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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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The Argonaut’s Golden Anniversary In preparation for The Argonaut’s 50-year anniversary, I recently visited the Marina del Rey Historical Society, where I looked through old issues of The Argonaut dating all the way back to the very first edition, which was published on November 25, 1971. As I sifted through past Argonaut covers and articles, I was overcome with feelings of nostalgia.

From reading about the completion of the Marina Freeway to the election of the first woman president of LA City Council, to the first Mar Vista Farmers Market to seeing the movie times listed for “Grease” when it was first in theaters, it felt as if I had traveled back in time and was reliving memorable moments in the publication’s history.

For the past 50 years, The Argonaut has been the premier and trusted source of local news, arts/culture coverage, as well as dining, business and real estate information for the Westside community in Los Angeles.

While it continues to innovate and move forward with the times, the publication also carries on the tradi-

tions and standards of its founder, David Asper Johnson.

To celebrate The Argonaut’s milestone achievement, we invite you to join us for a walk down memory lane for this week’s special issue, which includes the history of the publication and its founder, the first Argonaut cover and Publisher’s Statement, archival covers, photos and articles, a look back at the newspaper’s earlier years and its evolution over the decades, and more. It’s an honor to be a part of and share this important moment in The Argonaut’s history with all of you.

Kamala Kirk Editor

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Total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,247,361 Total deaths in LA County: 24,439 Total new cases as of June 19: 255 Total new deaths: 9 Hospitalizations: 219 Positivity rate (seven-day daily average): .51% Total number of people tested: 6,944,732 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)

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L E T T E R S Re: Mike Bonin’s Lack of Leadership Editor: I don’t like people living in the streets. I don’t like poverty.

I don’t like Councilman Bonin or his staff. I have been a homeowner in Venice for 38 years, and during that entire period of time I have worked in the “affordable housing” field.

Your letter, Mike Bonin’s Lack of Leadership…. (June 10, from Mark Von Gessel), like so many others of the kind, as well as these recall Bonin people who want to waste my tax money on numerous unnecessary extra elections, all seem to miss one thing: they have no suggested lawful solutions to the problem.

And yes, it is unconstitutional to force people to move off of the street and onto some property near LAX or anywhere else. This is America — not China, Russia or Nazi Germany.

And you have to build the housing first, so obviously you can’t move them “immediately”, as the writer demands. So, if you want to help, support

housing groups like Venice Community Housing Corp, who are actually building these projects to house people.

So, be constructive, instead of just complaining about the liberals.

Jack Schwartz Venice Main Street Closure Editor: 43-year homeowner on 2nd Street near Marine Street. In that time period, the few times Main Street closed due to construction or emergencies, my street becomes a nightmare.

Don’t forget the little guys!

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Santa Monica Let’s Shelter the Homeless Editor: The Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles County and much of the United States can be solved. On federal land and other available land, America must build a series of Our Town cities holding 10,000 to 12,000 formerly homeless individuals.

For example, the Chinese

completed a field hospital facility to accommodate COVID-19 patients in Wuhan shortly after the initial outbreak. It could house 4,000 patients. They built it from scratch in 10 days!

Come on, America, deploy our National Guard and other military resources and expertise, and private contractors to build dozens, even hundreds of Our Town cities throughout America. We must go big to solve homelessness or wallow in current, usually too expensive, piecemeal failures. When we face a national problem, it’s natural for the federal government to be part of the solution.

Each Our Town will be divided into four groups: 1) families with children; 2) detox and rehab, medically supervised for those with drug problems including alcohol; 3) people with mental problems; 4) low-income poor people who need safe housing and transportation to work or school. Many jobs will be filled to make each Our Town a viable, small city. Able-bodied, low-income residents will be

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prioritized to acquire permanent housing near their employment.

Each resident will get a welcome interview and brief medical check-up. All residents will get a daily morning protein shake and maybe vitamin supplements and medication, as appropriate. They can pitch their tents in some sections, as better housing is being constructed. One dog is permitted, but the adult owner/companion must work at the dog park and maybe help a vet once in a while to pay for the dog’s care and feeding. Workshops, classes and jobs will be available to people who are able-bodied.

Hold a lottery with homeless people winners getting long-term housing in several, hopefully many, formerly vacant lots for tiny homes and other low-cost housing options throughout the county. These would be clean and safe, but not part of an Our Town city.

Relocate campers, people living in cars and various RVs. Many are in disrepair and are fire hazards. Move them and

their units into free or low-cost RV parks on government land, not along Jefferson Boulevard.

C’mon America, wake up!

Those who resist and refuse to be relocated will be detained for an evaluation and physical.

Those who continue to camp on or near the beach will be relocated to an appropriate housing option with or without their consent. Big open heart and a really hard head is what’s needed. We need both, big time, henceforth now, and forevermore!

If laws and policies and procedures are problematic, they must be changed to allow all homeless people in encampments throughout the county and throughout America to be relocated in one of the dozens, even hundreds of Our Town cities throughout America. This is what we need to do.

The SoCal beaches will be cleared of encampments once and for all. No more camping or overnighting on the beach.

Welcome to a real city with housing, and you can call it home. You are no longer homeless. You live in Our

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Street Trees over Lincoln Boulevard Editor: Aqua at Marina del Rey Apartments is a high-end place.

Along the frontage these trees are weak and lean over Lincoln Boulevard. Four times over three years management was informed these trees will fail.

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Some, all right many, NIMBYS will resist Our Town cities. Our individual and collective response needs to be jobs, jobs, jobs. Many salaried positions with health benefits and paid vacations, and an optional pension plan, will be available, with close proximity to the Our Town gated, yes, gated city. We’re running entire cities; and therefore, many positions must be filled full time. Those living nearby will receive preference for hiring because they live close to Our Town. Many others will live full time in one of the Our Town cities.

