What would you pay for high-end living in Atwater Village? This might surprise you a little bit – almost $1.5 million. For two bedrooms and a pool. However, the property is owned by sculptor Mineo Mizuno, so the property does contain a sizable artists studio. It’s also gated and is on a huge lot, but we doubt Mizuno will be leaving behind any of his beautiful pieces that are pictured in the property gallery (boo).
And it’s kind of located in the coveted part of Atwater Village – where moms and their baby strollers, dogs and their owners, lawn-mowing and nightlife take place. It’s safe to say, you could stumble home after a fun night at 55 Degree Wine. And it’s located just next to the LA River Greenway Trail, which may some day be on the up-and-up some day, which the MLS listing describes as “peace and tranquility.”
Click here for the full listing and to find out exactly what $1.5 million will get you in Atwater Village!
h/t Chris Zastrow
 As the lunch hour approached today, I was wishing there was a quick place in Atwater Village near the office that would satisfy a very specific craving – a light, fresh, and simple salad of some kind, something that wouldn’t carbo-load me and send me into a 2:00 desk-napping session.
While Hugo’s and other local quick lunch spots will satisfy me for now, we are really looking forward to the opening for a new market in Atwater Village – Bon Vivant Market, taking over the former Adult Jubilee Day Care Center on Glendale Boulevard. Owner Tricia La Bell is a resident of Los Feliz and has spent a lot of time in Atwater over the years, which is why they wanted to open up in this neighborhood.
The new market, hopefully opening this fall, promises to curb my craving for easy, freshly prepared food like soups, paninis, roasts, pasta and organic green salads. Other grab-able items include a savory and sweets counter, pre-packaged light bites, gourmet coffee and other beverages. In addition, there will be a charcuterie and fine cheese station just off the wine and beer bar – that’s right, a wine and beer bar! Everything they’ll carry will have a focus on local and California foods and products, along with a variety of vegan and gluten-free products. The Atwater Village News website says epicurean treats from Dean & DeLuca have already been delivered.
Okay, we might be over-selling it to you but we’re really looking forward to checking this place out when it opens this fall. Tricia told us in an email about the new market:
We are a community driven design indeed. As as a Los Feliz resident and a lover food my goal is to bring to the Atwater, Silverlake, Los Feliz and Glendale area products we all love from near and afar… even childhood memories such as crocks of mac n’ cheese, flaky french toast, strawberry shortcake, delicious summer salads and home baked breads.
Yumm!
Bon Vivant Market won’t be the only one opening up on the block – Atwater Village Farm is a farm-to-table market concept, coming hopefully in October, on the opposite side of the street at the corner of Larga (read about it here). Though they probably won’t be exactly direct competitors, there will be lots of great healthy food shopping options in Atwater Village in the coming months!
Bon Vivant Market will possibly be open daily from 8:00 am until 10:00 pm weekdays, and midnight on the weekends.
They ask that you give them some feedback about what to carry on their new Facebook page.
 Tomorrow (Thursday, June 30, 2011) is the first of three Summer Nights on the Boulevard, and the kick-off promises to be good! From pickles to art completions, and plenty of live music, we are definitely looking forward to spending some time out on Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village Thursday night.
The Atwater Village Summer Nights on the Boulevard is hosted by the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council and supported by the Chamber of Commerce. Visit the event website for more information! The next Summer Nights on the Boulevard takes place on July 28 and August 25, 2011.
Here’s the run-down for where to find what:
Atwater Village Farm: Pickle Pop-Up
The Atwater Village Farm will host vendors of jams, jellies, pickles, and honey. The fabulous Chicks with Knives will have pickles, Bluestocking Farm with jam, Frog Dog with spices, jams and salsa, Jam I am with jams, Backwards Bee Keeping with a honey table, The Little Cart with hot snacks and jam, and Chef Tehra Turnbsugh Thorp of t3 Events with dressings. DJ Al G will also be spinning evening sounds.
