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L etter s Venice Bullies Put a Target on My Back when I Lived in an RV Re: “It’s Getting Scary Out There,” Letters to the Editor, June 20 I’m tired of hearing about extreme situations of homelessness where a combination of mental health, drugs and misery create a hostile encounter between some homeless residents and the housed residents of Venice. Never mentioned are less extreme and more common

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situations like the service people who work in Venice and live in their RVs with co-workers.

I know this because I myself slept in my car in Venice while being fully employed, yet not making enough for rent and not having the network and support from friends and family to get housed. As a female I became an easy target for the residents of Venice who wanted to make an example out of me. As a woman of color, I was especially

unwelcome and utterly hated by the new residents of Venice who didn’t see me as a valuable productive citizen.

For every story about a “crazy homeless person” there’s a story about a crazy Venice resident vigilante — those just don’t get published because homeless people don’t have access to communication tools.

I no longer sleep in my car in Venice, but when I did I never once had a Venice resident talk to

me like a human being, although I probably worked alongside them in the entertainment field. Had they talked to me they might have learned that I was fully employed at a studio, made OK money, lost my last apartment in a flood that made the unit uninhabitable, paid my taxes, and that it’s incredibly expensive to be a car dweller. They would have also learned how my family is not supportive and highly dysfunctional, that I had tried all

available avenues for housing, and how overwhelming it feels to have deposit, first month’s rent and last month’s rent only to be turned down again and again for housing.

I finally left Venice, but I will not reveal those circumstances so that I do not encourage such behavior by housed residents towards other car dwellers. I was not the “crazy homeless person,” (Continued on page 8)

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yet Venice residents took it upon themselves to create a narrative where I was just that. I cannot speak for the population of unhoused people who are literally sleeping on sidewalks, but I can speak about being a car dweller.

Venice residents are more focused on being petulant bullies than on finding real solutions to this crisis. Until they change their attitude, they get back what they put out onto the streets of Venice.

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Quick — Tell Us Your Favorite Bartender West of the 405 …

Gregg Edwards: Liz Holiday at The Shack.

Kimberly Rockwell Clark: West of 405 is Jeff at Baja Cantina; also Matt — so hard to pick one.

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Y-Vonn Teh: Jules, Julia & Angela at Truxton’s in Westchester.

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A Long Haul for Neil Re: “The Recycling Market is Broken,” News, June 20 Neil, pictured here at Main and Marine streets last Friday, has been cleaning up around our beach for decades. The good news is all the recyclables he cleaned up today that are not flowing into our Santa Monica Bay. The bad news is the recent closing of the buyback recycling center in Santa Monica really hinders his efforts. He has to haul all this to downtown Los Angeles!

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HOT TAKE: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t Photos by Rick Swinger via veniceupdate.com

The perpetual homeless encampment on Venice Boulevard underneath the 405 Freeway suggests a tale of two cities’ responses to homelessness, but the moral of that story depends on whom you ask.

The sidewalk along the north side of the street, which belongs to Los Angeles, is jam-packed with people living in tents.

The south side of the street, which belongs to Culver City, has far fewer tents and is often empty. Clearly there’s a lack of incentive to camp out on the Culver City side, but why?

When confronted with the question earlier this month, Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin (whose district includes Mar Vista) publicly accused other cities in Los Angeles County of pushing their homeless into Los Angeles — or, in City Hall speak, failing to comply with a court ruling that allows homeless people to sleep on the sidewalk at night due to lack of alternative shelter options. Bonin made his outrage quite clear on Facebook, though: “It is maddening to hear reports from unhoused neighbors about how they are forbidden by police in neighboring cities from sleeping on sidewalks there and are directed to Los Angeles sidewalks,” he wrote. L.A. City Councilman Joe Buscaino, whose district includes San Pedro and Watts, backs Bonin’s assessment. So did a number of homeless people in the

Local blog Venice Update began calling attention to the striking difference between the L.A. and Culver City sides of the Venice Boulevard underpass more than four months ago area who spoke to local news media.

Culver City leaders, however, are pushing back hard against the accusation that they are pushing the homeless out of Culver City or encouraging migration into Los Angeles. They suggest that Los Angeles is to blame for lack of action, while Culver City actually responds to unsafe and unhealthy encampments by guiding the homeless toward social services.

“I understand that Los Angeles city officials have not responded quickly enough to clean up these medieval conditions and they’re feeling pressure,” Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells told The Argonaut. “But you don’t see those same conditions in Culver City, and we are complying with all federal court decisions.”

Culver City Police Capt. Jason Sims said Culver City officers take a “proac-

tive” approach to policing overall and to homelessness in particular, but that approach does not include chasing them into L.A. “We’ve very service-oriented, and every interaction with a homeless person is met with a service-first approach,” Sims said.

“We have a dedicated team that has a mental health specialist who interacts with our homeless population, because often we find that mental health and homelessness go hand-in-hand.”

The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count found 234 homeless people in Culver City this January compared to 119 a year earlier, an increase of 97%.

The local blog Venice Update, which has been critical of the city’s response to homeless encampments, documented a June 13 city Bureau of Sanitation cleanup of the Venice/405 encampment on the Los Angeles side, noting there was only one tent on the Culver City side at the time.

On June 19, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and several L.A. City Council members held a press conference touting plans to increase the scope and frequency of cleanups, an idea that started with an April motion by Bonin.

“The city of Los Angeles spends nearly $30 million per year on cleanups at homeless encampments,” he wrote, “and it is nearly impossible to find anyone who is satisfied with the result.”

HOT TAKE: Is Oakwood Park Going to the Dogs?

A community conversation last Thursday about potential improvements for Oakwood Park quickly evolved into an argument between multi-generational families and relative newcomers about off-leash dogs running loose in the park and owners failing to clean up after them.

Longtime residents of the historically working-class and majority-minority enclave of Venice have complained before of wealthier and mostly Caucasian newcomers calling police about larger gatherings of locals in the park for no apparent reason other than racial prejudice. Now some worry they’re being pushed out of the space entirely in favor of transforming it into a dog park.

“If we sound angry it’s because we are.

This is the last piece of property that black and brown people can come to and be together in this community,” asserted Diamond Mosley, a filmmaker who was raised in Oakwood.

A group of Oakwood dog owners — many but not all of them part of the last decade’s real estate boom — are participants in a Los Angeles Recreations and Parks pilot program that allows locals to exercise and train their

Some locals say off-leash dogs are taking over Oakwood Park dogs between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. daily at Oakwood Park.

But critics of the program say off-leash dogs now also have the run of the park on most afternoons. Although it didn’t come

up at the meeting, East Venice residents near Penmar Park have complained to The Argonaut about not feeling safe among an increasing presence of offleash dogs.

Alex Redd, a 15-year Oakwood resident who recently joined the program, said its intent is not to exclude and that participants are getting blamed for other people’s bad behavior.

“The classes are about socializing your dog and behavior training. We love our dogs, and we all try to keep them on leashes when we walk them in the park in the afternoon,” she said. “It would be really sad to lose this because others who aren’t in our group don’t clean up after their dogs.”

At one point, members of both groups shouted over each other after someone suggested banning off-leash dogs altogether. Recreation and Parks Department Senior Project Coordinator Nate Hayward found himself playing referee among more than 80 meeting attendees.

Hayward said the city is pursuing grants to beautify Oakwood Park, build new restrooms and water fountains, and possibly reconfigure the space to include a soccer field and baseball diamond.

Adding exercise equipment and more parking are other ideas. The next meeting happens at 6 p.m. Wednesday (July 3) at the Oakwood Recreation Center, 767 California Ave., Venice.

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Somehow homelessness is on the decline in Westchester, Playa del Rey and Del Rey Photo by Joe Piasecki

By Gary Walker The Greater Los Angeles Homeless count documents a 16% year-over-year increase in homelessness throughout the city of Los Angeles, including an 18% increase in Mar Vista and a 29% surge in Venice.

But somehow homelessness actually decreased significantly in the communities of Westchester, Playa del Rey and Del Rey. This year’s combined Westchester-Playa homeless count dropped from 334 people in 2018 to 308 this year, a decrease of 7.8%. Del Rey’s count dropped from 201 to 95, a decrease of 52.7%.

No one has an easy explanation for why these neighborhoods are experiencing a decrease in homelessness in the midst of a regional crisis, though experts believe social services outreach efforts and perhaps a lower tolerance for homelessness in these neighborhoods likely played at role.

Housing nonprofit People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) has been active in Del Rey, Westchester and Playa del Rey for several years, conducting targeted outreach to people sleeping in vehicles in particular.

“We’ve been very involved with Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority in consistent outreach and housing placement in the area. I think that’s been a successful model so far,” PATH CEO Joel Roberts said.

Roberts also acknowledged that it is entirely possible that communities that are less tolerant of homelessness may be pushing people sleeping in tents and

A human being was sleeping in a box on Tuesday in the wetlands parking lot behind the Playa del Rey Post Office certain whether the clearing of Manvehicles into contiguous neighborhoods. chester Square for LAX construction “I think that happens all over the contributed to that decline. Meanwhile, county,” he asserted. “Communities and the number of people living in vans cities have three options when dealing dropped from 29 to 23 and the number with the homeless: They can tell people of people living in cars dropped from to go away, they can cite them, or they 35 to 25. can try to house them,” he said.

In Del Rey, the number of people living Signs that prohibit overnight parking of in RVs dropped from 41 to 24, people oversized vehicles have proliferated in living in vans dropped from 62 to 17, Westchester and Del Rey over the past and people living in cars dropped from few years, for example.

