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ON THE COVER: Westside Ballet alum Adrian Blake Mitchell is working to open access for local ballet dancers of color. Photo by Chris Mortenson. Design by Arman Olivares.

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Golden Farewell

Gillis Tournament plans one final celebration to close out 50 years

By Bridgette M. Redman or the past 50 years, beach volleyball fans have competed, played, drank Cold Duck and masqueraded at the Gillis Tournament.

This weekend, they’ll do it for the last time.

The annual tournament, which started in 1971 as an attempt to impress a girl (it didn’t work), grew to unexpected proportions over the years, attracting Olympians, neighbors and friends to come and play on the beach every year. As it grew in numbers, it grew in traditions— mostly silly and fun, but all memorable.

This year, the organizers have decided it’s time to retire the event and go out with a bang.

Gillis 50 will take place at Toes Beach in Playa del Rey on July 23 and 24.

The organizers, brothers Dave and Steve Cressman, were in their teens growing up in Playa

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The Gillis Tournament in Playa del Rey is celebrating its 50th and final year on July 23 and 24. del Rey and would spend hours at the beach playing volleyball on the one court that was there at the time with a bunch of their friends. At Gillis 1, there were 17 teams with everyone wearing

matching trunks.

“Everybody had a blast,” Dave said. “The next year, we did it again. It just kind of kept building and doubling in size every year. We kept adding

courts. At one point, we had over 20 courts and it got really big and became a huge community event where everybody came.”

Now Steve is 70 and Dave is 67 (and no longer lives in Califor-

nia). The tournament becomes a full-time job for them in the months leading up to it each year. They feel it’s been a good run and it’s time for the event to end.

“You don’t plan on traditions,” Dave said. “This one took on a life of its own. The people that we know were so creative and had so much fun with it. They would come up with these incredible costumes and these camps that they would build at the beach. They would have skits and just have a blast the whole weekend.”

Carol Royea was 10 when her big brother attended the first Gillis tournament. He is six years older than her and at the time, she was thrilled that he wanted her to come to the tournaments with him and hang out. By the third tournament, she had a baby doll shirt saying “Gillis 3” that she saved along with other collectibles through the years.

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The annual volleyball tournament started in 1971 and grew in popularity and traditions over the years, attracting Olympians and others to play on the beach.

“I thought it was so special that my older brother would bring his little, adolescent sister and a couple of our friends down to this tournament when most brothers that are teenagers want to get rid of their little sister," Royea said. "He brought me right along and I was involved with it from the get-go. I remember looking at all these older teenagers and these beautiful girls and going, ‘Wow, I’m pretty special just to be here.’”

Now 60, she’s gone to the tournaments all her life. She said that some of the best memories of her life are from the Gillis tournaments, something that can be challenging to explain to someone who hasn’t experienced it.

“It’s like attending the best and biggest reunion every year with your family and friends that you’ve known your entire adult life, many since adolescence,” Royea said. “I probably would have never seen many of these people after high school, but I do because they all show up every year.”

Denny Smith is another participant who has been to every single Gillis Tournament. He was the first to be inducted into the Gillis Hall of Fame, in part because he took pictures of all the tournaments, capturing its history.

For the first several years, he described it as a chance to compete on a beach that they loved. Then it grew into an annual event where everyone looked forward to seeing their friends.

“It just turned into the biggest event for the summer for all of us that grew up down there,” Smith said.

He said he was one of the first ones to dress up—going down to a thrift store and dressing up as a tourist with a cheap camera around his neck.

“Within a year, other people just took it to whole other levels, so I kind of just opened a door,” Smith said. “A bunch of these other people said, ‘Hey man, he’s

doing something nutty, I think we’re going to do something creative.’ It turned out to be one of the things that attracted a lot of people. It made us unique, for sure.

Nobody else was doing anything like that.”

While matching swim trunks were present in the first year, it was in the seventh year when costumes really took off. Two of the regulars, Dik Johnson and Pat Turley, pulled up to the tournament in a 1930s Cadillac. When they tumbled out of the car, they were dressed as Laurel and Hardy. They performed a skit and then removed the black suits and hat to reveal old-fashioned swimsuits, which they played volleyball in throughout the weekend, often in character.

The next year, they rode horses to the tournament, arriving as the Lone Ranger and Tonto. Another year, they rode camels, arriving as oil sheiks. One year they rented LAPD police cars from a Hollywood studio. They started looking in everyone’s coolers and then grabbed a microphone and tried to claim the tournament was over.

“They said, ‘We’re not going to stand for this, this is too much partying,’” Dave said. “Then they walked over to a structure they had built really early in the morning. They pulled these tarps off of it and inside was a band that started playing ‘Jailhouse Rock.’ The lead cop is Pat Turley and he’s a singer. He sang ‘Jailhouse Rock’ right there on the beach after he had busted the tournament. And you can imagine, it was mayhem, right?”

Everyone else got into the spirit, the competitive nature traveling from the courts to the costumes. Smith tips his hat to Paul Hoffman for introducing another change that kept the tournament vibrant.

While there were Olympians and professional volleyball players competing at the (Continued on Page 8)

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tournament, others were no longer competitive. Hoffman formed a second division for the people who weren’t playing volleyball every day.

“It really made it so that a lot of people could go out there and compete at their own level,” Smith said. “That really made it fun for people who wanted to be competitive, but they wanted to have fun. The Hoffman division was a great addition to the tournament for sure, it made it fun for people who just wanted to come out, have some great costumes and enjoy the weekend.”

Eventually the competitors grew up, started having families and bringing their kids to the tournaments. There are now four generations of people playing in the tournament. Dave said that sometimes they get 200 kids playing in the tournament.

And the traditions would continue to grow. Men would have to play the final tournament in Speedos. One of the player’s dads worked for Gallo and Cold Duck became a part of the tournament, something the 21+

Elaborate costumes and performing skits are among the tournament's main traditions. aged players would have to drink if they scored too many points.

“That’s just some of the wackiness,” Smith said. “It was a really great blend of highquality volleyball and fun. It drew a lot of us who are competitive. We’re playing at

pretty high levels. The Gillis was your chance to come and play where you can get great competition, but it’s not at all the same as going into the other highly competitive tournaments.”

