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FILM FESTIVAL

MUSEUMS

GARDENS

Screenings in honor of a pop artist and activist kick off 100th-year celebration.

Art pops at a new exhibit opened at the Marciano Art Foundation.

Watch a meteor shower, dine and more at Descanso Gardens this month.

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Miracle Mile | $2,950,000 Beautiful 2 sty home on prime block w/over 10,000 sf lot. 5beds, 4.5bas+maids. SOLD

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Conservation starts with a story — Hollywood craftsman had one in 1940

Telling the stories of Los Angeles through preservation of its buildings is often hard work.

There are the formal processes: Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) guidelines and the people to implement them, nomination of individual buildings (CBS Television City and the Musician’s Union, most recently) to the Cultural Heritage Commission. Many committed people throughout the city are involved: interested property owners, neighborhood activists, real estate developers, nonprofits like Hollywood Heritage and the Los Angeles Conservancy, city staff of the Office of Historic Resources and elected officials.

Despite formalized criteria, the significance of an individual property often seems, like beauty, to be in the eye of the beholder. One story does not always resonate with everyone.

That is the wonder of historic preservation in Los Angeles: there’s an amazing and diverse population of stories to capture.

Every person I’ve known who is attracted to the effort (cause?) starts from a different perspective. It’s often extremely individual and personal (“I want to save my family’s house;” “I want to be sure all of Paul Williams’ architecture is recognized;” “My father worked in this industry for

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Christy McAvoy years;” “We need to be able to understand how the city was built and who lived here.”)

So it starts with the idea of the place: what story do I want to tell? What tools do I have to tell the story? What is the wider thematic history with which the property is associated?

In my opinion, the research and the crafting of the story has always been the fun part. Interviews, looking at historic photographs and maps, finding the article in the appropriate periodical, consulting with the scholar in the field, and walking through the building to see how it was crafted are all things I find compelling. But I know that those pursuits are not for everyone.

While there are lots of people like me who do like the digging, others just like to view the finished product. That’s why we try so hard to create other experiences for the public to learn about and enjoy our city: walking tours, guide books, blogs, lecture series,

Ali Jack Windsor Square Native

PRESIDENT of Williams Art Conservation and a board member of Hollywood Heritage, Donna Williams is in the process of cleaning and conserving “Hollywood.”

social media, museum exhibits, movies, themed events devoted to particular places.

The list is long and varied, but the goal is the same: find a way for people to enjoy spending time in historic places.

“Hollywood” in miniature In 1940, Joe Pellkofer had a story he wanted to tell. The owner of the Superior Cabinet Company and his 25 artists and craftsmen knew Hollywood thoroughly, and he thought that in addition to people who were able to see Hollywood for themselves as tourists and residents, others might wish to see a three-dimensional version of a landscape they had grown

familiar with through the movies and travel brochures. He began to create “Hollywood” in miniature, a scale model of its streets and buildings on a platform 11 feet by 12 feet. He surrounded the 45 main “blocks” (over 450 buildings) from Melrose to the hills and La Brea to Gower with a “cyclodrama mural” of the Hollywood Hills.

The effort took four years.

Every elevation of the buildings was photographed for detail and scale. Municipal maps were used to obtain street directions and alignments. He spent almost $50,000 on photos alone.

Completed in late 1945, the

model made its official debut in Hollywood on Jan. 4, 1946, to glowing reviews. “Just plain remarkable,” Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons wrote. Her counterpart, Hedda Hopper, said the exhibit was “destined to create a sensation… breathtaking and truly amazing.” The exhibit traveled from 1946 to 1948. Pellkofer began to tour the country with his creation, exhibiting it at World Fairs and other venues.

And then it disappeared into his barn in La Habra for decades.

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HOLLYWOOD in miniature includes 450 buildings and is on view at Hollywood Heritage by appointment.

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(Continued from page 2) on Hollywood Boulevard. The miniature had not been seen publicly since 1948. Then it went on display at the former Hollywood Entertainment Museum. It’s been in storage for more than two decades.

Hollywood Heritage acquired “Hollywood” and another miniature, the “Paramount Studios Lot,” recently.

The “Hollywood” model includes diminutive versions of CBS Columbia Square, the NBC facility at Vine and Sunset, the Pantages Theatre Building, the Hollywood Brown Derby, and the Castle Argyle Apartments, among many others. It is hand-

made, constructed of wood, paper, plastic and plaster with faux finishes depicting wood, brick, ceramic tiles and plaster.

Donna Williams, president of Williams Art Conservation Inc. and a board member of Hollywood Heritage, is in the process of cleaning and conserving these treasures. The display is housed in Hollywood Heritage’s “De Longpre Annex,” a storefront that was donated by Robertson Properties Group in a deal brokered by the Hollywood Property Owners Alliance, headed by Windsor Square resident Kerry Morrison.

To arrange an appointment to see this astounding achievement, contact Hollywood Heritage at 323-874-4005.

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LIBRARY CALENDAR Tai chi, tango memoir author at Memorial Library Hear an author talk by a world-traveled dance instructor and stretch into yoga and tai chi at Memorial Library, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd.

Hear tango instructor Cherie Magnus, author of “The Church of Tango” and “Arabesque,” speak on her experi-

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ences as a dancer both in Los Angeles and abroad Wed., Aug. 15 at 4 p.m. The talk will cover her books and self-publishing, as well as her life in France, Mexico and Argentina. Cherie was also a dance research librarian at the Los Angeles Central Library and a dance

critic for local newspapers.

Stretch with yoga, or learn the graceful exercise of tai chi on Fridays at 10 a.m. Bring your own mat and wear comfortable clothing and shoes. The free class is sponsored by Body & Brain.

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WILSHIRE LIBRARY sports new plants after its makeover.

Ice cream social, garden party at Wilshire Enjoy ice cream and celebrate the revitalization of the Wilshire Library garden at 149 N. St. Andrews Pl., Sat., Aug. 4 at 3 p.m.