In Westchester-Playa, the number of 46 to 13. people living in RVs declined from 83 Del Rey Neighborhood Council last year to 40 this year. Sources were not President Matt Wersinger said it’s

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premature for Del Rey to take credit for its decline in homelessness, as it’s not clear whether any of its homeless are actually moving into shelters or housing.

“The problem as we see it is that those people weren’t necessarily housed, but simply relocated — hence the need to look at housing and homelessness and all the factors that contribute regionally, and not take Del Rey specifically as good news,” said Wersinger, who also chaired Del Rey’s Homeless Committee last year. “Increased parking enforcement and signage that discourages RVs would also contribute” to the drop in Del Rey’s homeless population, he said.

Neighborhood Council of WestchesterPlaya member Naomi Waka, who works for a Santa Monica affordable housing nonprofit, agrees with Wersinger about not making too much out of these numbers.

“I know that we still have a lot people experiencing homelessness. I have noticed more people on the streets,” Waka said.

As it turns out, the number of people sleeping on the streets of WestchesterPlaya, and not in a tent or makeshift shelter or vehicle, did increase from 101 to 178.

Waka acknowledges that neighborhood discussions on social media are not always kind to the homeless, but doesn’t think intolerance for the homeless drove down Westchester’s overall numbers.

“There is a presence of people not being welcoming on Nextdoor,” she said, “but I don’t think that’s a factor for people leaving the area.”

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Centinela Avenue Wins Great Streets Grant Community leaders in Del Rey hope to beautify and energize the neighborhood’s commercial core with a $15,000 city grant through the Great Streets initiative spearheaded by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Del Rey was among 10 Great Streets Challenge grant winners announced last Friday, which also puts it in the running for one of four $500,000 grants.

The initial funding includes assistance from urban designer and transportation consultant Nelson Nyaard in drawing up plans for Del Rey’s Great Streets corridor — Centinela Avenue between Short Avenue and Braddock Drive.

Ron Kato, a member of Del Rey’s Great Streetscape Committee, said the committee has already done some preliminary outreach to businesses along Centinela and to community leaders about what they envision for a Del Rey Great Streets.

“We’ll probably call a town hall soon to get even more community input.

Some of the things that we have heard is possibly having a pedestrian crosswalk at Centinela and Greene

Street so people can safely cross from one side of the street to the other, and creating some light post banners announcing this area as Del Rey’s downtown,” said Kato, executive director of the MOA Wellness Center on Centinela. “This is a great opportunity to rebrand the corridor, because a lot of people think it’s Culver City or Marina del Rey.” Centinela is full of vital local businesses, said Del Rey Neighborhood Council President Matt Wersinger, but “is currently in need of beautification and safety improvements.”

Great Streets modifications along Venice Boulevard in Mar Vista have engendered lasting opposition among a large constituency of locals, with complaints centered around the reduction of traffic lanes to make room for protected bike lanes between parked cars and the sidewalk.

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A city rendering depicts bridge housing, as seen from Sunset and Pacific avenues On Monday city workers will begin construction of the long-discussed temporary homeless housing facility on the former Metro bus yard in Venice, according to Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin’s office.

One of several “bridge” housing sites planned throughout the city, the Venice facility is designed to house 100 homeless adults and 54 homeless youth at any given time in order to bring them out of tents and encampments as they await more permanent housing. Prefabricated buildings and modular trailers will provide beds, bathrooms, showers, food, storage space and 24-hour security. Bonin has promised the facility will operate for a maximum of three years; so far, the start date remains unclear.

It’s been slightly more than a year since Bonin and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced plans for bridge housing in Venice, and in that time a number of Venice locals have organized themselves in opposition to the

plan. Critics of the facility believe it will attract more homeless people from neighborhoods without bridge housing to a disproportionally impacted area of Venice — and with it additional public safety and public health concerns.

The Venice Stakeholders Association, which has previously fought for increased enforcement of laws that prohibit nighttime encampments on the Venice Boardwalk, is suing to prevent the bridge housing facility from opening, arguing the project violates “the integrity of CEQA and the California Coastal Act.” That lawsuit is still active, but a judge refused to grant an injunction that would have prevented the start of construction.

The city is contracting with social services and housing placement nonprofit People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) to operate the bridge housing facility on Main, and Venicebased nonprofit Safe Place for Youth will assist.

Drowning Ruled as Cause of Mysterious Death

An inside look at the underwater drill that will tunnel beneath Marina del Rey Construction of the Venice Dual Force Main Sewer Project shifts to Marina del Rey this week, where tunneling work underneath Marina del Rey Harbor’s Main Channel is set to begin off Via Marina.

“The mining work will take place under the channel. The actual tunneling will not be seen, and the equipment that is necessary to operate it will be above ground but in an enclosed area,” said L.A. Public Works engineer Gevork Mkrtchyan, the project’s construction manager.

“We will do everything possible to mitigate any ambient sound from the project,” added Public Works spokeswoman Tonya Durrell.

Tunneling across the channel to

Pacific Avenue and 62nd Street in Playa del Rey is expected to take two to three weeks, and then work to install the new sewer main will happen around the clock for an unspecified period of time.

Public Works expects to begin tunneling at Waterview Drive in Playa del Rey in mid-July. One lane of northbound Vista Del Mar will be temporarily closed in that area during construction.

Replacement of aging sewer pipes began in April 2017 on Hurricane Street in Venice and is expected to wrap up near the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in the fall of 2020, Durrell said.

The woman whose body was found along Marina del Rey’s south jetty in February died from accidental drowning, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office determined this week. How she got there and why she was wearing a hospital bracelet remain unclear.

Marina del Rey Harbor Patrol deputies found 50-year-old Los Angeles resident Sarah Marquez dead on the jetty at around 3 p.m. on Feb. 3. The coroner’s

report was delayed for months pending medical tests and notification of Marquez’s next of kin.

“This case required more analysis.

The medical examiner requested additional testing, and the results took some time,” said coroner’s office spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani.

Officials have declined to name the hospital listed on Marquez’s bracelet.

Westchester Moms to Protest Child Detentions Some of the same Westchester moms who organized the inaugural Westchester / LAX Coastal Kids’ March for Equality on Martin Luther King Jr. Day will return to Sepulveda Boulevard this Sunday (June 30) to protest the federal government’s ongoing separation of immigrant families and continuing detention of immigrant children in jail-like conditions.

The “No More Kids in Cages” demonstration is planned for 12:30 to 2 p.m. on the northwest corner of Sepulveda and La Tijera boulevards, near Kohl’s.

Organizers Haan-Fawn Chau and Ahm A. Rama encourage kids and families to participate.

Find updates on the Facebook event page for “No More Kids in Cages!

Westchester-LAX Demonstration.”

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‘Liberal’ is Not a Dirty Word New Yorker essayist Adam Gopnik wages a spirited defense of liberalism and intellectual integrity in “A Thousand Small Sanities” made for putting children in cages. It’s just not something that human beings can tolerate.

By Bliss Bowen

“Progressivism is the new liberalism” is a popular position, but does everyone understand what liberalism truly is? The political spectrum’s compass points have shifted so dramatically that some may be surprised while reading “A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism,” the new book from New Yorker magazine essayist Adam Gopnik.

Gopnik, who was visiting Santa Monica last week for a speaking engagement hosted by Writers Bloc, was inspired to write the book for his teenage daughter as a hopeful affirmation of values while consoling her after the 2016 presidential election. (“I reassured her that democracy flowed from the ground up, and as long as the space of common action was available, no one bad leader could affect it.”)

It’s a chewy read, awash in pithy phrases (“Morals and manners change politics more than politics change morals and manners”) and historical references (keep “Rights of Man” and “The Federalist Papers” close by). The avowed George Orwell fan plumbs global political history, carefully tracking the distance liberalism and conservatism have traveled from their philosophical foundations.

Now, as he notes during an animated interview, “sometimes people who are truly liberal are regarded as conservative because they’re not radicals.” He calls liberalism “an ongoing political project” dependent on “nuance and subtle distinctions.” Those qualities too frequently get subsumed in a soundbite- and memeobsessed media environment, but in their tensile flexibility, he contends, lies their enduring strength.

You write: “Strongman politics and boss-man rule, in simplest form, is the story of mankind … the real question is not what makes it happen but what, for brief period of historical time, has kept it from happening.”

Liberal democracy is the great exception to the story of humankind. Throughout most of human history on all sides, people are drawn to strongman rule. It can be the rule of a chieftain, a king, hereditary rule or gangster rule, but that’s been the model. Liberal democracy [says], ‘No, that’s wrong, we can do better, we can choose our own leaders,’ and — just as important, because they do sometimes choose leaders in authoritarian societies — the leader is under severe constraints by law. The leader doesn’t make the law; the leader has to follow the law. That’s the great accomplishment of liberal democracies, of liberalism in my sense, and it’s very, very frightening to see it under assault.

Adam Gopnik’s book is an affirmation that democracy flows from the ground up

You write that fiery rhetoric is more appealing than circumspection, but circumspection delivers more. Circumspection was a key element of Dwight Eisenhower’s character and presidency, now receiving higher marks from historians than in decades past; yet such traditional conservatives are now deemed liberal by so-called conservaThe Argonaut: “Liberal” has been hammered for so long by right-wingers tives who were once widely considered radical. that liberalism’s lost meaning in the Totally. [As general of the Army public commons. Your book separates Eisenhower spoke] to soldiers and airmen “liberal” and “conservative” from “left,” “right” and partisan distinctions. the night before [the D-Day] battle with such clarity about the fight against Nazi Has conflation of terms contributed to tyranny; he didn’t talk about the battle for the perception of liberalism being American supremacy, but very specifi“without vision”? cally about the fight against Nazi tyranny.

