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ON THE COVER: The Venice Heritage Museum Foundation is raising funds to build the city’s first-ever museum to preserve, showcase and celebrate Venice’s historical legacy. Photo by Luis Chvaez. Design by Arman Olivares.

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Good job, Los Angeles.

Even in the face of devastating challenges, your resilience and magic keep hope alive. Thank you to the givers, the sharers, the healers, the nurses, the doctors, the friends, the family members, the therapists, the coaches, and the people helpers who have stepped in to help uplift the community in countless ways through a global pandemic.

Together, we walk through the gates of initiation. Having seen the world's problems and challenges exacerbated in the unprecedented ways we have, we must now come together and hold space for an unprecedented time of healing.

We all have different roles to play, and we will all be inspired to contribute in different ways. For some, it means volunteering. Others will donate and contribute resources, create art, teach, and solve problems. For me, I'm running for Venice Neighborhood Council President, a two-year volunteer position created to help the City of Los Angeles better understand the needs of the Venice stakeholders; those who live, work, or own property in Venice.

My nonprofit work, including work in the field of anti-human trafficking, combined with my work as a meditation teacher, counselor, group facilitator, and grassroots organizer brings together a strong background of the teambuilding, problem-solving, and mediation skills necessary for serving as President of the VNC. Once elected, I commit to running respectful meetings, listening to our neighbors, empowering committees, and demonstrating intentional mindfulness in leadership by holding space for the excellence, ideas, and skills of those on the council, on the committees, and in the community. I commit to representing the collective voice of Venice in my communications with the City, cultivating respectful and beneficial relationships with the City and other neighboring Neighborhood Councils, practicing patience, always open-mindedly exploring all sides of every situation and treating this position like a full-time job for the duration of the two-year term. My vision for the VNC is a collaborative, solution-oriented environment for bettering our neighborhood.

We will not solve our problems with infighting or by complaining to the "higher ups." We will solve them by getting involved, learning, and taking responsibility for ourselves and the world around us. If we really do this right, and something tells me we can, not only will we make it through the many complex crises that we face, but we will also rise like a phoenix from the ashes, and embody a new model of possibility. Now, that may seem like a tall order, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with one single step in the right direction.

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Re: Tom Adams Editor: I was thrilled to see Tom Adams on the cover of the Argo.

I first met Tom in the late ‘70s when I started racing sailboats in Marina del Rey and I’ve long been friends with the sailmaker, Oliver McCann, who owns the sail loft above Tom’s shop, and Fred Huffman, the sailboat rigger who owned the building and had his shop in the rear.

At the end of the ‘90s I invented and patented (U.S. Pat. # 6.962.123) an underwater maneuvering tow sled I called the Diveboard (you can still see underwater videos of it on YouTube by searching Diveboard + Tim Tunks) and Tom helped me by building the tooling for the first generation of wooden Diveboards before I designed and developed the plastic rotational moulding manufacturing tooling.

Tom’s wood work back then was mostly for local boats and as a supplier of component parts for Catalina Yachts in Woodland Hills.

That building housed three important mentors who helped me understand and practice design skills that enrich my life to this day. I’d frequently just stop by the small building on Abbot Kinney — then West

Washington Boulevard — just to see what projects were afoot, whether wood, sailcloth or stainless steel wire rope and aluminum extrusions.

Fred was a wonderfully skilled sailor who would sometimes take a week off to sail his boat single handed down the Mexican coast, around an island and back home just for the joy of sailing offshore.

Seeing Tom’s picture brought back so many fond memories of the friendships I made and the things I learned when I moved back to California from Las Vegas.

Marina del Rey was a very special place back then.

Tim Tunks Former ASMBYC Sportsman of the Year 2003 & Yachtsman of the Year 2013

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Re: Celebrating Earth Day 2021 Editor: The Argonaut has indeed provided a service by publishing this letter by Mr. Galyean. H.R. 2307 is the best hope for a planet that will remain hospitable for humans; there is no second planet, and there is no second way to get climate action in a divided nation.

One factor Mr. Galyean did not mention is conservation. As the fee on fossil fuel increases each year, we will find many options become worthwhile that are not worthwhile now. We currently pay no cost for climate change we create, only for the climate change created by all in the world.

Another factor is that the border adjustment will encourage other nations to also put a price on carbon. Unless the whole world helps, our national changes will be overwhelmed.

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Corona by the numbers & local updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of May 8: Culver City: 2,210 (deaths 109); Del Rey: 2,019 (deaths 32); El Segundo: 722 (deaths 6); Marina del Rey: 385 (deaths 3); Mar Vista: 2,061 (deaths 37); Palms: 2,603 (deaths 61); Playa del Rey: 114 (deaths 1); Playa Vista: 603 (deaths 8); Santa Monica: 4,791 (deaths 183); Venice: 1,703 (deaths 13); Westchester: 2,520 (deaths 48) Total Westside cases: 19,731 Total Westside deaths: 501 PAGE 6 THE ARGONAUT MAY 13, 2021

Total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,235,422 Total deaths in LA County: 23,995 Total new cases as of May 8: 415 Total new deaths: 20 Hospitalizations: 379 Positivity rate (seven-day daily average): .70% Total number of people tested: 6,558,468 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

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Dr. Seuss Is the Wrong Fight Let’s direct our mental energy towards solving the real problems

By Eric Rittmeyer There’s an old saying that you’ve hopefully heard before: “If the shoe fits, wear it.”

If you have no idea what that means, I’ll explain it to you in the simplest of terms – if something applies to you, accept it. No matter how bad it hurts. No matter how much you dislike it. No matter how angry it makes you. Own it if it applies, disregard it if it doesn’t.

Keeping that in mind, I’d like to ask you a few questions on behalf of the vast majority of people in this country that still have partially functioning frontal lobes. How does attempting to remove, cancel or silence things you don’t like solve any problems?

How many people do you know personally that are truly offended by a cartoon book or by a picture on a bottle of syrup? How does ripping down a statue improve anyone’s future?

Have you thought that maybe the physical presence of any of these things isn’t the real problem? Have you considered that maybe the real problem is the refusal to teach our children the lessons that were learned from errors that helped shape our country into one of the best places on earth to live?

Instead of directing our mental energy towards things that do absolutely nothing to solve any problems, why don’t we direct it towards the issues that are truly responsible for the complete erosion of our nation’s cultural fabric such as bad behavioral choices, a total breakdown of the family structure and horrible cultural influences?

I don’t care what the color of your skin is. I don’t care what your sexual preference is. I don’t care what gender you consider yourself to be. The continued refusal to address these three issues is at the core of our nation’s obsession with hate. And that’s truly what I’m beginning to believe it is – an obsession. The denial and/or inability to accept the consequences for our actions need to stop.

Almost dying because you thought drinking bleach or aquarium cleaner would prevent COVID-19 is your fault.

Falling ill from eating Tide Pods because you watched someone do it on YouTube is your fault.

Continuing to view everything through the lens of a person’s race as opposed to their actions only fuels the flames of hate and division, and prevents us from finding any type of peace. The automatic “default” reaction of labeling people or things as racist instantaneously shuts down thought processes. It prevents us from finding solutions for problems because we’re too afraid to search for what’s really causing the issue.

We need to stop allowing the foundation of our rebuttals on those we disagree with

to be rooted in anger, delusion and the assumption of that person’s worst intentions. We can’t keep shouting down and silencing people that try to provide solutions to problems just because we don’t like what they’re saying. Labeling people as racist solely because they have an opposing point of view only provides shelter for those that are truly deserving of the name.

Anger is not the answer. Hatred is not the answer. Assigning collective punishment for isolated guilt is not the answer.

We begin to build a happier future once we realize that we’re all hard wired the same exact way; we’re just different variations of the same core psychological blue print. We want love, peace, kindness, happiness and good health.

The great Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”

Eric Rittmeyer is a mental toughness expert and the author of “The Emotional Marine – 68 Mental Toughness and Emotional Intelligence Secrets to Make Anyone Instantly Like You.” To learn more, visit mentaltoughnessspeaker.com Power to Speak is The Argonaut’s guest opinion column for community members to voice their views on local matters and does not represent an editorial position or endorsement by The Argonaut. The opinions, experiences, research and data analysis expressed in this article are the author’s own. Have a unique point of view on a neighborhood matter or a national issue with a local twist? Email kkirk@ timespublications.com.

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Housing the Homeless Mike Bonin and Ron Galperin discuss creation of supportive housing for the homeless

By Katie Lulla The Westchester-Playa Democratic Club recently held a virtual panel via Zoom to discuss the causes of homelessness in Los Angeles and 11th District Councilman Mike Bonin’s plans for supportive housing.

“I think we got here by a combination of neglect, a lack of leadership and a lack of accountability,” said Ron Galperin, LA City Controller. “Deficient and sometimes confused priorities. I think it’s a byproduct of a siloed and sometimes fractured government, and also good intentions gone bad.”

Galperin outlined the complications behind the homeless crisis and the limiting of supportive housing: California building regulations, LA housing policies such as rent control, laws surrounding individual liberties,

and lack of mental health experts. He stated that he favored the intentions behind the complications, but it is undeniable that they, as a whole, limit supportive housing.

In the latter part of his report, he discussed the effectiveness of LA’s solutions to the crisis.

Galperin said that while some solutions are flawed, it is better to start somewhere when helping alleviate homelessness.

“We have to utilize data and utilize innovative solutions,” Galperin said. “Shared housing, modular housing, microunits, [are] temporary yet imperfect solutions.”

Galperin focused on the statistics and efficiency of Proposition HHH, a $1.2 billion bond for 10,000 permanent supportive housing units. Only $362 million has been issued and

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expected. He estimated that over 30% of the costs were from “soft costs” such as lobbyists and consultants.

“We have to be willing to look in the mirror and be honest with ourselves about what progress we have or have not made,” Galperin said. “Now, nobody expected those units to be built overnight, but it has now been four-and-a-half years.”