Atwater Village Farm is located at 3224 Glendale Boulevard.
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Revo Cafe: Live music starting at 6:30 pm
Musical acts Small Animals, Still Spark, and Seán Kangataran. Located at 3134 Glendale Boulevard.
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Grain: Treats and refreshments
Music and offering an assortment of hors d’oeuvres, confections and bubbly refreshments. Located at 3135 Glendale Boulevard.
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Santosha Space & Hypnotiq Solutions: Art Showcase
Art showcase and competition, visit www.artontheblvd.info or call 323-835-3039. Located at 3405 Glendale Boulevard.
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Hearbeat House: Dance Performances
Nightlong dance performances by Heartbeat House (Kumbi) at the Madera Avenue/Kaldi Coffee House bump out. Located at 3147 Glendale Boulevard.
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NILA: Family Fun Time
Family fun-time includes face painting, playtime and games from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at NILA (Nature Inspired Learning through Art). Located at 3010 Glendale Boulevard.
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Hugo’s Tacos: Ice cream social
Hugo’s Tacos is bringing back the “Ice Creme Social” – dairy-free Frozato is specially priced for Summer Nights. Located at 3300 Glendale Boulevard.
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55 Degree Wine: Food trucks
Food trucks at 55 Degree Wine and other locations along Glendale. Located at 3111 Glendale Boulevard.
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The Little Knittery
Knitting machine demos by Kerry Regan, all night. Located at 3195 Glendale Boulevard.
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WOOF Dog Boutique: 4 Year Celebration
From 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, Dog Beer FEST! Dog beer plus wine for the humans, and 20% off one single regular priced item (excludes dog/cat food and flea treatments)
 Today is the last day to submit artwork for the Atwater Art Walk, to be held on Saturday, May 14 along Glendale Blvd.from 5-10 pm.
While this is not the first art walk for Atwater Village, it’s the first annual art walk hosted by this particular group. More from the organizers:
We all have a story. Every one of us. We live in a city of stories. Over 12 million of them. In this year’s first annual Atwater Village Art Walk, we hope for two things. Firstly, we hope to create a space that celebrates our different stories through the art of our eclectic backgrounds. Secondly, it is our deeper hope that the Art Walk doesn’t end with the simple sharing of stories. We hope that through our art we develop new relationships with people different than ourselves. This is where my story and your story intersect to create our story. Please join us as co-authors in making our story in Los Angeles more meaningful.
If you have some artwork to submit (photography, paint and sculpture – no larger than 4ft x 4ft), make sure to submit your artwork by 4:59 pm tonight (Tuesday, May 10)! There’s a $1,000 grand prize (along with other prizes)! Submit your artwork by clicking here.
55 Degree Wine, Revo Café and Kaldi will be hosting the artwork and live music, and food trucks will be located in the 55 Degree Wine parking lot.
See you there!
Email Nick Warnes at nick@northlandvillagechurch.com for more info.
 The Village Bakery's Irish soda bread Village Bakery
Open now and until 7:00 pm today, grab some freshly baked Irish soda bread or Guinness chocolate cupcakes. Specials today include corned beef sandwich with Guinness braised cabbage. Yum!
Tam O’Shanter Inn
One of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles, The Tam O’Shanter Inn will be catering to the Irish holiday (even though it’s not an actual Irish pub) with their annual celebration – and it’s a big one! In the parking lot they’ll have Celtic bands and bagpipes from 2:00 pm-closing. Of course, you can grab some green beer, corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash and more.
Let us know in the comments section below if you know of a great place to celebrate in Atwater Village! We’ll keep updating this list as we learn more.
Friday
8:00 pm EST-LA kicks off the adventurous season of new work with a world premiere by Oscar-nominated writer Nicholas Kazan, who reinvents Franz Wedekind’s Lulu with Mlle. God (January 29 – March 26). Scott Paulin directs Kazan’s outrageous tragic-farce, a paean to sex, art, and living in the millisecond. Not for the faint of trousers! Mature audiences only. Click here for tickets.