Gopnik: Yeah. I wanted to vindicate liberalism from the charge of being weak, And he wrote an astonishing letter in advance in case D-Day failed, saying, of being a kind of spineless centrism that “All the responsibility for this failure is was prepared to accommodate anyone — sort of the bullied kid in the class who mine alone.” ... He is in lots of ways an couldn’t stand up for him or herself when underrated figure, especially by liberals. needed to. … I certainly wanted to detach Do you see any such traditional liberalism from the notion that it’s all conservatives today advocating about individuals pursuing their own circumspection? self-interest, and not at all about couples and communities finding affirmative forms No. [Laughs] The last one was John Mcof happiness. And constitutional conserva- Cain … somebody living the values of liberal democracy who was not himself a tism is very different from right-wing authoritarianism; it’s a mistake to conflate liberal. [His] concession speech on Election Night in 2008 was not just the two.

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gracious, it reaffirmed the values of liberal democracy. He’s a terrific example of that temperament. It’s one of the reasons why Donald Trump hates him so much.

The book frequently cites essayist Michel de Montaigne, who, you write, knew that “individual acts of cruelty could stop if people simply stopped doing so many cruel things. That insight marks the beginning of the morality of modern liberalism.” We’ve completed a circle from that point; we now have daily outcries against inhumane treatment of refugees at the border.

That outcry is the foundational liberal impulse. It’s to say, I don’t know all the rights and wrongs of where these refugees are coming from, whether they have rights to asylum — we can argue that back and forth as reasonable people.

I do know there’s simply no reason to be

Pundits called our 2016 election a backlash against liberalism by voters who felt desperate and ignored. This year’s historic field of two dozen Democratic presidential candidates reflects the magnitude of alarm at Trumpism; do you think it’s also a backlash against either liberalism or the Democratic Party apparatus’ definition of liberal policy?

I’m not sure if the size of the field is a reaction against that. … I think the size of the field reflects the uncertainty of intellectual direction in the Democratic Party, and that’s one reason why I wrote this book. It isn’t that I have any platform to offer anybody, but I wanted to remind people what the core values of liberal tradition were. I think most of the people running for president believe in and embody those values. But the proliferation of candidates suggests that we’re searching, we’re groping. … Liberalism is not a cold set of ideas, but a warm and humane set. And centrism isn’t something liberals value in and of itself. The reason a piazza is in the center of every Italian town is not because that’s where all the virtue is, but because that’s where everyone can get to. As I say in the book, a compromise is not tied tight between two competing decencies, and it doesn’t mean that you have to compromise in advance, but you are going to have to compromise eventually if you are going to live in the world with people who are different from yourself.

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Living with the Past The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum and its 25,000 artifacts of African-American history face eviction from Culver City Story by Colin Newton Photos by Shilah Montiel Marie Dickerson made her decision to become America’s second black female pilot in Culver City. It was at Sebastian’s Cotton Club, a Prohibition-era nightclub on the corner of Washington and National boulevards. Dickerson was on stage — Sebastian’s Cotton Club had a whites-only audience, but it featured black entertainers —and an acquaintance snuck in and urged her to replace Bessie Coleman, America’s first black female pilot, who had just died in a 1926 plane crash.

Dickerson would ultimately get her pilot’s license, although she would have to travel to France to find a school that would train her. Upon returning to the United States, she added “the country’s only colored aviatrix” to a resume that already included singer, dancer and comedienne.

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Clayton Library & Museum in Culver City. It is just one of more than 25,000 pieces of African-American history housed there.

The collection stretches back to the late 1700s and includes a slim and crumbling first edition of the first book written by an African-American in the United States; documents of slave ownership from the 1830s, as big as a doormat and written in elegant cursive; and the first sound recording of an African-American, captured on a cylinder in 1890s by a disciple of Thomas Edison.

There is a palpable push one feels in the presence of these artifacts. It is a push given weight by time and distance and, sometimes shockingly, beauty. There’s also the push of the collection being packed into boxes and forced out of Culver City.

Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum has occupied the old Culver City Courthouse on Overland Avenue near Culver Boulevard for more than a decade. But now Los Angeles County officials under the direction of Supervisor Mark Ridley-

Thomas (whose district includes Culver City) have directed the library to be out of the building before the end of July, said Lloyd Clayton, the library’s executive director and son of its late founder, Mayme Agnew Clayton.

“The county has stated they want to use the building for a constituency center,” Clayton said, with “constituency center” apparently referring to a place for town halls and public meetings. “If that’s the case, then why do we need to move? We offer all of that potential right here, at the Mayme Clayton.”

“It’s heartbreaking and confusing. Who would evict a library and museum of this type of importance in the African-American experience? I’m shocked,” said Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells.

“The Mayme Clayton is such an important part of our community. I’m extremely upset and dismayed that the county has moved to evict them rather than work with them.”

About six months ago, Culver City sent an official letter to Ridley-Thomas inquiring about his plans for the old

courthouse. They’ve yet to get a response, “which is not only disrespectful to the current tenants,” said Sahli-Wells, “but the entire community.”

Ridley-Thomas responded to requests for comment that county officials are not yet ready to discuss the next phase of the building.

“Right now, Los Angeles County’s focus is on ensuring that the Mayme Clayton’s collection receives the help it needs to relocate this trove of African-American memorabilia to a suitable location,” he wrote. “Our attention is on the present.” *** The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum has never dwelt in the present.

From its creation, it was destined to live in the past. It began as an idea Mayme Clayton had while working as a librarian at UCLA in the early 1960s, Lloyd Clayton said.

“She approached UCLA to ask them if they would be receptive to creating a budget so that she could go out and preserve rare and out-of-print Africa-

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O P P O S I T E : Mayme Clayton and her sons in the garage that started it all. A B OV E : Musician-turned-aviatrix Marie Dickerson plays the bass at a Prohibition-era nightclub in Culver City; Lloyd Clayton displays rare original movie posters. R I G H T : Alex Haley’s handwritten dedication to Mayme Clayton in a first-edition copy of “Roots.” B E L O W : A photo of L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley on the campaign trail; a 1930s ad for Dickerson’s “Colored Air Circus”; a photo of the Venice Lounge the morning after Malcom X’s assassination.

American literature for the college,” he said. “They didn’t reject the idea, but they said their focus was on contemporary books. That was not the direction she wanted to go. She saw there was all this history scattered all across the United States.”

Mayme Clayton quit working at UCLA and began building the collection, using her own money to travel the country and initially obtain books and eventually photographs, legal documents, movie posters and more, all related to the history of African-Americans. Without a dedicated public building, she sorted and cataloged the items, then stored them in her garage in the West Adams neighborhood.

The garage took on some interesting pieces over the years. The gem of the collection might be its 1773 book of poetry signed by author Phillis Wheatley (described on the title page as “Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New England”), which is considered the first book published by an AfricanAmerican, Lloyd Clayton said. That item was simply purchased by his mother, but

other items have more singular stories of acquisition.

Another prized piece is the first edition of Ebony Magazine, published in 1945. It came as part of a collection of magazines

“When we got home, wow, did she explode,” he said. “We have that and we keep that.”

Mayme Clayton’s garage also became a resource for people researching African-

“It’s heartbreaking and confusing.

Who would evict a library and museum of this type of importance in the AfricanAmerican experience? I’m shocked.”

— Culver City Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells donated to the library by a household in Los Angeles. The catch: It had been raining all weekend, and the Claytons would have to pick up the magazines themselves from a leaky garage. Racing against the rain, mother and son were able to rescue most of the magazines, including the prized first issue.

“My mother would never show any excitement. She was there just to observe and collect,” Lloyd Clayton said. But the first edition of Ebony was different:

American history. Lloyd Clayton recalls one visitor who contacted his mother in the 1970s, saying he hoped to trace his family back to Africa, and wound up staying an entire month. The man and Mayme Clayton ended up having a pleasant but purely business relationship, and when he concluded his research, “they shook hands, and off he went.”

A year later, that same man started appearing on television and in newspapers promoting a book. His name was

Alex Haley, and the book was “Roots.”

Haley expressed his gratitude for the library by donating an autographed first edition of “Roots.” The Jan. 16, 1977, dedication reads: “Mayme Clayton, my sister. The very warmest best wishes to you and your family from the family of Kunta Kinte!” *** In 2005, with then 82-year-old Mayme Clayton’s health failing, the collection was packed up and taken to the old Culver City Courthouse, Lloyd Clayton said, a move orchestrated by his late brother Avery Clayton. He recalls representatives from the Library of Congress describing the collection — at that point still in the garage but being packed — as a national treasure. A year later, Mayme Clayton passed away and the library was given her name.

“And that’s where the collection has found its home for the last 12 years, going on 13,” Lloyd Clayton said.

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A B OV E : The 1773 first edition of Phillis Wheatley’s “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” the first book published by an African-American; Lloyd Clayton holds the earliest known recording of an African-American voice. B E LO W : The first edition of Ebony magazine, a 19th-century poster advertising slaves for sale, copies of the first black-owned newspaper in California and other artifacts from the Mayme A. Clayton collection.

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Kent was frustrated that he discovered the library only to learn it was leaving Culver City. library started giving tours, curating “I only heard about the place in the exhibitions and hosting live jazz perforlast year,” he said. “It’s a hidden gem — mances. It has also continued to attract or at least it was.” researchers, including amateur historian There has been an effort from Culver and Culver City resident John Kent.

