “Circa Trilogy,” through May 28. Conceptual artist Mary Kelly’s new project addresses how the events of 1968 shaped history. Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 6006 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (310) 837-2117; vielmetter.com “VIRAL: 25 Years from Rodney King,” through June 4. Artist Daryl Elaine Wells, founder of ArtResponders, partners with SPARC ART to present an interactive multimedia timeline of cases, causes, insights and developments over the 25 years since the Rodney King beating. SPARC, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. sparcinla.org Sebastião Salgado, through June 11. A large-scale exhibition of some 70 prints by the internationally renowned Brazilian photographer covers more than three decades of powerful imagery in a retrospective context. Peter Fetterman Gallery,

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On Stage – The week in local theater c o m p i l e d b y C h r i s t i n a ca m p o d o n i c o

Lost in Translation: “The Foreigner” @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre Secrets are spilled when “Froggy” LeSeuer, a British demolition expert, brings a pathologically shy young man named Charlie to a fishing lodge in rural Georgia. “Froggy” tells his fellow vacationers that Charlie is a foreigner who speaks no English, but in reality, he’s all-ears. Opens Saturday, April 30, and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through May 22 at Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20 to $23. (310) 828-7519; morgan-wixson.org One-Act Wonders: “9 at 8” @ The Electric Lodge Safehouse presents “9 at 8,” a collection of one-acts where the only thing that ties the 9 pieces together is the minimally dressed stage. Each story tells its own unique tale, some comedic, some dramatic and some with song. The show raises funds for The Office, a communal workspace for screenwriters, novelists and journalists in Santa Monica. This week only: 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (April 28-30) at The Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Ave., Venice. $19.89. (310) 3061854; electriclodge.org American Shakespeare: “As You Like It” @ Miles Memorial Playhouse The Colonials, a Santa Monica-based company dedicated to producing Shakespeare on the Westside with few frills and an American sensibility, takes on the classic comedy about a cross-dressing noblewoman. Opens Thursday, April 28, and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through May 15 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $10 to $20. (310) 804-6745; theatreforsmallspace.com Topsy-Turvy Shakespeare: “Othello/Desdemona” @ City Garage The third installment of City Garage’s three-part series on Shakespeare in the digital age, Charles A. Duncombe’s reinterpretation of “Othello” casts the loyal civic servant of the Venetian state as a man who experiments with

terrified of change. Searching for her own identity, the hero’s wife discovers a dark side to herself. Both must face the unknowns in each other. Continues at 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3:30 p.m. Sundays through May 15 at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $30. (310) 315-1459; highwaysperformancespace.org

RJ Jones and Kenzie Kilroy play opposite each other in City Garage’s “Othello/Desdemona” self-identifying as white. Desdemona is a spoiled brat who longs for fame, Iago hovers like a “punk-rock bird of prey” and Emilia is a sassy transgender. Continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 29. $20 to $25, or pay what you can at the door on Sundays. Bergamot Station Arts Center, Building T1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org American Tragedy: “A Touch of the Poet” @ Pacific Resident Theatre This rarely produced Eugene O’Neil Play centers on the dispossessed life of Major Cornelius (“Con”) Melody, who puts on lordly airs to relive his glory days while his hardworking wife and daughter struggle to keep their tavern business alive in 19th-century Massachusetts. Continues at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 8 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $15. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com The Tragic Windfall: “A Gambler’s Guide to Dying” @ Ruskin Group Theatre A boy’s grandfather wins a fortune on the 1966 World Cup but gambles it all on living to see the year 2000 after he’s diagnosed with cancer. Closing soon. Last shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday (April 29 and 30) at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (310) 397-3244; ruskingrouptheatre.com

Weird Beckett: “Endgame” @ Kirk Douglas Theatre The end is near for Hamm, Clov, Nagg and Nell, a family of dumpster dwellers wrestling with the repetitious and monotonous nature of life in a post-apocalyptic world. Things couldn’t get any more absurd — or existential — in this classic Beckett play. Now playing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays through May 22 at Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. $25 to $55. (213) 628-2772; center-theatregroup.org Soliloquies by the Sea: “Second Skin” @ Santa Monica Beach Performed in three monologues on Santa Monica beach, Kristin Idaszak’s award-winning play explores the fraught relationship between Quinn and her estranged dying mother, the haunting nature of Irish bedtime stories and how one mistake can ripple through generations. Continues at 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Sundays through May 15 at Santa Monica Beach Lot 8, 810 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica. $10 to $20. thewest.la Super Drama: “The Superhero and His Charming Wife” @ Highways Performance Space A career Superhero’s life turns upside-down when his wife develops the surprising ability to transform into other women. Devoted to security and order, the hero discovers that he is