To thank the volunteers and donors who helped refurbish the garden, the Friends of the

Free yoga classes at Fairfax Library Adults and kids can learn how to stretch their bodies at free yoga classes at Fairfax branch library, 161 S. Gardner St.

Certified yoga instructor Janelle Moore leads a yoga class for adults Sat., Aug. 18 at 11 a.m.

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Wilshire Library (FOWL) is having a garden party and ice cream social in the library’s garden.

A generous donation of $1,000 by the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society made the renovation feasible.

Learn the art of origami (ori means to fold, gami means paper) at John C. Fremont Library, 6121 Melrose Ave., Tues., Aug.14, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Master Folder Travis Taft teaches the skill to all ages seven years old and above. The craft, which has roots in Europe as well as Japan, is also one of many types of art therapy.

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‘Flyover’ near St. John’s is a bridge too far, lawsuit claims

By Suzan Filipek St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral has stood as a beacon of peace and tranquility since the Romanesque Revival-style church was built in 1925 at 514 W. Adams Blvd.

Los Angeles was a growing city… dirt roads were paved, freeways ascended, and the roar of cars grew stronger with each passing year.

Now a new threat faces the site — an elevated, two-lane off-ramp is planned to be constructed within 35 feet of the church’s parking lot on the northbound 110 freeway. The off-ramp will “fly over” two blocks on its descent to 23rd and Figueroa streets.

The existing transit way has High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) express lanes requiring users to navigate two congested intersections which result in cars queuing at the Adams Boulevard off-ramp, according to Eric Menjivar, Caltrans

CALTRANS CONCEPT shows perspective of the proposed flyover bridge off-ramp adjacent to St. John’s Cathedral at 514 W. Adams Blvd.

public information officer.

The ambitious project — aimed to reduce bottleneck traffic — threatens not only the environmental setting of the Cathedral, but its equally historic neighbors, according to The Friends of St. John’s Cathedral, West Adams Heritage Association and the Adams Dockweiler Heritage Organizing Committee.

The trio filed a petition for a writ of mandate May 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging the nearly $140 mil-

lion, 1,400-foot-long project.

The proposed flyover bridge will increase noise and vibration as well as affect air quality, according to the 30-page document.

While the cost is staggeringly high, the results are modest — basically moving traffic from one ramp to another, said area resident and preservation advocate Jim Childs.

“There is a little bottleneck… but all technical terms aside, it’s just stupid,” said Childs.

The project is aimed to alleviate congestion and improve traffic flow and prevent accidents, according to an 806page Initial Study by the Calif.

Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans).

Standing 54-feet-high, the two-lane “flyover” bridge is a joint project with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

By last count, Caltrans officials confirmed the estimated cost at $131 million (plus $4.8

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According to Rick Jager of Metro, the project “could possibly be funded through a combination of toll revenue, state funds, and competitive grants/loans.”

Following public review, Caltrans determined in April that the bridge, which will start at 28th Street, would have no significant environmental impacts.

The lawsuit, filed by Amy Minteer of Chatten-Brown & Carstens, argues Caltrans approved the I-110 Flyover Project based on a mitigated negative declaration instead of a full environmental impact report. And it fails to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. Greenhouse gas, traffic impacts and other issues have not been adequately analyzed or mitigated, according to the court document.

Besides the Cathedral (a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places), the flyover bridge is too close for comfort to another city Historic-Cultural Monument, St. Vincent de Paul Church, as well as Orthopaedic Hospital, New Designs Charter School and offices of the Automobile Club of Southern California.

Among St. John’s clergy is Rev. Gwynne Guibord, founder and president of The Guibord Center.

“St. John’s is both stunningly beautiful and truly reflective of the historically positive role that religion has played in the life of Los Angeles,” said Guibord, Windsor Square.

“The Flyover Bridge would severely damage the environment of the Cathedral and the atmosphere of the entire historic intersection of Adams and Figueroa in ways that would be irreparable,” added Guibord.

“A cathedral is a place of quiet, of peace. It is one thing to be in the heart of the city where the typical noises of urban life abound — it is quite another to literally raise the traffic problems of the freeway — all the noise, the visual disturbance and the physical pollution — up into the space of those who live and interact in this intersection.

“We have all worked so hard to preserve what is unique and positive about Los Angeles. It makes no sense to destroy all of that with this expensive, massive piece of unnecessary construction,” continued Guibord, who started her newly formed interfaith organization at St. John’s in 2010.

Childs, who led the charge on the historic status of the Cathedral, argues that the over(Please turn to page 8)

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RENDERINGS from Caltrans show views for the proposed “flyover bridge,” above and right.

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pass imposes further blight on the University Park/West Adams neighborhood adjacent to Mt. St. Mary’s University and its many historic resources, including the Stimson Residence, the Woolen Mills Zanja, the Slauson Residence, and the Chester Place Historic District.

There is a long history of opposition to the project, starting in 1990, when it first surfaced. As a result of the objections, the plan was dropped and the exit was moved to 28th St. where the Adams off-ramp is today.

The plan was resurrected in 2013.

According to the lawsuit, “The construction of elevated freeway structures has a long history of dividing existing communities…and by “dumping many more vehicles onto Figueroa St., the project conflicts with the city’s My Figueroa Plan’s designated bicycle lanes and a pedestrian focus.”

The project raises the offramp 54 feet above grade, while the freeway is now 35 feet below grade, and much quieter, says Childs, who lives

four blocks from the site.

The freeway roar is a constant, like the ocean, but this will be much more invasive.

“This battle has David versus Goliath proportions.”

Father Mark Kowalewski, of St. John’s, stated in a release: “This is a place enjoyed by people in our community as a refuge, but now people, who have no understanding of our community, have proclaimed that this freeway ramp looming over our Cathedral will have no impact on us as a sanctuary in stillness and peace.”

