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Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern bring the existential lie of JT LeRoy to the big screen
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A dining experience that tackles what NATHANIEL BELL explores the movies opening
it means to be Asian in America, a this week, including gritty superhero flick El
performance of electronic tap music, short Chicano.
films that explore themes of identity, and
more to do and see in L.A. this week. MUSIC...21
L.A. riot grrrls L7 are in fine, ferocious form
FEATURE...11 as they drop their first studio album in 20
The fictional persona of famous “author” JT years. BY BRETT CALLWOOD.
LeRoy once took the literary world by storm;
now a movie adaption starring Laura Dern
and Kristen Stewart hits theaters. BY LINA
LECARO.
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samples that will keep you from having to actually
make dinner in the first place. Through Sunday.
Based on Jacqueline Susann’s novel, 1967’s Valley
of the Dolls was a campy and trashy flop. But it’s
a beloved flop, filled with glamorous costumes,
bat shit-crazy acting and such quotable lines as
“boobies, boobies, boobies.” The story revolves
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Life), evocative writer-artist Lisa Teasley (Heat
Signature), unpredictable novelist Gina Frangello
(A Life in Men), poet-novelist-comedian Bucky
Sinister (Black Hole) and travel writer Amanda
Fletcher. Kaffebaren, 1000 S. Olive St., downtown;
Sun., May 5, 6:30 p.m.; free. (213) 596-9005. —
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and hailed as the current face of tap dance, The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave., Santa to survive cut-throat show business by self-
Michelle Dorrance brings her eight member Monica; Fri.-Sat., May 3-4, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & medicating with sex, booze and pills, aka “dolls.” M U S I C / F E S T I VA L
Dorrance Dance to town for one performance. Sun., May 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; $15 for each shopping Sound like 2019? Like all cult classics, modern
Collaborating with Bessie Award-winning session, RSVP required. (310) 390-9071, lecreuset. audiences have embraced the film, which is why Beach Party
Nicholas Van Young, Dorrance developed, and com/factorytotablelosangeles. —DAVID COTNER the Los Angeles LGBT Center is hosting Valley of Infused by the breezy yet buoyant vibes that make
her troupe performs on, percussive electronic the Dolls: A Benefit Staged Reading. Directed by hanging out seaside so special, the BeachLife
tap boards where the dancers’ movements F O O D /A R T Richard Hochberg and produced by Steve Tyler, Festival touts itself as L.A.’s first oceanfront fest.
simultaneously create or contribute to the music, a the gender-bending cast includes Wilson Cruz Three-days of music include Willie Nelson, Bryan
result dubbed ETM or Electronic Tap Music. Years Step into the Shoes of Asian (as Neely O’Hara), Alec Mapa (Anne Welles) Wilson, Bob Weir, Ziggy Marley and more, plus
ago L.A. tapper Al Desio and others experimented America and Bruce Vilanch (Jennifer North), in addition there will be craft cuisine and drinks, art, and
with electronically amplified taps, but those efforts Out of that pretty new Le Creuset frying pan and to Steve Bluestein, Joely Fisher, Mo Gaffney, activities repping the surfing and skating lifestyle
predated the marvel of microchips, and few before into the fire is where you’ll go when you enter the Robert Gant, Tom Lenk, Greg Louganis, Laraine — think Baywatch meets Desert Trip meets a
Dorrance applied the idea to larger group works unique and somewhat terrifying undertaking of Newman, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Gordon Thomson, Dead show. Founded by Allen Sanford, a South
such as ETM: Double Down, which receives its the Asian in America VR adventure. Part of this Joan Van Ark and Marissa Jaret Winokur. Bay local who owns area restaurants including
West Coast premiere. Dorrance employs a range year’s Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Proceeds benefit the LGBT center and Alcott Saint Rocke, the fest aims to become Redondo
of music in support of free-ranging tap styles throughout six courses of Asian cuisine — three Center for Mental Health. Renberg Theatre, Beach’s premiere annual gathering attracting L.A.
