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Imagine uncovering
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Experience a day in the life of a Pacifica Graduate Institute student.
This one-day introduction showcases the distinctive educational
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features of our masters and doctoral programs in depth psychology,
counseling, mythology, and the humanities.
At our March 22nd Introduction Day, you will:
Experience Pacifica’s unique interdisciplinary degree programs led by
our renowned faculty.
Hear from alumni about their experiences & career outcomes.
Listen to a talk by Pacifica alum Dr. Siri Sat Nam.
Tour both of our beautiful campuses including the Joseph Campbell
GO LA...7 ARTS...19
A selection of events to mark International “Focus Iran 3” photo exhibition turns its lens
Archives and the Research Library. Women’s Day, a pow wow at Cal State Long on intolerance. BY NADIA MAIWANDI.
Learn how to navigate the admissions and financial aid processes to Beach, a celebration of the humanities, a
make graduate school a reality. discussion of truth and more to do and see in FILM...21
L.A. this week. NATHANIEL BELL recommends Captain Marvel
Enjoy complimentary continental breakfast and lunch. and foreign-language film Transit this week.
We will be giving away a $200 bookstore gift certificate. FEATURE...11
Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt looks at the MUSIC...22
March 22, 2019 | 9:30 am — 4:00 pm debauchery and depravity of ’80s rock & roll A dozen of the best concerts in L.A. this
801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA through today’s lens. BY BRETT CALLWOOD. week.
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Featured Presentation Burbank’s Beirut Cafe offers an authentic
taste of Lebanon. BY BARBARA HANSEN.
by Dr. Siri Sat Nam
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fri 3/8
ART
Free Art Fills Pasadena
Held in the fall and spring, ArtNight Pasadena
Broadway, downtown; Fri., March 8, 8 p.m.;
$26-$66. (213) 623-3233, theatre.acehotel.com.
—FALLING JAMES
FEMINISM
Women of the World, Unite
March is Women’s History Month, which includes
International Women’s Day today, a date cele-
brated since 1917, when women gained suffrage in
Russia. It’s been an important day in the U.S. since
1975. Today, it’s about recognizing the historical
and cultural achievements of women and tak-
lerist Lisa Derrick and entrepreneur and YouTube
personality Vanessa James Decker, and marks the
closing of Burgundy Room Gallery’s current ex-
hibition, “Art of Female.” 1621 Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood. 9 p.m.-mid.; free. facebook.com/
events/78206958215984.—LINA LECARO
sat 3/9
MUSIC
On Their Own
Kaleidoscope are an interesting ensemble who
ART
Complex Ambiguities
PHOTO BY CORY WEAVER
tacos. Cal State Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd.,
Long Beach; Sat., March 9, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun.,
March 10, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; free. (562) 985-4111,
web.csulb.edu/divisions/students/sld/american_
indian_services/pow_wow/. —FALLING JAMES
sun 3/10
Artist-provocateur Christy Roberts Berkowitz has
built her own figure-skating rink complete with
is the city’s tradition of free art, music and other ing action against gender inequality. You’ll find a forgo having a conductor as they perform a mix of torturous obstacles to address global warming;
performances, which last time attracted more wealth of women-driven events all month, kicking classical music and more experimental works. This planted thousands of poppy seeds as a guerrilla
than 16,000 visitors. Twenty of the area’s galleries, off with some inspiring events today. The fifth in- evening’s performance is a typically atypical pro- gardener to bring attention to public spaces; and
museums, libraries and cultural institutions take stallment of We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspec- gram of such traditional pieces as W.A. Mozart’s hosted feminist wrestling matches. Her latest
part and extend their hours, plus seven food trucks tive 5.0 — Movement & Motion, curated by Baha Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452, juxtaposed project is “The Distance Between the Grooves
will donate 10 percent of proceeds to the non- H. Danesh, features a “Feminist Portrait Gallery” with stranger fare, such as contemporary com- in My Fingerprint,” a solo exhibition in which she
profit event. It’s a lot of ground to cover, so you can and live performances that evoke female strength, poser Joan Tower’s whirlwind of flutes and strings, employs video, mixed media, text and installation.