Galperin added that providing permanent housing is the only way to keep people off the streets, but not every person needs that. There are several levels of need alongside the demand for mental health services. He supported impermanent housing as an alternative.

“It’s not an either or proposition, but I do believe that the interest of saving lives right now is one that requires us to look at [interim housing] so we can help move people along a continuum of assistance that they need,” Galperin said.

He later elaborated on the section of Prop HHH that allows adapted reuse, which lets the city use buildings that have outlived their former uses. Galperin listed motels, old retail buildings and unused office space as possible building sources. He added that addiction and mental health help

should not be overlooked as they facilitate people’s paths to permanent housing.

“Different properties are going to be appropriate for different purposes, some of them can be used for putting micro homes or [prefabricated buildings],” Galperin said. “Giving people an opportunity to feel like human beings again will be an investment.”

Bonin continued the discussion with the new framework requiring council members to provide beds for 60% of their district’s homeless population.

Once that number is reached, council members can push out the remaining 40% to other districts. This concerns Bonin since the 11th District has far more homeless than others, which slows down his ability to house the 60%.

In order to create more housing he previously announced a list of locations and neighborhoods that he would like to enter negotiations with. Bonin refuted the accusations that he is acting without approval from the neighborhoods and locations.

“We have not formally said that we are doing something at any of these locations, what we have asked for is an evaluation of each of these sites,” Bonin said. “[We’ll be] looking at the layout, looking at the capacity, looking at what the infrastructure cost

would be.”

After evaluations, the locations and local services will still have to approve the type of housing and homeless services. Permanent housing includes government land, interim housing and host/group homes. Immediate solutions will be cabin communities, safe parking and camping. “[Safe camping and the other solutions are] not what you see on our sidewalks. It is not what you currently see in our camps,” Bonin said. “It is an alternative [...] that is immediate and is healthy.”

Bonin said that the courts have repeatedly stated that LA must get people off the streets before any other actions can be taken. He explained that people suing the city to stop housing and blocking safe camping are limiting his ability to remove people from the streets and areas such as the Ballona Wetlands.

Bonin said the public agrees that people cannot continue to be unregulated on the streets, but must also come to terms with permanent and impermanent housing in all of the 11th District. He urged people to bring alternative buildings and locations with their criticism.

“Better locations? We are listening,” said Bonin. “ We need to find them [...] because we cannot keep choosing this.”

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Remembering Eli Broad Philanthropist transformed Los Angeles with his generosity COURTESY OF BROAD FOUNDATION

By Bridgette M. Redman For more than 50 years, philanthropist Eli Broad helped transform Los Angeles, donating millions to help carry out a vision of making his adopted hometown a worldclass city. He died on April 30 at the age of 87.

Broad’s name is splashed throughout the city as a testament to his generosity. His passion for art led to the creation of premier contemporary art museums and performance spaces in LA, Santa Monica and around the country.

Broad and his wife, Edye, donated millions to endow arts programming at Santa Monica College. The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College of Performing Arts opened in 2008 due to their generosity. The proscenium stage of more than 500 seats hosts theater, dance, film, opera, jazz, world music, musicals, symphony, chamber orchestras and family programming. The space also has The Edye, which is a 100-seat black box theater focused on new, developing and innovative work in theater.

The founder of two Fortune 500 companies, Broad’s financial worth was valued at $6 billion. One company is now KB Home and the other SunAmerica, a subsidiary of the insurance company AIG. In addition to art, he underwrote education, medical research and the Democratic Party.

“Few people had more of an impact on the city of LA than Eli Broad,” said Senator Dianne Feinstein in a statement. “His philanthropic work influenced fields as diverse as education, science, health care and the arts — especially through The Broad, his world-famous museum.”

In 2010, the year Broad and his wife founded The Broad Foundation, they signed “The Giving Pledge”, where wealthy individuals committed to giving at least half of their wealth to charity. They went above that, committing to giving 75% of their wealth away.

Through their foundations, Broad and his wife had donated $4 billion as of 2017, nearly $1 billion of that going to LA.

named after Eli. They also donated $33 million to build the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum on campus.

“He had a tremendous vision of not only making access to art free, but making the highest caliber art in the contemporary art world available,” said Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Eli and Edythe Broad Museum director. “He was keen on saying he wanted to give back and he wanted to be remembered for having done something better. We’re fortunate in the art world that art was his passion.”

Morgan Butts, the director of communications for the museum, said Broad knew what was needed in Michigan and by placing the museum on campus, he gave it access to renowned researchers and scholars.

“There aren’t a lot of contemporary art museums in the state of Michigan,” Butts said. “We feel a responsibility to provide access to as many people as possible, which was Broad’s priority.”

Building a legacy of art in Los Angeles

From humble beginnings to billionaire

Broad was born in the Bronx on June 6, 1933. His parents, Rebecca (Jacobson) and Leo Broad, were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania. They moved to Detroit when he was 6 years old and worked as laborers. He met his future wife in Detroit and attended Michigan State University, where he graduated cum laude in three years with a degree in accounting.

In college, Broad held such jobs as selling women’s shoes,

selling garbage disposals and working as a drill press operator at Packard Motor. He is among MSU’s best-known alumni.

“Eli was a selfless, kindhearted man who dedicated much of his life to making the lives of others better,” MSU president Samuel Stanley Jr. said in a statement. “Eli embodied what it means to be a Spartan.”

Over time, the Broads gave more than $100 million to the university. The graduate and undergraduate programs are

Broad arrived in LA in 1963, where his wife turned him on to collecting art. He and other arts patrons helped create the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in 1979. He served as the founding chairman and negotiated the purchase of 80 abstract expressionist and pop works from Italian businessman and collector Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, who was known for being the first European collector of postwar American art. These works formed the core of MOCA’s permanent collection and gave it instant credibility.

He also spearheaded efforts to complete the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Over his lifetime, he gave more than $50 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to pay for the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, more than $30 million to MOCA, and more than $20 million to underwrite the Richard Meier-designed Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center at UCLA. Broad underwrote the staging of the Los Angeles Opera’s first

production of Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle. In 2015, he and his wife commissioned the building of The Broad, a museum across from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. It displays much of what used to be their private collection.

“Eli saw the arts as a way to strive to build a better world for all,” said Joanne Heyler, founding director of The Broad.

“He was a fiercely committed civic leader, and his tenacity and advocacy for the arts indelibly changed LA. He will long be remembered for his unmatched generosity in sharing the arts passionately and widely.”

Broad championed many causes

Outside of LA and MSU, Broad also gave money to Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and California’s Pitzer College.

Broad was committed to making sure everyone had access to art, education, science and technology, and spearheaded efforts to do those things.

“Eli pushed all of us to do better, to dig deeper, to invest more, and to invest smarter to make LA a global epicenter for innovation and culture,” LA Councilmember Mark RidleyThomas said in a statement.

“He championed catalytic transformation in the arts and education fields, including creating countless opportunities for young people to advance in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“I will forever be grateful for his commitment to addressing homelessness, as a major backer of Measure H, which was approved by voters in 2017 and generates over $350 million each year to prevent and respond to the moral crisis of our time.”

In 2012, Broad released a book, “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking,” which became an immediate bestseller.

Broad is survived by his wife, Edye (Lawson) Broad and two sons, Jeffrey and Gary Broad.

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Mental Health Advocates Airport Marina Counseling Service raises nearly $250,000 at Spring Celebration COURTESY OF AIRPORT MARINA COUNSELING SERVICE

By Kamala Kirk On May 6, community mental health supporters rallied virtually at Airport Marina Counseling Service’s (AMCS) 17th annual Spring into Well-Being Celebration. The event celebrated AMCS’ Champion of Mental Health, Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, which has been instrumental in helping the organization become an indispensable part of the county’s mental health care safety net.

Nearly $250,000 was raised to support the organization’s efforts to deliver low-cost community mental health services and train new mental health therapists.

AMCS is a nonprofit, community-based mental health clinic that has server the greater LAX area including Westchester, Culver City, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Santa Monica and Venice

Community mental health supporters rallied virtually at Airport Marina Counseling Service’s annual Spring into Well-Being Celebration to raise nearly a quarter of a million dollars to support the organization’s efforts to deliver low-cost community mental health services and train new therapists. since 1961.

AMCS offers comprehensive therapeutic services to individu-

als, children and families, couples and older adults, many of who would otherwise have little

access to counseling. It has continued to expand and grow its programs and services, and

provides an array of successful programs – both at the clinic and off-site – to meet the needs of people of all ages.

The event was emceed by retired NBC4 weathercaster Fritz Coleman and guests included key local community and businesses leaders such as Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin.

“We are so excited that the community recognizes the important role AMCS plays in making sure everyone has access to mental health services,” said AMCS CEO Eden Garcia-Balis.

“We were excited to honor Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and Joanne LagunaKennedy, who accepted the award on behalf of the hospital, for all they have done to help the clinic improve and enhance the mental health services we provide to the community.”

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“Now, more than ever, it’s important to support our local schools and teachers who are developing the next generation of leaders,” said Michael Goldberg, CEO of Ike’s Love & Sandwiches. “We’re honored to have held a fundraiser for the Culver City Education Program by way of delicious sandwiches at Ike’s.”

By Kamala Kirk Recently, Ike’s Love & Sandwiches held a fundraiser for the Culver City Education Foundation at the cult-favorite sandwich shop’s brand-new location in town.

The event took place from 5 to 9 p.m. on April 7 and a two-hour line was wrapped around the building. $3,200 was raised for the nonprofit through sales of mouthwatering sandwiches, salads, chips and drinks. 100% of

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Helping Businesses Bloom Deutsch LA launches free brand building program for Black entrepreneurs PHOTOS BY BEN MORRIS/DEUTSCH LA

Blackness in Bloom was founded by former and current Deutsch LA executives Justin Brown, Gurbani Chadha and Maya Thompson.

