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Re: “Ted Lieu’s Plan of Attack for the New Congress,” Interview, Jan. 3 So now that the Dems control the House, Rep. Lieu says they will “work on a positive agenda to reduce health care costs, invest in infrastructure, raise people’s wages, and root out corruption in Washington D.C.” Doesn’t this sound just like the promises we’ve heard from both parties over the past 30 years, with so little accomplished?

They over-promise and underdeliver consistently. Is it any wonder that the latest Gallup Poll reported that the congressional approval rating is 11%?

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Nothing is worth what they are asking. Look at Main Street in Santa Monica — it’s turning into a ghost town. Developers and rental management companies better put their seatbelts on and get ready for a rough ride.

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VOL 49, NO 2 Local News & Culture

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OPINION 2019 Predictions, Part One Westside experts offer economic, housing and government forecasts for the new year ...................................... 6

Protest against national chains on the Venice Boardwalk targets the new Starbucks ........ 10

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THIS WEEK The Man with the Essence Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton, a master of early 20th century American music, makes a triumphant return to McCabe’s ............. 15

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L.A. Teachers Shouldn’t Strike The pitched political battle over charter schools no longer serves teachers or students ............................................. 9

Good,‘Clean’ Eating Revel in the virtues of guilt-free dining at these New Year’s resolution-approved restaurants .17

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The Advice Goddess Foul Pay Is it hypocritical if a feminist refuses to split the check with her date?. .............. 27

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A Battle for the Heart of Venice Reese Davidson Community would put

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Isabella Rossellini’s ‘Link Link Circus’ argues that animals can think and feel a lot more than most people are willing to admit ....... 12

WESTSIDE HAPPENINGS Ride a zipline over the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday . ..................................... 28 ON THE COVER: Isabella Rossellini, her rescue dog Pan and puppeteer Schuyler Beeman are the stars of “Link Link Circus,” a research-based theatrical show that the actress and model created to change people’s perceptions of the emotional and intellectual capabilities of animals. Photo by Brigitte Lacombe (original image is cropped). Design by Michael Kraxenberger.

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2019 Predictions, Part One Westside experts weigh in with economic and housing forecasts for the new year It has become a January tradition that The Argonaut asks local experts to predict trends that will dominate their respective fields for the coming year. For 2019 we offer one of our own: The biggest theme in local news will be the economy — more specifically how our neighborhoods respond to housing prices that are squeezing out the middle class, small businesses struggling to compete among an upsurge in global chains, and a homelessness crisis so pervasive that its physical and psychological consequences cannot be ignored. 2019 isn’t just a question of what will happen, but what will happen to our community character and identity along the way.

Will California Pass New Laws to Make Housing More Affordable?

Now That It’s Built, What’s the Outlook for Playa Vista Real Estate?

By Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) Over the past several years we have passed numerous measures to address California’s housing crisis, including reforms to local housing planning and significant investments in affordable housing projects. I am proud to have several of my own bills included among these recent accomplishments, including a measure that streamlined the “Granny Flat” permitting process and led to the approval of thousands of new units in Los Angeles and beyond. Our work, however, is not done. Californians should expect new legislation on housing affordability in 2019.

One of the most significant challenges our cities and counties currently face is the shortage of funding for affordable housing construction, which can partially be attributed to the dissolution of redevelopment agencies. I experienced this challenge firsthand as mayor of Santa Monica. I am pleased to report that

By Aris Anagnos Realtor and Global Marketing Agent, eXp Realty Toward the end of 2018 we started to see the market shift from a strong seller’s market back to a more ordinary housing market.

Where once there were very few listings on the market driving up already inflated prices, we now have a more normal housing inventory in Playa Vista.

Currently there are 36 active listings in Playa Vista. Before August we averaged 12 to 15. I began to notice this shift in mid- to late July, while inventory was still low. Negotiations that used to take us 10 to 15 days, if your home was priced correctly to start a bidding war and drive up the price, now took closer to 30 days. And by the start of August the amount of condos for sale in Playa Vista went from eight in the beginning of July up to 20!

How does this impact property values in Playa Vista? If your property is in

Assemblymember David Chiu of San Francisco and I are co-authoring AB 11, a bill that will create new funding sources for affordable housing and infrastructure projects. Our local governments and community partners are asking for this, and we are determined to deliver.

Many of the bills we have passed in recent years will help improve housing affordability in the long run by reducing the barriers to housing construction and alleviating the crippling housing shortage. However, the impacts of these measures will take years to unfold, and in the meantime we must also provide relief to the many Californians who are cost-burdened or at risk of eviction. We cannot do this without meaningful tenant protection legislation. My colleagues and I have introduced several measures to address that issue over the years. Though many have stalled, we must continue to fight for California tenants.

California’s housing crisis has been decades in the making and will take more than a few years to solve, but I am optimistic that we will make significant progress in the coming legislative session.

good condition, you should be able to sell for a great price — but it will take longer than in years past, and if you aren’t realistic about the price it won’t sell. While there are now more homes available and more opportunity for homebuyers in Playa Vista, we are very insulated and properties should continue to appreciate (albeit more slowly) due to the area’s popularity, location, employment opportunities and thriving community.

This is not true in many other communities. As inventory has gone up we are seeing home prices fall, but due to the high rate of employment around Playa Vista the area continues to thrive. Last year 18 single-family homes sold in Playa Vista, with an average price of $2,433,900 per property and $758 per square foot; meanwhile there were 100 condo sales, averaging $1,167,001 per property and $738 per square foot. I believe this year’s average sales prices in Playa Vista will look very similar, despite the slowdown in sales and cooling off of prices that we’re seeing in other areas.

What Kind of Year Should Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Expect?

By Dr. Velitchka Kaltcheva Professor of Marketing, Loyola Marymount University Brick-and-mortar retailers are generally doing better than in recent years, with a few notable exceptions of course.

Although online retailers still pose serious threats to traditional retailers, there are strategies that can help local businesses compete.

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retailer might specialize in retro styles characteristic of the 1940s and ’50s and connect directly with customers involved in rockabilly, car culture and other activities with nostalgic aesthetics.

A sporting goods store might specialize in “all things mountain” or “all things boat.” Niche retailers typically offer higher-performance, higher-quality merchandise at premium prices.

Brick-and-mortar retailers can also compete with mighty online competitors by pooling resources and creating new value for customers. The alternative strategy to niche retail would be to compete by increasing the scope and scale of the business, thus improving its cost position. To achieve this, brick-andmortar retailers may consider entering

into strategic alliances through longterm cooperation agreements or equity investments. The larger scale of these strategic alliances can be leveraged in negotiating with suppliers and optimizing many aspects of the business.

Strategic alliances are also likely to generate synergies that can be leveraged in cross-promotions, media buying and other areas of communications and messaging.

Members of alliances will not only be able to afford shoppers more competitive prices, but also productively employ their brick-and-mortar assets to offer immediacy and convenience that exclusively online retailers are unable to offer. As part of these broader alliances, brick-and-mortar retailers can offer

desired services such as “same day delivery,” “order online, pick-up same day in store,” or “return in store for immediate credit.” After all, customers want options and variety.

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• Is Now a Good Time to Invest in the Stock Market?

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A New Vision for the Heart of Venice Reese Davidson Community would replace the parking lot at Venice and Pacific with retail shops, a community arts center and 136 units of affordable housing

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By Gary Walker With 68 apartments for the homeless, 34 apartments for low-income artists, 34 apartments for low-income earners, four apartments for on-site supervisors, a neighborhood arts center, 4,000 square feet of retail or restaurant space and on-site parking, the proposed Reese Davidson Community would transform the 2.65-acre beach parking lot where Venice Boulevard meets Pacific Avenue into Venice’s largest affordable housing complex to date.

It is also expected to face heavy pushback from neighborhood groups who object to the project’s size, scope and design, and from others who oppose a broader push by city officials to expand affordable housing and homeless services throughout Venice.

Residents will be able to view initial plans and speak with city planning staff during an open house format scoping meeting at 5 p.m. Monday in the Oakwood Recreation Center.

Nonprofit organizations the Venice Community Housing Corporation (VCHC) and Hollywood Community Housing would jointly develop the city-owned parcel.

A stone’s throw from the Venice Canals, where homes have sold for as much as $2,000 per square foot, the two residential buildings in the project’s footprint would stand at about 35 feet tall — the established height limit of the Venice Specific Plan — but a freestanding tower at the northwest edge of the project is envisioned at 67 feet, which would require an exemption from city planners.

VCHC Executive Director Becky Dennison said she understands that some people will worry about the environmental impacts and the height exemptions that the project will require.

The terminus of Grand Canal between North Venice and South Venice boulevards, immediately northwest of the Venice Canals, would run through an interior courtyard of the Reese Davidson Community “This is a very complicated land use issue. I definitely think people are always concerned about changes to land use,” she acknowledged. “There will be issues that we’ll be able to study and mitigate, for sure.”

Meanwhile, the neighborhood advocacy group Fight Back Venice has already petitioned the Venice Neighborhood Council to call for an exhaustive study of the project and its potential impacts.

