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Downtown Los Angeles may not be the Napa Valley, but it is home

to one of California’s most historic wineries. Located east of Olvera Street, in a Lincoln Heights neigh-borhood crowded with warehouses, San Antonio Winery, named after the patron Saint Anthony is a city landmark, still housed at the same location where the Cambianica family founded it 98 years ago. san antonio winery

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WINE TIMES DTLA

This family-owned winery offers tours, tastings, a boutique wine and gift shop, and a restaurant

on site. It’s a solid piece of history that’s stayed in business through lean and rich times, housed in an appeal-ing building with a red tile roof. Once, vineyards surrounded the property, but today industry has taken over the area, and the winery now uses grapes from the owner’s family farm in Mon-terey. The company has planted two estate vineyards as well as opened a modern winery in the Paso Robles area.

There was once a thriving wine region in Los Angeles, with vineyards lining along the Los Angeles River. In 1833, French winemaker Jean-Louis Vignes was the first to plant vines from Bordeaux and build a winery, but by the 1880s Downtown was actually the top spot for growing grapes and mak-ing wine in all of California. San Anto-nio Winery began as a small store on Lamar Street in 1917 in what was then Little Italy. Today it’s the last winery standing, and also the only one to have survived Prohibition.

Founder Santo Cambianica emi-grated from Northern Italy and named his winery after his patron saint, An-thony. His nephew Stefano Riboli was the first to join his enterprise, which quickly grew to include the entire Ri-boli family. According to the winery’s website, the family survived Prohibition by creating sacramental sweet wines for the Catholic Church. The winery continues to make communion wines today. Additionally, the family created so-called health elixirs, which could be purchased with a doctor’s prescription at pharmacies, much as medical can-nabis is obtained today.

Through the church wines and the elixirs, San Antonio Winery survived and even thrived. By the end of Prohi-bition, the winery was making 25,000 cases of wine each year, more than ten times its pre-Prohibition output. To-day, the winery’s state-of-the-art facili-ty produces around four million bottles of varietal, dessert and table wines yearly.

How good are these wines? Very. The winery bottles private labels for stores such as Trader Joe’s, but its unusual wine creations such as the Chocolate Bar Port or the low-alcohol Stella Rosa Black are stand outs to visitors touring the winery. That choc-olate port? Fruit and chocolate notes make this a rich and vibrant after-din-ner libation. Stella Rosa Black is a refreshing blend of blackberry, blue-berry, raspberry, and of course grape wine that’s cold pressed and fermented in pressurized tanks, resulting in a light alcohol content of 5.5% alcohol by volume.

The winery is very diverse, and in-cludes brands such as the San Antonio Artisan, La Quinta, Opaque, and the Ribboli Family Estates, each with de-fining flavor or varietal characteristics. They have a very good dry champagne, too. Other strong offerings include the San Simeon Chardonnay, redolent of oak and citrus, and a Vionier with strong floral notes.

Both free and more extensive paid tastings are available at the tasting bar which spans the length of the tasting room and wine shop at the front en-trance of the winery. Taste without touring? Sure, but the free winery tour is a great experience, allowing visitors to view over 12,000 gallons of wine being made. You’ll view the oak barrels, aging racks, conveyors, and even the historic redwood tanks that form a wall in the winery’s restaurant.

The Maddalena Restaurant offers trattoria-style, traditional meals that are of remarkably high quality, and not just for tourists. Try the Linguini Scampi or the house made Lasagna. Lighter eaters will enjoy the salmon salad. And a must-try is the house-made Tiramisu. Guests walk in and or-der from the menu and the atmosphere is cozy and comfortable, and the food is served to your table.

After dining, browse the wine stop-pers, imported wines, magnets and other knickknacks in the gift shop or report directly to the tasting room and wine shop. Whether oenophile or just a downtown resident in search of a good bottle of wine for tonight’s din-ner, it would be hard not to appreciate the friendliness of the staff, the wide variety of the wine selections, and of course, the uniqueness of finding an historic family-owned and only winery in Downtown. sanantoniowinery.com

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TUESDAYJUNE 14$8 BLOCKBUSTER MOVIEs@ Regal LA LIVEOne heck of a special for movie lovers each week as long as you’re not into watching movies as part of a group, same day releas-es, spending holidays in the cinema, or 3D or 4DX titles; you can pick just about any movie you want. Tickets are available online at fandango.com and at the Regal L.A. LIVE box office. 1000 W Olympic Blvd, LA, CA 90015.

OZOExchange LAJoin Virtual Reality industry leaders for a night of networking, drinks, music and Virtual Reality demos brought to you by the cre-ators of UPLOAD. Event in-cludes live motion-captured DJ performance with digital avatar tech and film celeb-rities, Nokia OZO 360 Video Streaming, 50 Virtual Reality Demos and Games, Mixed Reality Green Screen Studio and VIP Bottle Service. RSVP for special invite. The event is set inside the Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building (Exchange LA) built in 1929. Guest List Only, 21+. 618 S. Spring Street, 90013.

MONDAYJUNE 13LA CAGE AU FOLLESEast Coast Players(Everyday May 12-26)Partnered with the Los An-geles LGBT Center, to cele-brate their 50th Anniversary Season the East Coast Play-ers manage to capture our hearts and inspire as they present this multiple Tony Award winner for Best Musi-cal about a gay couple who

own a glitzy drag club. Tickets. 120 Judge John Aiso Street, 90012.