By Kamala Kirk Playa Vista-based advertising agency Deutsch LA recently announced the public launch of Blackness in Full Bloom, a free four-week virtual brand building program designed to assist and amplify Blackowned businesses in Los Angeles.

“Blackness in Full Bloom was first introduced in February 2020 as a Black History Month initiative,” said Ayn Howze, EVP, head of advocacy and communications at Deutsch LA. “The program was inspired to give local Black entrepreneurs the marketing tools and branding strategies to help their businesses bloom.”

The program was founded by former and current Deutsch LA executives Justin Brown, Gurbani Chadha and Maya Thompson, and provides access to world-class marketing expertise and resources.

“After launching this initiative during Black History Month last year, we quickly realized the importance of making this an ongoing program to continually uplift and support Black businesses

in LA,” said Kim Getty, CEO of Deutsch LA. “As an agency, we draw inspiration from LA, while also finding ways to contribute to and magnify its cultural richness in all that we do. Blackness in Full Bloom helps us achieve this in a unique way by assisting Black entrepreneurs thrive in a city we all call home.”

The program consists of weekly, two-hour virtual workshops that cover different facets of marketing such as branding, design, paid and earned media, and content production. During the first week, participants will learn about marketing in social the way the big brands do, the role their brand and how to create consistency in the chaos of the Internet.

The second week covers paid and earned media and content distribution including how to invest in one’s business by amplifying their messages in social and search, tagging them to know what’s working, and learning how to use public relations and press to put a multiplier on a business’s reach.

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Blackness in Full Bloom is a free four-week brand building program designed to assist and amplify Black-owned businesses in LA.

focus of the third week, which discusses how design plays a major role in overall brand development and audience engagement. Participants also learn how to visually stand out in a crowded marketplace.

During the fourth and final week, participants learn about creating content for social, and how to cheaply and efficiently produce higher-quality assets for all their business and marketing needs.

“We typically try to group companies for each cohort that are within the same business category such as retail, restaurants, health and wellness, and technology,” Howze said. “It’s not always that easy, and because it’s an ongoing program, we will manage a database of interested companies to include in future cohorts.”

In February, the program’s first cohort was hosted in person at Deutsch LA’s offices with natural haircare brand Cazza; Behind the Sneaker, a platform that highlights creatives and culture; and Nappily Natural Apothecary, a health and beauty story.

Due to the pandemic, Blackness in Full Bloom’s next iteration was hosted virtually in December with wine distributor O&M Wines and The Plant Plug LA, an organic gardening company. Its next iteration in April/May 2021 will also be held virtually.

“Like the rest of the world, we adjusted to our new normal and made a few adjustments, but nothing major,” Howze said. “So while the virtual setting limits hands-on instruction for the production side of the workshop, I believe the other aspects translate easily in a virtual environment.”

To date, Blackness in Full Bloom has assisted eight companies, including three that are currently in the program.

Deutsch LA’s goal is to host at least three programs per year.

For the first time, Deutsch LA is expanding the program by accepting applicants via online registration. Interested participants can apply by visiting the website and the next program will start in July or August.

“Blackness in Full Bloom provided me with impressive resources and tools that I’ve

been able to implement immediately,” said Ozborne Williams, who participated in the December program and is co-owner of O&M Wines. “It was super valuable to work hands-on with Deutsch LA team members and understand how simple marketing techniques can better my brand and attract new social media followers that we easily converted into customers. I’m still in disbelief that this was a free program!”

Howze added, “The response has been great. There is a need for this type of program so there’s no shortage of companies looking for assistance. The goal has been to work with two to three companies for each cohort; we’ve hit that target for the last two cohorts we hosted in 2020. We are currently hosting our third cohort now and are excited to be working with three Black women-owned businesses. We are excited to get the word out about this program and continue to uplift and support Black businesses in LA.” deutschla.com/blackness-infull-bloom

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LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE “DEACTIVATED” By PAM AMICK KLAWITTER ACROSS 1 Thompson of “Westworld” 6 30 minutes at Lambeau Field 10 Tabloid twosome 14 Dire March time 18 Trade shows 19 Hanoi’s home 20 Miffed 21 That is, in Latin 22 Explanatory words on a map of dictators’ homes?

25 Type of wheel or chart 26 Diplomat’s asset 27 Square root of nueve 28 Handshake alternatives 29 Way to heat up your sushi?

30 Business address abbr.

31 Notable stretches 32 MLB VIPs 33 Sled-pulling pooch 34 Strikingly strange 36 Geometry product 37 Read carefully, with “over” 38 Verb attachment 39 Shipping delivery headache?

42 Corp. money execs 43 Medieval musician 46 Grafton’s “__ for Noose” 47 Plum kin 49 Memo start 50 House attachment 52 One may be a lot 54 Garden center brand 56 Author LeShan 57 “Whadya know!”

58 Pub orders 59 In a heated way 61 Disney princess

of the kingdom of Enchancia 63 Media barrage for Garcia’s band?

66 Guy found in kids’ books 67 Set-up punch 69 Heavy hammer 70 Stir up 72 “Aladdin” monkey 73 Do what he says 74 Goals 75 Cheryl of “Charlie’s Angels” 76 Pizza chain, familiarly 77 Fords’ White House successors 79 Ref. work that added “livestream” in 2021 80 Pre-Easter purchase 82 In order 84 Northeastern fishing fleet?

88 Alp ending 89 Man caves, e.g.

90 End of an ultimatum 91 Support groups 94 Storm refuges 96 O’Rourke of Texas 97 Barbecue rod 98 “Not interested” 100 They make an effort 101 Glee club voice 102 She followed Guthrie at Woodstock 103 Kunis of “Black Swan” 104 Noble gas that sounds like a French forest 105 Valuable painting hanging in the potting shed?

108 Harry and Jack who co-founded Columbia Pictures

109 Poet Khayyám 110 Ballet attire 111 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” character 112 Span. miss 113 Sounds of scorn 114 Part of a plan 115 Anticipate DOWN 1 Uses WhatsApp or Viber 2 Split result 3 Musk’s Starship developer 4 Organize by size, say 5 Show curiosity 6 Panama’s place?

7 Firepit contents 8 Fairway considerations 9 It’s hot for a while 10 “Insecure” actress 11 Company whose signature product resulted from a plan to sell more chewing gum 12 Bow-toting god 13 Came together 14 Kid’s comeback 15 Why the housing development was postponed?

16 Anka hit with a Spanish title 17 Big steps 21 Start of Caesar’s boast 23 “__ speaking ... ” 24 Narrowly beat 29 Golden State NBAer 31 GPS calculations 32 C-ration successors 33 Go bad, as milk 35 Pre-Richie TV role for Ron 36 Opposite of fer 37 “An Essay on Man” poet Alexander

40 Biblical words before and after “for” 41 Anklebones 42 Terra __ 43 Fictional 16-yearold von Trapp girl 44 Cancels 45 Post-rush hour elation?

48 Constant news channel feature 51 Film review site 52 Potter son named for Dumbledore 53 Texting vehicle 55 Guy in an exclusive network 57 Collegiate focus 58 Actor Driver 59 Big name in polos 60 Brooklyn “y’all” 62 “Could happen” 64 Off the mark 65 It has its tricks 68 Reindeer rack 71 Glorify 74 Wall St. figures 75 It may be buried 76 Homely fruit?

78 Long stretches 79 About 81 Gold-covered 82 Low-calorie mints 83 By mistake 85 Looks unstable 86 English John 87 Secures, as a carton 89 Mends a sock 92 Real baffler 93 Italian sub layer 95 “Run” singer Lewis 96 Stark 97 Cook in a wok, say 99 Goes after 101 Pitchers’ assets 102 Ring event 103 Kitty comment 105 Picked up 106 Cleveland __, OH 107 Reagan Airport, on luggage tags

LOOT ACTUALLY I’m envious of a friend whose boyfriend frequently does nice things for her: bringing her soup when she’s sick and surprising her with a weekend getaway and a pricey handbag she’d been coveting. My boyfriend is a nice, reliable, loving guy. I’d considered myself lucky to have him, but now I’m worried my “good-boyfriend” standard is too low.

— Comparison Shopping A woman feels loved when the man she’s with does those little things that say “thinking of you” – as opposed to “spent all day forgetting I had a girlfriend.”

Not surprisingly, you envy your girlfriend who gets those little (and bigger) signs. Envy gets a bum rap as a toxic emotion. (It can have toxic effects when the envious try to even things out by sabotaging those doing better.) However, evolutionary social psychologist Bram Buunk’s research suggests envy is actually “adaptive”: functional – a sort of alarm clock for yearning and ambition, alerting us to others’ higher achievements (or groovier stuff) and motivating us to nab the same (or more) for ourselves.

Men are not cryptographers and they are particularly bad at translating women’s nonverbal signals like

pouting – if they notice them at all. Tell your boyfriend what you want – sweetly, not scoldingly – in the context of “what would make me really happy.”

Chances are you’ll need to tell him a few times to get him to come around.

When he does, reinforce future come-arounds by telling him how happy he’s made you, how much it means to you. (Doing this while tearing off his clothes, if you’re so inspired, should make an even stronger impression.)

But say, even with reminders, your boyfriend drops by with soup or a latte just once and then forgets the whole deal. Sure, you could put him out with the recycling for some woman with lower “good-boyfriend standards” to pick up. However, you might reflect on ways he shows he cares: maybe giving you his coat when you’re cold or fixing your car so you won’t die in a fiery wreck. You might also consider that some men’s apparent generosity reflects not love but the sense they’re out of their league. If that’s the case with your friend’s boyfriend, the stream of soup, swag and trips is just a campaign to delight-slash-distract her from dumping him – a la, “Never put off till tomorrow goods-and-servicesizing what could be in some other dude’s arms two Thursdays from now!”