8:00 Generated from the Circle X Writers Group, the Circle X Theatre Co. First Annual 10-Minute Play Festi val features new short plays from Lee Blessing, James Duff, Fielding Edlow, Leo Geter, Jim Leonard, Timothy Mason, Melanie Marnich, Mike O’Malley and Meredith Stiehm, with music by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns. Directed by Jim Anzide, Matt Bretz, Heath Cullens, Tom Elliott, Leo Geter, Matt McCray, Kiff Scholl, Jonathan Westerberg and Tim Wright Featuring Larry Clark, Lisa Dring, Fielding Edlow, Suzy Jane Hunt, Jen Kays, Robert Manning, Johanna McKay, Bill Salyers, Jennifer A. Skinner, Doug Sutherland and Tim Wright
10:30pm Violators Will Be Violated A unique, unconventional, nearly wordless theater experience that has more destruction, mayhem, murder, ambition and special effects than an action film but it’s only one guy, with no props or set, relying solely on the physical story-telling of an elastic, adorable, frequently hostile performer. In short, anything you can’t imagine, you just might. Winner of the 2009 LA Weekly Award for Solo Performance and presented at the 2010 NY Fringe Festival and the 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Voted one of the top 10 shows of 2009 by LA Weekly. Created and Performed by Casey Smith. Directed by Jennifer A. Skinner. February 18 – March 26. Fridays at 10:30 pm. Saturdays at 10:30 pm
Saturday
8:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
10:30 pm: EST-LA Crack Whore Galore – LIVE! – ‘Spinal Tap’ meets ‘Ab Fab’ when Danny and Abbey Galore head out to Atwater Village Theatre for a late-night mix of live music and raw adult humor. After meeting in rehab, Danny and Abbey formed the rock band CRACK WHORE GALORE. They married, left the UK behind for Hollywood, swapped out their drugs for extra sex and louder rock-n-roll, and started living their own rock-n-roll dream. This world premiere production, created by Tonya Cornelisse, Ryan Oliver, Danny Roew, Graham Sibley and Gates McFadden, explores the ever popular cocktail of narcissism and desperation that runs rampant in today’s celebrity-driven culture.
10:30pm:Violators Will Be Violated. See listing above.
Sunday
2:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
Ongoing,etc.
Atwater Playhouse holds ongoing classes in Method Acting.
Writing center Wordspace, also located along Casitas Avenue, holds a series of writing workshops practically every day of the week. Click here for the calendar.
If we are missing any events on this notification, please let us know.
Usher and see a show for free!
If anyone wants to see EST-LA’s new show MLLE. GOD for free or their late night rock-n-roll comedy show Crack Whore Galore, contact Laura at info@ensemblestudiotheatre.org to usher (pass out programs and take tickets) or work concessions (helping the audience buy food and drink).
Friday
 MLLE GOD by Kazan
At 8:00 pm EST-LA kicks off the adventurous season of new work with a world premiere by Oscar-nominated writer Nicholas Kazan, who reinvents Franz Wedekind’s Lulu with Mlle. God (January 29 – March 26). Scott Paulin directs Kazan’s outrageous tragic-farce, a paean to sex, art, and living in the millisecond. Not for the faint of trousers! Mature audiences only. Click here for tickets.
Saturday
8:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
10:30pm EST-LA Crack Whore Galore – LIVE! – ‘Spinal Tap’ meets ‘Ab Fab’ when Danny and Abbey Galore head out to Atwater Village Theatre for a late-night mix of live music and raw adult humor. After meeting in rehab, Danny and Abbey formed the rock band CRACK WHORE GALORE. They married, left the UK behind for Hollywood, swapped out their drugs for extra sex and louder rock-n-roll, and started living their own rock-n-roll dream. This world premiere production, created by Tonya Cornelisse, Ryan Oliver, Danny Roew, Graham Sibley and Gates McFadden, explores the ever popular cocktail of narcissism and desperation that runs rampant in today’s celebrity-driven culture.