MOIST MONDAYSLa Cita BarColor Me Bad and pour some special Brandi. When Dj

Moist spins it’s a neverending mix of audible sexiness. Moist conducts an electronic symphony of insatiable rhythms and get to know you better dance music by Old School legends Aaliyah, Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men D’angelo, En Vogue and just about everything 90s, HipHop, and R&B for a night of dancing, reminiscing about “Back in the Day” and all night happy hour drink specials. 9:30pm. Free. 21+. 336 S Hill Street, 90013.

SUNDAYJUNE 12VIBING TIMEAce HotelDublab’s community of Djs rotate vibes and sun soaked music selections digging deep to share music that crosses boundaries and elevates the mind. Open to hotel guests and to the public, DTLA gets to mingle with visitors from around the world. Free. 1pm. 929 S Broadway, LA CA 90015.

COMEDY of UNCABERETAu LacStorytelling at its best as seen on Come-dy Central and the Today Show featur-ing legendary comedic performers and improv players from Kathy Grif-fin to Margaret Cho who come to connect with au-diences trying their hand at this hilarious style of comedy improv. Guaran-teed fun for all, this show is fresh off the boat ar-riving from their old West Hollywood location, now in DTLA at the Au Lac. $20 + depending on the show. 710 W 1st Street, 90012.

SATURDAY JUNE 11BRIGHTER DAYS Standard Hotel(Saturdays & Sundays) Tropics, Tiki Disco, POOLS, Ned Doheny, Eric Dun-can, Marques Wyatt, The list of Djs goes on and on at Brighter Day’s Summer Rooftop Pool parties hosted by the Standard Hotel. Want more? How about food, mu-sic, bikinis, specialty drinks and amazing birds eye views from above. $10. 2pm-7pm. 550 S Flower Street, LA, CA 90071.

TACOLANDIA El Pueblo de Los AngelesLA Weekly presents their fourth annual gourmet taco festival featuring over 100 of the City’s top taco mak-ers curated by Bill Esparza. Tasty samples of signature gourmet tacos are available for all to enjoy, complete with live mariachi music, cash bars offering beer, wine and cocktails, and award ceremonies for best tacos in Los Angeles. Tacolandia 2016 will be LA Weekly’s largest event of the year and by far its tastiest. 3:00pm- 7:00pm. Tickets available online. $50. 21+. 125 Paseo De La Plaza, 90012.

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FRIDAYJUNE 174DAYS OF HIPHOPMusic Center (June 16-19)4Days of food, music and interactive exhibits as Grand Park, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Music Center present free and ticketed live performances featur-ing Companie Käfig and the DTLA Hip-Hop community in dedication of the culture, artistry and evolution of the

Hip-Hop Move-ment. Late night hours. Free. 200 N Grand Ave, 90012.

MASHROU’ LEILAGrand Per-formancesBring your pic-nic items, fami-ly and friends to

all of Grand Performances Summer Weekend Concert Series. One of Downtown Los Angeles’ most diverse entertainment events with crowds to match this Friday enjoy Mashrou’ Leila, the Lebanese band sweeping the world with their melodic hooks and dangerously good looks. Grand Performance is known for bringing art-ists and audiences together from around the world. 6pm. Free. 350 South Grand Ave-nue, Suite A-4, 90071.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 15HUSHCorey Helford GalleryPresenting new works by in-ternationally celebrated UK street and fine artist HUSH, this highly anticipated ex-hibition, entitled “Allure,” is his second solo at CHG and features 24 new works. The gallery’s diverse collection is primarily influenced by today’s pop culture exhib-iting style genres such as Pop Surrealism, Graffiti and Street Art. 11am. Free. 571 S. Anderson Street, 90033.

CHANTAE CANNBlue WhaleChantae Cann’s vocal delivery is soothing and sul-try. Chantae’s music blends the exploratory sounds of JAZZ with the feel good vibes of SOUL perfect for the at-mosphere at the Blue Whale. Since its opening Blue Whale has been about one thing; “...providing the highest level of live music for true music lovers in an innovative space boasting an intimate, yet so-phisticated design.” Located in the heart of Little Tokyo, the room has been praised by musicians and fans alike. $10. 9pm. 21+. 123 Astro-naut E S Onizuka St. Suite. 301, 90012.

THURSDAYJUNE 16WE DON’T THINK/ YOU’RE RACIST! COMEDY SHOW + SIGNINGLast Book StoreDo you fear being called racist more than anything? Join authors Amanda Mead-ows and Robin Higgins with their book, We Don’t Think You’re Racist! featuring the hilarious award-winning standup trio Disoriented Comedy. 7pm- 8:30pm. Free. 453 S Spring Street, 90013.

ANATOMY THEATERREDCATRemember the time when En-glish “specialists” traveled from town to town in pre-modern Europe, conducting public dissections of the corpses of executed criminals, seeking evidence of moral corruption in the interior of the hu-man body? Neither do we...but it’s performed by the LA Opera so it must be good. Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning and Oscar-nomi-nated composer David Lang and world-renowned visu-al artist Mark Dion. Ends June 20th. Ticketed. 8pm. 631 W 2nd Street, 90012.

