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In 1982, when Little Tokyo businessman Bruce Kaji first broached the idea for a Los

Angeles museum dedicated to the Japanese American experience, one of his main goals was to set the re-

cord straight. Kaji, who was born and raised in Boyle Heights, was one of the thou-sands of Japanese Americans forced to reside in an interment camp dur-ing World War II. He lived at the Manzanar camp in Owens Valley, Calif., until he turned 18 and got

a notice to report for duty in San Pedro to join the battle in the Pacific. In the decades after returning from duty, Kaji built a business as an accountant. Yet he was forever changed, and he wanted to make sure that others realized that despite their treatment by the government,

Japanese Americans remained loyal to the United States. He also wanted to fight the bigotry that led to the in-terment by highlighting the diversity of the country through the stories of Japanese Americans. He found many people who

see Museum, page 12

An American TaleLittle Tokyo Museum Marks 25 Years of Telling the Japanese American Story

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Japanese American National Museum President and CEO Akemi Kikumura Yano (left) stands in front of the Little Tokyo facility. She is with board member and museum founding president Bruce Kaji, and Nancy Araki, the first employee.

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red light, or forego a crosswalk altogether, the LAPD will stick its special brand of coal in your stocking. It comes in the form of a ticket, and it’ll cost you $190. In anticipation of busy sidewalks and bus-ier streets, Central Area police officials plan to ramp up enforcement of pedestrian in-fractions to tide off accidents and keep traffic flowing. The crackdown was slated to start the day after Thanksgiving in the Historic Core and the Jewelry and Fashion Districts (after Los Angeles Downtown News went to press).

“It’s a double-edged sword because a lot of people want a high police presence and en-forcement, but they don’t want a jaywalking ticket,” said Central Area Capt. Todd Cham-berlain. “But we feel it’s imperative.” Last year, between Nov. 25 and Dec. 31, there were three accidents involving a ve-hicle and a pedestrian. Two resulted in seri-ous injury to the pedestrian and were the walker’s fault, said Lt. Paul Vernon. A third accident that resulted in a pedestrian’s death was blamed on a speeding driver, he said. During the rest of the year, an average of less than one person a month is hit by a car on Downtown streets. Senior Lead Officer Stephen Nichols, who patrols the Historic Core, said he’ll be taking a

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Little Tokyo Lofts Sells Out

Continuing the ride on the Downtown auction wave, the Little Tokyo Lofts

recently sold all 22 of its remaining units. Auction firm Sheldon Good and Company coordinated the Nov. 21 event that drew 200 people. The 161-unit project was a victim of poor timing in the housing bust, and it may not have helped that the developer was look-ing for premium prices in a building adjacent to Skid Row. “They sold 85% of the building and then they got hit with the headwinds of the economic crisis last year,” said Mark Troen, Sheldon Good’s chief operating offi-cer. Units in the building sold for $200-$261 per square foot, and a sixth-floor, two-level, 1,507-square-foot loft originally listed at $1.2 million went for $393,750, Troen said. An 864-square-foot unit on the third floor sold for $173,250. The one-day sale also saw buy-ers snatch up seven extra parking spaces for $5,000 apiece, Troen said.

Toddler Suffers Fatal Fall Inside Staples Center

A 2-year-old boy died last week from inju-ries sustained in a fall from a luxury suite

inside Staples Center. The LAPD’s Juvenile Division is investigating the incident, which took place after the Lakers game on Nov. 21 when the boy, family members and others in the group were taking pictures while still in the suite. At about 9:15 p.m., the boy, Lucas Anthony Tang, fell over the barrier of the suite to the seating area below. He was transported to a local hospital by paramedics where he was pronounced dead due to head injuries.

Convention Center Notches Higher Green Rating

In September of 2008, the Los Angeles Convention Center was recognized by the

U.S. Green Building Council for its efforts to increase energy efficiencies. The council stamped the building with its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification at the silver level. Two years later, the 4.1 million-square-foot facility is even greener, or perhaps, more golden. The USGBC last week announced that additional improvements and sustainability efforts at the site qualified it for the higher LEED Gold designation. The Convention Center, built in 1971 and expanded in 1993, is now the larg-est American convention center to achieve LEED Gold status. LACC General Manager and CEO Pouria Abbassi said the facility increased its energy efficiency largely by in-stalling variable frequency drives within the air conditioning system, which allows chillers to run at different strengths according to us-age of the space and time of day. In going for a re-certification, Abbassi said he expected only to hold on to the silver designation. “We believe that the LACC is a presentation of Los Angeles and that we need to be able to send out this message of environmental stew-ardship loud and clear, especially when we deal with clients from across the nation and around the world,” he said.

La Plaza on the Web

In preparation of its opening next April, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, a 2.2-acre facil-

ity that will focus on the Mexican American

experience in Los Angeles and Southern California, last week announced the launch of its new website. Information on the $20 million facility in the newly renovated Vickrey-Brunswig Building and Plaza House on Main Street is available at lapca.org. When it opens in the spring, the attraction near Olvera Street will feature 30,000 square feet of public gardens with an outdoor stage and a performance space for up to 1,500 people. There will also be an outdoor kitchen, class-rooms and an olive grove to honor the city’s first inhabitants.

Lighting the Tree

The Millennium Biltmore Hotel isn’t wasting any time in welcoming the

holidays, and will light its Christmas tree on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The ceremony will start at 5:30 p.m. in the lobby of the historic hotel and is open to the public. It will include live music

from the Azusa Pacific University Handbell Choir along with cookies, apple cider and egg-nog. The Biltmore is at 506 S. Grand Ave.

New Women’s Home

A Dec. 10 Mardi Gras-inspired procession is scheduled for the grand opening of

the new home of the Downtown Women’s Center. Dancers and drummers from musi-cal group Viver Brasil will accompany the center’s staff and residents from their existing home at 325 S. Los Angeles St. to their new facility at 442 S. San Pedro St. The event be-gins at 10 a.m. and a festival will run through-out the day with performances including the DWC DIVAS (Dames Investing in Very Authentic Storytelling), an all-female maria-chi band and a zydeco band. There will also be tours of the new building, a public mural painting and food. The center provides hous-ing and services for homeless women.

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Urban Scrawl by Doug Davis

Last week, many members of the Los Angeles business and real estate development community breathed a sigh of relief. A natural reaction, considering that after

decades of false starts and running into brick walls, a plan be-gan to emerge to reform the city’s Byzantine and frustrating development process. This could be key in helping Los Angeles recover from a severe economic slump. First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner, along with others including Building and Safety General Manager Bud Ovrom and new city Planning Department head Michael LoGrande, deserve recognition for the work to date, and for realizing that the previous attempt at development reform, known as “12-to-2” (it aimed to reduce from 12 to two the number of departments developers must deal with), was broken and can’t be fixed. They understand that what exists now doesn’t work very well either, and that the system needs to be reinvented in a way that is easier to follow for all involved. While the positive strides are worth noting, this is nothing close to a done deal. A huge amount still needs to be determined and accomplished. Policies must change, but so must processes and the practices of City Hall bureaucrats for whom saying no, with words or inaction, has long been the easiest response. Perhaps most importantly, any development reform must help not only those paying for the projects, but also neighborhood councils and other community stakeholders. If reform creates a market for growth, it must also nurture growth that fits with and benefits the community in which it occurs. To understand why bureaucratic reinvention is important, one must first understand Los Angeles’ difficult development past. This is a city where, at least from the business point of view, growth has often occurred not with the cooperation of city government, but in spite of it. There are legions of hor-ror stories about how difficult and time consuming it is for developers to secure the permits and entitlements to build anything, even a home remodel, but especially major proj-ects. Developers have had to navigate as many as 17 city de-partments, few of which work in concert with the others. The result, more often than not, is time delays and cost increases. It is actually counterproductive to the city’s interests, because delays in opening a new building or business push back the collection of tax revenue. When the hurdles prevent projects from being built, they eliminate the construction and other jobs that would be created. An asterisk to these problems has been the experts that solving them requires. With navigating City Hall so difficult, there has evolved a group of high-paid land-use attorneys, lobbyists and other fixers. For hundreds of dollars an hour,

these individuals will shepherd developers through the per-mitting and entitlements phase. The result is a situation where it is excessively expensive to build in Los Angeles. The rise of the fixers has led many to be-lieve, and rightfully so, that often only the big budget developers can get things done, and that the little guy is at a disadvantage. In one infamous case, a developer hired a separate lobbyist for each of the 15 council members. That was bad for everyone except the fixers because all such costs are passed along to the customers. In this case, the developer got the council votes, but the project was never built, no jobs were created and no tax rev-enue came to the city — at least in part because of the delays. In the end the only people who benefited were the fixers. These and other problems have propelled Beutner and his team to reinvent the development wheel. The multi-tiered

fix, detailed last week in Los Angeles Downtown News, in-volves addressing the ways that city departments interact with developers and each other. It looks to reduce rampant redun-dancy, in part by hiring an outside consultant to streamline the current development pipeline. Another element involves getting around the city’s many disparate websites by creating a single online “portal” that allows developers to track where their project is in the process. That is just the start. The Department of Planning intends to assign a case manager to each development to arrange everything from getting permits to coordinating environ-mental analysis. An even bigger load could fall on Building and Safety, which already has announced efforts such as look-ing at permitting during the design phase; currently, designs must be completed before moving to what is known as “plan check.” Doing these simultaneously and making fixes along the way, say those involved, could save months.

