Pro-SMO Measure Will Go on Ballot by DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
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Book your In Home Design Consultation today! JULY 19-20, 2014 Volume 13 Issue 208 Santa Monica Daily Press POLICE LOGS SEE PAGE 14 We have you covered THE WEEKEND ART ISSUE Pro-SMO measure will go on ballot BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer SMO Voters will have a chance to decide whether or not to take more direct control over the future of the Santa Monica Airport. A ballot initiative, which was financially backed by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), got the green light from the Los Angeles County Registrar and the Santa Monica City Clerk on Thursday. Last month, pro-airport activists turned in boxes filled with 15,594 signatures on behalf of the initiative. The county was responsible for making sure that the boxes contained sig- natures from at least 15 percent of registered Santa Monica voters, or 9,541 people. At least 9,800 signatures were found to be SEE SMO PAGE 9 Courtesy photo U.R. Art Music Festival NEW SHOW: Artist Stephanie Trachtenberg will display her work at Upper West, 3321 Pico Blvd. BY FRANCESCA BILLINGTON Daily Press Intern Artists find a home beyond the gallery BERGAMOT STATION U.R. Art Music Festival Series is hosting its second sum- BY MATTHEW HALL tion, it's part of the dining experience. mer music performances on Sunday, July Editor-in-Chief “When I built it, I had an idea of hav- 20 at the Bergamot Station Art Center. ing art here. That's the reason the walls Three DJ friends - Rob Garza, member of PICO BLVD Santa Monica has a well- are white and we have high ceilings that “Thievery Corporation”, Philip Jung of the established history as a town that sup- help with viewing the art,” he said. electronic group “M.A.N.D.Y.” and John ports the arts and some business owners He said the rotating exhibits often Wander of “Roam Music” - created the are finding ways to bring traditional art focus on local artists and that by changing event to showcase music groups, food, fash- to non-traditional spaces. the art, he is able to renew the energy of ion and art while promoting sustainability, Gallery-like displays are popping up the restaurant. said Wander. in unexpected places with increasing “Customers come for food but they According to Wander, Downtown LA frequency as merchants realize there's a stop and look at the art,” he said. “We Matthew Hall hosts many music events, so he and his benefit to hosting local artists. often have four or five people that ask GATHERING: Art hangs at 2009 Main St. colleagues created the U.R. Art to build a Fred Eliasi owns Upper West restau- us for information about purchasing.” platform and bring music to the rant and his eatery hosts rotating art He said restaurant customers often ent styles so his regular customers can Westside. exhibits about every three months. He become art patrons and that past artists often find something they like over the While searching for a venue, the three said he always planned to have an artis- have sold about several pieces of work course of time. partners decided Bergamot was the perfect tic component to his restaurant and that were on display. The three-month place to have a daytime summer event. that the art is more than just decora- rotation allows him to bring in differ- SEE ART PAGE 11 Wander had taken part in events at SEE FESTIVAL PAGE 9 CHECK OUT OUR New Weekend Brunch! Selling the Westside since 1999 th 1433 Wilshire Boulevard, at 15 Street J.D. Songstad, Realtor www.MrWestside.com 310-394-1131 | OPEN 24 HOURS [email protected] 310-571-3441 Lic# 01269119 Calendar 2 WEEKEND EDITION, JULY 19-20, 2014 Visit us online at www.smdp.com Go all in, It’s for charity! Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica 6th Annual Texas Hold Em’ Poker Tournament Saturday August 23, 2014 What’s Up at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel 5-11 PM Westside $125 Buy in (Includes $2000 in chips & a buffet dinner) OUT AND ABOUT IN SANTA MONICA Proceeds benefit youth oriented programs and grants including academic and music Saturday, July 19, 2014 City Yards scholarships through Kiwanis Charities 2500 Michigan Avenue, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. The City of Santa Monica has arranged to 9 Major prizes awarded to the final table! Three artist exhibition TAG Gallery provide secure shredding services free of BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE - Collared shirts 2525 Michigan Ave., 5-8 p.m. charge. Documents will be commercially TAG will host three artists at a reception on shredded by trained, licensed and bonded and slacks required for gentlemen. July 19. Carole Garland will present Santa destruction specialists and then recycled into No jeans, gym shorts, or t-shirts. Monica Pier: Night and Day. Garland focuses new paper products. Each resident may bring on the variability of the Santa Monica Pier as up to 25 file boxes that measure no more a spectrum of illumination throughout the day than 12”x17”x9”. The event is for Santa TO BUY IN – Call and into the night. Suki Kuss will present Monica residents only. Call (310) 458-2223 Small Offerings. Suki Kuss embarks on a for more information or visit www.smgov.netr3. Eula Fritz @ 310-458-8988 Or email [email protected] personal journey in her latest exhibition, using only immediately accessible and basic materi- Kathy Irby @ 310-882-4800 x 2239 Or email [email protected] als in her studio. What unfolded in this deli- 20th Anniversary Celebration Or visit www.kiwanisclubsm.org cate and patient quest was a deeply cathartic Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library and cleansing experience. Elyse Wyman will 11820 San Vicente Boulevard, 2 p.m. present Light of Day. Wyman combines Broadway and film actor Duffy Hudson will painting and photography to explore the cre- perform his one-man, musical, comedy show puscular transition of day to night. These in the persona of the legendary George mixed media works showcase the ephemeral Burns. He will sing, dance and tell stories just nature of the cyclical rhythms of the earth, as like George. Admission is free and open to light is filtered through a haze of clouds, mist the public. Whole Foods and the Friends will and pollution in and around the Los Angeles provide refreshments. Also, the Los Angeles area. Visit www.taggallery.net for Public Library’s “Library Store On Wheels” more information. truck will be parked in front of the library dur- ing the afternoon. This mobile store features Artist receptions a carefully crafted collection of eclectic and Lois Lamberg Gallery at literary gifts and goods. For more informa- Bergamot Station tion, call (310) 575-8273. 2525 Michigan Ave, E3 The Lois Lambert Gallery will host opening Anniversary Book Sale receptions on July 19 for the work of Phil Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library Kho and Joanna Bielski. Kho gathers inspira- 11820 San Vicente Boulevard tion from the traditional Korean lattice struc- The bookstore is open daily and features ture, “Chang-sal” as a means of connecting gently-used books, DVDs and CDs at bar- the old and the new. Bielski’s exhibition is a gain prices. For the Anniversary Sale, buy study that reflects the contradiction: being one and get one free. For more information, together and alone at the same time. Bielski, call (310) 575-8273. using oils paints interacting figures as a nar- rative to illuminate this paradox. Fundraiser to restore SPARC build- ing Author Roger Trammell Book Signing SPARC Event 685 N. Venice Boulevard, 5 - 7 p.m. FIVE08 Join organizers for cocktails, music, nibbles 506 Santa Monica Blvd #300, and art to benefit the restoration of the Socal 3 - 5 p.m. and Public Art Resources (SPARC) Art Deco Trammell, a resident of Los Angeles, CA, will building. The evening includes a special be available to sign copies of his book, showing of Lost Horizons: Mural Dreams “Sockey of Edward Biberman. Sockey” details the life and times of a nine- Edward Biberman was a Deco-era muralist year-old African-American boy from the and educator active in California, best known Brewster Projects of Detroit to the suburbs for his New Deal murals. Come support one of Inkster, Michigan. Insights into sociological of Venice’s most beloved organizations, while changes from 1949 to 1958 and how they raising funds to maintain the historical treas- affect Sockey are woven throughout his ure in which it is housed. Music by special involving story. Bullying, fears, first love, and guest, Janet Klein. Tickets are pre-sale $20 an intense desire to move out of the projects or day of $25 are issues that he has to deal with. Once in Purchase tickets at http://SPARCARTDE- the suburbs he is confronted by the issues of CO.brownpapertickets.com divorce, prejudices, and the division between and within the Free ice cream truck races in the fifties. 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