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Last Tuesday, Leigh Ann Hahn rushed into a cluttered office just off the Cal Plaza Watercourt, five minutes late for a meeting.

The normally effusive director of programming for Grand Performances wasn’t quite herself, she acknowledged. Her head was still groggy from 23 hours of flying. Hahn, who for 20 years has overseen the cease-less talent search for the popular summer series of

free Bunker Hill arts programs, had been delayed leaving Buenos Aires. She was attending an invite-only arts conference. The Argentine mission was devoted in part to finding some talent beyond the well-established tango world that she could bring to her Downtown Los Angeles stage. “Everything is tango, tango, tango, which, don’t get me wrong, is great, but I wanted to see what’s new that’s emerging from their folk tradition?” said Hahn, whose office at Cal Plaza is a messy library of compact discs that have outgrown the

shelves, spilling into two-foot piles on a desk. It’s no mistake that Grand Performances, which begins its 25th season with three concerts this weekend, leans heavily on world music. This sum-mer, it features afrobeat star Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, the band formerly led by his father, the leg-end Fela Kuti. A week after that, there’s a per-formance by Baloji, a Congolese-Belgian rapper, followed later by renowned Iranian songstrees Sussan Deyhim. Another night is devoted to the

A Quarter-Century Grand SlamCal Plaza Gets Ready for Its 25th Season of Eclectic, Dynamic Concerts and Events

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Michael Alexander and Leigh Ann Hahn have steered Grand Performances from a humble series to one of Downtown’s most popular happenings. This week, they launch a 27-date season. Every show is free.

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If the work visa gods deem it so, a flurry of interna-tional artists will join a batch of local companies for Radar L.A., an adventurous first-time theater

festival descending upon the city June 14-19. Except for one show at Culver City’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, all of the festival’s more than 80 perfor-mances are in Downtown. Venues include traditional spots such as REDCAT and the Los Angeles Theatre Center, as well as more unlikely locales like a loft on Los Angeles Street and a Bunker Hill parking lot. The shows are on the short side, the schedule has been plotted so viewers can see a few in a night or an after-noon, and the ticket prices are low — five shows for $50. “Those were all intentional decisions,” said Mark

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The Car Plays, by Los Angeles company Moving Arts, is one of 15 productions that will appear on local stages this week as part of the Radar L.A. theater festival. For Car Plays, audience members will move a few at a time into the back seats of different cars.

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Urban Scrawl on red light cameras.4

The video gamers have their day.6

Return of the L.A. Film Festival.24

Five great entertainment options.26

City West’s new $60 million project.5

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It’s a common scenario: A mother pushing her child in a stroller is greeted by smiling

passersby charmed by the cooing young-ster. The strangers chat about how cute the child is, then everyone goes about their day. Police, however, say beware of such situa-tions, as two women in Downtown have de-vised a scam to steal wallets and valuables from strollers. Victims have reported about six thefts from strollers in Downtown over the past six weeks. Surveillance video from one incident, at a swap meet at 530 S. Los Angeles St., shows how two middle-aged Hispanic women sized up a mother with her 23-month-old in a stroller. One distracted the mother while the other reached into a pocket on the stroller and grabbed a wallet. “We’ve identified a trend in these kind of thefts over the last several months and we want shop-pers to be more aware,” said LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon. “While the crime may seem mi-nor, it’s scary because the victim’s child is so close and vulnerable.” Detectives suspect the two women, whose images can be seen at downtownnews.com, live locally. Police rec-ommend that female shoppers keep wallets and valuables in purses, zippered shut, and preferably over their shoulder. Anyone with information on the crimes is urged to call Det. Mike Mazzacano at (213) 972-1231.

Homeboys Feeding City Hall

The latest Homeboy Industries busi-ness venture has a location a few miles

and a world away from its Chinatown head-

quarters: City Hall. On Thursday, June 9, Homeboy founder Father Gregory Boyle, along with the eatery’s employees and city leaders, opened the Homeboy Diner, which serves fare prepared at the Homeboy Bakery and Homegirl Café. Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit that helps former gang mem-bers turn around their lives by providing job training, tattoo removal and other services, has struggled financially in the last few years. It was able to open the diner after it received a $400,000 grant from the Cornerstone Project, a foundation that helps rehabilitate gang members, ex-convicts and drug abusers. The diner, on the second floor of the building at 200 N. Spring St., will be open to the public Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Judge Bans Duo From Selling Counterfeit Goods

The Fashion District, where pho-ny Chanels and fake Louis Vuittons

proliferate, now has two fewer spots for counterfeit goods. Last week, L.A. Superior Court Judge Susan Bryant-Deason issued an injunction barring two shops owned by Fernando Barrios and Vanessa Guerra from selling counterfeit goods, and sub-jecting them to search and seizure of such items by law enforcement. They were also ordered to pay $50,000 in penalties. Any fu-ture violation by their stores—Deportes Si Se Puede, at 1325 S. Main St., and Fernando Sport, at 112 E. Pico Blvd.—will result in the closure of the business and an additional $100,000 fine among other penalties, said City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan. Barrios and Guerra’s shops have been

known to possess 37,000 counterfeit items since 2005; the couple allegedly failed to pay sales taxes. The duo was previously cited by investigators and were sent at least five cease and desist letters to stop selling the fake goods, but continued to do so, according to the City Attorney’s office. The Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation in 2005 found that counterfeit goods cost the retail sector $2 billion in losses and $5.2 bil-lion in lost revenue to the county economy. Generally, economists say that consumers would purchase other budget-friendly ap-parel and fashion goods if the counterfeit knock-offs weren’t available.

LBA Realty Buys ‘Zombie Building’ at 550 S. Hope St.

After wallowing in a state of default for nearly two years, the office tower at 550

S. Hope St. has a new owner. LBA Realty, the Irvine-based owner of the AT&T Center in South Park, purchased the 28-story tower last month after a prolonged escrow pe-riod. Former owner MPG Office Trust de-faulted on its loan on the 622,000-square-foot Class A office complex in August 2009.

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Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

The link between booze and Skid Row is obvious and usually un-fortunate. Too many people with

alcohol or other substance-abuse issues (who also very often suffer from mental illness) have wound up essentially trapped in the neighborhood. Too few people ever get their lives back on track. That is what makes a partnership be-tween one of Skid Row’s most prominent aid agencies and one of Downtown’s hip-pest nightspots both ironic and inspiring. While the team at the Edison bar hasn’t beat a drum to draw attention for its work with the Midnight Mission, it has helped turn lives around. It is an example that others in Downtown, indeed the rest of the region, can follow. Los Angeles Downtown News recently reported on how the Edison was honored by the mission at its annual fundraiser. It was something of a surprise, consider-ing we had never seen a press release on Edison letterhead trumpeting how much money or aid they have directed to their Downtown neighbor. Instead, news of the award came via the mission. It turns out that, since its opening in 2008, the bar has donated cash, organized a holiday toy drive and given a portion of the proceeds from a “soup kitchen” happy hour to the Skid Row entity. That’s not the only way Edison part-ners Andrew Meieran and Barbara Jacobs give back. Meieran last year bought the venerable Broadway restaurant Clifton’s Cafeteria. Since the acquisition, more than a dozen people who completed a mission job training program have taken positions in the restaurant. They have been given trust and a chance to earn a living. The Edison partners are not alone in their philanthropy. Numerous Down-town businesses and corporations reg-ularly donate money or material items to the Midnight Mission and additional Downtown homeless services facilities, as well as the many other nonprofit and charitable organizations in and beyond the Central City. Like the Edison, they of-ten don’t seek to draw attention to them-selves for their good work. Still, the Edison’s efforts stand out, and they set an example. Meieran spoke about his recognition that one can’t help turn around a challenged neighborhood with-out rebuilding the lives of the people in the community. He has put his money where his beliefs are, and Downtown is all the better for it. It’s something to be ap-plauded. It’s something to inspire.

Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time in Downtown Los Angeles over the last few years knows

that the community has a lot to offer on the cultural and entertainment front. This goes beyond stalwart organizations such as the Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Japanese American National Museum, which have all been offer-ing a wealth of options since well before the residential revolution began around 2001. The slate has always expanded in the summer, when various cultural program-mers take advantage of the pleasant climes and numerous open spaces to host concerts, theater and more. This year, the summer lineup is bigger and more diverse than ever. Over the next three months, Downtown Los Angeles probably has more concerts, theater, mu-seum exhibits, sports, arts events and fes-tivals than any other similarly sized area in Southern California. Downtowners can and should take advantage of the options that people in many other communities can only dream about. The lineup starts this week with a triple bang. On June 16, the Los Angeles Film Festival opens, and over 11 days large crowds will stream into the Central City for approximately 200 feature films, documen-taries and shorts. Also this week, Downtown will become the focus of the theater world with Radar L.A., a new six-day festival spe-cializing in avant-garde work. On Friday, Grand Performances launches its 25th season of concerts and other event at the California Plaza Watercourt on Bunker Hill. The festivals have an effect greater than just selling movies and unconventional theater. This marks the second year that

the 17-year-old film festival is centered in Downtown. For the first 15 years it took place on the Westisde. Last year, Anschutz Entertainment Group inked a deal to bring the movies, and the panel discussions and parties associated with it, to Downtown. Approximately 90,000 people are expected for the event that will be centered at the Regal 14 complex at L.A. Live, but will also utilize the Downtown Independent, 7+Fig and additional locations. This provides obvi-ous opportunities for the people who like to pair a movie with dinner or a drink at a bar. Downtown restaurants and watering holes have a prime opportunity through June 26 to catch the eyes and dollars of moviegoers who otherwise might avoid the area. Although the economic impact won’t be as significant with Radar L.A., the festival is another winner for the community. Except for one show in Culver City, everything takes place in Downtown, at venues such as REDCAT, the Los Angeles Theatre Center and even the “tinker toy” parking struc-ture just east of Walt Disney Concert Hall. Once again, there is a prime opportunity to turn people who in the past may have driven down, seen a show and then left into customers of area bars and restaurants. The producers of the 15 shows will attract a di-verse audience. Certainly not everything tried in Down-town continues. For the second consecu-tive year, the community is without the free summer play presented annually for more than two decades by the Shakespeare Center. Other events, like a popular al fresco series with some major names in jazz held outside the MOCA Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo, no longer occur. For everything that has departed, however,