and ideas. Overall, the troupe is less the intense, paired with VR goggles and three paired with 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., residents far and wide (they got a 10-year lease on
almost internalized percussive tapping of Savion poetry — chef Jenny Dorsey explains each and May 3-4, 8 p.m.; $70-$1,000. (323) 860-7300, the venue where the fest is held). They’re definitely
Glover or the contained elegance of Fred Astaire, every aspect of the rationale behind the creation lalgbtcenter.org. —SIRAN BABAYAN going big for the line-up’s inaugural year (in
and more closely recalls the joyful, exuberant, and cooking of the food you’re eating and how it addition to the biggies above, other acts include
athletic tap style of Gene Kelly, if Kelly had played
around with an electronic tap board. Segerstrom
Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa
ties in to the wider experience of what it means
to be Asian in America. Also Saturday. Toshizo
Watanabe Exhibition Center, Japanese American
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events/2019/dorrance-dance. —ANN HASKINS St., downtown; Fri.-Sat., May 3-4, 6 p.m.; $15 Story Time 3-5; $97 for single day to $795 VIP weekend pass.
general/$14 students and seniors/$13 Visual There aren’t a lot of Latino names listed among the beachlifefestival.com/. —LINA LECARO
FOOD Communications members. (213) 680-4462, performers at this group reading, which may or
festival.vcmedia.org/2019/movies/asian-in- may not be why the gathering is titled A May Fifth ART
Cookware Party america/. —DAVID COTNER Non-Cultural Appropriation Event. But the
Le Creuset makes a full range of cookware that will show does feature an impressive lineup of literary Body and Soul
probably outlast you, your children and the next
round of dinosaurs that take over the world after
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minds who will spill their guts and stories at this
coffee and beer bar. The program includes crime/
mystery writer Tod Goldberg (Gangster Nation),
Artists from along a Denmark-United States-
Sweden community continuum converge on
Hollywood’s Noysky Projects for a group show
Factory-To-Table sales extravaganza, where Coast Magazine editor/novelist Samantha Dunn interrogating the tendency of both modern life and
you’ll get sizes and colors of cast iron, enamel Cult Classic (Not by Accident: Reconstructing a Careless contemporary art to privilege the informational
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In tandem with KRÆ syndikatet (Copenhagen),
REDCAT presentation “Between Three Worlds:
Films by Akosua Adoma Owusu,” the filmmaker
| may 3 - 9, 2019 | L A W E E K L Y these artists work in an array of sustainable and appears in person to discuss the provocative issues
eminently tactile materials like marble, paper, she raises in such vivid films as Pelourinho: They
glass, wood, teeth and flesh across photography, Don’t Really Care About Us, Reluctantly Queer
performance and sculpture. From political and and Mahogany Too. In the short film Intermittent
economic dynamics to gender agency and personal Delight, Owusu heightens her footage of Ghanaian
spirituality, the question is asked — can a simple clothes makers with punchy Afrobeat music
human touch contribute to toppling an oppressive overlaid with mesmerizing patterns of fabrics and
paradigm? Organized by Signe Vad (Denmark) colors. REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., downtown;
and Michelle Appelros (Sweden/Denmark) Mon., May 6, 8:30 p.m.; $12. (213) 237-2800,
— who also exhibit their works in the show — redcat.org. —FALLING JAMES
Meat and Mysticism features Ciriza (U.S.), Fryd
Frydendahl (Denmark/U.S.), Marianne Jørgensen
(Denmark), Elena Lundqvist Ortíz (Denmark)
and Thinh Nguyen (U.S.). Noysky Projects, 6727 ⅞
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the fellow actor in every episode. He also
Bridging Different Worlds hosted Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, a celebrity
Akosua Adoma Owusu’s films often portray talk show that recently ended after a 10 year
people who are caught between different run. But Pollak is still making comedy magic
countries, identities and genders. As the child of based on his “twisted, demented ideas” in his
Ghanaian parents, the CalArts graduate depicts latest podcast, Alchemy This, which he tapes
the upheavals and culture clashes experienced live tonight. In each episode, Pollak and a cast
by immigrants, but she also explores themes of of five improvisers and comedians, including
race, gender and queerness in her work. At the Craig Cackowski, Joey Greer, Vanessa Ragland,
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small-town murder, the third ever Thanksgiving author’s own life, the book charts the ups and
after the Pilgrims have arrived, kids auditioning downs of a family who emigrates from Ukraine
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Santa Monica; Tue., May 7, 8 p.m.; $10 in Kuznetsova with vibrant, descriptive prose and
advance, $15 day of. dynastytypewriter.com. incisive detail. Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd.,
Book Signing
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welcome PULO Project, an interdisciplinary Pergola (some titles: “Dump that Chump,” “My
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exhibitions and performative activations, such and fun. Five ladies named “Drama Mama,”
as Leeroy New’s “Aliens of Manila,” about ten “Mystery Mama,” “Earth Mama,” “Sassy Mama”
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Theater, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Sawtelle;
Thu.-Sun., May 9-May 12 & May 16-19, check
schedule for exact times; $33.75-$37.50. web.