A Not-So-Scary Snow White: “Snow White” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Based on the original fairytale, this musical fantasy follows Snow White as she journeys to find herself, her mother and her destiny with the help of seven silly companions — sans an evil stepmother, villainous poisons or shadowy forests. Continues at 2 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. Sundays through June 26 at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $12.50 to $15. (310) 3949779 ext. 2; santamonicaplayhouse.com Generation Gap: “Autumn and Winter” @ Pacific Resident Theatre Translated from Swedish, this play by Lars Noren about the relationship between an older couple and their two adult daughters makes its U.S. debut. Continues at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through May 15 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $34. (310) 8228392; pacificresidenttheatre.org Zoology on Stage: “Carnival of the Animals” @ The Broad Stage Australian circus troupe Circa brings a whimsical tale of jug-

gling zebras, somersaulting kangaroos and dancing elephants to life in an acrobatic mashup of light, bodies and sound set to the music of French romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Four performances only: 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday (April 28 and 29) and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday (April 30) at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St. Santa Monica. $20 to $55. (310) 434-3200; thebroadstage.com Family Feud: “Dinner at Home Between Deaths” @ Odyssey Theatre Fiona knows something is wrong when workaholic husband Sean announces that they’re going on vacation, but it’s not until her sister Kat arrives on the scene that the truth fully emerges in this dark comic thriller examining the American Dream and identity in the face of changing social mores. Continues at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through May 8 at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $30. (323) 960-4429; plays411.net Moulin Rouge-y: “A Night at the Black Cat Cabaret” @ Edgemar Center for the Arts Set in 1943 Paris, soldiers, smugglers and society’s elite all try to escape the war by dancing and drinking at the Black Cat Cabaret. Continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 25 at Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2437 Main St., Santa Monica. $35 to $45. (310) 392-7327; edgemar.org

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Bergamot Station A1, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 453-6463; peterfetterman.com “Space, Scape and Scope,” through June 12. Featured works by Anne Troutman, Sheila Pinkel and Bruria Finkel explore the use of digital photography in investigating time,

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By Christina Campodonico Peter Manning Robinson’s house is a temple to two things — music and Asian art. A reclining Buddha rests on its side near a black grand piano. A Japanese Taiko drum sits just off the kitchen, while water gushes from a Buddha head in the garden outside. A stringed instrument on spindly wooden legs — reminiscent of a Chinese guzheng — hides behind the front door. Robinson, an Emmy-winning composer and pianist, estimates that he has hundreds of antique Asian instruments like these in his collection. When asked how he finds them, the musician is a little cryptic. “These things find me. I don’t look anymore,” he says. But one thing Robinson continues to pursue is his quest to make new and never-before-heard sounds. He unveils his latest creation — the refractor piano — at a free concert at Bergamot Station Arts Center on April 28. In case you’re wondering what a refractor piano is: It’s a computer whose software is hooked up to a piano. Robinson manipulates foot pedals, a small panel of buttons and knobs, and the piano itself to control the software, allowing him to modify in real time how the piano’s acoustic sounds are refracted or morphed by the computer. Two speakers project the resulting sounds, which sound truly out of this world. When Robinson plays the instrument a whole new musical universe is born. The piano’s tinkling notes and vibrating strings sound as if they’re bursting from stars, ricocheting through black holes, cascading through time warps and drifting through space. By the time a song finishes you feel as if you’ve just gone to another galaxy and back. More remarkable is that Robinson generates these fantastical sounds live, without the use of pre-recorded tracks, triggered samples, overdubbing, external sounds or MIDI instruments. “Instead of something wholly derived

Emmy-winning composer Peter Manning Robinson says his refractor piano “like me, has a mind of its own.” from digital zeroes and ones, you have something that’s derived from metal and wood and ivory,” says Robinson, who literally turns into a one-man band when

technical details, but he explains it like this, pointing to plant in a round glass vase filled with water on his kitchen counter.