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CicLAvia to throw a car-free street party from Disney to the Bowl Leave the car at home and hop on a bike, Metro or scooter when CicLAvia takes to the streets and music fills the air Sun., Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The eight-mile, car-free festival — “Celebrate LA!: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia” — connects the Hollywood Bowl with Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The route includes hubs that will feature art, food trucks, screenprinting, and

dancing. Live music and kidfriendly activities will also be offered.

The event coincides with Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 100th anniversary and will culminate with a free community concert at the Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil with guests including Herbie Hancock, Kali Uchis and YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles).

The street festival will fea-

ture 1,800 performers, musicians, dancers and artists along the route. Participants can walk, run, skate or wander along any point of the route.

The route will travel from Walt Disney Concert Hall at Grand Avenue, follow Wilshire Boulevard to Western Avenue, where it heads north to Melrose Avenue, up Vine Street to

Yucca Street.

Stages and hubs will be at Grand, MacArthur Park, Koreatown on Normandie, at Melrose and near Yucca and Vine.

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SOLD: This home at 574 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hancock Park was sold in June for $2,415,000.

CELEBRATING “TASTE OF FARMERS MARKET” 10th anniversary on July 24 was a group with a fire engine parked on the trolley tracks at the Market, with The Grove in the background.

Left to right are: Lyn MacEwen Cohen, president, First-In Fire Foundation (FIFF); Los Angeles Fire Dept. Deputy Chief Ronnie Villenueva; Capts. Bryan Brooks and Ricardo Molina, Marc Cohen, FIFF Chairman of the Board, and Capt. Rico Gross. Firefighters from Stations 58 and 61 served their popular chili. “We’re delighted everyone enjoyed the tasty and popular treat of homemade firehouse chili with fresh produce, meat and spices donated to the firefighters by our wonderful grocers,” said Ilysha Buss, director of marketing, The Original Farmers Market.

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It was an embarrassment of riches when I stopped in to get more information. I was served a sampling of foods by my server Shanley, from betel leaf rolls (may be either vegan or non vegan) to the K.F.C. chicken (Korean Fried Chicken) to the calamari salad with gochujang tahini (nice bite to it). I also tasted Japanese yams sprinkled with kimchi powder and served with garlic sauce, and mochi gnocchi, little chewy rice cakes in a shiso and Thai basil pesto.

Finally, there was a dessert that was a dollop of mascarpone cheese served with a fresh California strawberry in a honey and yuzu fruit sauce. All from the head of Chef Jihee Kim. The focus of 6th and La Brea is beer brewed fresh on the premises, courtesy of brewmaster Noah Regnery. The carefully curated Californian wines and spirits, including locals like Greenbar Distillery, complement a blend of Asian and California foods and flavors that reflect Angeleno tastes.

The beers, wines and cocktails have all been chosen carefully to match the crisp, light flavors of the food, says bar manager, Angela Ryskiewicz.

I tried tastes of two of the cocktails, refreshing takes on the typical gin and tequila cocktails that used Asian fruits and herbs. The beers were tasty brews and ranged from light and dark ales to a nice, full stout.

According to McBride, the idea is to make the pub communal and family friendly.

Dishes are typically served family style, with napkin and

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flatware caddies on each table, within easy reach. However, people can also order individual dishes.

When queried about why ABC chose this neighborhood to open up one of its brewpubs, spokesperson Tony Yanow noted that he had lived in Larchmont and had an office here, as well as spent a lot of time on La Brea over the years. “It’s a very dynamic street,” said Yanow, and they are excited to be there.

In keeping with the neighborhood vibe, the eatery will be coming out with a children’s menu soon, though there are possibilities on the current menu, notes McBride, such as the mochi gnocchi.

In the next couple of months, they will be introducing brunch and lunch hours as well. And there is room for everyone in the light and airy Melissa Ritchie-designed space, including an 80-seat patio, and a room for events in a 25-seat private lounge.

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The collective behind the eatery wants to elevate the California brewpub to another level, says general manager Jesse McBride. The aim is to

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Larchmont Farmers Market: popular summer and year-round attraction

By Molly Litvak Supermarket shopping is not exactly an engaging activity. Rather, it’s a tedious one.

The best you can hope for is navigating the aisles successfully and getting out as quickly as possible.

Especially in a modern and technologically advanced city like Los Angeles, it can be fun to do things the old-fashioned way. Shopping at the Larchmont Farmers Market is a refreshing escape from the stress of modern life.

This isn’t your typical shopping expedition. Instead, it’s a fun and appealing outdoor activity, open every Sunday from 9am to 2pm located in the parking lot, by the village clock tower. Complete with samples, the market has a friendly vibe and features all sorts of deliciously fresh produce, prepared food such as the admired original cheese crisps and delicious crepes, and even various other goods such as jewelry and flowers, all found in humble and open booths. Unlike your runof-the-mill supermarket, you’ll always leave wanting more.

Ten-year-old Chloe Park said, “I like the peaches and all the cool stands that I can see every week.”

Along with Chloe, there are many other children who go with their families. It is not uncommon to see a child helping his or her parents by selecting items, or carrying purchased products.

Roger Morrison, who lives on Las Palmas, shops at the farmers market every week and then uses those ingredients such as fish, which he gets every week, to cook Sunday night dinner. He likes how the market is fresh and local to where he lives, and says he brings his kids all the time.

“They help me pick out all the fresh fruit and vegetables,” Mr. Morrison said. “They’re very good at that.”

Shoppers always seem to be enjoying themselves, and

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Entrepreneur manager Jennifer McColm, creator of the Larchmont Sunday Farmers Market and 20 other farmers’ markets throughout Southern California, opened her latest local market — this one for Saturdays — last month. The market is to be set up weekly in the parking lot of the Sweetgreen health food restaurant chain’s location at 180 S. La Brea Avenue (the former Sonora Café and City Restaurant building).