SATURDAY JUNE 18CITY BEATS7th & Fig(3rd Saturdays)Summer live band concert series hosted by local radio personality Anthony Valadez offering an amazing com-bination of touring talent followed by a Special Guest DJ set that leads to an head-lining act finally. Genres include R&B, hip-hop, new jazz, Latin and indie, appeal-ing to diverse backgrounds of LA music fans. Free. All Ages

CHINA TOWN SUMMER NIGHTSAlthough this event has seemed to shrink by number of days over the years, it still brings the best summer party Chinatown presented by KCRW. Fes-tivalgoers get a first hand glimpse into the various aspects of Chinese cul-ture. Chefs perform cook-ing demonstrations; tradi-tional dance and artistry is abound. One of the most exciting ways to experience all that Chinatown has to offer accented with special activities presented by local organizations and museums. 6pm. Free. 943 – 951 N. Broadway, 90012.

Trained theater direc-tor and accessories designer, Coppens

has 21 years of experience under his belt working in Belgium, Paris and Japan designing for well-known artists Irish singer Roïsin Murphy, Beth Ditto, Grace Jones, Rihanna and even the Belgian Royal Fami-ly. He has also worked on fashion show collabora-tions for prominent design-ers such as Manish Arora, Guy Laroche, JuunJ and Issey Miyake and now he’s taking on Downtown.

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Fashion icon, former milliner and Belgian artist Christophe Coppens kicked off his first-ever Los Ange-

les presentation of 50 Masks Made in America on May 11, 2016, at Please Do Not ENTER, an eclectic shop of high-end goods handpicked by owner Nicolas Lib-ert and Emmanuel Renoird.

The eye-catching exhibit features 50 handcrafted, mixed-media sculptural masks, made by the now LA-based Cop-pens. When first meeting Coppens, his polite, down-to-earth demeanor is the first thing that stands out amongst his cutting edge and thought-proving exhib-it.

Now a four-year Los Angeles resident, Coppens explained his introduction to Libert and Renoird stemmed from the amazing job they were doing with Please Do Not ENTER.

“There’s not so many places like this in LA or even the United States,” said Coppens. “To bring in all these quality products and artworks that are on the edge of art, fashion, culture … I immedi-ately felt a sensibility … it is always what I’ve been doing … always on the edge of certain worlds, never really fitting in in any of them.”

The artist’s background spans theater and fashion; much like Libert and Ren-oird’s storefront, and this unique inter-section sparked the trio’s talks of collab-oration. Interestingly, the store owners were already familiar with Coppen’s work from his time living in Belgium.

“Since I moved here I really said good-bye to the fashion scene,” said Coppens. In an effort to transition from his previ-ous work, he distanced himself from old techniques and began painting, sculpt-ing and more. In this show, Coppens’ former and present techniques collide for the first time.

“It’s like I’m no longer scared to use the needle and the thread. It’s not the enemy of my artwork …so I embrace my past, my techniques in couture, and I use them to say things that have nothing to do with fashion. That’s really my me-dium today and I really enjoy that.”

Coppens says he worked on 50 Masks Made in America for three months non-stop in an effort to creative-ly express cultural ideas that stuck with him. “As a European, you’re raised with American culture and pop culture … you speak English because of the music.

You know the tv series … you’re raised with Dynasty … it’s part of your culture. So, all that is in the back of my mind and you think when you move here that you know America, and then you arrive here and there’s so many layers that you discover and so many things that you like and don’t like … and that’s what I’m trying to express. It’s really about my journey as a European, being a guest in this country, trying to make sense out of stuff I see.

“It’s like I feel constantly like a child discovering new stuff.”

[The exhibit is] not complete at all — I would have to make 400 masks in order for it to be complete.”

He added, “It’s all based on tradition-al couture hat-making crafts – that’s the start of everything and that’s my past that I’ve been dismissing for four years now, saying that’s no longer me, but now I’m like, ‘What the hell? I don’t care. Call it whatever you want. It’s okay. Relax.’ So, I’m less uptight about it now. I think that’s what makes [the masks] special … that it’s on the edge of those things again.

“I’ve been living on that edge for a long time and I don’t think I will ever make choices, so it suits me fine.”

Most recently, Coppens held two shows in Belgium and two others in New York and Tokyo that included paintings only; he held two prior sculpture shows. He says he is inspired by “life, people, love, stuff, everything,” and describes the process as “a no stop machine.”

Coppens puts the message of his work at the forefront and has made connecting with local craftspeople a prior-ity. Every metal stand in the exhibit is handmade by a local

welder Coppens recently met...

“It’s a pity to put them out actually … the stands are so pretty … and [Joe] also made things for me in wood. [I’m] meeting all these people and using it in my work along the way. My neighbor … [who heads the Jim Henson Studios] showed me all these techniques, materi-als and was very inspiring too.”

Coppens said he’d like to continue working with high-profile personalities, if possible.

“It’s not something that drives me, but it’s fun and looks good on a resume. [Laughs] … I love other artists, other musicians. It’s an interaction.”

After transitioning to Los Angeles Cop-pens says, “I love this city and it’s gonna be really hard to one day adopt any oth-er city. I think it has the best of many worlds.” Los Angeles’ transformation from cultural underdog to a city with a fresh, vibrant art scene thrills Coppens.

“The things that are happening are not pretentious … you can feel it under-neath the surface … lots of things have been bubbling … the world is discovering that too and that’s what is really exciting about LA right now,” said Coppens.

The upcoming project on Coppens’ agenda is entirely different in nature. From this weekend on he will begin directing and staging an opera set for March 2018. Though the project will launch in Europe, Coppens still has his eyes set on another show he’d like to do here in Los Angeles.

He says, “It’s ambitious, so … let’s start with this one. [Laughs] Let’s see how it goes.”

Christophe Coppens: 50 Masks Made in America is now showing at Please Do Not ENTER, 549 S. Olive Street, Los An-geles, CA 90013, through July 16, 2016.

