Robert Koss

GALLERY: Surf’s up at Big Waves Laundromat

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Sneak Peek: Monster Surf by Robert Koss is getting big raves at Big Waves Laundromat Gallery, on location at the Mar Vista storefront. Monster Surf says: “Check it out to find all of me. I’m worth the trip.”

Be there:

Monster Surf will be hangin’ 10 at the Mar Vista Big Waves Laundromat, located at 3839 Grand View Blvd., 90066 (424) 422-1350

About:

It says so on the website.

Big Waves is a modern, creative and dynamic actual fluff-and-fold laundromat in the heart of beachside communities of Santa Monica and Mar Vista in Southern California.

Big Waves is also a modern, creative and dynamic art gallery that displays local artwork at both locations to give talented Los Angeles and SoCal artists a chance to show off some of their best beach/ocean/surf/laundry themed work to the mat’s hundreds of visitors and customers.

It’s all true.

And, you can bring your laundry!

Check it out at Big Waves Laundromat.com!

Street Shots: Lost and Found

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The Crest Westwood
The Crest Westwood opened as the 500-seat UCLAN Theatre in late 1940, and was built with a stage for live performance in addition to movie screenings. Frances Seymour Fonda, wife of Henry and mother of Jane and Peter, financed the theatre. Architect Arthur W. Hawes, also known for designing the Hollywood Reporter Building, designed the Crest in an austere Art Deco & Moderne style.

The Crest Westwood

LOST: My favorite movie theater permanently closed? Imagine that.

FOUND: The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture along with its performing arts program, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, announced the acquisition of the Crest Theater on Westwood Boulevard in 2018. The landmark venue will be transformed into a new off-campus performing arts space that will serve as an important addition to UCLA’s rich offering of cultural venues and resources across the city. (Details in the UCLA Newsroom)

The Big Picture: Movie history in the making as traced by Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation. It’s a great read.