there is a long list of replacements. As Los Angeles Downtown News recently reported, there are now three summer outdoor film series that employ inflatable screens and draw sizeable crowds. They take place everywhere from the roof of a Historic Core parking ga-rage to Pershing Square to local parks. Some are much more than a movie, and have bands and food trucks in attendance. One can’t consider the summer lineup without recognizing how many opportuni-ties and options take place at Staples Center and L.A. Live. The South Park projects, both developed by AEG, host the aforemen-tioned film festival, concerts and the circus at Staples Center, and exhibits and intimate performances at the Grammy Museum. There is even a three-day, three-on-three basketball tournament that fill the street in front of the arena. The benefits of the company’s investment pay off for those well beyond the L.A. Live campus. Of course, it was the veteran program-mers who long ago proved that people will come Downtown for the right option. Cal Plaza’s 25th season holds more than two dozen concerts and shows, many featuring international artists. Over the years pro-grammer Grand Performances’ reputa-tion for quality has ensured that audiences will show up even if an act is relatively un-known. Similarly, the Aloud series at the Central Library has a full summer line-up with prominent authors, poets, thinkers and more. Like at Grand Performances, its hap-penings are free. This is only a small sample of the activities taking place in Downtown over the sum-mer. We are fortunate that this is a commu-nity with plenty to do, every day and night of the season.

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The construction cranes are return-ing to City West. Although there may not be as many as were seen in

Downtown circa 2006, in a couple of years, they will give way to new residents. On Thursday, June 9, Vancouver, Wash.-based Holland Partner Group held a ground-breaking ceremony for the 1111 Wilshire project. The City West development will in-clude 210 apartments and 8,000 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for 2013. “I think when this project opens it will tru-ly complete the heart of Central City West,” said Tom Warren, chief operating officer of Holland. The developer, which has been in business since 2001 and has a portfolio of 15 projects in cities such as Portland, Seattle and Denver, is no stranger to Downtown. Holland Partner previously created the 201-unit, $65 million GLO apartment complex at 1050 Wilshire Blvd. The building opened in 2007 and is currently 98% occupied. It also undertook a $7 million renova-tion of the low-income, 77-apartment Bixel House at Sixth and Bixel streets. The project will be completed in three months and there is already a waiting list for the building. It was undertaken to meet City West’s low-income requirement for the 1111 Wilshire project. If all goes according to plan, 1111 Wilshire will be the third in a series of five City West developments by the company. They are seeking entitlements for a 42-unit adaptive reuse project at Sixth and Lucas streets; the vacant building was most recently used for

medical purposes. They also hope to create a 550-apartment complex at Sixth and Bixel streets. No completion date or budget infor-mation is being released for these projects. City West represents the highest concen-tration of projects in one area for Holland Group. After using gold-painted shovels to turn some earth for the groundbreaking cer-emony, Clyde Holland, chief executive offi-cer of the company, said he is very confident about the future of Downtown and of City West in particular. “We’re only four or five blocks from the heart of the [Central Business District],” he said. “We’re close enough to all the entertain-ment but not necessarily in it or around it.” Holland pointed out that within one mile of the project there are more than 400,000 jobs, but only 35,000 residential units, a ratio of about 11 jobs to each residence. He said most cities have a ratio of three or four jobs to every housing unit. “We feel like this neighborhood has the most promise of any neighborhood in Downtown,” he said. The project has the backing of First District City Councilman Ed Reyes. Reyes, who attended the groundbreaking, said 1111 Wilshire continues to create the critical mass needed to turn City West into a 24-hour neighborhood. “The developers have done a great job working with the property to create a sense of place in the neighborhood,” he said. “It reinforces the fact that City West is truly an important part of Downtown.” Although the development is earning praise, it is vastly different from what was first

proposed for the site. When initially broached in 2007, 1111 Wilshire was envisioned as a 398-condo-minium complex priced at $200 million. Like many projects announced at the height of the market, it stalled and was downscaled. Unlike many of those same projects, it has actually secured funds and moved to construction. “We think it’s a really appropriate den-sity for the center of City West,” Warren said. “The high-rise was anticipated to be condos but the market turned and we believe the market for rental housing will be strong for a number of years.” The seven-story structure will rise on the site of a former parking lot. Apartments will

range from studios to three-bedroom units and from 527 to 1,319 square feet. They will be decked out with granite counters, wood-plank vinyl flooring and stainless-steel appli-ances. Some residences will feature floor-to-ceiling windows. The building will include a fitness cen-ter, a poolside resident lounge and adjacent outdoor kitchen, roof decks and three levels of underground parking with 302 spaces. The principal designer is Nadel Architects. Preparation work on the site began in April.

On Target The target audience for 1111 Wilshire will be young professionals who work in

A $60 Million Addition to City West Holland Partner Group Breaks Ground on 210-Apartment Building at 1111 Wilshire

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The seven-story building is slated to open in 2013. It is Holland Partner’s third project in the area; the company hopes to do two more.

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The property had outstanding debt esti-mated at about $200 million, according to Steve Marcussen, executive director of commercial real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield. The property was among several Downtown “zombie buildings” with debt above the property’s current market value. LBA could not be reached for comment on the deal. Commercial Real Estate Direct, the first to report on the sale, said that LBA paid $157.5 million. Marcussen told Los Angeles Downtown News earlier this year that the office market would eventually ben-efit from the sale of the so-called zombies. “As the buildings are recapitalized, the new owners will have the ability to compete for tenants and have a competitive advantage,” Marcussen said.

Metropolis Books for Sale

Julie Swayze was among the early Historic Core entrepreneurs to take the

risky jump into Downtown retail when she opened Metropolis Books in December 2006. Four-and-a-half years later, Swayze, who has found a loyal clientele in the com-munity, is trying to sell her independent business so she can care for an ailing family member who lives out of state. Swayze, who hopes the business will remain a bookshop, said her broker is marketing the space to people who are known in the Los Angeles bookstore community. “The economy is tough, but we have our base,” she said. “I didn’t want to be that bookstore that quietly went up for sale. I wanted to say, ‘Listen, we’ve had some success. We’ve done 134 on-site events and it’s something

that should continue. It’s very viable.” Metropolis’ lease in the Canadian Building at 440 S. Main St. expires in October 2012. Swayze said her landlord, Linda Lea Distributing, has pledged to work with po-tential buyers. Anyone interested in the shop should call broker Robert Rodriguez of the Veld Group at (310) 652-8353.

DLANC Brings the Power and the People Together

At most neighborhood council meet-ings, volunteer representatives slog

through the important if un-glamorous work of considering an array of small and large community developments and issues. At the session of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council on Tuesday, June 14, they’ll do that, but in a much nicer place than usual, and with a few dignitaries in attendance. As part of DLANC’s regular monthly session, Ninth District Councilwoman Jan Perry and 14th District representative José Huizar will show up for a community meet and greet. Jose Gardea, chief of staff for First District Councilman Ed Reyes, will also attend. The event is intended not only to introduce members of the 27-person board to the elected officials, but also “to make the gen-eral public more aware of the neighborhood council,” said Patricia Berman, president of DLANC. The entire event is open to the public; a reception begins at 6:30 p.m. and the elected officials will speak at 7 p.m. The monthly board meeting starts at 8 p.m. Instead of a traditional conference room, the location is the ornate Belasco Theater (at 1050 S. Hill St.), recently restored in a $12 million renovation. Additional infor-mation is at dlanc.com.

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Each day at about 3 a.m., a truck pulls up to an un-marked warehouse in the Fashion District. Just steps from fashion outlets with names like Spicy

Girl and Echo Accessories, workers in knee-high rubber boots begin unloading the living, squawking cargo. They won’t be here long — within a few hours, these vegetarian, free-range birds will be on tables in front of customers at some of the best restaurants in Downtown and the city. “My whole thing is we like to keep our birds as fresh as pos-sible,” said Dennis Mao, a Downtown resident who along with his brother Eric owns and operates Jidori Chicken. “Basically my customers get a bird that’s 24 hours from slaughter.” While the chicken is upscale — it’s been compared to

kobe beef for birds — the business is decidedly low profile. A slaughterhouse isn’t exactly what people who come to the area looking for fashion bargains expect to discover. That’s only one thing that makes Jidori Chicken stand out right now. After more than a decade in Downtown, Mao plans to move the business from the 5,000-square-foot space a few miles down the road to Alameda near 42nd Street, where he will continue to serve his clients at restaurants such as Rivera and WP24. “The area has changed,” Mao said while standing on the driveway of his Crocker Street plant, next to a store that sells women’s clothing, jewelry and Hello Kitty items. “It used to

be all warehouses but now it’s more expensive and we’ve out-grown this place.” He said the landlord has told him the lease will not be re-newed and since he needs more space, this is an opportune time for a move.

One Restaurant at a Time Mao, a slim, athletically built 41-year-old who graduated from Berkeley with hopes of becoming an attorney, first be-gan selling his chickens in the early 1990s, a few years after going into the family’s food distribution business. He soon grew dissatisfied with the commercially grown chickens found at many restaurants. He decided to create his own niche and sell fresher birds. He trademarked the name Jidori Chicken, which in Japanese translates roughly to “chicken of the Earth,” and contracted with farms in the San Joaquin Valley. The birds are raised according to his specifica-tions, are vegetarian fed and receive no antibiotics, he said.