WEEKEND AT BERNIE MADOFF’S I had a nice first-date dinner with a guy I met on a dating app. Afterward, he said he had something to show me, pulled up his pant leg, and revealed an ankle monitor! He said he hadn’t wanted to put it on his dating profile, and “It was just white-collar.” (I Googled. Embezzling money. He’s on “supervised release” – apparently with some range beyond house arrest.)

This situation bothered me, but I accepted his invitation for a second date, given our chemistry.

— Shocked Ideally, if a man wears “statement jewelry,” the statement it’s making isn’t: “I’m in constant communication with my parole officer.”

A guy who embezzles money – assuming there’s no “my brain tumor made me do it!” – is likely low on the personality trait of conscientiousness. Someone high in conscientiousness is disciplined, dependable, organized, and shows concern for others’ needs and feelings.

In contrast, those short on conscientiousness are unreliable, careless, impulsive and poor at delaying gratification. (They probably see little reason to do it, as they also have an “Eh, whatevs!” attitude about their effect on others.)

Personality traits tend to be pretty

stable over time and in various situations – though research by psychologists Nathan Hudson and R. Chris Fraley suggests people can work to change their personality by repeatedly changing their typical behavior. For example, a usually inconsiderate guy could act like a person high in conscientiousness, starting in small ways, like making the bed every morning instead of leaving it for the girlfriend-slashhousekeeper to do. That said, lasting change might not be possible without strong motivation to mend one’s ways – like feeling deep remorse at all the people one hurt. (Remorse at getting caught doesn’t count!)

This guy’s “It was just white collar!” is not exactly dripping with contrition. You could get him on the phone before your date to probe further into what he did and his current perspective on it. Is he passionate about turning over a new leaf, driven to be honest – or just to seem honest? As for your “chemistry!” argument for seeing him again, consider that you get the whole dude, not just the hot parts. Wanting to see the best in somebody doesn’t make the worst in them disappear. It just might be a while before you arrive home early and spot it – in bed with your best friend, your sister, and the UPS lady.

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All Your Favorite Food in One Place Cult Santa Monica is a new restaurant, cocktail bar and coffee destination PHOTO CREDIT: MUSE MEDIA

By Katie Lulla On the corner of Broadway and Third Street Promenade sits a cheerful restaurant with an interesting name, Cult. The innovative team, the same group that created Lanea and The Craftsman Bar and Kitchen, puts a new spin on the cult favorite foods of Los Angeles and are working to create their own unique foods.

Down time can sometimes be the best time to start something new. The Cult team had always wanted to open a new location and the pandemic provided that opportunity. Cult’s chef, Kim Vu, noted that the pandemic played a role in the restaurant’s affordability.

“I think people are price sensitive because of the pandemic,” Vu said. “You have to meet at that intersection of quality, art and price to be successful. And I think that this location has it.”

When they hear the name Cult, many people may instinctively think of a group of fanatical people. Chef Vu certainly did.

Cult’s original concept was an all-vegan restaurant referencing cultivation, but Vu used the autonomy given to her to take Cult in the direction it is now.

“Not only are we playing off of other people’s cult classics, but we want to create our own,” Vu said. “What we’re aiming to do is to create really craveable food and drinks.”

Cult’s most popular dishes are the garlic fries, Nashville hot chicken, burgers and avocado toast. The burgers are modeled after The Father’s Office burgers.

Vu changed the bread to a brioche bun and it’s also a bit more arugula heavy.

Vu is a fan of avocado toast and her enthusiasm has led her to create two unique toasts: Greek and Caramelized Onion. While the Greek is similar to a salad, the Caramelized Onion is savory and has the same toppings as the Fancy Burger.

“My approach to avocado toast [is that] I want to make it hearty, I wanted to get a meal,” Vu said.

“I want it to be interesting. I want it to look beautiful. I want to excite our customers with lots of different amazing toppings on the toast.”

The chicken is prepared in-house over the course of three days with the same level of taste and style as the toast. The

Cult Santa Monica is a new restaurant, cocktail bar and coffee destination that is located three blocks from the ocean. chicken is put in Vu’s special brine and marinate.

“The feedback I’m getting is that [the chicken] is somehow very simplistic in nature, but better than what people are used to,” Vu said. “There’s a lot of technique that goes into the way we prepare the food.”

Alongside the excellent dishes are the coffee and cocktail menus. Head barista Lenita Enriquez envisioned the coffee menu to be a third wave coffee program. She said that there was no exceptional program in the area and thought it would be good to bring the most modern coffee to the community.

“We pay lots of attention to every single detail from the moment the coffee is harvested, roasted and shipped down to the way it is processed and brewed,” Enriquez said. “The entire [coffee] menu is very heavily dedicated to that care and attention.”

With seven years of experience, Enriquez has watched many trends come and go. Floral syrup was one trend that lasted, making her lavender syrup very popular.

Not only is it made from scratch, but it can be smelled from outside the restaurant without being overwhelming.

Enriquez said that the matcha tea is as popular as the lavender coffee because not many restaurants serve matcha. “[Matcha] is hard to get done right, it’s also very expensive to find matcha powder [without added sugar],” Enriquez said.

“Lots of places around the area

won’t consider matcha powder.”

Libby Russell, operations and cocktail manager, spent a year managing Lanea’s cocktail and taco bar, and has brought that cocktail program over to Cult.

Cult has two unique drinks: the Rose Quartz Cocktail and the Spicy Margarita. Both were meant to be brief specials, but were so popular that they became permanent fixtures on the menu.

“I’m surprised the Spicy Margarita has been so successful because it is very spicy,” Russell said. “People love it because it’s just a different type of spice that people aren’t used to.”

As she described the cocktail menu, Russell reiterated Cult’s affordability.

“We’re trying to find a way to have the same high-quality cocktails we’ve had pre-pandemic, but at a more affordable price,” Russell said. “[We] want

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Recently, Cult has made canned cocktail sets that can be enjoyed at home. On the preparation side, the restaurant has kept costs down by doing everything from the salts to the liquor infusions in house.

“We dehydrate our own garnishes here, we make our own juices from fresh fruit here,” Russell said. “It’s truly artisanal from top to bottom.”

Vu added that her ties with the Santa Monica Farmers Market have allowed Cult to source some fresh produce directly from farmers. As different produce is in season, Cult will offer various specials.

“We’ll see a changing food and beverage menu over the next several months leading all the way into the summer,” Vu said.

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“I think there’s going to be something exciting and new, pretty much every quarter at this restaurant.”

For Easter brunch, Cult debuted an “Endless Rosé” program alongside bright floral coffees, new cocktails and egg-themed entrees.

“I wanted to come up with something inspiring, bright and colorful, but using coffee,” Enriquez said, who plans to make a coffee version of the Arnold Palmer.

Other possibilities to look forward to include a penicillin drink with rye, egg-themed breakfast sandwiches, and grain bowls with poached eggs.

“We’re experimenting right now, we have everything we need for an eggs benedict,” Vu shared. “We could [also] do what we call the big breakfast plate, because we already serve cinnamon toast, eggs and bacon. It’s definitely an egg-focused day.” cultsantamonica.com

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S T O R Y COURTESY OF VENICE HERITAGE MUSEUM & THE STUDIO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Capturing Venice’s Heritage Foundation raising money to open museum in Red Car trolley

By Bridgette M. Redman Takara Tomeoni Adair knew what she’d do if she ever won the lottery. She would use the money to build a museum in her hometown of Venice.

Then a Google search informed her that she wouldn’t have to wait for lightning to strike because others shared her dream and were in the process of making it happen.

“I have to know these people,” said Adair, who is now on the Venice Heritage Museum Foundation board. “I have to be involved. I can’t believe these people are here and they’re doing this work. It was brilliant. It was beautiful.”

In mid-April, the Foundation launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for what many people are surprised doesn’t already exist. The museum, which will be built in Centennial Park to have a campus-like atmosphere that will be a gathering place for the community, will house stories, artifacts, archives and art collections that celebrate Venice’s 100-plus years of history.

For a small town, Venice has a rich history that has changed the world. It is the birthplace of The Doors, and the architecture of Frank Gehry. It is home to Muscle Beach, to the Light and Space art movement, to Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarders. Ray Bradbury has connections to Venice and is an honorary board member of the Venice Heritage Museum.

Kristina von Hoffmann is a second-generation board

member who is now the secretary of the board, and her father was the founding president.

“He likes to say I’ve succeeded him and improved on his contributions; I look at it as a generational passing of the torch,” said von Hoffmann.

Von Hoffmann explained that the board has four different generations serving on it from the Silent Generation and boomers to Gen Xers and millennials. She said they will be centering stories of the diverse populations of Venice starting with the Tongva First Peoples. They have enlisted the help of a Tongva elder to collect artifacts and create an exhibit devoted to Venice’s First Peoples.

They also plan to highlight the historic black neighborhoods of generations that came from the Deep South for a better life on the West Coast.

“No other city next to the beach in Los Angeles is as diverse as Venice,” von Hoffmann said, further listing Mexicans, Central Americans, Latin Americans, Japanese Americans and Korean Americans. “We have so many stories of resilience and so many cultural movements…That’s why we need a museum — to capture all these stories of our cultural identities and people’s creative identities.”

Plans start with renovating a trolley The fundraising push is coming now because the Orange Empire Railway

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The Venice Heritage Museum Foundation is raising funds to build the city’s first-ever museum to preserve, showcase and celebrate Venice’s historical legacy.

Museum has donated one of the original Pacific Electric Red Car trolleys that ran from downtown LA to Venice Beach — known as the Venice Short Line.

The project architect, David Hertz and the Studio of Environmental Architecture, let them know about a local historic bungalow that was going to be demolished. He donated the nostalgic building to the Venice Heritage Museum.

It will be transformed into a replica of the Tokio Ticket Station.

“These two historic structures are living history themselves,”

von Hoffmann said. “And will provide us space for our exhibitions and to some extent, our archives.”