City — both the local government and the Kent was investigating Culver City’s residents — to preserve the collection’s origin as a “sundown town,” a city that current space, but it has had little impact allowed non-whites to work during the on the county, Kent said. day but prohibited them from staying in “The city is rising to its defense,” he town after sunset, he said. During his said. “The citizens gathered a bunch of research, Kent heard about the Mayme signatures to keep it here and presented it A. Clayton Library & Museum. There to the [county] board, but they just he connected with Lloyd Clayton. ignored it.”

“He steered me to some longtime Culver City residents who could help me,” The library is still considering its options, Lloyd Clayton said, which Kent said. include an offer by Cal State Dominguez Through connections, digging around archives and the stories he heard — mem- Hills to move the collection to the campus — but that would deprive the library and ories of Culver City as a town you felt museum of its independence. But unless uncomfortable driving through; film someone in the neighborhood offers them directors recalling the Ku Klux Klan’s presence in the Hollywood studio system; a space to move into, they will be leaving Culver City this summer, he said. cross burnings on properties owned by “We should be packed by July 16, and African-Americans and Jews as recently we should be out of here on or before July as the 1970s — Kent put together an 31,” he said. article that he posted on Streetsblog LA. PAGE 16 THE ARGONAUT June 27, 2019

*** Perhaps the final public event at the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum was a look at the racist history of Culver City, hosted by a panel that included John Kent. The library’s community room was packed to the walls with dozens of residents who listened to a discussion of Culver City’s past, present and future — the conversation running from former police chiefs who openly recruited for the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s to contemporary concerns about gentrification and rent control.

Panelist Jessica Cattelion, an associate professor of anthropology at UCLA, said that if property owners in Culver City were to closely examine the fine print of their property deeds, they might see restrictions on which races can live there.

Although such restrictions are unenforceable, some property owners expressed that they might want the language removed. It’s possible to do so, was the response, although it would cost a certain amount of effort and time.

Not everything in the Mayme Clayton

Library collection is easy to look at.

Some of it reveals unhappy memories.

Marie Dickerson’s scrapbook is arranged in a roughly chronological order, and eventually the newspaper clippings and glamour shots give way to bulletins from memorials and wakes.

Deeper and darker, on the same bookshelf as the autographed copy of “Roots” and the first published book by an African-American, is a fat and fading collection of pro-slavery arguments published in the 19th century, as well as a cold silver box bearing a yellow sticky note that reads “KKK robe.”

The box contains exactly what it says on the label.

Alex Haley’s novel and a Klansman’s robe may seem like strange bedfellows, but for Lloyd Clayton the reason to keep them both is obvious.

“There’s always something to learn from history,” he said.

Contact the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum at (310) 202-1647 or claytonmuseum.org.

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Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project injects new beats into the rhythms of a classic American art form

By Christina Campodonico Sarah Reich has a radical philosophy: Tap isn’t just a style of dance, it’s also a form of music.

That pedagogical belief is one that the professional tap dancer, choreographer and instructor hopes to impart to her students, who perform in Santa Monica on Sunday for a showcase capping off her Tap Music Project’s weeklong Los Angeles summer intensive.

Perhaps what sets Reich’s intensive apart from others — besides the fact that she’s YouTube-famous for tapping to reimagined medleys of “Star Wars” anthems and modernized American standards by contemporary big band phenomenon Postmodern Jukebox — is its focus on music.

“I teach [students] how to read and write music theory,” says Reich, who released a tap jazz fusion album last year and entered it for Grammy consideration, “and also how to communicate with live musicians.

“A lot of tap dancing is improvisation,” she continues, but argues improv doesn’t go far enough for deepening young tappers’ understanding of music and rhythm. “I want to give an opportunity for the next generation of students to

work with live musicians and really discover where their placement is in a band, [as] a percussionist. … You could improvise all day to any song, but could you write a song based off of what you know rhythmically?”

That’s why Reich, who grew up in Culver City and honed her skills through piano lessons and a custom-built studio in her parents’ living room, teaches her students how to compose original music during the course of their intensive and how to work with a live band, which sits in on classes. On Sunday, audiences will get a taste of that alchemy between rhythm and movement when the students perform “a capella” pieces set by Reich, an original song composed from class sessions, and improv with a live band.

Tap dance legend Derick Grant, who was an original cast member in the Savion Glover-led “Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk,” and up-and-coming tapper Jabu Graybeal, a National YoungArts Foundation winner, will also perform along with Reich.

“He’s phenomenal,” says Reich of Graybeal, who also raps and will be performing three original songs. “He’s never (Continued on page 18)

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in much of the public consciousness (including a few elite New performed his music live. He has York dance critics). songs out on iTunes and every“Tap dancing back in the day thing, but he’s never done it live was mainstream,” says Reich. with live music, so we’re really “All the big bands had tap dancers excited to push him in that way.” in their band, and all of the Pushing the envelope of tap is Hollywood movies and musicals necessary, Reich feels, in order to all had tap dancing. Broadway preserve this uniquely American had tap. Tap was everywhere. art form. Tap’s roots span jazz, It was would be nice to get back Vaudeville, the golden age of to that place again. ...

Hollywood and the black “That’s why I created the Tap American experience, but it is Music Project and my own often seen as a “dying” art form albums. No producers are

thinking, ‘We should do a tap album.’ They’re not even thinking of that.”

The views of Reich’s YouTube collaborations with Postmodern Jukebox alone — in the millions — could mean that the time is ripe for a resurgence.

Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project Summer Showcase is at 7 p.m.

Sunday (June 30) at The Edye at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $20 at tapmusicproject.com

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1534 Montana Ave., Santa Monica (310) 829-3990 margossantamonica.com It would seem that the best things about summer begin with the letter “s:” Sunsets. Spritzes.

And, of course, seafood.

Montana Avenue hotspot Margo’s wants to be your destination for the last one.

Since taking over as executive chef at the end of 2018, Ludben Argueta has been shifting the contemporary American menu to include more ocean-based gems, like a hearty ahi tuna sandwich and shrimp ceviche — plump, poached black tiger shrimp over crispy wonton skins, mangocilantro relish and ceviche “sauce” of lemon juice, tomato juice, fish sauce and Worcestershire sauce. A trio of mahi-mahi tacos comes complete with a side of house pickled escabeche and jalapeño tartare sauce, plated just so.

“It looks good on Instagram,” said Argueta with a laugh, during a packed lunchtime service one Friday afternoon.

Other menu re-vamps include swapping out a fried chicken sandwich for a grilled one, canceling the New York strip steak in favor of lamb chops and an Arugeta-fied version of the cheeseburger (Niman Ranch beef, bacon, heirloom tomatoes, spicy herb mayo).

“On Montana, you’re dealing with a particular Santa Monica clientele. They want to feel like they’re being healthy without necessarily being healthy,” said Chloe Scott, director of operations at On the Verge Hospitality, of which Margo’s is a part.

Adjusting sometimes means taking down the heat, like with the curry fish bowl — a spicier version can be found at sister restaurant Ashland Hill on Main Street, where Argueta also heads up the kitchen.

Doing double-duty as executive chef of two restaurants is not for the faint of heart; many chefs, like some parents, would probably adhere to the adage of, “One is enough.” Not for

Savor summer with plentiful shrimp options at Margo’s Argueta, though, whose first foray into the culinary world started in his native Guatemala.

At 11, he begged the bakery housed in the bottom floor of his family’s duplex to let him apprentice there, cleaning up and learning the trade. He eventually earned the nickname “jefecito” (“little boss” in Spanish) for his ability to learn quickly and manage the bakery’s books and payroll. He experimented with making cakes and pastries, putting his own spin on them with, he admits, varying degrees of success. Lots of trial, lots of error, especially since he had no formal training.

“Sometimes things didn’t work at all — but when it did, it did very well,” said Argueta, 31.

He and his family immigrated to the United States in 2011 to flee the increasing gang violence in the country.

Argueta’s first job was at Sunny

Spot in Venice, where he was asked to work the grill.

“I didn’t know what ‘grill’ meant,” Argueta recalled. “My English was terrible. I knew ‘Hi,’ ‘Hello.’ That’s all.”

Argueta hopped around various eateries and positions on the Westside before being scouted

by Scott at the recommendation of Argueta’s twin brother, also a chef.

Nowadays, Scott and Argueta work as a team, collaborating and taste-testing. Argueta is toying with the idea of adding a swordfish dish and talks, somewhat dreamily, of a squid soup made with coconut cream.

He still cooks for his family, too, who always seem to schedule gatherings, suspiciously, on his days off. He doesn’t mind.

“The best thing for me when I create something,” said Argueta, “is to gather the opinions of people around me. And then we make it together, you know?”

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AT HOme The ArgonAuT’s reAl esTATe secTion

Brand new HOme

“See to this high-end home in Downtown Culver City,” says agent Todd Miller. “Located on a quiet tree-lined street in the upscale Carlson Park neighborhood, across from One Culver’s new Equinox. This gorgeous home has a bright and open living room with hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen with quartz counters and stainless steel appliances, and direct access to garage. All three bedrooms are on the second floor, including the master suite, with high ceilings and modern baths. The private rooftop deck has incredible city views encompassing the Sony rainbow and Hollywood sign. With a private yard and rooftop deck, this home has ample outdoor space for entertaining. The incredible location surrounded by all the shops, restaurants and nightlife in downtown Culver City, including the Kirk Douglas and Arc Light Theaters. With the summer concert series at City Hall and a weekly farmer’s market, so much is right outside the door. Welcome to La Salle 4.”