Let’s go America. We can do this.

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To save trees it only needs a stake post and a short pullback line.

I recently called manager Ashley Zarro who remembers my previous notices. Also called Essex Corporation who directed me to the customer care section. Aqua Marina will do nothing because they are on the city sidewalk.The city will never do anything until after it becomes dangerous.

Twenty years ago I personally saved such a tree on Mindanao at Lincoln.

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Santa Monica resident and high school student Julia Sansing is the founder of Friend in Me, an organization that connects kids with disabilities and neurotypical student volunteers through fun online games and one-on-one conversations on Zoom.

By Katie Lulla For several years, Santa Monica resident Julia Sansing volunteered in an AYSO program that brought kids with disabilities and student volunteers together through soccer. After noticing how hard it was for her brother, who has a diagnosis of autism, to find friends to hang out with – especially during the pandemic – she created Friend in Me, a social group connecting neurodivergent and neurotypical kids from ages 8 to 18.

Sansing hopes that the friendships formed through Friend in Me will persevere past the organization and teach students to reach out to others.

“I’ve always kind of wanted to start a social group for kids with disabilities because I feel like it’s definitely a need out there,” Sansing said. “Not only for the kids with disabilities, but with the volunteers to just interact and build friendships. The idea behind the name

Friend in Me is that everyone has the ability to make lasting friendships with different people.”

Sansing gathered participants by reaching out to regional centers for neurotypical minors as well as parent support groups. She found volunteers through mutual friends and by contacting other schools in California. As a result, participants and volunteers have the opportunity to meet students from all over California.

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older kids are,” Sansing said. “I am definitely trying to expand to earlier grades closer to 5th grade and early middle schools. Reaching out to middle schools would be my next goal for sure.”

Sansing hosts three Zoom sessions: Fridays from 5 to 5:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10:30 to 11 a.m., and Sundays from 4 to 4:30 p.m. All volunteers and participants join one large Zoom session and then are separated into breakout rooms, this way Sansing or any other moderator can assist with technical issues.

The participants and volunteers enjoy a range of activities. Some share their Minecraft worlds and play games such as Roblox and Tic-Tac-Toe, while others simply talk. Afterwards, participants fill out a form evaluating their buddy.

“Overall, our goal is to figure out who works best with one another by what they fill out in their form,” Sansing said.

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Over time, Sansing has noticed that participants were joining from other time zones and decided to create two sister Zoom sessions that will be run from Chicago and Boston starting in the summer.

“It’s really exciting because I think it’s going to give opportunities for kids,” Sansing said. “They can’t join our Zooms because of time restraints, so it’s nice that we’re able to open up new times for them.”

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An Evening With George Gascón The Committee for Racial Justice hosted a virtual discussion

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This holistic approach also includes shifts away from cash bail and reforms in the way law enforcement responds to mental health and addiction concerns.

It comes with the best interests of the community in mind — as his interviewers describe, unusually resolute in his prioritization of people over politics.

The discussion was hosted by the Committee for Racial Justice, a group formed in Santa Monica to tackle the issue of systemic racism with workshops, educational reform and protest actions. Many of the moderators, including lead moderator George Brown, also serve on the newly minted Public Safety Reform and Oversight Commission, the first civilian oversight body for police in Santa Monica.

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But Gascón’s approach, which seeks both to minimize the punitiveness of the criminal justice system and to rethink the role of law enforcement in bringing people into this system, represents not only a change in policy but a change in mindset.

“We have begun to take a look at violence through a public health lens,” Gascón said.

“We’re beginning to look not just simply at arrest and prosecution, but we’re looking at prevention, looking at intervention, looking for other vehicles to give community violence a holistic approach.”

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This advice comes backed by much experience, as Gascón has not only worked to investigate police conduct in LA, but has faced criticism himself, perhaps most notably from the LA County Sheriff. Though this opposition has progressed from injunctions on Gascón’s directives to now a campaign for a recall vote against him, Gascón responded to questions regarding these struggles, as well as his relationship to LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, with grace.

“This is about doing the right thing for the community,” Gascón said. “I am doing exactly what I said that I was going to do, and I will continue to do it so long as you [constituents] support me. A recall can only be successful if the community decides that it will be successful.”

Despite his determination, Gascón admitted that his office

does not necessarily hold all the answers — because, to reform the office of the district attorney is also to reduce its footprint, as resources shift away from criminal justice and towards community support that treats the factors that lead to crime before it has a chance to arise.

“My office can play a role in that, but as a partner to you — to your city council, to agencies within the city of Santa Monica or other cities,” Gascón said.

“Often for us, a partnership really means taking a step back so that others can come in to do the work.”

The meeting ended with Gascón’s advice not only for councils and committees, but for ordinary citizens as well, as he implored all present to continue educating their community and making their voices heard.

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Growing up, her family would take a big camping trip every year and come back with piles of clothes and blankets that smelled of campfire smoke. Morton recalled going with her mom to a local laundromat in Castro Valley where she grew up. They would spend the day there washing their camping gear and big loads of laundry while having conversations with the woman who owned the laundromat.

Morton said the owner, a full-time teacher who ran the laundromat business on the side, kickstarted her interest in opening a laundromat of her own.

“She kind of stuck with me in my mind all of these years,” Morton said.

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Morton looked at it as her chance to finally open her own laundromat.

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Morton opened The Laundry Room on May 11 in Culver City.

The 3,200-square-foot space is located on Slauson Avenue and features self-service washers and dryers, large open windows and a laundry service called the “fluff and fold,” a new convenient service Morton said is perfect for the post-pandemic lifestyle.

“Customers will drop off their clothes in the morning, want them washed and folded so they can pick them up that evening,” Morton said. “People are able to pull right up to the door with their laundry and it’s extremely convenient.”