They’ve received conditional approval from the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks to build the Venice Heritage Museum in Centennial Park at Abbot Kinney and Venice Boulevard.

They have volunteers, plans and resources lined up.

Fundraising takes on an urgency to win approval

However, to get a lease to Centennial Park, they must first present proof of enough money

to complete and operate Phase I of their business plan. Phase I includes the restoration of the trolley car, which will be the primary structure of the museum and the cost of transporting it to the museum campus site.

The original plan was to launch a fundraising campaign on the 115th birthday of Venice’s founder, Abbot Kinney. But 2020 happened and those plans had to be delayed.

Phase 1 funding will require $115,000 and covers the following expenses: • Moving the trolley from the Orange Empire Railway

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Calling upon the community for grassroots support

The first major fundraising campaign is Indiegogo because they wanted to lead with something that was accessible to the community.

“Truly, the first big public push at this period of time to support the museum is a community-led

effort,” von Hoffmann said.

“That’s the spirit we want at the heart. We hope people can help out, whether it’s a donation or helping to spread the word by telling friends and families about this campaign. We want to see that energy reflected back to us by a groundswell of support.”

Depending on the level of gift, there are several perks that donors can walk away with.

The basic starts with “The Boardwalk Special”, which has a pack of incense, a postcard, a Venice Heritage Museum sticker and matchbook. Others include T-shirts, vintage prints of Venice, signed original artist prints, and a Pep Williams signed print.

Larger donors can see their names permanently installed at the museum, either as part of a mosaic wall, a commemorative brick on a walking path, a founding donor plaque, a peace stepping stone on the path of peace or a Red Car window plaque.

The top donors earn the right to name the information booth, the community corner, Tokio Station and the Red Car. Adair wants the community to know that it will take everyone to bring the vision to life.

“We all need to care,” Adair said. “We’re going to need the community to help with the content. We’re going to have to go to the community to build this museum in every way. I want everybody to feel like a piece of them is represented. If there are people and groups we don’t know about — then tell us your story.”

Adair said it is still unreal to her that Venice does not already have a museum given the impact that Venice has had on the world. She lists such things as tattooing becoming mainstream, Charlie Chaplin, The Doors and bodybuilders.

“All of those things are worthy of any small town museum,” Adair said. “We have so much to offer. We have contributed so much to the world as a community. We have a voice in terms of diversity and how people can co-exist together with multibelief systems. We have religious and socioeconomic diversity. We are this very unique place.”

The Indiegogo fundraising campaign can be found at indiegogo.com/projects/ we-re-building-a-museum-forvenice#/

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Museum in Perris, California to a nearby renovation site • Paying for rent, maintenance and insurance at the temporary site • Professionally detoxing and restoring the trolley • Prepping the park site and moving the trolley to Centennial Park after the exterior has been renovated • Paying a professional grant writer to pursue money funds for the next phases and hosting fundraising events • Partially funding Phase II to demonstrate to city authorities that they can maintain the operations onsite After setting up the museum in the trolley car, the board will add the replica of the Tokio Station ticketing booth. The original stood in front of Venice City Hall. This building will provide archival space and be a meeting center for the community.

In order to receive the donated building, the Venice Heritage Museum Foundation must collect $115,000 to complete Phase I and prepare for Phase II. They hope to break ground in early 2022 and open to the public in Summer 2023.

The Red Car trolley and the Tokio Station are only the beginning. The Venice Heritage Museum campus will also have several outdoor spaces designed to bring the community together.

In the southwest corner will be a community corner stage that will act as a town square. There will be four gardens around the museum and an information booth where visitors can learn about Venice businesses and receive recommendations for local places to visit. Each month, it will feature a different local small business or maker.

The Community Corner is designed for events, live music, film nights and classes. It will also serve as an affordable rental space for guest events with the rental money going to support museum operations.

The museum campus, which will be located in Centennial Park, will serve as a common ground for all of Venice’s residents and visitors.

The centerpiece of the Venice Heritage Museum will be a renovated Pacific Electric Red Car trolley, which will serve as the main location for the museum’s seasonal exhibits.

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Living Through History The Braid actors share true stories, from kissing Meghan Markle to 9-11 heartache

“Are you the Joshua Silverstein?” was a question that first alerted the actor-comedian and beatbox artist that Meghan Markle had kissed and told.

In 2013, Markle was on Larry King and at the end of the interview was asked who her first kiss was. Her answer was Joshua Silverstein. This was long before Markle was engaged to Prince Harry and became a controversial member of the royal family.

“Meghan is the first woman of color to be a member of the royal family,” Silverstein said. “Any time a woman or a woman of color speaks up against something, they’re painted very negatively in the media.”

After she became engaged to Prince Harry, people were suddenly interested in the story of Markle’s first kiss and started to chase Silverstein down for details. His wife had to tell him who Prince Harry was as the British royals had never been on Silverstein’s radar.

“I never sought out interviews, never chased the buzz,” Silverstein said. “I thought every time it was dying out, that would be the end of it.”

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By Bridgette M. Redman From Meghan Markle’s first kiss to a mother’s fears that COVIDrelated hearing loss will mean she can no longer sing lullabies to her daughter, The Braid’s next salon tells the everyday stories of people living through historic times.

“The Rest Is History” will be performed on May 15, 16, 20 and 24. Curated, written and directed by members of The Braid’s Emerging Artists Program master class, it is billed as “powerful and thought-provoking stories about living through a historical time or a personal moment that changed someone’s life or changed the world.”

“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be moved to think about history in a new way and you’ll also remember your own personal moments,” said The Braid artistic director Ronda Spinak. “Where you were at 9-11, what it was like for you during the women’s movement — those stand-out moments in your life.”

The Braid has been presenting its salon series using live actors on Zoom, which is how this piece will be delivered.

Actress Lisa Kaminir and other cast members share stories and true personal histories in the premiere of “The Rest Is History”, a brand-new salon show from The Braid.

Actor and author Joshua Silverstein shares his story about what happened when Meghan Markle revealed on “Larry King Live” that he was her first kiss.

He said he started to poke fun at himself in his stand-up show, that this was the only thing he’d be remembered for. Whenever Markle makes a splash in the news, the media is back beating on Silverstein’s door.

“I’m getting the sense that as long as she stays relevant, people will wonder about her past,” Silverstein said.

Their parents both went to the same spiritual center and Markle’s mother often kept Silverstein up-to-date on what she was doing until he stopped going there. He said he last saw Markle when they were in college.

The two of them started dating at a summer theater camp when they were 14 in the early ‘90s.

They spent all day together learning about improv, theater, acting and storytelling.

Silverstein said that it was one of those very middle school-type moments where his friends told Markle that he had a crush on her and her friends told Silverstein that she had a crush on him.

While the camp wasn’t very large, they escaped to get some alone time and talk about what the relationship would look like.

“Interrupted” by Paul Itkin tells the story of an Army lieutenant during the Vietnam War whose job was to visit parents to tell them their sons had been killed.

“Who am I to interrupt this day, to change lives forever?” he asks at the start of the story.

Another piece, “Hawaiian Songbird” by Sharon Bonin Pratt, is about an 11-year-old Jewish boy whose school choir master asks him to sing a solo before 600 people, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” The director sends him home to practice, which he does.

“But I practice, silently, lest my Jewish mother hear me singing about Jesus, and send me straight to hell with a few of her still punches and enough Yiddish curses to make the choir teacher blush deeper than a red hibiscus,” the boy says in the story.

In “Friend or Foe” by Jodi Marcus, a Jewish woman reflects on her elementary school relationship with a Palestinian boy, a relationship made rocky by the history taking place half a world away.

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“At that age, you skip the dating and go right to commitment, to boyfriend and girlfriend,” Silverstein said. “We knew very little about each other before we became a couple and then there were months of talking on the phone in our parents’ bedroom — talking until our parents would go to bed.”

He admitted that a lot of those times have escaped his memories and he’s had to sort out what actually happened.

“The more you talk about something, the more your brain creates memories or you remember things,” Silverstein said. “I wish I could tell you I’m 100% certain that we discussed it on the phone before it happened. It seems like that was what it was, but I’m not sure.”

What he does remember for sure? That is what he will share when he performs the monologue that The Braid commissioned him to write for “The Rest Is History.”

Tugging at the heartstrings

While several of 10 stories like Silverstein’s are amusing and will make the audience laugh, others are more serious or reflective.

Putting the show together

Once the members of the emerging artists cohort selected

the stories from the hundreds that were submitted, they edited and directed them. The Emerging Artists Fellows are David Chiu, Amanda Horowitz, Zak Lempert, Julie Lanctot, Isaac “Izzy” Salant, Vicki Schairer and Aysha Wax. The cast includes Miata Edoga, Bonnie He, Lisa Kaminir, Silverstein and Cliff Weissman.

Silverstein, who is part of the cast and will appear in three of the shows, describes the pieces as amazing and wonderfully written.

“There is a lot of heart, a lot of depth, a lot of humor and joy,” Silverstein said. “People need to come see this show. It is a very multi-ethnic cast and these are great stories that are from people who happen to be Jewish.”

What: “The Rest is History” Who: The Braid (formerly Jewish Women’s Theatre) When: May 15 - 24 Tickets: $20 general, $10 students, $36 for VIP experiences the-braid.org

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Pulling Back the Curtain ‘Reveal’ series takes audiences behind the scenes at The Broad Stage

Exploring building blocks of “Reconstruction”

The first episode centers on the new work, “Reconstruction”, and examines the TEAM’s unique athletic and emotional performance style as a collaboration between 23 artists. They explore whether intimacy can or should exist between “whiteidentifying and Black-identifying individuals in an anti-Black United States.”

It shifts back and forth through

PHOTO CREDIT: ALON KOPPEL PHOTOGRAPHY

By Bridgette M. Redman Getting to peek behind the scenes is often a privilege reserved for a theater company’s biggest donors.

The Broad Stage in Santa Monica is not only opening up the opportunity in a virtual way, but it is going into greater depth than just a talkback with the actors or an invitation to a rehearsal.