“You don’t have any rules for creating something wholly original.” — Peter Manning Robinson

he fires up the refractor, playing composer, conductor, improviser, pianist and computer programmer all at once. “It’s really like having a big orchestra of me’s,” he says. But how exactly does the refractor piano work? Robinson is reticent to go into the

“In science, refraction occurs when you take a wave, such as light or sound, and you pass it through some kind of a prism so the wave gets bent or morphed, but when you look at it through this prism, it’s changed,” says Robinson. “In the same way, if I was to take this plant and put it into a larger cylindrical glass bowl

Peter Manning Robinson performs on his refractor piano at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in the Writers Bootcamp at Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave., Bldg. I, Santa Monica. Tickets are free, but RVSP to refractorpianoconcert@gmail.com. christina@argonautnews.com

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The extensive exhibit features original movie costumes and posters, dolls, personal clothing, photos, memorabilia and much more in tribute to the Santa Monica-born star. Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th St., Santa Monica. santamonicahistory.org

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… the plant is the same plant, but when you look at it through the bowl it’s now morphed. So that’s kind of the idea behind this.” Even then, playing the refractor piano isn’t an exact science. “The refractor, like me, has a mind of its own. You think you’re zigging, but you’re zagging.” Just like the waves of sound winding through his refractor, Robinson is more interested in bending the barriers between musical genres such as classical and jazz, electronic and EDM, than abiding by them. “All these tribes have sort of their own rules. My whole thing is that, ‘No, you don’t have any rules for creating something wholly original,’” says Robinson. “That’s one of the precepts I use when I’m creating my music. I adhere to no one in terms of what should or shouldn’t be done.” So creating an entirely new instrument and genre of music wasn’t ever really a question of “if,” but “when” for Robinson, who started playing the piano at age 3 and touring with jazz groups at 12. He went on to work in the entertainment industry, composing music for film and TV shows such as “Without a Trace,” but he walked away from the show when he realized that he wasn’t making the kind of music that made his spirit soar. “I’m put on the planet to make my music,” says Robinson with deep conviction. He adds that you have to have a “liberated spirit” to play the refractor piano. When he does, it looks like he’s finally found his bliss.

Works of Art Sims,” through July 25. Playa del Rey’s Art Sims designs movie posters with immediate impact, including most of the films that Spike Lee has directed. See a retrospective of his work at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum, 4130 Overland Ave., Culver City. (310) 202-1647; claytonmuseum.org

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Opera with an Ocean View Stefano Milani sings at the Marina del Rey Marriott From singing for Pope Benedict XVI in Rome to belting out Handel’s Messiah in Cuba, tenor Stefano Milani has traveled the world on the strength of his voice. The globetrotting opera singer makes his Los Angeles-area debut this weekend with “Stefano Milani Sings,” a musical program benefitting the L.A. Mission and Children of the Night. He’ll be bringing out his big voice for five rooftop performances in the Bayview Concert Hall atop the Marina del Rey Marriott Hotel. He’ll sing and discuss famous arias from “La Traviata,” “Pagliacci,” “Rigoletto,” and “Tosca,” as well as Neapolitan favorites like “O Sole Mio” (“My Sunshine”), “Con Te Patriro” (“Time to Say Goodbye”), “Mamma Son Tante Felice” (“Momma”) and “Willkommen” from “Cabaret.” Before hitting the road — or the waves, rather — for his show “Passions of a Tenor” on Carnival Cruise’s The Diadema, Stefano was a 12-year veteran with the La Scala Opera in Milan and performed all over Europe, from Naples to Madrid. So now’s your chance while he’s in town! — Christina Campodonico

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‘A Sea Shore Memoir’ and Other Stories Maryjane, Joan Del Monte and Rita Friedman tell their tales in Marina del Rey Some people become so involved in the fabric of a neighborhood that they eventually become part of what defines its sense of place. So goes the tale of Maryjane, a single mom with the soul of an artist who showed up in Venice sometime around the Summer of Love and has since earned the right to go by only one name. For Venice’s 2005 centennial, Maryjane published “A Sea Shore Memoir” — a 250-page collection of memories, illustrations, photographs and poetry that relates the history of Venice as she experienced it. On Saturday, Maryjane joins two other Venice women involved in her Theatre Faire workshop at Pacific Resident Theatre for a special reading event at the Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library. Joan Del Monte — a fixture of Venice in her own right — operated a vintage clothing shop on Abbot Kinney Boulevard decades before it was even called Abbot Kinney Boulevard. She’s penned four mystery novels and is currently at work on a pictorial of notable Venice locals.

