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MUSIC CENTER GETS STANDING OVATION FOR CLEAN AIR QUALITY VERIFICATION

ooking forward to resuming outdoor and, eventually, indoor live events and performances on its campus, since closing its campus more than a year ago, The Music Center has worked behind-thescenes to implement new practices designed to enhance safety and minimize risk for guests, artists and staff when returning to the campus.

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his month, The Music Center became the first performing arts organization to earn the UL Verified Healthy Buildings Mark for Indoor Air Quality.

Undergoing an extensive process to earn the verification, demonstrating that each of its four venues—Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre—as well as Grand Park's administrative office and The Music Center Annex, has excellent indoor air quality (IAQ).

To achieve the prestigious UL Verification Mark, The Music Center participated in numerous on-site visits, which included UL visual inspections as well as IAQ performance testing and assessment and upgraded heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The Music Center will participate in UL's surveillance review process twice a year to ensure The Music Center's buildings exceed rigorous IAQ performance criteria.

All of The Music Center's new measures, protocols and procedures are based on directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health and other information made available to live entertainment venues.

"The Music Center is very proud of achieving this UL milestone, and we have plans in place for continual advancement of IAQ," said Howard Sherman, executive vice president and chief operating officer, The Music Center. "Audiences already know they can trust us for presenting world-class performances, so it was important that we also give them peace of mind when they visit and enter our buildings. The health and safety of our patrons, artists and employees will always be our first priority."

In addition to the UL verification, The Music Center also worked with the County of Los Angeles to address current needs and future planning to maintain high security, sanitation, and safety standards.

Other actions include: • Creating the new staff position of Director of Security and Safety and certifying key Music Center employees through the CAL/OSHA COVID-19 Training program.

• Developing an Enhanced Cleaning Program that will use a suite of medicalgrade disinfection tools and new schedules to ensure expedient cleaning of the entire campus.

• Creating contactless environments and procedures that minimize surface contact and eliminate unnecessary touches.

• Installation of wall and hand sanitizer dispensers and signage enforcing social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines.

• Installation of signage directing public entrance and exit guidelines.

More details will be released shortly.

Information is available now at musiccenter.org/safety

SQUARE ONE: ME & BEES - by Jackson Roberts

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SQUARE ONE: OUR WARMEST WELCOME

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ME & BEES LEMONADES

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n 2009, at four years old, Mikaila Ulmer found her Great Granny Helen’s flaxseed lemonade recipe in a 1940s family cookbook.

She was excited to give it a try. 12 years later, what started as a lemonade stand in a front yard in Austin, Texas, had grown into a national brand with distribution on more than 2,000 shelves in all 50 states.

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ow in teen, entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer and her family work to help save the bees. This distribution deal with Target puts the ready-to-drink premium lemonades in all 50 states and rounds out the company’s omni channel strategy to have a presence in retail, restaurants and cafes, and online commerce.

“Two of my dreams have come true today; one, offering our lemonades at one of my all-time favorite stores, Target, and two, reaching our goal of having our brand present in all 50 states,” said Mikaila, Me & the Bees founder and CEO. “As we enjoy warmer temperatures and the country continues to safely open, our lemonades are sure to quench the thirst of Target guests wanting a refreshing, all-natural beverage while running errands. Buy a bottle, save a bee!”

READY TO DRINK AT DOWNTOWN TARGET The certified minority-owned company offers guests who enjoy sipping and shopping at Target “lemonade that tastes good and does good.” Flavors of the honey-sweetened, lower-in-sugar option now available in Target. Target cafes will include Me & Bee favorites, Classic Lemonade, an updated twist on Mikaila’s great grandmother Helen’s recipe, Prickly Pear Lemonade, a cheerful addition of prickly pear cactus fruit, raspberry and watermelon and Ginger Lemonade, a combination of juices with an added zing.

All three flavors will pair nicely with the savory snack options found at Target cafes while providing a healthier beverage alternative.

Me & the Bees’ ready-to-drink lemonade comes in 12-ounce bottles and is made with vitamin C-rich lemon juice and honey and for added health benefits, and a way to tie back to the company’s mission of helping save the bees. The shelf-stable lemonades contain no highfructose corn syrup, no preservatives or additives, and typically contain less sugar than other grab and go options in the same category.

Me & the Bees seeks to help educate consumers about the bees’ role in the ecosystem and the alarming decline in the bee population.

The company gives a percentage of its profits to the Healthy Hive Foundation, Mikaila’s non-profit organization dedicated to increasing bee awareness and promoting safe environments where bees can thrive through research, education, and preservation.