The market is being called the “La Brea Farmers Market” and is scheduled to host approximately 35 vendors every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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numerous vendors have regular customers who visit their booths every week.

Kathy Dominguez, one of the vendors at the Underwood Farms stand, has definitely seen her share of familiar faces.

“Over the years, we’ve seen young couples and then there’s a pregnancy, and then there’s a kid, and there’s another kid…”

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she exclaimed. “We’ve seen families grow, it’s really exciting.”

Ace Ranch, another farm stand, is popular for its yearround Hass avocados, as well as seasonal large Reed avocados.

“People are nice and friendly,” said Oscar Gonzalez, who

works at the stand. “I have a lot of regulars who are very nice and know me by my name.”

The main attraction of the marketplace is of course the food. Summer brings in new produce such as avocados, blueberries, corn, peaches, carrots and much more.

Ms. Dominguez from Underwood Farms says their most popular item right now is corn, which made its first appearance of the year July 1.

“People are crazy for the corn,” she said. “Right now that’s a big one.”

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Modern Peruvian bistro is serving ceviche on Melrose Chef Ricardo Zarate was a wunderkind of the food scene, having been named a Best New Chef by “Food & Wine” magazine in 2011, when his sole establishment was MoChica, a Peruvian food stand in La Mercado Paloma mall near Exposition Park.

Once fame hit, he developed a mini-empire that stretched from Picca in West L.A., to a new Mo-Chica downtown, from Paiche in Santa Monica, to Blue Tavern in Santa Barbara. Then he crashed. The partnership with his investors

soured and quickly his restaurants closed or were taken over by other chefs.

The first step in his comeback was the release of his cookbook “The Fire of Peru” in 2015, followed by a pop-up in Santa Monica, and finally last summer he opened Rosaliné, a boisterous brick and mortar in West Hollywood.

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Peruvian ceviche gets its own menu of six distinct versions, such as amberjack with sweet potato and pesto and sea bass with walnut dressing. My favorite is the $22 grilled avocado half on a bed of toasted quinoa, topped with raw scallops in aioli. The silky seafood, the crispy grain, the slightly charred avocado, and the pungent dressing make a soulful starter. Ceviche crocante combines yuzu koshu-marinated halibut with aji amarillo leche de tigre (chile-spiked milky citrus sauce), topped with a pile of fried calamari. The bracing lemony marinade is balanced by the crunchy cephalopod, for $17. Small plates range from $8 beef heart skewers to $22 squash with goat cheese, arugula and miso dressing. The $10 chicharron de paiche serves yuzu aioli with fried chunks of the mild Amazonian fish, which has been coated in popped amaranth. The texture is wonderful, but it needed a squeeze of lemon and sprinkle of salt.

In addition to choices from the sea (such as $36 arroz con

Community mourns passing of culinary bard, J. Gold An extraordinary outpouring of sadness, coupled with multiple paeans to his journalistic and culinary contributions, accompanied the shocking announcement of food critic Jonathan Gold’s untimely death last month, one week before his 58th birthday. A public tribute is being planned for downtown Los Angeles on August 26. Gold was most recently featured in the Larchmont Chronicle’s coverage of the 2018 Food Bowl in our June article, “Award-winning chefs live in the neighborhood.” Requiescat in pace.

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Cortez Farms, another farm stand at the market, is popular for its blueberries. Regular customers stock up by the box every week.

In the entire market area there are typically around 30

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street, another that forms a living “painting” out of mosses and other plants, and a large back solarium abounding with plants. That, and the quality of the cocktails, makes one prone to lingering, so why not order dessert? Banana cream pie and chocolate-dipped ice cream bon bons are among the selections.

Chancay con leche, basically a tres leches cake with guava frozen yogurt, torched meringue, and minced strawberries, is just sweet enough, has a luscious consistency, and is delicious.

Desserts are each $12.

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“It’s a great market, small but a lot of diversity,” said Ms. Dominguez. “People seem very happy here.”

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Resser discovered Stuff’d by a quick Yelp search for a glutenand lactose-free meal. She ordered the Notorious P.I.G. and the Wild Vegan Mushroom.

“It’s really delicious! A lot of flavor, and they taste very fresh,” Resser said to me.

Many of Stuff’d’s dumplings are seasonal, so be sure to check out their Instagram (@ stuffd) for the most recent information.

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Russian food. There’s a little bit of everything in there for everyone,” Tevelev said.

“I don’t think there are that many dumpling shops that do that, so it’s been exciting to see other people’s reactions to it.”

Stuff’d also serves dessert dumplings. For the summer, they are offering a peach and nectarine dumpling with vanilla ice cream and a pecan crumble.

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With the opening of Stuff’d in March, partners Liza Tevelev, Mark Cooper and Missy Kim shattered the status quo with the introduction of a gluten-free and vegan-friendly dumpling shop at 6909 Melrose Ave. For most gluten-free customers, such as myself, Stuff’d offers the first accommodative dumpling in years.

The dumplings are made in a dedicated gluten-free environment, and three out of seven dumpling options use vegan –– meat-free, dairy-free and egg-free –– dough and filling.

All salads and sides are either vegan or have that option.

Tevelev and Cooper were childhood friends whose paths continually crossed.

After discovering that they were independently moving to Los Angeles, working in the finance sector and wanting to try something new, the pair opened a restaurant drawing upon Tevelev’s Russian roots.

“I really love dumplings, and I think they’re a comfort food for so many different nationalities,” Tevelev said. “Although Eastern European dumplings might not be super familiar to people, something from their past is normally reminiscent.”

Kim met Tevelev and Cooper through a mutual friend and joined Stuff’d as the head chef after a career as a personal chef and former executive chef at Café Stella. She immediately met an obstacle while creating Stuff’d’s menu: making gluten-free dumpling dough.

Chefs often use glutencontaining ingredients, such as wheat flour, to create the trademark texture and springiness of dumpling dough.