When it comes to jazz, no one would deny that

Los Angeles does not quite possess the cachet of either New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, or New York, long recognized by musicians and fans alike as the music’s interna-tional “capitol city.” But...while the LA jazz scene may not hold that same powerful worldwide repu-tation, the city has doubt-lessly left major marks on the scoreboard of jazz his-tory.

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Jazz Pianist Billy Childs Performing at BlueWhale June 18

Blue WhaleAsk virtually any jazz musician,

“Where can I go in LA to hear inter-esting sounds?”, and the first answer you’ll get is this hip, eclectic room on the third level of Little Tokyo’s Weller Court. Since 2009, jazz vocalist Joon Lee’s venue has offered up interna-tionally celebrated artists in any style you fancy, everything from the abstract solo electric guitar extrapolations of David Torn to the easy-breezy swing of French gypsy jazz vocalist Cyrille Ai-mee. The Whale is also a favorite spot for CD release parties; this is the venue Kamasi Washington chose to kick off the launch of The Epic. The bar offers sensibly priced drink specials, craft beer, and small bites, and the cushy seating and rotating contemporary art on display give the place an up-to-the-minute bohemian vibe.

It’s the chillest setting one could imagine for taking in the most daring music the city has to offer.The Blue Whale: 123 Astronaut E.S. Onizuka Street., Suite 301. 213-620-0908.

Bar at AU LACAu Lac is a gourmet vegan restaurant located right around the corner from the new Broad Museum, and every Saturday night at 7:30, their rear lounge, the lightly Art Deco-styled Bar Fedora, is home to the Saturday Night Jazz DTLA series. Locally-based vocal-ist Cathy Segal-Garcia curates a fine selection of artists in a broad range of moods. Featured performers have in-cluded trumpet player Nolan Shaheed (former musical director for Marvin Gaye), Cyprus-born vocal improviser

Alexia Vassilliou, and exploratory “al-ternative soul” singer Stayce Branche. With a $20-25 cover and a 2-item minimum, this series is one of the higher-priced weekly jazz experiences in downtown; however, the venue does offer special discounts for students (with ID) and fellow musicians. 710 W. 1st Street. 213-617-2533.

The Edison

Downtown’s nighttime scene has em-braced old-fashioned speakeasy style with a rare fervor, and no place has taken the Roaring ’20s feeling to heart quite like the Edison. Housed on the site of downtown’s first private pow-er plant, the subterranean décor is a witty brew of just-slightly-gone-to-seed Gatsby elegance, with silent films flick-ering on the walls and a perky cigarette girl prowling the floor hawking her wares. There’s even an Absinthe Fairy dispensing tipples for the truly adven-turous. The Edison is open Wednesday

through Saturday, and offers entertainment on every one of those nights, in the form of DJs, aerialists, burlesque artists, and on Thursday evenings, live musicians with a distinc-tively jazz-oriented slant. Recent fea-tured artists include jumped-up revival blues band Reverend Tall Tree and the Blackstrap Brothers and blues-swing outfit the Blind Blakes. 108 W. 2nd St., #101. 213-613-0000.

REDCATA performance-and-exhibition home away from home for the California Institute of the Arts, this interdisciplin-ary non-profit venue makes its home beneath the swirling metallic curlicues of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The REDCAT, of course, is not a jazz-on-ly space, presenting everything from dance and film installations to cham-ber music and near-unclassifiable works of performance art. But atten-tion must be paid, because when jazz takes center stage at the REDCAT, it’s of a rarefied caliber indeed. Past art-ists include pianist Vijay Iyer, a former MacArthur Fellow; paradigm-shifting alto saxophonist Greg Osby (presented in partnership with the longtime LA collective The Jazz Bakery); and daz-zling Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto, showcased as part of the city’s annual autumn Angel City Jazz Festival. The theater also hosted a poignant moment of true jazz history in 2013, when leg-endary bassist Charlie Haden, founder of the CalArts jazz program, gave what turned out to be his final live perfor-mance before his passing the following summer.631 W. 2nd Street. 213-237-2800.

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Chantae Cann’s music isn’t just art for art’s sake.

It’s art for the sake of living. The jazz and soul vocalist brings her unique blend of sound all the way from Atlanta to the Blue Whale in Lit-tle Tokyo on June 15th. Downtown Weekly had an opportunity to catch up with her during a free moment from promoting her new album, “Journey to Golden,” at her home in Atlanta.

JAZZ VOCALIST CHANTAE CANN AT BLUEWHALE JUNE 15

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What should we expect to hear from you when you’re in LA?Lots of songs from the new album, “Journey to Gold.” I’m treating this as a West Coast album release. I’ve hooked up with an awesome band out there. There will be some tunes you guys probably have never heard before. And, of course, I like to bring in some of the familiar songs people request all the time.

What is your hope for people coming to see you downtown?My hope for people, as always, is to be encouraging. Always uplifting, always creatively vast. I want people to know there is no right or wrong answer, there is no genre defying the be-all end-all. Be uniquely you. People are going to be drawn to that. We all have a story. You may not think you do, but if you’ve experienced life in general, you have a story someone can relate to somewherin this world.

How did you startas a musician?I was always into music as a young girl. My mom was a music teacher, and she encouraged me to be in band and chorus, piano lessons, things like that. But I was super shy, and I didn’t want to sing in front of anybody. In my late teens, I started to sing in church, which helped me to be more comfortable and, as I got older, I would go to open mic spots. I loved it. The more I went, and the more I’d get this crazy response, I’d just keep going back for the fun. I just wanted to be around live music all the time. Soon, I started singing backup for some Atlanta gospel artists, which in-troduced me to a lot of other musicians and producers.