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Malo is offering Downtown inhabitants 15% off meals on Sundays through Wednesdays until the end of June. That means paying less for popular options like the ground beef and pickle taco and the Ensenada-bacon wrapped shrimp. It also applies to potent bar drinks such as Mas Malo’s spicy cucumber margarita. Downtowners have to prove it though, so be prepared to pull out the driver’s license. At 515 W. Seventh St., (213) 985-4332 or malorestuarant.com.

■ Table for You: This deal reminds Restaurant Buzz of sitting at the kid’s table way back in the day, but since it gets you in to Wolfgang Puck’s WP24, it’s not a bad of-fer. The restaurant has a new Tastes of 24 special. From

Monday-Saturday between 5 and 7 p.m., it is serving a three-course menu for $24 in the lounge. Choices include Szechuan chicken, something called Dan Dan Dumplings and crispy General Tso style quail. If you finish everything on your plate like a good kid, for dessert you can have the marjolasion, made with layers of white espresso mousse and dark chocolate. It’s not a bad deal at all and one day, if you’re good, they may let you sit in the main room with the rest of the adults. At 900 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 743-8824 or wolfgangpuck.com.

■ Toddal Takeover: After closing for a week, Arts District pizza purveyor Toddy G’s reopened on June 3. Well, sort of. The New York-style pies are still there and the decor is the same, but the name will change. Opening partners Todd Giordanella and former pro skateboarder Salman Agah have parted ways. Agah and his wife Price Latimer are now the sole owners of the Arts District spot.

While the slices are being served from 5 p.m.-midnight, the couple is looking for a new name. They also plan on reopening for lunch in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, Restaurant Buzz would like to suggest a few possible monikers: How about PizzAgah or, since it’s in the Arts District, Mona Pizza? There’s Easy as 3.1416 (see, because that’s pi in math talk) or ZZ Toppings, because everyone is crazy about a sharp dressed pie. OK, we’ll stop. At 2019 E. Seventh St., (213) 627-1430 or toddygs.com.

■ Pho Gone: Maybe it was fitting that Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” was playing in the background as Restaurant Buzz was sitting in Pho 21, slurping up a big fat bowl of pho, when the waitress broke the news. It turns out that the hidden gem in Little Tokyo will be shutting its doors at the end of this month, to be replaced by an as-yet-unnamed pizza joint. This means so long #4 House Special pho with the tripe and rare steak. I’ll miss you spring roll appetizers with peanut sauce. I’ll never be able to replace you, not even with the Pho 21s in Koreatown, Canoga Park or Buena Park. Good-bye, and Iiiiiiiiieeeeeaaaaaiiiiiiiiaaaaaiiiiiii will always love youuuuuuuuuu. At 432 E. Second St. in Honda Plaza.

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“In the beginning it was very tough,” Mao recalled. “I literally put the birds in my car in a cooler and I went from restau-rant to restaurant and showed it to them, cold selling chicken. It was literally one customer at a time.” There were also occasions when a chick-en would escape from the plant and run around Downtown. “I would sometimes have to go chase a chicken down the street,” he laughed. He kept selling and soon landed Wolfgang Puck’s Beverly Hills restaurant Spago as a client. Nobu in Beverly Hills was another early customer. Mao said to-day he gets requests from New York and Washington, D.C. A chief selling point is how quickly he gets the chickens to the restaurants. The plant processes about 5,000 chickens per day and all are sent out before the end of the day. “It’s really, really local,” said Sara Johannes, chef de cuisine for WP24, which has been using Jidori Chicken since open-ing last year in the Ritz-Carlton/Marriott hotel tower. “It’s butchered within 12-24 hours, and if you have the chance to get your hands on impeccably fresh poultry, why wouldn’t you?” Bill Mattos, president of the California Poultry Federation, which represents the state’s chicken and turkey producers and marketers, said free-range chicken (defined as birds having access to the outdoors; it doesn’t necessarily mean the chickens are outside all the time) is a popular niche market that every company does because

customers are willing to pay more for it. The fresher the chicken, the better, he added. “In California we don’t produce a lot of frozen chicken because the demand is for fresh,” he said. Mattos noted that some large plants get the birds from farm to retail markets within about 48 hours. Larger companies can also produce antibiotic-free chicken, though that’s usually a very small portion of their entire production, he said. High-end restaurants usually get free-range, antibiotic-free chickens from small-er companies, said Mattos. The celebrated Rivera restaurant in South Park is another one of Mao’s loyal customers. Chef de cuisine Joe Panarello said chef John Rivera Sedlar has been using Jidori birds since opening in early 2009. “The chef enjoys the flavor and texture,” Panarello said. “Everything is about how it’s raised, how it’s fed, no hormones.” At Rivera, Jidori Chicken is served in the pollito, a mix of chicken breast with fideos, a thin Latin noodle, and peanut salsa. “It’s the freshness,” Panarello said. “It’s very important since there’s none of that travel time. It’s a beautiful product.” Once Jidori moves into the new plant at the end of summer, Mao said he hopes to increase his production to about 15,000 chickens a day. He is considering adding a retail component so people can cook his birds at home. Until that time, the chickens will keep arriving daily to meet their fate in the Fashion District. If nothing else, they’ll go out not in, but near style. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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geared toward USC students.” Hamid Behdad, who heads the Central City Development Group, and is working with the Amidi Real Estate Group on a 327-unit project at 1027 Wilshire Blvd., said that downsizing the project from a high-rise for-sale development to a mid-rise rental build-ing was a smart, necessary move in this econ-omy. “The high-rise, luxury condo, for-sale unit is not financeable at this point,” he said. While City West has often been thought of as the outskirts of Downtown, it is now catching up to the central area with projects such as 1111 Wilshire, Behdad said. “The City West area is coming back,” he said, noting the growing residential base. “It’s getting its identity back through developers like these.” Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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Weekend nights at the Watercourt take on a festive mood even before Grand Performances events, when wine-laden picnics pepper the surrounding plaza. By the encore, most of the audience, which can grow to more than 5,000 on world music nights, is dancing. While the series has changed markedly over the years, earning a national reputation and growing the local audience, its mission hasn’t really shifted. When the CRA mandated that the Cal Plaza developers pay for regular artistic programming, the agency also directed the organizers to try to attract a diverse audience. Michael Alexander, Grand Performances’ ex-ecutive director for 23 years, credits the focus on diversity for the group’s success. “The program from the very beginning demonstrated an all-come-down and en-joy yourselves kind of image and that has lasted,” Alexander said. “It’s in this corporate environment, but people of all the different neighborhoods and socioeconomic classes of L.A. who come here realize that they are as welcome as anyone else. That has been critical to the civic-ization of Grand Performances.”

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Friday or Saturday night, so it’s a really good benchmark for us,” Connelly said. In addition to music, the season fea-tures dance, theater and film — screenings this year include the documentary Crime After Crime and the 1917 classic Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. There are lectures too. This year, historian and kitsch king Charles Phoenix will debut a new L.A. slideshow, and David Ornette Cherry and Terry Wolverton will present a work-in-progress jazz opera. Beyond the focus on international sounds and sights, Grand Performances’ program-matic anchor is with local artists. This sum-mer, there’s a six-event series about Boyle Heights. One night will recreate the Phillips Music Company, a once stalwart music store in the melting pot neighborhood. Another night will present slam poetry and spoken word from Boyle Heights artists representing

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its Jewish, Mexican and Japanese heritage. “The Boyle Heights Project is perfect,” said David Kipen, founder of the Boyle Heights lending library Libros Schmibros. “They’re sort of trying to recapture a Los Angeles diaspora that migrated out from the city many years ago, and lately is sort of centrip-etally trying to in-gather.”

Full-Time Fundraising Grand Performances may not be a com-mercial enterprise, but its funding stems di-rectly from the array of mostly white-collar firms that keep offices in Cal Plaza. When Maguire Properties built the proj-ect in the mid-1980s and early ’90s it inked a 100-year ground lease with the city. That deal required the developer to build the Watercourt, with its mini-amphitheater, and to funnel a portion of tenant rents to support operations of the series. When those funds kicked in, in 1992, the budget for Grand Performances, which was then known as California Plaza Presents, was $643,498. This year, the tenant contri-bution portion is about $864,000. Grand Performances raises nearly $1 million in ad-ditional funds every year from private do-nors, foundations and grants. Organizers also pass a bucket at every event — Alexander is the guy in the Panama hat with the microphone, soliciting donations —

and attendees are generous, Alexander said. Among his duties as executive director, Alexander has the annual responsibility of en-forcing one of Grand Performances’ only hard-and-fast rules that attendees, at least once a year, try to break: No dancing in the fountain. It’s not always easy. Last year, the French gypsy jazz band Caravan Palace whipped a near-capacity crowd into a gyrating frenzy and enticed them to take their happy feet into the pool. Alexander, concerned about damage to the fountain and the possibil-ity of injury, took to the stage between songs and admonished the audience to get out. He stayed there until everyone did. To some attendees, the prohibition is a buzz-kill. But against Alexander’s wishes, it may be the best endorsement of the series that he’s steered for more than two decades. “The fact that both artists and audience members want to get in the water is a beau-tiful thing because that means they’re do-ing their job,” said Josh Kun, director of the Popular Music Project at USC. “They’re giv-ing people a stage to express community and a communion with the artists. The art-ists want the crowd to want to come closer and that’s a real testament to what Grand Performances does.” Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.

Friday, June 17, 8:30 p.m.: The 25th sea-son begins with the city Department of Cultural Affairs presenting two new theater pieces. Ian Ruskin’s one-man play To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine delves into one of the nation’s most radical and misunderstood figures, the man who started the American Revolution. It’s paired with Sheethal Gandhi’s Human Nature, a work-in-progress dance theater piece inspired by Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree.