“The main struggle was with getting the formula right for the elasticity of the machine that we use,” Kim said. “Working gluten free is a little bit more sensitive, so coming up with a recipe that worked and a formula that worked was difficult.”

Kim experimented through 78 iterations of dough, excluding minor tweaks, before concocting the right blend of ingredients.

Stuff’d’s dumpling selection expands beyond traditional Eastern European flavors.

Customer favorites include the Notorious P.I.G., an organic pig and cabbage dumpling with a purple potato puree and spicy soy vinaigrette, and the Hot Chick, an organic chicken and vegetable dumpling in a Thai coconut curry sauce.

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Belyaev does not go unnoticed by several female members of the estate, including the bored wife of the landowner, Natalya (Nike Doukas

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Patricia Foster Rye in a wonderful, subtly nuanced performance). Also attracted to Belayaev are Vera (Jeanne Syquia), the family’s ward, and Katya (Lilly Dupree), a servant. Subplots abound including likely and unlikely pairings. Director Andrew Paul has framed the laughs and kept the comedic pace perfectly while holding on to the late-1800s grace.

Having dutifully mentioned the excellent cast members above, you may or may not see them in the performance you attend. It’s your choice.

The Antaeus Theatre Company double casts all of their shows. Two actors share the same role performing at different times. The cast I saw was called The Blunderers.

The other cast is called The Assassins. But the quality of this excellent theater company will guarantee you a terrific evening at the theater whichever cast you see.

Check the Antaeus website for specific dates and casting.

Through Sun., Aug. 26, Kiki and David Gindler Performing Arts Center, 110 E. Broadway Glendale, 818-06-1983, antaeus.org.

4 Stars • • • Arrival and Departure by Stephen Sachs was inspired by the screenplay for Noel Coward’s “Brief Encounter,” the 1945 British film starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson. “Arrival and Departure” is performed simultaneously in spoken English and American Sign Language with additional use of open captioning and hearing actors. The scene is the 59th Street New York subway station. Brilliant scenic design

by Matthew G. Hill that doubles as a variety of locations thanks to excellent video projections, video design by Nicholas E. Santiago. Sam, a Deaf man (Tony Kotsur), and Emily (Deanne Bray), a Hardof-hearing woman, meet accidentally on the subway platform. He helps her remove an irritating “something” from her eye. Each is married, but their relationship deepens.

The hearing actors include Emily’s adolescent daughter Jule (Aurelia Myers), who is dangerously exploring the internet, and Emily’s husband Doug (Brian Robert Burns), who is deeply into his Baptist religion and wants Emily to follow. Plus, there is a delightful subplot between Mya (Jessica Jade Andres), who runs the subway do-

nut shop, and Russell (Shon Fuller) the subway cop. The voices of Emily and Sam are performed by Stasha Surdyke and Adam Burch respectively.

The capitalization of the word Deaf signifies the characters as well as the actors are ASL users and part of the Deaf society. Hard-of-hearing is also a specific term in the Deaf community. Bray and Kotsur are married in real life and Sachs wrote the play with them in mind. Playwright Sachs is also listed as director, which enables him to mine the important moments of his interesting, lovely play.

The play is performed in one act and there are some clever, choreographed intra-scene changes. The love between the lead characters is quite palpable and yet the ending inevitable.

Through Sun., Sept. 30.

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4 Stars • • • Mutt House, The Musical created and book by Tony Cookson, music and lyrics by John Daniel, Tony Cookson, Robb Curtis Brown and David O, takes place in an animal shelter that’s seen better days, and centers on Eddie Corbin (Ryan McCartan), a hapless loser of an animal

control worker. However, he can talk to and understand animals, which makes him invaluable to his canine charges: Pepe, a Chihuahua (Gabriel Gonzalez), Donna, a mutt (Amanda Leigh Jerry), Sophie the poodle (Valerie Larsen, who also doubles as the doomed bloodhound, Joanie), Bradley the pit bull (Garrett Marshall), Digger, a Labrador (Ben Palacios) and Max the adorable Corgi (Max Wilcox). They have been incarcerated for a variety of reasons. When the city threatens to close the shelter, Eddie rises to the occasion to fight for what’s right. Gerry, Eddie’s co-worker, is manager of the shelter (Boise Holmes).

Add to the mix a villain, Mayor Jenkins (Heather Olt, who also doubles as Officer Jackie, an over-the-top animal control field worker), and Hannah Matthews, the mayor’s assistant (Claire Adams), who recognizes Eddie from high school. Can a romance be far behind? The music is hummable, there are laughs and the dog impersonations will elicit an “awww” from the hardest of hearts.

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Puzzling good ‘Puzzle,’ superior ‘Mamma Mia,’ maudlin ‘Mission’

Puzzle (9/10): One of the things I appreciate about being a film critic is that I get to see films I would ordinarily eschew if I were just a paying customer looking for entertainment. For example, I never would have gone to see “Maudie” last year, but it blew me away. That’s the way I feel about “Puzzle.” Would I have any interest in seeing a film about someone who enters a contest for putting together jigsaw puzzles? Never! That said, I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (9/10): The music is, in a word, wonderful; the production numbers and orchestrations spectacular. The Mediterranean (Croatia) locale cinematography is dazzling.

And the acting by lead actress Lily James who plays Donna, Meryl Streep’s character in the first iteration as a young woman, is a knockout, completely overshadowing a weak script and story that portrays a woman of extremely loose morals. Much superior to the weak original, there are some questionable casting choices, to wit, Donna’s three boyfriends, who don’t really come across as guys who would be that interested in a woman.

More good news is that Streep (who ruined the original for me) is dead throughout the movie and only appears at the end to sing one song! Written and directed by a new person who was not associated with the first, Ol Parker, ABBA’s music is aptly served by this production. Many of their well-known songs like “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia” are reprised here and several new ones added to other ABBA standards, including performances of “Fernando” and “Waterloo,” two of their biggest hits, and the choreography matches the wonderful music.