In a Jan. 8 letter to the VNC, organizer Christian Wrede writes that the Reese Davidson Community is “part of a much broader effort to strip power from

taxpayers and promote oversized housing projects … that benefit politicians, developers and doyennes of Los Angeles’ mutating social services sector.”

Fight Back Venice has also been organizing local opposition to the city’s plans for temporary homeless housing in the former Metro bus yard on Main Street and VCHC’s plans for a 35-unit, 45-foot-tall affordable housing apartment complex on Rose Avenue.

Supporters argue that new affordable housing construction in Venice is necessary to address the neighborhood’s homelessness crisis and help preserve

a socioeconomic balance intrinsic to Venice’s eclectic community identity and history of inclusiveness.

In a nod to that history, the Reese Davidson Community gets its name from both VCHC co-founder Rick Davidson and Arthur Reese, a patriarch of Venice’s black community who was the lead decorator for and a personal confidante of Venice founding father Abbot Kinney.

The community arts center would be named after the late actor and dancer Gregory Hines, who lived in Venice and frequented the original Hal’s Bar & Grill.

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We Don’t Need a Teacher’s Strike The pitched political battle over charter schools no longer serves teachers or students property, and so we wanted to honor the historic diversity of Venice and the role that arts have played in Venice,” Dennison said of the internal voting process for naming the project.

Community activist Zelda Lambrecht, one of the project’s more vocal opponents, takes personal issue to the project’s design. In an email to The Argonaut, she compared the interior courtyard rendering that appears with this story to the blocky prison barracks of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

“As a Los Angeles native and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I am haunted by the placement, the design, and the apathetic disregard for community that our city officials are supporting of this ‘Monster in the Median,’” asserted Lambrecht, a costume supervisor for television productions. “It is designed to alienate a cause from a real community, encamp people and tear the rest of the Venice community apart.”

The Reese Davidson Community is designed by celebrated Culver City -based architect Eric Owen Moss, whose work includes Vespertine, Pterodactyl and several other cutting-edge Hayden Tract buildings. He said the project’s design was inspired by Venice’s tradition of social activism and diverse artistic expression.

“It was crafted very carefully and intentionally to address the community’s history and the arts,” Moss said. “I think it’s important to recognize that this topic [homelessness] is a major social and political issue in America’s big cities.

The premise of this project is that the city has expressed the responsibility that this kind of social issue should be investigated and solved as part of making Los Angeles a safer place to live.” gary@argonautnews.com

By Wendy Zacuto The author is a former LAUSD teacher and charter school principal who runs an education consulting firm in Playa del Rey. I don’t pretend to understand every nuance of public education, but I can tell you from personal experience that teachers’ strikes are a mess. I’ve viewed the morass of LAUSD from many vantage points: as a K-12 student, as a parent of children who attended an LAUSD magnet school, as a teacher in the district for seven years, and as a charter school principal.

As a student in the 1960s, I received a pretty good education in local public schools. Westchester High was overcrowded and academic counseling was less than perfect, but somehow my friends and I all went on to attend college and lead fruitful lives.

Later, as a parent of an incoming LAUSD kindergartener, I was refused the right to visit my local school. When pressed, I observed that watching educational TV consumed a half-hour of a 2.5-hour kindergarten day. Not on my watch!

When my kids transitioned to attending school for a full day, I began teaching at a local neighborhood school. But when the gifted principal who hired me was replaced after retirement by one who could not pass the principal’s exam, the school spiraled into disarray. I transferred to the magnet school my children attended and taught there four years, observing the night-and-day difference between a school governed by district policies and one with a bit more localized control.

In 1989, as a member of United Teachers of Los Angeles, I went on strike for higher pay. The school was

The further decision makers are from children and teachers, the less effective their decisions tend to be. schools, and the obvious truth is that smaller class sizes make for better teaching and learning environments.

Perhaps LAUSD should open more of its own charter schools to reduce class sizes, but UTLA would have to drop its illogical roadblocks to charter schools. As early as 1989, I could see that Los Angeles educational leadership was clearly a binary political system: the LAUSD Board of Education vs. UTLA. LAUSD is simply too big to be sensitive to the needs of all children and teachers.

Education is not scalable. Purchasing might be, but the day-to-day decisions needed to nurture teaching and learning is not. The further decision makers are from children and teachers, the less effective their decisions tend to be.

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and provides a political adversary for LAUSD. Until LAUSD and UTLA become true partners, children and teachers will continue to be fodder for the continued antagonism that supports a decaying status quo. UTLA has potential for crafting solutions to LAUSD’s challenges. I’m grateful for the current discussion of class size, and God knows we need more teaching and less testing!

But UTLA insists on perceiving all charter schools as the enemy instead of looking for the opportunities they provide.

Charter schools are neither inherently

good nor bad. Some are outstanding; some should be closed at once. The late American Federation of Teachers President Albert Shanker envisioned these experimental public schools as leading the way for school reform.

It’s unfortunate that the movement has been co-opted by private industry, but the basic idea — along the lines of many magnet schools — was intended to occur in harmony with traditional public schools.

Our current UTLA leadership positions charter schools as a threat, ultimately pitting the union against the school board in a pitched political battle that’s not helping teachers or families. We need new union leadership that partners with the LAUSD board and our new superintendent to improve all schools, as all of our city’s teachers, parents and children deserve.

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Not ‘Another Shopping Mall’ Protest against national chains on the Venice Boardwalk targets new Starbucks Story by Gary Walker Photos by Ted Soqui A small but energetic crowd braved the chance of showers on Saturday afternoon to stage a protest outside the new Starbucks coffee shop on the Venice Boardwalk, jeering and at times clashing with patrons who welcomed its arrival.

That the S&P 500 coffee company now inhabits the former home of the Venice Beach Freakshow — evicted in 2017 amid widespread protest before Snapchat’s retreat from Venice — is only fueling advocacy efforts to keep national chains off the Venice Boardwalk, which many locals view as the final front against the wave of gentrification rapidly changing the neighborhood’s cultural landscape.

“The goal of the protest is for the city to create an ordinance to prohibit more national chains from coming to Ocean Front Walk,” said Mark Rago, an organizer for Venice Dogz: An Alliance for the Preservation of Venice, which convened the demonstration. “Other cities all over the country have put in ordinances to protect parts of their towns, and that’s what we should do here.”

Santa Monica City Council members recently voted to ban fast food chains from the Third Street Promenade, and Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin has voiced support for banning chains from the Venice Boardwalk to prevent displacement of locally owned businesses.

Protest participant Christina Marquez, a waitress at The Waterfront Venice (the more upscale reboot of On the Waterfront) said chain stores threaten to rob the boardwalk of its eclectic local flavor.

“We’ve always had a unique vibe here.

It’s a special community feel, and we want to preserve that spirit,” said Marquez, a third-generation Venetian.

“Otherwise it will become just like another shopping mall.”

Juan DeLeòn, who proclaims himself a lover of Venice, made multiple trips into Starbucks to buy coffee and snacks during the protest, drawing the ire of two demonstrators who engaged him in a sustained shouting match broken up by two police officers keeping watch.

“I’m standing up for Starbucks because they’re trying to get rid of it,” said DeLeòn, gesturing derisively at the crowd. “Starbucks hasn’t done anything wrong, and just because they don’t like them doesn’t mean they should leave.

There’s nothing wrong with a Starbucks here or a McDonald’s here.”

Natalie Quiñonez lives only a few blocks away and said she visits the new Starbucks a few times a week.

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A lively band of locals picketed the Venice Boardwalk Starbucks on Saturday, including boardwalk restaurant employee Christina Marquez (lower left) and skate culture veteran Tonan Ruiz (lower right) boardwalk because they’re inexpensive compared to other coffee shops,” Quiñonez said.

Asked why his group did not protest the opening of a Ben & Jerry’s a few blocks away last spring, Rago said Venice Dogz was initially caught off-guard. It also helps that their landlord owns independent boardwalk mainstays The Sidewalk Café and Small World Books.

“The Goodfader family is the property

owner where Ben & Jerry’s have their store, and they’ve been historically good to Venice and Venetians,” Rago said.

Tony “Tonan” Ruiz, a lifelong fixture of local skate and surf culture, said the boardwalk Starbucks might be more palatable if the location hired local workers, sponsored activities for local youth and contributed to helping the homeless.

“Not giving back to the community is

reason enough for them not to be here,” Ruiz said. “We have multi-million dollar companies here and there are people in Venice who are hungry and don’t have jobs,” Ruiz said.