Their new “Reveal” series started on May 6 and will continue throughout the next season. They are free for anyone to watch. After the live premiere broadcast of each episode, the programs are available on demand. There are plans to offer three episodes for each of the next five original productions that The Broad Stage has commissioned for the next two seasons.

This month, the series begins with “Reveal: The TEAM’s Reconstruction (Still Working but the Devil Might Be Inside).”

The episodes premiered on May 6, 8 and 15, each its own look into how this new work is being created.

The TEAM is a Brooklyn-based artistic group who are the collaborative writers of this project, co-directed by Tony winner Rachel Chavkin (“Hadestown”) and Zhailon Levingston (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.”)

“We really want everyone to get to know these artists,” said Ilaan Mazzini, The Broad Stage’s director of programs and activations. “They all have important reflections and narratives to share that I think are worth paying attention to. I hope that by watching ‘Reveal’, our audiences will connect the subject matter and the artistic voices of the commissioned work and find relevance in their own lives.”

The Broad Stage in Santa Monica launches “Reveal”, a series of digital artist residencies that bring the audience into the creative process of new works. time from the Reconstruction era to the present day and they use a language informed by music, silence, poetry, fraternities and sororities, water and ratchet fashion. To explore how this works and what they do, The Broad Stage released three “Reveal” episodes: • Episode 1: How “Primer for a Failed Superpower” primed the TEAM for Reconstruction.This provided a look at the history of the company and their previous work. “Primer for a Failed Superpower” was a concert of iconic protest songs that featured a 32-person multi-generational ensemble. The “Reveal” episode featured Stephanie Ybarra, Chavkin, Levingston, Orion S. Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett.

• Episode 2: Finding Intimacy in the “Reconstruction” Room: The Role of our Process Chaplain.

One of the roles the TEAM has is that of “process chaplain.”

This person, Milta Vega-Cardona, coaches the show’s intimacy and during the episode explains how it is created, deepened, questioned and supported by her work. During the live conversation, Vega-Cardona is joined by other artists of the piece to talk about how her work affects their creative process. It was followed

by a Q&A. In addition to Vega-Cardona, it featured Chavkin, Levingston, JJJJJerome Ellis and James Harrison-Monaco. “This gets to the nitty gritty of the process,” Mazzini said. “They try to create the safety and intimacy within the rehearsal room so that they can dive into subject matter that may be difficult or uncomfortable.”

• Episode 3: Creating Reconstruction: “How We Make Is as Important as What We Make.”

May 15 at 2 p.m. In this episode, The Broad Stage’s artistic director Rob Bailis interviews Chavkin, Levingston and members of the “Reconstruction” writing team. They discuss how the TEAM focused on decolonizing themselves and their practices. Their rehearsal room became rooted in anticapitalist and anti-colonial practices. The panel in this episode discusses this process and interviews with the artist.

Building arts education into new works

Situated on a college campus, Mazzini explained that arts education and learning is central to their mission and they saw “Reveal” as an opportunity to include everyone in the learning

process about the artists and the work that they’re presenting.

The episodes, they hope, will prepare their community for the work that they’ll be presenting.

“Sometimes the artists are grappling with subject matter that takes a little bit of unpacking,” Mazzini said. “We really wanted to open up so that people were meeting the artists much earlier than just the few months that we’re doing a production.

We wanted to bring people into the creative process and give them the opportunity to get to know the artists we think are so interesting and extraordinary.”

Other shows that will be part of the “Reveal” process include: • “Iphigenia,” Greek myth and opera reimagined to raise social justice up for a modern time • “Universal Child Care,” part concert, part play with a multinational cast exploring family and cultural norms of childcare • “Being Future Being,” First Nation creation myths inspire a new path toward community stewardship of our lands • “Yemandja,” the African goddess of the sea inspires this theatricalization about love, injustice and free will The works are in the early stages of creation. Some have

done readthroughs of early drafts, others are just starting the creative residencies that develop the pieces. Still others are already working with designers and are rehearsing.

There is no set format for what the “Reveal” episodes will look like as all of them will be programmed in partnership with the artists and responding to what they feel is important to tell about their story.

“Each ‘Reveal’ is very different,” Mazzini said. “There are typically three episodes and our goal is to share the who and the what, which can be programmed in different ways.”

While there will be some traditional conversations in the forms of panel discussions or interviews, there will also be documentaries or videos of their past work. A musical podcast and footage of a live concert will make up other episodes. Each episode will be chosen to help reveal the company’s genre, vibe and what they are interested in creating.

“That to me is what’s exciting,” Mazzini said. “It isn’t a cookie cutter kind of format, but it really is an opportunity to get to know the artists in the way that they’re helping to construct.” thebroadstage.org/reveal

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Jack Is Back Danny Elfman reprises role in ‘Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas’ live concert last Halloween (we all know why), but I’m not skipping this year. Jack wants to get back on stage. I can’t wait to see you all.”

The event will include a variety of pre-show activities such as a costume contest and trick-or-treating, bringing the spirit of Halloween Town to the Banc of California Stadium. As the first-ever film music concert event at the stadium, the show will be uniquely tailored to the venue to provide a new experience even for those that have previously seen the show.

The concert event will be transformed into a spectacular and unique visual experience by exhibiting jaw-dropping living scenery and animation cast across giant LED screens to fully immerse the audience

in Halloween Town.

“We’re thrilled to celebrate this iconic film with an extraordinary concert experience mixing film, live music, singers and immersive digital animation that can only be experienced live,” said concert co-producers Richard Kraft and Laura Engel.

Concert co-producers from AMP, Alison Ahart Williams, Tim Fox and Georgina Ryder added, “As the world is able to once again celebrate live music and art together as a community, we are proud to be able to bring Jack back to the LA community and look forward to celebrating right alongside the fans.”

Tickets for the event go on sale May 14 at 10 a.m. PT on ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices range from $39.50 to $179.50.

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By Kamala Kirk After three long years, one of Los Angeles’ pre-eminent and classic live Halloween experiences for all ages, “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”, returns to the stage on October 29.

Award-winning composer Danny Elfman, who composed the original film’s music, lyrics and score, will reprise his singing voice role of Jack Skellington. Acclaimed conductor John Mauceri will conduct a full orchestra and choir performing the film’s classic score and songs live, accompanying Elfman singing live in sync with the film.

Additional original voices and special guest stars will be revealed at a later date.

“Jack is back!” Elfman said.

“I was so sorry to have missed

On May 14 at 10 a.m., tickets go on sale for a live-to-film concert experience of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” from award-winning composer Danny Elfman.

An Hour of Rock for Earth Day Peter DiStefano plays through a flurry of earth-friendly tunes COURTESY OF ALL EDGE ENTERTAINMENT

Peter DiStefano, founding guitarist of Porno for Pyros, recently performed a special Earth Day livestream where he played along to 30 songs in the span of an hour.

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By Anthony Torrise Peter DiStefano always seems to be playing guitar either for himself or an audience.

The founding guitarist of ‘90s alternative rock outfit Porno for Pyros never seems to slow down.

Since his residency at Harvelle’s Santa Monica ended due to COVID last year, DiStefano has been putting out monthly livestreams on social media with continued tenacity.

This year’s Earth Day called for a special livestream where DiStefano played along to 30 songs in the span of an hour with music videos playing behind him.

The list of songs curated by his friend, manager, producer and partner, Douglas Kaplan, all promoted a similar message of caring for our shared planet, the beauty it contains, and each other.

“We missed Earth Day last year when our Wednesday night residency with Harvelle’s was shut down due to the pandemic,” Kaplan said. “We didn’t want to miss it this year so Oro Playa Lounge created an opportunity for us in support for Earth Day.” DiStefano went through each song playing everything off the

top of his head, at one point switching from the more relaxed sound of John Denver to the frantically fast speed of Metallica.

“It was pure improvisation with notes from Doug about how to bow on these songs, etc.,” DiStefano explained. “Doug directed the vision but the guitar performance was improvised.”

The songs sometimes switched at unexpected times, but those moments gave him opportunities to thoughtfully adapt to the rapid changes of the playlist, something that appeared natural to DiStefano through his facial expressions.

“Every single song had a moment,” DiStefano said. “I looked at it as one big song.

There were moments of love, pain and war.”

The blend of country, pop, rock, soul, folk, rap, electronic, metal and more was described by DiStefano as “sonic art.” At various points throughout the hour, DiStefano used a violin bow on his guitar like Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page to create a dreamy soundscape in an unusual way.

There was an instant where DiStefano strummed behind the saddle of his guitar to produce an

interesting muted strum. The cherry on top was his custom ‘pyro pedal’, which combined the effects of three separate pedals into one. This pedal took the previously mentioned playing methods and added even more twists to them – a testament to DiStefano’s ability to get crafty with what he is given.

With so much going on in the video, DiStefano’s passionate performance boiled down to his hope to inspire us towards eco-friendly actions that benefit the world as they would ourselves. He played through the stream “with a humble heart and healing intention” as he put it. “[I enjoyed] everything about it,” DiStefano said. “It was amazing to play guitar and work with the production team as Doug VJ’d the set.”

DiStefano is also optimistic about the future of his live performances. As things continue to reopen, he is setting his sights not only on performing at local clubs, but potentially out-of-state venues in 2022. The Earth Day performance is currently available for viewing at oroplaya.com

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Movies Under the Stars Rooftop Cinema Club returns to Santa Monica, debuts new venue in El Segundo PHOTOS COURTESY ROOFTOP CINEMA CLUB

By Kamala Kirk After a wildly successful run last winter, Rooftop Cinema Club (RCC) has returned to the Santa Monica Airport, announcing a new line-up of socially distanced movie screenings that will play every night of the week throughout May. “We’re excited to reopen our premier drive-in experience in the heart of the Westside,” said RCC founder Gerry Cottle.