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Morton had purchased an old laundromat in Inglewood, but said that didn’t feel like the right fit for her. While she was going through the escrow process, she learned about a laundromat in Culver City where the owner was ready to pass it on to someone new. Morton said the machines were 20 years old and the place needed some sprucing up.

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while giving the community what it needs,” Morton said.

“Lucky for me, I closed escrow six weeks before the pandemic hit and we had contractors here renovating the outside of the building to give it a beautiful facelift.”

The pandemic brought business to a screeching halt after Morton had renovated the exterior and was working on refurbishing the interior. She became concerned because of how unpredictable the future was, but with the help

of her landlord, Morton was able to keep the laundromat and finished renovations in time for her grand opening.

The laundromat’s interior has been completely redone with brand-new washers and dryers of different sizes. Morton added vending machines for snacks, different brands of soap, detergents and fabric softener.

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“We have a very loyal customer base that walks here and that really does feed to the whole community aspect,” Morton said. “People come here for a positive, uplifting environment and I think we’re doing a pretty good job of that.”

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SMBW recently celebrated the brand refresh in tandem with their anniversary from June 18 to 20. Visitors to the brewery received a complimentary pint glass and logo sticker with the purchase of select draft beers from SMBW’s tasting room in Santa Monica.

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By Kamala Kirk In celebration of Santa Monica Brew Works’ (SMBW) 7th anniversary, the local brewery is unveiling a refreshed look that includes new branding and packaging that embodies the easygoing spirit of Southern California’s coast.

“Nothing stands still in the beer industry,” said Johnny Wardell, marketing director for SMBW. “Consumer needs are continuously evolving, and shelves are increasingly crowded. During the shutdown we had the opportunity to reevaluate our brand strategy.

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Established in 2014, SMBW is Santa Monica’s first and only brewery. They have developed a loyal following across Southern California and beyond, and recently expanded distribution to Northern California and Nevada, as well as the Las Vegas Strip.

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Menopause, Middle Age and Mothering The Broad Stage offers tonic to pandemic-exhausted women three of Loh’s live cabarets, experiences she referred to as “high-contact” because of the way she would interact with the audience. Written and performed by Loh, it was directed

by Bart DeLorenzo and produced by Frier McCollister.

“It was in the round and laid out as a cabaret,” Loh said.

“The audience was drinking and I was serving them wine — especially mothers if they looked tired. ‘Oh my god, you need a glass of wine!’ It was very informal and in your face, I even splashed wine on people.

The audience is a character in the show and there is a lot of call and response.”

The filmed version that is available on demand shows the audience participation, a reminder of what we once had and may get to have again. The show includes such topics as what people really use Q-tips for, the great underground society of mothers who have to

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By Bridgette M. Redman If you can’t remember what it was like to enjoy an evening of live standup while sharing drinks at a table with your friends, The Broad Stage is ready to come to your rescue with a show that was filmed over three nights before the pandemic.

A 70-minute solo comedy cabaret piece featuring awardwinning performer and writer Sandra Tsing Loh will stream on demand from June 23 through June 30. “The Bitch is Back” is a rollicking piece about menopause, middle age and mothering.

“As we re-enter this post-pandemic moment, watching this time capsule of the recent past reminds us of all the things we no longer take for granted, but look forward to having again,” Loh said. “We know the bitch will be back in more ways than we could have known then.”

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get stoned to go to Michaels, and Loh’s ritual for weighing herself (which involves two weeks of deep meditation and the exact correct arrangement of Tibetan prayer flags).

Loh also calls on her audience to shout out their shared, hidden knowledge.

“I’d call out, ‘On three in the cheap seats…which store has the best samples?’ One, two… and before I got to two, they all shouted, ‘Costco!’” Loh said.

Loh had been developing the show throughout 2014 as she did a tour for her book, “The Madwoman and the Volvo.” She eschewed the typical book tour events as “boring and staid” and instead did stops in women’s homes where they were drinking and having a good time.

Rather than read from her book, Loh started doing a comedy routine that grew into this show. She began doing it live, including a sold-out show at The Edye at The Broad Stage in 2015.

“There was the joy of having all these women there in gangs,

if you will, and just laughing and having a few glasses of chardonnay and sometimes talking back, which is hilarious,” Loh said.

She said there were always some men who came along, usually as part of a couple and they would look nervous.

“We’d say, ‘We love you men, good for you for coming and you get sex this evening,’” Loh said. “’You get to get laid because your lady dragged you to a show about menopause.’

The men enjoy it because they see how crazy the women are and they get to see it from the inside. The women really do laugh, but the men do also.”

And while the on-demand show is from pre-pandemic days, The Broad Stage is offering two pandemic-style experiences for all ticket holders for “The Bitch is Back.” Loh will host two special “happy hours” celebrating women who are 45+.

The first features guest Marlo Thomas for “Women 45+ and Relationships” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 24. It will be

More than a history lesson, “The Bitch is Back” is a humorous rant in Loh’s signature mode and is streaming on demand at thebroadstage.org.

what Loh describes as a casual group participation where Thomas will talk about what makes marriages work and her 45+ year marriage with Phil Donahue.

On Saturday, June 26 at 5 p.m., Loh will be joined by a group of actresses for a happy hour titled “Women 45+ and Theater: Thoughts on Wendy Wasserstein.” Her special guests are Caroline Aaron, Marilu Henner, Melanie Mayron and JoBeth Williams. It will be co-hosted

by Chris Burney.

“These were actresses I would not have been able to get in normal times, but on Zoom, you can,” Loh said. “For me, the last time I saw a play on stage with women 60+ was Wasserstein.

They all had roots in that work, so we are going to talk about what that experience is and what Wasserstein would be writing today.”

Loh has another book coming out in paperback during the week of the show, “The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year of Raging Hormones.”