Reuniting the Trio ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1008002. —LINA LECARO Discussion / Book Signing
Joshua Bell is a flashy and stylish violinist who
often appears as a star soloist with numerous ART Tuesday, May 7th, 7pm
orchestras, but in this concert at the Soraya
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music luminaries as New York pianist Jeremy for the artist’s cinematic style, blending
Denk and London cellist Steven Isserlis. Denk
anchors this program of traditional piano trios
the emotionally charged, color-saturated
surrealism of film and painting, with the
In this memoir based on
by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Ravel, but eccentric sex appeal of classic fashion Muhammad Ali’s audio diaries,
the three merrily melodic works also give photography. Sweeping landscapes of urbanity
Isserlis and Bell plenty of room to demonstrate and its environs host stylish leading ladies in
his daughter shares an intimate
their own dazzling, high-flying technique. The unlikely yet familiar prop scenarios — red portrait of the legendary
Soraya, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge; Wed., balloons, iconic architecture, freeways —
May 8, 8 p.m.; $49-$109. (818) 677-8800, in Drebin’s modern update on a timeless boxing champion.
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LeRoy
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STRANGER THAN
was a young woman still trying to figure Heart, where the actress came off equally
who they were when Albert thrust them into forceful, weird and multi-faceted. Though
the spotlight, paying them to play LeRoy at early critiques of Kelly’s film seem to see
parties and in photo shoots. it as villainizing Albert, it really doesn’t.
FICTION
There’s a lot of meta-layers that can get Albert’s reasonings for her original lie,
a bit convoluted here, so bare with us. which of course begets more lies that end
Kristen Stewart plays Knoop, turning in up lasting 6 whole years, make sense most
a subdued performance that gently but of the time, even as she embellishes certain
powerfully conveys Knoop’s still forming elements seemingly for the hell of it. She
identity. In the book, Girl Boy Girl: How I also created another personna for herself
Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart bring the existential Became JT LeRoy, which the film is based
on, it is explained that in pretending to be
to play — LeRoy’s British handler Speedie,
who speaks for the literary star so Knoop
lie of JT LeRoy to the big screen someone who didn’t exist — the bisexual, doesn’t have to when they go out in social
biological boy/trans girl author — this situations. Speedie helped keep Albert in
BY LINA LECARO bi-sexual biological girl began to discover control of her creation, which obviously
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who they really were, which ultimately they felt a little less hers once it was embodied
came to refer as gender non-conforming. by another. The secondary alter ego gives
ome called it a horrid hoax, homelessness, sex work, child abuse, heroin Knoop and Kelly wrote the script, which Dern a way to conjure desperation behind
others an outrageous scam, addiction and living with HIV, and her style offers a much more balanced view of the the guise, adding wacky nuances to Albert’s
but the motivations behind the was precursory to the raw, victim-driven infamous lie’s progression versus the best personality. Watching the film, one needs
story of JT LeRoy — a popular prose now de rigueur in personal essays known documentary about the subject, Jeff to remind themselves, that yes, this stuff all
literary figure from the ’90s who and autobiographies. But back then, no Feuerzeig’s 2016 Author: The JT LeRoy Story, really happened. They say truth is stranger
was revealed to not actually exist — have one could have predicted how deeply the which is essentially Albert’s personal story. than fiction, but in this case “fiction” was
never been clear enough for either of those idea of LeRoy (the JT stands for “Jeremiah Another doc, Marjorie Sturm’s 2014 The the truth, and yes, this is one of those stories
dubious descriptors. We may never know Terminator”) would resonate with readers, Cult of JT LeRoy, took a more journalistic that you just can’t make up, which is why it
exactly why writer Laura Albert made or how the lie might snowball to such approach to the controversial story. fascinated even those who had never heard
up the personna. Was it a calculated plan Warholian heights. Albert is played in Kelly’s film with of LeRoy before the hoax was revealed via an
to dupe people for the fun of it or for the In the new Justin Kelly film named after astounding, award-worthy zeal by Laura investigative New York Times article.