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The ArgonAuT REAl EstAtE Q&A

3 MUST VS. LUST BUYING TIPS TO AVOID OVERSPENDING

When you embark on the home-buying process, your heart is filled with all the dreams in the world.

It’s really easy to get caught up in the “I have to have this home, so I’ll cut back somewhere else ” game, even when you don’t actually know where that somewhere else is or if you can realistically cut back there.

This post will show you how to pare down the excess and make sure to get the things you really NEED. Make a List of Wants Start by making a list of everything you want in your house. If you love it, jot it down. Have your spouse or partner do the same thing in a separate document.

Once you have everything down, start sorting your wants by order of importance. What’s your No. 1? Do you need large windows? How about a sunroom? Double sinks in the master? You get the idea.

Come up with your top 10, and then compare your list to your partner’s top 10. What things appear on both lists? Those items should carry more weight because you both want them in your home.

Highlight the Important Stuff Next, look at your list and consider: · The things that can’t be changed without a massive investment. I’m talking things like square footage, window size, and number of bedrooms.

This is your heavyweight list. These things should take priority in your home-buying decision. · Features that are purely cosmetic, especially things that can be DIYed. These items should be

moved way down the list or taken off entirely.

Backsplash tile, paint color, and lighting can all be changed inexpensively and after you’re living in your house. You don’t want to pass up a fantastic house because you can’t see past a red accent wall.

Bring Your List When You Look at a Home As you’re out looking at houses, keep your list handy. Maybe you’re not willing to give up hardwood floors for a jetted tub, but would you be willing to compromise for a jetted tub and extra square footage? Refer back to your must-haves list often. It’s easy to get distracted.

Here’s a quick checklist that I use when searching for a home. If you answer “yes” to all of these, then a “want” may be worth the splurge — that is, if you can be sure that you’ll be able to afford the feature (in terms of your monthly mortgage payments and living expenses).

1. Is it on both of your lists?

2. Is it something that’ll be extremely expensive and difficult to change or add?

3. Would you be willing to sacrifice something else to have it?

4. Would you feel like your house would be incomplete without it?

I hope you find this information helpful and happy house hunting!

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The ArgonAuT PRess Releases gorgeous Views

“Enjoy ocean views from this Marina City Club unit,” says agent Eileen McCarthy. “The spacious living room leads out to a large patio, perfect for entertaining.

The new kitchen features a large island, granite counter tops, and recessed lighting. Travartine flooring flows throughout this unit. The bathrooms have been upgraded. Enjoy access to all the Marina City Club amenities.”

Offered at $979,000 Eileen McCarthy Marina Ocean Properties 310-822-8910

mar Vista Home

“The front door of this home is framed by two tall beautiful palm trees,” say agents Bob and Cheryl Herrera. “Step into the welcoming warmth of the open and spacious living/dining area featuring French doors leading out to an enclosed backyard. The elegant touches include hardwood floors throughout, except for the kitchen and baths. There are three bedrooms, one of which is in a private location offering the option to use it as a guest room or office. The detached two-car garage has a storage area.

Offered at $1,595,000 Bob & Cheryl Herrera PRES 310-985-2452

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“From the beautifully manicured front yard, sophisticated facade, and gated driveway, stately curb appeal welcomes you into this home,” says agent Stephanie Younger. “The main floor’s large living room and grand fireplace overlook the backyard. Prepare gourmet meals in the updated kitchen while friends and family gather in the large dining area. Upstairs, a generous master suite features a walk-in closet and a luxurious spa-like bathroom. The quiet backyard is private with lush landscaping.”

Offered at $1,895,000 Stephanie Younger Compass 310-499-2020

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“This comfortable three-bed, two-bath home offers ocean breezes, summer sunsets, and city lights as your front yard canvas,” say agents Tom Corte and Dana Wright. “A large quiet backyard lends to summer activities all year long. A bonus room off the garage is currently being used as a media room. Details include a patio, new sewer line with easy clean-out, two-car driveway parking, a wood burning fireplace, dual pane windows, skylights and a great backyard. This home is in the hub of Silicon Beach.”

Offered at $1,375,000 Tom Corte & Dana Wright ERA Matilla Realty 310-713-0552

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“Enjoy phenomenal Marina Harbor, ocean, and Catalina views from this remodeled two-bed, two-bath condo in the iconic Marina City Club,” Charles Lederman. “The newly renovated kitchen boasts custom cabinetry, granite counters, and recessed lighting. Additional features include a spacious patio overlooking the marina activity, ample closet space, dry bar with wine cooler, and wood floors throughout. This unit is in the Center Tower with easy access to all of Marina City Club’s amenities.”

Offered at $850,000 Charles Lederman Charles Lederman & Associates 310-821-8980

Playa Vista Home

“This beautiful, contemporary home in the exclusive Woodson community offers a four-bed, four-bath open floorplan,” say agents Jesse Weinberg and Vivian Lesny.

“Included are a family room, office nook, a gourmet eat-in kitchen, two private balconies, and an enclosed yard with turf and custom seating. The home also includes a direct access two-car garage with extra storage, a whole-house water filtration system, and solar panels. Amenities include pools, fitness center, play grounds, dog parks and more.”

Offered at $2,075,000 Jesse Weinberg & Vivian Lesny, KW Silicon Beach 800-804-9132 PAGE 26 At Home – THE ARGONAUT’s Real Estate Section June 27, 2019

VILLA MARINA UPDATE

Cedars-Sinai begins replacing the Marina del Rey Hospital Most all in our community know that the Marina del Rey Hospital became an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai Health System in 2015. There are plans to begin replacing the current hospital, which is not built to current seismic codes, with a new nine-story state-of-the art, seismic compliant hospital. It is wonderful news that the availability of outstanding healthcare in the Del Rey, Mar Vista and Playa del Rey communities will be located right here in Marina del Rey. However, while this is exciting news, there are some challenges to our local community that must be overcome.

The new hospital will be located directly across from Villa Marina West, a vibrant, desirable, pedestrian friendly, residential community made up of 18 Villas, comprised of 685 condominiums. Several months ago, Cedars-Sinai executives took the proactive step of reaching out to the Villa Marina, realizing the impact demolishing the old hospital and building the new one would have on their community. A Villa Marina work group team formed and is working diligently with Cedars –Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital (CSMDRH) top executives and representatives to work through issues. The focus of this work is to assure Villa Marina’s interests are integrated SPONSORED BY

into the demolition and expansion plans and solutions are found to reduce the negative impact the plans will have on their community.

In May, the team went on a daylong bus tour with and arranged

by CSMDRH executives and representatives to San Diego’s Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Energy Center so they could see for themselves the kind of technology and equipment that will be contained in a large 45’ high and 120” long building that will front Mindanao Way, directly across from their villas. As a result of this visit the team is confident it will be quiet, safe and not cause any environmental hazards. And while it is not thrilling to have such large structure located directly across the street from their villas, the team working with executives at CSMDRH to design the exterior of the Energy Center to reflect a warm, welcoming residential, “community” look and feel.

Significant challenges lie ahead related to parking, traffic flow and pedestrian and bicycle safety. There is much more to discuss and hammer out, however, CedarsSinai is demonstrating an authentic desire to not only be an asset to the healthcare in our community but also be a good, caring and considerate neighbor. We are very fortunate.

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legal advertising FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019 152985 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STORY HOUSE. 12777 West Jefferson Blvd., 2nd Floor, Building C Playa Vista, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Experience Worldwide Inc., 5000 South Towne Drive New Berlin, WI 53151. State of Incorporation or LLC: DE. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation.

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/ Daniel Ryan. TITLE: Secretary, Corp or LLC Name: Experience Worldwide Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 4, 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: 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019 170818 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STAR WAGGONS

INC., STAR WAGONS, STAR WAGGONS. 13334 Ralston Ave. Sylmar, CA 91342. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Star Waggons Inc., 13334 Ralston Ave. Sylmar, CA 91342. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Jason Waggoner. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Star Waggons Inc. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 18, 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: 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19, 7/11/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019148091 Type of Filing: Original. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VINO ES VIDA, AMETHYST WINES. 4054 Michael Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

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90066. State of Incorporation or LLC: California. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Salome Hopkins. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: Salomelier Imports, LLC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 29, 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: 6/6/19, 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019139647 Type of Filing: Amended. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: INTEGRATIVE ACADEMIC CONSULTANCY, AVENUES TO HIGHER EDUCATION; 8160 Manitoba St., Ste. 304 Playa del Rey, CA 90293. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) Gwen M Part, 8160 Manitoba St., Ste. 304 Playa del Rey, CA 90293.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name

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I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Gwen M Part. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 17, 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: 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 201914597 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FEEL BETTER HQ; 1842 Washington Way Venice, CA 90291. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

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I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Cory Dana Reddish. TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: May 24, 2019. NOTICE – in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the

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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: 6/13/19, 6/20/19, 6/27/19, 7/4/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019175198 Type of Filing: Original The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GARROW FAMILY CHILD CARE; 11945 Washington Place #1 Los Angeles, CA 90066. COUNTY: Los Angeles. REGISTERED OWNER(S) Lucille Christine Garrow, 11945 Washington Place #1 Los Angeles, CA 90066. THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the Fictitious Business Name or names listed above on: 06/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/: Lucille Christine Garrow.

TITLE: Owner. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 21, 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: 6/27/19, 7/4/19, 7/11/19, 7/18/19 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019 161529 Type of Filing: Original.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LACF AND REPRODUCTIONS. 6809 South Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90043, 130 South New Hampshire Ave., #4 Los Angeles, CA 90004. COUNTY: Los Angeles.