If you tune in to social media, you’ll see Loh organizing women’s watch parties and offering such swag as goddess pants, “Madwoman” wine glasses, free books and specialty cocktails.

Loh hopes this streamed show will be one of the last of the cocktail couch pajama Zoom parties of the pandemic as things start to open up. She hails the women, especially mothers, who have been holding things together for their families throughout the past year and a half.

“I think the pandemic has been such a hard year for so many, both personally and culturally,” Loh said. “There have been so many really serious issues to deal with and tragic things happening. As we slowly open, it feels really great to laugh — to just laugh and relax. We’re going to have cocktail recipes that you can download, and just think of the small things and craziness of our lives. I hope it is a wonderful tonic to take a break and enjoy.”

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Sonic Sculptures Artist focuses on amplifying protest voices through musical instruments politics, the pandemic and passionate social movements.

“The body of work that is at 18th Street really comes out of the past year of the rise in protest movements, BLM, and getting involved in anti-racism work locally in my hometown of Pasadena,” Mann said.

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By Bridgette M. Redman Elana Mann breaks expectations and defies norms with her chosen artistic media.

Coming from a faith with rules against visual representations, she became a visual artist.

Mann has no musical background whatsoever, but she creates musical instruments.

Her work is being displayed now through July 2 at 18th Street Arts Center in an exhibition called “A Year of Wonders, redux” and features sonic sculptures, a video and works on paper – all have to do with listening and learning to connect with people. They also have to do with amplifying voices of protest.

Mann began creating sono-sculptures in 2014, delving into works related to the time period in which they are made. For this production, Mann was focused on

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“Years of Wonders, redux” is a solo exhibition of works by artist Elana Mann in 18th Street Arts Center’s Airport Gallery on display through July 2, 2021. sonically oriented, not visual.”

Even when Mann began to develop her skills as a young artist, she was mixing ideas of performance into what she did.

There followed a natural evolution that incorporated her background and her interests. As she began to make sculptures about the art of listening, she started to come across a lot of antique listening objects and old school megaphones that cheerleaders use.

“They are also listening devices,” Mann said. “You can receive sound through them. They amplify sound and before there were electronic hearing devices, there were ear horns that were megaphone shaped. I was researching that and making art about that, and then I realized these can also amplify sound if I speak through them, so I started making these modified megaphones and then just branching out to other kinds of instruments that could be used.

It was a many year evolution.”

The instruments Mann created have been used in original operas and by nationally and internationally recognized musicians.

However, she also makes sure they are simple enough that anyone can use them even if they are not a trained musician.

“I’m not going to make something that I can’t play myself,” Mann said. “They’re all very easy to use, but a musician can use them in a different way than say I could use them. Just like a trained singer could use the megaphone in

a way that I could never do, but I can bring my instruments to a street protest or a demonstration and use them and they’re really effective in that way.”

As Mann created these works, she started to be shown in museums, galleries and public spaces around the country and abroad. During 2020 she was a City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellow, and in the fall, she was a 2020 International Artist-inResidence at Artpace San Antonio.

Preparing the exhibition

The sculptures in the exhibition were finished while Mann was in residence in Texas.

“I was there leading up to the presidential election,” Mann said.

“It was a really intense time to be in Texas as a Californian.”

She was inspired by Geraldine Brooks’ book “Year of Wonders” for the title of the exhibition. It was written in 2002 about the Black Plague, following one woman’s journey in a small English town. It is a fiction novel based on a true story about a small town that quarantined itself from the surrounding community because it had the plague. The novel is a story of one woman’s resiliency in facing many hardships and the sacrifices the town had to make. Mann said it really resonated with this time.

Huge horn stresses communal speech

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the sculptural folk instruments.

They include “Our work is never done (unfinished business)” which is modeled on the “Megakazoo-horn” that legendary folk music figure Charles Chase made based on an instrument his grandfather, a folk musician and communist, used to take to local protests in Claremont during the 1970s.

“I was inspired and made this six-person protest horn that amplifies six different voices,” Mann said. “It’s in two parts so it is easy to transport, it is very light, made of fiberglass. It could be brought very easily to a protest space and six people have to agree on what they’re going to say and what their message is going to be — or if they’re all going to be shouting at the same time and not be heard.”

Maracas fill protest spaces with sound

Surrounding the horn on the walls are rattles or maracas, titled “Unidentified Bright Object 11-60.” They are part of an ongoing series of Mann’s. There are 49 of them displayed out of a collection of 60 to 70. With individually turned wood handles and heads made of cast ceramic, she finds different things to fill the hollow tops including glass, metal, wood and plastic.

Each rattle has a different saying on it such as “Truth”, “Say His Name”, “Say Her Name”, “Stop”, “Rage”, “Justice” or “Equity.”

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Because they are so lightweight they are designed to be used at protests. They also have the advantage of being COVIDfriendly.

“For COVID times, the maracas are great because you don’t have to worry about using your voice or breathing in other people’s air,” Mann said. “You can just use touch and wash your hands afterward.”

They serve the purpose of creating a diversity of sound at protest and encouraging those who are at a gathering.

“I’m a mom with two kids, if I’m going to a protest, I don’t have time to make a custom sign, so I can just stick these in my bag and they’re really loud,” Mann said. “They create another kind of sound and space in a protest arena, where sometimes the sounds are people wanting to be louder to make their voice heard, sometimes they’re trying to drown out sounds — sometimes there are oppressive noises of helicopters or police. This is supposed to bring celebration and joy to the protest space. People really respond. It adds play and pleasure to these kind of spaces.

Also, if you don’t want to shout

or you don’t know what to say, you can shake the maraca.”

One of the special events associated with the exhibition had a musician, Jeff Schwartz, playing the full set of maracas.

While they are designed for anyone to use, Mann said that Schwartz, who has toured internationally, has a unique take on them. The video of his performance, “Hungry Ears: Jeff Schwartz” can be viewed on the exhibition web page.