fame she felt she’d never achieve on her the fictional author, the story is told from the Dern, conveying sociopathic tendencies At the press day for JT LeRoy in West
own or, a crazy genius attempt to flesh perspective of the person who helped Albert and a compulsive nature that rings true Hollywood, Dern and Stewart did
out the tortured protagonist/author who pull off the ruse, her boyfriend’s sister, and vulnerable even as it veers into crazy interviews together, explaining their
brought her darkly poetic and achingly Savannah Knoop. Knoop (who identifies as town. It’s hard not to be reminded of some attraction to the story and their respective
personal writing quite literally to life? gender fluid, so we will use the non-binary of Dern’s most iconic roles watching this roles. Neither had read LeRoy’s works nor
Her narratives as JT LeRoy explored pronouns “they” and “them” in reference) one, especially David Lynch’s Wild At were they very familiar with the ( 12 »12 » 11 ) scandal at the time it broke. Both
pointed to the script as what attracted them
to the roles. Kristen Stewart in
Jeremiah Terminator
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“Diving into this story, we had deep
LeRoy
empathy for not only Savannah, which
was frankly easy, but for Laura too,” Dern
explains. “To really understand why she
felt she needed to do it this way ... because
clearly she’s a great writer. So if you love the
writing, you honor the artist. But I think
it was in the discovery of why— why we
perceive anyway — that she needed an alter
or an avatar as she called it, that really kind
of cracked our hearts open to her.”
“Our attempt at telling this story could
only be, quote unquote, true because
perception is such a subjective thing,”
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adds Stewart. “I always felt that Savannah’s
perspective of Laura was really enlightening
for an outsider and very tender and
admiring; always wanting to bring it back
to the books and what a brilliant writer she
was, to how hard she worked, how much
pain she was in, how she translated that,
how they shared a lot of similar pain, all of PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES
that. Even though the relationship became
controlling and became codependent and
dysfunctional in various ways, there was can lead to adoration as well as antipathy Things and made it into a movie. She was we can all understand — not just gender
never any disdain or, like, leftover hate.” (thanks to the Twilight phenom) and her rumored to have had a relationship with identity but identity in general, as well as the
Talking to Knoop alongside Kelly at the honest exploration of her own sexuality (she LeRoy, or rather Knoop as LeRoy. Dianne pretentiousness of celebrity and the mob
same press event, it’s clear that Stewart identifies as bi-sexual). Kruger plays the Argento character in the mentality that seems to drive social media
really got to know the person she played. In the film, which begins after LeRoy’s film, and there is a scene where Stewart and pop culture today. Maybe even more
Knoop gives off an amiable enthusiasm first book, Sarah, is already a New York sexually pleasures Krueger (an encounter importantly, it illuminates how damage and
that feels — ironically — extremely real Times best-seller, Dern’s manipulation is the that sees them remain clothed and struggle inspire art and why we connect so
and self-actualized. The writer admits to driving force of the story, but it also suggests therefore leaves gender feasibly hidden). Of passionately with it even when we don’t fully
reservations about telling their side of the that Knoop’s portrayal of the writer in the course, this part of the story became more understand it. Albert created LeRoy when
story cinematically at first, but trust, time flesh is what took the mystique to a cult complicated (as if the story wasn’t already) she was suicidal, calling hotlines as the
and truth helped it finally happen. Part of level. Either way, Albert’s decision to have by a stranger — and darker — recent turn of boy character she invented. Desperate and
the obvious comfort-level comes from the a biological female play her “baby” was a events. Shortly after her boyfriend Anthony longing for a connection she had too much
fact that Kelly and Knoop have known each bold choice. Clearly, she saw something in Bourdain passed away, Argento, who was a shame to feel she deserved help as herself.