Me & the Bees has grown significantly since it was founded 12 years ago, helping contribute to the $12B global lemonade market size that is growing at a CAGR of 6.8% during the forecast period 2020-2025, according to a recent Industry ARC market research report.

Another resource is Mikaila’s book Bee Fearless, Dream Like a Kid, published by Penguin Random House in 2020.

In addition Target cafes, Me & the Bees can be found nationally at select Whole Foods Market, Fresh Market, Natural Grocers, and World Market stores, as well as all H-E-B stores across Texas, at Kroger in Houston, at various local retailers and restaurants, and online.

“Buy a Bottle. Save a Bee.” More information can be found at www. meandthebees.com.

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5 reasons dtla loves john reed fitness What breweries did for the Arts District is what the fitness industry seems to be duplicating in South Park. The newly developing residential mecca, once known for only for sports and conventions, now hosts more than its fair share of gyms hidden within its rows of luxury high-rises.

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

With JOHN REED´s eclectic interior, the music curation, and exceptional equipment, we give our members that experience.”

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hile most gyms in the area feature the promise of a vigorous workout under the specialized care of knowledgeable trainers, state of the art equipment, and attractive interior design, JOHN REED raises the fitness roof to a whole other level.

With restrictions being lifted in the city, JOHN REED has finally opened its doors in Downtown Los Angeles. Spanning over 33,000 square feet, the all-new gym takes up the sub-level space on the corner of 12th and South Hill Street.

TWO. FINEST EQUIPMENT. FRESHEST SPACES Members are given access to unlimited training opportunities from free weights, cardio, functional and machine strength training to an array of boutique-style classes with dedicated instructors leading Cycling, HIIT, Pilates, Barre, Dance, Yoga, and more.

Merging functional design with the excitement of a night club, JOHN REED masters a motivational component that goes beyond the typical gym experience.

From the massive selection of dumbbells and free weights to connected machines that can stream your favorite apps and programs, JOHN REED’s distinctly styled areas and studios feature top-of-the-line equipment for elite, beginner, and everyone in between.

“JOHN REED Downtown Los Angeles gives our members the best quality and training opportunities in an environment that is immersive, elevated and inclusive,” said Robert Hull, Club Manager, JOHN REED Los Angeles.

“I think more than ever, gym-goers want a place that really motivates and removes them from their everyday, a place that excites them.

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add hi fi to your fitness Live DJ performances and handselected mixes, everyone is invited to access the club’s carefully curated collection of music 24/7 through the free JOHN REED Radio App. In addition, the gym’s signature DJdriven workout, Boost Club, is a group class experience led by live DJs and trainers that combines the best of strength, agility, endurance, and core training and arranges them to the rhythm and the beats of the music to keep your body moving.

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JOHN REED FITNESS by Keri Freeman

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FOUR. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

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ach of the over 30 JOHN REED locations around the world have their own distinct style and personality reflective of the culturally rich neighborhoods they are set in.

The new DTLA club removes you from the concrete jungle of downtown, transporting you to an eclectic gym where unexpected design elements are waiting around every corner. Art from LA’s very own Robert Vargas as well as Berlin’s street art duo Ron Miller, and LA’s abstract artist Jaime Guerrero infuse culture and style into the club.

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Awesome Amenities Before, after, or even instead of a vigorous workout, members may access amenities such as the Snooze Room and Sauna to relax, stylish locker rooms with Dyson hair dryers and salon quality hair and body care, as well as seek out the many small intimate coves as retreats for social interaction.

Open to the public, JOHN REED’s Juice Bar offers handcrafted smoothies, cold-pressed juices, and grab-and-go healthy snack options.

And here’s the best part; all memberships are simple, affordable, and month-to-month, with no initiation, annual or cancellation fees. At JOHN REED, members are empowered to take control of their fitness journey.

HOURS OF OPERATION Monday – Sunday, 5am – 12am MEMBERSHIP RATE $100/per month +Free Validated Parking Visit:

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The gallery boast 6,000 sq ft and is located at the intersection of E 8th Street and S. Los Angeles Streets. On exhibit now until April 10th, "The Things I Think I Need and What I Really Need" works by Studio Jeremyville. These works represent Studio Jeremyville’s journey through painting, drawing, and sculpture, to arrive at a series of large scale works that helped navigate life during the lockdown months.

LA ART SHOW PLANS TO RETURN in late july

transformation mutation at sci-arc

Through artificial intelligence, the work presented in this virtual exhibition will be exposed to a perpetual state of transformation and mutation, gathering a key set of practices, primarily from architecture, but also from art and fashion, “to reveal facets of the strange beast that the tumultuous paradigm shifts of recent decades have left behind.” In other words: “The notion of authorship itself is in flux.”