Filling out the exhibit

While in Texas, Mann met Emily Eiler and they worked on music together that is incorporated into a video that she created with her partner, Jean-Paul Leonard. Eiler composed the song and her husband created a 3D model of the protest horn, and they imagine how the object could be used symbolically.

Adding to the exhibition are a series of works on paper that expand the breadth of the sculptural works, exploring listening, vibrations and the human voice. They range from things such as a self-portrait with her head merged into a giant bell to reimagined pop posters. All of

the art works are focused on inspiring people to be better listeners.

“I really focus on the act of listening, encouraging people to be listeners more and the power of listening in society,” Mann said. “That doesn’t mean you have to be passive or silent, but it just means that you can be open to other people’s voices and other people’s perspectives and have a chance to develop empathy, have a chance to argue in a respectful way.”

What: Solo exhibition by Elana Mann: “Year of Wonders, redux” Who: 18th Street Art Center Where: Airport Gallery, 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica When: Through July 2,2021 Reservations: Appointments are recommended but walkin visitors are welcome.

Sign up for an appointment at yearofwondersredux.comeventbrite.com Website: 18thstreet.org/event/ elana-mann-year-of-wondersredux

Mann’s exhibition was born out of the nation’s unfolding political changes, passionate social movements and the global coronavirus pandemic.

The exhibition consists of sculptural folk instruments, video and works on paper, all part of an ongoing series of sonosculptures since 2014.

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We Were All Here New film captures history of Santa Monica’s Pico neighborhood and Casillas family COURTESY DANIEL ALONZO

By Bridgette M. Redman It is easy for a neighborhood’s history to disappear, to be bulldozed under newer stories that are unaware of their connections to earlier times.

There is a price that is paid when that happens.

It is why 18th Street Arts Center commissioned two artists, Dan Kwong and Paulina Sahagun, to tell the stories of the Pico Neighborhood, home to 18th Street Arts Center. The two started collecting an in-depth oral history of the area, only to be interrupted by the pandemic.

Their plans for a live theatrical production transformed to that of a multi-media video project, the first of two parts which will be released on June 24. The first part of the film focuses on the La Veinte neighborhood up to the construction of the 10 Freeway in 1966.

A live online launch event, “The Art of Family in La Veinte,” will follow on June 26.

The project zeroes in on the Casillas family, the largest family ever to immigrate from Mexico to Santa Monica.

“History gets literally buried,” Sahagun said. “First it is destroyed in terms of buildings and people moving away and people dying. It is really important to uncover the history that was there before. When 18th Street started doing this cultural mapping, you start to realize how important this is, because when you’re from a certain place, it is so common for you to kind of forget.”

The Pico neighborhood is bound by Pico on the south, Colorado on the north, Stewart Street on the east and 14th Street on the west. 18th Street Arts Center executive director Jan Williamson said she is very excited about this project because it is an opportunity to reflect back to the community its own story through film.

“The story that Dan and Paulina are going to be telling is one a lot of people know a piece of, because they are a part of it, but to have it created and put into a film and reflected back to them in this artistic format — it’s like getting to see yourself in a mirror for the first time,” Williamson said.

nostalgia’s sake, but for the sense of continuity and connection. I think in LA especially, we tend to bulldoze our past — wipe it out and put up something new. I’ve been affected by that attitude, looking past things, and so this project has really opened my eyes to appreciating more of what is here now.”

Artists pour their talent into the film

“We Were All Here” is a collaborative art video produced by Dan Kwong and Paulina Sahagun that tells the story of La Veinte, the Casillas family, and the Pico neighborhood of Santa Monica.

Personal histories drew artists to this project

Both artists have deep roots to the Pico neighborhood. Sahagun was born there and lived there until her family had to move because of the freeway being built that split the neighborhood.

While they moved to Venice, they continued returning to the Pico neighborhood because their friends were there and they wanted to shop at the Casillas’ market.

The store was important to Sahagun’s family because it was often the only place they could go to get real Mexican ingredients to make the food they were used to.

“I remember my mother complaining about not being able to get corn husks to make tamales because those weren’t sold anywhere,” Sahagun said.

Kwong’s connection to the neighborhood began in 1989 with the founding of 18th Street Arts Center. He has been a resident artist since the beginning and has lived in the neighborhood for the past 29 years.

“I have seen in three decades a lot of change,” Kwong said. “I’m a performance artist and a storyteller and I’ve always been telling stories that include historical elements, using those stories to critique, comment and think about the larger society we live in.”

Williamson said Kwong and Sahagun were the perfect fit for this project because of their geographic backgrounds and their skills as artists.

“They just know the Westside deeply and they are incredible artists,” Williamson said. “They have worked together before. We didn’t require them to work together, they chose to, in part

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because they have collaborated many times before.”

Neighborhood rich with history dating back a century

This project is part of a cultural mapping program that 18th Street Arts Center started in 2015. They have collected histories from many neighborhoods, but it was important for them to do something on the Pico neighborhood because it is their home.

“We’re right in the middle of it,” Williamson said. “As artists, we’re really curious about our neighborhood and what is going on in it. We’ve been here for over 30 years and we’ve seen the neighborhood change a lot.”

The Pico neighborhood was a primary home base for Latinx, Black and Asian families in Santa Monica for many decades because of the historical discriminatory housing policies. In 1966, the Santa Monica Freeway was completed that split the neighborhood in half and displaced 3,000 families.

The extended Casillas family settled in the neighborhood beginning in 1918. Their story became one that reflects the 20thcentury immigrant experience not just in Santa Monica, but in the country as a whole. Genna Casillas is one of the descendants who was interviewed for the film.

“Being a citizen, to me, means that you care about your community - not just what you will get from it but what you put into it,” Casillas said. “My dad’s family came to this country and were so grateful for what they found that they gave back.”