Every Sunday, they’d stop the tournament for an hour to have

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“Showtime.” A band would sing the national anthem in five-part harmony, they’d crown a king and queen, and people would perform skits and give toasts.

This year, Dave is planning for the event to have a Vegas feel.

He’s rewritten the words to “Viva Las Vegas” to “Viva Los

Gillis.” There will be Vegas showgirls, a fire eater and a guy on stilts.

Royea said the Cressmans have created a gathering that is like no other. It’s one in which people have grown old together.

"We started out as just youngsters and we’re all in our 60s now, which is something you can’t touch with all the tea in China,” Royea said. “You couldn’t have enough gold to buy the kind of relationships that we have with all these people.”

She is sad to see the tradition end, but grateful for every year that they had.

“When Steve and Dave started this back when they were teens, who in a million years thought they would be taking this to the grand finale of the 50th?” Royea said. “I just want to raise my glass to them for giving everyone some of the very best memories and times of our entire lives.”

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Championing Diversity Adrian Blake Mitchell opens access for local ballet dancers of color

By Bridgette M. Redman drian Blake Mitchell is determined to see that other young people— especially youth of color—are able to have the same access to ballet that he did.

Mitchell and his partner, Andrea Lassakova, recently fled Russia after Ukraine was invaded, leaving behind his role in a dance company where he was the first male dancer of color. Now living in Playa Vista and working hand-inhand with Westside Ballet of Santa Monica, a place where he once got his training and has since performed with, he’s looking to open opportunities for people to become professional dancers regardless of their socio-economic status.

“We’re working on a program where we can access communities that usually wouldn’t be exposed to dance,” Mitchell said. “It can take the weight off of the parents, because that’s one of the biggest barriers—parents can’t take kids to ballet and pay for ballet while they’re trying to work.”

For the first program, it will be a one-day free dance workshop offering such classes as ballet and jazz. They’ll also provide transportation and food.

They have two goals in mind.

One is to find young people who could become professional dancers and the other is to foster a love of dance among the broader community as a way of keeping the art form alive and thriving.

“It’s the kind of project I’ve been dying for,” Mitchell said.

“This time it’s going to be just a one-day program, but we’re really hoping to build it out and have it be even a few weeks. When I was in New York, I mentioned it to some people at the major ballet schools and they all loved the idea. Maybe it’s something that can become a program that we have in more than one state.”

He’ll also be teaching a masterclass sometime this

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Adrian Blake Mitchell is a professional ballet dancer who is looking to open opportunities for people to become professional dancers regardless of their socio-economic status. summer that will be open to young people in Los Angeles, Playa Vista and elsewhere around LA County.

The work with Westside Ballet fits in with the goals he has with his own nonprofit, Dance in Color. Formed two years ago with a group of friends, the organization started out giving scholarships to dancers of color. Now they

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are working to expand it—to raise more money, build a board and to engage in more activities.

“We just have so much interest from potential dancers, some of the most talented dancers I’ve ever seen, who need scholarships,” Mitchell said. “These programs that we’re working to build are so important. It’s a matter of

getting the funds to do it, so we’re in a very intense fundraising stage.”

Mitchell’s own life experiences give him empathy for students of color who are struggling today. Growing up, there were a mix of people who accepted him like anyone else, but others had a double standard where others were held up as being more talented

even though they would never achieve what he did.

Russia was also an interesting experience because Mitchell says he was the first and only Black man performing professionally. While in St. Petersburg and Moscow the audience was always receptive, sometimes he’d go out to obscure places in Russia where he didn’t see a single Black person. He said there was often a reaction to him based on his skin color, though usually it was a welcoming one because for others it was something totally new.

“There’s a huge contrast between Russia and America,” Mitchell said. “On that subject (race), in Russia there is a lot of insensitivity. But in America, we should know better because of our history and there’s just so much work to be done.”

That said, Mitchell pointed out that there is work happening and that a shift is taking place. He stresses that he is optimistic about the future.

There has been a turnover of directors in companies and schools, and more people are championing diversity.

There are several changes he would like to see take place.

One is to look at the pay gap between dancers and directors.

His mother worked for the NBA for a long time and pointed out that the highest paid person in the organization is a star player, not the coach.

It’s a similar shift in power that Mitchell would like to see in the dance world.

He also believes that if the dance world focused more on technique, it would start to lose a lot of its racial bias.

Finally, he finds it crucial that opportunities be created for young dancers of color so that the playing field can be leveled.

“It won’t happen organically, it has to be a concerted effort,” Mitchell said. “It can’t just be allowed to happen. It must be pushed, never sacrificing a standard, but always being

ArgonautNews.com terrible things that go on in Russia, Russians are huge supporters of art and of ballet in particular. There are many dance companies and they put on two or three shows a day in each venue. Their capacity for each show hovers at 99%—a capacity that held for more than 900 shows a year.

“How they did that was really outreach to the community, and, of course, it took them hundreds of years,” Mitchell said.

He hopes to some day be in a leadership role in the states and to work toward that sort of reception. For now, Mitchell will be working his magic with Westside Ballet and Dance in Color to expand the outreach of the art form in this community, constantly building toward a better world for ballet dancers.”

inclusive and specifically making sure that dance is accessible to dancers of color.”

Meanwhile, both he and Lassakova are hoping to get back on stage. Lassakova is auditioning for ballet companies around the country. Mitchell said he has been taking his time to make sure he is headed in the right direction, but that performing at Westside Ballet on Mother’s Day weekend was rewarding and enjoyable, a contrast to the intense schedule that he had while in Russia.

Mitchell would love to see more people in LA appreciate dance as an art form. He’d like for every seat at every performance to be filled and to have people there from all walks of life. He’s met too many people in the U.S. who think ballet is for “fancy, rich white people,” when he knows it can be for everyone. He wants people to come and experience something that could have an amazing effect on them.

It’s another place where he draws a contrast between his home country and Russia.

While he recounts many

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Music in the Time of War

Ex-Mar Vista woman volunteers with Ukrainian children

By Summer Aguirre or some, volunteering abroad is a once-in-alifetime experience. But for composer and music teacher Liz Shropshire, this is her life’s calling.