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July 7-8, 8 p.m.: L.A.’s celebrated modern dance company Diavolo Dance Theater is a unique collection of gymnasts, ac-robats, athletes and actors. Also on the bill is Colombia’s Noruz. The piece Suite para Barrotes y Presos (Suite for Bars and

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The railway that connects Bunker Hill and the Historic Core stopped taking passengers up and down the steep in-cline on Thursday, June 9. Angels Flight Railway Foundation President John Welborne said the move is because of excessive wear on the steel wheels of the cars Sinai and Olivet. In a statement, Welborne said he expects the railway to remain closed for the rest of the month while the wheels are replaced. “The 110-year-old Railway’s steel wheels are only 15 years old, but they are cus-tom items, not available just off-the-shelf,” Welborne said in a statement. Welborne said railway officials were sur-prised at the accelerated deterioration of the wheels. Following an inspection by the California Public Utilities Commission, which gave Welborne the green light to reopen the funicular last year, they agreed

to close the line until repairs are complete. “Our mechanics and consultants were surprised that the normal, expected, grad-ual wearing of the wheels that has been monitored since the reopening in March of 2010 had accelerated in the last month to a point where replacement is required sooner than the normal time period ex-pected for steel wheels,” Welborne said. The railway was originally opened in 1901 by Colonel J.W. Eddy to ferry passengers between the then-residential Bunker Hill district and the commer-cial businesses below. It was closed and dismantled in 1969 when Bunker Hill underwent redevelopment. It reopened in 1996 a block away from its original location, but was closed for nine years after a fatal accident on Feb. 1, 2001, that killed an 83-year-old man and injured seven others. In June 2010 the railway was again closed for a couple of days due to mal-functioning end-gates. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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L.A. Loft Realty, the only residential real estate sales firm focused exclusively on Downtown Los Angeles, does more than sell homes: it creates community and helps its clients to become a part of it. That’s because founders Jim White, Alex LiMandri and Tiffany Gatto have built their business right where their hearts are in Downtown Los Angeles. Through their diversified real estate, travel and events company, ULTIMATE LIFE LIVING, Jim, Alex and Tiffany have been pioneers in helping Downtown to grow as a residential community. L.A. Loft Realty is the new name for the already successful real estate arm of ULTIMATE LIFE LIVING.

Jim came to Downtown in early 2000 when the Downtown Renais-sance was still just a dream. He became an active participant in the development of the Downtown L.A. loft movement and efforts to revitalize the residential sector and re-populate the city center. He soon recruited Tiffany and Alex to join him on this adventure! The team at L.A. Loft Realty still works the same way. They believe in being "connectors" for clients, linking them to the community, the world to their property and introducing people to a new “loft-style”. “If a new resident is an art collector, we introduce them to the galleries. For the wine connoisseurs, we introduce

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L.A. Loft Realty provides support to developers and investors in efforts to restore communities, with particular attention to the re-use of historical properties. The company is staffed by an accomplished team of experienced professionals who again have a vested interest in the neighborhood, it is their home. “We provide all of the professional services, skills and systems in the highest standards of quality to realize the best and fastest profit performance,” said Tiffany. “We couple a 24/7 hands-on, relation-ship driven marketing approach, with the newest ideas and technology, making buying and selling of real estate faster, less costly, and more profitable for the client.”

L.A. Loft Realty can adapt to the variety of individual opportunities, markets and trends, because of its ten years of area expertise and its unwavering commitment to sales and service in Down-town. That gives the team insights and relationships that other firms can’t easily duplicate. The team has developed as the most knowledgeable, residential experts in the Downtown community. “We’re not only a witness, but a participant in the development of Downtown,” said Jim. “We have assisted local businesses with the foundations they need establish themselves in our neighbor-hood and introduced home owners to the networks that make Downtown such a terrific place to live, work and play.”

them to the best wine spots in Downtown L.A.,” said Jim.

L.A. Loft Realty can provide that level of service to clients because the founders and the entire sales and support team all live, work and play in Downtown. They are entrenched in the community and understand that Downtown, its residents and its soon-to-be residents sometimes have different needs and may work on a different schedule than the rest of the city. “We are on stand-by 24/7, taking calls, meeting clients, answering emails and showing properties,” said Alex. “We’ve shown properties at 11PM Friday night.”

L.A. Loft Realty also has its own philanthropic arm to help Down-town continue its growth and development as a residential community. The team has held a multitude of events to help homeless families get off the streets and exclusive art events to benefit the Chrysalis social service center and Beyond Shelter. The team volunteers to work with these and other organizations that are making a real difference in building a diverse community in Downtown. The L.A. Loft realty team has held neighborhood events such as ‘We Love Downtown LA,’ ‘The Robert Zuckerman

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Extended Studies exists to “extend the reach” of Cal State L.A.’s classes and programs to students not presently a

part of the university community. Extended Studies offers flexible registration, convenient

scheduling, and innovative offerings of aca-demic classes as well as professional develop-ment and enrichment programs. The school’s programs extend beyond its borders to international students, extend be-yond the campus buildings through online classes, extend into local communities through academic certificate and degree programs, and expand into the workplace through profes-sional training. Among the offerings are pro-grams in medical and legal interpretation and

translating, paralegal, accounting, pharmacy, business management and more. Cal State L.A. prepares students to extend their education or professional standing through test preparation and classes for per-sonal enrichment. Finally, the open universi-ty registration process gives non-matriculated students the opportunity to take regular uni-versity classes, virtually opening the univer-sity catalogue to eligible students. While the university’s reach is broad, its focus is to promote lifelong learning that will enhance students’ lives — both professionally and personally. For more information about the College of Extended Studies and International Programs at Cal State L.A., visit calstatela.edu or call (323) 343-4900.

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, a high-performing charter school organization that operates

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derserved areas of Los Angeles, has opened a new charter high school, College-Ready Academy High School #16 (CRAHS #16) on the campus of Belmont High School for the 2011-12 academic year. College-Ready Academy High School #16 is currently accepting enrollment appli-cations from entering ninth grade students for the upcoming school year. The Alliance currently serves 7,000 students throughout Los Angeles and is trying to fill 150 avail-able slots at CRAHS #16. Designed to prepare students for gradu-ation and readiness to enter and succeed in college, the educational model for College-Ready Academy High School #16 focuses on five core values: high expectations for all students, small personalized schools and classrooms, increased instructional time, highly qualified principals and teachers, and parents as partners. Located on the Belmont High School campus near Downtown L.A., College-Ready Academy High School #16 is expect-ed to dramatically outperform the neigh-borhood public schools. CRAHS #16 will be headed by Carmen Vazquez-Mancini, former assistant principal of Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High School, which is ranked

as one of the 10 highest performing high schools in LAUSD. Four other Alliance charter schools rank among the best schools in Los Angeles to prepare students to suc-ceed in a four-year college or university. To provide an equal opportunity to all students, a public, random drawing will be held if more applications are received than spaces are available. Alliance schools have become so popular that CRAHS #16 is ex-pected to conduct a random public lottery. Since 2004, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools has led a highly success-ful network of small, personalized, high-achieving public schools. In communities where more than half of the students drop out of high school, 100% of Alliance high school students graduate from high school and are accepted to college. “Given the Alliance opportunity, kids from L.A.’s lowest performing communi-ties achieve at the highest levels and go on to success in college,” said Alliance College-Ready Public Schools President and CEO Judy Burton. To learn more about CRAHS #16 and how students can apply, attend an infor-mational meeting Saturday, June 18, at 10 a.m. at the Belmont High School Cafeteria (Second Floor), 1575 West Second St., Los Angeles. If you cannot attend this meeting and would like an application, visit laalliance.org or con-tact Mary Louise Silva at (213) 943-4930, ext. 1011 or msilva@laalliance.org.

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with cutting-edge instruction via SMART Board Classroom Technology, a $2.5 million addition with a new Dell com-puter laboratory, library pre-K/Kindergarten classrooms plus Title 1 intervention reading programs. The school is moving to an ambitious 200-day academic school year, a major step of commitment in preparing young minds for a rapidly changing and globally connected world. “My education makes me try and participate in everything, but most important to never give up no matter what,” said fourth grader Ofer De Leon. “My biggest dream is to be a doctor. I can save lives and help people all over the world.” Significant tuition assistance is available. ICS works closely with parents to meet the individual needs of each family’s budget. Welcoming students of all faiths, core academics are aug-mented by art and a ro-bust physical education program. It offers before- and after-school childcare. ICS is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). “I attended Immaculate Conception School (ICS) from kindergarten through graduation,” says UCLA graduate and law school applicant Johanna Rodriguez. “The teach-ers challenged me to the fullest. I felt there was no limit to the things I could achieve. ICS was the step-ping stone to my entire education.” Immaculate Conception School is at 830 Green Ave., Los Angeles. For more in-formation call (213) 382-5931 or visit ics-la.org.