for 11 years, meeting when both lived in San Savannah beyond an androgynous young vocal proponent of the #MeToo movement, Stewart suggests that fans who felt anger
Francisco. Kelly is an L.A. native (he grew girl, and she says so a few times in the film: was accused herself of taking advantage of when they learned it was all fake take a
up in Santa Clarita) and made a name for JT LeRoy was brought to life not by one of the young male co-star (who played her son different perspective on the story, trying to
himself as a maker of short films and protege them, but both of them. in The Heart Is Deceitful), and she admitted understand that while the person may not
of Gus Van Zant, who was one of LeRoy’s Kelly and Knoop admit that they didn’t to paying him to keep quiet. have been real, the emotions were. “Those
celebrity friends and fans. Three of Kelly’s consult Albert on their version of the story, Kelly says the Argento scandal has feelings were coming from the same place
previous full-length films were based on though Knoop does say she spoke with the nothing really to do with his film — and it we’ve all felt them,” she says. “If you’re
controversial true stories, so this one is not writer (who is no longer in a relationship doesn’t literally — but Knoop takes a more actually able to step outside and see we’ve
unfamiliar territory. with Knoop’s brother) before writing the esoteric approach to the Kruger character all been through some shit, you realize it all
“It happened very organically through book on which it’s based. The memoir has (which we had to remind ourselves, comes from pain.”
sort of building a friendship,” Knoop says. “I just been re-released with the Dern and they may or may not have had an actual “That’s why we’re here,” adds Dern, whose
think probably building the trust, too. “ Stewart movie promo on the cover. relationship with). layered take evokes mixed emotions in JT
Kelly read Knoop’s book (which came out “We move through the very complicated “It’s actually kind of at the crux of LeRoy. “We didn’t sign up for this because
about two years after the scandal broke) power dynamics of the Savannah character this story,” Knoop says. “The emotional we wanted to expose the hoax; that’s already
and was enthralled. The San Francisco film and the Laura character,” Knoop says. “We interpersonal relationship between these out there. And we didn’t sign up to go, ‘You
school student had followed the career of get into the nitty gritty of that and I think characters. We thought it was important guys are wrong and you’re crazy to feel hurt
local celebrity JT even before his identity was some people expect it must be a cat fight to have a character where you go into the by this deception.’ We sought to examine
revealed, and early into the friendship with and who won and who lost, but actually it’s JT world, you feel like you’re connecting the question of why so many people can’t
Knoop he brought up the idea of co-writing neither. “ and really vibing with someone, but are identify as who they are. For both of these
the film together. Almost a decade later Some might say that those who they vibing with you? It gets at the meat of characters at this time in their lives, it was
the project has come to fruition starring championed LeRoy lost a little bit, at least that kind of intimacy and the weirdness impossible for them to just be in their own
the actress they envisioned way back then in terms of reputation. Everyone from Tom of feeling like you’re not sure if you’re a skin. That is fascinating.”
as Albert (Dern) and arguably one of the Waits to Billy Corgan to Courtney Love projection of someone or you’re actually Kelly concurs, “In terms of how we all
hottest young actresses in Hollywood (who makes a winky cameo in the movie as hearing and seeing each other. Even though control how we want to be perceived, from
(Stewart), the latter proving herself just as a Hollywood bigwig) fell into the fawning/ it’s a fictional compartmentalized world, our Facebook profile photo to what we post
right for the role for a number of reasons, conning trap of LeRoy, with the biggest that’s relatable to everyone.” on Instagram, and put out there in real life,
including her understanding of what it’s like (possibly) being Asia Argento, who optioned Despite its outrageousness, the story of it’s like we’re all curating our lives. It’s a wild
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A TALE OF AFROS AND
be a black artist during this time. Collectives like black Los Angeles was still reeling from the
New York’s Spiral and Chicago’s AfriCOBRA Watts Riots in 1965, while getting energized
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and spaces like Linda Goode Bryant’s JAM (Just about electing Tom Bradley as mayor in 1969
Above Midtown) or Leimert Park’s Brockman and 1973. One is a room of assemblage-style
AFFIRMATION
Gallery were pushing boundaries and each art made widely known by artists like Betye
other. We see a conversation of discourse and Saar, John Outterbridge, Noah Purifoy and
support going on in a time long before artists John Riddle — a mentee of Purifoy, who was
could share each other’s work on social media. not in the original Tate exhibition but added
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A Polaroid of a mural, say, might eventually for the Los Angeles iteration.