Shropshire, 60, formerly of Mar Vista, has dedicated her life to bringing the power and joy of music to children and youth in conflict zones around the world.

Over the past 23 years, she and her nonprofit organization, the Shropshire Music Foundation, have transformed the lives of over 20,000 children through 95,000 classes and counting. In response to the war in Ukraine, this summer she is initiating a full-scale music program for Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

“I'm going crazy, I'm nervous, I'm excited. I haven’t traveled for two years because of COVID,” Shropshire said before she left. “I'm anxious to get out in the field and get back to what I've been doing, mostly.”

Through the Shropshire Music Foundation, of which Shropshire is the executive director, she has brought music education to refugee camps and war zones in Kosovo, Uganda, Northern Ireland, Bangladesh and Greece.

Most recently, she taught hundreds of hours of music classes to Afghan families in the Phoenix area over the past year.

The programs cultivate hope and help refugees develop resilience and problem-solving skills, as well as give them a positive emotional outlet.

In Ukraine, the foundation is working with a Poland-based volunteer group who has been running refugee camps in hotels and expo centers. Shropshire and one of the foundation’s board members, Tre Hulme, are living in a hotel-turned-shelter with refugees while initiating a music program for the children.

“One of the things that is unique about us is that we don't take in a big team,” said Shropshire, who now lives in Litchfield Park, Arizona. “Our goal always is to set up a program run by local volunteers.”

The foundation partners with local organizations in the countries in which it operates.

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“We ended up with 40 teenag-

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ers in Kosovo running our program,” she said. “Not only teaching the classes to the children, but writing lessons and writing reports afterward, meeting for training five times a week, talking about what was going on in their classes and helping each other out.”

They teach the children simple instruments, including ukulele, harmonica, pennywhistle and drums.

On her trip to Poland, Shropshire brought “mobile teacher

kits,” which are shoulder bags that hold supplies needed to teach music anywhere. Each bag carries a double-sided whiteboard, notebooks, pencil cases, writing utensils, erasers, pencil sharpeners, tuners and Shropshire’s music books.

The bags are made with water-resistant material that the foundation purchases but are all created for free by Arizonan MaryEllen Simmons. She even designed special bags in the colors of the Ukrainian flag for

the occasion.

Depending on the state of the war, Shropshire will make a couple month-long trips to Poland until the middle of September before a possible return in January.

Shropshire’s vocation and the birth of her foundation are rooted in her upbringing and passion for music.

Hailing from Lemoore, she has lived in many places, due to her father’s 30-year career as a naval aviator.

“My dad was flying missions over Vietnam my whole childhood, which is probably why I'm so drawn to work with children that are impacted by war,” she said.

Shropshire earned her undergraduate degree in music composition and theory from Brigham Young University, prior to attending the University of Southern California for her advanced studies graduate degree in composition for the music industry.

She moved on to a career composing music for film until 1999, when she was 37 years old and living in Mar Vista.

Initially, she wanted to work in the music industry, but soon discovered it wasn’t for her.

“For me, personally, it just wasn't the best fit,” Shropshire said. “I loved the work, but I just didn't feel like I was really having the impact that I wanted to with my life.”

While heavily teaching on the side, she overheard news about the Kosovo War and was immediately intrigued by the idea of volunteering as an aid worker.

Instead of backpacking in Switzerland that summer like she had planned, Shropshire used her plane ticket to join a volunteer group in Kosovo for a few weeks. She brought eight duffel bags with about $5,000 worth of instruments that she collected from fundraising and connecting with instrument manufacturers.

The three-week trip to Kosovo morphed into a six-week stay, and it only took a couple days there for her to realize that helping war-affected children through music was her life’s mission.

Shropshire developed the

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She worked with children who suffered from PTSD. When she arrived, they exhibited low self-esteem and often attacked adults, played with weapons and re-enacted executions and other atrocities.

“I thought I was taking these instruments to help the kids forget about the war for just a few minutes every day and open something again after losing everything,” she said. “Instead, I saw kids completely change.”

Children who originally wouldn’t make eye contact were suddenly participating and playing instruments in class, enjoying themselves so much that they were moved to tears upon Shropshire’s departure — something she had never seen. They had lost their fear and anger through the music.

The youth also undergo a transformation once immersed in the program.

“They go from teenagers who feel like nothing that they do matters, to being teenagers that know that they're making a difference,” Shropshire said. “It's absolutely amazing.”

She added that the youth commit their lives to making good choices all on their own, a feat in conflict zones since cigarettes, drugs and other substances are easily accessible post war.

In addition to a decrease in trauma symptoms, a statement detailing the documented results of the program showcases a significant increase of high school completion and college attendance rates. Shropshire said that such

statistics are “unheard of” in the countries where the foundation works.

“Our first kids that I worked with in Kosovo 23 years ago are now adults.

They’re teachers, engineers, doctors, they’re parents,” she said. “They're amazing and it's been phenomenal to see them.”

“I just can't believe that I'm so blessed to get to do this with my life,” she added.

As the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues, Shropshire urges Americans to be open and kind if they encounter a refugee.

“No one chooses to become a refugee.

When you become a refugee, you become a number, and it's a horrible experience,” she said.

She explained that refugees go from being doctors, lawyers or teachers in their home countries, only to arrive in a foreign nation and find themselves lucky to snag minimum wage-paying jobs.

“These are amazing people. So just be kind if you see a refugee, reach out to them and say, ‘Hi, welcome to America,’” she said. “They're only here because it's not safe for them, and especially, it's not safe for their children.”

She recommends nonprofit Gathering Humanity as a way to help refugees in Arizona. The organization is devoted to setting up apartments with furniture and supplies from donors for refugees. More information can be found at gatheringhumanity.org.

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Visual Poetry

Acrobuffos fly fabric at the Broad Stage in unique, non-verbal show

By Bridgette M. Redman little girl once asked Christina Gelsone whether she was a clown or a dancer.

The answer was yes—and so much more.