Saturdays at 10:30 pm: February 5, 12, 19, 26; Mar. 5, 12 Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA @ Atwater Village Theatre 3269 Casitas Ave Atwater Village, CA 90039. 323-644-1929 or www.ensemblestudiotheatrela.org . TICKETS$15. Receive a $5 discount with a ticket stub from EST/LA’s Mlle. God (subject to availability) PARKING: FREE onsite.
Sunday
2:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
Ongoing,etc.
Atwater Playhouse holds ongoing classes in Method Acting.
Writing center Wordspace, also located along Casitas Avenue, holds a series of writing workshops practically every day of the week. Click here for the calendar.
New next week
Friday & Saturday nights at 8:00pm, Feb. 25 – March 26. Generated from the Circle X Writers Group, the Circle X Theatre Co. First Annual 10-Minute Play Festival features new short plays from Lee Blessing, James Duff, Fielding Edlow, Leo Geter, Jim Leonard, Timothy Mason, Melanie Marnich, Mike O’Malley and Meredith Stiehm, with music by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns. Directed by Jim Anzide, Matt Bretz, Heath Cullens, Tom Elliott, Leo Geter, Matt McCray, Kiff Scholl, Jonathan Westerberg and Tim Wright Featuring Larry Clark, Lisa Dring, Fielding Edlow, Suzy Jane Hunt, Jen Kays, Robert Manning, Johanna McKay, Bill Salyers, Jennifer A. Skinner, Doug Sutherland and Tim Wright
Thursdays at 10:30 pm: 17, 24; Mar. 3, 10 EST-LA Crack Whore Galore – LIVE! – ‘Spinal Tap’ meets ‘Ab Fab’ . See listing under Saturday.
If we are missing any events on this notification, please let us know.
Usher and see a show for free!
If anyone wants to see EST-LA’s new show MLLE. GOD for free or their late night rock-n-roll comedy show Crack Whore Galore. Contact Laura at info@ensemblestudiotheatre.org to usher or work Concessions.
Thursday
 MLLE GOD by Kazan At 8:00 pm EST-LA kicks off the adventurous season of new work with a world premiere by Oscar-nominated writer Nicholas Kazan, who reinvents Franz Wedekind’s Lulu with Mlle. God (January 29 – March 26). Scott Paulin directs Kazan’s outrageous tragic-farce, a paean to sex, art, and living in the millisecond. Not for the faint of trousers! Mature audiences only. Click here for tickets.
Friday
8:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance (see above).
 Atwater Playhouse Interior At 8:30 pm The Atwater Playhouse presents: Short & Sweet, an ensemble of scenes by modern playwrights. Featuring: Tom Simmons, Michael Lambuth, Rachel Dik, Nicole Bailey, Yaritza Betancourt, May Marcinek, Steven Liu, Tara Kokenge, Melissa Maureen Dalton, John Henry II, Stephanie Reading, Chris Thorpe, Laura Nunez, Christopher Martinez. $10 suggested donation. FREE enclosed parking. Atwater Playhouse 3191 Casitas Ave. Los Angeles, Ca 90039
Saturday
8:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
8:30 pm Atwater Playhouse Short and Sweet Performance. See above.
Sunday
2:00 pm EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
Ongoing,etc.
Atwater Playhouse holds ongoing classes in Method Acting.
Writing center Wordspace, also located along Casitas Avenue, holds a series of writing workshops practically every day of the week. Click here for the calendar.
If we are missing any events on this notification, please let us know.
Usher and see a show for free!
If anyone wants to see EST-LA’s new show MLLE. GOD for free or their late night rock-n-roll comedy show Crack Whore Galore. Contact Laura at info@ensemblestudiotheatre.org to usher or work Concessions.