Searching (8/10): This is a splendidly devised thriller that is told in such a captivating way that it is almost impossible not to enjoy. John Cho’s daughter has gone missing and the only clues he has are what’s on her computer. The unique and clever cinematography opens with a computer screen and somebody typing into it. Get used to that because half of the movie is shown that way, with people texting and speaking with one another on their computers.

The Equalizer 2 (7/10): Director Antoine Fuqua has made extremely profitable movies whose main force is graphic violence, like “Train-

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By Rachel Olivier Shoppers can view artful pieces of jewelry and accessories from around the world and know that purchases will “give back” somehow at House of G and C at 564 N. Larchmont Blvd.

The retail space is based on a concept by Larchmont Heights resident Melissa Wong, who wants to promote fashion that

is fun, stylish, charitable and affordable.

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Shenanigans and Improv are on his calendar

By Molly Litvak Bill Devlin is a quintuple threat. Not only is he a popular and admired on-tour comedian, he is an actor, a writer, a professional photographer and a talented percussionist. However, he is most well-known for his comedy.

“He came on and kept us all laughing right until we walked out,” said Pam Rudy, who saw him at the Irish Import Shop on July 12. “It was just hilarious, total fun.”

You can catch his Bill Devlin’s Comedy & Cocktails, a show that he produces, on Thurs., Aug. 23 at 8 p.m., at the Hollywood Improv, 8162 Melrose Ave., and his Shenanigans Show on Fri., Aug. 24

COMEDIAN Bill Devlin will perform at the Improv and at the Irish Import Shop this month.

at 8 p.m. at the Irish Import Shop at 742 Vine St. Devlin has performed in many comedy shows and even wrote and hosted a Hollywood TV show. He was featured on NBC’s “Today in LA,” and has

been written about in many Irish newspapers because of the Irish Catholic community he grew up in in St. Paul, Minnesota. He’s also a photographer for the Larchmont Chronicle!

Be sure to check him out.

Art, hip hop and magic at Zimmer

Children can celebrate the works of artist Noah Purifoy, credited with The Watts Tower Arts Center and the Joshua Tree Outdoor Museum, at the Zimmer Children’s Museum on Sun., Aug. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m.

A hip hop block party, magic show and crafts events making voting boxes to honor activists who helped in women’s right to vote (approved Aug. 18, 1920) are also on the calendar this month.

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‘Tulips’ in new exhibit “With All My Love for the Tulips, I Pray Forever,” 2011, above, by Tokyo-based artist Yayoi Kusama is in a new exhibit at the Marcianao Art Foundation, 4357 Wilshire Blvd. The oversized flowerpotted tulips in the work are made from fiberglass-reinforced plastic and painted with the same red polka dots as the

floor, ceiling and walls.

Kusama studied in Kyoto before moving to New York City in the 1950s until the 1970s. Her work — based in conceptual art — is primarily in sculpture and installation, and she is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction and other arts.

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Shock and Awe (2/10): I was looking forward to this film because my opinion is that the second Iraq war was a huge mistake and was forced on us by an inept president who seemed to want to gain familial revenge for his father’s failures. So, despite the political bias of its filmmakers, I was predisposed to like this film, which makes a case that everyone in the Bush Administration was lying to bring the country behind starting a war with Iraq. Considering the fact that Rob Reiner has been a talented director and that Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, and James Marsden are competent actors, I never dreamt it could be so bad.

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tised as such, but that’s what it is. In fact, about the only thing different is that Dwayne Johnson plays the role usually occupied by Bruce Willis, who is probably getting a little long in the tooth for such things.

It’s full of action and tension, I guess. Nobody’s going to fall asleep in it, that’s fairly certain. But if you’ve seen one “Die Hard” movie, you’ve seen them all. The bottom line is that they have all been entertaining, if ridiculous.

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (3/10): A more derivative film you will rarely see. After one interminable idiotic car chase after another through the streets of Paris and what seemed like four hours, I looked at my watch and there were still 90 more minutes to

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Space, time, silence: Walter De Maria’s ‘The Lightning Field’ Quemado, New Mexico — It’s not a problem to get to Walter De Maria’s 400-piece sculpture “The Lightning Field” — just drive about three hours from Albuquerque into the wilds of western New Mexico, to Pie Town, and stop at the Pie-ONeer. It is a pie shop presided over by the open-hearted Kathy Knapp and, we think, the best.

I am traveling with my adult daughter and two of her friends. The trio had flown into Albuquerque from Austin and San Francisco because we had scored four of the most soughtafter tickets in the contemporary art world — a chance to spend 18 hours in an isolated three-bedroom log cabin (no cell service) on about 20,000 acres with distant mountains and De Maria’s storied installation. (A few cows, too, along with antelope, white-tailed rabbits, elk, and unseen coyotes.)

We had read that the 400 polished two-inch diameter stainless steel rods with solid, pointed tips (spaced 220 feet apart) form a horizontal plane. The rods average 20 feet and 7.5 inches in height;

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Paula Panich the installation measures one mile by one kilometer.

Modesty prevents revealing exactly how much pie we consumed. Quemado, population 200, is 22 miles west of Pie Town on US 60, and we arrived at the Dia Art Foundation’s (which owns and administers this operation) modest white building at the appointed afternoon hour, 2 p.m.

But a sidestep here for a minute before we get into that van for the 45-minute rocky trip to the cabin: If you haven’t heard of Walter de Maria, I wouldn’t be surprised. His is not a household name. He shunned publicity; his work should speak for itself, he said.

(Before Michael Govan came to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2006, he was, for a dozen years, the

director of the Dia Art Foundation, formed in 1974 to support contemporary artists. De Maria, who died unexpectedly in 2013, was one of its first. At the opening of the Resnick Pavilion at LACMA in 2010, you would have seen De Maria’s “2000 Sculpture,” consisting of the same number of white rods, a symphony of a geometric tessellation. It, too, revealed untold differences in the reflection of light — on offer out here in New Mexico on an astounding scale.)