The first raindrops of the afternoon arrived around 4 p.m., coinciding with the crowd’s dispersal under the foreboding clouds. gary@argonautnews.com

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Sea, Sails and Speed Berger-Stein Regatta begins with a rainy round trip from Marina del Rey to Malibu Photos by Tami Rae

Berger-Stein Current Standings PHRF AA 1. Medicine Man

Robert Lane

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2. Pyewachet

Roy Disney

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3:11:01

3. Margaritaville 1.5

Jay Steinbeck

CYC

3:22:39

4. Encore

Bart McEntire

CYC

3:36:55

1. Distraxion

Jeffry Coyle

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3:55:40

2. Marisol

Seth Hall

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3. Coquille

Gary Ezor

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4. Vela

Steve Davis

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1. Trust Me

Duncan Cameron

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2. Bella Vita

Martin Burke

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3. Tigger

Fred/Suzanne Cottrell

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4. Fanky

Alejandro Bugacov

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1. Miscue

Jerry & Lea Kaye

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2. ZULU

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Leonard Gordon

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Derek Heeb

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Joe Weber

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Kathy St Amant

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3. BOAT

Philip Krevoy

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4. Ruby d’Eau

Richard Benedon

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Andy Natker

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2. Makani 2

Edward Chadroff

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Arnaud Massonnat

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4. Krazy Kat

Albert Algaee

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PHRF B

PHRF C

Steve Davis’ “Vela” (left) and Jim Puckett’s “Amazing Grace” make their runs toward the Malibu mark

By Julia Michelle Dawson How long does it take to drive to Topanga Beach in Malibu from Marina del Rey? At midnight, 21 minutes. (On a Saturday afternoon in summer, don’t even consider it!)

How long does it take to sail there and back in January?

As much as five hours, 15 minutes and 35 seconds. At least that’s how long some sailors endured competing in the cold rain last Saturday for the first of five races in the Del Rey Yacht Club’s annual BergerStein Regatta.

I know what you’re thinking.

Why? Why Julia? Why tolerate this? Why not cancel the race, sit by the fireplace, break out the rum, slap a patch on your eye and pretend to be a pirate? Yes, that sounds much more civilized, but in the spirit of ocean racing very few races are canceled — and definitely not for a little rain.

It’s part of this adventurous sport.

As California Yacht Club Race Committee Chair Rory Mach tells me, “sailing is a sport that occupies an overactive mind.”

The Berger-Stein isn’t just some little local regatta. Sailors came from yacht clubs throughout Southern California, and races

continue in March and May before culminating in June with a Saturday race to Cat Harbor and a Sunday race back to the marina. Among the 71 watercraft that started the race just outside the Marina del Rey breakwater were some of the West Coast’s most amazing big boats, including Roy Disney’s 70-foot “Pyewachet,” Jay Steinbeck’s “Margaritaville 1.5,” John McEntire’s “Encore” and Robert Lane’s “Medicine Man.” Rick Ruskin is the event chair for the race sponsored by the Del Rey Yacht Club. Bill Stump of the California Yacht Club was the PRO (Principal Race Officer), and orchestrated the race from the committee boat at the start line and the finish at the south end of the breakwater entrance.

In this regatta, there are generally two types of boats that participate: “cruisers” and “racers.” Cruisers are your rich uncle’s idea of yachting: staterooms, refrigerators, bathrooms, microwaves and plenty of fancy storage spaces for booze (plus the bilge space, of course).

Racers have lean hulls functionally used for storing sails and lines and maybe an ice chest, but

not a bathroom or champagne glass to be found.

In each class, boats of many manufacturers are represented.

A French Beneteau boat will be heeling over next to a classic California Catalina cruiser. To even the playing field there’s a complicated handicap system called PHRF: Performance Handicap Racing Fleet. (Sounds like an acronym created by a committee of overactive minds.)

This system functions best for the losers at the bar after the regatta who can boldly claim they would have won … if only their handicap rating were fair.

The PHRF ratings system is the reason elapsed time does not necessarily correspond with the winning place — it’s not just another one of my typos. The perfect example of such inconsistency is the 55-foot Beneteau “Ruby d’Eau.” Ruby was first across the start line in the Cruising A Class. Her big red spinnaker was first around the weather mark in Malibu, and she crossed the finish line first.

End result: correcting to fourth.

Line Honors are great but it’s not always the biggest fastest boat that makes it to the winner’s podium.

CRUISING A

CRUISING B

OCEAN RACING 101: “A Start Line in the Water?”

How on earth (or on the water) does a race start when it is impossible to paint a start line on the ocean?

There is an imaginary line between a buoy and the race committee boat. For the five minutes before the start of the race, competitors jockey for position by sailing back and forth behind the start line as a timer on the boat shouts out the decreasing seconds. The objective is to cross the line at the exact second the horn blasts from the race committee boat. Yachts literally come within inches of each other.

The exception to this start tactic is the “Vanderbilt,” in which a boat sails back and forth across the line at an angle to the line when everyone else is going parallel — crazy! No one knows if Vanderbilt invented the tactic because he thought it was brilliant, figured with his big boat he could just intimidate his smaller rivals, or was just plain out of his mind. Needless to say, the beginning of a race can be extremely dangerous and potentially enriching for your local yacht repairperson.

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A Star and Her Dog Isabella Rossellini’s ‘Link Link Circus’ opens human minds to animal intelligence

By Bliss Bowen Famous artists swinging their celebrity weight to support animal welfare and environmental causes is nothing new.

But Isabella Rossellini’s lifelong empathy for animals took her elsewhere: back to school, where she earned a master’s degree in animal behavior and conservation. Not only that, the sultry actress who mesmerized Kyle MacLachlan in “Blue Velvet” began creating quirky short films about animals — specifically, their sex lives — that proved so popular on YouTube that the Sundance Channel commissioned an 18-episode series, 2008’s provocatively titled “Green Porno.” A stage show followed. “Link Link Circus,” Rossellini’s new production considering animal intelligence, rolls into The Broad Stage on Jan. 25, 26 and 27.

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films and animations developed from Rossellini’s “naïve” drawings. Where “Green Porno” cleverly discussed pregnant seahorse fathers and dolphin fin sex as Rossellini batted bubbles like a

said really, we are linked to animals. So even when it comes to cognition, which is the term scientists prefer to ‘intelligence,’ it’s a difference of degree but not of kind,” Rossellini explains. “We are

“We don’t know that we will get all the answers ever, but there is very strong evidence that animals feel and think — more than we thought, more than we expected.”

— Isabella Rossellini mermaid, “Link Link Circus” finds her assuming the personas of philosophers and scientists such as Aristotle, Descartes and B.F. Skinner to ponder its core question: Do animals think and feel?

“I’m partisan to Charles Darwin, who

linked with animals, so there is a lot in common. That’s why my show is called ‘Link Link.’ I explore that by trying to translate recent studies and papers that support this idea with making it comical, making it entertaining. But everything I

say is scientifically sound.”

Scientists, she jokes, “have this habit to make everything very boring!” Helping her avoid that fate onstage is Pan, a costumed pound pooch trained for the show when Rossellini’s dog Pinocchio proved too audience friendly. (“He would leap off the stage and go say hello.”) Pan earns her kibble portraying six various animals amidst a curiosity shop’s worth of toys and oddities. Behind the show’s humor lies a serious educational component, though Rossellini says she is more interested in expressing wonder than in transforming theatres into classrooms.

“I am so amazed about what I learned that I would like to share. If you see something extraordinary you want to call your family and say, ‘Guess what I’ve seen today!’ You know? It’s not that I feel like I have to lecture or teach the world. I just would like to share the astoundment and the surprise that I feel, and I hope they will feel too.”

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Isabella Rossellini, her rescue dog Pan and puppeteer Schuyler Beeman rehearse for “Link Link Circus” Asked what surprised her most in her studies about cognitive continuity between humans and other mammals, Rossellini responds without hesitation: “How much we are similar.

“We don’t know that we will get all the answers ever, but there is very strong evidence that animals feel and think — more than we thought, more than we expected. I give an example with the animation of pigeons able to distinguish paintings of Cezanne and Picasso. … It was an experiment that was done to see if animals are able to generalize, and if they are able to generalize, then they have a concept. And they did! [Laughs] What to make of it? Pigeons! Can you imagine a dog or an elephant? Amazing, isn’t it?”

Pursuing Curiosity Intriguing on its own merits, “Link Link Circus” piques additional interest because it is the brainchild of a woman whose biography reads like, well, Hollywood fantasy.

Born in Rome in 1952 to Oscar-winning screen legend Ingrid Bergman and Italian neorealist director/screenwriter Roberto Rossellini, Rossellini worked after college in New York as a translator and reporter, and began modeling at age 28.

She famously served as Lancôme’s spokesmodel for 14 years before being notoriously dumped for the crime of being 43. She also earned acclaim acting

in films such as “Death Becomes Her,” “Immortal Beloved” and “Big Night.”

She wrote the script for a short film tribute to her father, 2005’s “My Dad is 100 Years Old,” and has authored a handful of books, including last year’s “My Chickens and I,” an illustrated paean to the more than three dozen

Elettra Wiedemann and son Roberto Rossellini). She laughs at herself a lot.

Her life derives substance from her intelligence, creativity and unconventional choices (returning to school, raising chickens, volunteering with the Guide Dog Foundation). Those are the qualities that make her interesting as

“Industrial farming has selected just one spinach, one asparagus, and also one type of chicken, one type of pig. So all these kinds of breeds became highly endangered.”

— Isabella Rossellini heritage breeds she raises on her organic Long Island farm.

Reams of verbiage have been spilled about her famous lineage and relationships (marriage to Martin Scorsese, engagements to David Lynch and Gary Oldman), but focus on those associations is reductive. To be sure, she scored a winning ticket in the genetic lottery, so beauty has inevitably been a subtext in her varied endeavors. But Rossellini is an accomplished individual. She’s the mother of two grown children (daughter

an artist, and as a woman renowned as one of the world’s great beauties.