“Guests can enjoy movies under the stars in the age of social distancing while having a safe ‘away from home’ experience from the security of their own vehicles. Movies will be projected onto a 52-foot screen and audio will be broadcast through the FM transmitter radio on their car. Guests are welcome to bring their own food, but we are also offering concessions through a completely contactless system.”

In addition to award-winning films, attendees can look forward to a “We Love LA” lineup, a “90s Weekend”, family-friendly flicks and cult classics. The Drive-In at Santa Monica Airport will offer two screenings on most days: a prime screening starting between 8 and 8:30 p.m. followed by a late screening starting between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m.

“We’ve missed our fellow Angelenos and being able to explore LA over the past year, so we’re kicking off our return to LA with some of our favorite quintessential LA movies,” Cottle said. “Both at The Drive-In at Santa Monica Airport and at our newest Rooftop venue, Rooftop Cinema Club El Segundo, we’re showing favorites like ‘Clueless’, ‘La La Land’ and ‘The Big Lebowski.’ We couldn’t think of a better way to return to the City of Angels than with a weekend dedicated to the movies that showcase everything we love about the city.”

The El Segundo venue sits atop a four-floor parking structure with mountain views, ocean breezes and open skies.

Guests will enjoy watching movies through state-of-the-art personal headphones and a crystal-clear picture on the big screen. They can choose two different types of seating

Rooftop Cinema Club has returned to the Santa Monica Airport and will debut a new line-up of screenings with fun new additions including roller skating servers.

On May 6, RCC opened Rooftop Cinema Club El Segundo, where guests can watch movies through state-of-the-art personal headphones, relax on comfortable lounge seats or loveseats, and enjoy craft cocktails and gourmet snacks. arrangements: single lounge seats for one or double-width loveseats for two. Standard tickets range from $18.50 to $26, depending on the type of ticket and day of the week.

Also available on the rooftop are lawn games; popcorn, candy and movie snacks with contactless order and pickup at the box office; a full bar complete with craft cocktails, beer and wine; and The Urban

Oven will be parked onsite, serving up artisanal wood-fired pizzas from their truck.

“We’re bringing back the same highly-rated experience that our guests loved earlier this year with safety at the forefront,” Cottle shared. “That being said, we’re always trying to uplevel our experience for guests. With the reopening, we’ve refreshed our décor and added a new photo moment onsite for guests

to enjoy. We also will be introducing roller skating servers to deliver concessions directly to vehicles once LA moves into the yellow tier.

We’ll be announcing more exciting things coming soon this summer.”

RCC is also bringing back bi-monthly community screenings on select Wednesdays at $10 per vehicle, regardless of occupancy, with $5 from each

ticket sale going directly to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

“During the winter season, our guests helped us raise more than $15,000 for the food bank through these screenings, and we’re happy to continue the tradition of giving back through the magic of movies,” Cottle said.

For more information, visit rooftopcinemaclub.com.

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WOODSON AT PLAYA VISTA “Overlooking a quiet courtyard, this Woodson home boasts a quiet walk street location offering privacy and space in one of Playa Vistas most sought after neighborhoods,” says agent Kris Zacuto. “With tree top views and an ideal orientation overlooking a rare landscaped open lot, this single family detached luxury home is a short walk to The Resort and Runway representing one of the most popular locations in Playa Vista. With three bedrooms and an additional office space, a two-car private garage along with a private guest space, this tech forward and turn key detached single family home has it all in the heart of Silicon Beach.”

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The custom bookshelves in the front sitting area and the oversized walls are perfect for displaying art. There is an entry hallway with a separate powder room for guests, laundry area, and storage closet. The master features a pedestal platform for the bed with hidden storage drawers, custom built-ins, a roomy walk-in closet, and two designer master bathrooms. This one-of-a-kind, trophy penthouse has floor to ceiling windows that let in lots of light and ocean breezes.

Step outside to the magnificent 600 square foot private deck with southern exposure that is perfect for indoor/outdoor living and entertaining at the beach. This modern, stylish building is a few miles from the beach and LA’s most popular shops, and top restaurants!

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The main suite is an airy sanctuary with a walk-in closet and spa-like bath and balcony. An additional en-suite bedroom, bath, and adjacent bedroom with a spacious patio round out the second floor. Smart systems and a fenced-in front yard are a few additional clever details of this dreamy enclave.”

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“Enjoy awesome sunsets and cool breezes from this extensively upgraded 1BD/1BA condo,” says agent Sheri Weisbender. “Beautifully distressed, hickory wood floors greet you at the entry of the light and bright living room. The remodeled, open concept kitchen, with a breakfast bar, makes cooking a pleasure. It’s like living in a resort. Enjoy the pool, hot tub, sundecks, fitness center, sauna, steam room, and recreation rooms. All of this is located in a serene setting with mature trees, and koi ponds. The California lifestyle at its best!

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“This exquisite penthouse loft is the largest penthouse in the coveted Steel Lofts boutique building,” says agent Tara Klein. “Come home to a bright and spacious home with a large and functional floor plan including white wood floors, designer kitchen with custom cabinetry, a large dining area soaring 12 ½ foot ceilings that give this loft an open and airy feeling throughout. The custom bookshelves in the front sitting area and the oversized walls are perfect for displaying art. Step outside to the magnificent private deck with southern exposure that is perfect for indoor/outdoor living.”

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Creative mortgages can help elderly parents keep their homes Options include a line-of-credit that can never be cancelled, parent loans, group home loans and jumbo mortgages.

By Jeff Lazerson | jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com | MortgageGrader.com | May 01, 2021 Do your parents want to stay in their home? Or maybe they want to buy a home to get away from the rent trap.

Thinking outside the proverbial mortgage underwriting box might just get them there.

There are plenty of parents with the physical and mental prowess to live on their own. Either the parents or their children or the combination of both may be financially capable of qualifying for the plethora of little-known mortgages available in the marketplace. Here are some options.

Reverse mortgages: There are 27 million households in the U.S. with someone who is 62 or older, according to Jon McCue, director of client relations at the National Reverse Mortgage Association.

Can you trust the bank to keep your home equity line-of-credit, or HELOC, open for a number of years? Banks famously and notoriously froze and cancelled home-equity lines-of-credit during the mortgage meltdown days of the Great Recession.

Let’s say grandma and grandpa are equity rich and house poor or will eventually tap out of their retirement savings. They could get an FHA reverse mortgage with a credit line that grows larger as they age. Even if home values decrease, the line of credit continues to grow.

You never have to pay a penny back on these

negatively amortizing mortgages.

The financial assessment qualifying bar is relatively low. They can take out the line-of-credit now and not use it until they need it. This ensures they have access to this type of loan since they may not qualify later if their finances diminish, said McCue. The line amount is based on the youngest borrower’s date of birth. At least one borrower must be 62 or older. Unlike a bank HELOC that might typically be without costs, this never-cancel HELOC (until you die or move out) will cost 2% for upfront FHA mortgage insurance of any initial draw plus points, escrow, title and the like, McCue said.

Parent loans: How about co-signing for your folks if they can’t otherwise qualify? Maybe they want to live on their own. Or what about helping mom and pop buy a group home for them and their friends?

Fannie Mae calls this a parent loan. As long as the parents can’t qualify on their own, they can get owner-occupied mortgage rates with as little as 5% down.

Jumbos: Sometimes the Fannie Mae loan limits don’t go high enough. Sometimes there are mortgage qualifying challenges that don’t allow for Fannie Mae type mortgages. Calling mortgages above those limits jumbo loans implies they’re large.

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But there are plenty of jumbo investors who offer more practical underwriting for unique circumstances. For example, bank statement loans.

Fannie just says “no” when it comes to adding up bank statement deposits to calculate income.

Many a lender offers jumbos and other formulas for boosting mom and dad’s income outside the traditional underwriting box.

While they are not named parent loans, a few jumbo lenders allow non-occupant co-borrowers for mortgage qualifying purposes, just like Fannie Mae. Let’s talk about being in the chips even with weak tax returns. One jumbo lender allows the kids to help qualify on a bank-statement mortgage to calculate income so long as at least one person (parent or child) is self-employed.

Los Angeles and Orange County jumbos decreased in 2018, but increased in 2019 and 2020, according to Attom Data Solutions. The numbers fluctuated up and down in San Bernardino County and dropped for four straight years in Riverside County.

For higher-priced homes with larger mortgages, my detective work found just one lender who allows adult children to co-sign a Fannie Mae first and a traditional HELOC “piggy-back” to get around higher jumbo mortgage rates. You’ll need to put at least 10.1% down for this mortgage.

Creative financing is the name of the game. Ask. Don’t assume mom and dad are stuck in a situation that they are trying to improve upon.

Freddie Mac rate news: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 2.98%, 1 basis point higher than last week. The 15-year fixed rate averaged 2.31%, 2 basis points higher than last week.

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 2.5% decrease in mortgage application volume from the previous week.

Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year fixed rate on a conforming $548,250 loan, last year’s payment was $74 more than this week’s payment of $2,306.

What I see: Locally, well-qualified borrowers can get the following fixed-rate mortgages with 1-point cost: A 30-year FHA at 2.25%, a 15-year conventional at 2%, a 30-year conventional at 2.625%, a 15-year conventional high-balance ($548,251 to $822,375) at 2.25%, a 30-year conventional high-balance at 2.875% and a jumbo 30-year fixed at 3.125%.

THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTION CAME FROM:

Jeff Lazerson is a mortgage broker.

He can be reached at 949-334-2424 or jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com.

His website is www.mortgagegrader.com.

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Compiled by Kamala Kirk “Happy and Gay” by Kentwood Players Virtual Theater, Through May 23 Presented by Kentwood Players Virtual Theater Series, “Happy and Gay” by Mary Steelsmith, adapted for Zoom and directed by Susan Stangl, is about two long-time church ladies, Betty (Sarilee Kahn) and Veronica (Valerie Sullivan) that have seen it all – until they work together from their own homes to prepare for a “gay wedding” reception. But adjusting to the new Zoom technology proves to be a bit of a challenge! Hilarity and social commentary abound as the two discuss proper procedures and wonder what their congregation will say about their preacher’s radical decision to use the church for these kinds of affairs.