These current economic times increase the need to find value, especially when it comes to higher edu-cation. Trade Tech offers career-technical training

that students cannot find at other schools. Trade Tech pro-grams are consistently considered the best in the state, at an

affordable cost. For-profit schools charge thousands more and offer loans to students. Trade Tech offers real training, real job placement and real financial aid. But Trade Tech’s real value is its programs. The fashion design and merchandising is among the best programs around. Every semester the Gold Thimble fashion show is a highlight on campus, and fashion stars have come out of the program including “Project Runway” notables such as Jeffrey Sebelia and Sweet Pea, along with designers Carole Little and Tadashi Shoji. Culinary arts is a proud program at Trade Tech. The rig-orous standards give students real preparation for work in the best restaurants and hotels around the country, as well as practical experience of running the campus cafeteria. Construction technology encompasses several programs with incredible reputations in the building trade industry. Carpentry students move through a difficult discipline that culminates in building Habitat for Humanity homes. Plumbing and HVAC students leave training and head di-rectly to construction sites around the city. The electrical program is among the most respected in the industry. Our utility lineman program draws students from around the country, including its first class of gradu-ating women. The welding program is considered the best training in Los Angeles, and students often are certified in less than two years. Transportation technology students work on the latest hybrid vehicles, including bio-diesel and

electric engines. They can convert used cooking oil from the culinary department into clean fuel that runs cars. Cosmetology boasts back-to-back Junior Style Stars na-tional champions. In last year’s nursing class, every student passed the state boards. Electronics students are considered among the best in the country, according to FAA training assessments. Chemical and process technology students have a great relationship with industry partners who have donated equipment for the classroom. Visual communi-cations and sign graphics students have completed murals not only on campus, but their designs can be seen at amuse-ment parks, on business cards and on campus literature. There are more Smart classrooms at Trade Tech than at USC. That’s educational value. That’s Trade Tech. LATTC is at 400 W. Washington Blvd. For more informa-tion about the college and its programs, call (213) 763-7000 or visit at lattc.edu.

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Organizational leaders in the 21st century need to think globally. The Mount St. Mary’s MBA immerses students in an international market

as a complement to the study in the third semester. MBA

students examine global competition in a nine-day guided exploration of China. With a rapidly evolving economy and growing geo-political influence, China holds many of the world’s most dynamic regions today. The complexities of its transitioning markets make it an ideal study for organi-zational leaders. Participants first visit Shanghai. With a long tradition of American, British and French commercial presence, the city is quickly emerging as a leading commercial harbor, financial center and manufacturing center in China. Next, the program travels to Guangzhou and Guangdong Province to gain an understanding of China’s manufacturing powerhouse. Visits to factories and ex-changes with Chinese executives and professors provide opportunities for a deeper appreciation of the Chinese business, cultural and management environment. The international field study ends in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s Tigers and one of the world major transportation

and financial centers. Cultural excursions and informal sessions also intro-duce students to China’s many perspectives on the United States and other foreign countries. As a way of giving back and acknowledging the hos-pitality of our hosts in China, the MSMC MBA classes have developed a program where they donate English books to a university in China. Each MBA group mem-ber brings a minimum of three English books with them and a formal presentation is made at the end of the visit to Bella Crafts. The books are then placed in the library of Gannan University for use by students studying English. As of last year, more than 400 books had been donated. Mount St. Mary’s College is an independent, Catholic, liberal arts college that provides a values-based under-graduate education for women, as well as innovative pro-grams for professional men and women on two historic campuses in Los Angeles. The Mount is the only Catholic college primarily for women in the Western United States. It is also nationally recognized for its academic programs, its culturally diverse student body, and its focus on pre-paring the next generation of citizen leaders. For more information visit msmc.la.edu or call (213) 477-2500.

Located just minutes from Downtown, Pilgrim School has been educating college-bound students since 1958. Pilgrim offers before- and after-school enrichment pro-

grams, offering another convenience for working parents and additional opportunities for students to participate in orga-nized activities.

Pilgrim’s community of learners, artists, athletes and friends includes a toddler program, preschool, junior kindergarten, elementary (K-5), middle school (6-8) and high school (9-12). Visitors to Pilgrim notice the beauty of the campus, the poised and friendly students of all ages, and the genuine sense of community and warmth. In addition, Pilgrim’s population is made up of a vibrant range of families and students who mirror the ethnic and socioeconomic mix that defines Los Angeles. Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy experiential learning in their own play and classroom area. Junior kindergarten teach-ers introduce four-year-olds to a kindergarten curriculum, ensuring elementary school readiness. Twice-weekly ballet, taught by Downtown’s Blankenship Ballet, instills dance ba-sics and a love of movement. Elementary students enjoy a full array of programs includ-ing physical education, foreign language, art, theater, science, field trips, music and a private library. Class sizes are small,

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St. Mary School is a small kindergarten through eighth grade school nestled across the street from Hollenbeck Park in Los Angeles. Located a short

distance from Downtown Los Angeles, the school is operated by the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. The

Principal, Sr. Anna Bui, and her staff have a passion for education and welcome children of all faiths to the school. Sr. Anna immigrated to the United States from North Vietnam in the early 1970s. She has gone on to earn two masters degrees and knows from experience that poverty is not an impediment to a good educa-tion. St. Mary School has two computer labs. Tutoring is available from Loyola High School, one of the City of Los Angeles’ premier high schools. In addition, after-school music and sports activities offer a valuable resource for active children. The mission of St. Mary Elementary School is to educate youth in a holistic manner, faithful to the teaching method of St. John Bosco. It strives to create a school with a family spirit, emphasizing reason, reli-gion, and loving-kindness in a positive atmosphere of discipline, friendliness and cheerfulness. St. Mary School achieves this by setting high aca-demic standards and transparency in the integration of faith and learning. The school works closely with and through the families of students. It imparts knowl-edge, ensures safety and develops discipline. It forms the young into good Christians and upright citizens, empowering them with a joyful vision and hope of a better world. The teachers and administration at St. Mary School recognize that parents are the first and fore-

most educators of their children. The purpose of St. Mary School is to serve as a partner with parents in educating students. Building and living in a commu-nity of faith is a primary goal. The school animates the educating community — students, parents, teachers, staff, sisters and clergy — so that together they can enable the school to integrate religious truth and value with life, the parish, the neighborhood, the community and the world. Call St. Anna at (323) 262-3395 to schedule an on-campus tour. A summer school program is also available. For additional information, visit stmaryschool-losangeles.org.

and the Pilgrim faculty is trained in differentiated instruction. Team sports begin in Grade 4, and every student who wants to play can join. Middle and high school students follow a traditional college-pre-paratory curriculum, with many creative opportunities. Small class sizes — the teacher to student ratio is 1 to 13 — ensure that every student receives the attention she or he requires. Yearly outdoor education trips and an array of community service opportunities are available. As with team sports, every student who wants to be part of theater, dance, music, newspaper and other activities is welcomed, making Pilgrim students especially well rounded. Artists and writers from the community visit the school regularly to provide additional training and inspiration for all grades. Pilgrim is a one-to-one laptop program, and continues to explore new tech-nology in the classroom. Yearly, 100% of Pilgrim seniors are admitted to colleges and uni-versities across the country. Every student signs the Pilgrim Honor Code, which promotes the values and ethics that are taught in weekly non-denominational chapels. Community service is an ingrained part of Pilgrim School’s mission. Pilgrim School is at 1575 W. Second St. For more information call (213) 355-5204 or visit pilgrim-school.org.

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When the Los Angeles Film Festival ditched the Westside last year for Downtown Los Angeles, organiz-

ers knew they were taking something of a risk. Although they expected the crowds to follow, they couldn’t be sure whether people would make the trek after 15 years on the other side of town. To say they were pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. “Everything worked beyond our wild-est imaginings,” Festival Director Rebecca Yeldham said last week as she was putting the finishing touches on the 2011 event, which rolls into Downtown this week. “Last year was a huge success. We had our highest attendance ever and we’re hoping for the same this year.” The festival opens Thursday, June 16, with Richard Linklater’s Bernie at the Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 at L.A. Live. By the time it ends on June 26, it will have screened more than 200 features, documentaries and shorts. Organizers hope to again draw the approxi-mately 90,000 visitors who attended last year. The 17th annual festival is produced by the nonprofit organization Film Independent. Films from over 30 countries, selected from more than 5,000 submissions, will be screened. Other area venues including REDCAT and the Downtown Independent theater will also host screenings. The festival will feature opening and clos-ing night films, galas, and conversations and panel discussions with actors and produc-ers, many of whom will attend discussions at screenings of their work. Nineteen films will compete in the narrative and documen-tary categories. Once again, there will be an International Spotlight program, this time focusing on films from Cuba. “The program across the board is really strong,” Yeldham said. “Each year the volume of submissions increases, the range of work the team has to consider expands. Everything that’s in the festival has really been cherry picked by the programming team and repre-sents something we are passionate about.” The first crowds to show up will take in Bernie, starring Jack Black. The dark comedy is based on the true story of an assistant fu-neral home director who is well liked by the town, even after he commits a nasty crime. The festival closes with the horror film Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, co-written by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Troy

Nixey. The screening, also at the Regal 14, follows a girl named Sally who lives in a creepy mansion with her dad and his girl-friend. Her only friends are the creatures who whisper to her from underneath the house, although they don’t turn out to be what she imagined. In between are films ranging from ani-mated features like Winnie the Pooh to lo-cally shot dramas such as Mamitas, which was filmed in Echo Park. Another program will screen retro classics, among them Boyz N The Hood, which is celebrating its 20th an-niversary, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which came out 25 years ago. For Anschutz Entertainment Group, the developer of L.A. Live, the festival is one of the busiest periods of the year for the $2.5 billion South Park campus. About 55,000 people gathered at L.A. Live during the fes-tival last year, attending screenings and, in many cases, visiting some of the surrounding restaurants and bars. A similar crowd is ex-pected this year. “It’s a great event for us,” said Scott Hanley, vice president of events for AEG and L.A. Live. “It’s a sweet spot in June and we have all-day traffic including weekdays.” That traffic will continue for at least two more years, Yeldham said. The festival is booked at L.A. Live through 2013. One thing separating this year’s festival from last year is the Lakers. In 2010, the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics extended to seven games. While the victory was good news for the team and its fans, it presented somewhat of a logistical and planning night-mare for the organizers — game seven took place on the opening night of the festival. “It was terrifying organizationally leading into it, but then it was one of the most excit-ing evenings,” Yeldham recalled. “This year not having that pressure is a relief, although it’s sad for the Lakers.”