Gelsone and her performance partner and husband, Seth Bloom, are mimes, poets, jugglers, actors, storytellers and artists. They call themselves the Acrobuffos. They met while performing as clowns in the streets of Afghanistan and became performing partners in 2005. Since then they have created seven shows and performed all around the world.

“Air Play,” which is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Broad Stage from July 21 through 31 for 12 performances, is their first indoor show, one developed over the course of five years with air sculptor Daniel Wurtzel. They’ve been touring with it since 2015 and have taken it to five different continents.

“No one expected the show to last this long,” Bloom said.

“That was an unexpected surprise,” Gelsone said. “We’re outdoor performers and circus performers. For our first indoor show to be huge and last forever—is not what we expected.”

It’s hard to describe exactly what “Air Play” is—the performers say it is usually easier to show people pictures. It’s the story of two siblings and is told without words. Instead, they use balloons, bubbles, huge pieces of cloth, a vortex of electrical fans and the audience.

As international performers (they became engaged in Scotland and were married in China), they knew they wanted the story to have international appeal, which is why they avoided a love story that would have different cultural expectations and taboos.

“Generally, when you see a man and a woman on stage, you imagine a love story immediately,” Gelsone said. “But we know from traveling that love stories are told completely differently in every culture. An Indian love story always has a death. A lot of Chinese love stories have sadness at the end and in Hollywood, de rigueur is a happy ending.”

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“Air Play” will be performed at the Broad Stage from July 21 to 31 by the Acrobuffos, a husband-and-wife duo consisting of Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone who are mimes, poets, jugglers, actors, storytellers and artists.

While adult relationships change from culture to culture, everyone around the world has to grow up.

“We made a really universal, resonant story of childhood and deep friendship, and then growing up and recognizing that life moves on,” Gelsone said.

The couple also worked hard to make sure the performance had an appeal to all ages.

“We think of it as a visual poem,” Bloom said. “Everybody can enter the story wherever they are. A 5 or 6 year old might take away that it’s a story about a brother and sister fighting.

Adults have told us they see the loss of growing up and leaving and never seeing each other again. We’ve had someone tell us that we told the story of their marriage and divorce.”

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They are quick to credit the collaboration with Wurtzel for the show’s appeal. Bloom described the sculptures as being incredibly stunning and something that fills up the entire space of the theater. Gelsone said that in this era of screens, “Air Play” is something different. If you see pictures or videos of Wurtzel’s sculptures, you realize you have to see it in person.

“We didn’t think of it as making a stage effect,” Gelsone said. “It wasn’t like something that was just a bonus or a small moment. It’s really integral to the whole show. We really played with the concept of air and the hidden motions of air.”

Gelsone first saw a video of Wurtzel’s work on Facebook in 2010 in which there were large pieces of fabric spinning in

circles, something that they now open “Air Play” with. She felt they should reach out to him.

They discovered that Wurtzel went to the same college as Bloom, but 10 years earlier.

“We contacted him and said, ‘Hey Daniel, we’re two clowns and we want to work with you,’” Bloom said. “He said, ‘Come on out to my studio. Let’s talk.’

We’ve been fast friends ever since.”

The other major appeal to their show, especially since COVID, has been laughter.

“There’s a lot of laughter in the show,” Bloom said. “We have gotten even more since COVID. We’re always finding places where we can get people to laugh more or be engaged more.”

“That’s from our circus

background,” Gelsone added.

“In the circus world, you’re used to perfecting seven minutes for years and years. We’re just constantly perfecting the show.

It’s not frozen.”

The Acrobuffos are no strangers to performing to people who have experienced trauma. They met while performing in war zones. Even with “Air Play,” they found that when they took it to Australia in 2019 after the wildfires, no one wanted to go see the more serious work at the Sydney Arts Festival. They all came to “Air Play” because it was cathartic.

“Since COVID, audiences have come to see us and some who have seen us before are now touched more deeply by the show,” Bloom said. “There’s something about being able to be in a theater. It’s partially meditative. It’s beautiful to watch. It doesn’t ask you to understand things intellectually with language.”

The collaboration took five years to first come to the stage.

The Acrobuffos first approached it as different acts in the circus, figuring out what different bits worked and how to line them up so they shine in their own way.

As they worked, they realized they needed a narrative, a full story arc. Bloom said they spent a lot of time in Wurtzel’s studio and in rehearsal spaces working with his materials and theirs.

Once “Air Play” began its life in front of audiences in 2015, they continued to tweak and rewrite. They just did their 339th show in their 83rd theater.

“In the street theater, outdoor circus world, they say you don’t know your show until you’ve done it 100 times,” Bloom said.

“In the first 100 shows, we kept rewriting little bits to clean up and tighten the show. Then when we go internationally to different countries—most of our comedy works universally, but there’s some things that work specifically in Chile and some things that work specifically in China and some things that work specifically in Austria. Our job is to figure out where to speed the show up and where to slow it down. If you aren’t intimate with the show, you might not know the difference. But we know.”

It is a show that has to be experienced live. They say that

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The story of two siblings is told visually with balloons, bubbles, huge pieces of cloth, a vortex of electrical fans and the audience. you can’t experience it on television or in a video. They interact with the audience.

They climb over them. Their props end up in the hands of audience members.

“It feels like everyone’s at a big party together,” Bloom said.

With more than 10,000 hours of experience, Gelsone pointed out that they are expert master clowns and they know how to play with an audience.

“If an audience feels resistant, we know how to sort of crack them open into an emotional space,” Gelsone said.

“If the audience feels too crazy, we know how to chill them out a bit,” Bloom added.

They point out that their show may be the only one where the body heat of audience members affects what their props do. They find out the count of people expected at the show because it changes how they set up their props, how much helium to put in the balloons, and how to prepare what they use.

Their audiences haven’t hesitated to let the Acrobuffos know how much their work affects them, whether it is the standing ovations or the personal connections they make after the show. In Chile, they were performing in the southernmost opera house in the world. After the show, they went into the lobby and were approached by an audience member.

“This 65-year-old man came up to us and just looked at us and in his broken English said, ‘You made me feel like a

child again, thank you,’” Bloom said.

Another time in New Zealand, a woman in her 70s brought Gelsone over to her mother, a woman in her 90s who was in a wheelchair because she’d had a stroke and couldn’t communicate anymore. Half of her body was still.