Story is local and universal

When the artists were trying to figure out how to organize the vast amount of information they were collecting about the neighborhood, Kwong struck upon the idea of focusing on the Casillas family because their story reflected that of the entire community and was emblematic of the formation of other communities.

Sahagun said that as they worked, a cycle emerged – a cycle that was not just applicable to this neighborhood, but to other communities as well. “(It starts with) the external forces that have made people leave their country and establish somewhere else,” Sahagun said.

“How do they create methods, resources and ways of supporting each other? Then they externally create a business that supports them. The humanity of this group will extend to the roots of where they came from and what happens during that time in history — political and social events — and how does that affect this community?”

She said that as they sat with the interviews, photographs and a timeline that Kwong created, they were really able to see the cycle of what was going on.

Kwong said that working on this project has given him a greater appreciation for the neighborhood where he lives.

There are buildings that he has passed 50,000 times before and never thought about how they have a history.

“It has opened my eyes to the old things in the neighborhood and made me value them,” Kwong said. “I value them as a piece of history not just for

The film will include narration, oral history, lyrical and poetic interludes, and visual images such as historical photos of the area and music that accentuates moments in history.

“It’s been hard to get some of the photos we need,” Kwong said. “We have been scouring the Internet and haranguing relatives in Florida saying, ‘Can you please find me photographs of your dad’s hot dog stand? Can you please go through that box again?’”

They are also working with two historians, asking them to review the script and ensure that what they do is accurate. Kwong assures people that the film will not, however, be a history lecture. It is designed to be entertaining with plenty of humorous scenes. Both hope that their film will encourage people to reflect on their own histories and to consider what they can take from a previous time to improve their quality of life now.

18th Street Arts Center deputy director Sue Yank warned that if people don’t actively work to think about cultural heritage and histories of place, it can just get erased. It requires a really proactive role to keep it from disappearing. At 18th Street Arts Center, they do it through a lens of arts and culture and storytelling.

“The histories of the neighborhood and who they are affect the way we live today with one another,” Yank said. “The pandemic has made that even more present in people’s minds — knowing who your neighbors are and who you can count on. I think this project is a really great example of how we can begin to pass on that knowledge and that heritage.”

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Compiled by Kamala Kirk Hotel June’s One-Year Anniversary Festivities, Through June 27 This month, Hotel June celebrates their one-year anniversary and the official start to summer with a week of music, wellness classes, entertainment, pool hangs, Caravan Swim Club specials and more. Festivities kick off on June 22 and include a variety of programming such as Aura polaroids by The Kind Aura, Aquabatix synchronized swimming performances, poolside oyster shucking and taco stations, and a four-course Supper Series dinner co-hosted

by Mezcal Vago. The week comes to a close with June Jams, an all-day pool party featuring music by Vox DJs alongside Caravan Swim Club cocktails and bites. Stay the night to celebrate with a special anniversary booking offer that includes 20% off the best available rate for 2+ nights, a $50 dining credit, welcome amenity and one raffle entry for a two-night stay at San Francisco Propert.

The exclusive offer only applies to stays booked on or before June 25. More details about event programming and tickets can be found on Hotel June’s happenings page.

For more information, visit thehoteljune.com

Friday, June 25 LMU’s Virtual Shakespeare on the Bluff Festival, 8 p.m.

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Loyola Marymount University’s Theatre Arts program presents its 4th annual Shakespeare on the Bluff Festival, once again streaming live, on June 25 and July 23.

Loyola Marymount University’s Theatre Arts program presents its 4th annual Shakespeare on the Bluff Festival, once again streaming live, on June 25 and July 23. “Twelfth Night”, directed by Sonia Desai, opens on Friday June 25 at 8 p.m. Join shipwrecked Viola as she finds herself in a world of dueling knights, drag queens and unrequited love. Shakespeare on the Bluff’s Twelfth Night celebrates Pride Month by showing love in all its glory.

Join LMU for a story of separated twins, valiant sea pirates, clever fools and triumphant love. Sonnetfest ’21, directed by Kevin Wetmore, will be held on Friday July 23 at 8 p.m. featuring performances of Shakespeare’s sonnets by LMU facility, students, alumni and

guest artists. Both performances are free and RSVPs are required.

For more information and to RSVP, visit cfa.lmu.edu

Saturday, June 26 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 Westside Ballet Spring Workshop Screening, 5 p.m.

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The Volunteer Guild at Westside Ballet invites you to celebrate summer, their Westside dancers and the full reopening of the studios! A public film screening of Westside’s Spring workshop black box performance will be presented privately in the upgraded Theater Studio Six. The presentation honors world-renowned choreographer George Balanchine – alongside a wealth of other gifted classical musicians, choreographers and dancers. Spotlight selections will include solo pieces from beloved classics including “Sleeping Beauty”, “Swan Lake” and “Don Quixote.” Also included will be a Westside Ballet premiere of excerpts from “Donizetti Variations” with music by Gaetano Donizetti and original choreography by George Balanchine. At 5 p.m. there will be a pizza social with soft drinks and dessert followed by the video screening of the Spring workshop at 6 p.m.

Advance tickets are $6.50; tickets at the door are $10.

1709 Stewart St, Santa Monica.

To purchase tickets, visit tix.com/ticket-sales/westsideballet/4547

Sunday, June 27 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 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 Westside Voices Concert, 3:30 p.m.

Live music is back! Join this 12-voice mixed a cappella ensemble and enjoy some wonderful live music at Westchester Lutheran Church courtyard. Suggested donation $15.

7831 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information, visit westsidevoices.com or email westsidevoices@hotmail.com

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This month Hotel June celebrates their one-year anniversary and the official start to summer with a week of music, wellness class, pool hangs, and more from June 22 to 27.