Pick and Choose While it is impossible to catch all or even most of the films in the two-week event, David Ansen, the festival’s artistic director, said one highlight should be the gala film The Devil’s Double. Directed by Lee Tamahori and screening June 20 at the Regal 14, the film is set in Baghdad in 1987. It follows Iraqi army Lieutenant Latif Yahia, played by Dominic Cooper, as he is ordered to become the body double to Saddam’s son, the notorious Uday Hussein, also played by Cooper. The film is available to selected pass and

ticket package holders; some single tickets will be available on the night of the event. “It’s got that kind of wonderfully lu-rid quality that Scarface has, and Dominic Cooper is quite amazing,” Ansen said. “It’s a real sort of decadent thrill ride.” It’s not the first ride for director Tamahori, whose credits include his first feature in 1994, an adaptation of the Alan Duff novel Once We Were Warriors, and the crime thriller Mulholland Falls. Experience has shown

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Murphy, executive director of REDCAT and one of the three curators of Radar L.A. “We wanted this to take place in a dynamic urban setting, with a critical mass of people walking from venue to venue, sharing meals between shows and all meeting up in the Lounge at REDCAT to talk about what they’ve seen and dance to DJs. That seemed more exciting than people driving around L.A.” Murphy’s compatriots are Center Theatre Group Associate Producer Diane Rodriguez and Mark Russell, front man of Public Theater’s Under the Radar festival in New York. That festival, now in its seventh year, happens in January in conjunction with a huge annual booking conference. Radar L.A.’s founding trio timed their project in a similar way — this month, the Theatre Communications Group, an or-ganization that promotes not-for-profit American theater, is in town for its annual conference. The gathering brings together about 1,000 theater organizers, producers, artists and journalists. When a theater conference arrives in a city, it’s not uncommon for artists to showcase their work for visitors. But Radar L.A., and Under the Radar before it, also allows audi-ences into the mix. “Theater professionals, artists and Angelenos all blend together,” Murphy said. “It creates a level of excitement that doesn’t exist when you’re creating a festival for yourselves.”

The Vision Thing Once the idea for the festival was hatched and its date chosen, it was time to select the work. While Russell’s New York slate bends toward European companies, the focus of this Radar is Los Angeles, with a healthy dose of Latin American and Pacific Rim countries — Chile, Japan and Mexico. There are even groups from Austin, Texas and Australia thrown in. In terms of vision, Rodriguez and Murphy had a couple of guidelines: an ensemble ap-proach as opposed to a standard producing structure that starts with an existing play; a use of language that goes beyond traditional playwriting; and a highly visual approach to staging. Those come into effect in The Car Plays, staged by L.A. company Moving Arts in the parking garage on Grand Avenue across the street from Disney Hall. Viewers, one or two at a time, will get into the back seats of 15 parked cars with actors in the front seat. Carhops move audience members from one car to the next in a series of 10-minute plays. Artistic Producer Paul Stein conceived of the piece while acting as a vehicle voyeur — watching other drivers in traffic, and in one case, a quarreling couple in a parked car. Some are comedies, some are hot-blooded and some are bitter — like the wife smelling car seats and rummaging around compart-ments, looking for evidence that her husband has a mistress. “I’m thrilled to be a part of the festival,” Stein said. “It’s definitely a long time coming. All of us want to put our best foot forward and show these theater people from outside L.A. that we’re worth it.” Though it comprises largely new work, Radar L.A. also tips its hat to the past. San Francisco’s Pomo Afro Homos premiered Fierce Love: Stories From Black Gay Life in 1991, and became a part of queer perfor-mance history. Twenty years later, writer-director-performer Brian Freeman is staging it with a new cast and new generational ideas. “Festivals are often about the new stuff, but this is new again,” Freeman says. “This will be new to a whole new generation. A lot of people come up and say they’ve heard about that, they read it when they were in college, but this will be their first time to see it.”

The Forecast Both Murphy and Rodriguez believe Los

Angeles is at the intersection of numer-ous theater trends — non-text based per-formances and cross-disciplinary forms. So Radar L.A.’s arrival is fortuitous. “It’s like experiencing a snapshot,” Murphy says, “a moment in time in the evolution of contemporary theater.” As a 17-year theater vet, Rodriguez has participated in countless conversations about Los Angeles’ role in that evolution, as well as the perennial debates over whether this is a theater town, and if it is, how it compares to New York and Chicago. “I think Los Angeles is going to be an impor-tant hotspot in terms of presenting this kind of work,” she said. “UCLA Live and the Getty are major partners for REDCAT and CTG. You have four big, international presenters.” Since opening in 2003, REDCAT has been a leader in bringing avant-garde work to Downtown audiences. Murphy has presented forward-thinking companies — for example, REDCAT has hosted several shows by New York’s Wooster Group — that have shaped the local scene. “When artists talk about their work, they mention as influences the artists that have come through our program in our first eight years,” he said. “I think that’s a good thing. It’s a rare artist that can create dynamic work in a vacuum. Being more connected to other artists and the rest of the world is really im-portant for our artists and our citizens.” REDCAT presents about a dozen signifi-cant shows by out of town artists every year, and Murphy’s New Original Works (NOW) festival is a REDCAT staple, designed to pro-vide infrastructure for artists to create work, and to alert colleagues to artists that might eventually tour. What makes Radar L.A. different is its vol-ume — 15 projects will be shown over six days. “There are festivals smaller than this which have a staff year-round,” he said. “We’re do-ing this on top of our full season of activities. It’s the equivalent of doing more than half of a regular REDCAT season in a week.” One of the most stressful things has been getting work permits for the artists. Though the final visa petitions were approved the day before Murphy spoke in this interview, next up were the artists’ interviews at consulates — in cities such as Tokyo, Montreal, Copenhagen, Santiago, Mexico City and Dublin. Murphy can speak with more detail than he’d probably like about how each consulate has different policies for payment and processing. He said that the trio is discussing the first Radar L.A. as a pilot, a test. “If it works, we’ll talk about how to make it a re-occurring event,” he said. “But I shudder a little bit thinking about that right now.” REDCAT is at 631 W. Second St. Los Angeles Theatre Center is at 514 South Spring St. Festival tickets and info at (213) 237-2800 or radarla.org.

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A scene from State of Incarceration, from the company the Los Angeles Poverty Department. It plays at the Los Angeles Theatre Center June 15-18.

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Titus Redux takes the classic Shakespeare tale and repositions Titus as a U.S. soldier returning home after five tours of duty in Afghanistan. The show from the New American Theatre and the Not Man Apart Physical Theater Ensemble is at the Los Angeles Theatre Center June 16-19.

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On June 15-19, the Poor Dog Group and the CalArts Center for New Performance bring back Brewsie and Willie, which appeared last year in Downtown. It will play in a loft at 533 S. Los Angeles St.

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Free Downtown Audio Walking Tours Various Locations, crala.org/art. Free audio walking tours and maps are available for download at www.crala.org/art. Explore Downtown’s Bunker Hill, Finan-cial District, Historic Core, and Little Tokyo neighborhoods by discovering public art and places developed through the CRA/LA Art Program.

Monday, June 13Readings at MetropolisMetropolis Books, 440 S. Main St., (213) 612-0174 or metropolisbooksla.com. 7 p.m.: In Vlad, C.C. Humphreys tells the story of the man behind the legend of Dracula. Humphreys stops at Metropolis for a reading and signing. As Raekwon the Chef might say, protect your neck.

Tuesday, June 14Power Hour Series: Promoting TransparencyLos Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, 350 S. Bixel St., (213) 580-7595 or lachamber.com. 11:45 a.m.: Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times reporters Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives are the featured speakers. They’ll talk about how they broke the Bell story.Aloud at Central Library630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: UC Riverside’s Kenneth Rogers leads “We Are Here: We Could Be Everywhere,” a panel on media, arts and activism in Los Angeles.

Thursday, June 16MOCA Grand Avenue, Geffen Contemporary 250 S. Grand Ave. and 152 N. Central Ave. Visit moca.org. 6:30 p.m.: Tattoo artist Mister Cartoon leads a museum walkthrough and discussion of his work in the context of Art in the Streets. At the Geffen Con-temporary.Aloud at Central Library630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: The Library Foundation’s Young Lite-rati group presents Alina Simone, who will talk with KCRW music librarian Eric Lawrence. Simone will also perform.

Friday, June 17Music Center PlazaIn the plaza at 135 N. Grand Ave., visit musiccenter.org. 7:30 p.m.: Dance Downtown is the popular and free Friday night series for people of any ability. This evening is lindy hop and swing. Do your best Hellzapoppin impersonation.

saTurday, June 18Readings at MetropolisMetropolis Books, 440 S. Main St., (213) 612-0174 or metropolisbooksla.com. 6 p.m.: A reading and discussing surrounding L.A. literary journal Slake, a quarterly collection of long-form journalism, photography and short stories.

sunday, June 19Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-DINO or visit nhm.org. 1-4 p.m.: Learn how to grow your own healthy vegetable garden at home in a master gardening classes.MOCA Grand Avenue, Geffen Contemporary 250 S. Grand Ave. and 152 N. Central Ave. Visit moca.org. 3 p.m.: In conjunction with Art in the Streets, senior editor of Paper magazine and New York art writer Carlo McCormick will looks at the destructive and creative aspects of un-commissioned public art.

