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Mike Radford HUNTINGTON BEACH resident Jasmine Roth works on a kitchen demolition as part of her home makeover show, “Hidden Potential,” which is about to begin shooting its second season. A SMASHING TIME

untington Beach builder Jasmine Roth is on the hunt for 17 Roth’s design services for free. ho-hum houses to transform for Season 2 of her HGTV “They’re also getting that renovation done in six weeks, which is H show “Hidden Potential.” huge,” she says. “At a minimum these projects would take six to Filming starts Oct. 22 and will continue through the beginning seven months. We have it so dialed in.” HGTV star and Huntington of 2019. Roth’s mission: Customize 17 cookie-cutter houses for 17 Roth’s “Hidden Potential” crew is made up of the same guys who episodes. work for Built Custom Homes, the business she started in 2012 — Beach Jasmine Roth gears up Homeowners must be willing to move out of their houses for six the same guys, she points out, who remodeled her own Hunting- for the second season of weeks and have “a realistic budget” set aside. ton Beach house long before HGTV found her on Instagram. Roth is getting the word out on her Instagram, @jasmineroth “We have a team like you’ve never seen,” she says. ‘Hidden Potential’ — and she’s official, and so far about 150 homeowners have applied. But her “I don’t want to get ahead of myself,” Roth says. “But I would looking for 17 volunteers who casting director has not made any decisions yet and is hoping to love to just add one more reason to come to Huntington Beach, want their ho-hum homes to see more submissions. one more reason to live in Huntington Beach.” If you missed Season 1, by the way, Roth’s show is all about tak- After learning this summer that she was being picked up for a have a bit of individuality. ing humdrum suburban houses and giving them a shot of charac- second season, Roth created The Warehouse by Jasmine Roth, a ter. Typically this includes a front exterior makeover. The ideal curated online retail marketplace “allowing everyone to have a By LORI BASHEDA homeowner, Roth says, is “someone whose house looks, or feels, or little piece of #myjasminerothstyle.” is exactly like their neighbor’s house.” And she is toying with opening a small brick-and-mortar retail The show is based in Huntinton Beach, where Roth lives, but she shop in Huntington Beach “so at least locals can come in and is not opposed to crossing city lines. Two of the houses on Season 1 touch and feel.” were 10 miles up the road in Long Beach. While homeowners pay for their renovation, they are getting See Roth, page R7 OC Japan Fair to celebrate new and traditional culture The weekend event in said calligraphy instructor Randy “It’s important to expand Yamamoto. “There are no touch- Orange County’s view of Japanese Costa Mesa will include ups allowed. You cannot turn food and culture,” Taguchi said. musical performances, back. What it requires is for you to Yamamato, 51, of Irvine consid- live demonstrations be there in the moment.” ers calligraphy a meditative prac- and traditional food. He plans to teach calligraphy tice that endows the practitioner along with the Gardena-based with a sense of the present — a BY BEN BRAZIL Beikoku Shodo Kenkyukai at the product of the focus demanded ninth annual OC Japan Fair on by the art form. Calligraphy is an art form that Friday to Oct. 21 in Costa Mesa. The quality of the characters re- requires the communion of body About 30,000 attendees are ex- lies on the artist’s ability to con- and mind. pected to flock to the fairgrounds template the meaning in each Nothing is arbitrary, and every- to experience cultural exhibition movement and brushstroke. thing is planned, from the thick- booths, live demonstrations, mu- Yamamato teaches Japanese ness of the lines that define each sical performances and tradi- calligraphy, or shodo, to students character to the aesthetic balance tional food. in Irvine. between the dark of the ink and Organizer Masataka Taguchi “For me it’s really important Courtesy of OC Japan Fair the light of the page. envisions the fair as an introduc- that people see that there are “This is an art form that re- tion to the traditional and novel TAIKO DRUMMERS will perform at the 2018 OC Japan Fair at the quires utmost self-discipline,” parts of Japanese culture. See Japan, page R7 OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa Friday through Oct. 21. WWW.TIMESOC.COM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 R7