A unique edition of the socially conscious Soul of a find its way to the studio of an artist working There’s a reiteration of the impressive Three
Nation touches down in Los Angeles with junk and artifacts, whose best friend is a
poet whose words ended up in a painting by
Graphic Artists show in 1971 at LACMA,
featuring Charles White, David Hammons
another artist, and so on. and Timothy Washington, which Sarah Loyer,
BY WYATT CLOSS
One gallery, an especially vibrant room, associate curator and exhibitions manager at
is a beautiful, energy-filled space brimming The Broad, points out as a show that came
amid the prodding of an activist effort by
the museum’s Black Artists Council. When
approached about it, Charles White doubled
down on the commitment to showcasing more
artists by saying, “I’ll show as long as you show
younger artists,” according to Loyer.
The third L.A.-specific room is a recreation
of Saar’s 1973 survey show at Cal State, replete
with details that the artist oversaw herself at
The Broad, from the painted texture of the
walls to the placement of her Rainbow Mojo
piece near the ceiling.
There are also several real nuggets in this
show not seen in any other version of Soul of
A Nation. “The Door (Admissions Office)”
work by Hammons, on loan from CAAM,
is one example and its message is absurdly
relevant given current college admissions
scandals. Another is Purifoy’s “Watts Riot”,
shown at Tate Modern but no other venue
in the U.S., an installation using charred
wood and other street-found material to
both document and evocatively recreate the
aftermath of the destruction in the city. A
Carolyn Lawrence , “Black
Children Keep Your Spirits Free”, unique sonic experience was crafted solely
1972 (partial) PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST for L.A. via a music playlist curated by none
T
other than Quincy Jones, downloadable on
Apple Music and the museum’s website. To
he clap of a hand, the clench of a With works by over 60 artists, there is a full with depictions of black life and black icons take a trip through the show as you listen to
fist. The blare of a horn, the power range of styles and mediums on display from in brilliant, groovy ‘70s technicolor. Works by Mahalia Jackson, The Last Poets, Sly & the
of a vote. The stroke of a brush. figurative and abstract collage, assemblage Wadsworth Jarrell (“Revolutionary”), Carolyn Family Stone or Alice Coltrane, is a beautiful
These all stir the soul at The Broad’s and photography to painting, sculpture and Lawrence (“Black Children Keep Your Spirits form of transportation. (Though on a personal
presentation of Soul of A Nation. performance. Developed and organized by Free”), Nelson Stevens and Jeff Donaldson note, I wished “One Nation Under A Groove”
While there’s much to soak in and experience Tate Modern in London in 2017, it made two had electricity and flavor while being super by Parliament Funkadelic and early ’80s hip-
with the show, Soul of A Nation: Art in the Age other stops in Arkansas and Brooklyn, before socially conscious. That kind of work spilled hop had been tagged for the journey, too.)
of Black Power 1963-1983, it is this pulse, this its final (and only West Coast) stop at The over into mural projects like “Wall of Respect” “This is a very important exhibition for Los
vibrant, jazzy, funky, socially conscious pulse Broad. in Chicago (in which Jarrell was involved) that Angeles now, as it gives a taste of the culture
that you see and feel throughout the show. Presenting the work of black artists made sparked a nationwide mural movement, also that generations can experience. Many of the
It is the pulse of black consciousness as the over two decades beginning in 1963, the documented here. themes, the joy and pain, are instructive to
assassinations of JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm exhibition has individual galleries of artists These abstract works prove art by black what’s happening today,“ says L.A.-based artist
occurred, while ascendant voices from the working in particular cities, with three galleries people doesn’t have to show black people, but Michael Massenburg, also a member of BAILA
Black Panthers to Nelson Mandela were taking dedicated to artists living and working in Los can still be about black people. Such is the case (Black Artists in Los Angeles). And he’s right;
root. It’s the pulse of nodding one’s head in the Angeles. Without the dreaded, oft-used “black for the minimalist installation of chains and those pulses continue to throb.