What was the journey to developing your sound now?Well, with my mom being a music teacher, music was flowing in the veins. She was a singer, a saxophone player,

she travelled with philharmonic society in college. And my dad was the one who exposed me to the versatility of mu-sic. We would listen to everything from P-Funk to Tupac to Mozart. Between the two of them, it’s where talent and exposure has led me.

What do you love about jazz and soul music?I love the freedom. I didn’t necessari-ly plan on being an artist, I just knew that I wanted to do something attached to music, whether it was teaching or something else. I had no idea I’d be an artist and an advocate. When I was dis-

covering my sound and the way I like to flow in music, jazz and soul were more lenient with how I could express myself. I mean, I was still inspired by old school R&B and gospel, but improv and jam sessions just appealed to me more.

Who was your favorite person to tour with?Definitely India. That was my first time seeing the world. I was 22 when I first started with her. I learned how to be quick on my feet. Like, if India doesn’t want to sing alto or soprano or what-ever today, you have to be able to fill that. That was fun, it was like playing a game. And it also taught me about what I wanted to do with my own career. That was an honor for me. So many lessons learned.

how was it you started touring with India Arie?I started with India because of my mu-sical mentor. She had been singing with her for about three to four years when one of the other background singers was going be leaving temporarily to be on tour with a play. My friend asked me if I wanted to fill in for one month. I said no because of school and work. Then, when the opportunity ended up coming back around later on, I told my-self, “Okay, you have to do this.” I didn’t even have to audition. India asked me to come out for a month and then, years later, I was still there. (laughs)

Tell me about the URBrave Campaign.It’s called the “URBrave is Beautiful” campaign. It has to do with a docu-mentary I made a year ago. I wanted to give people more of an inside look at my story. A lot of people know the art-ist Chantae or what they see on You-Tube, but not a lot of people know my life story. The campaign is awareness for Huntington’s Disease, something that runs in my family and not a lot of people know about it. I wanted to share how it plays a part in my life and the life of my family. I plan on doing a tour revolving around the campaign after the documentary is released.

Who are a couple of artists that have really inspired you?Stevie Wonder, period, has inspired me. I love old school soul music. It’s pretty much the reason why I’m doing any-thing. Also Bobbie McFerrin, Michael Jackson, Michael Franks, Earth Wind and Fire, PJ Morton, James Taylor, In-dia Arie, obviously, Natasha Bedingfield

That’s a pretty thorough list.Good! (laughs)

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eatChu’s Kitchen 111 W 9th Street LA, CA 90015Langer’s Delicatessen704 S Alvarado StreetLA, CA 90057 Eastside Market & Italian Deli 1013 Alpine Street LA, CA 90012 El Paseo Inn 11 Olvera Street LA, CA 900121 Farmer Boys726 S Alameda Street LA, CA 90021HMS Bounty 3357 Wilshire Blvd LA, CA 90010Mitsuru Cafe 117 Japanese Village Plaza MallLA, CA 90012 La Golondrina Cafe 17 Olvera Street LA, CA 90012 La Luz del Dia 1 Olvera Street LA, CA 90012 La Golondrina Cafe 17 Olvera Street LA, CA 90012 Nickel Diner524 S Main StreetLA, CA 90013TheSultan311 W 6th StreetLA, CA 90014Omasa 100 Japanese Village Plaza MallLA, CA 90012

Otomisan 2506 1/2 E 1st Street LA, CA 90033 Original Pantry Cafe877 S Figueroa StreetLA, CA 90017Original Tommy’s2575 Beverly BlvdLA, CA 90057Pacific Dining Car1310 W 6th StreetLA, CA 90017Philippe The Original1001 N Alameda StreetLA, CA 90012Suehiro Cafe 337 E 1st Street LA, CA 90012 Taylor’s Steak House3361 West 8th Street LA, CA 90005Yang Chow 819 N BroadwayLA, CA 90012

DRINKThe Association 110 E 6th Street LA, CA 90014 Back Door Pub813 S Flower StreetLA, CA 90017 Bona Vista Lounge 404 S Figueroa Street LA, CA 90071BoomTown Brewery700 Jackson StreetLA, CA 90012 Bottle Rock 1050 S Flower Street LA, CA 90015

Cana Rum Bar 714 W Olympic Blvd LA, CA 90015Club Soho 333 S Boylston StreetLA, CA 90017Courage & Craft 317 S Broadway LA, CA 90013Eat Drink Americano 923 E 3rd Street LA, CA 90013Eighty Two707 E 4th PlaceLA, CA 90013gLAnce Lobby Bar 900 W Olympic Blvd LA, CA 90015General Lee’s 475 Gin Ling Way LA, CA 90012Golden Gopher 417 W 8th Street LA, CA 90014Hank’s Bar838 S Grand AveLA, CA 90017 King Eddy Saloon131 E 5th StreetLA, CA 90013Le Pour Haus Wine Bar 1820 Industrial Street LA, CA 90021Pattern Bar 100 W 9th Street LA, CA 90015Pour House Wine Bar1820 Industrial Street LA, CA 90021Tony’s Saloon2017 E 7th Street LA, CA 90021Wendall656 S Main Street LA, CA 90014