“This woman just grabs me with her good hand and pulls me in,” Gelsone said.

“It was clear, even though she couldn’t tell me with words, that what I had been doing on stage (affected her.)”

Now they are bringing that show to Santa Monica and hoping that the audiences there will be similarly moved.

“Come for Daniel’s sculptural beauty and stay for our comedy,” Bloom said.

“Expect to see us get swallowed by 6-foot balloons. Expect to see 20-foot swaths of fabric fly over their heads like kites.

Expect a world-class soundtrack of music from all over the world. Expect to see balloons do things they’ve never seen them do before. And if they’re lucky, they might even get pulled up on stage.”

And they can decide for themselves what the Acrobuffos are.”

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Artist captures stories of exotic dancers at work with fine art photography

By Bridgette M. Redman anta Monica photographer and fine artist Elizabeth Waterman understands that gaze is important. When it comes to the subject of her work, too often the gaze is either lurid or Puritanically condemning.

Few people approach the women she photographs with admiration and an acknowledgement that they are powerful athletes and charismatic performers.

Especially when they hear that her subjects are exotic dancers and strippers.

“I’m looking at these dancers not from a perspective of sexualizing them, but admiring them,” Waterman said. “The work honors these women.”

Waterman, who created a coffee table book from the four years’ worth of visits to strip clubs in Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Miami and New Orleans, is now putting her work on display at ArtBarLA in Venice from July 23 to Aug. 19.

It is the first (though not the last with others scheduled in London and Boston) exhibition of her work and includes prints that were not in the now sold-out book, “Moneygame.”

Curated by Juri Koll, the founder of The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, a portion of proceeds from print sales at the exhibition will go to benefit Sex Workers Outreach ProjectUSA. While it took a long time for Waterman to find a place that would let her take pictures—and then to earn the trust of the dancers—it is work that she said changed her. She’s since begun a project working with people in

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Over a period of four years, Santa Monica-based fine art photographer Elizabeth Waterman photographed exotic dancers and strippers at clubs in five U.S. cities for her coffee table book and upcoming exhibition, “Moneygame: The Show.” the adult entertainment industry.

But back in 2016, she was living in New York and her best friend had been a dancer.

“She would tell me stories about what it was like to be a stripper,” Waterman said. “I grew up pretty conservatively.

Definitely not in any kind of world where a woman could be so sexual—my best friend was just the sexiest woman I’ve ever met. She was so mesmerizing and interesting.”

Waterman realized that she likely wasn’t alone in her interest and fascination, and started wondering whether she could get access to strip clubs and take

pictures of dancers. For the first four to five months that she tried to get access to clubs, she had the doors slammed in her face.

“It’s kind of a closed-off world of nightlife,” Waterman said.

“It’s a different type of life and a different type of environment. I got a lot of no’s. I kept trying and eventually I found a club in Queens where the managers were a little more arts-friendly. I went in there and begged. I was like, ‘I’ll be a bartender, I will do anything, if there’s just any way I could take pictures.’”

The manager agreed that she could go in and reach out to the dancers to try to get their

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permission. The club had a large locker room and a full-time house mom. She went in on Saturday nights for months just to hang out and talk to the people there.

“I was really out of my element,” Waterman said. “I was nervous. I was trying to get my bearings about me and they didn’t trust me at first. They didn’t know what I was doing and why I was there. It took a while for them to get comfortable with me and for me to get comfortable with them.”

Eventually she started taking pictures in the locker room.

From there, she started going out

on the floor and taking pictures of dancers on the pole.

“I would do it in a discreet way,” Waterman said. “The managers got to know me. At that first club, I shot every Saturday night for a very long time.”

Eventually, that club led her to more clubs, more connections and more relationships, which is how the project unfolded.

At ArtBarLA where the exhibition is, there will be an artist reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 23. For that event, Waterman hired one of the dancers she met during the project to come in and do pole tricks.

As Waterman visited clubs and got to know dancers, she became fascinated with the way they used their bodies and sexuality as a resource to make money.

“It certainly was not an easy job,” Waterman said. “I focused a lot on dancers who were empowered and who wanted to be there and were empowered around their decisions.”

She acknowledged that isn't everyone in the industry, but her focus was on women who had a lot of power and for whom dancing and stripping was just what they did as a career.

“They had to set boundaries with men, they had to be really firm,” Waterman said. “They were just extraordinary to watch.

Especially over a longer period of time—you didn’t just go in and shoot one day.”

She pointed out that the lives and stories of strippers are complex and nuanced. Her story, she said, is just one piece of a larger story.

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“I am certainly looking at these women who want to be dancers and who are choosing to be there and who are successful,” Waterman said. “But there’s also the story to be told of sex workers who don’t want to be in the industry, who don’t want to be sex workers, and you have to honor them as well. This is an industry that needs attention and needs better legislation. There’s work to do to make sure it becomes a healthier industry in which people are taken care of.”

She described her relationship as one of an outsider, but as someone who really listened and paid attention. They were eventually able to sense, Waterman said, that she was on their team.

Taking the time to understand the environment also helped her with some of the more practical work of an artist in an environment not designed to accommodate her work. Waterman still uses 35 millimeter film and it would take her a while to see the results of a shoot.

After spending many hours in a club, she started to figure out what lighting she liked, what angles were good if she was going to shoot in the locker room or on stage, and what speed film she needed to use. As she began to work in more clubs, she became more familiar with the low-light environment and how to make it look good.

While with her next project she has started to do some digital photography, she still prefers film.

“It creates beautiful images and it’s very brave,” Waterman said.

“It challenges you to be present when you’re shooting. I do think that my best work is on film and I think that the limited number of pictures you can take, given the nature of the medium, encourages you to be present when you do.”

Midway through the project, she moved to Santa Monica and began visiting LA clubs and taking trips to other cities. After the book was published, Waterman connected with Koll, who was interested in her project and went through a lot of her photographs.

For the exhibition, “Moneygame: The Show,” he selected several images that were not in the book and have never been seen. There will be 21 images on display, 12 of which are new.