Thursday
8:00pm (Preview)*
EST-LA kicks off the adventurous season of new work with a world premiere by Oscar-nominated writer Nicholas Kazan, who reinvents Franz Wedekind’s Lulu with Mlle. God (January 29 – March 26). Scott Paulin directs Kazan’s outrageous tragic-farce, a paean to sex, art, and living in the millisecond. Not for the faint of trousers! Mature audiences only. Click here for tickets.
Friday
8:00pm Opening Night
EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
Saturday
9:00 am Special Event! Scarcity to Abundance: Capturing the Moment for the New Work Sector.
Click here for our coverage.
Circle X Theatre Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA, with the partnership of LA Stage Alliance, will host the New Play Los Angeles theater satellite meetup to coincide with the final day of the national convening. Satellite Participants will view the pre-recorded round table discussions from the national convening, and discuss the themes within the context of the Los Angeles theater community.
8:00pm Opening Night
EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
Sunday
2:00 pm Opening Night
EST-LA Mlle. God Performance. See above.
Ongoing,etc.
Atwater Playhouse holds ongoing classes in Method Acting.
Writing center Wordspace, also located along Casitas Avenue, holds a series of writing workshops practically every day of the week. Click here for the calendar.
Mutineer Theatre Company, in residence at Atwater Playhouse, is holding a fundraiser called “Full Speed Ahead” at KPCC’s Crawford Family Forum (474 S. Raymond Avenue). Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Click here to purchase tickets.
If we are missing any events on this notification, please let us know.
*Previews are performances held before opening night, to allow the actors time in front of an audience before making their final tweaks to a show. Tickets are usually at a reduced rate because all of the design elements may not be present.
With Broadway focused on revivals and musicals based on movies and star vehicles, new plays often go by the wayside. If you are an unknown playwright, it’s nearly impossible to be produced.
Not so at The Arena Stage, however, and they’ve been working intensely for a national dialogue that includes all voices – new playwrights, established playwrights, and the people who decide which plays are produced. Arena Stagey began a New Plays Convening yesterday in DC, and Los Angeles participates on Saturday, in our brand new Atwater Village Theatre!
Circle X Theatre Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA, with the partnership of LA Stage Alliance, will host the New Play Los Angeles theater satellite meetup to coincide with the final day of the national convening, entitled Scarcity to Abundance: Capturing the Moment for the New Work Sector, organized by the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
The Los Angeles event will be held Saturday, January 29 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Participants will view the pre-recorded round table discussions from the national convening, and discuss the themes within the context of the Los Angeles theater community.
 Dennis Baker, a local actor asked by Arena Stage and 2amtheatre to organize the LA meetup, believes this convening can “continue to bring the LA Theater community together in discussion. Any time there is a reason to dialogue and share, I think it is a good thing.”
Baker highlights more ways people can prepare ahead of Saturday morning:
“There are various degrees participants can prepare. The national convening is four days long, with most, if not all, the round table discussions being live streamed through out the four days.” Click here for the full schedule of those discussions.
Watching any of these will bring context to the two round table discussions, and “Endings” event that we will be watching on January 29.
You can also read the institute’s blog by clicking here.
If you want to dig even deeper, the recent book from the Theater Development Fund, Outrageous Fortune: the Life and Times of the New American Play, has the most up-to-date research on the topic.
The national convening will focus on the following: identifying the rich and vital activity that already exists in the new play sector, exploring the gaps and challenges facing the field and strategizing the means of continued and closer collaboration to advance the new work infrastructure moving forward. This convening will build upon the outcomes and initiatives that grew out of last year’s convenings: Defining Diversity, Black Playwrights: the Stories We Tell, and Devised Work.
Circle X Theatre Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre-L is located at the Atwater Village Theater, 3269 Casitas Ave. There is street parking.
Click here for more information from the Dennis Baker website.
Portions of this article appeared on 1/25/11 in Bitter Lemons.
Cindy Marie Jenkins is a Storyteller and Coach based in Atwater Village. She also contributes to The Inspired Classroom, Bitter Lemons,and the LA Stage Times.
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