REGISTERED OWNER(S) LACF INC, 6809 South Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90043. State of Incorporation or LLC: California.

THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY a Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. /s/ Jesus Moya. TITLE: President, Corp or LLC Name: LACF INC. This statement was filed with the LA County Clerk on: June 12, 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: 6/27/19, 7/4/19, 7/11/19, 7/18/19

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The Incredible Sulk I’m a married lesbian working on having another baby with my fab wife. My new best friend is an attractive straight girl who lives in another state.

We talk and text every day. It isn’t sexual or romantic at all, but my friend gets me in a way that, I’m sorry to say, my wife does not. My wife seems jealous. I’ve noticed her moping around when I’m on the phone and sometimes rolling her eyes when I’m laughing with my friend. How can I reassure her without giving up my new friend?

— Concerned Spouses can’t meet each other’s every need — and shouldn’t be expected to. Like, if you’re doubled over in pain, you don’t just hand your wife some dishwashing gloves and a knife and be all, “Kitchen-floor appendectomy, babe?”

Still, it makes sense that your wife is getting all green monster-y. Human emotions, including jealousy, are a tool chest for solving the mating and survival problems that have kept popping up throughout human history.

Jealousy is a guard-dog emotion, rising up automatically when we sense that our partnership might be threatened — like by an attractive rival moving in on our boo. Research by evolutionary psychologist David Buss finds that our jealousy, in turn, triggers mate-retention behaviors, such as going around all hangdog mopey-

pants to try to guilt our partner into spending less time with their sparkly new friend.

Now, it seems like you could just reason with your wife: “Come on … my friend’s fiercely hetero, she lives in another state, and I’m having another baby with you.” However, though we each have the ability to reason, reasoning takes effort, while emotion comes up automatically, without mental elbow grease. So it turns out that emotion does a lot of our decision-making, and then we dress it up as reason after the fact (maybe like a little Socrates action figure).

Your best bet is to be extra loving to your wife — basically to lovey-dovey her off the ledge. Psychologist Brooke C. Feeney’s research on the “dependency paradox” finds that the more an insecure partner feels they can count on their partner for love and comforting, the less fearful and clingy they tend to be.

In other words, you should consistently go a little overboard in showing affection, like by sending your wife frequent random texts (“in supermarket & thinking about how much i love u”), caressing her face, doing little sweet things. Basically, stop just short of boring her to death with how much you love her. This, in turn, should make her more likely to yawn about your friendship than go all junior prosecutor: “Did you just shave your legs for that phone call?!”

Wail Watching My male neighbor was married to a wonderful woman for 15 years. She died, and he was grieving heavily for several months, telling my husband and me she was the love of his life and he didn’t “know how to do life” without her, etc. Well, six months later, he was dating, and in less than a year, he’s engaged to somebody new! I’m beginning to wonder if all his “I’m so grief-stricken” was just for show.

— Irate The way you see it, he went through some Stages of Grief: 1) Wow, this is terrible and life-shattering. 2) Boobs!

However, it isn’t surprising that you’re “irate” at what you perceive to be a suspiciously speedy recovery. Evolutionary psychologist Bo Winegard and his colleagues believe grief evolved to be, among other things, a form of advertising. “Prolonged and costly” grief signals a person’s “propensity” to develop deep emotional attachments to others. This, in turn, suggests they can be trusted as a friend, colleague, or romantic partner.

The reality is, there are individual differences in how people respond to

loss that don’t always square with widely held beliefs about how grief is “supposed” to work. These beliefs, explains grief researcher George Bonanno, “tend to create rigid parameters for ‘proper’ behavior that do not match what most people go through.”

They end up fostering doubt and suspicion about what’s actually successful coping. “When we cast suspicion on a bereaved person just because we think she coped with death too well or got on with her life too quickly, we only make her loss more difficult to bear.”

Understanding this, maybe you can try to be happy for the guy and support him in his new relationship.

Don’t assume that his finding new love means he’s forgotten his late wife or no longer misses her. Consider, as Bonanno observes, that if somebody had a wonderful relationship, they may feel an acute void and long to have the wonderfulness back. And to be fair, there was some passage of time here.

It’s not like the guy was all up in his phone at the funeral, drying his tears in between swiping right on Tinder.

Got a problem? Write to Amy Alkon at 171 Pier Ave, Ste. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email her at AdviceAmy@aol.com. ©2018, 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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‘A Resurgence of Female Power’ Barak Ballet is back in Santa Monica with a bold flight of ‘New Repertoire’ Photo by Cheryl Mann

By Christina Campodonico Barak Ballet broke out of the ballet box with an assemblage of experimental dance at The Edye earlier this year and continues to tread into unchartered territory with “New Repertoire” at The Broad Stage this weekend.

Friday and Saturday’s performances will feature three world premieres — a “sampling” (as the company’s founder Melissa Barak calls it) of diverse choreographic styles, including her new piece “Pretty, Peculiar Things,” Royal Ballet School alumna Andi Schermoly’s new dance “Within Without,” and Tulsabased choreographer Ma Cong’s “Carry Me Anew.”

“When I curate … I like to make sure that each program is very diverse — one ballet is not similar to the other and everything has its own flavor,” says Barak, “I would say Ma’s [piece] is very physical, very athletic. … Andi Schermoly’s is probably the most emotional. … And I would say mine is music-driven.”

Choreographed to remixes of Terry Riley’s minimalist masterpiece “In C,” Barak’s piece (which she describes as “something neo-classical, but something on the funky side” with a “slight edge”) is additionally influenced by the artwork of ’80s pop artist Patrick Nagel. Before his heart attack death at age 38 following a celebrity Aerobathon in Santa Monica, Nagel illustrated for Playboy, designed the cover art for Duran Duran’s famed album “Rio,” and was known for his bold images

Barak Ballet jumps into new choreography this weekend of striking, seductive women — rouge and purple-lipped, raven-haired mavens who reveled in their sexual power through direct stares, sultry power poses and confidently pouted lips.

Their “attitude” impressed Barak, who describes herself as “feisty” and embraces the moniker of L.A.’s “Rebel Ballerina”; she saw an alignment between their display of strength and today’s growing female empowerment movement, which some see as the long-awaited fourth wave of feminism.

“We’re kind of seeing that in our society

now, where women are demanding full equality and women are taking charge of their sexuality and … holding people to account,” says Barak, referencing the anti-sexual harassment and abuse movements #MeToo and Time’s Up. “We’re kind of seeing a resurgence of female power.”

Trained by the esteemed female co-founders of Santa Monica’s Westside School of Ballet, Yvonne Mounsey and Rosemary Valaire, Barak credits them for giving her the confidence to forge her own path in the still quite traditional

world of ballet — which has included resisting being a “yes-man” in its hierarchical order, standing out as “a rugged individualist in the crowd of boy wonder choreographers” (to quote L.A. Dance Chronicle), making the bold move to leave New York City Ballet for dance opportunities in California, and ultimately starting her own company.

“It’s interesting having female leadership in your life,” she says. “You grow up knowing and feeling, like, ‘Oh yeah, I could do something, I could be the leader.

I could take charge.’ … I never was under the impression at all that because you’re a woman you can’t achieve what you want to achieve.”

She hopes her company can continue to break the mold with the presentation of repertoire that allows her dancers — skilled technicians but individualistic “black sheep” or “outcasts” like herself, she says — to stretch and show off their unique talents and abilities.

“My mission was to not make a cookiecutter company,” says Barak. “For me, it’s exciting to work with dancers who have a little fight in them and they’ve got a little attitude — as long as it’s a good attitude. I like working with dancers that have a voice.”

Barak Ballet presents “New Repertoire” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday (June 28 & 29) at The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Tickets are $45 to $75 at barakballet.org.

‘It’s a Southern thing’ EJ Mathews brings authentic backwoods blues to Boulevard Music Somewhere during the ’80s, the blues ducked into a sports bar to refresh its palate and got stuck. Slick, rocking guitar solos resonated with new generations of listeners, but distanced blues from the spectral chills and working-class tales of John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Howlin’ Wolf, until the ’90s resurgence of Mississippi hill country blues restored the genre’s grit as it entered the 21st century.

Ex-trucker EJ Mathews, a rural native of Cass County (also home of Don Henley) in northeastern Texas, namechecks Hopkins and Wolf as influences; like Hopkins, he pulls notes from acoustic guitar, and his big, rough voice commands attention like the Wolf’s, albeit without the otherworldly finesse of those icons. Growing up near the Louisiana border, the fortysomething Mathews was inspired by his grandfather, a blues musician who played slide guitar with a knife, and he takes that kind of unpretenPAGE 30 THE ARGONAUT June 27, 2019

before he released “King of the Barnyard,” a full-band album whose electric guitar suggests the charge of “Sippin’ White Lightnin’” and the honky-tonking “When I Rise.”

Saturday’s show at Boulevard Music in Culver City is a rare excursion westward from Dallas, where Mathews now lives, and it remains to be seen how Angelenos will respond to his unapologetic celebrations of corn shucking, pea picking, rooster crowing, and catching dinner down at the fishing hole.

As he acknowledges on “Boogie in the Backwoods,” “Some of you folks ain’t gonna understand/ Man, it’s a Southern thing.”

EJ Matthews takes a back-porch approach to rough country blues tious back-porch approach to his own rough country blues.

His 2015 EP “Welcome to the Backwoods” engagingly blends blues boogie with Hank Sr.-style country storytelling

about “The Piney Woods,” “Texas Louisiana Line,” and finding police at his door at “6 in the Morning.” Two years later Living Blues Magazine singled out Mathews as a “breakout” artist, shortly

— Bliss Bowen EJ Mathews Band plays Boulevard Music (4316 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City) from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 29.