The display will include three sizes of images that will be available for purchase. The small ones are 13 by 19 while the large

On view through Aug. 19 at ArtBarLA in Venice, the exhibition will present photographs that were published in Waterman’s book, along with images that have never been exhibited.

ones go up to 40 by 60 inches.

Waterman chose Sex Workers Outreach Project to benefit from her sales because they do a lot of work on a national level to affect legislation that involves sex workers. Their slogan is “Rights, Not Rescue,” and according to their website they are a “national social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focused on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.”

The subjects of her photography—dancers who do this for a living—have responded positively to her work. Waterman said that they have felt seen, as if their lives were being shown in a realistic manner that legitimizes their experience. It showed issues that they deal with and

gave them an outlet to talk to others about their work.

She’s also seen the general public come to have a greater understanding of the women in her book.

“It’s just humanizing and vivifying a side of life that they are now more interested in than they were,” Waterman said.

It’s helping them to see often-misunderstood women through the gaze of another woman, one who has taken time to listen and understand.

“Moneygame: The Show” WHO: Elizabeth Waterman WHEN: Artist’s reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on July 23; exhibit on display through Aug. 19 WHERE: ArtBarLA, 12017 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles INFO: elizabethwaterman.com

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Shelter/Rescue Animal Donation Drive Through August 1 Help shelter and rescue pets by donating needed items including new or used toys, animal beds, blankets, towels sheets, food puzzles, small animal hideaway houses, cat houses, scratching posts, tunnels/hoops, agility, and other pet enrichment/distressing items. All of the items collected will be to help reduce boredom and stress in shelter and rescue animals. There are two drop-off locations: Cheviot Hills Recreation Park and the West Los Angeles Shelter. Donations will be collected every Friday at 4 p.m. Follow @reducinganimalstress on Instagram for more information.

2551 Motor Avenue and 11361 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles Lange Foundation Estate Sale Wednesday to Sunday (through first three weeks in August) The estate sale accepts China, crystal, silver, art, fine and costume jewelry, designer shoes and handbags, etc. All donations are tax deductible and receipts will be given at the sale site. All funds help rescue pets in need from city shelters. They are offered immediate medical/ surgical care and are then kept at the Lange Foundation kennel until new homes are found.

Funds also go to the spay/neuter assistance programs in the Antelope Valley and San Bernardino, and the Intervention programs are instrumental in keeping pets in their own homes where they are loved.

2512 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 310-472-7727

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On July 28, join the US Green Building Council-LA’s latest Thought Leadership Series for a virtual discussion on what is currently happening to electrify our region and a friendly debate over how we get there.

The Bungalow Santa Monica’s Night Market Thursdays through September 1 The Bungalow Santa Monica’s Night Market presented by KCRW returns this summer to The Fairmont Miramar Hotel with an exciting new lineup of food vendors, beverage and brand activations, family-friendly activities, live DJ performances and celebrity guest bartenders. Free and open to the public for guests and pets of all ages. Runs through Sept. 1. On the second Thursday of each month, local rescue organization, Wags & Walks, will host an on-site meet and greet for its family of adoptable dogs rescued from local shelters.

101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, 5 to 11 p.m., thebungalow.com/santa-monica The Space Colony Concepts of Gerard O’Neill Friday, July 22 In the years before the Space Shuttle era, there were diverse views on the future of humans in space. One of the most compelling in the mid 1970s was Gerard L. O’Neill’s vision of space colonies, including his

Through Aug. 1, Help shelter and rescue pets by donating needed items at Cheviot Hills Recreation Park and the West Los Angeles Shelter.

imagined orbital colonies built from lunar materials and producing solar power satellites that would free Earth from dependence on fossil and nuclear energy by beaming power directly into Earth’s grid, and expanding humanity out into the solar system. The show will examine O’Neill’s optimistic vision in historical context, and with thought for today’s realities. Free event.

Virtual, 8 p.m., smc.edu/planetarium Marina del Rey Farmers Market Saturday, July 23 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.

14101 Panay Way, Marina del Rey, 8 to 9 a.m. (seniors), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (general public), beaches.lacounty.gov/ mdrfarmersmarket 1st Annual Bananas Splitty in the City Saturday, July 23 Ever wanted to post epic marathon photos without ever having to go through the grueling part of actual running?

How about running for a great cause without having to raise $3,000 (as most races require?)

Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes, LA comedians and hosts of hit comedy podcast “Bananas” are inviting you to sign up for their upcoming 1st Annual Bananas Splitty in the City downhill 1K fun run.

Participants in this non-competitive, un-race for the untrained can come dressed as a banana or in banana-adjacent yellow clothing. They’ll run, jog or walk with the Banana Boys as

“Who Let the Dogs Out?” plays in the background. This not-grueling 0.621-mile un-race will end at The Virgil on Santa Monica, where booze will flow and a live episode of “Bananas” will be recorded. All proceeds go to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

4100 Bar (1087 Manzanita Street), Los Angeles, 4 p.m., cleftclips.ticketsauce.com/e/ bananas Seaside Cinema Saturday, July 23 Catch classics on the 7th floor landing of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel at 7 p.m. Order sips and snacks from the curated movie and munchies menu. Catch “The Great Outdoors” on July 23.

1700 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, 7 p.m., loewshotels.com 626 Mini Night Market July 23 & 24 Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM) and 626 Night Market have announced new dates for the 626 Night Market Mini this summer and fall. The mini market series will return to Santa Monica, bringing the iconic Southern California open-air food festival to the city on a smaller scale monthly beginning in July and running through October 2022. The market brings together food lovers with some of the most unique eats. An alcohol garden will also be available for attendees 21 and older. The market is free to attend, but advance tickets are required for entry.

1324 5th Street, Santa Monica, 1 to 10 p.m., 626nightmarket.com/mini Santa Monica Main Street Farmers Market Sunday, July 24 Shop for local fresh produce

and prepared foods from local restaurants. 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.

2640 Main Street Santa Monica, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Senior Comedy Afternoons Sunday, July 24 Bonnie Barchichat’s Senior Comedy Afternoons say “Aloha” to their next show at the Los Verdes Gold Course in the Vista Ballroom. Doors open at Noon, lunch begins at 12:30 p.m., showtime at 1:30 p.m. A three-course lunch will be served. Tickets are $85 and that’s inclusive of tax and tip.