In the big picture, these improvements are no-brainers, and many are responses to problems that have festered for years. The plan to address them as a group is what has the development community so excited. That is also where the caution comes in, precisely because the travails are not new, and previous well-intentioned efforts to fix the problems all mostly failed. For example, one of the things that killed 12-to-2 was general managers of city departments who were not on board with the change. That is troubling considering that the new reform ef-fort has the same leader as 12-to-2 did: The buck starts and stops with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. More than one person has suggested that if Villaraigosa had been more forceful — af-ter all, he has the power to hire and fire general managers, and the ability to use the bully pulpit — then the plan would have come to fruition. There is certainly, to use a phrase, a new sher-iff in town with Beutner in a senior position (appointed by the mayor), but without focused top-down leadership, this vision will go the way of past efforts. Talking is not doing. Then there is the community aspect. Last week, City Councilman Ed Reyes, the chair of the council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee, said of the new effort: “What needs to be highlighted is that more efficient doesn’t mean being exclusionary.” He’s right, and this is a case where the devil truly will be in the details. Development reform will be successful if it speeds up the permitting, entitlements and building process, but not if it leads to projects moving forward in a stealth manner or without proper environmental review. Developers need to be able to track where their project is in the pipeline, but com-munity groups need to know early on what is being proposed for their neighborhood, and they must have the opportunity to make their concerns known. This can’t be City Hall lip ser-vice either: There has to be a clear system for opposition to be registered and for projects to be developed that work for the neighborhood as a whole and in a timely fashion. This should be a time of excitement. There are several new general managers and a heightened awareness of acting dur-ing economic hard times. If people are willing to embrace change, and can accept that things and processes they oversee are a current hindrance, then all of Los Angeles will ben-efit. Making it easier to build as the economy heals will mean more jobs and more revenue and, for neighborhoods like Downtown, more vitality and life. The new reforms have a lot of people pleased, but it’s worth not getting too excited just yet. This is the starting point, not the endgame.

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has been described as a lynchpin of the light-rail system, is about $200 million over budget, according to Metro staff-ers. Eliminating the Fifth and Flower stop would save an estimated $185 million. Critics of the decision to cut Fifth and Flower say that in doing so, Metro would lose access to the densest em-ployment hub in the city. “The bottom line is the stations need to be where the jobs are and where the people live,” Schatz said. The overall project cost was elevated last year after the Little Tokyo commu-nity, led by a well-organized coalition of local business and cultural interests, vehemently protested initial connector routes that involved less costly at-grade tracks. Stakeholders complained that it would pose dangers to public safety and local businesses would suffer amid construction. Bart Reed, executive director of the Transit Coalition, said that to date, the business community hasn’t been very vocal or well organized in support of keeping the Fifth and Flower station, largely because it has long been as-sumed that it would remain part of the route. In Little Tokyo, stakehold-ers rallied against a “perceived nega-tive,” Reed said. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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First District City Councilman Ed Reyes’ ears prick up when he hears people in City Hall cast doubt on the latest plan

to reform the city’s development process. As chair of the council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee, he has had an up-close seat to past efforts that failed. That’s why Reyes’ main question for the con-sultants tapped to overhaul the permitting and entitlement system remains, “What’s different this time?” The question was posed last week at a PLUM committee meeting that served as the first introduction to the consulting team that won a competitive bidding process to help overhaul Los Angeles’ infamously labyrinthine permitting system. Gayla Kraetsch Hartsough, president of KH Consulting Group, which is one half of the winning team, said that previous attempts have largely revolved around audits. Over the next seven months, KH and its partner in the re-form effort, the management consulting firm Woolpert, will focus on solutions. The prob-lems, Hartsough said, are well-known. How the consultants plan to revolutionize the system is unclear. Last week’s meeting was a roll-out of the team’s methodology going forward. A key aspect of that hinges on a plan to engage department staffers below the executive level. Hartsough said her team and city officials are already mining the departments involved in the permitting and entitlement process in search of mid- to upper-level staffers with an inclination for change and interdepartmental cooperation. One of the first steps will be to assemble a group

of non-executive workers who will be charged with implementing the consultant’s changes once their contract ends in about seven months. “We’ve found that if you only engage the top leadership, you have a high probability that in five years they have retired,” Hartsough said. Spearheaded by First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner, the new tack on development reform comes after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 12-to-2 reform initiative failed, in part because of opposition from department heads. The city tapped $500,000 in funds set aside for innovation projects to pay for the contract, and Beutner’s of-fice raised $100,000 from the private sector. In addition to cherry picking successful plan-ning and permitting programs from other cit-ies, Beutner recently told a group of business leaders that the consultant will look to stream-line redundancies. The consultants will develop a blueprint for a new online platform used to track permits as projects move among different depart-ments. Implementing such a system will take years and cost millions of dollars, said Bud Ovrom, general manager of the Department of Building and Safety. The consultant team is slated to report back to PLUM about two months after its contract is formally inked in early December. The reform effort prompted Reyes to reflect on previous attempts that ended up as little more than expensive reports. “Hopefully that’s not what happens here, and we’re going to push really hard to see some results,” Reyes said. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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Downtown Los Angeles grocery shoppers will see their choices expand next year, when a new supermarket comes online. To the first question on everyone’s

lips: No, it won’t be a Trader Joe’s. Rio Ranch Market, a Riverside-based grocery chain, plans to open a 35,000-square-foot store on the ground floor of the Grand Plaza building at 701 W. Cesar Chavez Ave. The loca-

tion is just east of the Orsini apartment complex, and a short walk from Chinatown. While he did not offer details on the lease, company CEO Jay McCormack said plans call for the market to be open 24 hours a day, seven day a week. The market on the northwest corner of Grand and Cesar Chavez avenues is slated to open by the second quarter of 2011. The market would be the company’s ninth store and its first in Los Angeles. Although existing Rio Ranch Markets focus on Latino customers, McCormack said the Downtown store’s offerings will extend beyond that audience. “It’s going to be an international marketplace serving all ethnic groups,” McCormack said. “We think we’ll be able do it better than most chain stores. McCormack appeared before the Community Redevelop-ment Agency’s Chinatown Community Advisory Committee recently to offer details of the plan. While the store will not technically be in Chinatown, it falls within the CRA’s Chinatown redevelopment area and will be eligible for a $125,000 grant and a loan for façade improvements, said Bibiana Yung, an assistant project manager with the agency. The market will include a cafe and other fresh food options similar to those at the Ralphs Fresh Fare in South Park, Yung said. It will sit on the ground floor of Grand Plaza, a 302-unit senior housing project that the CRA helped open in 1991. The corner space was originally built to accommodate a gro-cery store, and includes infrastructure such as loading docks and utilities and 140 parking spaces. “It was always supposed to be a market, but that never de-veloped. We think it’s the right time,” Yung said.