DRINk.DANCEThe Belasco Theater 1050 S Hill Street LA, CA 90015Blue Whale 123 Astronaut ES Onizuka LA, CA 90012 Continental Club116 W 4th Street LA, CA 90013The Crossing 200 S Hill Street LA, CA 90012Elevate Lounge811 Wilshire BlvdLA, CA 90017Exchange LA618 S Spring StreetLA, CA 90014GrandStar Jazz Club943 N BroadwayLA, CA 90012La Cita Bar336 S Hill StreetLA, CA 90013The Lash117 Winston StreetLA, CA 90013The Mayan 1038 S Hill Street LA, CA 90015 Precinct DTLA357 S BroadwayLA, CA 90013RedLine Gay Bar& Lounge131 E 6th StreetLA, CA 90014

Redwood Bar & Grill316 W 2nd StreetLA, CA 90012The Reserve650 S Spring StreetLA, CA 90014

EAT.DRINK10E 811 W 7th StreetLA, CA 90017 Artisan House614 S Main StreetLA, CA 90013Arts District Brewery828 Traction AveLA, CA 90012Barrel Down525 W 7th StreetLA, CA 90014Big Wangs801 South Grand AveLA, CA 90017BonaventureBrewing Co404 S Figueroa StreetLA, CA, 90071Border Grill DTLA445 South FigueroaStreet LA, CA 90071Broken Spanish1050 S Figueroa StreetLA, CA 90017BS Taqueria514 W 7th StreetLA, CA 90014Café Pinot700 W 5th StreetLA, CA 90071

Casa Nostra Ristorante825 W 9th StreetLA, CA 90017 Casey’s Bar & Grill613 S Grand Ave.LA, CA 90017Cerveteca DTLA923 E 3rd St Ste 109 LA, 90013 Chaya 525 S. Flower Street LA, CA 90071 Church & State1850 Industrial StreetLA, CA 90021 City Tavern DTLA 735 S Figueroa Street LA, CA 90017Cole’s118 E 6th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90014Courtyard Los Angeles @ L.A. Live 901 W Olympic Blvd. LA, CA 90015Crepes Sans Frontieres541 S. Spring StreetLA, CA 90013Eat Drink Americano923 E 3rd Street LA, CA 90012 El Compadre1248 S Figueroa Street#101, LA, CA 90015Escondite410 Boyd StreetLA, CA 90013 Everson Royce Bar1936 E 7th Street LA, CA 90021Flemings 800 West Olympic BlvdLA, CA 90015 Far Bar347 E 1st Street LA, CA 90012 Ford’s Filling Station @L.A. LIVE 900 W Olympic Blvd. LA, CA 90015garcons de cafe 541 S Spring StreetLA, CA 90013Ham and Eggs Tavern 433 W 8th Street LA, CA 90014Hooters1248 S Figueroa Street LA, CA 90015

Hop Louie950 Mei Ling Way Rd.LA, CA 90012Hyde Lounge 1111 S Figueroa Street LA, CA 90015Katsuya800 W Olympic Blvd. LA, CA 90015Las Anitas Restaurant26 Olvera Street LA, CA 90012Las Perlas107 E 6th StreetLA, CA 90013 Library Bar630 W. 6th Street LA, CA 90017Little Bear1855 Industrial Street LA, CA 90021LearnAboutWine: 530 Molino Street #218 LA, CA 90013Los Angeles Biergarten750 S Broadway Ave LA, CA 90014 Lucky Strike800 W 7th Street LA, CA 90017Mas Malo515 W. 7th StreetLA, CA 90014Melody Lounge939 N Hill StreetLA, CA 90012Michael J’s643 N Spring StreetLA, CA 90012 Midtones943 N BroadwayLA, CA 90012 Mignon Wine Bar128 E 6th Street LA, CA 90014The Must 117 Winston Street LA, CA 90013Nest at WP24900 W Olympic Ave. LA, CA 90015Nirvana Bar & Grill314 E 1st Street LA, CA 90012Pattern Bar100 W 9th StreetLA, CA 90015 Perch 448 S Hill Street LA, CA 90013

Pez Cantina401 S Grand Ave LA, CA 90071Pitchoun Bakery & Cafe 545 S Olive Street LA, CA 90013Red Bird114 East Second StreetLA, CA 90012Riordan’s Tavern875 S Figueroa StreetLA, CA 90017 Rock N’ Fish800 W Olympic Blvd A-160, LA, CA 90015Simbal Restaurant 319 E 2nd St Ste 202 LA, CA 90012Spitz371 E 2nd Street LA, CA 90012 Subway 370 E 2nd Street LA, CA 90012Spring Street Bar626 S Spring Street LA, CA 90014 Taste FIGat7th 735 S Figueroa Street LA, CA 90017Takami Sushi Lounge811 Wilshire Blvd.LA, CA 90017 Tapachines517 S Spring StreetLA, CA 90013Tom’s Urban1011 S Figueroa StreetLA, CA 90015Traxx@Union Station800 N Alameda StLA, CA 90012 Triple 8800 W. Olympic Blvd. LA, CA 90015Vespaio225 S. Grand Ave.LA, CA 90012Villains Tavern1356 Palmetto Street LA, CA 90013 Yard House800 W Olympic Blvd. LA, CA 90015Yxta Cocina Mexicana 601 S. Central Ave.LA, CA 90021