The comedians are all headliners and the show will be tropically appointed with hula dancers and even a ukulele player to greet guests at the door. The cast of comics includes Michael Preminger, James P. Connolly, Don McMillan, and Monica Piper.

Other surprises are in store including birthday celebrations, a mini-senior expo, prize drawings, sing-alongs and believe in the power of positivity in all things aging. Tickets are on sale on the website or call 714-914-2565.

7000 West Los Verdes Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, 12 p.m., seniorcomedyafternoons.com Building Our Electrified Future Thursday, July 28 Join the US Green Building Council-LA’s latest Thought Leadership Series for an energizing discussion on what is currently happening to electrify our region and a friendly debate over how we get there. With buildings accounting for nearly 40% of all GHG, we will dig in with a range of people in-the-know, and working to figure it out.

Please sign up online for the virtual program.

Virtual event, 4 to 6 p.m., usgbc-la.org/events

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THE ARGONAUT’S REAL ESTATE SECTION

LUXURY LIVING IN PLAYA VISTA

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“Introducing the crown jewel at Seabluff Playa Vista, a fully renovated townhouse offering style, luxury and function,” says agent Kris Zacuto. “This walkup 3 bd/3 ba is custom designed with high end finishes. Floor to ceiling windows invite natural light along with high ceilings. The custom kitchen is accompanied by new cabinets, backsplash and appliances. This Smart home was thoughtfully designed with wood floors, electric shades, and California Closets. Close to Concert Park, Yummy Market and a short walk to Runway, this is a luxury retreat in Silicon Beach.”

$2,300,000

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“Incredible corner lot home in the coveted One Westbluff, this well-appointed luxury residence boasts indoor/outdoor living with two spacious and private outdoor areas landscaped to perfection,” says agent Jesse Weinberg. “The formal dining room is ideal for dinner parties or large gatherings and flows into a chef's kitchen with generous counter space, high end appliances, and a bounty of natural light. A spa and soothing fountains surrounded by mature hedges create a private garden setting for barbeques. Nearby you'll entertain in a spacious living room framed by custom window treatments and surround sound. Upstairs find 4 bedrooms, built in shelving, an ideally situated laundry room, and a luxurious owner's suite with dual closets, vanities, and a soaking tub. Close to parks, trail access, and Playa Vista shopping.”

Offered at $3,199,000 Jesse Weinberg Jesse Weinberg and Associates 800-804-9132

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“This 3 bedroom ranch-style home in Westchester offers stunning upgrades,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “Refinished, original oak hardwood flooring throughout the family and dining area and upgraded lighting fixtures showcase a modern fireplace. The galley kitchen includes white quartz countertops, custom cabinetry, subway tile, double farm sink, and dual windows looking out to the backyard. The two guest bedrooms include a large bay window with a remodeled bathroom. The primary bedroom offers a sitting room with sliding glass doors to the backyard; the bathroom features a footed soaking tub with shower, picture windows and custom vanity. The backyard offers a wooden deck and patio, privacy fence & hedges, grassy yard, outdoor spa, and a built-in corner fire pit lounge area all to maximize your entertaining possibilities.”

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THE ARGONAUT REAL ESTATE BUSINESS

8 Ways to Lower Your Energy Bills This Summer We’re officially in the midst of the summer, and it’s looking like it’s going to be hot. Most indicators point to a hotter-than-average summer inf act. This is paired with the fact that consumers in the U.S. are dealing with the highest inflation in 40 years. We’re paying more for everything, including energy costs.

In May this year, energy costs were almost 35% higher than the previous year, with fuel oil and gas contributing the most to these increases.

Energy service costs are 16% more yearly, and electricity is 12% higher. It’s not going to be easy to stay cool this summer, so below are eight ways you can work on lowering your energy bills.

1. Get a Checkup for Your Air Conditioner The better shape you’re A/C is in, the more efficient it will be. For example, clearing out a clogged unit filter can save you 5-15% energy usage. Your unit will function better for longer, so you can save on a replacement by extending its lifespan. Call a professional to service your unit.

2. Use Fans Fans use about 1/60th the energy of your air conditioner. If you have any ceiling fans in your

house, turn them on. You can save up to 40% on your electricity costs. Fans don’t cool the air like your A/C but pull body heat away from your skin. You can use your fans and your air conditioning to raise the thermostat a couple of degrees but still feel comfortable.

3. Check Your Laundry Heating your water makes up around 18% of the energy you consume in your home.

When you’re doing laundry, first of all, make sure you’re doing full loads. You can do laundry less often. When you do end up doing loads, use cold water. You can also hang dry once in a while and save on your energy bills.

4. Don’t Use As Much Electricity During Peak Hours Energy companies charge customers more for using electricity during what they define as peak hours. Peak hours are the times of day when demand is highest. You’ll lower your monthly energy bills if you can schedule your energy use around these hours and use most of it during off-peak hours.

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Off-peak hours are late night or early morning.

If it’s an especially hot day, usually when the temperature outside is more than 90 degrees, you might wait until after 6 p.m. to wash the dishes, cook or do laundry.

5. Shut Doors and Vents If you’re at home, close the doors to rooms you’re not using. You should also close the A/C vents in those rooms, which will help your system operate more efficiently.

If you’re not wasting energy cooling those rooms no one’s in, then it’ll require less energy for you to stay comfortable.

6. Keep Your Blinds or Curtains Closed

and lower your bills. When you program your thermostat, you can set it for when you won’t be home or when you’ll be asleep.

During those programmed times, it’ll set the temperature accordingly, so you’re not always having to make adjustments.

The Nest is a popular option for programmable thermostats, and according to the company, it can reduce your electric bills by as much as 20%.

8. Use LED Bulbs Finally, if you have any incandescent bulbs in your house, it’s time to switch to LED. Incandescent bulbs are incredibly inefficient. Only around 10-15% of these bulbs’ electricity is turned into light. The rest becomes wasted heat.