Tickets are $15. Call (310) 398-2583 or visit boulevardmusic.com.

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on the night the Berlin Wall fell. The Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City. Free w/RSVP. (310) 216-1600; wendemuseum.org

Beach Eats, 5 p.m. Thursdays. The weekly festival of food trucks with a scenic harbor backdrop returns to Mother’s Beach, this time with live band Ryan Keau & Kai Kalama playing traditional and contemporary Hawaiian, soul and classic rock from 6 to 8 p.m. Lot 10, 4101 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. (424) 526-7900; visitmarinadelrey.com/beacheats “Stonewall Uprising” Screening, 5:30 p.m. Observe LGBTQ Pride Month with a documentary that examines the violent events that gave rise to the Gay Rights Movement in New York in June 1969. Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free.

(310) 821-3415; lacountylibrary.org The Swinging and Grooving Collective, 8 p.m. Jacques Lesure (guitar), Marvin Smitty Smith (drums), Pete Kuzma (organ) and Blake Cross (tenor sax) perform jazz that embodies the spirit and sound of the hard-bop era. Sam First, 6171 W. Century Blvd., Ste 180, Westchester. $15. (424) 800-2006; samfirstbar.com The Los Angeles Press: Gen X Summer, 8 to 10 p.m. L.A. poets Linda Ravenswood, Chelsea Rector and Peggy Dobreer read from their new works on Los Angeles culture.

Open mic follows the reading.

Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. $10. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org

Acustico Dinner Concert, 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy dinner and a concert with Indian sitarist Aloke Dasgupta performing with Don Vitsentzos on guitar and Aditya Narayan Bennerjee on tabla.

Dinner begins at 7:30 p.m. followed by concert at 8 p.m. Tara’s Himalaya Cuisine, 262 26th St., Santa Monica. $25. (310) 242-9100

The Santa Monica Pier turns into a real-life ‘Stranger Things.’ SEE SATURDAY, JUNE 29.

Wavy Nights, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Local artists perform hip-hop, R&B and soul on the last Thursday of each month.

DJ Bossa Nova spins with guest deejays. The Room, 1325 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Free before 10 p.m. w/RSVP; $5 after 10 p.m. (866) 687-4499; facebook.com/ WavyNights

Friday, June 28 KROQ Beach Clean-Up Concert Series, 4 to 10 p.m. KROQ, Aviator Nation and Angel City Brewery team up to host a beach cleanup and concert benefiting Surfrider LA. Pick up trash at the Venice Beach breakwater (2100 Ocean Front Walk) from 4 to 6 p.m., then head on over to Aviator Nation (1224 Abbot Kinney Blvd.) for music and a social hour from 7 to 10 p.m.

$20 for access to post-cleanup concert and your first Angel City beer. facebook.com/SurfriderLA Unkle Monkey, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Local favorites perform rock covers and originals in a lively beach atmosphere. Play pool, grab a cheeseburger and eat lots of free popcorn. Hinano Cafe, 15 Washington Blvd., Venice. No cover. (310) 822-3902; hinanocafevenice.com “Coming Out” Screening, 7 to 9 p.m. In keeping with Pride month, watch “Coming Out,” in which Philipp tries to put his attraction for his best friend behind him in order to live within the “norm.” The first and only feature film about gay life ever produced in communist East Germany, “Coming Out” premiered

Poets & Writers’ Los Angeles Reading, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The ninth annual Readings & Workshops program teams up with Hillsides School, Nisei Writers Workshop, QueerWise-Spoken Interludes, Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and World Stage Press to connect diverse writers with diverse audiences. Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Free. (310) 822-3006; beyondbaroque.org “Irreconcilable Differences” Screening with Shelley Long, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. In this 1984 comedy, Casey (Drew Barrymore) has enough of her parents’ (Ryan O’Neal & Shelley Long) strained relationship and decides to sue them for divorce. Q&A with writer-director Charles Shyer, co-writer Nancy Meyers and actors Shelley Long and Stuart Pankin follow the screening. Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. $12.

(310) 260-1528; aerotheatre.com

Kahil El’Zabar, 8 to 9:30 p.m. David Murray blends his furious sax style with Kahil El’Zabar’s innovative percussion. Moss Theater, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica. $35.

(310) 271-9039; jazzbakery.org Behold!: “AIDS DIVA: The Legend of Connie Norman” Screening & Fundraiser, 8 to 11 p.m. Act Up L.A. spokesperson Connie Norman served as a bridge for discussions of gender and politics through her newspaper column, radio and cable TV talk shows. Highways Performance Space and Gallery, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica. $50 to $100. highwaysperformance.org The Green Room, 8 to 11 p.m.

Experience neighborhood standup comedy with a twist at Alana’s Coffee Roasters, 12511 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista. $10 to $15. (310) 295-0099; facebook.com/TheGreenRoomLA DJ Jedi & Anthony Valadez Dance Party, 9 p.m. Deejays are on the decks spinning new and old soul, funk, blues, rock, hip-hop, beats, breaks and anything else that gets the dance floor going. Townhouse & Del Monte Speakeasy, 52 Windward Ave., Venice. No cover. (310) 392-4040; townhousevenice.com Kali Flanagan, 9:30 p.m. Multiinstrumentalist and singer Kali Flanagan performs at Timewarp Records, 12204 Venice Blvd., Mar (Continued on page 32)

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Love and War:“Romancing Peace” @ The Fanatic Salon In this music-driven tale featuring live acoustic performances of original music, a pro-military singersongwriter falls in love with a peace activist. But can their chemistry overcome their differing views on love, war and politics?

One performance only: 4 p.m.

Sunday (June 30) at Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City. A 3:30 p.m. reception precedes the show. Free, but donations encour-

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The Roaring ’80s: “The Wedding Singer” @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre After his fiancée dumps him at the altar,’80s wedding singer and rock star wannabe Robbie Hart vows to make every nuptial as miserable as his own. But when the new love of his life is set to wed a Wall Street shark, he has to pull off the performance of the decade.

Opens Saturday (June 29) and continues at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 3 at Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. $25 to $28. (310) 828-7519; morganwixson.org

A community wrestles with a big decision in The Blue Door’s “Point of Extinction” aged. (310) 913-6768; romancingpeace@gmail.com Rhapsody in Blue:“Fascinatin’ Gershwin” @ Old Town Music Hall Actor and pianist Karl Modery brings the music and biography of George Gershwin to life in this one-man show charting the great composer’s ragtime music beginnings in New York’s Tin Pan Alley to the creation of his most memorable melodies.

One performance only: 7 p.m. Sunday (June 30) at Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. $25. facebook.com/karlmodery1

A Brave New World? “Point of Extinction” @ The Blue Door Sight-impaired actors from Theatre by the Blind and musicians on the autism spectrum from Rex and Friends come together for this sci-fi political thriller. A century after a super volcano destroys much of the Earth’s population and leaves many disabled, survivors must decide whether to follow the president’s orders to take an experimental serum to cure their ailments or stand up and question the new law of the land.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through July 7.

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The Blue Door, 9617 Venice Blvd., Culver City. $15 to $20. (310) 9028220; bluedoorculver.com Unforgivable? “Mistakes Were Made – coulda-woulda-shoulda” @ Santa Monica Playhouse Dick lets a blue-eyed winker threaten his marriage. Jeff turns down his dream job and regrets it. Mel hires a famous money manager, now infamous for stealing money. And now Dick’s wife knows about the affair. We all make mistakes, but can we fix them?

Last shows: 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday (June 29 & 30) at Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th St., Santa Monica. $35. (310) 394-9779; santamonicaplayhouse.com​ Lust and Lunacy: “A Streetcar Named Desire” @ Odyssey Theatre Passions and cultures collide in this Tennessee Williams classic about the faded and unstable Southern belle Blanche DuBois and her tense relationship with her working class brother-in-law.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through July 7 at Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. $40.

(310) 477-2055 ext. 2; odysseytheatre.com A Royal Mess:“Exit the King” @ City Garage Eugene Ionesco’s Beckett-like dark comedy follows the final hours of a megalomaniac king and the two queens squabbling for his failing kingdom.

Now playing at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through July 14 at City Garage, 2525 Michigan Ave. #T-1, Santa Monica. $20 to $25. (310) 453-9939; citygarage.org Shakespeare in the Park: “As You Like It” @ Various Locations The LMU theater department’s 2nd annual outdoor Shakespeare festival returns. Watch students and alumni perform “As You Like It,” a familyfriendly Shakespearean rom-com, under the stars in either Westchester or Playa Vista. Bring lawn chairs and a picnic for this free 90-minute show.

Limited engagement: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday (June 28 & 29) at LMU’s Lawton Plaza, 1 LMU Drive., Westchester and 7 p.m. Sunday (June 30) at Playa Vista’s Concert Park, 13020 Pacific Promenade. Free. (310) 388-2700; cfa.lmu.edu

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A Different Kind of Hope Musicians and poets celebrate the artistic legacy of Anne Sexton, for whom no topic was off-limits

By Bliss Bowen “Live or die, but don’t poison everything.”

That tart epigram introduces Anne Sexton’s poem “Live,” the capstone to her collection “Live or Die,” which won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1967.

Famously inspired to write by Boston psychiatrist Martin Orne, Sexton’s subject matter was neither polite nor coolly detached: marriage, children, abortion, sexual hunger, addiction and the depression that pushed her more than once into mental hospitals and finally, in 1975, to suicide at age 45. A student of Robert Lowell’s, Sexton has remained an icon of confessional poetry for generations of writers like Erica Jong and musicians such as Peter Gabriel, whose “Mercy Street” was directly inspired by her “45 Mercy Street.”