Françoise Lehmann, now general manager of Lancôme International, evidently agreed, as she invited Rossellini to return to the cosmetic company as global brand ambassador.

“My parents were also very known and successful at what they did, but they always filled their curiosity. And when they were fulfilling their curiosity, they were very joyful,” Rossellini observes.

“They were more joyful in pursuing

their curiosity than in pursuing success.

I saw that. Occasionally they would say, ‘I want to pursue success,’ or they needed money — my father had seven children; my mother had four — and in that moment they were not as happy.

So I think I learned it from them. If I pursue my interests and my curiosity, it’s very joyful.

“When I started raising chickens I thought Lancôme for sure — I mean, already they let me go because I was too old, now I’m raising chickens? Forget about it! But they are wonderfully enthusiastic and show great solidarity, which stupefies me. [Laughs] I didn’t [re-sign with Lancôme] as a plan, like, ‘I’m going to prove it to the world.’

Basically, I didn’t work as a model anymore because I was too old. Then I also started to work less as an actress, because I was too old. So instead of saying, ‘What am I going to do?’ and being depressed at home — and of course, I was — I remember: Just follow your interests. Follow your curiosity.

“The world is so full of interesting things. One doesn’t have to just be sad about the things that are not available. I didn’t know I was going to write a monologue or make films about animals; I just signed up at [Hunter College] because I was curious about that subject.

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And in 10 years I started making films and they were successful on the internet, and they evolved to become a theatre piece — small theatre, it’s avant-garde, it’s off-off-off-Broadway, but it doesn’t matter to me. It’s interesting and it’s fulfilling, and it is the same as acting on a big film, only you make less money. [Laughs] Good I have Lancôme, I’m so lucky!”

Looking forward “Link Link Circus” is a one-woman show, albeit one with dogs (Pan, plus understudy Minnie) and puppeteer Schuyler Beeman. In addition to writing and performing the show, Rossellini co-directed with Guido Torlonia and is also producing, which makes for a hectic schedule helping book plane flights and cutting deals with theatres.

“It’s an enormous amount of work,” she concedes merrily.

But it concerns a subject she cares about greatly, and points toward a hoped-for future direction. The show “connects the dots of all the things I ever liked: acting, performing, storytelling, and even fashion — everything that I was always interested in in my life. The part that I had not expressed until now was the interest for animals; when I started writing it, that passion of mine also was voiced.”

Rossellini’s show connects the evolutionary dots of animal cognition The subject of whatever she writes next, she says, will also be animals. But much as she loves performing, it will require another actor.

“I have to find a way that I will not travel to 40 cities,” she says. “It takes too much time, and I would like to write and be more productive. If you are traveling, you just pack and unpack and get to your hotel — there is a joy to it, but it lasts a year and it’s a long time. It’s very tiring.

I’m old. [Laughs] The spirit is not, but the back is!”

When she writes, she talks to somebody in her imagination, but she doesn’t know who it is or who her audience might be.

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She focuses on clarity, and trying to understand what was not initially clear to her. Following that path has guided her to discoveries that dovetail with her goal of merging art and science.

“It was totally unclear to me that some farm animals are in danger,” she says by way of example, “not the species but the breeds. The same thing you do to vegetables happens to animals: When you go to the supermarket, you have asparagus, spinach, and there are many types of asparagus and spinach like there are many breeds of dogs. But industrial farming has selected just one spinach, one asparagus, and also one type of

chicken, one type of pig. So all these kinds of breeds became highly endangered. And I am now starting a collection of them at my farm. I’m still stupefied about the depth of biodiversity that is lost, and I think a lot of people are unclear about it as I was. I’m trying to explain it as I would explain it to myself.

If I say, ‘Don’t buy any more dogs but Labrador,’ you’d say, ‘That would be a terrible loss.’ But that’s what happens to chickens and cows. …

“Sometimes I dream about science and art becoming closer together. They’ve separated so much, and I sometimes look at artists who are inspired by animals or the environment, but know so little about science. Then I see scientists who attempt to do something artistic, but they know little about art so their art doesn’t have a pull, doesn’t have any audience. …

There are so many things that could be done. I’m afraid I’m not going to live long enough to make them happen [laughs], so I’ll do whatever I can.”

Isabella Rossellini brings “Link Link Circus” to The Broad Stage (1310 11th St., Santa Monica) on Jan. 25, 26 and 27. The Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday show is at 2 p.m. Tickets are $69 to $99.

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By Bliss Bowen Some may have spotted L.A. native Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton in the award-winning 2015 roots music documentary “American Epic,” in a starry cast that also featured co-producer Jack White and Willie Nelson. Others may recall Paxton’s residency a decade ago at Downtown L.A.’s Redwood Bar, where at 19 he grabbed ears with his preternatural feel for pre-WWII acoustic blues, folk and jazz. He moved to New York shortly thereafter, briefly attended college, and is now proudly ensconced in that city’s jazz scene, playing mostly with ragtime pianist (and onetime Eubie Blake protégé) Terry Waldo.

“They’re real proud of their New York jazz and that’s what I moved there to play,” says the Queens resident. “It’s hot jazz, the jazz with the essence.”

In a pop culture mesmerized by spectacle, getting to the essence sets Paxton apart. And at six feet two inches tall, often wearing overalls, legally blind, given to hearty laughter and punctuating sentences with folksy phrases like “I’ll put one thing on your plate,” he tends to

stand out wherever he’s seen, or heard.

Slyly humorous, he spices concert sets with 1930s pop tunes, Irish reels, jokes both ribald and endearing, and audiencepleasers like “When an Ugly Woman Tells You No,” often grinning as his long fingers

and later at events like the Huck Finn Jubilee, where he met Earl Scruggs.

Already playing fiddle, he started learning Scruggs-style bluegrass banjo from the late John Schlocker at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica when he was 13.

“Though we’ve been second-class citizens for most of our stay here, America has put our music out there with its superpower and it’s reached people across the world.”

— Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton crisscross the frets of his guitar, banjo or fiddle or spread across piano keys.

Musically speaking, old country blues, Cajun, folk, gospel and soul are Paxton’s native tongue. It’s what he grew up hearing his Louisiana-raised grandmother sing in the family’s South Central Los Angeles kitchen; at family barbecues with other Southern relatives on their block;

He returns there for a show Saturday.

“That was my exposure to the music I love; it [was] shared that way,” he recalls of his introduction to songs composed before his grandparents were born. “It’s not a music that you hear on the radio.”

It’s music born of communal settings.

Even now, he says, “just about everybody in the neighborhood knows all the words

to the Jimmy Reed repertoire and Little Walter and Lightnin’ Hopkins.”

Paxton, whose stage moniker pays homage to Piedmont blues guitarist Blind Boy Fuller, discourses thoughtfully on the music’s history. No matter where it’s from, he insists, folk music is “the people’s music,” so a “natural person” can feel connection — particularly to American folk.

“I don’t care if you’re in Jerusalem or Eastern Europe or Pakistan or India; you have exposure, and usually a lot of it, to American music, because America is a superpower,” he says. “My people in my culture helped make America a superpower. And though we’ve been secondclass citizens for most of our stay here, America has put our music out there with its superpower and it’s reached people across the world.”

Though he turns 30 later this month, Paxton speaks in musical cadences with the air of an old-school entertainer — part of his act, and also his worldview.

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“It’s getting necessary,” he acknowledges. “I’ve gotta get his way of opening people’s out of my comfort zone and minds to history. figure out how to record an “The best way to understand album comfortably that I like.” history is through music,” he Within his comfort zone says. “You can learn tons about onstage, he radiates a positive social events from certain fullness of spirit. It isn’t that he periods just through songs. feels responsible to lift audiences They’re tied in a beautiful way, up, he says; it’s just his nature. and of course being a person “I ain’t scared to go no place who’s proud of himself, I want to mostly because I’m happy most expose the world to my culture, places. I feel like I’m doin’ because it’s been talked about but something good, so there’s no it’s never really been told, you need to fear or be nervous or be know. So I’m happy to be telling sad or be dreary. Also, I come it to people.” from people who know how to He is committed to music as a handle hard times, to be frank. live art form and has built his I was raised by a bunch of older career performing at clubs and people, and the things that they festivals, but he’s giving consid- experienced pale in comparison erable thought to recording as an to anything we experience here art form unto itself as he plans an in this 21st century. … You use album of “African-American folk the blues and all these old music.” It’s been three years methods we know of to beat since “Recorded Music for Your the bad. A happy personality Entertainment,” a joyful album can beat the bad. That’s my of folk chestnuts (“Motherless endeavor.”

Child Blues,” “Pretty Saro,” “Soldier’s Joy”) he recorded in Jerron “Blind Boy Paxton” Venice with friend and L.A. returns to McCabe’s (3010 Pico old-time musician Frank FairBlvd., Santa Monica) at 8 p.m. field. Three years with no new Saturday, Jan. 12. Tickets are recordings to sell is a budget $20. Call (310) 828-4497 or buster for a traveling musician. visit blindboypaxton.net.