During the day, when the sun is at its hottest and brightest, keep your blinds closed, particularly in parts of the home that get the most direct sunlight.

LED lights, by contrast, use 75% less energy and last 25 times longer. They also run cooler.

7. Use a Programmable Thermostat

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DEADLINE: Monday at 11am for Thursdays CALL ANN: 626-584-8747 or EMAIL: ann@argonautnews.com Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022124721 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COUNSEL AND CANVAS ART GALLERY. 13737 Fiji Way E10 Los Angeles, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Errol Cook, 3837 S. Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90008. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Errol Cook. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 08, 2022. 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.

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ness and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Leonard Family Trust, David B Leonard. TITLE: Trustee.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 08, 2022. 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. Dates: 06/30/22, 07/07/22, 07/14/22, 07/21/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022136659 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BIRKIN & BARDOT ENTERTAINMENT. 6656 Atoll Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91606.

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TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 22, 2022. 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.

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COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Mark Cote, 5811 Lindenhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2011. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

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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. Dates: 06/30/22, 07/07/22, 07/14/22, 07/21/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022145822 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THANDI AND SAPIO. 875 Victor Ave #346 Inglewood, CA 90302. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Sandra B Porchia, 875 Victor Ave #346 Inglewood, CA 90302. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 05/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Sandra B Porchia. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 30, 2022. 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 Dates: 07/07/22, 07/14/22, 07/21/22, 07/28/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022146968 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TIKOTSKY AND ASSO CIATES, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 11968 Iowa Avenue #7 Los Angeles, CA 90025. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) John Tikotsky, 11968 Iowa Avenue #7 Los Angeles, CA 90025. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: John Tikotsky. TITLE:

17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: John Tikotsky. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 01, 2022. 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. Dates: 07/14/22, 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022141577 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LEVATOLAW. 2029 Century Park East, Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90067.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Levatolaw, LLP, 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2910, Los Angeles, CA 90067, Terry James Kent, 5806 W 75th St., Los Angeles, CA 90045.

State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/2017. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Terry J. Kent. TITLE: General Partner, Corp or LLC Name: Levatolaw, LLP. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 27, 2022. 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. Dates: 07/14/22, 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022143673 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DOCS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP. 8436 West Third Stste 900 Los Angeles, CA 90048. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) BEVERLY HILLS SPINE SURGERY, INC., 8436 West Third St. Ste 900, Los Angeles, CA 90048, JASON SNIBBE, MD PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION, 215 Loring Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024, PY26 NEUROSURGERY, PC, 23679 Calabasas Road #952 Calabasas, CA, 91302, EDWARD NOMOTO, INC., A MEDICAL CORPORATION, 444 S San Vicente Blvd., Ste 800 Los Angeles, CA 90048, ALBERT P. WONG, M.D. INC., 8436 West Third St. Ste 900 Los Angeles, CA 90048, PATRICK S. HILL MD, INC., 8436 West Third St. Ste 900 Los Angeles, CA 90048, JOE COOPER, M.D., INC., 8436 West Third St. Ste 900 Los Angeles, CA 90048, FARZIN KABAEI MD INC., 542 Tahquitz Place Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a General Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: BEVERLY HILLS SPINE SURGERY, INC, Khawar Siddiqu. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 29, 2022. 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. Dates: 07/14/22, 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022140407 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: QUICK MD MEDICAL GROUP, P.A. 3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd Fl 10 Los Angeles, CA 90034. COUNTY: Los Angeles. Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number: 4807196. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Talib Omer, M.D., P.C., 3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Fl 10 Los Angeles, CA 90034. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-

CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/2022. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Talib Omer. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Talib Omer, M.D., P.C. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 24, 2022. 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. Dates: 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22, 08/11/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022139697 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ORIGINAL BROOKLYN WATER BAGEL CO LAX, BROOKLYN BAGEL LAX. 8732 S Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045, 101 N. Citrus Ave Ste 1D Covina, CA 91723. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Westchester Bagels LLC, 425 W Bonita Ave, Ste 109 San Dimas, CA 91773. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2012. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Leonard H Smith.

TITLE: Managing Member, Corp or LLC Name: Westchester Bagels LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 24, 2022. 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 com-

Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be Business Name filedFic. 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. Dates: 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22, 08/11/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022153157 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TIVOLI REDWOOD PROPERTIES. 22 W. Birch Avenue Flagstaff, AZ 86001 .

COUNTY: Coconino. REGISTERED OWNER(S) MHFT-CA, LLC, 22 W. Birch Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Michael Herman, 2551 Ginney Way, Lafayette, CO, 80026, Maury Herman, Trustee of the Maury Herman Family Trust #1 dated 09/17/1985, 22 W. Birch Avenue Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Karen Kinne-Herman, Trustee of the Maury Herman Spousal Trust dated 12/27/2022, 22 W. Birch Avenue Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Karen Kinne-Herman, Trustee of the Secret Garden Trust dated 12/12/2014, 22 W. Birch Avenue Flagstaff, AZ 86001. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Unincorporated Association other than a Partnership. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2008. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000)). REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Maury Herman, Trustee of the Maury Herman Family Trust #1 dated 09/17/1985, Maury Herman. TITLE: General Partner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: July 11, 2022. 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. Dates: 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22, 08/11/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022140831 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HIGH SCOOPS ICE CREAM B A R LLC. 14 31 2 Az tec Street Sylmar, CA 91342.

COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) High Scoops Ice Cream Bar LLC, 14312 Aztec Street, Sylmar, CA 91342. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious

Scoops Ice Cream Bar LLC, 14312 Aztec Street, Sylmar, CA 91342. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/2021. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant know to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 ) ) .

REGISTRANT/CORP/LLC NAME: Lourdes Rowena Garnett. TITLE: CEO, Corp or LLC Name: High Scoops Ice Cream Bar LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 24, 2022. 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. Dates: 07/21/22, 07/28/22, 08/04/22, 08/11/22

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 22SMCP00306 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JUDY SHEAU-JIUN CHEN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: JUDY SHEAUJIUN CHEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) JUDY SHEAU-JIUN CHEN to JUDY SHEAU-JIUN YU 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: September 09, 2022.

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: July 01, 2022.

Honorable Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court.

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