Following Ralphs Rio Ranch Market was founded in 1983 and has locations mainly in the Inland Empire. It will be the second large supermarket in Downtown to appeal to the new base of residents. It will follow the Ralphs Fresh Fare, which debuted in 2007, and will arrive before the recently announced Target at 7+Fig. Company officials this month said the 104,000-square-foot Target will open in the fall of 2012 and will have an emphasis on food items. There are other grocery options in Downtown, though the larger ones appeal to more specific ethnic audiences. Just east of Chinatown on Main Street is LAX-C, a sprawl-ing facility which has been likened to a Thai Costco. Woori Market, a Korean chain, opened last month in the Little Tokyo Shopping Center, replacing the Little Tokyo Market Place. While McCormack said the company is aware of the success of grocers like Ralphs when deciding to come Downtown, it wasn’t the sole factor that propelled the move. “We believe there is a need for fresh food options in Downtown,” McCormack said. Ruben Guerra, chairman and CEO of the Downtown-based Latin Business Association, said it is smart for the mar-

ket to offer an international mix of goods to appeal to more Downtown residents. However, he said Rio Ranch would likely still be successful even if it focused on Latino-oriented products. “Members of the Chinese community like to eat Mexican food as much as Mexicans like to eat Chinese food, and the same with other cultures,” he said. “In this market right now there really are no borders and I think they will be very suc-cessful, and it’s going to be very convenient for everyone.” McCormack said the target customer base will be within a mile and a half radius of the store. This extends about as far south as Seventh Street and Grand Avenue, and also reaches

portions of Echo Park and the heart of Chinatown. George Yu, executive director of the Chinatown Business Improvement District, predicted the market would be a boon to the area. “There are small markets of various sizes in the area but not a supermarket, so it’s something we are really looking forward to,” he said. “It’s a well-known supermarket and will appeal to those looking to save.”

Built-in Audience Grand Plaza has about 69,000 square feet of commercial space, Yung said. In addition to the residents, who are mostly

New Supermarket Coming to DowntownRio Ranch to Open Chinatown Area Grocery Store in 2011

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The Huntington Hotel, a troubled low-income residen-tial hotel that has been a magnet for drug sales and gang activity for years, has been purchased by a group

of private investors who are pledging to untangle the property from a web of city code violations. Already, the situation at the building is improving, accord-ing to police officials. Buyers operating under the name 752 South Main LLC bought the 196-unit Huntington in September for $4.2 mil-

lion in an all cash deal, said broker Brent Hogan. The new owners’ first order of business is to resolve 314 code violations that currently require the landlord to deposit all rent revenues into a city-controlled escrow account, said Rod Goldberg, one of the buyers. “There is a long list of violations and a lot of departments and a lot of red tape involved in fixing it,” said Goldberg. “We’re working with them and everything is progressing.” The timeline for resolving those violations, which range from faulty smoke detectors and missing heaters to bro-ken windows and torn-up flooring materials, is uncertain.

Goldberg said the new owners intend to make the property a viable affordable housing complex. For now, there are no plans for any major renovation beyond what is needed to comply with city codes. Goldberg said the group of investors he belongs to owns other residential properties in Los Angeles, though he de-clined to identify them or name specific buildings. “The intention is to hold the property for the long term,” said Goldberg, who is also president of Dadson Washer Service, a provider of coin-operated washing machines. The four-story 1910 hotel, which sits at the northeast corner of Main and Eighth streets, was enrolled in the city Housing Department’s Rent Escrow Account Program due to poor living conditions in 2005. REAP allows tenants to pay just half of their rent, with the money going into an account controlled by the department until the owner brings the building up to code. In 2006, then-City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed a civil suit against former owner Landmark Equity Management, which owned the building until last year, when it sold the property to a contractor it had previously hired to do work at the building. The city attorney’s suit accused Landmark of trying to force low-income tenants out of more than 800 apartments in dozens of buildings throughout the city. Landmark was ultimately ordered to pay $9 million in ten-ant restitution, was barred from buying new rental properties in Los Angeles for four and a half years, and was ordered to sell all of its L.A. buildings. The company’s president, Darren Stern, was also sentenced to 210 days in jail (he served 30) for more than 30 criminal code violations, such as vermin infestation and sewage leaks, at three Los Angeles buildings, including the Huntington. Before selling the building, Landmark had to pay $2 mil-lion in additional civil penalties to clear a lien placed on the Huntington by the city attorney’s office. The company paid in full in September, clearing the lien, said Deputy City Attorney Janet Karkanen.

Security Trouble tied to the Huntington has spilled outside the purple-painted building’s doors. The Los Angeles Police Department suspects that residents or visitors to the property were involved in three shootings that occurred near Eighth and Main streets this year. Goldberg said the new owners are familiar with the build-ing’s recent crime troubles and immediately hired a new security company. That move is already making a difference, said LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon. “They’ve been very cooperative and very helpful in trying to stabilize things over there in terms of the people who live in the building, the tenants, and people who really don’t belong there,” said Vernon. One of the new owners’ first moves was to more tightly control access to the property through a rear, often-un-checked entrance, Vernon said. As far as physical repairs, the city Housing Department said the new owners were a bit too proactive. They began physi-cal upgrades without an approved tenant habitability plan, according to a department spokesperson. The department issued a stop work order, which has repairs on hold until the plan is submitted and approved. The purchase of the building comes after multiple non-profit housing providers had expressed interest in buying the structure. Downtown-based Communities Actively Living and Free had been eyeing the Huntington for more than a year. The organization partnered in the spring with affordable housing developer Clifford Beers Housing and discussed plans to convert the hotel into permanent sup-portive housing. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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niture shop tucked in the Great Republic Lofts building at 758 S. Spring St. An offshoot of the high-end Interior Illusions furniture outpost in West Hollywood (with locations in Palm Springs and Santa Monica, too), I Squared, which opened in February, caters to the Downtown dweller with a taste for pricey Modern wares, but without the wallet to fur-nish their loft in Eames. As part of a recur-ring series on Downtown retail, Los Angeles Downtown News checks out what’s in store.

Not the Same Eames: Window shoppers peering into I Squared could easily mis-take it for a high-end boutique. The iconic cloud-white, Eames Lounge Chair and ot-toman are an apparent dead giveaway (the Modernist classic retails for around $4,800). If that doesn’t shoo away the budget con-scious buyer, surely the glass-top Noguchi coffee table by Herman Miller will (it retails normally for about $1,300). But look closer, and there’s a clear sign — the price tag — that these are replicas. “The main focus is price driven,” said I Squared owner Mike Valles. “A lot of customers would come down to our West Hollywood store and say ‘I love the items but they’re either too big or too expensive.’” The Eames replica sells for $1,500. The Noguchi look-alike is $548.

Ommmm: The bulk of I Squared’s inven-tory is in traditional furniture: sofas, coffee tables, lighting and storage units. Valles adds to that with a healthy selection of acces-sories — good for housewarming gifts, he points out — like a candleholder fashioned from a green Buddha head. The candle goes on top, so the flame is like a Zen version of the old light bulb thought-bubble cartoons. When it’s not lit, it’s just a funky accessory on the shelf or table. It sells for $36.

Size Matters: The inventory at I Squared

is built around what Valles sees as an urban lifestyle, which usually involves small spaces and the need for flexibility with home decor. Thus, large sofas give way to options like the Toronto-based Gus Modern’s “Jane” bisectional ($2,500), which is designed to be ambidextrous and accommodate multiple arrangements. The Jane comes in six colors (the one featured in the store is ash gray). “We wanted to incorporate the design clas-sics, but then also have our own exclusive offerings from lines like Gus Modern that are very much like start-up companies,” Valles said. “They’re not real big or mass-distributed, so it gives it a little exclusivity for the neighborhood store.”

Holy Moooi: One of the most eye-catching accessories in I Squared is a four-foot-wide hanging black orb. Fashioned from myriad circular fiberglass rings, it is a light fixture by the Dutch firm Moooi. Known as the Random Light, it casts gentle yet ample il-lumination. It comes in three sizes (the four-foot one is the medium option) and ranges from $700-$1,100.

Dog Chic: No Downtown furniture shop would be complete without something for the pets. Instead of feeding Fido out of that rusted metal dish that he pushes all around the floor at mealtime, try I Squared’s dou-ble pet bowl (for two pets? One bowl for food, the other for water? You decide). Two square bowls are set in a sleek modern tray and are elevated slightly off the ground. It sells for $55. Meow. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

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Mike Valles opened I Squared as a budget-conscious offshoot of his West Hollywood-based furniture store Interior Illusions.


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L.A. office, and all those assumptions about accountants.