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Cava lets diners build their own nutrient-rich meals from an assortment of grains and greens

By Angela Matano Whether you are one for New Year’s resolutions or have given up on the practice altogether, January is a natural time to take stock of your eating habits. One of the most difficult parts of maintaining a healthy diet comes into play when you want to go out for a meal. Luckily Westsiders, this part of town caters to those looking to nourish their bodies in every way possible, and there are quite a few restaurants with lighter choices on their menus — ones to suit just about everyone’s needs.

focus on freshness and variety of flavors makes the food work on its own merits, rather than making you remember what’s missing.

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Eat ‘Clean’ @ Kanpai Sushi Japanese food, especially sushi, is a great way to eat out and stick to your healthy eating goals at the same time. Kanpai has a couple of locations, one on Sepulveda and one on Lincoln.

Both are on the way to or from LAX, making them extremely convenient for a healthful meal pre-flight or post-arrival. There Meatless Meals @ Veggie Grill Veggie Grill has got to be one of are 40-plus kinds of sake to choose from. Of course, if one of the first fast-casual concepts to blend vegan and vegetarian food your resolutions is abstaining from alcohol the restaurant has a with quick eats. The menu runs lot of other things to offer. the gamut from Indian-inspired bowls to Mexican favorites, like Seasonal, fresh fish comes in from all over the world, and for tacos, to a “steakhouse burger” those focused on eating “clean,” — all populated with tasty what could be more virtuous than alternatives to meat, like soybased chicken, tofu and tempeh. thinly sliced sashimi? Augment your seafood with some miso The Beyond Burger is plantsoup, edamame or shishito based as well, without GMOs, peppers and revel in your gluten or soy, yet maintains the superior willpower. texture and taste of beef. Veggie 8325 Lincoln Blvd., Grill also brandishes a plethora Westchester | (310) 338-7223 of salads, like the Vietnamese8736 S. Sepulveda Blvd., inspired banh mi salad bursting Westchester | (310) 670-0533 with herbs, spices and heat. The

Meaningful Mediterranean @ Luna Grill The Mediterranean diet is often touted as one of the world’s healthiest. Luna Grill takes advantage of that fact with farm-fresh produce and many non-GMO items, like lamb, rice, salmon and grass-fed beef. The restaurant’s signature plates are really big enough for two and very reasonably priced. Try the Norwegian kosher salmon, flanked with basmati rice, soft pita bread, grilled tomatoes, salad and cucumber yogurt dip.

Luna Grill’s concept of healthy eating speaks to those who want a real, satisfying, well-balanced meal without too many gimmicks distracting from the main ingredients.

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AT HOme The ArgonAuT’s reAl esTATe secTion

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The large fourth bedroom is also on the first floor adjacent to the living area. The large executive chef kitchen boasts commercial appliances, quartz countertops and European cabinets with slow close hardware. The second floor has vaulted wood ceilings, 3 bright bedrooms, and a large balcony leading to a spiral staircase to a roof deck, for Santa Monica Mountain and sunset views.

The master bedroom has a large walk-in closet with an attached spacious master bath with soaking tub and a large shower with tower controls. One unit has mother-in-law quarters with own entrance. These townhomes are A/C ready, tankless water equipped, and have security systems installed with remote operation. Located just short blocks to Main Street, restaurants, parks and awardwinning schools.”

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Just Listed 3609 esPlanade, Marina del rey 4,215 sQ.ft.

4 bd & 3.5 ba $3,288,000 www.esplanade3609.com

Just Listed 6 Voyage st. #103, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2 ba 1,000 sQ.ft. $1,749,000 www.6Voyage.com

Just Listed 4253 beethoVen st., Mar Vista 3 bd & 2 ba 1,245 sQ.ft. $1,499,000 www.4253Beethoven.com

Just Listed 13600 Marina Pointe dr. #303, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,855 sQ.ft. **ALsO fOr LeAse $3,895/MO** $1,165,000 ww.303regatta.com

Open sun 1-4 4333 redwood aVe. #5, Mdr 2 bd & 2 ba 1,398 sQ.ft. $999,000 www.4333redwood5.com

Just Listed 201 waterView st., Playa del rey 3 bd & 2.5 ba + loft 2,775 sQ.ft. $2,888,000 www.201waterview.com

Open sun 1-4 5721 CresCent Park #403, Playa Vista 3 bd & 3 ba 2,533 sQ.ft. $1,599,000 www.Chatelaine403.com

in esCrOw 7293 w. 90th st., westChester 4 bd & 3 ba 2,126 sQ.ft. www.729390th.com $1,495,000

in esCrOw 13078 Mindanao way #109, Mdr $1,099,000 2 bd & 2 ba 1,885 sQ.ft.

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Open sun 1-4 13044 PaCifiC ProMenade #305, Playa Vista 2 bd & 2 ba 1,093 sQ.ft. $849,000 www.promenade305.com

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #1802, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,631 sQ.ft. www.Azzurra1802.com $2,149,000

in esCrOw 6011 dawn Creek #9, Playa Vista 3 bd & 3.5 ba + loft + bonus rM 3,130 sQ.ft. $1,599,000 www.6011dawnCreek9.com

Open sun 1-4 5721 CresCent Park #313, Playa Vista 2 bd & 2 ba 1,662 sQ.ft. $1,195,000 www.Chatelaine313.com

Open sun 1-4 13131 Mindanao way #2, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,544 sQ.ft. $1,075,000 www.13131Mindanao.com

Open sun 1-4 4734 la Villa Marina #C, Marina del rey 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,582 sQ.ft. www.VillaMilanoC.com $849,000

Open sun 1-4 121 waterView st., Playa del rey 3 bd & 3 ba 1,781 sQ.ft. $1,749,000 www.121waterview.com

Just Listed 5856 kiyot way, Playa Vista 3 bd & 3.5 ba 2,376 sQ.ft. www.5856Kiyot.com $1,549,000

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #503, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,481 sQ.ft. www.Azzurra503.com $1,169,000

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #925, Mdr 2 bd & 2.5 ba 1,431 sQ.ft. www.Azzurra925.com $999,000

Just Listed 13700 Marina Pointe dr. #1622, Mdr 1 bd & 1 ba 859 sQ.ft. **ALsO fOr LeAse $3,895/MO** $835,000 www.Azzurra1622.com

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$1,479,000

Andrew Dinsky

KW Encino-Sherman Oaks

310-729-3393

cu lver c ity Sun 1-4

12208 Braddock Dr.

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406 W. Grand Ave.