Maryjane in the late 1960s, wearing a white linen garden dress she purchased from Joan Del Monte’s vintage shop in 1967 Rita Friedman, meanwhile, reads from tales of her youth chasing the dream of musical theater and crisscrossing the country in the 1970s. — Joe Piasecki Maryjane, Joan Del Monte and Rita Friedman read at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, in the Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free. Call (310) 8212415 for info.

Architecture on Parade The Venice Design Series returns with neighborhood tours and a moveable feast Support efforts to help the homeless while exploring some of the L.A. area’s most impressive homes during the Venice Design Series, a series of architecture-themed fundraisers to benefit the nonprofit Venice Community Housing Corporation. Proceeds from each of the six events over the next four weekends help fund case management and housing supports for homeless families as well as the VHC’s youth programs. The Venice Design Series kicks off Saturday, April 30, with tours of historically significant downtown Los Angeles buildings and three new lofts in the Arts District. The agenda for May 7 features two events — a morning walking tour of mid-century homes in Sullivan Canyon and a “moveable feast” set in four designer-built homes on Appleton Way in Venice. The series tours South Los Angeles on May 14, throws a dinner party at the top of Saddle Peak on May 15 and wraps on May 21 with a party at a 1925 Pacific Palisades home with sweeping views of Santa Monica Canyon. — Joe Piasecki Tickets for each event start at $500. For more information, visit venicedesignseries.org.

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Carmona and Jordyn Barratt, and skateboarding greats Lonnie Hiramoto, Jim Gray and Steve Steadham will be signing autographs in the VIP tent. You can also get a peek of the pros doing demos in the big bowl. Women’s skateboarding pioneer and author Patty Segovia will also be on hand to sign copies of her book “All Girl Skate Jam,” while DJ Carissa Caparas (aka KRZA) will spin beats throughout the day. — Christina Campodonico The Venice Springtime Ladies Skate Jam happens from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Venice Skate Park, 1800 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. Call (310) 399-2775 or visit veniceskatepark.com.

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legal advertising FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016081744 The following person is doing business as: MB Wine Consulting 3754 Mountain View Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Manuel Bronson 3754 Mountain View Ave. 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: Manuel Bronson. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 4, 2016. Argonaut published: April 28, May 5, 12, and 19, 2016. 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. 2016082410 The following person is doing business as: Robosmartz, Robosmarts, and Nikkiís Uniques 121 Outrigger Mall Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Funsten Asset Management Company 121 Outrigger Mall Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. This business is conducted by 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: Kenneth B. Funsten. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 5, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2016. 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. 2016082430 The following person is doing business as: Sacro Paradisi Design 3504 Rosewood Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered

owners: Alyssa Maria Moffitt 354 Rosewood Ave. 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: Alyssa Maria Moffitt. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 5, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 2 and 28, 2016. 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. 2016082444 The following person is doing business as: Reliant Health Consulting 4712 Admiralty Way Suite 471 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Katherine Conway 3109 TYale Ave. 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: Katherine Conway. Title: President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 5, 2016. Argonaut published: April 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2016. 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. 2016082993 The following person is doing business as: Pass Properties 8055 W. Manchester Ave. #715 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. Registered owners: Herman Pass 8055 W. Manchester Ave. #715 Playa del Rey, CA. 90293. This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above

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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: Herman Pass. Title: Self. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 6, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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).

false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). Registrant Signature/Name: Julio Andres Pereira Osorio. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 8, 2016. Argonaut published: April 28, May 5, 12, and 19, 2016. 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).