Los Angeles Downtown News: What the heck does the L.A. managing partner of the country’s biggest accounting firm actu-ally do?Michelle Kerrick: First of all, it’s working very closely with the colleagues in L.A. There are four primary functions: tra-ditional accounting, the tax function, the financial advisory group, and then one of the differentiators about Deloitte is we’re the only one of the big four that retained our consulting group after the [firm Arthur] Andersen’s meltdown and the [federal] Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Retaining that function

has been phenomenal and sets us apart. I work with these four functions and make sure we maximize the value of our firm and deliver the best possible solutions to our clients. I’m also very focused on growth; getting out in the marketplace, face time with clients, with potential clients, other profes-sional service providers, and then also I’m going to be very engaged in the community.

Q: What are your near-term goals for the L.A. office, and what’s the local employment picture look like?A: First and foremost, Tony Buzzelli is the managing partner who is retiring and he’s done an outstanding job growing our

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Q: How has the recession affected the accounting industry? A: With regard to the downturn, you can imagine it has pre-sented its own challenges to the firm, but certainly provided opportunities. Working with our clients to help navigate this environment has been critically important. Certainly we felt the fee pressure — clients trying to save costs — but particu-larly on the tax side there are a lot of opportunities, for exam-ple, for people to carry their losses back, and we’re looking at incentives and credits that certain states offer. Unfortunately businesses are going through some challenging times, and we’re helping them restructure. We also have a group focused specifically on cost reduction — that has been an important and highly sought-after group.

Q: Deloitte is a worldwide firm, with offices in 140 countries. What is the specialty of the Downtown Los Angeles office?A: We try to organize ourselves around industry, so in L.A., certainly it’s retail, consumer products, technology, manu-facturing, and media and entertainment. Los Angeles is a very diverse and geographically broad marketplace and it covers a lot of different sectors. We have a prominent position in each of those sectors. Media and entertainment is much more fo-cused here than elsewhere and up and down the West Coast technology is very important.

Q: How do you plan to engage the local community?A: In Phoenix there were some organizations and chari-ties I was involved with, like the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, which is focused on driving economic progress and bringing companies to Arizona. I was on the host committee for the Super Bowl, so I worked on the bid process for that, organizing and fundraising, and then certain nonprofit things I’ve been passionate about include the United Way and Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. I anticipate I’ll have some level of

engagement with the United Way, but it’s very early. I’m still transitioning between Phoenix and L.A. so I’m really focused on our clients and our people to start with, and plan to get engaged in the community probably in January.

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Q: Does the firm ever discover intentionally misleading informa-tion in clients’ statements? What’s the protocol when this hap-pens?A: There’s very important protocol that is engaged and it’s a process. If it’s a public company, their board of directors’ au-

dit committee is really who is in charge of hiring the account-ing firms. So, we’d reach out to the audit committee and alert them, but carefully. You would want to go to the independent board members, someone other than the individuals who might be involved in what might be considered a fraudulent act. I’m happy to report that I don’t have a personal experi-ence with anything big.

Q: Accountants have a reputation for being dry and boring. Why do you prolific number crunchers get such a bad rap?A: Well, the best compliment sometimes is when people say, “Oh my gosh, I would have never known you were an ac-countant!” So whether that’s good or bad I don’t know. But it’s like attorneys, right? Everybody says they’re terrible people but we all know wonderful attorneys. So I can tell you that I work with, believe it or not, a lot of funny people, creative people. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].


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diaries. There are also pop culture touchstones such as the Star Trek uniform worn by actor and longtime Little Tokyo supporter George Takei. “I’m hoping as people walk through it they find personal connections to these stories,” said Akemi Kikumura Yano, the museum president and CEO. “These are not the stories of other cultures or foreign stories. These are stories of American history seen through the lens of a particular experience, and I think people will find that there are so many connections, so many things we all share.”

First Home The museum has been striving to achieve this goal since before it had doors to open. Yano, who joined the museum shortly after 1985 as a consultant, recalled that in the years before finding a home, museum officials organized traveling exhibits like Issei (first-generation Japanese Americans) and Nisei (second-genera-tion Japanese Americans) photographs. These were displayed at places such as the Fresno Art Museum and even a Little Tokyo bank. However, most of the time and energy was spent col-lecting items and promoting the museum by meeting with community groups and government officials. In 1985, the California legislature appropriated $750,000 to-ward the museum. The next year, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency announced a $1 million grant along with a proposal to lease the former 35,000-square-foot Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple building on First Street (today the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy).

The museum opened on April 30, 1992, and was immedi-ately overshadowed: It was the day a Simi Valley jury found four LAPD officers not guilty of beating motorist Rodney King. It sparked the Los Angeles riots. Though the riots diverted attention, museum staffers saw a symbolic message in the date. “Opening at that time really gave us the sense that we are needed here,” said Nancy Araki, JANM’s first employee, who at 73 continues to work as director of community affairs. “I think it’s a place where we can all share, discover and dialogue together.”

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that are not going to cost an arm and a leg.” American Tapestry fits that bill. It not only tells the American story through the Japanese perspective, but is comprised solely of objects in the museum’s permanent col-lection. One of the most notable items in the exhibit is a Schwinn bicycle that stands on a platform. It belonged to Yoshino Uyemura, who was forced to leave it when her family was moved to an internment camp in WWII. She left the bicycle with her friend Alice Blueian, who planed to give it back once Uyemura came home. Although the friends lost touch, Blueian refused to aban-don the bicycle. In 2003, Blueian finally reached Uyemura and returned the bike. A picture from a newspaper article that chronicled the story is displayed near the bike. It shows a smiling Uyemura in her 70s, riding the bicycle. Blueian stands behind her. The image brought one recent museumgoer to tears.

“It helps us appreciate what our parents and grandpar-ents went through,” said Robin Maeda, a third-generation Japanese American, who choked up a bit while looking at the picture of Uyemura riding her bike. She was there with her friend Brian Sakata. They both grew up in Los Angeles, and the museum has always been an im-portant part of their lives. “Most people don’t realize what the Japanese American community went through during this time and that we are as American as everyone else,” Maeda said. “It’s one of the only places where our story is told,” Sakata added. In telling those stories, JANM does exactly what Kaji and others dreamed of a quarter century ago. American Tapestry runs through April 17, 2011. The Japanese American National Museum is at 369 E. First St., (213) 625-0414 or janm.org. Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].


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Annual Rituals Across the city, as families gather for Thanksgiving feasts and prepare for gift-giving holidays, police districts with shop-ping hubs face their own year-end ritual. They must strategize on how to nip in the bud the crimes that coincide with high foot traffic and shopping.

“It’s simple,” Vernon said. “There’s more people with things worth stealing.” In Downtown, the holidays traditionally coincide with a spike in car break-ins and stolen vehicles. Shoppers too frequently leave their bags and merchandise in their locked cars in plain view, said Vernon. That said, last year defied the norm, as overall crime during the final 45 days of 2009 did not spike. In fact, several catego-ries of serious crime, including robberies and aggravated assaults, fell in that time-frame compared to the average 45-day period for the year. Additionally, Vernon said, crimes in-volving cars increased only slightly. There were 108 burglaries or thefts from vehicles, or 8.3% more than the 45-day average of 99 (burglaries in general were up 14%). There were 41 car thefts, or two more than the average of 39. Vernon attributed the minimal increase to police strategizing in advance of the expected crime surge. They plan to do the same this year. In the Fashion District, that will mean heightened enforcement on illegal street vendors, who might try to take advantage of larger pedestrian crowds, Chamberlain said. Other times, the ven-dors are the targets themselves of gang members engaged in extortion efforts. The Fashion and Jewelry districts, along with the Historic Core, can also expect an increase in uniformed officers on the street, on foot or on bike. The heightened patrols will draw on existing budget resources, not overtime, Chamberlain said. The area’s top cop knows that the pedes-trian crackdown will be scorned by some, specifically those who receive a ticket for the holidays. “It’s not the most heinous crime that’s out there that the Central officers deal with by any means,” said Chamberlain. Indeed, jaywalking isn’t really even a crime. It’s an infraction. But that will be of little solace to those who still have to pay the ticket. Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at [email protected].