4/3 Brand new, open floor layout, rooftop deck

$1,539,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sat, Sun 2–4

412 W. Grand Ave.

4/3.5 Brand new, open floor layout, rooftop deck

$1,599,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 1:30-4

746 Virginia St.

3/1 Fabulous opportunity to own an upgraded single family residence

$1,195,000

Bob Waldron & Jessica Heredia

Coldwell Banker & PLG Estates

424-235-5377

Sun 2-4

530 Sierra Place #4

3/2.5 townhome, amazing location, bright & open layout

$899,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2-4

434 W. Maple Ave.

5/3 Completely remodeled, bright & open layout

$1,499,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2–4

205 E. Acacia Ave.

3/2 Recently remodeled

$1,149,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

Sun 2-4

643 Whiting St.

4/4 Incredible location, corner lot, newly upgraded

$1,799,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

3/4 New construction townhomes, open floor plan

$539,000

Bill Ruane

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-877-2374

3/2 Good vibes in Mar Vista

$1,170,000

Amy Nelson Frelinger

Douglas Elliman

310-951-0416

len n ox Sun 2-4

5053 W. 109th Street #1

m Ar vist A Sun 1-4

11338 Biona Dr.

mArinA del r ey Sun 1-4

13131 Mindanao Way #2

2/2.5 Extensively renovated townhome

$1,075,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

4734 La Villa Marina #C

2/2.5 Fabulous town home offers a great open floor plan

$849,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

4333 Redwood Ave. #5

2/2 Extensively renovated townhome in Silicon Beach

$999,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

13078 Mindanao Way #215

2/2 Live the California lifestyle in this luxuriously remodeled condo

$1,050,000

Denise Fast

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-578-5414

Sun 1-4

862 Burrell St.

4/2.5 Enjoy privacy & security in this remodeled home

$2,495,000

Denise Fast

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-578-5414

Sun 1-4

882 Harbor Crossing Ln.

3/2.5 This luxurious Harbor Crossing Estate has it all

$2,745,000

Denise Fast

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-578-5414

Sun 1-4

13078 Mindanao Way #205

2/2 Fabulous fixer in prime Villa Marina East location

$900,000

Denise Fast

RE/MAX Estate Properties

310-578-5414

plAyA del r ey Sat, Sun 1-4

8200 Tuscany Ave.

4/3 8200TuscanyAve.com

$2,039,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

7932 W. 83rd St.

3/3 www.7932w83rd.com

$1,450,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sat, Sun 1-4

7536 W. 85th St.

3/3 www.7536w85th.com

$1,350,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

6529 Esplanade

3/4 Lagoon front home with ocean view

$1,900,000

Tom Corte and Dana Wright

ERA Matilla Realty

310-578-7777

Sun 1-4

121 Waterview St.

3/2 Ocean views and cool breezes make an ideal location

$1,749,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

8163 Redlands St. #1

1/1 Enjoy living in a quiet beach community

$399,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

7742 Redlands St. #D3044

1/1 Wonderful top floor end unit

$399,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

7731 W. 82nd St.

5/4 www.7731w82nd.com

$2,350,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

8120 Saran Dr.

4/5 8120SaranDr.com

$2,399,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

plAyA v istA Sun 1-4

13044 Pacific Promenade #424

2/2 Top floor corner unit w/ bluff views

$869,000

Tom Corte and Dana Wright

ERA Matilla Realty

310-578-7777

Sun 1-4

13044 Pacific Promenade #305

2/2 Gorgeous bright corner unit

$849,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

5721 Crescent Park #313

2/2 Enjoy picturesque sunsets

$1,195,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

Sun 1-4

5721 Crescent Park #403

3/3 Enjoy picturesque sunsets from luxurious single level PH

$1,599,000

Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

1374 Rose Ave.

4/2 Charming home situated on beautifully landscaped lot

$1,399,000

Jesse Weinberg

KW Silicon Beach

800-804-9132

v enic e Sun 1-4

Westchester Sat, Sun 1-4

7456 Henefer Ave.

5/4.5 7456HeneferAve.com

$2,794,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

7546 Dunbarton Ave.

3/2 7546DunbartonAve.com

$1,649,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

6023 West 83rd Pl.

5/5 6023W83rdPl.com

$1,894,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

6304 West 78th St.

4/3 6304W78thSt.com

$1,395,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

7456 Henefer Ave.

5/4.5 7456HeneferAve.com

$2,794,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sat, Sun 1-4

7546 Dunbarton Ave.

3/2 7546DunbartonAve.com

$1,629,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sun 1:30-4

7886 Bleriot Ave.

3/2 Opportunity to reimagine a dream home in Westport Heights

$949,000

Bob Waldron & Jessica Heredia

Coldwell Banker & PLG Estates

424-235-5377

Sun 1:30-4

7004 W. 85th St.

3/3 Tastefully updated home in Loyola Village

$1,299,000

Bob Waldron & Jessica Heredia

Coldwell Banker & PLG Estates

424-235-5377

Sun 1-4

6353 W. 84th Pl.

5/4 www.6353w84th.com

$1,995,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

7556 Coastal View Dr.

5/4 www.7556coastalview.com

$2,495,000

James Suarez

KW Silicon Beach

310-862-1761

Sun 1-4

7924 El Manor Ave.

4/2 7924ElManorAve.com

$1,249,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Sun 1-4

6530 West 84th Pl.

3/1 6530W84thPl.com

$999,000

Stephanie Younger

Compass

310-499-2020

Open House Directory listings are published inside The Argonaut’s At Home section and on The Argonaut’s Web site each Thursday. Open House directory forms may be emailed to KayChristy@argonautnews.com. To be published, Open House directory form must be completely and correctly filled out and received no later than 3pm Tuesday for Thursday publication. Changes or corrections must also be received by 3pm Tuesday. Regretfully, due to the volume of Open House Directory forms received each week, The Argonaut cannot publish or respond to Open House directory forms incorrectly or incompletely filled out. The Argonaut reserves the right to reject, edit, and/or cancel any advertisng at any time. Only publication of an Open House Directory listing consitutes final acceptance of an advertiser’s order.

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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases elegant Kentwood Home

marina ocean Views

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arcHitectural Home

“The grand entrance welcomes you to the entry level of this home, featuring European oak floors, and nine-foot ceilings,” says agent Jane St. John. “On the first floor are a bedroom suite, powder room, and patio doors to the decking and drought-friendly yard. The second floor offers remote-controlled skylights, three bedrooms, a laundry room, and a family room with a built-in office. The master suite boasts a private deck and a luxurious bath. The security system comes with motion lighting installed.”

Offered at $2,250,000 Jane St. John RE/MAX Estates 310-567-5971 “Situated in the heart of Marina del Rey is this two-master suite end unit townhome with contemporary architectural appeal,” say agents Bob and Cheryl Herrera. “Its open floor plan is accented by solid hickory and bamboo floors, added side windows welcoming sunlight throughout the day, as well as the stone patio and pool. You will appreciate the redesign expanding the usable space for living/entertaining and extra bedroom. Villa Tropez is a gated resort styled community with the joys of coastal living.”

Offered at $1,100,000 Bob & Cheryl Herrera PRES 310-578-0332

marina Views

“Stunning Marina and Harbor views are offered by this spacious one-bed, one-bath home, with quintessential coastal living,” says agent Charles Lederman. “This is a blank canvas with new waterproof wood-like flooring; it’s ready for move-in or a perfect blank palette to customize to your liking. Other features include ample storage, floor-to-ceiling windows and a large patio overlooking the marina. This home is situated in the Center tower near the majority of Marina City Club’s amenities.”

Offered at $595,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

“This three-bed, two-bath, home is situated in the desirable living space that is the Marina City Club,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “Enjoy all the luxurious amenities.

Stay fit with the huge executive gym, free classes (yoga, stretch, cardio, spinning and more), swimming pools, and tennis courts. Enjoy the restaurant and bar, gourmet market, daytime cafe, and convenient room service. Also at your fingertips are a car wash, beauty salon, and 24 hour guarded security. This home is ideally located.”

Offered at $950,000 Eileen McCarthy Marina Ocean Properties 310-822-8910 “This home is an expression of elegant simplicity from designer Parsons/ Hart,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “In the kitchen, the Caesarstone island is complemented by Bertazzoni appliances and custom cabinetry. A family room, powder room, and finely appointed bedroom with en suite complete the downstairs floor plan. Upstairs are two upstairs en suite bedrooms to the master suite. Lutron smart home systems, built-in speakers, and E-vehicle garage charging are clever additions to this iconic Kentwood residence.”

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A 5,500 square foot, 6 bedroom, 6 bathroom single family residence, located in the Brentwood Park area of Los Angeles, being sold as-is, with an opening bid of $2,615,000 ($5,000 bidding increments).

Bidders must provide: A) Proof funds and ability to close escrow unconditionally and; B) A cashier’s check for the $90,000 deposit, payable to “Brad Krasnoff, Chapter 7 Trustee”, in advance of the bidding (and must register with Trustee prior to 1/29/2019).

This is a large, gated home with pool, three floors, and so much potential via rehab and updating. Three car garage and storage on ground floor. Great fixer upper opportunity for investors or owner-users.

For more information, please call Brad Krasnoff @ 310.277.0077 (US BK CASE: 2:18-bk-10665).

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The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 11/2018.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Debbi Singer. TITLE: Owner.

This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: November 20, 2018. NOTICE — in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 12/20/18, 12/27/18, 1/03/19, 1/10/19

at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 18SMCP00113 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of KRSHNA TAFARI AMINU JUTTE-RAND, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: Krshna Tafari Aminu Jutte-Rand and filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.)

Krshna Tafari Aminu Jutte-Rand to Krshna Tafari Aminu Airaudi 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: 02-15-19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: P. The address of the court is 1725 Main Street #102 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: December 21, 2018. Lawrence Cho, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19

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REGISTERED OWNER(S) Evan Koga, 29403 Stonecrest Rd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Evan Koga. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 19, 2018. NOTICE — in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018323283 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OEC SERVICES; 599 Charmingdale Road Suite A Diamond Bar, CA 91765, 269 South Beverly Drive Suite 689 Beverly Hills, CA 90212. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Rochelle Jefferson, 599 Charmingdale Road Suite A Diamond Bar, CA 91765. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 12/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Rochelle Jefferson.

TITLE: Manager. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: December 31, 2018. NOTICE — in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 18TRCP00066 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Petition of JESSICA ERIN THOMAS, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Jessica Erin Thomas filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Jessica Erin Thomas to Jessica Erin Pi’lani Thomas 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: 2/22/19. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: B. The address of the court is 825 Maple Ave. Torrance, CA 90503.

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: December 13, 2018. Eric C. Taylor, Judge of the Superior Court. PUBLISH: The Argonaut Newspaper 1/3/19, 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019006108 Type of Filing: Amended The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MACKEREL SKY DESIGN; 20 Ironsides Street #7 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Margaret Gargan Bright, 20 Ironsides Street #7 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 01/1999.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Margaret Gargan Bright.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: January 8, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. a new Fictitious Business Name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Publish: The Argonaut Newspaper. Dates: 1/10/19, 1/17/19, 1/24/19, 1/31/19 Please take notice US Storage Centers - Marina Del Rey located at 12700 Braddock Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90066 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in the following units in default for non-payment of rent. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storageauctions.net on 1/17/2019 at 10:00AM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Lisa Marie Schmid O’connor; Mary Therese Duda; James Joseph Herman (2 units); Francis David Mancini (2 units); Phillippe Michel Shehata; Bentley Gerald Hatchett (2 units).