Less well known is her own musical curiosity. In the late 1960s, she collaborated with a jazz-rock band, Her Kind, who magnified the music within her language.

“Her poems seem to be written to be not only read aloud, but to be performed,” says singer-songwriter and KCSN “The Dylan Hour” radio host Lisa Finnie. “She provides you with so much to work with — images that range from fantastical to ethereal, combined with really domestic or everyday, mundane images and objects. She marries those things really well. I think she definitely writes musical verses or stanzas; they have a music and lend themselves to music.”

Black-and-white videos live online of Sexton reading her poems — including the chilling “Music Swims Back to Me,” which deploys musical imagery while describing a stay in a mental institution, and “Her Kind,” from her first book, 1960’s “To Bedlam and Part Way Back.”

The onetime model’s voice is deep and smoky, like a Massachusetts Lauren Bacall after too many Camels. A glint in her eye haunts as she tilts her head and confides to the camera, “A woman like

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Saturday, June 29 Roga, 8 a.m. A running group and all-levels yoga class each Saturday morning through Aug. 3. Meet under the Santa Monica Pier sign at the top of the ramp for a brisk two- or five-mile run. Walkers welcome.

Anne Sexton confronted life’s dark corners with no-limits confessional verse this is misunderstood. I have been her poems. I didn’t get that this [suicide] kind./ …A woman like that is not would happen to her when she was ashamed to die./ I have been her kind.” sharing it with me, because I wouldn’t Finnie will perform “Her Kind” with her have been able to assess that at 14. trio this Saturday at Beyond Baroque for “But after she died, I immersed myself “Sexton to Sexton,” a celebration of [in Sexton’s poetry] and then walked Sexton’s legacy. A quarter of event away from it. It took a long time to go proceeds benefit Suicide Awareness back to it, but it absolutely created my Voices of Education, a cause dear to style as a writer; the poetry of the essayist and poet Susan Hayden, who personal would become my template in will read Sexton’s poem “Eighteen Days all forms, except for playwriting. I Without You” at the event. The Library operate from the ‘I.’” Girl doyenne says Sexton’s poetry made There’s no question that Sexton was a dramatic impact on her as a teenager, profoundly troubled. But, as Finnie notes, and not just because of how she con“no topic is off limits” for Sexton, and in veyed her emotions with “no filter” and that “fearlessness” lies creative redempraw honesty. tion that still feeds her influential legacy.

“I was introduced to Sexton’s poetry by And Sexton’s “sardonic way of telling a friend of mine who the next year would these dark stories” gradually introduces a shoot herself in the heart,” Hayden transcending “survivor spirit” that recalls. “She had shared Sexton’s ‘Live approaches something like defiant hope. or Die,’ and specifically a poem called “The ‘hope’ is ours, not necessarily ‘Wanting to Die.’ She was what people hers,” she acknowledges. “As she now call bipolar … she identified with embraces the darkness, she also pushes the voice of Anne Sexton, and it was back on it — rages against it — with a almost incomprehensible to read these wry smile. She’s a truth teller. An

“Sexton to Sexton” happens from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday (June 29) at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. Tickets are $5 to $15.

Call (310) 822-3006 or visit beyondbaroque.org.

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Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. Free. santamonicapier.org Chamber in Action Beach Cleanup Day, 9 a.m. to noon.

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advocate. A warrior.”

“Many poets disdain the word ‘confessional,’” Hayden observes, “but I would say that what’s misunderstood about it is that it’s so well crafted. It’s as intimate as a page of your journal, but it’s a crafted page. … I think with confessional poetry, and certainly with Sexton, the goal is healing of the self. I certainly was drawn to it as a writer for that same reason.”

Other Sexton admirers performing Saturday include poet Brendan Constantine and musician/writer Azalia Snail, who will co-host. The lineup will be filled out by poets Kim Dower, Mandy Kahn, Milo Martin, and Ben Trigg, writer/filmmaker Christian Elder, King Missile frontman John S. Hall, and musician/songwriters Jane Cantillon, Sarah Kramer, Dan West, and original Bangles bassist and Blood on the Saddle frontwoman Annette Zilinskas.

There’s no shortage of material for them to dig into, as Sexton was as manically creative as she was contradictory. In addition to detailing her personal therapy sessions in unsettling free verse, she also co-wrote four children’s books with Maxine Kumin. (It was after a work lunch with Kumin, revising the manuscript for her 1975 book “The Awful Rowing Toward God,” that she locked herself in her garage with the car running.)

“How can you measure someone who was a successful poet decades ago? How can you possibly measure their influence?” Finnie muses. “If you’re a female, if you are in the business of baring your soul, whether you realize it or not you’re probably influenced by her, because she changed the game … of women speaking honestly through art.”

Washington Blvd., Venice. venicechamber.net Morning Mindfulness Meditation, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Take time to breathe, focus, relax and clear the chatter from your mind. This class is designed for those who’ve never practiced meditation before. Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free. (310) 821-3415; lacountylibrary.org

L.A. Local Fest, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Culver City’s Co+opportunity Market and Deli hosts a keto-, paleo- and family-friendly festival of local food and drink, featuring handcrafted ice cream, craft beer, organic wine, face painting, glitter tattoos, a DJ and more. 8770 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (323) 746 2899; coopportunity.com

Netflix series “Stranger Things” turns the Santa Monica Pier upside down with carnival games, a slime dunk tank, ice cream and The Curiosity House, featuring Demogorgon creatures. Listen to ’80s cover bands, watch magicians and participate in eating contests. Santa Monica Pier, 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica. Free. smdp.com/ category/life/entertainment

“Stranger Things” Pop-Up, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a salsa

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Library Story Time: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” 3 p.m.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” with a reading of this and other Carle works, followed by a special craft.

Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. Free; ages 3 to 5. (310) 458-8681; smpl.org

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Killer Rides Car Show, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hotrods, classics, exotics and motorcycles gather alongside the harbor for a family-friendly car show with live music and food aplenty.

Prizes awarded to best of show, best hot rod, best classic car, best muscle car, best modern muscle car, best motorcycle, best truck, best paint and most original. Killer Shrimp, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Free to attend or to exhibit with RSVP. (310) 578-2293; killershrimp.com

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“Celebrate America,” 6 p.m. This star-spangled salute to America’s independence features fireworks, a country music performance by the Chris Mulkey Band, demonstration by the SMC Cheer Squad, community service booths and food trucks.

Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. SMC Campus, Corsair Field, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. Free admission.

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Santa Monica Green Lane Ride, 10 a.m. to noon. As part of Pride month, take this two-wheeled tour of Santa Monica city’s 19 miles of new green lanes. Children welcome but must be able to ride on their own or in a bike seat. Ride ends at Dagwoods Pizza.

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A talk and reception happens from 4:30 and 8 p.m. among rare photos, artwork by LGBTQ+ artists, and original rainbow flag artwork that are part of the “Spectrum Gestalt 6” exhibit at bG Gallery (3009 Ocean Park Blvd.). A portion of art sales from Saturday’s event benefits the LA Gay and Lesbian Center. Visit santamonica.bgartdealings.com for more info.

Morrison pays tribute to Etta James by channeling her spirit through performance in the place where James is laid to rest. Seating is first come, first served. Galleria Chapel, Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 Florence Ave., Inglewood. (310) 412-6500; events@aras-inc.com Music by the Sea, 2 to 5 p.m. A scenic harbor view is the backdrop for a jazz funk concert by “The Funky Sax Man” Chazzy Green. Fisherman’s Village, 13755 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey. (310) 301-9900; visitmarinadelrey.com One Night in Venice, 7 p.m. The Ganges River meets Venice Beach with a performance by Grammywinning Indian sitar player Aloke Dasgupta, Don Vitsentzos on guitar and esraj (a rare bowed sitar), Don

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Museums & Galleries “Development,” through July 6. This exhibit features four artists, Catherine Asanov, Ellen Cantor, Corey Grayhorse and Suda House, who each began with a single question and through their creative processes discovered a solution or an answer. dnj Gallery, 3015 Ocean Park, Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 315-3551; dnjgallery.net

“Material Transformations,” through July 13. Artist Laura Danielson exhibits a selection of collage works, revealing juxtaposition, free-association, narrative, wit and humor. Danielson’s work is full of literary allusions, visual puzzles, puns and unexpected mash-ups. FIG, Bergamot Station D2, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica. (310) 829-0345; figgallery.com “Magic in Nature,” through July 20.

Artists with the Blue 7 Collective display a variety of pieces that remind us of the wonder of nature, representing moments when the magic is easy to see. Blue 7 Gallery, 3129 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 449-1444; blue7gallery.com.

“Tomboys,” through Aug. 16. Artist Christina Schlesinger exhibits a vibrant collection of work that examines the intersections between gender, identity, fashion, sex and representation, including mixed media oil paintings that explore self-portraiture, feminist nudes and lesbian sex. SPARC Gallery, 685 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-9560; SPARCinLA.org “The Exact Moment It Happens in the West,” through Sept. 28. Visual artist, musician and playwright Terry Allen presents an exhibit of nearly 100 drawings dating from the ’60s to the present, along with sculptural objects, video installations and audio from his various albums and radio plays. L.A. Louver, 45 N. Venice Blvd., Venice. (310) 822-4955; lalouver.com “California’s Route 66: Hiding in Plain Sight,” through Oct. 19. This exhibit highlights the history and

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