Dia’s excellent employee, Kim, whose great-grandparents homesteaded in Quemado in the 1920s, drove that van, dropped us off (two other people had joined us and would take that third bedroom) and said goodbye. It

was about 3 p.m. That was it.

And then all was silence.

We poked into the fridge. A casserole awaited us.

The stainless steel in the landscape barely showed itself in the afternoon light.

We fluttered about for a couple of hours, nerve-ends beginning to settle.

The light softened. The rods seemed to undulate, ever so gently. (They do form a horizontal plane.)

All was silent.

A fleeting impression of the rods puncturing the land.

Ouch. But then came the beginning of dusk, when the wind begins to speak.

The layered sky — blues / greys / whites / — play with the multitudes of stainless steel.

The sky clouds up, bruised

with violet. The fragrance of rain.

And then some rain.

Brief lightning flashes in the distance.

Then — a complete rainbow.

We walk, mostly by ourselves, into the field.

Walk back. Silence.

The view, the feeling, from the bedroom window suggest we are voyagers on a great tawny sea, the old cabin our ship, the rods our navigation.

Silence, except for wind, space, time, the dying of the light. We sit on the porch.

The temperature drops to 55 degrees for sleeping.

Coyotes call to each other in the vastness and absolute darkness, and fall silent.

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A Film Mini Festival is planned for Sat., Aug. 18 at the Corita Art Center, a project of the Immaculate Heart Community on the campus of Immaculate Heart High School, 5515 Franklin Ave. The artist, teacher and crusader for peace and social justice worked mostly in printmaking — a medium most accessible to the masses.

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Step back in time at PaleoArt class at Tar Pits

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‘Childhood Left at the Station’ recalls Nazi era “Childhood Left at the Station: A Tribute to the Children of the Kindertransport” opens Sun., Aug. 26 at 3 p.m. at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, 100 The Grove Dr. The newly curated exhibit highlights 10 of the 10,000 children (kinder) who traveled alone to England from Nazi-occupied territories between December

1938 and September 1939.

Most of the rescued children never saw their families again.

Included in the exhibit are psychologist, author and media personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer; Los Angeles resident Dave Lux, who was rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton; and Lisa Jura, concert pianist and mother of Mona Golabek.

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An Asian drum festival featuring three culturally distinct performances is Fri., Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Korean Cultural Center, 5505 Wilshire Blvd.

Dancers and musicians from Korea, Turkey and Japan will share the stage at the event.

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Also this month at the Korean Cultural Center, “Intersection,” a juried art exhibition will be on exhibit Fri., Aug. 17 to Thurs., Aug. 30. The exhibit is in partnership with Launch LA.

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Pioneering 20th-century artist Robert Rauschenberg will be featured in a new show at LACMA, “Rauschenberg: In and About L.A.” opening Sat., Aug. 11 and ending Feb. 10, 2019.

Although Rauschenberg was born in Texas and lived primarily in New York and Florida, Los Angeles played a pivotal role in his artistic development. His first visit to an art museum, while he was

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Featuring a selection of works that Rauschenberg made in and about L.A., this exhibition highlights the City of Angel’s impact on his creative output. LACMA is at 5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Nature, wildlife photo contest for students

Bamboo Wind Chimes and Hanging Sculpture, a workshop at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Blvd., is on Sun., Aug. 12 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Palm rope and bamboo strips will be incorporated in this family-friendly, drop-in workshop. Admission is $10 adults, $7 children, members are free. RSVP cafam.org.

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Speakers include Michael Howells, British Consul General in Los Angeles, and Michele Gold, author of “Memories That Won’t Go Away: A Tribute to the Children of the Kindertransport” and daughter of Kindertransport survivor Rita Berwald.

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Transport back 40,000 years or so when saber-toothed cats and mammoths roamed the area in a drawing workshop at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd.

All levels are welcome to the workshops, held on Thursdays, Aug. 16, 23, and 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Examine specimens from the museum collections and learn how to illustrate sloths, mastodons, and short-faced bears in a supportive environ-

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Feast, drink, star gaze, relax to music at Descanso Cactus shows, music at Arboretum

END OF SUMMER celebration has music and festival food.

Take a break from Muse / Ique, art, Chinese opera at the city at local botanical gardens the Huntington

The Larchmont Chronicle often posts about activities at the Arboretum, Descanso Gardens, Huntington Library and the Theodore Payne Foundation, but there are also free public gardens around the city to get away from the hot concrete and enjoy some of SoCal’s varied plant life.

Arlington Garden, 275 Arlington Dr. in Pasadena, is open every day of the year from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The focus is on water-wise and ecologically diverse plants of the local climate. Visit arlingtongardenpasadena.org.

Exposition Park Rose Garden, 701 State Dr., first opened in 1928, has fountains, rose bushes and more, and is open daily from 9 a.m. to sunset April through November. Visit laparks.org/expo/garden.

Designed in the zen tradition of the gardens in Kyoto, the James Irvine Japanese Garden, 244 S. San Pedro St., is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit jaccc.org/ jamesirvinejapanesegarden.

Take a musical tour across the U.S. at Muse / Ique, hear Chinese opera or bring the family to make art at the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino.

Pick tips and plants for the garden and enjoy a glass of lemonade at the plant sale nursery open house Thurs., Aug. 9 starting at 2:30 p.m.

Hear traditional Chinese chamber music and opera arias, Sun., Aug. 19 at 2 p.m.

American works by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, James Brown and more will be performed at Muse / Ique Sat., Aug. 25. Doors open at 6 p.m.