FILMFlagship Theatres University Village3323 S. Hoover St., (213) 748-6321 or flagshipmovies.com. Through June 16: Super 8 (12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 10 p.m.); The Hangover 2 (11:30 a.m. and 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m.); Kung Fu Panda 2 (11 a.m. and 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8 and 10:15 p.m.). June 10 (partial list): The Green Lantern.IMAX TheaterCalifornia Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org. Through June 30: A sweeping portrait of the histo-ry, culture and religion of the Arabian Peninsula, Ara-

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Broadway. Put them together and you’ve got Les Misérables, which rolls into the Ahmanson Theatre this week for a 25th anniversary tour. Opening Friday, June 17, at 8 p.m. (previews start June 14), the Boublil and Schönberg musi-cal is not only based on the epic 1892 novel by Victor Hugo, but this production’s scenery in also inspired by the writer’s paintings. Will ex-convict Jean Valjean find redemption in the rough and tumble streets of 19th century Paris? Will the little waif Cosette discover true love? Will the human spirit triumph over adversary? Will the coyote finally catch the roadrunner? Learn the answer to three of these questions in glorious song. The show runs through July 31 at 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

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down to conclude their season with a “Women Gone Wild” concert at the Colburn School on Saturday, June 18, at 8 p.m. The ensemble dedi-cated to presenting choral literature and music by female composers is celebrating the words of wild gals like Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker and Eleanor Roosevelt. It will all be set to music composed by Joan Szykmo, Carol Barnett, Gwyneth Walker, Jenni Brandon, Paul Carey, Frank Ferko, J. David Morre and Paul Caldwell. Please, no video cameras for when these women go wild. At 200 S. Grand Ave, (310) 922-0025 or voxfeminala.org

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With a title like “We Are Here, We Could Be Everywhere,” you might be thinking zombies, vampires or Tea Party members. Fortunately,

the Aloud series is talking about media arts, and on Tuesday, June 14, at 7 p.m., it’s presenting a panel that will explore the role media artists play in culture, politics and technology. Then on Thursday, again at

7 p.m., Aloud teams up with the organization Young Literati

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Alina Simone (shown here), who will dis-cuss her novel You Must Go and Win, a tragicomic, bi-zarre tale of her adventures in the indie rock world. Simone will per-form a few songs, too, followed by a reception. Both programs are at the Central Library. At 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org.

“Girls will be boys and boys will be girls/It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world” — so the classic “Lola” by The Kinks goes. And so it goes in the world premiere of The Interlopers, which debuts at the Bootleg Theater on Friday, June 17, at 8 p.m. (pre-views are June 15-16). Set in the transgender world of Los Angeles, a Romeo-and-Juliet story of forbid-den, star-crossed love frames the exploration of iden-tity. Playwright Gary Lennon, a writer and producer of television as well, recently won the 2011 Peabody Award for his work on FX’s “Justified.” The play runs through July 17 at 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org.

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bia 3D is a mix of contemporary scenes of modern-day Arabian life, epic historical recreations of ancient civilizations and stunning digital visual effects, shot at more than twenty locations across Saudi Arabia.Last Remaining SeatsLos Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broadway, laconservancy.org. June 15, 8 p.m.: King Kong (1933), the timeless story of a big ape and his little lady friend, blends groundbreaking special effects with an adventure-filled story. Los Angeles Film FestivalLocations vary, lafilmfest.com. June 16-26: The Los Angeles Film Festival is back in Downtown at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live, REDCAT and the Downtown Independent. Expect more than 200 movies and dozens of parties. Visit website for film and schedule information.Outdoor Cinema Food FestExposition Park, 700 Exposition Park Dr., outdoorcinemafoodfest.com. June 18: Gourmet food trucks including Patty-Wagon, Tasty Meat and Jogasaki Sushi Burrito; live music from Helen Earth; and Old School on a 52-foot screen. Event starts at 5:30 p.m., film at 8:30 p.m.Regal Cinema L.A. Live1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 835-5734 or lalive.com. Through June 16: Super 8 (10:20 and 11 a.m. and 12:30, 1:10, 1:50, 3:20, 4, 4:40, 6:20, 7, 7:40, 9:10, 9:50 and 10:40 p.m.); X-Men: First Class (10 and 11:40 a.m. and 12:20, 1, 1:40, 3:30, 4:10, 4:50, 6:30, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 and 11 p.m.); The Hangover Part II (10:50 and 11:40 a.m. and 1:30, 2:20, 4:10, 5, 6:40, 7:30, 9:20 and 10:10 p.m.); Kung Fu Panda 2 (11:30 a.m. and 2, 4:20, 6:40 and 9 p.m.); Kung Fu Panda 2 3D (10 a.m. and 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, and 7:30 p.m.); Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (12:30, 3:40, 6:50 and 10 p.m.); Bridesmaids (11:20 a.m. and 2:10, 5:10, 8 and 10:50 p.m.); Thor 3D (10:10 p.m.); Fast Five (12:40, 3:50, 6:50 and 10 p.m.). June 17 (partial list): Green Lantern 3D (11:20 a.m. and 2, 4:40, 7:20 and 10 p.m.); Mr. Popper’s Penguins (12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 and 9:30 p.m.).

ROCK, POP & JAZZBlue Whale 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301, 213-620-0908 or bluewhalemusic.com. Jun. 14, 8 p.m.: The weekly jazz jam session host-ed by the Kevin Kanner quintet.Bootleg Bar2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. June 13, 8 p.m.: Henry Wolfe, What Laura Says, Monstre and Olin and The Moon. June 18, 10 p.m.: Watts Ensemble, Graham Reyn-olds and Golden Arm Trio.Café Metropol923 E. Third St., (213) 613-1537 or cafemetropol.com.

June 18, 8-10 p.m.: Come one, come all for the Billy White Band.Casey’s Irish Pub613 S. Grand Ave., (213) 629-2353 or bigcaseys.com. June 17, 10 p.m.: Magic Mirror in residence Fri-days in June.CicadaCicada Restaurant, 617 S. Olive St., (213) 488-9488 or cicadclub.com. Sundays, 6-11 p.m.: The restaurant is transformed into a vintage, old Hollywood-style dance club. Get into the swing of it with big bands, swank costumes, dinner and cocktails. Visit cicadaclub.com.Conga RoomL.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic, (213) 749-0445 or congaroom.com. June 14, 9 p.m.: Multi Grammy winning Colom-bian superstars Aterciopelados.Grammy Museum L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. These shows take place in the museum’s Sound Stage theater. June 15, 8 p.m.: Country icon Randy Travis drops by for a discussion of his 25 years in the biz. He’ll also play a few songs. June 17, 7:30 p.m.: Reggae historian Roger Stef-fens’ “Life of Bob Marley” presentations have been hailed as “the next best thing to seeing Bob Marley live.” He screens rare and unreleased video footage and photos while recounting Marley’s story.Grand PerformancesCalifornia Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., visit grandperformances.org. June 17, 8:30 p.m.: The L.A. Dept. of Cultural Affairs presents Ian Ruskin’s one-man play To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine. Also, Sheetal Gandhi’s work-in-progress, Human Nature, is a dance theater piece inspired by Shel Silverstein’s children’s book The Giving Tree. June 18, 8 p.m.: As part of the Boyle Heights Proj-ect, Conrad Romo’s “Tongue and Groove” presents short fiction, personal essays, poetry, spoken word and music. Artists include Josefina Lopez, David Kipen and Amy Uyematsu. June 19, 8 p.m.: Librettist Terry Wolverton teams up with composer David Ornette Cherry for a con-cert reading of Embers, a jazz opera that fuses world music, hip hop grooves, song and spoken word. Di-rected by Michael John Garces.Nokia Theatre777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6000 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. June 17-19, various show times: Bring out your inner red furry creature with “Sesame Street Live: Elmo’s Healthy Heroes!” Median age of attendees will be 6.Orpheum Theatre842 S. Broadway, (213) 622-1939 or laorpheum.com. June 18, 8 p.m.: Folk popster Brett Denner, with

local harmonizing Americana troubadours Dawes.Redwood Bar & Grill316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com. All shows start at 10 p.m., unless noted. June 13: Stereo Blues. June 14: Emma and Her Lady Parts, the Dam-selles and C-Horse. June 15: Saint Christopher, The Heroine, Crossed Keys and John Wayne Bro. June 16: 3 Balls of Fire. June 18, 3 p.m.: Leaking Pigs, Sassafras and Back-biter. June 18: The Checkers, Crazy Squeeze and Rough Kids.Seven Grand515 W. Seventh St., sevengrand.la. June 14, 10 p.m.: House band The Makers.The Smell247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org. June 17, 9 p.m.: My Pet Saddle, Forever Baby, Neverever and Dirt Dress. June 18, 9 p.m.: Cacaw, Foot Village, Tinsel Teeth and Naked Kids.Staples Center1201 S. Figueroa St., staplescenter.com. June 20, 7 p.m.: Britney’s back, and she’s bringing Nicki Minaj along with her.The Varnish118 E. Sixth St., (213) 622-9999 or thevarnishbar.com. June 13, 9 p.m.: Jamie Elman tinkles the house ivories. June 14, 8 p.m.: Jazzman pianist Mark Bosserman entertains.

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Zipper Hall200 S. Grand Ave., colburnschool.edu. 8 p.m.: Vox Femina gives a performance they’re calling “Women Gone Wild.” Sounds like these normally well-behaved ladies are letting their hair down.

Sunday, June 19Zipper Hall200 S. Grand Ave., colburnschool.edu. 3 p.m.: Pianist Rufus Choi gives an all Liszt pro-gram including all 6 Paganini Etudes, Sonata in B minor, Mephisto Waltz No.1 and Valse Impromp-tu. Tickets and information at rufuschoi.com or call (424) 235-0507.