Asian senior citizens, there is commercial space occupied by the Los Angeles Unified School District, a credit union, an adult day health care center and an outpost for the University of the Pacific. Commercial space fronts Cesar Chavez Avenue, but the only tenant is a Subway sandwich shop. There is an ample population within walk-ing distance of the school. It is diagonally across the street from the High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, which claims 1,700 students. In addition to the seniors in Grand Plaza and the rest of Chinatown, the supermarket will be about a block away from the three-phase Orsini apartments — the third building in the complex came online this year. Together, they offer about 1,000 residential units. Yung expects that Orsini residents will be some of the primary customers at the market. “A lot of people think Orsini is just for

college students. But there are professionals and families with kids that would be good customers for the market,” she said. Indeed, some Orsini residents who were having lunch at Subway on a recent week-day afternoon said they were thrilled to hear about a new supermarket within walking distance of their homes. “I eat out a lot because there aren’t that many grocery stores nearby,” said Randy Cardona, an Orsini resident. “Ralphs is not walking distance for me and you have to deal with Downtown traffic if you drive. So this would be perfect.” His friend Mike Larson, who lives in the Historic Core, said he would consider shop-ping at Rio Ranch if the price is right and they carry what he needs. “It has to be a place where you can find everything I would find at a Ralphs or Vons,” he said. “I hope they take into account every-one’s needs.” Yung said that is exactly what Rio Ranch representatives have been telling the commu-nity they will offer. Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].

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I ’ve spent a lot of time playing the field at Mercado La Paloma, the sort of ethnic food court and mar-ket near USC. That’s the kind of guy I am.

Yet I’ve always been interested in Vista Hermosa Restaurant and Taqueria. Until recently, all we had shared were a few stolen glances. Instead, I’ve spent my time with places such as Chichen Itza, which serves great Yucatan dishes, and

Mo-Chica, the outstanding Peruvian place. Occasionally I stray to Oaxacalifornia, which produces some of the best fresh-squeezed juice in town. The other week, however, I finally decided to let my wandering eye, and wandering stomach, guide me to Vista Hermosa. I wasn’t disappointed. The tacos here are delicious, with the al pastor ($6.99) being a standout. It’s the house specialty and is served on a plate with beans and rice. The al pastor is made from pork that’s marinated

and cooked on a rotisserie. Vista Hermosa uses a secret recipe that results in super juicy and tender meat with a hint of pineapple. Another good choice is the huarache ($5.99), a homemade tortilla stuffed with beans and topped with a choice of meat and nopal (grilled cactus). Go with the carnitas, which is the most complementary to the nopal. If you really like cactus, they also serve a cactus salad ($4.50), although I’ve yet to try it. Pork is popular here, and another item on my to-try list is the chicharron con chile ($5.99). It’s dried pork skin cooked in green or red chili sauce. It sounds like pig-out heaven to me. Their seafood is also good, and as I munched away I had visions of eating on the sand in a Mexican resort. The tostada de ceviche ($2.75) is a simple dish with fish cooked in lime over a tostada. It’s very tasty, although it

doesn’t compare with the ceviche options at Mo-Chica. For some odd reason, they also serve a plate of ham-burger and French fries ($3.99), which needless to say feels out of place. I’m not sure if I’ll go back to Vista Hermosa next time I return to Mercado La Paloma, or if my usual flings will beckon me over to their irresistible food. I’m having a hard time committing to any single establishment. But maybe now, when I do eat at those other places and I glance over at Vista Hermosa, I’ll add a little wink in memory of the time we spent together. And who knows? If the mood strikes, I just might go back. As I said, it’s the kind of guy I am. Vista Hermosa is at 3655 S. Grand Ave. C-5, (213) 741-1251 or taqueriavistahermosa.com. Contact Richard Guzmán at [email protected].

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A Novel Addition: There are now more ways to feed your cravings at The Novel Café. The Arts District spot, which be-gan life as the first Downtown outpost of Groundwork, has recently added new menu items and expanded its breakfast hours. The most important meal of the day is now being served until noon every day. The restaurant has also added que-sadillas and burgers to its menu of sand-wiches and salads, with options including a BBQ chicken quesadilla ($6.95), a patty melt ($7.25) and a bacon avocado burger ($7.95). There’s a veggie burger for those who really love animals. At 811 Traction Ave., (213) 621-2240 or novelcafe.com

More Morning Meals: Speaking of breakfast, one old-school Downtown food purveyor is getting into the early feeding game. Engine Company No. 28, which has been serving meatloaf, crab cakes, chili, short ribs and other forms of comfort food to a power lunch crowd for 20 years, is rolling out breakfast service. It began in October, and is only served on weekdays from 7:30-10:30 a.m. The menu features options such as huevos rancheros, omelettes and grilled salmon and New York steak, each with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Prices range from around $8-$24. At 644 S. Figueroa St., (213) 624-6996 or engineco.com.

Triple Discount: Restaurateur Jason Ha is scoring some major points with Restaurant Buzz because his three Arts

District restaurants, K-Town BBQ, Zip Fusion and E3rd Steakhouse, are all offering discount combos or all-you-can-eat specials through the end of the year. Zip Fusion, which opened eight years ago, is delivering all-you-can-eat sushi for $14.95. K-Town BBQ, which debuted this year, has an all-you-can-eat menu for $9.95. However, you must purchase a beer or cocktail to take advantage of either offer. E3rd, meanwhile, has a $10 appetizer and drink combo. E3rd is at 734 E. Third St, eastthird.com; K-Town BBQ is at 738 E. Third St., k-townbbq.com; Zip Fusion is at 744 E. Third St., zipfusion.com.

Tastes Like Mexico: The culinary and cultural history of Mexico will be cele-brated on Saturday, Dec. 4, in Downtown at Vibiana, with more than 35 tradi-tional dishes from various regions of the country. La Monarca Bakery, Frida Mexican Cuisine, Guelaguetza and La Casita Mexicana will be among the res-taurants participating in the event in the former Main Street cathedral. For $75 presale or $100 at the door, attendees will have an all-you-can-eat menu prepared by the restaurants, which are the found-ing members of the Taste of Mexico Association, which works to promote au-thentic Mexican cuisine in Los Angeles. If that seems like too much for a buffet, take comfort in knowing that a portion of the proceeds will benefit Heal the Bay. Tickets are at thetasteofmexico.org.

A Stellar Cellar: There will be no embar-rassing pat downs before this flight, un-

less you drink a little too much. Corkbar is giving you a license to fly on Sunday nights by letting you choose your own wine flights (OK, the flight thing was a stretch) as part of the recently launched Sunday Cellar Nights. The events takes place each Sunday from 5 p.m. to close. For $12 per four pours, you can create a personalized flight from a selected list of wines. There is also an off-the-menu din-

ner entree for $10. As a bonus, Corkbar co-owner Caleb Wines will showcase se-lect bottles from his personal collection, which you can get by the glass. At 403 W. 12th St., (213) 746-0050 or corkbar.com.

Master a Meal: Is the family coming over for the holidays? Are they expect-ing some great food? Are you a lousy cook? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or even if you didn’t, you’re qualified to attend a holiday cooking class on Saturday, Dec. 4. Organized by chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, owners of the Downtown Border Grill (which recently replaced their previous longtime restaurant at the site, Ciudad), the $75 cooking class will show you how to impress the family with dishes such as smoky tomato soup, grilled pear and endive salad and chicken poblano enchi-ladas. They’ll even teach you how to brew the perfect cup of coffee. The class will run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. At 445 S. Figueroa St. or bordergrill.com. Reservations at (213) 486-5171. Katie Schaufelberger contributed to this report. Got any juice food news or hot deals? Contact Restaurant Buzz at [email protected].

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Iknow the sound of loneliness,” observes Nightingale, the tubercular quick-sketch-artist in Tennessee Williams’ rarely produced 1977 “memory play” Vieux Carré.