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EAT.DRINK.DANCE.Boca @Conga Room800 West Olympic Blvd.LA, CA 90015 Clifton’s Cafeteria648 S Broadway StreetLA, CA 90014The Edison 108 W 2nd Street LA, CA 90012The Falls 626 S Spring Street LA, CA 90014Five Star Bar 267 S Main Street LA, CA 90012Monty Bar1222 W 7th Street LA, CA 90017Mrs. Fish448 S Hill Street LA, CA 90013The Regent Theater448 S Main Street LA, CA 90013Salvage Bar & Lounge 717 W 7th Street LA, CA 90017UrbanX Tavern 1248 S Figueroa Street LA, CA 90015The Vault Night Club & Lounge 801 S Hill Street LA, CA 90014Wolf & Crane 366 E 2nd Street LA, CA 90012

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PerchRising high over the edge of the city’s historic core, the two-tiered restaurant / lounge Perch offers French-inspired rooftop styling, a sweeping panoramic view of the city, and a menu of Gal-lic-themed delights designed by ex-ecutive chef Gerardo Benitez. Happy hour is from 4 to 6, with live music kicking off nightly at 7. Regularly fea-tured artists include trumpeter Brian Swartz’s old-school quintet on Tues-days; drummer Ben Rose’s group, with soulful cabaret vocalist Laura Mace, on Thursdays; and weekend champagne brunches from 12 to 3, with pianist Todd Hunter’s trio on Saturdays, and vocalist / composer Jesse Palter front-ing her swinging quartet on Sundays. Thursday through Saturday, Perch also offers DJs spinning eclectic funk sounds and soul-groove from 10 pm till closing time. Dial extension 1 when calling for reservations; tables can also be booked online. Strictly 21 and over after 9 p.m. 448 S. Hill Street. 213-802 1770.

The VarnishNext time you stop into Cole’s, the old-school Skid Row sandwich shop, for your regular French dip, you may notice a side door with nothing but an etching of a cocktail marking it as any-thing special. The room behind it was once just storage space, but it’s now home to the Varnish, one of the city’s most celebrated recent-vintage water-ing holes. Black wallpaper and an old upright piano create an upscale-De-pression aesthetic as you sample an array of drinks that won the Varnish the “Best American Cocktail Bar” prize at the 2012 Spirited Awards, spon-sored by Tales of the Cocktail in (where else?) New Orleans. Sunday through Tuesday after 9 pm is when you’ll find jazz happening here. The “house band” is a swingin’ trio fronted by pianist Ja-mie Elman; they also provided accom-paniment for the “Crooner Karaoke” the venue hosted at their 7th anniver-sary celebration in February. And fear not: Your Cole’s sandwich is welcome inside the Varnish…and the music awaiting you there, like that French dip, is classic and delicious.118 E. 6th Street. 213-817-5321.

7GWhiskey. That’s what Seven Grand is all about. Found on the 2nd floor of one of downtown’s refurbished vintage office spaces, this gorgeously appoint-ed dark-wood-lined haven offers over 200 varieties of domestic and interna-tional premium whiskeys, along with a full range of cocktails and spirits. The venue also boasts pool tables, private party rooms, and the adjacent Bar Jackalope, and Japanese-style 18-seat-er with over 100 whiskey varieties of its own ready to pour.

Seven Grand also hosts regular meet-ings of the Whiskey Society, a mem-bers-only education and tasting club designed to help you get the most out of your libations. In keeping with its classic flair, Seven Grand offers regu-lar live jazz performances; check their Facebook page for the latest calendar updates. Popular regulars at the venue include Kool and the Gang saxophonist Louis Van Taylor and local jam band The Makers, whose music is described as “a 100% improvised wall of sound…influenced by everyone from Miles Davis, Radiohead, and Medeski Mar-tin & Wood to Four Tet, Mars Volta, and Meshell N’Degeocello.” 515 W. 7th Street, Suite 300. 213-614-9736.

Le Petit ParisFrance has long had a rarefied status in the international jazz community. It was one of the earliest European na-tions to truly embrace the music, and many seminal musicians, from Miles

Davis to Bud Powell, enjoyed celebrat-ed residencies in Paris. Fanny and Da-vid Rolland, legendary French restau-rateurs, have brought a little of their homeland to downtown with Le Petit Paris, the US sister of their Cannes-based brasserie of the same name. Located in the El Dorado building (originally built in 1913), Le Petit Par-is offers a rich array of American and French favorites, carefully designed and beautifully executed by chefs Baptiste Grellier and Jeremie Cazes, and the setting is almost impossibly handsome, with shimmering skylights, ornate antique columns, and patio el fresco seating. And not only does the restaurant present live jazz every Wednesday night from 7:30 to 9:30 (singer / multi-instrumentalist Lau-re Zaehringer was recently featured), they also open their doors every second Thursday of the month to present jazz music as part of the city’s regular Art-Walk events. 418/420 S. Spring Street. 213-217-4445.

Grand Star Jazz ClubTucked into one of the most pictur-esque corners of Chinatown’s central core of shops and restaurants, the Grand Star has been doing its thing since 1946, when it was founded by the Quon family, longtime civic lead-ers of the neighborhood. The family matriarch, Yiu Hai Seto Quon, was the Grand Star’s principal chef, and still greeted customers well into her nineties; the venue is now fronted by her grandson Tony, while the food has gone Vietnamese, with the Grand Star Bistro offering flavors from the near-by Gigo’s Cafe & Deli from 11 am to 7 pm. To be fair, the Grand Star is now largely a jazz club in name only; most nights, it instead showcases DJs, in-cluding the long-running Friday night synthpop dance event Club Under-ground. But if you check their calen-dar, you’ll find jazz artists regularly scheduled amongst the club’s offerings; recent local features include pianist Alex Santos’s hard-driving quintet.943 N. Broadway. 213-626-2285.