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FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016086034 The following person is doing business as: CLIMB 12811 Matteson Avenue Suite 8 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: California Life is Mountain And Beaches LLC 12811 Matteson Avenue Suite 8 Los Angeles, CA. 90066. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability 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: Kathi Calef. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 8, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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. 2016086307 The following person is doing business as: Grout Work LA 3972 Minerva Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered Owners: Julio Andres Pereira Osorio 3972 Minerva Ave. Los ¡ngeles, 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

FiCTiTiOUS BUSiNESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016087020 The following person is doing business as: HKM Publisher Services 12725 Milton St. Los Angeles, CA. 90066. Registered owners: Henry Kornman 12725 Milton St. 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: Henry Kornman. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 11, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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. 2016087055 The following person is doing business as: Dariush Diba Design 17340 Burbank Blvd. 106 Encino, CA. 91316. Registered owners: Seyed Fariborz Ahmadi 13636 Ventura Blvd. 153 Sherman Oaks, CA. 91423. 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: Seyed Fariborz Ahmadi. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 11, 2016.

Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 2016. 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. 2016100799 The following person is doing business as: By The Sea-Light, Space, Design 4 Yawl Street Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Registered owners: Carol Doumani 4 Yawl Street 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: Carol Doumani. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: April 25, 2016. Argonaut published: April 28, May 5, 12, and 19, 2016. 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). Summons Case Number 072964 NOTiCE TO RESPONDENT: James C. Duff. Petitioner’s name is: Brigitte R. Duff You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a RESPONSE (form FL-130) at court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courts.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca. org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE ñ RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California

by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are (el nombre y direccion de la corte son): Civil and Family Law Court House 3055 Cleveland Avenue Snata Rosa, CA. 95403. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direccion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Brigitte R. Duff 8371 Windmill Farms Drive Cotati, CA. 94931, 707-291-0591 STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICEACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com or call Covered California at 1-800-3001506.WARNING – IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division or property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.Published: The Argonaut 04/14/16, 04/21/16, 04/28/16, 05/05/16

SUMMONS (Family law) CiTATiON Fl-110 NOTiCE TO RESPONDENT (Name) Ricky Payne: You have been sued. Read the Information below and on the next page Petitioner’s name is : Catherine Ann Patterson. Case Number: YD066342. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form- FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may-make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/seIfhelp). at the California Legal Services -website (www. lawhelpca.org). or by contacting your -local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Los Angeles County Superior Court 825 Maple Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90503. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Lovette T. Mioni, Esq. 4640 Admiralty Way Suite 500 Marina del Rey, CA. 90292. Sheri R. Carter, Executive Officer Clerk, Y. Husen, Deputy Date: March 6, 2016. FL-100 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: Barbara Stokes 3416 Chesapeake Ave. Los Angeles, CA. 90016 USA STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3.transfering, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICEACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com or call Covered California at 1-800-3001506. WARNING ñ IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division or property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partner-

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LEGAL ADVERTISING ship or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. MS011977 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of Sharon Elizabeth Romero, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Sharon Elizabeth Romero filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Sharon Elizabeth Romero to Sharaih ñOnaiis Elizabeth Molyneux to 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: May 2, 2016. Time: 8:30AM. Dept.: A-11 Room: n/a. The address of the court is 42011 4th Street West Lancaster, CA. 93534 . 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 2, 2016. Lisa M. Chung, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 04/07/16, 04/14/16, 04/21/16 and 04/28/16 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. SS028639 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of Luiza-Jo Vanda, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Luiza-Jo Vanda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Luiza-Jo Vanda to Jody Vanda 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: 05/27/16. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K Room: A203. The address of the court is 1725 main Street Santa Monica, CA. 90401. 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 29, 2016. Gerald Rosenberg, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut 04/07/16, 04/14/2016, 04/21/2016, 04/28/2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2016077458 The following person is doing business as: HP Stationers 1223 Wilshire Blvd. #871 Santa Monica, Ca. 90403-5400. Registered owners: Andras Petrovics 427 Montana Ave. #10 Santa Monica, CA. 90403. 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: Andras Petrovics. Title: Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on: March 30, 2016. Argonaut published: April 14, 21, 28, 2016. 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).

of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. The name and address of the court are (el nombre y direccion de la corte son): San Bernardino County Superior Court 351 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA. 924150210. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direccion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Igara Uche Nmecha P.O. Box 881002 Los Angeles, CA. 90009, 310902-2615. Date Jan. 08, 2016 Clerk, by Pauline Rodriguez, Deputy. STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. Removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasicommunity, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party. You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs. NOTICE-ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com or call Covered California at 1-800300-1506. WARNING – IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division or property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property. Published: The Argonaut 04/28/16, 05/05/16, 05/12/16 and 05/19/16

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