A decidedly out-of-the-closet homosexual, Nightingale is just one of the disparate (and desperate) habitués who occupy a rundown boarding house at 722 Rue Toulouse in the Vieux Carré quarter of New Orleans during the winter of 1938. The lonely character Nightingale is referring to is none other than Williams himself, denoted simply in the script as “the Writer.” Williams is suddenly something of a hot name in Downtown Los Angeles. The Long Wharf Theatre’s pro-duction of The Glass Menagerie opened at the Mark Taper Forum in September. It is followed up Dec. 1-12 with a new, multimedia production of Vieux Carré at REDCAT. Both have ties to the Crescent City. “Vieux Carré is a play that Williams started writing as a young man while he was living in that New Orleans boarding house,” explains Mark Murphy, executive director of REDCAT. “He set it aside, revisiting it and completing it 40 years later.” As Williams told writer William Burroughs on the day of the play’s 1977 opening, “The events in that house did actu-ally take place.” Real or not, the play was not a success. As a New Orleans critic observed, “It’s like the other Tennessee Williams plays set in the Quarter. Da chicory’s on the stove, da cockroaches are on da walls, and all the characters are on da de-cline.” In other words, it’s a work that, 33 years later, could use a reinvention. It’s getting that, and more, from director Elizabeth LeCompte and the New York-based ensemble the Wooster Group. The hallucinatory production continues a relationship that REDCAT has built with the East Coast theater company. The Downtown stop marks the show’s U.S. premiere. As explained by Murphy, “We are now three years into a

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partnership with the Wooster Group that allows them to be a bicoastal company.” Vieux Carré ’s portrait of the artist as a young man may seem familiar to those who caught The Glass Menagerie. In the Taper staging, the character of Tom was initially intro-duced as Williams, pounding away on his typewriter in a shabby New Orleans apartment. According to longtime Wooster Group member Kate Valk, who plays the role of the brittle landlady, Mrs. Wire, “We’ve taken the same idea as the Long Wharf production and gone much further with it. But the play itself goes fur-ther. In Vieux Carré Williams is looking back on his life with a very different level of honesty that is a product of the time he’s writing in, the 1970s.”

Inspired by WarholAbout the only thing consistent in the Wooster Group’s

REDCAT productions is the players’ breaking all the theatri-cal rules. In 2008, the company brought Downtown its ver-sion of Hamlet, which involved cast members taking on the play alongside flickering video footage of Richard Burton’s 1964 film of the same name. Last year, REDCAT and the Wooster Group launched an of-ficial four-year residency, thanks to a $1 million grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. That led to a production of the sci-fi space opera La Didone, complete with metallic jump-suit-clad space travelers singing arias. The script was inspired by a 1965 low-budget horror film, Planet of the Vampires.

The New Yorkers returned to REDCAT this past February with the sex-fueled and Cold War set North Atlantic. That piece, written in the 1980s, also featured actress Frances McDormand. This time, the focus is on the ’70s, an era, Valk points out, of liberation, with people experimenting with drugs and sex. It was also the time of Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, the Factory, and the superstar denizens of the Chelsea Hotel.

New York’s Wooster group returns to REDCAT Dec. 1-12 with the U.S. premiere of Vieux Carré, a rarely performed Tennessee Williams play.

New York’s Wooster group returns to REDCAT Dec. 1-12 with the U.S. premiere of Vieux Carré, a rarely performed Tennessee Williams play.

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It’s a concurrence, says Ari Fliakos, who plays the Writer, that’s not lost on Vieux Carré.

“We watched a lot of the Warhol films because that was the same period when the play was written,” said Fliakos. “I think Williams was actually yearning to make movies the way Warhol and Morrissey were.” Fliakos notes that Sylvia Miles, who starred in Morrissey’s 1972 film Heat, once played the role of Mrs. Wire on Broadway. In an interview with Miles following the premiere of the Wooster Group’s Vieux Carré at the Edinburgh Festival, Murphy said, the actress commented that she was sorry she hadn’t been ap-proached to reprise her performance. The look of films like Morrissey’s Trash and Heat, and Warhol’s Chelsea Girls, with their tawdry sense of realism and bizarre menagerie of characters, also appealed to LeCompte. The mix seemed a perfect fit for a company that has, since its founding in 1980, worked diligently to integrate elements of film, audio and video with live theater. “For somebody who is not familiar with the Wooster Group,” says Valk, “Liz is a visionary artist who has always been interested in integrating technology with performance. We don’t make a distinction between the technical artists and the performing artists. Instead of a dramaturge, we have a ‘cineturge.’ The video gives us a broader palette to create from. It’s an aesthetic that we’ve honed for years.” Surprisingly, says Fliakos, the idea to create a new pro-duction of Vieux Carré stemmed from an audience survey. They sent out a letter to their subscribers inviting them to suggest what to do next. They weren’t quite prepared for the response, though the cineturge, Dennis Dermody, helped them shape it. “A number of people suggested Tennessee Williams, and it was our cineturge that suggested Vieux Carré,” said Fliakos. “None of us had ever heard of it.” That opened the door for a company used to opening doors for its audiences. From there, the momentum was un-stoppable “The first time we read through it,” said Valk, “we had a ball and really wanted to do it. I think people who are famil-iar with Williams’ plays, particularly The Glass Menagerie, are going to be fascinated by Vieux Carré.” Vieux Carré runs Dec. 1-12 at REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., (213) 237-2800 or redcat.org.


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Harps and Angels could be renamed The Randy Newman Revue: Part Three. That’s because the production at the Mark Taper Forum is the third

time plotless vignettes have been formed with songs from the extensive Newman catalogue, following 1983’s Maybe I’m Doing it Wrong and The Education of Randy Newman, which premiered in 2000 (there was also a musical, Randy Newman’s Faust, in 1995). This time around, the creator is Jack Viertel, the director is Broadway veteran Jerry Zaks, and the cast contains six dis-tinct voices, but the same question remains: Should the highly regarded Center Theatre Group use a coveted season slot for a show that’s neither truly original, nor a groundbreaking re-vival? Putting aside that philosophical debate, which can be ar-gued on either side — it’s probably a commerce versus art discussion — Harps and Angels is a well-crafted, expertly performed revue of songs, with about half of them familiar to non-Newman fans, and almost all showing off the compos-er’s love of Louisiana-influenced music, and somber, sarcastic and sad lyrics. It continues through Dec. 22. Backed by a seven-piece band (located on the upper level of Stephan Olson’s barebones set), the cast sings solo, in pairs or as a chorus. Hand props or pieces of furniture — along with a changing backdrop projected onto five video screens — set the scene. Newman’s even present, in a way, through three brief videos of him at the piano. It’s Newman who introduces the first song, “Dixie Flyer,” which he calls one of the few that have mostly autobiographi-cal lyrics. Led by Michael McKean (still best known from his Spinal Tap days), the “Dixie Flyer” lyrics include, “Didn’t know a soul in L.A./ So we went down to the Union Station and made our getaway/ Got on the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans/ Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams.” Efforts are made to bridge two or three songs together. For example, “Dixie Flyer” transitions to “Down in New Orleans,” from the Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. “I’ve Got to Be Your Man,” sung lustfully by Ryder Bach to Storm Large (a onetime contestant on the singing reality show “Rockstar”), is reciprocated by Large’s steamy rendition of “You Can Leave Your Hat On.” Another creative pairing is the bittersweet love song “Marie,” sung by Matthew Saldivar, which is answered by Katey Sagal (of “Married With Children” fame) with the pes-simistic “Gainesville.” But there’s no cohesion to the 100-minute show, other than the general themes of life and politics. The projections and costumes, designed by Marc I. Rosenthal and Stephanie Kerley Schwartz respectively, pro-vide additional context, but without a more complete narra-tive, it’s difficult to elicit any sympathy or deeper emotions. In fact, the two most effective numbers, both sung by power-house Adriane Lenox, are already poignant, thanks to external factors. “Louisiana 1927,” first recorded in 1974, became as-sociated with Hurricane Katrina, and “When She Loved Me” is played during a tear-jerking scene in Toy Story 2. A clear fan favorite, probably due to its commercial success and its theme, is “I Love L.A.,” which ends the first act and is reprised (with Newman on video accompanying the singers) for the curtain call. The first rendition has the ensemble at stand-up microphones play-acting like rock stars. It’s pure schmaltz, but likely will receive the best audience reaction thanks to the recognition factor. There are no dance numbers, but Warren Carlyle’s musical staging keeps the action from becoming static. The musical arrangements and orchestrations (the work of Michael Roth, David O and Nadia DiGiallonardo) find common musical ground so that only a few of the songs feel out of place. Zaks’ casting is spot-on for Newman’s music. There’s a voice to fit every personality type, from McKean’s country music showman for “Big Hat, No Cattle,” to the heavenly strains from Lenox in “God’s Song.” Also, the fact that these performers, except for Large, are veteran actors, means they are able to add a variety of facial expressions, gestures and vocal inflections, to the point that they are almost playing defined characters. But they aren’t, which is always a shortcoming with a revue. Without any depth beyond Newman’s clever and sardonic lyrics, Harps and Angels is easy to digest, and equally easy to forget. Considering that the songs included are not all hits, the show probably won’t become a long-term community the-ater hit such as Forever Plaid or The Marvelous Wonderettes.