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Get a lesson in plant science with hands-on lab time taught

by Jim Folsom, the Telleen/ Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens, Thurs., Aug. 30 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Families with kids ages seven and up can drop in to make leaf rubbings and imprints and other botanical art based on the “Out of the Woods” exhibit Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Hear Ikes Creek Americana music Fri., Aug. 10 at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $7. Picnicking is encouraged, so bring blankets, chairs and a picnic basket. Food will also be available for purchase.

Pasadena POPS performs Beatles favorites Sat., Aug. 4 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday is celebrated with music composed and conducted by him Sat., 18 from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

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Two new classes at Theodore Payne

There are two new classes this month at Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley.

Learn the art of t’ai chi ch’uan with Iren Jensen under the pergola at the nature education center Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. T’ai chi is a slow motion, low-impact meditative exercise.

Kids ages seven and up can learn about the growth, reproduction, and survival of plants Sat., Aug. 11 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There will be a mini-excursion to collect seeds and learn the physiology of seeds, as well as how to sow them at home. Sunscreen, hats and close-toed shoes are advised.

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A cactus show and sale and evening concerts are at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens this month at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia.

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Wander through the refreshing and cool gardens when Descanso stays open until 8 pm. on Thursdays. There will also be food and drinks available for purchase.

Watch the Perseid meteor shower and hear a talk on the highlights of meteor showers in the Oak Woodland Fri., Aug. 10 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Following the talk, there will be the opportunity to view the Perseids through telescopes.

Tickets are $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Enjoy a five-course meal from Patina Restaurant at a Heritage Pop-up Dinner event Fri., Aug. 17 at 6 p.m. Dinner will include fried chicken, pork cheek and ambrosia.

Tickets are $100.

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Losing Trick Count keeps the game simple, with only three losses Here’s your hand which was played recently in a club game:

♠ 9843

♥ A7

♦ A4

♣ T9652 Bidding: South West North East

P 1D! 1H P* 2D** 4D*** P ? * West should make a negative double here, showing at least six High Card Points (HCP) and four spades. ** Limit raise (10-12 HCP) or better (but since north is a passed hand it is clearly not more than 12 HCP). North

stretched here, but with 4 card support and a doubleton (see four hand layout below), this is a reasonable limit raise. *** Extra values (16+ HCP) and at least a six card suit, probably longer.

High Card Points aren't the be all and end all in hand evaluation. Another aid in evaluating hands is called “The Losing Trick Count” (LTC). There have been entire books written on it, but I believe in keeping the game simple and this explanation is really simple.

First you count your “losers.” For this method, there is a maximum of three losers in every suit. They are offset by high honors. So if you have a heart suit consisting of the

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97532, you have three losers, the maximum. But if the suit is A7532, you only have two losers because the Ace is a winner. With AQ753, you only count one loser because you have two of the top three honors. Q532 would be two losers because the queen is not a loser. But Q5 would be two losers because a doubleton queen is a loser. Q53 is counted as 1/2 loser. AKJ would be one loser. AKJ432 would still be only one loser. Get the picture? I

hope so, because that ends the explanation.

After you determine how many losers are in your hand, you listen to partner’s bid. If she gives you a one over one raise, she should have 8-10 losers. A typical opening hand has 6-7 losers. A limit raise has eight losers, no more. Any bid that shows extra values, like an invitational jump, or a jump shift, should be evaluated as five losers or less.

After you hear your partner’s response, you add her losers to your losers and subtract the total from 24 and that’s the number of tricks you should take. So if you open with a seven loser hand and she raises your suit, she has at least eight losers, maybe more. That’s 15 losers between you. Subtract

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that from 24 and the difference is nine. That’s the maximum number of tricks you should take and not enough for game. If, however, you open a major suit with six losers and she gives you a limit raise, that promises not more than eight losers. 8+6=14.

24-14=10 tricks, so you should bid game.

There is a big caveat here, however. The LTC should only be used after you have found a trump fit. If you don’t have at least 8 trumps between you, you should not evaluate your hand using LTC. Here’s the entire hand where using LTC would have found the game:

North

♠ Q652

♥ 8542

♦ 83

♣ AQJ West East ♠ 9843 ♠ AK ♥ A7 ♥3 ♦ A4 ♦ KQJT9765 ♣ T9652 ♣ 87

South

♠ JT7

♥ KQJT96

♦2

♣ KT83 Using LTC, West should count her losers, three spade losers, one heart loser, one diamond loser, three club losers for a total of eight losers, and realize that with her two diamonds she and partner have a trump fit. Due to East’s strong jump, she should place no more than five losers in East’s hand (actually it’s a 4 loser hand).

8+5=13. 24-13=11, the number of tricks East should be able to take, so West should easily bid 5D. As it was, West passed and EW missed a cold game.

As to the bidding, however, East could open this hand 2C because she has 9 sure tricks, seven diamonds and two spades, which qualifies for a strong 2C opening bid.

I’ll have more on LTC in future columns.

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A referee started out as an independent expert to whom the English House of Commons (beginning in the 16th century) referred applications for such things as monopolies or letters patent for consideration, decision or settlement.

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(Continued from page 19) screen-printing and other art activities inspired by the thriving art department of Immaculate Heart College (IHC) during its heyday in the late 1960s.

Ray Smith, director of the Corita Art Center, said, “We’ve seen interest in Corita’s work bloom again in the last few years. There are so many echoes between the social issues that Corita was responding to, the Civil Rights Movement, disenfranchisement, and the current political climate, that her work is still very relevant. We’re excited to UPHOLSTERY be celebrating in true Coritastyle with& a colorful, particiDRAPERY patory event held in a historic Hollywood venue where • Every Style: she actually attended school!”

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After she left the order, she continued to create art and remained active in social causes until her death in 1986.

She had created almost 800 serigraph editions, thousands of watercolors, and innumerable public and private commissions.

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It wasn’t always that way.

Originally, this term was partially whimsical and referred to the lowest menial laborers in the great houses of England whose hands and faces were perpetually black with dirt and grime.

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• • • Why is a sales pitch called a “spiel”? asks Tony Carson.

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