(Note: "Athey" is pronounced with a long "A", as in "āi", as opposed to Emmanuelle's short "a" pronunciation in the intro. The episode was recorded in Dec. 2020 and includes mention of recent closings due to the pandemic.) 

Show notes and Ron ’s five places

1. Grand Central Market
2. Griffith Park, with its archery range, zoo, and Autry Museum
3. Huntington Library and Gardens
4. Silverlake and Sunset Junction, Tabasco’s, Cliff’s Edge (closed but maybe reopening), Catch one, Pacific Dining Car
5. Farther afield: The unincorporated community of Zzyzx, California.

Also mentioned in this episode/ related links

Five Places L.A.  LISTENER SURVEY!

The Grapes of Wrath

Hemet and Pomona

Mark Steger

John Rechy

James Ellroy

Guardian article on the 2028 Olympics by Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin: Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine

Versailles Cuban chicken

The unincorporated community ofZzyzx, California.

Rita D’Albert

Christopher Knight’s LA Times review of Athey’s 2012 show “Queer Communion: Ron Athey” at ICA LA: Review: ‘Queer Communion’ and the engrossing, squirm-inducing world of Ron Athey

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Produced by: Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design

Production team: Emmanuelle Bourlier, Quynh Nguyen

Creator, Executive Producer, and Host: Emmanuelle Bourlier

This podcast was recorded on unceded Chumash and Tongva land.

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