All programming streams can be watched for free at youtube. com/kentwoodplayers

Saturday, May 15 Marina del Rey Farmers Market, 8 to 9 a.m. (seniors), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (general public) This weekly outdoor event allows Westside residents to support local produce sellers and other vendors. Food from a wide variety of businesses is available for purchase. Masks are required and only 40 people are allowed to shop at any one time. Held in parking lot 11 at 14101 Panay Way. More information is available at beaches.lacounty.gov/ mdrfarmersmarket Arts Learning Lab @Home: Bookmaking with Self-Compassion, 11 a.m.

Make an artist book celebrating your own creative growth. Join

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Thursday, May 13

On May 22, enjoy improvisational jazz music featuring world-renowned musicians such as Sariyah Idan live from Theatricum.

18th Street Arts Center artist in residence and bookmaker Debra Disman to discover how to create the beautiful, fun and versatile Flower Fold book into which you can write or paste wishes, hopes, prayers and dreams. This book can become a chain to hang in your home or give as a gift. Explore what the pandemic has meant to you while learning new skills and creating a unique expression of renewal and rebirth during the spring season.

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Sunday, May 16 Santa Monica Main Street Farmers’ Market, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Shop for local fresh produce and prepared foods from local restaurants starting at 2640 Main Street. You can also enjoy musical entertainment from featured weekly bands, face painting, balloon designs, and if

Monday, May 17 Dinner in Paris: A Virtual Cooking Series, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Cordon Bleu-trained chef and CII Trustee Lisa Baker Morgan is hosting a virtual series of three fun and interactive cooking classes on Zoom with proceeds benefitting Children’s Institute. For her May 17 class,

Tuesday, May 18 Webinar: Woodblock-printed and Real Journeys Through Japan, 5 to 6 p.m.

Art historian and travel expert Anne Alena will discuss the nature of domestic travel in Japan during the Edo period, exploring who was traveling and where, and the role the government played in establishing the travel infrastructure that became the foundation for today’s travel industry. She will be joined by Siobhan Aamoth of Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), who will share insights and information about travel around Japan today and postpandemic – including to some of the places featured in the prints in the exhibition. The presentations will be followed by a discussion and Q&A. japanhousela.com/events

Saturday, May 22 Theatricum Jazz Brunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Bring your own brunch and enjoy an afternoon of jazz streamed live into your home from the rustic outdoor amphi-

theater at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga.

Admission to the live Zoom event is free. Legendary bass player Darryl “Dnotes” Harris (who regularly plays with Stevie Wonder) heads up the band. He will be joined by lead guitarist Bray Ghiglia; acoustic guitarist and vocalist Sariyah Idan; Rivers, on African drums; vocalists Chezere Brathwaite and Camille Lourde Wyatt; and other surprise guests for an afternoon of jazz standards, original music, freestyle jazz and chart-topping hits.

Tickets are free but donations are welcome. Get the Zoom link at theatricum.com/jazzbrunch California Strong Drive-In Movie Fundraiser, 6 p.m.

California Strong announced its next major fundraiser for California residents impacted by natural disasters and tragic events over the past few years.

Purchase tickets to a summertime drive-in showing of “Major League”. The drive-in movie event will take place at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu. Gates open at 6 p.m. with the pre-show beginning at 7:30 p.m. and the movie starting at 8 p.m. There will be food trucks, snack shacks and drink options on-site. All proceeds will benefit families in need.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit californiastrong.org

Send event information at least 10 days in advance to kkirk@ timespublications.com COURTESY JAPAN HOUSE LOS ANGELES

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The Theatricum Jazz Brunch on May 22 will feature an extraordinary roster of accomplished jazz artists including Gerald C. Rivers.

you catch it on the right week, a cooking demonstration featuring local produce.

Mar Vista Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This vibrant, year-round market offers local produce, prepared foods, kids crafts and live events. Located at 12198 Venice Blvd., Grand View at Venice Boulevard.

For more information, visit marvistafarmersmarket.org Venice Electric Light Parade, 6 p.m.

Marcus Gladney created the Venice Electric Light Parade to bring together bike enthusiasts who love to light up their bikes and set out into the night along the beautiful Venice Beach boardwalk. The group meets every Sunday at sunset, at Windward Plaza on the boardwalk, down from the worldfamous Venice sign. Must have safety lights and wheel lights (not required to ride) will be available for purchase. As many as 100 people show up each Sunday night for a chance to join the community for a few hours of fun. Everyone welcome, all ages, all bikes.

For more information, visit facebook.com/veniceelectriclightparade

guests will learn to prepare refreshing summer favorites.

Attendees will receive an ingredients list ahead of time and Lisa will lead the group in preparing seasonal culinary delights from the comfort of their own kitchen. Tickets start at $150. Each ticket includes admission to the class, a CII wine glass, a CII apron, recipes, a grocery list and suggested wine pairings. Attendees’ support ensures children and families impacted by trauma and poverty have access to critical programs and services.

Buy tickets at childrensinstitute. org/event/dinnerinparis

On May 18, Japan House LA will present a webinar about travel around Japan and feature Japanese woodblock print landscapes.

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consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 14, 2021, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 29, Location: 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

For Classified rates and Petitioner: Natalie J. Dona callAve., Ann at 11558 info, Ostrom Granada Hills, California 626-584-8747 or 91344 (909) 845-7551 ann@argonautnews.com The Argonaut Newspaper 04/29/21, 05/06/21, 05/13/21

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PATRICIA DOLORES DOMINGUEZ CASE NO. 21STPB03466 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PATRICIA DOLORES DOMINGUEZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Natalie J. Dona in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Natalie J. Dona be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 14, 2021, Time: 8:30 AM, Dept.: 29, Location: 111 North Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

PAGE 26 THE ARGONAUT MAY 13, 2021 Petitioner: Natalie J. Dona 11558 Ostrom Ave.,

praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: Natalie J. Dona 11558 Ostrom Ave., Granada Hills, California 91344 (909) 845-7551 The Argonaut Newspaper 04/29/21, 05/06/21, 05/13/21

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21STCP01121 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of MARCO ANGEL VELASCOBARRAGAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: MARCO ANGEL VELASCO-BARRAGAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Marco Angel Velasco-Barragan to Angel Ari Velasco 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: June 7, 2021. Time: 10:00 AM. Dept.: 74. The address of the court is 111 N. Hill St. Los Angeles, CA 90012. 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: Los Angeles. Original filed: March 14, 2021.

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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: Los Angeles. Original filed: March 14, 2021.

Michelle Williams Court, Judge of the Superior Court.

PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 04/22/21, 04/29/21, 05/06/21, 05/13/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 21SMCP00153 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of HEIDI ELIZABETH SMELKER, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Heidi Elizabeth Smelker filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Heidi Elizabeth Smelker to Heidi Smelker Johnson 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: June 18, 2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: K. 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: Los Angeles. Original filed: April 08, 2021.

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Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021094962 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DACHTLER STUDIO, MASSLOS LIMITED. 2037 South Santa Fe Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90021.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 202108511329 REGISTERED OWNER(S) Dachtler Studio LLC, 2037 South Santa Fe Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90021. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Galaxias D. Dachtler TITLE: CFO, Corp or LLC Name: Dachtler Studio LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 22, 2021. 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 ad-

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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 05/06/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21, 05/27/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021080540 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HANDS IN CLAY L.A., HICLA. 3795 Boise Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066, 1027 ½ Euclid St., Santa Monica, CA 90403.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Hands In Clay L.A. LLC, 1027 ½ Euclid St., Santa Monica, CA 90403. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Donna Hasselberger.

TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: Hands In Clay L.A. LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 6, 2021. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 04/29/21, 05/06/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021060880 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VOLTA PRODUCTIONS. 1319 Sutherland Street Los Angeles, CA 90026. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Possible Futures LLC, 1319 Sutherland Street Los Angeles, CA 90026. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Alejandro De La Hidalga TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Possible Futures LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 6, 2021. 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

Futures LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 6, 2021. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper.

Dates: 05/06/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21, 05/27/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021086714 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WEST LA 3D PRINTING. 6241 W. 87th Street Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Menotti Creative Group, Inc., 6241 W. 87th Street Los Angeles, CA 90045.. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Peter Menotti. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Menotti Creative Group, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 2021. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 05/6/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21, 05/27/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021086716 Type of Filing: Refile. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MODUL8TION. 6241 W. 87th Street Los Angeles, CA 90045. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Menotti Creative Group, Inc., 6241 W. 87th Street Los Angeles, CA 90045.. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2009. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Peter Menotti III. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Menotti Creative Group, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12,

names listed above on: 01/2009. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Peter Menotti III. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Menotti Creative Group, Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 12, 2021. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 05/6/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21, 05/27/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021089971 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GREY LIGHT CHARTERS; 3838 Overland Ave., #5 Culver City, CA 90232, 10886 Washington Blvd., #1002 Culver City, CA 90232.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Justin Leeds, 3838 Overland Ave., #5 Culver City, CA 90232. 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. /s/: Justin Leeds. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 15, 2021. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 04/29/21, 05/06/21, 05/13/21, 05/20/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021097905 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CHOOSE YOUR MUSE; 2238 Wellesley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064, PO Box 64885 Los Angeles, CA 90064.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Stacey Michelle Rasfeld, 2238 Wellesley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Stacey Michelle Rasfeld. TITLE:

GISTERED OWNER(S) Stacey Michelle Rasfeld, 2238 Wellesley Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant comFic. Business Name menced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2016. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Stacey Michelle Rasfeld. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: April 26, 2021. 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). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 05/13/21, 05/20/21, 05/27/21, 06/03/21

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