walk, drive or take free shuttle rides to the venues, collaboration and “dialogue of equality for all.” Per- Petroushkates, and Valerie Coleman’s airily ebul- The artist-activist examines the ambiguities of her
whether you want to hear jazz at the Jackie Robin- formers include Karine Fleurima, Less Bells and lient work for winds and horns, Umoja. The pro- Russian-Jewish heritage while conflating themes
son Community Center, watch taiko drumming Miss Barbie-Q. The Montalbán Mezz Gallery, 1615 gram also includes Cuban-American saxophonist that are both personal (her ambivalent relation-
at the Shumei Arts Council, get free books at Red Vine St., Hollywood; 7-11 p.m; $10 before 9 p.m., Paquito D’Rivera’s merry Aires Tropicales and the ship with her father) and universal (socialism,
Hen Press or admire special exhibits of Matisse and $15 after. facebook.com/events/388526091721948. world premiere of Catalan composer Josep Maria the patriarchy and gender). “I am 400 years of
Picasso paintings at the Norton Simon Museum. Part dance party, part march and part rally, the Guix’s Jardin Seco. Westerbeck Hall, Pasadena City making art, but I am also 400 years of colonial
Various locations; Fri., March 8, 6-10 p.m.; free. International Women’s Strike Los Angeles is our College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena; Sat., violence,” she says. American Jewish University,
artnightpasadena.org. —SIRAN BABAYAN city’s answer to the global movement initiated in March 9, 7 p.m.; pay what you can. (213) 891-2104, 15600 Mulholland Drive, Bel Air; opening recep-
Poland and Argentina, addressing issues such as kco.la. Also at First Presbyterian Church, 1220 tion Sun., March 10, 3 p.m.; through July 1; free.
PERFORMANCE ART stopping wars on women, children, migrants and Second St., Santa Monica; Sun., March 10, 2 p.m. (310) 440-1280, arts.aju.edu. —FALLING JAMES
the planet. Speakers include Thandiwe Abdullah, (310) 451-1303. —FALLING JAMES
Reclaiming Her Time the 15-year-old who helped to found the Black MUSIC
The aspirations and creations of African-Amer- Lives Matter youth vanguard; Arlene Inouye, F A M I LY
ican artists have long been overlooked by the chair of the UTLA bargaining team; Judy Vaughn, Classical Women
mainstream art establishment. It would be nice founding member of Alexandria House; and Watts Native Treasures In the classical-music world, ads for various per-
to say that society evolved beyond past such native Helen Jones, whose son John Horton was The oldest artistic and cultural traditions on this formances often list just the last names of various
exclusionary practices decades ago, but some of murdered by sheriff’s deputies at Men’s Central continent belong to the Native American nations composers to draw attention: Mozart, Stravinsky,
the best work by people of color continues to be Jail in 2009. DJ Daisy O’Dell spins for the event. who thrived before the colonization/invasion by Bartók, Schumann, etc. But composer-pianist
ignored today. Multimedia artist/photographer 300 N. Los Angeles St., downtown; 4-7 p.m.; free. European settlers destroyed much of their way of Clara Schumann, whose work was overshadowed
Carrie Mae Weems has brought issues of race, parodemujeres.com/march-8th-womens-strike- life. Indian people are still treated as second-rate by husband Robert’s career, was a major creative
gender, class, family and politics into sharp focus marzo-8-paro-de-mujeres. Or join L.A. Weekly’s citizens in the Dakotas and other places, but the force in her own right, even if she’s still left out of
throughout her prolific career, but her new per- Culture Editor (disclosure:That’s me!) for the panel folks at Cal State Long Beach have been celebrating the classical boys’ club these days. Violinist Tien
formance piece, Past Tense, might be her most discussion Rebel Girls: Women in Media, Music unique and disparate American Indian cultures for Hsin Cindy Wu leads the Da Camera Players
ambitious project yet. Using video imagery, text and Art. Inspired by our cover story “Roaring & nearly 50 years. All are welcome at the 49th annual through works by such female composers as Lou-
and music, a Greek chorus of vocalists serenades Soaring,” which explored women’s struggle for Puvungna Pow Wow at CSULB, a free weekend ise Ferrenc and Amy Beach. Any chance to become
as Weems stands at a pulpit and re-examines the equality in the L.A. music and club scene, this event that includes dancers and musicians from wrapped up in the lyrically entrancing passages
myth of Antigone via themes of social justice discussion features Save Ferris’ Monique Powell, the Diné, Tongva, Taos Pueblo and other tribes, of Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio should not be
and identity. The Theatre at Ace Hotel, 929 S. DJs Ana Calderon and Daisy O’Dell, writer-gal- as well as such delicacies as fry bread and Navajo missed. Ebell Club of Los Angeles, 743 S. Lucerne
8 Blvd., L.A.; Sun., March 10, 4 p.m.; $60. (323) 931-
1277, dacamera.org. —FALLING JAMES
the 2017 word of the year, defining it as “disinfor-
mation or falsehoods presented as real news” and
“actual news that is claimed to be untrue.” But the
mon 3/11 term existed long before Trump made it a part of
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his rhetoric. Zócalo Public Square’s Did Truth Ever
FILM Matter? looks at fake news throughout history and
how it relates to even classic art. Moderated by L.A.
