A Wicked woman • ty joseph, artist • Ames on missionaries and music ® JANUARY 4-10, 2019 / VOL. 41 / NO. 7 / LAWEEKLY.COM W ity he ar th ul er op fr p om of S ge co sur tlan up d, an Japa ying n or t s enjo he USA, the brown spirit i BY JANELLE THE WAYS OF WHISKEYBENNET L January 4-10, 2019 // Vol. 41 // No. 7 // laweekly.com ContentsDouble Barrel Room, Beverly Hills COURTESY DOUBLE B ARREL ROOM, BEVERLY7 HILLS GO LA...4 FILM...13 Arthur Omura tickles the ivories, NATHANIEL BELL rounds up the best new Fred Armisen performs “stand-up for releases and art-house classics on local musicians,” the Year of the Boar starts and screens this week. more to do and see in L.A. this week. MUSIC...14 FEATURE...7 Singer-songwriter Ames was inspired by Whether from Scotland, Japan or the both Hanson and her time with Christian U.S., whiskey is enjoying an upsurge of missionaries in Honduras. BY BRETT popularity. BY JANELLE BENNET. CALLWOOD. Plus: listings for ROCK & POP, JAZZ, CLASSICAL and more. 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WEEKLY WEEKLY LA - , | anuary GO | J WWW.LAWEEKLY.COM LA1/4 COURTESY OF THE ARTIST fri DANCE Direct From Germany Aer more than 40 years as one of L.A.’s as well as shadow puppet shows and other M U SIC expressionist aesthetic. is he deploys most vibrant live theaters, the Odyssey e- folk art demonstrations. ere will be food in chronicling the ongoing adventures of atre began opening its stage to dance, and and alcoholic beverages as well as more French Connection (mostly) ctional characters inhabiting the three years ago it launched its own dance seasonal appropriate oerings such as hot When it comes to keyboards, Arthur Moundverse — a parallel yet all too famil- festival. Over the next month, Dance at the chocolate. Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Omura is more interested in the overlooked iar world of the artist’s own imagination. Odyssey 2019 oers six dierent programs Pomona; u.-Sat., 5:30-10 p.m. (last entry and even undiscovered properties of ancient With elements of superheros and classic of contemporary dance, mostly from L.A.- 9:20 p.m.); thru. Jan. 6; $14.27-$27. Chinese instruments than he is in the synthesized mythology, alter-ego gures like Torpe- based companies. e festival opens with lanternfestival.com. AVERY BISSETT sounds of modern machines. e Bay doBoy enact narratives of adventure and Berlin-based choreographer Shade éret Area keyboardist is adept at dialing up the protection, coping with the negativity and teaming with artist Lukas Panek in Maybe. spidery, uttering delicacy of a courtly tune all-too-real world of racism and danger. It’s described as a site-specic work, so it will sat 1/5 on harpsichord, but for this aernoon’s solo Shulamit Nazarian, 616 N. La Brea Ave., be interesting to see what the theater’s con- ART recital, as part of the Edendale Up Close Hancock Park; opening reception: Sat., Jan. verted industrial warehouse inspires. éret Concerts series, Omura focuses on cham- 5, 6-9 p.m.; runs Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., is co-presented by the Goethe-Institut Los Are You Mine? ber-music organ works by French Baroque thru Feb.