On Saturday June 26, Westside Ballet invites you to celebrate summer, their Westside dancers and the full reopening of the studios with a public film screening of their spring workshop.

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50 Years of Community Journalism An overview of The Argonaut’s evolution throughout the years

By Kamala Kirk

The Argonaut Founder, Editor & Publisher, David “Dave” Asper Johnson

Early Beginnings & Career

• Johnson began his newspaper career during his sophomore year of high school, writing sports stories for Idaho’s local Couer d’Alene Press and the Kootenai County Leader.

• After graduation, Johnson served two years of active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve, and began a weekly newspaper while serving on the “USS Rice County.” At the time, it was said to be the smallest U.S. Navy ship with a weekly newspaper.

• Upon being discharged from active duty, Johnson attended the University of Washington, where he was awarded a scholarship as journalism student of the year.

• Afterwards, Johnson attended UCLA Law School and became the editor of the UCLA Law School Docket.

• Johnson embarked on a month-long tour of Europe in the late 1960s, ending up in The Hague, where he joined the American Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands and helped edit the first “Netherlands-American Trade Directory.”

• Upon his return to the U.S. in 1970, Johnson joined the Las Virgenes Enterprise, a weekly newspaper in Calabasas, before eventually starting The Argonaut in 1971.

Other Achievements

• Johnson also was co-founder, founding co-publisher and founding editor of “The Beach Reporter”, a weekly in Manhattan Beach that was established in 1977. He also started The Ocean Front Weekly in Venice and Ocean Park, which later ceased publication.

• Johnson was director of the National Newspaper Association for three years, director of the Suburban Newspapers of America, served several terms as a director of the California Newspaper Publishers Association, and a term as president of the California Newspaper Publishers Association Southern California Unit. He also served as director and secretary of the Venice Family Clinic for more than a decade.

• A longtime supporter and promoter of the Marina’s Holiday Boat Parade, Johnson also served as a judge for the parade numerous times over the years, which became a signature hallmark of holiday festivities in the Marina.

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Important Moments in The Argonaut’s History 1971

• November 25, 1971: The Argonaut’s first eight-page issue was published by David “Dave” Asper Johnson, who created the publication – then known as The Marina del Rey Argonaut – with a focus on the news, community and people of Marina del Rey. • Johnson chose a statue in Burton Chace Park known as “The Helmsman” for the newspaper’s masthead, which remains The Argonaut logo to this day. The statue, which was designed for the Helms Bakery on Venice Boulevard, was later donated to the park.

• When it first debuted, The Argonaut came out on the second and fourth Thursday of every month, eventually switching to a weekly publication the following year.

1972

• The Argonaut received such a positive response from local residents that coverage soon expanded to include the neighboring community of Playa del Rey. In Johnson’s Publisher’s Note on April 13, 1972, he stated: “Our Marina readers will note that with this issue we also expand into 12 pages – a 50 percent increase. We’re very pleased with the fast growth we’ve been able to enjoy during these few short months of publication.”

• On August 10, 1972, Johnson wrote his first “Snoopin’ Around” column for The Argonaut, which featured his signature caricature that was created by artist Lenn Redman.

1973-1980

• On February 22, 1973, The Argonaut increased its circulation to 20,000 and added two more neighborhoods to its areas of coverage: the West Westchester area west of Lincoln Boulevard and the Oxford community south of Washington Boulevard and west of Lincoln Boulevard.

• The Superior Court of Los Angeles County declared The Argonaut a newspaper of general circulation on March 8, 1973 – making it the first Marina del Rey newspaper to achieve standing as a newspaper of circulation.

• On May 10, 1973, writer, Marina resident and active boating scene member Darien Murray was named editor of The Argonaut.

• Greg Wenger became the newspaper’s first photographer when he contacted Johnson after the first issue of The Argonaut showed up on his doorstep. Wenger, who captured thousands of images of Marina del Rey from 1970 to 2013, took pictures for The Argonaut for multiple decades and his front page photos became an Argonaut trademark.

• Carol Hector became the production director for The Argonaut in February 1980 and brought a more artsy look to the newspaper.

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• In 2011, the book “Snoopin’ Around” was published for the Argonaut’s 40th anniversary. It provides a historical perspective of The Argonaut’s beginnings and featured various articles from throughout the years. It was researched and edited by Helga Gendell, who was hired as a reporter for The Argonaut in 2002.

• November 6, 2011: To celebrate The Argonaut’s 40th anniversary, a gala was held at the Marina del Rey Hotel and included an extensive exhibit by the Marina del Rey Historical Society along with photographs, displays and videos of Marina history.

• March 2012: The Argonaut is sold to Southland Publishing, Inc. • July 2018, The Argonaut introduces its inaugural Westsiders Issue, which highlights and celebrates interesting, diverse and creative individuals in the community.

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2019-Present

• August 2019: Southland Publishing is acquired by Times Media Group.

• 2021: The Argonaut celebrates its 50th Golden Anniversary.

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“With many changes in the news industry, and especially local news, publications that have persevered play a more vital community role than ever. The Argonaut has, for five decades, been a voice for Westsiders in Los Angeles. Despite many headwinds in recent years, we remain a reliable source for news and information, and we will continue to be good stewards of the trust placed in us by so many in the West Los Angeles communities.”

— Steve Strickbine, president of Times Media Group

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Marina del Rey 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Santa Monica Pico Farmers Market 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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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 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-ofcredit 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 nevercancel 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

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are mortgage qualifying challenges that don’t allow for Fannie Mae type mortgages. Calling mortgages above those limits jumbo loans implies they’re large.

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 coborrowers 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.

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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PLATONIC BOMB A guy I know grates on me because he only has female friends.

He apparently tried to get involved with each of them at some point but got rejected. Why doesn’t he find male friends instead of preying on women (under the guise of friendship) who probably trust him not to hit on them?