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Back in 2013, The Conjuring made $318 mil-lion worldwide

on a $20 million budget. When a film becomes an unqualified box office hit, a sequel seems inevita-ble. Add in the fact that the Warrens worked doz-ens of cases; there was plenty of fodder for the sequel. Famed Film Direc-tor James Wan, however, wasn’t convinced that a sequel was a good idea.

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In The Conjuring 2, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles as the real life paranormal investigation team, Ed and Lorraine Warren. In 1971, the War-rens investigated the case of Perron family in Rhode Island. This case was the basis of The Conjuring. The Conjuring 2 begins in 1976 with the Warrens investigating The Amityville Horror case. The Amityville haunting garnered worldwide attention and the Warrens themselves became me-dia sensations due to their involvement.

Back in the directing chair is James Wan. Wan has directed sequels before including his follow-up to his wildly successful 2010 hit, Insidious. He also jumped into the directing chair for Furi-ous 7 and, after directing 2004’s Saw, was an executive producer for its successive installments. With his experience, he’s

well aware of the difficulties of making a sequel.

“I was pretty apprehensive about com-ing back to direct Conjuring 2 because the first was really beloved. I was like, ‘I don’t know how I’ll be able to top the first mov-ie.’ All of us collectively - myself, the writ-ers, the actors, the producers, the studio – knew we had to live up to the first mov-ie. We had to work hard to live up to the expectations of the first movie. There was such a love for the first film that it would be really sad if we didn’t even try to come close to the first movie.”

“For me, crafting the scare scenes is the easy part. I want to get the character arcs right first and then go back and see what scares I can come up with. Even though

I’m playing within the stringent tropes of the haunted house subgenre, I want to make it different from something you’ve seen before.”

In every horror movie, we all remember the visual scares. In Halloween, we can all remember Michael Myers’ face, but we also remember the iconic music from the film as well. According to Wan, music might be the most important aspect to make a successful horror film.

That’s not to belittle the amazing visu-als we have in this film though. It’s been proven time and time again with low-bud-get movies where you barely see anything onscreen because they don’t have the budget, so a lot of it is implied. So much of that is given to you by the soundscape.

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Simon McBurney and Patrick Wilson star in The Conjuring 2.

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Little Easy No city’s jazz scene is com-plete without a little Crescent City vibe, and the Little Easy proudly brings a touch of New Orleans to the world of LA jazz. Located in the old Alexandria Hotel building in one of down-town’s most celebrated historic hubs, the Little Easy (operated by downtown nightlife guru and former LA Derby Doll Vee Delgadillo) evokes deep South-ern atmosphere with both its French Quarter-inspired décor and its menu of lip-smacking Cajun-styled cuisine designed by Chef Brian Garrigues. Sun-day is when the Little Easy makes a jazz noise. 216 W. 5th Street. 213-628-3113.

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Wan is so passionate about the soundscape in his

films, that he’s very hands on during the mixing process.

“The soundscape gives you a sense of what is happening. The soundscape kind of dic-tates how you’re feeling during a scene.”

Though CGI is part of the Hollywood movie making ma-chine nowadays, Wan prefers to use that technology sparing-ly.

“I’m a huge fan of practical filmmaking. I like to capture as much of the weird stuff on camera as you can because it feels more real. The actors can actually react when they see something move in front of them. That’s very important for me. I want the CGI stuff to be naked to the eye. The comput-er effects that are so important to a movie like this are used by me to more tell the story. It’s hard to shoot a period exterior movie. Everywhere you look is

filled with modern technolo-gy – cars, cell towers. Nothing looked like what it used to look like. What is great fun with digital filmmaking is that it allows you to go in and paint out that cell tower or the high-tech hotel that wasn’t there in the 70s.”

As for his next gig, you may have heard of a little movie called Aquaman. No, I’m not talking about the Aquaman film that was a pivotal plot point in HBO’s “Entourage.” Wan is set to direct the real big screen version of the DC Comic favorite. In late April, the Inter-net blew up with rumors that Wan had quit, but Wan insists those rumors were baseless.

“I don’t know where that came from. Like everyone, I found out on Twitter and Facebook as well. I go on social media and I’m like, ‘oh, that is happening.’ And it’s about my career, which is even funnier. I was in the middle of finish-

ing up Conjuring 2 and I was working on the sound mix and that stuff broke out. I was like, ‘I don’t really know what’s going on here.’ I will say this: I think it’s more exciting and more tantalizing to some peo-ple when they hear of drama on a set. I’m not fully sub-merged in that world, but it’s not as dramatic as everyone is making it out to be.”

The Conjuring 2 opened in theaters June 10th.

Artist David Lovejoy has worked as an artist and

designer since the 1980s. His early career in graphic design supported an extensive arts ed-ucation at several schools and studios, focusing on ceramics and design. He has curated at the Spring Arts Gallery since 2009.

Known primarily for his assem-blage and installation work, Lovejoy repurposes existing artifacts and fragments, ar-ranging them to form new compositions. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in California, Hawaii and Oregon and is in collec-tions in the U.S. and Europe.

Dave has won a few awards, and in 1993 was named one of the “Art Stars of California” by Art in California magazine.

He lives and works in Los Angeles, California, and teach-es raku-firing techniques.

“As a maker of things, my artistic direction has always involved an exploration of old.”

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