A Different Perspective Times writer Sandy Banks, panelists include New
Slamdance Cinema Club brings films from the York Times film critic A.O. Scott; Lee McIntyre,
2019 indie festival to the ArcLight Hollywood, author of Post Truth: The New War on Truth and
saving you the trek to Sundance. Tonight it’s doc- How to Fight Back; and Jennifer Kavanagh, co-au-
umentary Behind the Bullet, which explores the thor of Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the
impact of pulling the trigger on a few of those who Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in Amer-
participate in the 32,000-plus shootings each year ican Public Life. They’ll examine people’s ability
in the U.S. Laura Allison Wasser moderates a post- to distinguish between basic facts and raw data as
screening Q&A with director Heidi Yewman. Arc- well as personal bias and how it affects important
Light Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood; issues, especially political discourse. The Getty,
Mon., March 11, 8 p.m.; $12-$16. arclightcinemas. 1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood; Wed., March
com/en/news/arclight-presents-slamdance- 13, 7:30 p.m.; free, resv. required. (310) 440-7300,
W W W. L A W E E K L Y. C O M
cinema-club-2019. —LISA D. HOROWITZ getty.edu. —SIRAN BABAYAN
tue 3/12
ARTS
PERFORMANCE ART
Art in a Quiet Place
An internet search of the term ASMR (autono-
Yay for Humanity! mous sensory meridian response) reveals a lot of
A nationwide coalition of arts and humanities complex explanations for a neuro-physical com-
advocates gathers today in Washington, D.C., bination of relaxation and skin-tingling, often re-
for its annual conference and creative lobbying ferred to as a “brain orgasm.” In the hands (literally)
event. Around the country, satellite celebrations of Whisperlodge, ASMR is the foundation of an
pop up with solidarity and regional programs. intimate one-on-one performance art experience
Cal State L.A.’s Arts & Letters department hosts that redefines immersive to include diving into
National Humanities Advocacy Day, with events your own consciousness. Eight guests at a time
from futurist philosophy debates to printmaking, enter a 90-minute conceptual spa treatment in-
music and poetry, scavenger hunts, cosplay and volving blindfolds, low-key movements, touching
art shows. Highlights include a reading with L.A. of hair and skin and the turning off of cellphones,
poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis and a tour of the as personal guides use ordinary objects to stimu-
campus gallery’s “Lesbians to Watch Out for: ’90s late an expanded multisensory field. This edition
Queer L.A. Activism” — a history-rich trove of art, features daytime slots in addition to the recom-
ephemera, performance and inspiration. Cal State mended night version, and an ASL aspect makes
L.A., 5151 State University Drive, El Sereno.; Tue., it all accessible to the hearing-impaired. Silver Lake
March 12, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; free. (323) 343-3000, location provided with ticket purchase; Wed.-Sun.,
calstatela.edu/academic/al/national-humani- March 13-17, multiple dates and times; $120-$150.
