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1 LA WEEKLY | - J , | WWW. LAWEEKLY.COM ® The issue MAY 31-JUNE / VOL. 6, 2019 41 / 28 / NO. MAY LAWEEKLY.COM 2 WEEKLY WEEKLY LA | - J , | - J | .COM LAWEEKLY . WWW Welcome to the New Normal Experience life in the New Normal today. Present this page at any MedMen store to redeem this special offer. 10% off your purchase CA CA License A10-17-0000068-TEMP For one-time use only, redeemable until 06/30/19. Limit 1 per customer. Cannot be combined with any other offers. 3 LA WEEKLY | - J , | WWW. LAWEEKLY.COM SMpride.com empowerment, inclusivity and acceptance. inclusivity empowerment, celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, individuality, individuality, community, the LGBTQ+ celebrate A month-long series of events in Santa Monica to to Monica in Santa of events series A month-long June 1 - 30 4 L May 31 - June 6, 2019 // Vol. 41 // No. 28 // laweekly.com WEEKLY WEEKLY LA Contents | - J , | - J | .COM LAWEEKLY . WWW 13 GO LA...7 this week, including titanic blockbuster A survey and fashion show for out and Godzilla: King of Monsters. influential designer Rudi Gernreich, the avant-garde Ojai Music Festival, the MUSIC...25 FEMMEBIT Festival, and more to do and see Gay Pop artist Troye Sivan curates and in L.A. this week. performs at queer-friendly Go West Fest. BY BRETT CALLWOOD. FEATURE...13 Profiles of local LGBTQ figures from all walks of life leveraging their platforms to improve SoCal. BY MICHAEL COOPER. ADVERTISING EAT & DRINK...19 CLASSIFIED...30 Former boybander Lance Bass brings pride EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT...31 BY MICHELE STUEVEN. to Rocco’s WeHo. BULLETIN BOARD...31 ARTS...21 On The Cover: From recession to a senator’s ire, Highways Photo collage by Darrick Rainey has survived it all and thrived. BY SHANA NYS DAMBROT. FILM...23 NATHANIEL BELL explores the movies opening L.A. WEEKLY (ISSN #0192-1940 & USPS 461-370) is published weekly by LA Weekly LP, 724 S. 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For back-issue information call 310-574-7100. e entire contents of LA Weekly are Copyright 2014 by LA Weekly LP. No portion may be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the express written permission of the publisher, LA Weekly, 724 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. BOOKS/FI L M 6 Barbara Hannigan - Ojai Music Festival Lessons of Experience Wondering what John Waters is up to these days? e inestimable Book Soup presents the inimitable John Waters in conversation WEEKLY WEEKLY about his new memoir Mr. Know-It-All: e Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder. He’ll gab LA with renowned comic Merrill Markoe about his life as a famous person, all the famous people with whom he’s worked who are now dead, and why marking your territory with your own sensibilities is both nauseating and necessary. In other words: the usual chortlesome wisdom from John Waters, but, admittedly, words that should be repeated regularly and with emphatic enthusiasm. Renberg eater, Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hol- lywood; Sat., June 1, 7 p.m.; $35 (includes book). GO (310) 659-3110, eventbrite.com/e/john-waters- | - J , | - J | in-conversation-about-and-signing-mr-know-it- all-the-tarnished-wisdom-of-a-lth-elder-tick- ets-60140190930. DAVID COTNER .COM DAN CE PHOTO BY Not Your Average Commute MARCO BORGGREVE In Transit Dances III, instigator Donna Stern- LAWEEKLY . berg returns with four dance troupes to surprise and delight riders along a Santa Monica stretch WWW won six Tonys in 2017, and characters from Gernreich exhibit celebrates the inuential of the Expo light rail line. e event is free with one of the greatest sitcoms ever, namely Jerry, designer and his work — which included the in- a Metro ticket. e fun begins at the 26th Street/ George, Kramer and Elaine, and the ridiculous troduction of the “monokini,” the thong, unisex Bergamot station and moves west to the 17th situations they constantly found themselves in. caans, and pantsuits for women, to name a few and the 4th Street stations. At each stop, tour As the name suggests, this isn’t just a reading, but of his innovations. e exhibit explores how this guides lead audience members to a performance LA5/31 a mini concert. With help from a live band and visionary deed style norms and championed site and aer the performance the audience fri ART music by Michael Teoli, cast members Lewis, authentic expression in fashion, and his life was reboards and travels on to the next stop. ough Laurent Holt, Heather Woodward, Matthew no dierent; the designer was an out and proud focused in Santa Monica, the participating Hacking the Gender Code Patrick Davis, Brock Baker, Ari Stidham, Dahlya gay man who championed homosexual rights at performers reect SoCal’s extraordinary ere’s a lot of talk about the Year of the Woman, Glick and Joe Fria sing original songs to the tune time when doing so was neither easy nor simple. diversity including New Zealand dance from and in some ways at least the culture-sector of ’90s alt-rock, as well as integrate trademark Skirball’s popular style survey is a tting and fun Nga Anahera Maori, Bollywood from Blue 13, patriarchy is more smashed than ever, with Seinfeld-isms or phrases, whether it’s close way to mark Pride Month, with dancers from and contemporary dance from both B. Dunn more respect for female-identifying artists talkers or “What’s the deal with…” UCB Inner Luminario Ballet modeling the designer’s iconic Movement and host company Donna Sternberg and lmmakers. But one area that could use Sanctum, 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., East Hollywood; costumes, plus Hello DJ on the decks, food & Dancers. Route details and map at Santa some love is tech and computer science, where Fri., May 31, 8:30 p.m.; free. (323) 908-8702, trucks and a cash bar. e Getty, 1200 Getty Monica Expo Line, begins at 26th Street/Berga- women remain drastically under-represented. ucbtheatre.com. SIRAN BABAYAN Center Drive, Bel-Air; Fri., May 31, 6-10 p.m.; mot Metro Stop, Santa Monica; Sat., June 1, e tech-savvy ladies of FEMMEBIT are here $5, free for members. skirball.org/programs/ noon & 1 p.m., free with metro ticket. dsdancers. to change that, taking a creative perspective on L I TERATURE special-event/late-night-pride-fashion LINA com. ANN HASKINS how the future of visual and social culture is not LECARO only digital — it’s female. eir interdisciplinary Father of Free Verse collective exists to support and propagate the “I am large, I contain multitudes,” Walt Whit- world-changing work of L.A.-based tech artists, man once rhapsodized in his epochal poetry sat 6/1 sun 6/2 and at the FEMMEBIT Festival 2019 you can collection, Leaves of Grass, and a multitude of ART ART encounter digital video, audio and augmented local writers gathers at Beyond Baroque to cele- reality installations, live performances, topical brate the Long Island poet’s 200th birthday with Dreamtime with Yoskay The Other Arts District conversations, dancing, cocktails, and other readings from the book.