Curated by SCI-Arc Director Hernán Díaz Alonso and designed by Architectural Technologies Coordinator M. Casey Rehm, Architectural Bestia will feature work by Atelier Manferdini, BairBalliet, Baumgartner+ Uriu Architects, Current Interests, Aminatou Fall, Florencia Pita & Co., Ramiro Diaz-Granados, Griffin Enright Architects, Soomeen Hahm Design, HDA-X, Kordae Henry, Kinch, Lifeforms.io, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Ruy Klein, servo LA-Stockholm, SU11 Architecture + Design, Testa & Weiser, Tom Wiscombe Architecture, William Virgil, and Liam Young.

Architectural Bestia will open virtually on April 2 and run through August 31, 2021, with an accompanying symposium held on April 3 from 6:00pm to 9:30pm.

hive gallery celebrates 16 years on gallery row In 1994, the first ​LA Art Show began laying the groundwork for Los Angeles to become the arts capital of the west coast. For over 25 years, the fair has been the most comprehensive international contemporary art show in America, honoring the unique creativity that can only come from the cultural landscape of Southern California. Long recognized as the kickoff for the LA art season every February, for 2021, the fair has been rescheduled to July 29 to August 1st​, ​at its home in the L​ os Angeles Convention Center​.

Share in the celebration! Galleries and museums are reopening, and that includes The Hive Gallery on 7th and Spring. One of the longest standing galleries in Downtown, founded by artist Nathan Cartwright in Spring of 2005, The Hive Gallery and Studios is a truly unique and vibrant gallery/studio/virtual think-tank, buzzing with 5 featured artists a month, two full galleries, 25 working artists, and an artist-made item store.

This year the Hive turns 16 giving all of DTLA a chance to celebrate creativity once again.

In a time when most in-person gatherings have been cancelled and the global art world is suffering, LAAS is determined to bring the community together and stimulate the economy of the local art scene.

hauser & wirth returns with amy sherald

Avenue des Arts gallery IS open again! ​

Avenue des Arts is a Los Angeles based gallery providing also Advisory and Consultancy services founded in 2013 by the French born, native Parisian, Dimitri Lorin.

Born in 1973 in Columbus, GA, and now based in Baltimore MD, Amy Sherald is kwown for documenting the contemporary African-American experience in the United States through arresting, otherworldly portraits. Sherald subverts the medium of portraiture to tease out unexpected narratives, inviting viewers to engage in a more complex debate about accepted notions of race and representation, and to situate black heritage centrally in the story of American art.

Arts District's grand Hauser & Wirth is a family business founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were later joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot. Over the past 27 years the gallery has more than establishing a reputation for its dedication to artists and support of visionary artistic projects worldwide.

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MUSIC TO YOUR EARS LOVE IN STEREO: JUNGLE RELEASES NEW single "Keep Moving"

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ungle was founded

by McFarland and Lloyd-Watson, who met at the age of 10 in West London’s Shepherd’s Bush. They began making music together in 2013, choosing to place emphasis on the music, choreography and visual aesthetics, rather than on their own identities, a concept that has gained them over a billion streams worldwide.

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ungle’s 2014 self-titled debut album was a Mercury Prize nominee and is now Gold-certified, while their 2018 follow-up, For Ever, peaked at #10 on the UK Albums Chart.

As Loving In Stereo is an album that embodies what’s sure to be a summer of social liberation, it’s fitting that Jungle are experiencing something similar.

J and T have ditched the external Loving In Stereo, the highly anticipated influences, put commercial new album from British songwriting and considerations on the backburner and production duo Jungle, is set for release avoided second-guessing what people August 13. “Keep Moving,” the album’s expect from them. Instead, they’ve taken debut single is accompanied by an their music back to their roots, to a time official music video. when they could make whatever music they liked without overthinking it. The The disco-infused track reflects the album’s themes exude positivity—new changing circumstances the pair found beginnings, new love and fighting back themselves in during these trying against the odds. times. As co-founder Tom McFarland In support of the forthcoming album, summarizes, “Whatever you go Jungle has confirmed an extensive run through, as long as you can stay of worldwide tour dates. Adding to their strong and fight it, there’s always already vibrant live shows, the duo something on the other side.” will create the feeling of stepping into a Jungle video shoot by amplifying the Jungle directed the video for “Keep focus on their choreography and visual Moving” alongside longtime collaborator aesthetics. Presale begins Wednesday, and creative partner Charlie Di Placido, the first look at a larger project to create March 31 at 10:00 AM with the password KEEPMOVING. The general onsale is a visual identity for every track on the April 1st at 10:00am via AXS.com. album.

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