— Disgusted This guy probably lives in eternal hope about each female friend, dreaming of the day he can be of service when she drops something on his floor – like her panties.

Though you don’t mention him trying to roofie his dreams into reality, his behavior probably “grates” on you because you take a less sexually opportunistic approach to your friendships with men. We humans “are disposed ... to imagine that other minds are much like our own,” explains anthropologist Donald Symons, and they often are. However, we’re prone to assume they should be like our own, so when someone thinks differently, we tend to see them as wrong (and maybe kind of awful) and not just different.

Men and women (and male and female minds) are more alike than different. However, our differing physiologies – like which sex gets pregnant and needs to guard against having to

raise a kid solo – led to the evolution of psychological differences, like women’s greater choosiness in whom they’ll have sex with. Though both men and women sometimes tumble into bed with their opposite-sex friends, for many men, the friendship zone seems to double as a “Well, try your best to turn her into a sexfriend!” zone.

Evolutionary psychologist April Bleske-Rechek, researching sex differences in how people perceive their opposite-sex friends, finds that a man is more likely to define a female friend as someone he’s attracted to “and would pursue given the opportunity,” while a woman is more likely to define a male friend simply as “a friend of the opposite sex.”

Maybe you think friendship should be a “safe space,” guaranteed to remain endlessly platonic. And maybe that’s unrealistic – unless you avoid having friends who might hit on you. You could try to view this guy’s behavior in a more compassionate light. Chances are he’s a beta male who can’t compete with the alphas in the normal mating sphere, like on Tinder or at parties. He’s probably doing the best he can with the one edge he has, the scheme-y smarts to surround himself with a bunch of pretty ladies.

(Living in a dude-filled monastery only works for a guy whose pet name for his beloved is “The Almighty.”)

HEX AND THE CITY My ex cheated on me and conned me financially, but before I realized this, I had really fallen for him. I miss him and keep thinking about him every day, and I can’t seem to stop.

A friend suggested I get a spell from a witchcraft store. She insists this helped her have closure after her bad breakup. I’m a rational person, and this sounds completely ridiculous, but nothing I’ve tried (from meditation to venting to total strangers to dating other people) has helped. Please tell me this is completely stupid.

— Plagued It’s a tempting idea, the notion that you can solve your lingering emotional issues via retail, a la “Curses: Today only, two for $19.99!”

In fact, a ritual – such as casting a spell or hockey player Stephan Lebeau always chewing 20 to 25 pieces of gum and spitting them out two minutes before faceoff – can have a positive effect. I know this sounds rather cuckoopants; however, it isn’t because the ritual works in any supernatural way.

A ritual, explains Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, is some “symbolic activity” you perform

in hopes of making something happen. Gino finds that performing rituals leads to “increased feelings of control.” This can help the ritual-doer calm down and be more in control.

Amazingly, even those who think the ritual they’re doing is total hooey experience this benefit – what I’d call the abracadabra placebo effect. Our psychology seems tuned to figure if we’re taking some action, it’s for a reason: to make things better.

You might create an eviction ritual to get the guy out of your head. I suggest writing the story of your relationship, including what you learned that will help you avoid entanglements with future Mr. Rottens. Psychologist James Pennebaker finds that “expressive writing” – even 15 minutes spent describing the emotional impact of a bad experience -– helps us reinterpret and make sense of what happened so we can go forward instead of endlessly rechewing the past. Invite a friend over (or dress up your cat) to bear witness, and then say a few words, light the story on fire, and flush the ashes. This should help you accept it’s over, though, admittedly, without the finality of the day of celebration you probably think the guy deserves: Casual Human Sacrifice Friday.

GOT A PROBLEM? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2021, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Alkon’s latest book is “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.” Follow @amyalkon on Twitter or visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

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LOS ANGELES TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE “FLIP-FLOPS” By MARYELLEN UTHLAUT ACROSS 1 Wretched 7 Mount Rainier gateway 13 Hoops statistic 19 Taste 20 In favor of Mideast unity 21 Arty 22 The drive-through diner scene that was cut became a __ 24 Right after this 25 Fall garden?

26 Riverbank residue 27 Parisian season 28 Vote of support 29 What Jill has that Jack doesn’t?

30 Break 31 Stab 32 1956 title film monster 34 Smart 36 The girls who spent the night prioritized chat time at the __ 41 LP’s 33 1/3 44 Browsing annoyances 45 Wordless agreement 46 Sugary ending 47 Reduce 48 Long 50 Shot __: competitive event 51 Privileged people 53 When the dog got loose, some house plants __ 57 False front 63 Get into 64 What a stationary orrery part may represent 65 Clarifying Latin words 67 Grew dimmer 68 Sweetens, as yams 70 Iraqi currency 72 Modified for the better 74 Private

75 Barely sufficient 77 Stroke that makes a rally irrelevant 78 Surrealist German-French painter 79 Gazes fixedly 81 The casual quarterback made an __ 86 Expand 88 Bossy utterance 89 African capital on the 30th parallel 90 “It is a __ told by an idiot”: Macbeth 94 What chatty tongues do?

95 Poke fun at 96 Mrs., in Madrid 98 Apply a new hue to 99 A navel ring is a piercing one may __ 105 It has pipes and keys 106 Source of some overhead footage 107 Apple operating system 108 Hadrian’s defense 112 Follow (along) closely 113 “It totally happened!”

115 Memorable first name in soccer 116 Small racer 117 Sailing 118 Indicating stress 120 The fast-learning police cadet had the __ 123 Most trifling 124 Fail to take seriously 125 Red-skinned root 126 Current events?

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an ax 3 “North and South” trilogy author John __ 4 Track contests 5 Bill’s partner 6 Confided in 7 Showing strain 8 One lining up for food?

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