ties-advocacy-day. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT whisperlodge.nyc. —SHANA NYS DAMBROT
wed 3/13
A R T/ L E C T U R E
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THE DIRT ON MÖTLEY CRÜE
Biopic looks at the debauchery and depravity of before it, but he had an out and he chose not Both men raise points that aren’t without
’80s rock & roll through today’s lens to take it. merit. That said, were there people alive today
“I will say that it’s not how people act in who “burned witches,” we probably wouldn’t
BY BRETT CALLWOOD 2019,” Sixx says. “It’s definitely not how bands be saying that they should be left alone be-
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act. It’s era-specific. If we’re watching a movie cause it happened in a different era. It’s inevi-
from the 1700s and they’re burning witches, table that Mötley Crüe have to face this music
e’re on the phone with ebrated book of the same name. Meanwhile, obviously no one’s burning witches in 2019. head on. Director Jeff Tremaine (Jackass)
Mötley Crüe bassist the soundtrack features four new songs, the It’s kinda the same with the Mötley movie. went in knowing all of this but he also knew
Nikki Sixx, the first first material recorded by the band since their That was part of the story. I think it would that he had to tell this story honestly.
of many interviews farewell tour. There’s a lot to talk about. have been a mistake to whitewash it and make “Our goal was just to portray it accurately,”
we conduct in prep- But fuck, this is Mötley Crüe. They have it super Disney-like. What I’ve gotten from Tremaine says. “This is a true story and we’re
aration for this cover feature to discuss gleefully wallowed in and played up the fact a lot of people, male and female, is, ‘I was so trying to show it without pulling punches.
the release of new Crüe biopic The Dirt, a that, for the first 10 years of their existence scared that the film would be neutered.’ We’ve It’s warts and all. There was a fun aspect to it
Netflix production, and we opt to address at least, they went out of their way to bring as stayed true to the story. We’re not talking and there was a dark aspect to it, and we’re
the enormous elephant in the room. “How much decadence, debauchery and depravity about 2019, we’re talking about the ’80s.” showing all of it.”
do you think the band’s attitudes toward down upon themselves and everyone around Douglas Booth is the actor who plays Sixx Iwan Rheon is best known for playing sadist
women in the ’80s is going to play when them as possible. The movie shows it all (or in The Dirt; having spent time with his subject Ramsay Bolton in HBO’s Game of Thrones,
presented to a #MeToo-era audience, in an abridged version of it) in all its gory detail. prior to filming, he firmly believes that Sixx, so it’s something of a departure for him to
their own homes?” There are shits and giggles, for sure. But there as well as the other band members, are not portray Mick Mars, the most responsible
Sixx barely has time to let out an “um- are also parts that portray frankly disturbing the same guys that they were back in the ’80s. member of Crüe. He says that, naturally,
mmmm” before the publicist interrupts and scenes of objectification and misogyny. These “We made a movie that was true to Neil conversations took place between the cast,
asks us to keep the questions geared toward were not enlightened young men. Strauss’ book, which was about a very specific crew and Netflix (the studio behind the film).
the movie and music, as that is what everyone So we put that to Sixx and his publicist cuts time in history,” Booth says. “We wanted to “It was very important to Netflix that, while
is “excited about.” No doubt, she’s right. This in. To his immense credit, the bassist says, make a movie that didn’t shy away from what making this movie, everyone felt comfortable
movie has been 18 years in the making, ever “It’s OK, I’ll answer it.” Not to suggest that the book was and what people who read the as you should in any work environment,”
since journalist Neil Strauss released his cel- this response excuses everything that came book know.” Rheon says. “We made sure it was ( 12 »12 Scenes from Netflix
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» 11 ) a very open set, people could talk, know your intention by the results.’ In other
and they were clear about making everyone words, with all the guys in rehab, Nikki killing
comfortable. I guess the guys got up to some himself, Vince’s alcoholism — you know that
stuff in a different time. It’s all in the book and way of life didn’t pay off.”
we’re just telling that story. Different people
have different opinions of it but you can’t stop Mötley Crüe were far from the only band to
telling stories. In the film, it’s not glorified or dive head-first into murky waters in the ’80s
glamorized in the way it shows the impact, (and prior), but they have come to encap-
and how much this life of excess affected them sulate the sheer excess, for better or worse.
as people. It kind of ruined them. It’s not Like many of their ilk, Crüe weren’t averse
glorified in any way, and that was important to sporting a confederate flag on their torn
when we were making it. It’s telling the truth jeans vest (in California, for Christ’s sake).
of their story, and what happens when you But their darkest moments can’t be explained
live that life.” away by ignorance or questionable aesthetics.