All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details. Argonaut Newspaper 1/3/19, 1/10/19

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Foul Pay I went out with a feminist who was all into women’s empowerment, but when the bill came she made no effort to chip in. Please explain this type of feminism. Is it somehow possible that she didn’t notice the check?

— Incredulous It is possible that she didn’t notice the check. It’s also possible that she likes to take time off from complaining about paternalistic behaviors to sample the ones that work best for her.

While this appears to be a glaring example of self-serving selective feminism, research suggests there’s sometimes a more charitable explanation for absurdly contradictory beliefs and behavior. Though most people believe that there’s a single consistent you (or me) with stable beliefs and preferences, this actually seems to be an illusion. In fact, if there’s one thing that’s consistent about humans, it’s how inconsistent we all tend to be (and — it gets better — how consistent we are in vigorously denying that).

Cognitive scientist Colin Martindale theorized back in 1980 that we have a number of “subselves” — sub-personalities with varying beliefs and priorities — that go active or sink into the background depending on the context at hand. In other words, whichever goal is front and center in your mind — like “Fight patriarchal oppression!” or “Take this totally adorbs patriarchal oppressor home to bed!” — drives how you think and behave.

Research by neuroscientist Michael

Gazzaniga suggests Martindale was right. Gazzaniga’s findings also led him to the conclusion that our mind has a janitor of sorts — a psychological one he calls “The Interpreter” — that tidies up in the wake of our inconsistencies by creating justifications for them.

These, in turn, allow us to view ourselves as consistent and rational — instead of laughably hypocritical, like a feminist who, when the check comes, stares skyward, all “Wow! That is one of the most well-preserved examples of the early-’90s popcorn ceiling!”

However, again, more charitably, everybody these days is confused about who’s supposed to pay on dates (and when and what it all means). For example, a woman will chip in on the first date because she earns a living, too! … or because the prospect of sex with the dude is akin to “Would madam enjoy her Caesar salad with a light dusting of E. coli?”

To suss out where this woman is coming from, you need more information, and to get that, you’ll need further interaction — on the phone or, even better, in person. (Action reveals character.) Sure, she could be a hypocrite riding the patriarchal free dinner train … or maybe she finds it icky to split the check and figured she’d get the next one. It’s also possible she’ll reciprocate with a home-cooked meal — because you picked a place where the water alone costs $11, and she’s busy completing a dog walking internship while moonlighting as a freelance field hand.

Keeping It Rio This girl I’ve been dating for two months is soon going to Brazil for three months! We aren’t officially committed, so it seems unfair to ask her to be monogamous. We plan to stay in touch, but I don’t want to hear about her with other dudes and, selfishly, I don’t want to stay home, all celibate like some war bride.

—Realistic or Cracked?

It’s very considerate of you to suggest three months sexually off-leash, as she is traveling to the ancestral homeland of male supermodels, where a chunk of the GNP is dependent on Carnaval — a weeklong drinking, samba and sex fest.

The problem is jealousy, one of our guard dog emotions. Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains that jealousy rises up automatically to help us fend off “potential mate poachers” and prevent a mate from “defecting.”

Because it’s set on “auto,” it can be hard to override.

That said, though you don’t have

a committed relationship with this woman — let alone an “open” one —you might be able to make use of a psychological tactic of people in sexually open relationships. It’s called “compersion” — taking pleasure in your partner’s getting pleasure, even if it’s from some other, uh, provider. Granted, this is probably about as realistic for most people as their Ubering to a party via unicorn. However, it dovetails nicely with my fave quote about love, from sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein: “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

Float the idea of planned cooperative ignorance, and ask her to think on it for a few days. (People often have more reasoned responses to hot-button issues when they aren’t expected to reply pronto.) Also, it doesn’t hurt that she’s the one wintering where stonesober women are tempted to stop men on the street with “Excuse me, but would you mind if I licked black beans off your ridiculously chiseled abs?”

Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2019, 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 and visit blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon.

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The Westchester-Playa Democratic Club holds a special discussion with state Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblymember Autumn Burke on California’s leadership in the battle against federal overreach.

Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester.

Free; RSVP required. bit.ly/ state-of-state Comic Books and Comedy 47: Oh Dear New Year!, 8 to 9:45 p.m.

Enjoy a night of comedy and comic books. BYOB. Hi De Ho Comics & Books, 412 Broadway, Santa Monica. $5 donation. facebook.com/ comicbooksandcomedy

Friday, Jan. 11 Santa Monica Brew Works Tap Takeover, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Santa Monica Brew Works serves up its finest craft beers for $3 a glass at Jeremy Fall’s Paperboy Pizza and fast-casual sandwich shop STRFSH at The Gallery Food Hall, 1315 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. galleryfoodhall.com

Friday Night Trivia, 7 p.m. Test your knowledge while having a brew and win prizes. TRiP, 2101 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. No cover before 9:15 p.m.; $10 after. (310) 396-9010; tripsantamonica.com Fireside at the Miles: On Ensemble, 8 p.m. This cozy performance series kicks off with the Japanese Taiko fusion of On Ensemble, who use their experiences as DJs, electronic producers and rock bassists to produce compelling and creative Taiko music.

Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. $5 to $10. (310) 458-8634; smgov.net/ departments/CCS/MilesPlayhouse GNR8R Live! 8 p.m. Get down with GNR8R’s funky jazz-soul-rock fusion till 10 p.m., followed by DJ Jedi and Anthony Valadez dropping beats till close. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Saturday, Jan. 12 Pico Fitness Crawl, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Pico Improvement Organization

hosts its third annual celebration highlighting the area’s many gyms, studios and trainers. Try any of 16 sample workouts at 14 locations.

Check-ins at Virginia Avenue Park (at Pico Boulevard and Virginia Avenue) begin at 8 a.m.; an after-party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. showcases more local wellness opportunities. $10. Search “Pico Fitness Crawl” on eventbrite. com for more information.

Culver City Rain Garden Needs You, 9 a.m. to noon. Nested between the Ballona Creek and residential properties, the Culver City Rain Garden captures rain and surface runoff, filters noxious contaminants and beautifies the urban landscape.

Help take care of the garden by weeding and watering to give newly planted native plants a chance to thrive.

Culver City Rain Garden, 10101 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City. (310) 417-3093; santamonicabay.org Mutts & Mimosas, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Enjoy brunch with a new four-legged friend. Wags and Walks brings pups for adoption while diners enjoy mimosas and kombucha cocktails at Tocaya Organica, 12150 Millennium Dr., #101, Playa Vista. wagsandwalks.org

Westchester’s Wood-Fired Community Oven Bake, noon.

Bring dough and toppings to bake your own pizza in an authentic wood-fired adobe oven. Oven is ready for baking bread around 2 p.m. Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W. 83rd St., Westchester. Free. (310) 850-8022; westchestercommunityoven@gmail.com SoulPlay Clothing Swap, 1 to 3 p.m.

Looking to clean out the closet in the new year? Have some barely worn outfits you want to get rid of? Release what no longer serves you and pick up something new to you. Mingle, shop and sip at SoulPlay Yoga, 9711 Washington Blvd., Culver City. Free; RSVP required. soulplay.yoga Melody Masters Band, 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Listen to live music, nibble on light refreshments and dance the afternoon away. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.

Culver City Senior Citizens Center, 4095 Overland Ave., Culver City. $5.

(310) 253-6700 Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for an R&B concert by Blue Breeze.

Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way,

Doug Mug Swanson and his band The Thugs play rock, country, blues and rockabilly at The Cinema Bar. SEE SATURDAY, JAN. 12.

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Broadway run, Emmy Award winner Monica Piper explores what it means to have a “Jewish heart” and recounts her adventures in Hollywood writing for hits such as “Roseanne,” “Mad About You” and “Rugrats.”

Last shows: 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 10, 12 & 13) at Jewish Women’s Theatre’s The Braid, 2912 Colorado Ave. Ste. 102, Santa Monica. $40 to $45, or free to those impacted by California wildfires. (310) 315-1400; jewishwomenstheatre.org

All-American Avant-Garde:“Our Town” @ Westchester Playhouse The Kentwood Players bring to life Thornton Wilder’s classic American play about the residents of a small New Hampshire town, fourth-wallshattering narrator and all.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 16 at Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Ave., Westchester. $22. (310) 645-5156; kentwoodplayers.org Family Drama:“Bending the Spoon” @ Santa Monica Playhouse In this new play by Ken Lay, three generations come together to celebrate their youngest member’s birthday, but doing so forces them to come to terms with past relationships, past decisions and a long-ago family tragedy.

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Friday and Saturday (Jan. 11 & 12) and 2 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 13) at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 394-9779, ext. 1; santamonicaplayhouse.com The Meat of It:“Meat Market: On the Cutting Board” @ Highways Performance Space Artists Stephanie Sherwood and Katie Shanks team up to explore the derogatory notion of women as

Stephanie Sherwood and Katie Shank’s “Meat Market” explores the commodification of women’s bodies through wearable art and burlesque “meat” for consumption. Through voluptuous wearable art and burlesque, the duo plays on the narrow line between revulsion and arousal.