Community theater is where most revues belong, because they are low-risk creatively, even one this well executed. Compared to the last several produc-tions at the Mark Taper Forum, Harps and Angels looks like an afterthought. Harps and Angels runs through Dec. 22 at the Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centerthe-atregroup.org.

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Live Church LAClub Nokia, 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 493-4329 or livechurchla.com. 10 a.m.: Every Sunday, Live Church L.A. takes over the VIP Lounge at Club Nokia, bring-ing great music, people and inspiring messages. Jazz for the Holidays7+Fig, 725 S. Figueroa St., artsbrookfield.com. Tuesdays at noon. Nov. 30: Quartetto Fantastico and Nick Mancini. Dec. 7: Helen Sung Trio and the Gary Fuku-shima Trio. Dec. 14: Alfredo Rodriguez, Thelonious Monk Institute/LACHSA Ensemble.

Monday, nov. 29ALOUD at the Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: In her new book, Hazel Rowley de-scribes the courage and lack of convention, private and public, that kept FDR and Eleanor together. Awwwww. She talks about Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage with KUSC’s Gail Eichenthal.

Tuesday, nov. 30ALOUD at The Aratani/Japan America Theatre244 South San Pedro Street, (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: Spend an evening with eminent author and scholar Salman Rushdie in conversation with Reza Aslan. The winner of every literary prize imaginable is pushing his new tome, Luka and the Fire of Life.

Wednesday, dec. 1Millennium Biltmore Annual Tree Lighting506 S. Grand Ave., (213) 624-1011 or millenniumhotels.com. 5:30-6:30 p.m.: An hour of music, sweets and hol-iday cheer includes the sounds of the Azusa Pacific University Handbell Choir. Come one, how often do you get down to a handbell choir? Celebrate as the hotel lights up its gigantic live fir tree in the main lobby. Free.SCI-Arc Lecture SeriesW. M. Keck Lecture Hall, 960 E. Third St., (213) 356-5328 or sciarc.edu. 7 p.m.: Vienna-based architect Hans Hollein pres-ents a talk titled “Alles ist Architektur (Everything is Architecture).”

Thursday, dec. 2ALOUD at the Central Library 630 W. Fifth St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org. 7 p.m.: Aloud has a new series on faith. This pro-gram, “Finding God in the City of Angels,” features film excerpts from the documentary of the same title and a discussion with the filmmakers and repre-sentatives of various devotional communities in Los Angeles.Live Talks Los AngelesZipper Hall, Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave., (323) 791-2584 or livetalksla.org. 8 p.m.: Spend an evening with Sandra Cisneros, the writer of novels, short stories and poetry.

Friday, dec. 3SCI-Arc Lecture SeriesW. M. Keck Lecture Hall, 960 E. Third St., (213) 356-5328 or sciarc.edu. 7 p.m.: In conjunction with the book release of SCI-Arc Gallery 2002-10, a discussion with gallery exhibitors and school Director Eric Owen Moss. It is followed by a book signing and reception.

saTurday, dec. 4Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County900 Exposition Blvd., (213) 763-DINO or visit nhm.org. 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Designed for kids ages 6-9, this Junior Scientist event will investigate the vast terrestrial biodiversity of the Earth, discovering the connections between land and animals.FIDM Museum and Galleries919 S. Grand Ave., (213) 624-1200 or fidm.edu. 11 a.m.: The “Re-Designing History” Speakers Series presents Art: The Compelling Force Behind Fashion. Highlights include the exoticism of Asian imports to the West in the late 1800s, Egyptian art influences of the 1920s, and the appropriation of consumer imagery in the Pop Art movement and the fashions of the 1960s. Free, including a guided tour of the current exhibit, and tea and cookies. Everyone loves tea and cookies.

Big words, big prizes, big mental illness — they all come together in Next to Normal, which launched its North American tour at the Ahmanson Theatre for a five-week

engagement on Nov. 28. Alice Ripley stars in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about a suburban mother’s worsening bipolar disorder and its effects on her family. Breaking out of the mainstream musical fare, the show deals with such issues as grieving, suicide, drug abuse and psychiatric ethics. Ripley reprises

the vocal and emotional rollercoaster role that won her a Tony. Performances this week are Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 8 p.m.; Dec. 4, 2 and

8 p.m.; Dec. 5, 1 and 6:30 p.m. The show runs through Jan. 2 at 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

Scintillating Salman Rushdie holds many titles: celebrat-ed author, award winner, Knight Bachelor of England, and Commandeur in the Order de Arts et des Lettres of France, to name a few. But the role of father takes center stage in his recently released novel Luka and the Fire of Life, written for his youngest son, which explores the relationships between fa-thers and sons, life and death, the real and the imagined, free-dom and authority. As part of the Aloud series, Rushdie comes to town on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m., and he’ll be in conver-sation with Reza Aslan. Unlike most Aloud events, this one is not free ($25 general admission), and it is not in the Central Library — it takes place at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre at 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 228-7025 or aloudla.org.

Who’s the next big name in classical music? It could be Mizuka Kano. OK, you just said who, but consider: She has cap-tured the Rachmaninoff Piano Competition and Germany’s Schuman Competition. Check out her talents when RachFest International presents Kano in concert at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. The Tokyo-born pianist began playing at the age of 4 and is noted for her technique and control as well as her expressiveness and style. Appearing with her is Los Angeles’ own up-and-comer Urfa Zakarian, a 22-year-old lyric coloratura soprano with a four-octave range, thank you very much. You can say “I saw them when…” At 200 S. Grand Ave., (310) 356-8060 or rachfest.org.

It’s not the “same ole, same ole” in Ken Roht’s Same-O, A 99¢ Only Electric Ballad. The seventh annual edition of the holiday extravaganza of surrealistic bedazzlement and whimsy opens at the

Bootleg Theater on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. The theme/catch is that the costumes, sets and moving sculptures in the progressive multimedia musical event are constructed with hundreds of items purchased from the 99¢ Only Store. The result is priceless, as this year the show has added recycled and sustainable materials to the plastic-fantastic, singing and dancing adventure, which follows the heroic journey of two very different young men. Bonus: If you live in zip code 90057 you can purchase a ticket for a mere 99¢ (with proof of address). There is also a performance this week on Dec. 5 at 8 p.m., and the show runs through Dec. 19 at 2220 Beverly Blvd., (213) 389-3856 or bootlegtheater.com.

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engagement on Nov. 28. Alice Ripley stars in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about a suburban mother’s worsening bipolar disorder and its effects on her family. Breaking out of the mainstream musical fare, the show deals with such issues as grieving, suicide, drug abuse and psychiatric ethics. Ripley reprises

the vocal and emotional rollercoaster role that won her a Tony. Performances this week are Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 8 p.m.; Dec. 4, 2 and

8 p.m.; Dec. 5, 1 and 6:30 p.m. The show runs through Jan. 2 at 135 N. Grand Ave., (213) 628-2772 or centertheatregroup.org.

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The Colburn School200 S. Grand Ave., colburnschool.edu. 8 p.m.: Piano Spheres presents Vicki Ray with the Eclipse Quartet performing Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet.Walt Disney Concert Hall111 S. Grand Ave., musiccenter.org. 8 p.m.: The Chamber Music Society performs Nielsen’s “Wind Quintet” and Dvorak’s Piano Trio in F Minor.

WedNesday, dec. 1Walt Disney Concert Hall111 S. Grand Ave., musiccenter.org. 8 p.m.: Pierre-Laurent Aimard gives a piano recital.