THEATER, OPERA & DANCEAnatomy Riot #42The Alexandria Hotel, 501 S. Spring St., 2nd floor ballroom, showboxla.org. June 13, 8 p.m.: A show presented in partnership

with Blankenship Ballet features performances in-spired by machines. Bordering on LoveCompany of Angels, Alexandria Hotel, 501 S. Spring St., (213) 489-3703 or companyofangels.org. June 17-18, 8 p.m.; June 19, 7 p.m.: Evangeline Ordaz’ new play takes on marriage and immigra-tion. It’s a platonic love-story dramedy with a drag queen chorus. So take grandma. Through July 2.Brewsie and WillieLos Angeles Street Loft, 533 S. Los Angeles St., 2nd Floor, redcat.org. June 15-19, 8 p.m.: The CalArts Center for New Performance joins forces with the Poor Dog Group for another run of this play inspired by a Gertrude Stein text. A disparate group of American soldiers and nurses wait in limbo to return to their home-land and an uncertain future: What work will they have? What will America’s future be? And what is their place in it? The Fun Family Festival of TragedyBootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.org. June 18, noon: Hamlet, Prince of Puddles. June 18, 2 p.m.: Macbeth and the Monster. June 19, noon: King O’Leary.Grand Performances California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., visit grandperformances.org. June 17, 8:30 p.m.: The L.A. Dept. of Cultural Affairs presents Ian Ruskin’s one-man play To Begin the World Over Again: the Life of Thomas Paine. Also, Sheetal Gandhi’s work-in-progress, Human Nature, is a dance theater piece inspired by Shel Silverstein’s children’s book The Giving Tree.The InterlopersBootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.com. Previews June 15-16, 8 p.m.; Opening June 17, 8 p.m.; June 18, 8 p.m.; June 19, 7 p.m.: A Romeo and Juliet story set in Los Angeles’ transgender world follows a group of misfits who challenge the obstacle course of life. Through July 17.Krunk Fu Battle BattleDavid Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., (213) 625-7000 or eastwestplayers.org. Jun. 15-18, 8 p.m.; Jun. 19, 2 p.m.: In East West Players’ hip-hop musical, young Norman Lee battles the baddest B-boy crew at Sunset Park High for respect, honor, and the heart of sweet Cindy Chang, all under the tutelage of Sir Master Cert. Through Jun. 26.La Razón Blindada24th Street Theatre, 1117 West 24th St., 213-745-6516 or 24thstreet.org. Jun. 18, 8 p.m.: Argentine playwright/director Aristides Vargas infuses Cervantes’ classic novel El Quijote with Franz Kafka’s The Truth About Sancho Panza and testimonies by Chicho Vargas and other political prisoners held in the 1970s during Argenti-

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petry, projection and paper, 2 Dimensional Life of Her is an imagined performance installation set in an artist’s studio. June 14-18: Mashing up spoken word, comedy and hip-hop, Steve Connell and Sekou Andrews de-liver hyper-kinetic performances in The Word Be-gins, a new satire that examines the American cul-tural landscape as it appears to a young white man and a young black man. June 15-18: In Ground to Cloud and Myth and Infrastructure, two artists share a program that dem-onstrates how wordless performance paired with evocative visuals can cast new light on theatrical storytelling. Part of Radar L.A. June 15-18: In a space filled wall-to-wall with prison bunk beds, performers and audience share overcrowded conditions akin to a California state prison for State of Incarceration, the latest work from the Los Angeles Poverty Department. June 15-19: In As You Are Now So Once Were We, dozens of cardboard boxes are manipulated to cre-ate a variety of settings. June 15-19: Pomo Afro Homos presents Fierce Love (Remix), an update of the 1991 work featuring stories from black gay life. June 16-19: Titus Redux reconfigures Shake-speare’s tale of revenge in an exploration of the personal toll of U.S. military action in our time. Jack Stehlin stars as a modern Titus, returning home to his family after five tours of duty in Afghanistan. His battles continue with violent manifestations of post-traumatic stress and escalating paranoia. June 17-19: In Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and the Farewell Speech, characters wrestle with issues as seemingly banal as selecting a restaurant for dinner or the workings of an office climate control system. Radar L.A. at REDCAT 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800, redcat.org. REDCAT is a venue for Radar L.A., an inter-national theater film festival run from June 14-19. Show times and dates vary. June 15-18: In The Car Plays, theater company Moving Arts presents a series of 10-minute plays in which audiences of two move from vehicle to vehicle, experiencing works by different playwrights in a dra-matic setting familiar to all Angelenos — the car. June 16-19: Projected imagery, bold staging and layered voices construct the unknown journey of a man gone missing in Amarillo.Riding The Midnight Express With Billy HayesThe Hayworth Theater, 2509 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 960-4442 or thehayworth.com.

June 16, 8 p.m.: The protagonist goes on a fas-cinating journey into peril, fame and fortune. It’s a strange voyage of discovery. Through June 30.

MUSEUMSAfrican American Firefighter Museum1401 S. Central Ave., (213) 744-1730 or aaffmuseum.org. Ongoing: An array of firefighting relics dating to 1924, including a 1940 Pirsch ladder truck, an 1890 hose wagon, uniforms from New York, L.A. County and City of L.A. firefighters, badges, helmets, photo-graphs and other artifacts.Annette Green Perfume MuseumFIDM, second floor, 919 S. Grand Ave., (213) 624-1200 or fidmmuseum.org. Ongoing: One of a kind, the museum is dedicated to enhancing our understanding the art, culture and science of the olfactory. Originally opened in New York City in 1999, the collection—2,000 bottles, perfume presentations and documentary ephemera dating from the late 1800s to the present—was do-nated to FIDM in 2005. Also, “High Style: Perfume and the Haute Couture” features a selection of fra-grance bottles and packaging that reflect the many ways that fame inspires design.

na’s dictatorship. Two political prisoners, oppressed by physical and emotional abuse, find solace in meeting every Sunday at dusk to tell the story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Through Jun. 25.Les MiserablesAhmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org. Previews June 14-16, 8 p.m.; Opening June 17, 8 p.m.; June 18, 2 and 8 p.m.; June 19, 1 and 6:30 p.m.: If you’ve dreamed a dream, you can dig Boublil & Schönberg’s classic musical. Based on Victor Hugo’s novel, it’s an epic and uplifting story about the sur-vival of the human spirit. Through July 31.LoveSickLOFT ensemble, 929 E. Second St., (213) 680-0392 or loftensemble.com. June 18, 8 p.m.; June 19, 7 p.m.: A dark, comic

Wonderland-like journey into the story of two lov-ers caught in the same dream. Hate when that hap-pens. Through July 24.Magic StringsThe Bob Baker Marionette Theater, 1345 W. First St., (213) 250-9995 or bobbakermarionettes.com. June 14-17, 3, 10:30 a.m.; June 18-19, 2:30 p.m.: More than 100 of Bob Baker’s fantastical marionettes come together in an hour-long variety revue. Expect puppet horses frolicking on an old-fashioned merry-go-round and a marionette “Day at the Circus.” After the performance, guests are invited to have refresh-ments in the Party Room. Open-ended run.Radar L.A. at Los Angeles Theatre Center514 S. Spring St., (213) 489-0994 or thelatc.org. The LATC is a venue for Radar L.A., an inter-national theater film festival run from June 14-19. Show times and dates vary. June 15-19, 8 p.m.: Inspired by Octavio Paz’s “The Labyrinth of Solitude,” a collection of essays on Mexican thought and identity, Solitude is set on the day of the million-immigrant march. June 14-18: A mix of drawing, animation, pup-

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Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave., (213) 224-1400 or dodgers.mlb.com. June 13-14, 7:10 p.m.; June 15, 12:10 p.m.; June 17-18, 7:10 p.m.; June 19, 1:10 p.m.: Chavez Ravine has been dark and quiet for nearly two weeks, but that will change when the Dodgers return from their gigantic 13-game road trip. As of press time, it was a mixed bag, with some nice wins and rare offensive explosions, as well some shutdowns at the hands of the stacked Phillies. Managing ain’t easy for skipper Don Mattingly, but he’s got no choice except to power ahead. They start the week by taking on the Cincinnati Reds; these Ohio

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Los Angeles SparksStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 929-1300 or wnba.com/sparks. June 19, 5:30 p.m.: The Sparks started the season with a strong win over the Minnesota Lynx, then proceeded to drop their second game, again against the Lynx. Now at 1-1, Candace Parker, Tina Thompson and the squad have a week to sharpen their game in preparation for the defending champion Seattle Storm. The Storm are led by point guard Sue Byrd and power forward Lauren Jackson — a bonafide Sparks killer over the years. It’s still too early to tell whether the Sparks are ready to power back to the top of the WNBA. This should be a test of whether they’re gamers or also-rans.

—Ryan Vaillancourt

We Got GamesDodgers Return Home, Sparks Look to Quiet the Storm

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Young Clayton Kershaw continues to be one of the rare bright spots for an injury-muddled Dodgers squad.

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Festival has established a strong reputa-tion for documentaries. The 2010 event featured films including the much-praised Waiting for Superman, a work by Davis Guggenheim (who won an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth) on charter schools and the nation’s education system. This year’s entries include world pre-mieres such as Wish Me Away, about country singer Chely Wright, who came out as a lesbian in 2010. There is also Salaam Dunk, which follows an Iraqi women’s basketball team at the American University of Iraq. Last year’s International Spotlight fea-tured films made in Argentina. This time the focus is on Cuba. It was born out of a trip Ansen and Yeldham took to the Havana Film Festival in December.

“We saw a lot of Cuban movies while we were down there and it was such an eye-opening experience,” Ansen said. “It seemed crazy not to share what we discov-ered and try to bring a little of Cuba back with us.” The program includes the documentary Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba, about 14,000 Cuban children who in 1961 and ’62 were sent by their parents to the United States to escape the revolution. If documentaries about the separation of families is too serious a topic, there will also be some familiar, fun classics. As part of a series of free screenings, the festival will show the 1986 teen comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off at Fig at 7th in Ernst & Young Plaza. The movie is scheduled for Saturday, June 18, so most Downtowners won’t even have to skip work to watch it. A full schedule and tickets are at lafilmfest.com. Contact Richard Guzmán at richard@downtownnews.com.

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The Devil’s Double, directed by Lee Tamahori, screens June 20 at the Regal 14. It follows an Iraqi army lieutenant who is ordered to become the body double to Saddam’s son, the notorious Uday Hussein.