Australian actor Daniel Webber plays Vince There’s a very clear moment in The Dirt
Neil in the film. He says: “It’s based on Neil (the movie as well as the book), when the
Strauss’ book, which is a tell-all, wild adven- tone drastically and dramatically shifts. It’s all
ture. We really wanted to mirror and explore fun and games, everyone is fucking around
that book, and look at this particular period and having a blast. Then Tommy Lee hits
of time — the vacuum of the 1980s, rock & his fiancée. It’s an agonizing scene to watch,
roll as it was then — and not gloss over some primarily because we know that it actually PHOTOS BY JAKE GILES NETTER/NETFLIX
of the darker aspects of who these guys were. happened. Those who have read the book
I’m curious to see how that’s received but I know that Lee talks about it openly and
think it makes for extraordinary storytelling.” honestly. It played out pretty much as we see You have to hit your bottom to get out of my daughter,” Neil says. “All those feelings
The murmurings, on social media and from it on the screen. something. That scene is definitely Tommy’s came right back to the surface, for me, watch-
critics, have been mixed thus far, but there’s “When I took the script to [Tommy’s] bottom.” ing that movie. It was hard, and very sad. But
an element of “contempt prior to investiga- house a week before we went down to film, Whatever your views about Mötley Crüe, that just shows how true the movie was. It just
tion” there. The movie, like Strauss’ book, and that scene came up, he was just very hon- this is why the movie succeeds. You can detest brought all the emotions back. It’s something
doesn’t glorify any of the band’s bullshit. In est about it,” says Colson Baker, aka rapper them as people, you can hate their music, that happened in 1995 — a long time ago.
an opening monologue, Sixx’s character says, Machine Gun Kelly, who portrays Lee in the you can believe that they shouldn’t be for- Losing a child, though, it’s never going to
“We were a band — a band of idiots.” And it’s film. “It was even more intense in the book. given for any of their wrongdoings. The Dirt go away.”
very clear throughout that the lifestyles they I guess the fact that he was so open about it lays it all out for you, the audience, to make “It’s such a sad part of the Crüe’s history and
lead, the attitudes they have, lead them down and willing to confront it, it was pretty easy up your own mind. There’s no glorification Vince’s history,” Webber says. “It was some-
dark paths. It takes massive personal changes for me to take the pain that I saw and put it here, no hiding from the truth. Just a story, thing that I was very aware of and cautious of,
to set them right again. onscreen.” told honestly (with some necessary creative in the sense of, because he’s still alive, trying
“Two things: One is, if you’re pulling from Strauss agrees that the scene signals a license but no changes to key facts). to pay as much to respect to him, his family
any point in history, you have to be true change in the camp, thanks to the ramifica- Those familiar with Mötley Crüe’s history and to the people involved in the car crash
to that history,” says The Dirt author Neil tions of their carefree attitude. won’t be surprised to learn that two of the and Razzle, and really try to tell the story as
Strauss. “You can’t whitewash it. Anything “It’s almost like, it’s fun to race down the most powerful moments in the movie belong honestly as possible. I didn’t know another
through a historical lens is by nature prob- PCH until they hit someone, and then there to Vince Neil and Daniel Webber: the car way to do it. Just really try to convey those
lematic as we grow and evolve as a culture and are real-world consequences,” Strauss says. crash (due to Neil’s drunken driving) that situations as honestly as possible.”
a society. If you whitewash it, that’s inauthen- “So whether it’s Razzle, or that scene on the led to the death of Hanoi Rocks drummer
tic but it’s also similar to what fascistic coun- bus with Tommy, or Nikki dying, each of Razzle, and the death of Neil’s young daugh- Befitting a story as turbulent as Crüe’s,
tries do when they just change their histories. them has that point of, this is where it leads. ter, Skylar. getting the movie made was no easy task.
But the other part is, there’s a saying: ‘You’ll That’s a theme in movies but also in life. “A lot of things come up, like the part with Studios were in and then out, scripts ( 14 »You can also read