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California African American Museum600 State Drive, (213) 744-2024 or caamuseum.org. 1 p.m.: The CAAM film series continues with On the Grind, James Cheeks’ skateboard documentary, telling the story of kids from Long Beach grappling with gang violence and using skating as a tool of survival.Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Aratani/Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St., (213) 628-3700 or jaccc.org. 7:30 p.m.: The band Hiroshima celebrates its 30th anniversary at the ninth annual “Spirit of the Season” community concert. Guest artists include Terry Steele and harmonica virtuoso Tetsuya Nakamura (for-mer member of War).

suNday, dec. 5California African American Museum600 State Drive, (213) 744-2024 or caamuseum.org. 1 p.m.: CAAM celebrates Kwanzaa. Join the candle lighting cer-emony and experience the wide variety of special gifts at the expanded CAAM marketplace.Nokia Theatre777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6000 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. 5 p.m.: KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2010.

fILMDowntown Independent251 S. Main St., (213) 617-1033 or downtownindependent.com. Nov. 29, 7-11 p.m.: Film Courage Interactive presents Paradise Recovered. Shot entirely on location in Southern Indiana and Austin, Tx., the film attempts a modern-day retelling of the parable of the Good Samaritan while addressing hard questions involving faith, toler-ance and spiritual abuse in modern culture. Dec. 5, 7-9 p.m.: Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal explores the court case of the journalist, author and former member of the Black Panther Party currently on death row.IMAX TheaterCalifornia Science Center, 700 State Drive, (213) 744-2019 or californiasciencecenter.org. Through Jan. 27: Featuring nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D will immerse audiences in the story of an ocean wave and the lives it impacts and transforms. Hubble 3D takes movie-goers on a journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings and accom-pany space-walking astronauts as they attempt the most difficult and important tasks in NASA’s history. Regal Cinema L.A. Live1000 W. Olympic Blvd., (877) 835-5734 or lalive.com. Through Dec. 2: Burlesque (11:10 a.m. and 1:30, 2:10, 4:20, 5, 7:10, 7:50, 10 and 10:40 p.m.); Faster (11:50 a.m. and 2:30, 5, 7:40, 9:30 and 10:10 p.m.); Love and Other Drugs (11 a.m. and 1:50, 4:40, 7:20 and 10 p.m.); Tangled (1:30, 4:10 and 6:40 p.m.); Tangled 3D (11:30 a.m. and 2, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:40 p.m.); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (11 and 11:30 a.m., 1:20, 2:40, 3:20, 4:30, 7, 8, 9:40 and 10:40 p.m.); The Next Three Days (1:20, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.); Skyline (12:30, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50 and 10:20 p.m.); Unstoppable (11:10 a.m. and 1:40, 4:20, 6:50 and 9:20 p.m.); Due Date (11:20 a.m. and 1:40, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:20 p.m.); Megamind 3D (12, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 and 10:10 p.m.).

roCK, PoP & JAZZCafé Metropol923 E. Third St., (213) 613-1537 or cafemetropol.com. Dec. 3, 8-10 p.m.: The Helen Sung Band. Dec. 4, 8-10 p.m.: The Kathleen Grace Band.Club NokiaCorner of Olympic Blvd. and Figueroa St., clubnokia.com. Dec. 3, 8 p.m.: The Posies and Brendan Benson — pal of Jack White — with Aqueduct. Dec. 5, 8 p.m.: The revolutionary rap of Wu-Tang Clan is in the house. Get ready for original members Rza, Gza, Method Man, Rae-kwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa. Dolla dolla bills, y’all. And RIP Ol’ Dirty Bastard.Colburn SchoolThayer Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., colburnschool.edu. Dec. 5, 3 p.m.: A student jazz concert. Free, no ticket required.Conga RoomL.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic, (213) 749-0445 or congaroom.com. Dec. 2-3, 8 p.m.: Cuban style salsa, or “songo,” with Los Van Van dance band. Grammy Museum L.A. Live, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., (213) 765-6800 or grammymuseum.org. Dec. 3, 8 p.m.: TV, film and Broadway star Dick Van Dyke in conversa-tion about his career and his a cappella group, The Vantastix, who will also perform selections from their most recent release, Put on a Happy Face.Nokia Theatre777 Chick Hearn Court, (213) 763-6000 or nokiatheatrelalive.com. Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.: Dutch violinist and waltz-master Andre Rieu.Redwood Bar & Grill316 W. Second St., (213) 680-2600 or theredwoodbar.com. Nov. 29, 10 p.m.: Phil Alvin and friends. Nov. 30, 10 p.m.: Dirty Ed/Bob Cantu(esdays) with Symbol Six, Soul Trash, Million Kids and Aargh. Dec. 1, 10 p.m.: Love Sick Elephant, Julie Caine and Mark Lane. Dec. 2, 10 p.m.: Tora Tora, Vice 5 and Del Rottens.Seven Grand515 W. Seventh St., sevengrand.la. Nov. 29, 10 p.m.: Robby Marshall Group. Nov. 30, 10 p.m.: House band The Makers.The Smell247 S. Main St., alley between Spring and Main streets, thesmell.org. Dec. 4, 9 p.m.: Jason Forrest (aka DJ Donna Summer), Captain Ahab, Nero’s Day at Disneyland and Christopher Cichocki.Staples Center1201 S. Figueroa St., staplescenter.com. Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 5, 8 p.m.: Roger Waters stops in to place another brick in the wall.

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It’s our business to make you comfortable... at home, downtown. Corporate and long term residency is accommodated in high style at the Towers Apartments. Con-temporary singles, studio, one bedroom and two bedroom apartment homes provide fortunate residents with a courteous full service lobby attendant, heated pool, spa, complete fitness center, sauna and recreation room with kitchen. Beautiful views extend from the Towers’ lofty homes in the sky. Mountain vistas and slender skyscrapers provide an incredible back drop to complement your decor. Far below are a host of businesses ready to support your pampered downtown lifestyle. With spectacular cultural events nearby, even the most demanding tastes are satisfied. Downtown, it’s not just big business anymore. Visit the Towers Apartments today.

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Promenade Towers123 south Figueroa streetLeasing Information213 617 3777

Grand Tower255 south Grand avenueLeasing Information213 229 9777

museum Tower225 south olive streetLeasing Information213 626 1500

Community Amenities:~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby~ Concierge~ Pool / Spa / Saunas~ Fitness Center~ Gas BBQ Grills~ Recreation Room

Community Amenities:~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby~ Pool / Saunas~ Fitness Center~ Covered Parking

On Site:~ Convenience Store / Coffee House / Yogurt Shop / Beauty Salon

Community Amenities:~ 24 Hr. Manned Lobby~ Concierge~ Pool / Spa / Saunas~ Fitness Center~ Gas BBQ Grills~ Recreation Room

Apartment Amenities:~ Refrigerator, Stove, Microwave & Dishwasher (most units)~ Central Air Conditioning & Heating~ Balconies (most units)

On-site:~ Dry Cleaners / Dental Office / Restaurants

Apartment Amenities:~ Refrigerator, Stove & Dishwasher~ Central Air & Heating~ Solariums and/or Balconies

Apartment Amenities:~ Refrigerator, Stove, Microwave & Dish washer (most units)~ Central Air & Heating~ Balconies (most units)

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Los Angeles LakersStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7100 or nba.com/lakers. Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.: The Lake Show hits the road this week, heading to Memphis (Nov. 30) where Pau Gasol will again look to dominate the sibling rivalry with his little (but still big) brother Marc. Then it’s on to Houston before returning to host the Sacramento Que… ahem… Kings (Dec. 1), a hard-to-figure-out young team led by reigning Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, and bol-stered by a ROY candidate this year in hard-headed big man DeMarcus Cousins.

Los Angeles ClippersStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., (213) 742-7100 or nba.com/clippers. Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.: The Clippers proved last week when they beat the Hornets that, when everything is clicking, they can tangle with the top teams. By “everything is clicking,” We Got Games means when Blake Griffin is pile-driving basketballs through the rim every other possession and vacuuming rebounds off the glass. This week, Griffin and the Clips try to prove the Hornets victory wasn’t a fluke as they host the ageless San Antonio Spurs, then head to Denver (Nov. 3) and Portland (Nov. 5).

Los Angeles KingsStaples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., 1 (888) KINGS-LA or kings.nhl.com. Dec. 2 and 4, 7:30 p.m.: After a short freeway jaunt down to Anaheim (Nov. 29), the Kings come home to host the Panthers and then the Red Wings. Although Thanksgiving was last week, Kings fans still have much to be grateful for, namely a lineup that has the team at the top of the Western Conference.

USC Trojans FootballL.A. Coliseum, 3911 S Figueroa St., (213) 747-7111 or usctrojans.com. Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.: The Trojans finish the year playing crosstown rival UCLA at the Rose Bowl. It’s one of those games that’s played for pride. Isn’t that what they say when neither team is up for a big bowl game?

—Ryan Vaillancourt

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The Kings have surprised everyone this season by being one of the top teams in the Western conference. But there is a long time to go in the NHL campaign.

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