JASMINE ROTH ROTH Continued from page R1 plans to customize She has also booked the 17 homes “Today” show for Nov. 15, for the where she will be giving second holiday decorating tips. season of “Having a TV show has “Hidden opened a lot of doors,” she Potential.” says. “My goal is to just keep my head down and be open to whatever opportu- nities it brings.” Season 2 of “Hidden Potential” is scheduled to SAT, NOV10, 7:30PM air in summer 2019. Interested homeowners can go to castingcali@ Jo Auger rtrmedia.com. Skilled tradespeople can also go see their house they are meat-grilling entrepreneur there to apply to join the actually seeing it for the first named Brett who shares her crew. time since being demoed. love of snowboarding and If selected, homeowners You only get so many sur- travel. The couple (who met tell Roth what vibe they prises in your life as an in college in Boston and are want for their homes. adult. This is kind of cre- both 33) are TV gold. Houses in the first season ating one of those mo- This has led to inevitable ranged from mid-century ments.” murmurs: Does Roth have modern to Cali Cape Cod Roth does all the shop- what it takes to fill the void and modern Hawaiian. ping and design and also left by beloved HGTV stars “It’s all dictated by the works on the construction Chip and Joanna Gaines families, what their family is sites, swinging a sledge- when they quit “Fixer Up- ï all about,” Roth says. hammer alongside her per” last spring? And while ANNETTE BENING ED ASNER Having said that, once crew. Huntington Beach is al- they leave their house (Sea- “I take it really seriously,” ready a tourist hotspot, can ï son 1 homeowners stayed she says. “Each of these Roth give it the same I- GARYCOLE KATE MANSI with family or friends dur- families I treat like my want-to-live-there-charm ing their remodels), they own.” that the Gaineses gave to agree to give Roth full cre- A small-town-Virginia Waco, Texas? ative control. transplant who grew up “They’re not allowed to building dog houses and LORI BASHEDA is a even drive by,” she says. forts with her father, Roth is contributor to Times “When they come back and now married to a bearded, Community News. 2 < 0 JAPAN Continued from page R1 IF YOU GO :/ - - / depths to this art,” Yamamato said. What: OC Japan Fair Aside from the calligraphy, fair organ- Where: OC Fair and Event Center, 88 Fair izers plan workshops and demonstrations Drive, Costa Mesa for flower arranging, tea ceremonies and When: 5 to 11 p.m. Friday; noon to 10 p.m. sake tasting. Kimonos will be available for Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 21 purchase. Tickets: $8 Ramen, the ball-shaped snack Takoyaki Information: oc-japanfair.com and noodle dish Yakisoba are among the food offerings. A so-called maid cafe, where servers dress in cosplay, will offer coffee rock band Ventra, which features famed and pastries. Japanese guitarist Masayoshi Furukawa. Misono, a Japanese pop star and televi- There will also be taiko drumming and sion personality, is the featured performer. traditional Japanese dancing. She’ll perform each day of the event. Other performers include Los Angeles- [email protected] based pop-duo Layla Lane and psychedelic Twitter: @benbrazilpilot

Jamal said, claiming that eling musician and record- JAMAL hip-hop artists have sam- ing artist that began in the Continued from page R6 pled liberally from it and 1940s, Jamal insists that he his other works. continues learn new things on the road,” he said. Jamal advises young about his instrument and “Everybody has to travel, musicians to attack the makes “new discoveries” whether you’re a known or industry from multiple nearly every day. an unknown.” perspectives. If you play, he “When you stop discov- One place Jamal has says, also learn how to ering things, you’re dead,” visited many times in his compose and conduct. he said. “I sat at the piano career is Chicago, where he “If you can’t find a venue, when I was 3 years old, and recorded the seminal 1958 then teach for awhile. And I’m still discovering things ì Intimate,deeply personal portraits album “At the Pershing: But if you can’t teach, then within me.” Not for Me.” write for a while,” he said. of the courage,sacrifie, c and sense “One of the most plagia- “Go to school and increase ERIC ALTHOFF is a rized records in the history your knowledge.” contributor to Times of duty thatmadethis country.î of instrumental music,” Despite a run as a trav- Community News. ó TOM BROKAW struts his masculinity and delightful as the neighbor- COMEDY grabs the spotlight whenev- ing would-be actress who Continued from page R3 er it’s within reach. headlines Vanya’s play. Jenna Cole enacts the Director Bart DeLorenzo would be dispossessed like weary Sonia with thinly has created a comical ban- By Andrew Carroll a pair of Russian peasants disguised frustration, blos- quet with what the play- in a play by you know who. soming when she dons a wright described as “Che- DirectedbyJohn Benitz |New original scorebyPeter Boyer When the four get to- costume for a neighbor’s khov in a blender,” stirring gether, comedic havoc party. the characters to often reigns, robustly spiced by Tim Bagley downplays dizzyng heights. Keith the clairvoyant cleaning his pedestrian character Mitchell’s large and highly lady, appropriately called through most of the play attractive setting provides a Cassandra, and a nubile before erupting in a splendid backdrop. young budding actress, also lengthy, and applause- “Vanya and Sonia and THUR, OCT 18,7:30PM with an appropriate name, worthy, monologue vener- Masha and Spike” will Nina. And, shades of “The ating the good old days of tickle both the funny bones Seagull,” they read Vanya’s the 1950s when people and the psyches of audi- AProvost Series Lecture original play together. licked stamps, dialed ences, whether or not All six are admirable, but phones and watched Ed they’re familiar with Che- the centerpiece is the over- Sullivan. khov. It’s an outrageous Jonathan Haidt emotional Masha, wonder- A true-life Russian ele- satire presented with con- fully rendered by Pamela J. ment appears in the form summate skill at South THE CODDLING OF Gray as a dominant figure of Svetlana Efremova as the Coast Repertory. THE AMERICAN MIND both to her lover and her feisty maid who employs siblings. Jose Moreno voodoo to alter the story TOM TITUS reviews local Brooks as the studly Spike line. Lorena Martinez is theater. SAT, OCT 20,3PM Mariinsky/Atkins Recital FLETCHER JONES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BE AND MAKING A DONATION TO SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR Valery Gergiev EVERY NEW MERCEDES-BENZ PURCHASE OR LEASE! † Talk ‘19E300 Sport Sedan: Kelley Blue Book ® 2017 “Best Auto Tech Award” Trophy Winner!†† /mo.+tax SUN, OCT 28, 4PM $ lease * 589 AN EVENING WITH WE WANT TO SAY YES TO EVERY OFFER! VISIT US AT FJMERCEDES.COM TODAY! NATHAN AND FLETCHER JONES MOTORCARS JULIE GUNN THE NATION’S #1MERCEDES-BENZ CENTER

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