affirmative from James Brown’s “Soul Power” art” filter, the works stand on their own in terms barbed wire by Melvin Edwards, “Curtain (for
to Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message.” It is of vision, technique, expansion of the mind William and Peter)”, which is one of the most The Broad will offer a series of gallery talks on
the pulse in the veins that happens when you and general disruptiveness, and should be powerful visual poems summing up the black Thursday nights beginning May 2 at 7 p.m. Free
start to taste liberation and empowerment observed as such. But, writing as a black man experience in America. There’s also strong with exhibition tickets.
after 400 years of slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings from the South, I will concede that it is all made black nationalist works by Faith Ringgold, The Broad, 221 S. Grand Ave., downtown;
and marches. It is the pulse of major cities — richer with the context of certain historical Emory Douglas and Dana Chandler and (213) 232-6250; thebroad.org; Tue.-Wed., 11
like Los Angeles — that transformed rapidly touchstones. poignant photography from Roy DeCarava. a.m.-5 p.m., Thu.-Fri., 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat., 10
right before our eyes socially, politically and The exhibition showcases communities As for L.A., we see the local aspect of the a.m.-8 p.m., Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., thru Sept. 1;
culturally. engaged in robust artistic dialogues, while also dialogue via three rooms featuring artists who $18. thebroad.org/soul-of-a-nation.18 SHOWGIRLS
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In the book, Röllich muses on the White in this recipe, St. George Terroir gin. I am not
Bull: “The name of this drink is a testament to normally so specific, but this gin has a distinct
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the long, winding road down which cocktail Alpine flavor; there truly is no substitute.”
making often takes me. I started with a Blood
and Sand cocktail (¾ ounce blended scotch, White Bull
MIXOLOGY
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vermouth, ¾ ounce Cherry Heering, shaken glass
with ice cubes, strained into a coupe glass, 1 ounce St. George Terroir gin
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garnished with a cherry), named after a 1 ounce Cocchi Americano
bullfighting film starring Rudolph Valentino. ¾ ounce Sage Beer Syrup (see below)
I changed every aspect of the original to get to 1 ounce fresh lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
this drink, but I still had that one in mind, so I 1 ounce wheat beer
Bar chef Christiaan Röllich shares his favorite spring wanted to give it a name that referenced bulls. I Garnish 2 fresh sage leaves
cocktail recipe: the White Bull settled on White Bull because the drink is white Combine the cocktail ingredients in the short
from the beer, which becomes a thick white side of a Boston shaker. Put the tall shaker tin
BY MICHELE STUEVEN foam when it’s shaken. In addition to the beer on top, flip the shaker around so the tall tin is
in this cocktail, I make the syrup for the cocktail on the bottom, and dry-shake (shake without
ice) hard for about 7 seconds, until the tins feel
like they are pulling apart from the pressure
The White Bull–Recipe
and photograph from
of the carbon dioxide in the beer expanding.
Bar Chef: Handcrafted Pour the cocktail into the short shaker and fill
Cocktails by Christiaan to the rim with ice cubes. Put the tall tin on
Röllich. Copyright ©2019 top, flip the shaker again so the tall tin is on
by Christiaan Röllich. the bottom, and shake hard a second time for
7 seconds. Using a Hawthorne strainer, strain
the cocktail into the short shaker. Discard the
ice, put the tall tin on top, flip so the tall tin is on
the bottom, and dry-shake hard one last time
for 7 seconds. Fill the glass with ice cubes and
fine-strain the cocktail into the glass. Garnish
with the fresh sage leaves.
Sage Beer Syrup
Makes about 8 ounces (1 cup)
For me, hefeweizen, or wheat beer, screams
summer, hot weather, patios in Amsterdam,
living without a care in the world. I created
this beautifully fragrant syrup for the White
Bull cocktail, because I knew the sage, which
pairs well with beer, would also play nicely off
the piney flavor of the St. George Terroir gin
in that drink.