Two performances only: 8:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday (Jan. 11 & 12) at Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $15 to $20. (310) 453-1755; highwaysperformance.org

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Dance at the Odyssey:“Acts of Matter” @ Odyssey Theatre The Odyssey Theatre’s month-long series of dance continues with choreographer Rebecca Lemme’s “Acts of Matter,” three repertory works and a world premiere exploring grief, loss, love letters, lyrics, youth and coming to terms with oneself.

Limited engagement: 8 p.m. Friday

and Saturday (Jan. 11 & 12) and 2 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 13) at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A.$15 to $25. (310) 4772055, ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com Funny Girl:“Not that Jewish” @ The Braid Bringing her humorous one-woman show back from a successful off-

Sense of Self:“I am Sophie” @ Pacific Resident Theatre When Kate decides to leave Paris to care for her father, she decides it’s also time to share her new identity with the world — Sophie. What follows is an existential adventure with a French twist.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.

Sundays through Jan. 27 at Pacific Resident Theatre, 703 Venice Blvd., Venice. $25 to $34. (310) 822-8392; pacificresidenttheatre.com Audition Notice: Kentwood Players hold open auditions for Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday (Jan. 12) and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 13). This is a non-equity, non-paid production.

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Gerry Fialka interviews musician Rick Frystak. RSVP for Venice location.

Free. laughtears.com Meet Me at Reed: Eco-Friendly Day, 2 to 4 p.m. Kids can play on a reDiscover Cardboard Playground, learn about reptiles and enjoy tasty eats from the food trucks. Christine Emerson Reed Park, 1133 7th St., Santa Monica. Free. smgov.net/reed Ukulele Saturdays, 2 to 4:30 p.m.

Heidi Swedberg teaches a series of ukulele classes for children, teens and adults. After the mini-lesson, strum along to your favorite song. Bring a ukulele or use one provided. Class for ages 6 to 12 starts at 2 p.m.; teen and adult class at 3 p.m. Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 458-8600; smpl.org Barefoot Comedy, 7 to 9 p.m.

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BYOB. Mystic Journey Yoga, 1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. $15. (310) 314-2222; mysticjourneyyoga.com “Jagged Macarata” Signing, 7 p.m.

Venice author Grace Bruno discusses and signs her book, a work of historical fiction in which the reincarnated spirit of a 19th-century Aboriginal woman is haunted by deep emotional and physical trauma of the past. Sideshow Books, 1639 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles (Pico-Robertson). (310) 428-4631; sideshowbookstore.com Doug Mug Swanson, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Bassist-songwriter Doug Mug Swanson (aka Monty Handsome of TV’s “Nashville”) and his band The Thugs (Bubba Blues and Jason James on guitar, J.R. Lozano on drums) play rock, blues, country, Southern rock and rockabilly at The Cinema Bar, 3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City. No cover. (310) 390-1328; facebook.com/ douglasmuglas

Sunday, Jan. 13 Sunday Ride, 8 to 10 a.m. Runway Playa Vista and Bike Attack host this Sunday ride from Playa Vista to Hermosa Beach for coffee. Bring a bike or rent one from Bike Attack.

Runway Playa Vista, 12746 W. Jefferson Blvd., Playa Vista. (310) 862-5001; facebook.com/RunwayPlayaVista Music by the Sea, 1 to 4 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a samba and bossa nova concert by Brasil Brazil. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com Santa Monica Second Sunday Concert, 4 p.m. Silicon Beach Chamber Orchestra performs Ravel, Strauss, Debussy and new works by Nick Gianopoulos as part of their chamber music series. Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, 958 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. Donations accepted.

(310) 999-3626; siliconbeacharts.com “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” Screening, 4 to 7 p.m. This engaging documentary looks back on the legacy of beloved children’s TV show host Mister Rogers. Discussion with the director follows. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. Free with RSVP. aerotheatre.com “Is this Amerikkka? Black Youth Speak Out” 6 to 8:30 p.m. This month’s Committee for Racial Justice potluck and discussion examines youth engagement in social justice activism using visual and written expression. Childcare provided.

Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Bldg., 2200 Virginia Ave., Santa Monica. Free. (310) 422-5431 The Brother Brothers, 7 to 10 p.m.

Identical twins David and Adam Moss blend guitar, cello and five-string fiddle with two-part harmonies in a live folk concert. Special guests Connor and Arianne Vance stop by as well. McCabe’s Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $20. (310) 828-4497; mccabes.com

Italian composer and producer Tommaso Cappellato joins DJ Jeremy Sole at The Townhouse to debut a new experimental soul-jazz fusion project. SEE SUNDAY, JAN. 13 The Venice Electric Light Parade, 7:15 p.m. Mr. Sebastian “The Light Man” strings LED wheel lights on bikes until 7:45 p.m. and then this family-friendly bike ride travels from Venice to Santa Monica and back, covering about eight miles. Meet at Windward Avenue and Ocean Front Walk. facebook.com/VeniceElectricLightParade Karaoke Lisa, 9 p.m. Sing your heart out every Sunday at the Prince O’Whales, 335 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 823-9826; princeowhales.com Tommaso Cappellato’s New Trio, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. DJ Jeremy Sole teams up with Cappellato to debut the Italian composer and producer’s new experimental soul-jazz fusion band at The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. $10. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Monday, Jan. 14 ICE at Santa Monica, 2 to 10 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays, 2 p.m. to midnight Fridays, 10 a.m. to midnight Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sundays through Jan. 21. Celebrate the holiday season with ice-skating in Downtown Santa Monica. 1324 5th St., Santa Monica. $15 skate rental and all-day admission. (310) 260-1199; downtownsm.com

The On Ensemble brings innovative Taiko drumming to the Miles Memorial Playhouse. SEE FRIDAY, JAN. 11.

Sand and Sea Speakers Toastmasters, 7 to 9 p.m. Whether attempting to overcome your fear of public speaking or looking to improve your presentation skills, Toastmasters will help develop your speaking skills in a supportive, friendly atmosphere. First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 Second St., Santa Monica. Free for guests; $15.50/month for members. sandandseaspeakers.com

Barry Jenkins discusses “If Beale Street Could Talk,” 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Director Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” is a love story set in 1970s Harlem about a couple’s unbreakable bond and the empowering embrace of family in the face of adversity. Discussion with the director follows. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. Free. aerotheatre.com Mahalo Mondays, 8 p.m. Alton Clemente, DJ Vinyl Don and Record Surplus take over the Townhouse with live entertainment, tiki cocktails, Hawaiian and Polynesian vinyl, plus special guests. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Thinkers & Drinkers, 9 to 11 p.m.

Win prizes and impress your friends with your trivia knowledge and bingo skills. Happy hour drink prices all night. Surfside Venice, 23 Windward Ave., Venice. (424) 256-7894; surfsidevenice.com

Tuesday, Jan. 15 Westchester Senior Citizen Center Club, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Come for coffee, donuts and new friendships each Tuesday morning. The center also offers a $1.75 daily lunch, special holiday luncheons and events, exercise classes, bingo, karaoke, card games, entertainment, birthday celebrations, special seminars, trips, tours and a garden club. $12 annual membership. laparks.org/scc/ Westchester Calamity Company + United Jams, 9 p.m. Immerse yourself in live local rock, soul, folk and blues every Tuesday night in the Del Monte Speakeasy. The Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward

Ave., Venice. $5. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com

Wednesday, Jan. 16 Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays. Make connections and discover ways to give back to your community while having breakfast at Whiskey Red’s, 13813 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. $25. Call Brady Connell at (323) 459-1932 for reservations; playavenice.org Ballona Community Restoration Event, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a friend and help remove invasive iceplant and other non-native vegetation in the Ballona Wetlands, 303 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey. (310) 417-3093; santamonicabay.org W Costa Rica Launch Party on Santa Monica Pier, 6 to 10 p.m. W Hotels takes over Santa Monica Pier to celebrate the opening of its new Costa Rica hotel. Take an adrenaline-pumping zipline ride through an LED light display, dance to tribal beats by DJ Bobby French, drink tropical cocktails, and sample Costa Rican dishes by James Beard Award-nominated chef Jeffery Nimer. 21+; RSVP to wcostarica.splashthat.com Downtown Santa Monica Plaza Film Nights, 6 p.m. Start the evening with “Happy Feet,” about a little penguin named Mumble who doesn’t quite fit in, followed by “Killer of Sheep,” about a Los Angeles slaughterhouse worker whose macabre profession begins to seep into his personal life.

1324 5th St., Santa Monica. Free. downtownsm.com Meditations on Media, 6 to 9 p.m.

Gerry Fialka’s stimulating soiree inventories the psychic effects of media on individuals and society, and muses on why they are ignored.

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Galleries & Museums “Strength,” through Jan. 11.

Local artist and climber Tamar Nachshon displays a collection of works that convey the concept of strength and its ties to nature and humankind. Mar Vista Art Walk Community Gallery, 12804 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. facebook.com/ marvistaartwalk Experience 37: Matriarchs, through Jan 26. Featuring multiple works by 12 contemporary indigenous womxn artists representing 14 communities, this exhibit includes fashion, metalwork, photography, painting, basketry and video. ESMoA, 208 Main St., El Segundo. (424) 2771020; esmoa.org

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