¾ cup wheat beer
¾ cup sugar
4 fresh sage leaves
Combine the beer, sugar and sage leaves
in a small saucepan. Heat the liquid over
medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve, about
PHOTO BY ED ANDERSON 2 minutes; be careful that the flame isn’t so
L
high that it can travel around the sides of the
pan, as the alcohol in the pan will catch fire.
.A.’s premier bar chef and cocktail lays out the differences between moonshine, from beer instead of water, which makes for a Turn off the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
mastermind, Christiaan Röllich bourbon, rye and malted. cocktail with more concentrated flavor. Cocchi (If you put ingredients in a blender while
from the Lucques group of As for his favorite spring drink, Röllich Americano, an Italian aperitivo heavy on the they are still very hot, the heat will expand
restaurants, has put together a loves the White Bull (recipe below). botanicals, provides the dominant flavor. The and explode out of the blender.) Transfer
selection of 100 original craft “White Bull started as a play on a Blood and gin used in this cocktail, St. George Terroir gin, the mixture to the jar of a blender and puree
cocktails recipes that hits bookstores on Sand, which in its turn is a reference to a has a piney flavor. You also have the maltiness until the sage leaves are as small as grains of
Tuesday, April 9. bull fighter,” Röllich tells L.A. Weekly. “Many of the beer, and fresh sage brings another layer sand. Strain the liquid through a chinois or
Co-authored by James Beard Award– renditions later, it has nothing left of that and of flavor to the drink. The result of this unusual fine-mesh strainer and discard the solids.
winning writer Carolynn Carreño, Bar Chef: has more qualities of a refreshing sour. The combination is one of my favorite gin cocktails. Transfer the syrup to a bottle or jar. It will
Handcrafted Cocktails has chapters divided piney flavor of the St. George gin goes hand “Wheat beer is made of malted wheat instead keep, refrigerated, for up to 1 month.
by spirit, including vodka, gin, rum, tequila, in hand with the fresh spring quality of the of the usual malted barley. It has a more Recipe and photograph from Bar Chef:
whiskey and brandy, and recipes to interpret wheat beer. The extra layer of sage slumbers structured flavor profile than conventional Handcrafted Cocktails by Christiaan
them all. Each section dives into where the around like the occasional cold spring night. beer. I use it often in cocktails because it doesn’t Röllich. Copyright © 2019 by Christiaan
spirits come from and how best to use them The Cocchi Americano adds the depth you overpower the other ingredients. Some brands Röllich. Photographs copyright © 2019 by Ed
as well as other tips and tricks for the perfect want in a cocktail without going overboard. I like are Weihenstephaner, Modern Times, Anderson. Reprinted with permission of the
cocktail party. In the whiskey chapter, Rollich And of course it answers the eternal recipe Blanche de Bruxelles and Sierra Nevada publisher. All rights reserved.20
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superhero film. Co-written by Joe Carnahan features songs by Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas,
(Narc) and co-written and directed by Ben Pitbull, Janelle Monáe, Blake Shelton — all of
Hernandez Bray (a veteran stuntman who whom do character voices.
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of the 1990s. The gritty, naturalistic (read: no The 35th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film
superpowers) story involves two brothers on Festival, presented by Visual Communications
opposite sides of the law: one is a drug kingpin opened on Thursday, May 2 with the world
and the other becomes the embodiment of an premiere of Yellow Rose, directed by Diana
urban legend, a “ghetto grim reaper” who could Paragas. The nine-day festival continues through
be the Punisher’s distant relation. Launching the May 10 and features a number of works
a new franchise can be an uphill venture, but from Asian-American, Pacific-American and
Bray brings commitment to a film that aims to international Asian filmmakers. Over 200 films,
carve a niche in the crowded superhero market. including shorts, will be featured. This year a
The Intruder features Dennis Quaid as the number of women filmmakers are represented;
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couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) who Zhang Yimou. Working with his usual
purchase a Napa Valley estate and discover that cinematographer, Xiaoding Zhao, Zhang
the seller has a psychopathic attachment to the creates a nearly monochromatic palette to tell
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